There’s a small cross by the side of Highway128, near the town o Boonville. If this cross could talk, it would tell you this 16 story:
Seven years ago my brother, Michael, was at a friend’s farm. They decided to go out for dinner. Joe arrived and 17 to drive—after just one 18.
19, the four friends traveled the winding road. They didn’t know where it would end ---- 20 did. Suddenly, they turned 21 into the opposite lane(车道), running into an oncoming car.
22 home we were watching E.T. on video in front of a warm fire. Then we went to bed. At 2:00 am a police officer 23 my mom with the shocking 24. Michael had been killed.
In the morning, I 25 my mother and sister crying. I stood there 26. “What’s wrong?” I asked, rubbing my 27 eyes.
Mom took a deep breath. “Come here…”
Thus began a difficult 28 through grief, where all roads lead to nowhere. It 29 hurts to remember that day.
The only thing tat helps is telling my story, 30 you will remember it 31 you want to get into a car with someone who has had a drink ---- even just one drink.
Joe chose the road to 32. He was convicted of manslaughter(过失杀人罪) and served time. However, the real punishment is 33 the consequences(后果) of his actions. He left us 34 and ache in our hearts that will never go away, a nightmare that will 35 him--- and us ---- or the rest of our lives. And a small cross by the side of Highway 128.
A．interesting B．amusing C．sad D．happy
A．offered B．refused C．agreed D．insisted
A．drive B．dinner C．drink D．insisted
A．Sadly B．Happily C．Surprisingly D．Luckily
A．somebody B．anybody C．nobody D．everybody
A．gently B．sharply C．quickly D．shortly
A．After B．Back C．In D．Before
A．supplied B．informed C．quickly D．shortly
A．telephone B．notice C．news D．report
A．found B．discovered C．wondered D．surprised
A．sad B．excited C．puzzled D．surprising
A．teary B．wide C．sleepy D．frightened
A．travel B．trip C．tour D．journey
A．also B．still C．however D．hardly
A．suggesting B．warning C．hoping D．supposing
A．until B．once C．if D．though
A．nowhere B．somewhere C．anywhere D．everywhere
A．living with B．going with C．getting on with D．getting away with
A．with B．to C．into D．onto
A．occur B．frighten C．disturb D．strike
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从41－60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
At a young age, her doctor told Patti Wilson she was an epileptic（羊癫疯患者）. Her father was a morning jogger. One day she 31 and said, “Daddy, what I’d really love to do is run with you every day, but I’m afraid I can’t do it.” Her father 32 her to start running.
That’s just what they did every 33 . It was a 34 experience for them. After a few weeks, Patti said, still smiling, “Daddy, what I’d really love to do is break the world’s long-distance running record for 35 .”
Her father 36 The Guinness Book of World Records and found that the farthest distance any woman had run was 80 miles. As a freshman（新生） in high school, Patti 37 , “I’m going to run from Orange County up to San Francisco(about 400 miles).” “As a sophomore（二年级学生）,” she went 38 , “I’m going to run to Portland, Oregon(about 1,500 miles). As a junior I’ll run to St. Louis(about 2,000 miles). As a senior I’ll run to the White House (about 3,000 miles).”
In 39 of her disease, Patti was as ambitious（有野心的） as she was enthusiastic. She looked at being an epileptic as simply “an 40 ”. She focused not on what she had 41 , but on what she had left.
That year, together with her father, she completed her 42 to San Francisco wearing a T-shirt that 43 , “I love Epileptics.”
In her sophomore year, Patti’s classmates got behind her. They made a huge poster that read, “Run, Patti, Run!” This has since 44 her motto and the title of a book she has written. During this marathon, she broke a bone in her foot. A doctor told her that she had to 45 her run. But Patti said she wasn’t running for herself; she was 46 to break the chains on the brains that limited so many others. She asked the doctor 47 or not there was a way she could keep running. He said he could wrap it in adhesive（粘合剂） 48 putting it in a cast（石膏）, but he 49 her that it would be extremely painful. She told the doctor to wrap it up.
Later, after four months of running from the West Coast to the East Coast, Patti arrived in Washington and shook the hand of the President of the United States. She told him, “I wanted people to know that epileptics are normal human beings with 50 lives.”
