I was feeling a little blue. My mother had been laid off from her job, but she said she was OK since her boss wasn't the nicest person 36 .
I got off the college bus and started walking. That's 37 I heard piano music and singing rising above the 38 of the people and the traffic. I walked a little slower 39 I could find out where it was coming from. 40 the crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a 41 next to her, singing songs about love. The way she was singing 42 me a bit. I stood there watching her 43 for about fifteen minutes, thinking that it must take 44 to perform on her own in public.
Feeling my presence, she looked in my 45 . I walked over and put some money in her carriage. “I have been going through a 46 time lately, but you’re made me hopeful again.”
"I'm happy that I could 47 . Why are you so sad?"
"Well, my mum had got 48 from her job, but I’m not sure what to do….”
"You see, the way you were 49 ," she explained. “Don't look defeated, 50 comes in different ways. If your head is down you might never see it. Smile more ... 51 your head up."
I smiled slightly, amazed by how she was 52 me.
“Why are you playing here?” I asked.
“I am not making music. I study psychology. I often see many 53 people and hope to relieve their 54 and make them think positively by sharing music.”
I smiled a little wider. She was doing a good thing. My heart was touched by a 55 soul.
A．instead B．somehow C．anyway D．either
A．since B．when C．before D．after
A．noise B．view C．scene D．hurry
A．but B．yet C．or D．so
A．Across B．Along C．Beside D．Through
A．plate B．carriage C．basket D．bowl
A．discouraged B．disturbed C．shocked D．comforted
A．playing B．begging C．dancing D．refreshing
A．image B．belief C．courage D．time
A．instruction B．direction C．operation D．intention
A．peaceful B．nice C．rough D．pleasure
A．work B．improve C．stand D．help
A．lost B．fired C．stuck D．tired
A．sighing B．listening C．walking D．talking
A．Opportunities B．Possibilities C．Performances D．Experiences
A．drop B．lift C．pick D．knock
A．depressing B．encouraging C．frightening D．surprising
A．active B．thoughtful C．negative D．surprising
A．pain B．sight C．respect D．attention
A．classical B．serious C．curious D．musical
第二节完型填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的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。（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
Mr. Brown, the wife of a famous doctor, was good at cooking. Once the Browns invited some of their friends to lunch. Mrs. Brown thought it was a good chance for her to ___36___ how wonderfully she could cook, so she ___37___ a new way of cooking a fish dish. She was quite pleased with herself when the dish was ___38___. “I have never cooked such ___39___ dish before!” she thought.
As the dish was very ___40___ she put it near the open window to cool for a few minutes. But, several minutes ___41___ , when she came back ___42___ it, she was shocked(震惊) to find the neighbor’s cat, Chester, at the dish. She was in time to stop the cat ___43___ it was too late.
When all the guests sat, the dinner began. The fish dish ___44___ really wonderful and everyone ___45___ it very much. They talked and laughed ___46___ four o’clock.
At the end of the afternoon, when she was alone again, Mrs. Brown felt ___47___ but also happy. She sat in a chair near a window to have a ___48___. She happened to look down ___49___ the window, and saw something ___50___ a little animal in the garden.
“Oh, it is Chester. Dear, she is dead! Why? The fish dish must be bad! What will ___51___ to my friends?” she was frightened.
Immediately she telephoned her husband for ___52___. The doctor told her to telephone ___53___ of the guests to meet him at the hospital as soon as he could.
Finally the danger was ___54___. Once again, Mrs. Brown was alone in her chair in the sitting room, still tired but no longer happy. Just then the telephone rang, it was her ___55___ who cried, “Oh, Mrs. Brown, Chester is dead. She was killed by a car and someone put it in your garden.”
