friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the 36 was he found himself unable to ask for help — his mobile phone went out of 37 as a result of exhausted (用尽的)battery. Nothing could be done but to 38 in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the 39 of the rescue.
It is almost 40 that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his 41 : "First of all I checked up my 42 conditions and found myself not in mortal （致命的）danger. As there was no 43 to call for help ,I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from 44 .In this way I dozed （打盹）off ."
His story put an end to my regret for the 45 of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men 46 to explore a mountain cave and got lost . 47 to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of 48 .Finally they fell dead in fear and exhaustion（筋疲力尽）.According to the 49 people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the 50 of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to 51 themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering （闪烁）not far away .
Don’t you think that you can compare it with 52 itself? When you meet with obstacles （障碍）in life and work ,you are lost in darkness. 53 you it’s unclear yet and you needn’t put up struggle 54 . It seems to be a negative （消极的）attitude, 55 a person who can afford to do so must have foresight as well as a great courage in the first place
A．hopeless B．worst C．more D．best
A．service B．way C．order D．Work
A．cry B．lie C．wait D．Sleep
A．delay B．success C．team D．Arrival
A．untrue B．unimaginable C．true D．Useless
A．plan B．decision C．explanation D．Excuse
A．physical B．mental C．working D．Medical
A．method B．way C．tools D．Strength
A．rotting B．spreading C．hurting D．Bleeding
A．loss B．failure C．disappointment D．Sadness
A．had B．managed C．tried D．Planned
A．Willing B．Unable C．Determined D．Deciding
A．hearing B．sight C．feeling D．Direction
A．rescue B．village C．local D．Brave
A．end B．top C．opening D．Side
A．save B．help C．stop D．Calm
A．adventure B．work C．life D．Mankind
A．Mind B．Watch C．Imagine D．Warn
A．really B．immediately C．carefully D．Hopefully
A．and B．so C．but D．while
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table, 36 with a piece of bread. He’s not even 37 . Is he ill? No, but he does have a 38 . He has nothing to do because the Internet is down. When he 39 up this morning, Tony was feeling 40 . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend 41 . It would be a weekend like any other --- a great weekend. But that was 42 he turned on his computer and 43 he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.
Every weekend, Tony 44 goes online to email friends, read the 45 to keep up with what’s happening in the world and 46 a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to finish the weekend off. The perfect weekend --- online!
Just as Tony is 47 how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the 48 . “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t 49 the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no 50 but sighs (叹气).“Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum 51 .
“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the 52 . We can meet and play chess face to face for a 53 . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad,” Tony 54 , as he walks to the phone. There is 55 without the Internet after all.
A．cutting B．playing C．eating D．thinking
A．hungry B．angry C．tired D．sleepy
A．fear B．problem C．business D．thing
A．rose B．rang C．looked D．woke
A．great B．disappointed C．unhappy D．worried
A．also B．above C．ahead D．ago
A．after B．before C．until D．when
A．thought B．guessed C．decided D．found
A．usually B．nearly C．especially D．already
A．letters B．news C．reports D．contents
A．guess B．take C．play D．make
A．proving B．wondering C．realizing D．remembering
A．living-room B．hall C．kitchen D．study
A．talk about B．care about C．think about D．look about
A．answer B．progress C．movement D．choice
A．edge B．distance C．corner D．end
A．chat B．time C．lesson D．change
A．continues B．smiles C．reads D．watches
A．change B．task C．weekend D．life
A lesson in caring
It was a cold evening. My daughter and I were walking up Broadway. I didn’t notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box. But Nora 36 . She wasn’t even four, but she 37 at my coat and said, “That man’s cold. Daddy, can we take him home?”
I don’t remember my 38 . But I do remember a sudden 39 feeling inside me. I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her 40 , whether it was 41 flying or children playing. But now she was noticing 42 and beggary.