31. A. smiled B. cried C. laughed D. wept
32. A. agreed B. suggested C. encouraged D. promised
33. A. afternoon B. morning C. night D. evening
34. A. terrible B. fortunate C. dangerous D. wonderful
35. A. women B. men C. students D. patients
36. A. questioned B. checked C. inspected D. interviewed
37.A. broadcasted B. told C. informed D. announced
38. A. up B. forward C. on D. upon
39. A. honor B. view C. favor D. charge
40. A. accident B. coincidence C. influence D. inconvenience
41. A. lost B. dropped C. improved D. received
42. A. distance B. task C. run D. study
43. A. showed B. said C. wrote D. read
44. A. come B. become C. gone D. went
45. A. continue B. stop C. keep D. struggle
46. A. working B. jogging C. walking D. running
47. A. whether B. when C. if D. where
48. A. in addition to B. in spite of C. instead of D. regardless of
49. A. asked B. warned C. advised D. comforted
50. A. common B. unique C. special D. normal
第二节：完形填空
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the _41_ side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to __42__ in good health, or __43__ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to __44__ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text __45__ the title. Therefore, the scissors would __46__ before they start, __47__ halfway done when I find out the __48__result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your __49__. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be __50__ up. But you know the future is unpredictable --- the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left __51__. Thus you are __52__ in a difficult position and feel sad. How __53_nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life __54__ greatly on our preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what __55__ is like: we are often __56_ with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only __57__we get into another. The __58__ may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I __59__ remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual or passive __60__ may not be a bad one.
Whatever we do in our lifetime, wherever life’s storm tosses us, there must be
something we can achieve, some shore we can land, that opens up new vistas to us.
41. A. front B. same C. either D. opposite
42. A. get B. keep C. lead D. bring
43. A. advice B. news C. a theory D. a report
44. A. suffer B. reduce C. prevent D. cause
45. A. on B. for C. without D. off
46. A. use B. handle C. prepare D. stay
47. A. or B. but C. so D. for
48. A. satisfying B. regretful C. surprising D. impossible
49. A. courage B. strength C. attention D. patience
50. A. given B. held C. made D. picked
51. A. near B. alone C. about D. behind
52. A. filled B. attracted C. caught D. struck
53. A. dare B. come C. deal D. do
54. A. improves B. changes C. progresses D. goes
55. A. study B. society C. nature D. life
56. A. faced B. supplied C. connected D. fixed
57. A. before B. after C. until D. as
58. A. following B. next C. above D. former
59. A. still B. also C. once D. almost
60. A. treatment B. action C. choice D. remark
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.
Most people who work in London get a break of about an hour for lunch. 36 they mostly live too far from home to go back there 37 lunch, they have to 38 other arrangements for their midday meal.
Many large companies have a canteen (自助食堂) for their employees. In 39 canteens the food served is simple but 40 , and there is some 41 of choice. But the number of dishes 42 usually small. The employees themselves fetch their dishes 43 a counter at which they are 44. There they can find a tray on 45 to carry their knives, forks, spoons, plates, cups, saucers, 46, of course, their food. A meal in a canteen is inexpensive and may 47 of soup, fish and chips or meat and two vegetables, 48 fruit or pudding of some 49 as dessert. Some companies that do not run a canteen 50 their staff with luncheon-vouchers (午餐券), which many restaurants will accept in 51 of money.
As there are so many people 52 work in London, there are numerous cafes and restaurants in every area that is not purely residential. A meal 53 cost anything from a modest sum to quite a few pounds, 54 on the restaurant and the food chosen. 55 , one can generally get a meal, or at least a snack, in a pub. In recent years there has also been a big increase in the number of ‘take-away’ food shops of all kinds.