36. A. enjoy B . show C. make D. say
37. A. did B. made C. tried D. found
38. A. ready B. gone C. finishing D. already
39. A. an expensive B. an excellent C. a terrible D. a pretty
40. A. hot B. cold C. warm D. heat
41. A. early B. earlier C. later D. late
42. A. with B. to C. for D. after
43. A. after B. before C. when D. until
44. A. tasted B. was eaten C. felt D. looked
45. A. ate B. enjoyed C. had D. ate up
46. A. at B. from C. to D. till
47. A. worried B. sad C. tired D. sorry
48. A. bread B. break C. breath D. stop
49. A. through B. throughout C. past D. out
50. A. as B. seem C. to seem D. like
51. A. change B. happen C. become D. come
52. A. thought B. advice C. ways D. ideas
53. A. both B. any C. all D. each
54. A. end B. away C. over D. passed
55. A. husband B. doctor C. neighborD. guest
第二节：完形填空（每小题1.5分，满分30分）
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more 36 than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but it got so old, and it was costing him _37 much in repairs, that he decided that he had better 38 it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was 39 to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so 40 of them had any desire to buy it.
Dave’s friend Sam saw that he was 41 when they met one evening, and said, “What’s 42 , Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising(登广告) it in the paper? You may 43_more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam’s 44 was reasonable, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read: “For sale: small car, 45 very little gas, only two owners. Bargain at ￡50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no 46_. but then on the Saturday evening he had an enquiry (咨询). A man rang up and said he would like to 47 him about the car. “All right.” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o’clock the next morning would be 48_ or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I’ll 49 my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to 50 it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, 51 to wait there for the people who had 52 his advertisement. Even Dave had to 53 that the car really looked like a wreck (残破的车). Then, soon after he had got the car as 54 as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave’s car and then said, “Have you reported this _55 to us yet, sir?”
36. A、directly B、safelyC、properlyD、easily
37. A、soB、suchC、very D、too
38. A、keepB、repairC、sell D、throw
39. A、willingB、luckyC、ashamed D、generous
40. A、someB、neither C、noneD、most
41. A、delightedB、sad C、calmD、astonished
42. A、onB、up C、itD、that
43. A、learn B、missC、get D、find
44. A、messageB、advice C、request D、description
45. A、usesB、losesC、has D、spends
46. A、doubt B、helpC、troubleD、answer
47. A、tellB、seeC、agreeD、call
48. A、exactB、suitableC、earlyD、late
49. A、follow B、meetC、bringD、introduce
50. A、recognizeB、getC、admireD、test
51. A、happeningB、meaningC、turning D、failing
52. A、readB、insertedC、answered D、placed
53. A、forget B、showC、disagree D、admit
54. A、cleanB、admitC、fast D、light
55. A、bargainB、saleC、accident D、result
完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Learning to accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. ____, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was ____ and ill.
My father was _____ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness ____ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit in a chair all day. Even talking is _____. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters, we started _____ about life, and I told them about one of my ______. I said that we must always give things up _______ we grow---our youth, our beauty, our friends--- but it always ____ that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father _____ up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up _____! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. _____, he answered his own question, “ I ______ the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters, and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also _____ by his words. After that, when I began to fell irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I _____ remember his words and become ______. If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of live for others, then I should be _____ to give up my small irritations. In this ______, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I ____ what other things I could learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one _____.
21. A. Afterwards B. Therefore C. However D. Meanwhile
22. A. tired B. weak C. poor D. slow
23. A. already B. still C. only D. once
24. A. took B. threw C. sent D. put
25. A. impossible B. difficult C. stressful D. hopeless
26. A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking
27. A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking
28. A. as B. since C. before D. till
29. A. suggests B. promises C. seems D. requires
30. A. spoke B. turned C. summed D. opened
31. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
32. A. surprisingly B. Immediately C. Naturally D. Certainly
33. A. had B. accepted C. gained D. enjoyed
34. A. touched B. astonished C. attracted D. warned
35. A. should B. could C. would D. might
36. A. quiet B. calm C. relaxed D. happy
37. A. ready B. likely C. free D. able
38. A. case B. form C. method D. way
39. A. doubt B. wonder C. know D. guess
40 .A. award B. gift C. lesson D. word
完形填空：（共20小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
During my second year of college I was looking around for a place to live. One Sunday after church the pastor(牧师) told me to stay in his daughter’s room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year.
To be 21 , I really didn’t want to stay with “the pastor’s family”. He told me how much the 22 would be — a very low figure that 23 one home-cooked meal a day. I thought about the 24 and decided to move in.