A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and 43 it to an elderly person. It was quick and easy. I signed us up. Nora was 44 about it. She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how 45 our job was. When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to 46 myself to leave the house to fetch the food package. On my way to the school, I fought an urge (强烈愿望) to turn 47 . The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting for me at home. Why do this? 48 , we phoned the elderly person we’d been appointed. She 49 us right over.
The building was in a bad state. Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress. She took the package and asked us to come in. Nora ran inside. I unwillingly followed. 50 inside, I saw that the department belonged to someone poor. Our hostess showed us some photos. Nora played and when it came time to say goodbye, we three hugged. I walked home 51 .
Professionals call such a(n) 52 “a volunteer opportunity”. They are opportunities and I’ve come to see. Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something 53 that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and 54 clothes for the homeless. Yet, as I’ve 55 her grow over these past four years, I still wonder—which of us has benefited more?
A．did B．was C．has D．had
A．pulled B．replaced C．waved D．aimed
A．debate B．reply C．explanation D．expression
A．general B．funny C．heavy D．magical
A．web B．dream C．castle D．world
A．insects B．animals C．plants D．birds
A．coldness B．illness C．suffering D．appearance
A．sent B．returned C．devoted D．posted
A．concerned B．sorry C．worried D．excited
A．creative B．valuable C．shocking D．simple
A．warn B．stop C．allow D．push
A．back B．away C．up D．out
A．Therefore B．But C．Anyhow D．Also
A．requested B．promised C．invited D．helped
A．Although B．Once C．Because D．Though
A．in tears B．in surprise C．in reality D．in disappointment
A．stay B．visit C．reception D．challenge
A．fair B．famous C．difficult D．enjoyable
A．collect B．make C．order D．design
A．let B．made C．watched D．affected
完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15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。
In a city of south India lived a young man who was always dreaming of becoming rich. He often heard about some traders in his city who gathered a great deal of 1 in the course of their travels across the world. He believed he could also make a great achievement although he didn’t have any 2 in business at all. So, one fine day, the young man set out on a long 3
in search of trade opportunities.
4 though, he did not become as rich as he had thought he would. Worse, he spent more money on his travels than he 5 in the course of his trade. All this made him feel confused and 6 , but he refused to return home without 7 .
One day, while he was wandering on the shore in a seaside town, his eyes 8 on an object which he thought should be a large ship at a distance.
“When I become rich, I shall buy a ship just like that one and 9 around the world,” he said ambitiously. Then he waited to see the ship enter the harbor. As the ship got closer, it lost its 10 dimensions(规模) and looked more like a small boat. When the boat reached the 11 , the young man let out a big heavy sigh because he discovered that it was only a bunch of logs tied together. He was terribly 12 to see such a raft(木筏).
Finally he understood. Just as he 13 a lot of time on fruitless speculation(猜想) about the “ship”, his expectations of getting 14 was also without any real basis. Therefore, he decided to return home and 15 up a more practical job.
1. A. energy B. knowledge C. resource D. fortune
2. A. expectation B. experience C. interest D. ambition
3. A. journey B. partnershipC. vacation D. period
4. A. Unreasonably B. Unbelievably C. Unconsciously D. Unfortunately
5. A. begged B. borrowedC. earnedD. adopted
6. A. uncertain B. excited C. patient D. indifferent
7. A. hesitation B. success C. problem D. income
8. A. depended B. focused C. insisted D. lived
9. A. show B. turn C. sail D. fly
10. A. correctB. formal C. real D. grand
11. A. bank B. shore C. ocean D. bottom
12. A. disappointed B. pleased C. puzzled D. astonished
13. A. saved B. valued C. wastedD. created
14. A. richB. learned C. smart D. strong
15. A. setB. gave C. made D. took
I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye：Queen City Casket Company．“What is it?” I wondered．I 36 it over．There，in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled(手写的) 37 . Immediately my mind traveled 38 many years．