36. A. Unless B. AsC. If D. Although
37. A. for B. atC. of D. in
38. A. take B. bring C. makeD. use
39. A. such B. fewC. so D. little
40. A. full B. limited C. extra D. enough
41. A. exchange B. variety C. change D. difference
42. A. are B. is C. being D. be
43. A. to B. with C. at D. from
44. A. sold B. served C. made D. kept
45. A. which B. it C. except D. instead
46. A. or B. butC. and D. except
47. A. consist B. compose C. compare D. insist
48. A. along B. with C. about D. at
49. A. sort B. patternC. category D. content
50. A. prepare B. repair C. afford D. provide
51. A. space B. case C. face D. place
52. A. at B. aboveC. over D. by
53. A. must B. may C. should D. could
54. A. taking B. turning C. dependingD. bringing
55. A. Besides B. However C. Never D. More
第二节完形填空 ( 共20小题, 每小题1.5分, 满分30分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few 36 .On their faces was confidence. This was their 37 exam—then on to graduation and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they 38 get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt 39 and able to take control of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a（n）_40 _task, as the professor had said they could bring 41 books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not_42 each other during the test.
43_ they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles 44_on the students’ faces as they found there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed _45 the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the 46 faces before him, and then asked: “How many completed all five questions?” 47 a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hand.
“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats. “One, then? Certainly somebody finished_ 48 .” But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 49 _” he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are_50 many things about the 51 _you don’t know. These questions you could not answer are relatively common in everyday_ 52 .” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all 53 this course, but remember--even though you are now college graduates, your education had just _54 .”
The years have weakened the name of the professor, but not the _55 he taught.
36. A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. days
37. A. only B. first C. very D. last
38. A. would B. must C. had to D. used to
39. A. glad B. ready C. sorry D. nice
40. A. interesting B. necessary C. easy D. unusual
41. A. no B. either C. any D. some
42. A. listen to B. look at C. care for D. talk to
43. A. Hardly B. Happily C. Quickly D. Carefully
44. A. appeared B. changed C. failed D. stopped
45. A. then B. as C. before D. after
46. A. pleased B. worried C. surprised D. moved
47. A. Not B. Once C. Only D. Even
48 A. all B. none C. one D. it
49. A. wondered B. enjoyed C. hated D. expected
50 A. even B. already C. so D. still
51 A. exam B. subject C. question D. college
52 A. job B. class C. practice D. study
53. A. pass B. fail C. take D. start
54. A. begun B. completed C. failed D. succeeded
55. A. subject B. things C. words D. lessons
II. 完形填空（共15题，每小题2分，共30分）
American public education has changed in recent years. One change is that increasing numbers of American parents and teachers are starting independent public school 11 charter schools (特许学校).
In 1991, there were no charter schools in the United States. Today, more than2,300 charter schools 12 in 34 states and the District of Columbia. 575,000 students 13 these schools. The students are from 5 years of age through 18 or older.
A charter school is 14 by groups of parents, teachers and community (社区) members, It is similar in some ways 15 a traditional public school. It receives tax money to operate just as other public schools do. The 16 it receives depends on the number of students. The charter school must prove to local or state governments that its students are learning. These governments 17 the school with the agreement, or charter that permits it to operate.
Unlike a traditional public school, 18 the charter school does not have to obey most laws which govern public schools. Local, state or federal governments cannot tell it what to 19 .
Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to 20 those goals. Class sizes usually are smaller than those in many traditional public schools. Many students and parents say 21 in charter schools may be more creative.
However, state education agencies, local education-governing committees and unions are often 22 charter schools. They say these schools may receive money badly 23 by traditional public schools. Experts say some charter schools are doing well while others are struggling.
Congress provided 200million dollars for 24 charter schools in the 2002 federal budget (预算). But often the schools say they lack enough money for their 25 .Many also lack needed space.
11. A. called B. asked C. known D. said
12. A. study B. organize C. operate D. perform
13. A. finish B. attend C. leave D. cut
14. A. taught B. held C. created D. understood
15. A. to B. with C. by D. in
16. A. attention B. amount C. expense D. information
17. A. buy B. review C. give D. provide
18. A. besides B. moreover C. thus D. however
19. A. teach B. discuss C. have D. get
20. A. set B. reach C. settle D. define
21. A. farmers B. workers C. teachers D. soldier
22. A. against B. for C. in D. with
23. A. treated B. needed C. earned D. wasted
24. A. needing B. spending C. comparing D. establishing
25. A. programs B. parents C. records D. words