At the end of the term I had planned to find 25 living place, since the daughter was to 26 home. To my delight, they 27 that I share a room with their son. I seemed to have been adopted into their 28 —her people. I 29 accepted the offer.
As I emptied the daughter’s bedroom, I thought it might be 30 to have a little sister to look after. But when I later met my new sister, I 31 that she was more independent than I first 32 .
We finally feel in love, 33 , and have looked after each other for many years. There have been times that life turned out more 34 than either of us could have known. But we have always been able to go 35 largely because we knew that we are deeply 36 .
It isn’t about marriage …it’s about 37 . It’s about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as 38 as family. It’s about anybody who can say, “I’ll be 39 —you can count on me. I’ll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me.”
Is there somebody you can depend on? And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is40 to look after, and when someone is looking after us.
| 21. |
A. honest |
B. surprised |
C. friendly |
D. please |
| 22. |
A. price |
B. rent |
C. money |
D. pay |
| 23. |
A. had |
B. included |
C. made |
D. contained |
| 24. |
A. idea |
B. plan |
C. service |
D. offer |
| 25. |
A. same |
B. different |
C. another |
D. extra |
| 26. |
A. return |
B. go |
C. get |
D. leave |
| 27. |
A. ordered |
B. agreed |
C. arranged |
D. suggested |
| 28. |
A. house |
B. family |
C. group |
D. friends |
| 29. |
A. happily |
B. sorrowfully |
C. evidently |
D. efficiently |
| 30. |
A. bad |
B. exciting |
C. nice |
D. strange |
| 31. |
A. realised |
B. thought |
C. knew |
D. doubted |
| 32. |
A. saw |
B. told |
C. imagined |
D. believed |
| 33. |
A. separated |
B. parted |
C. left |
D. married |
| 34. |
A. smooth |
B. challenging |
C. hard |
D. different |
| 35. |
A. backward |
B. eastward |
C. forward |
D. westward |
| 36. |
A. hated |
B. cared |
C. felt |
D. liked |
| 37. |
A. friendship |
B. relation |
C. love |
D. family |
| 38. |
A. close |
B. good |
C. far |
D. long |
| 39. |
A. away |
B. out |
C. in |
D. around |
| 40. |
A. nobody |
B. somebody |
C. anybody |
D. everybody |
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
After years of searching, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well. “Ask the well what is 36 , ” he was advised, “and the well reveal (告诉，揭露) it to you.” Having found the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important 37 . And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroad, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”
Full of 38 the man ran to the crossroad to 39 only three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold 40 , and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to 41 much to do with the revelation of truth.
Disappointed, the seeker returned to the well to demand an 42 , but he was told only: “You will 43 in the future.”
As years went by, the 44 of his experience at the well gradually 45 until one night, while he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music 46 his attention. It was wonderful and it was 47 with great skill and inspiration.
Deeply 48 , the truth seeker felt drawn towards the 49 . He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful 50 : the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like 51 he had once seen in the three stores.
At last h
e understood the 52 of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our 53 is to assemble (聚集) and use them in the proper way. Nothing is 54 so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have 55 by considering the fragments alone.
A. truth B. hope C. future D. music
A. fact B. reason C. question D. well
A. energy B. hope C. mystery D. surprise
A. get B. count C. find D. open
A. instruments B. clothing C. food D. wood
A. connect B. have C. prepare D. offer
A. explanation B. advice C. excuse D. opportunity
A. succeed B. discover C. pay D. understand
A. bitterness B. failure C. memory D. secret
A. doubled B. forgot C. disappeared D. recovered
A. paid B. lost C. split D. caught
A. played B. broadcast C. enjoyed D. conducted
A. annoyed B. moved C. confused D. frightened
A. adviser B. director C. composer D. player
A. admiration B. distinction C. recognition D. imagination
A. those B. that C. it D. them
A. secret B. message C. theory D. benefit
A. target B. difficulty C. task D. shortcoming
A. interesting B. meaningful C. accessible D. successful
A. f
oreseen(预见) B. decided C. judged D. formed