I was nine years old, walking down the cold，wet streets of Springfield，with a bag of magazines on my shoulder．On my 39 that day．I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader，had always taken me there to ask his workers 40 they wanted any magazines．
Shaking off the 41 like a wet dog．I entered Mr. Rader’s office．After a quick glance ,he 42 me over to the fire-place．Noticing the 43 in the top of my 44，he said，“Come with me!”，pulling me into his pickup 45．we pulled to a stop before a shoe store．Inside，a salesman 46 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 47 seen．I 48 about 10 feet tall when I got up 49 them．“We’d like a pair of new socks too．” Mr Rader said．
Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a 50，wrote something on it, and handed it to me．With 51 eyes，I read，“Do to others as you would have them do to you．” He said affectionately(深情地)，“Jimmy，I want you to 52 I love you”．
I said good-bye, and for the first time I 53 a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 54．With people like Mr Rader in the world，there was hope，kindness and love，and that would always make a 55．
A．read B．thought C．turned D．passed
A．address B．1ist C．message D．information
A．forward B．so C．ahead D．back
A．return B．rounds C．trip D．arrival
A．if only B．how C．whether D．why
A．dust B．sweat C．tail D．rain
A．led B．followed C．watched D．carried
A．hole B．mud C．water D．cover
A．magazine B．shoe C．sock D．bag
A．truck B．factory C．home D．store
A．dressed B．fitted C．showed D．comforted
A．ever B．already C．never D．hardly
A．appeared B．seemed C．looked D．felt
A．for B．with C．on D．in
A．pen B．paper C．card D．notebook
A．tearful B．unbelievable C．curious. D．puzzled
A．admit B．know C．consider D．express
A．sensed B．received C．lost D．gained
A．mistaken B．fight C．all right D．possible
A．deal B．fortune C．choice D．difference
Every country had its heroes. The heroes are the people that nation and especially the young people 21_____ . If you get a list of the 22 _____of a nation, it will tell you the potential (潜力）of the nation.
If today in America ’ you ask the high school students to list their heroes their 23____ would probably divide into three groups. rHie first group of heroes would be the rock stars—the people 24 _____with rock music. There is no doubt that such people do have talent (天才）but one 25_____ if one should hold up rock stars as model. The rock stars too often are mixed with drugs and their personal life isnot all that — 26 ____ . The rock stars are rich and wear the latest fashion styles (时装）.However oneshould 27 _____more in a hero than such things as 28______ and fine clothes.
A second type of heroes for the American youth are sports stars. Again you have a person who has a great talent in one area_ 29 _____. However, too often the personal life of the sports star is a bit 30_____. Too frequently drugs and drinking are a part of 31_____ of the sports stars.
A third group of heroes are TV or movie stars. These people may have lots of 32___ ，talent and are quite handsome. However ’ the personal life of too many actors is quite sad and should not be held up as a 33____ for young people.
Today，the rock stars，the sportsmen and the actors 34____ have become the models of the youth in America. Really,do you hear a young person say that his 35____ is a doctor, a teacher or a scientist? These people are not 36____ and do not wear fashionable clothes. However, they are 37____ people who work hard to make the world a better place for everyone.
What is really sad is that the young try to 38____ their heroes. They like to wear the same clothes as theirs, if the heroes of today for the American youth are 39 ____only to rock stars, sportsmen and actors, the future does not look too 40_____ .
A．dislike B．admire C．hate D．satisfy
A．doctors B．soldiers C．teachers D．heroes
A．choice B．conclusion C．answer D．questions
A．interested B．connected C．excited D．pleased
A．wants B．hopes C．wonders D．expects
A．bad B．simple C．silent D．good
A．gather B．spend C．put D．be after
A．paper B．money C．food D．book
A．sports B．music C．movie D．teaching
A．regular B．disorder C．happy D．hard
A．sports B．life C．clothes D．talent
A．teaching B．running C．acting D．pretending
A．model B．example C．lessor D．education
A．both B．each C．all D．none
A．parent B．husband C．wife D．hero
A．rich B．poor C．healthy D．kind
A．stupid B．talented C．terrible D．weak
A．persuade B．praise C．remember D．follow
A．enough B．limited C．powerful D．great
A．bright B．usual C．necessary D．important