My mother often asked me, “what is the most important part of the body?” Through the years I would guess at 46 I thought was the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My 47 , Mommy.” She said, “No. Many people are deaf. But you 48 thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”
Then last year, my Grandpa 49 . Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. My Mom looked at me when it was our 50 to say our final goodbye to grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?” I was shocked 51 she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her and me. She saw the confusion(迷惑) on my face and told me, “This 52 is very important. It shows that you have 53 lived your life”. I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder.” I asked, “Is it because it holds up your head?”
She replied, “No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they 54. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and 55 that you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”
A．if B．what C．that D．whether
A．ears B．eyes C．hands D．feet
A．feel B．stop C．keep D．forget
A．worried B．visited C．died D．came
A．need B．chance C．duty D．turn
A．when B．unless C．before D．but
A．experience B．answer C．problem D．question
A．easily B．really C．carefully D．especially
A．sleep B．think C．laugh D．cry
A．visitors B．friends C．classmates D．teachers
Big things were happening in my life the summer after I turned 13. In the middle of that summer, my parents my entire world and turned it upside down they told me they were getting a divorce. I couldn’t believe that our family was going to . Though I always knew my parents weren’t very happy and they often , I still wanted my family to stay the same.
My life changed completely the divorce. My mother and I moved into a small apartment across town, my father and brother, Bill, stayed in our house. I now became a whenever I went to see my dad and Bill on the weekends. And immediately I had my soon-to-be stepfather, Dan, whom I showed no in. I was depressed, especially after Dan and my mother married and I realized that there was no that things could change back to the way they were.
Even though I all Dan’s attempts to get to know me and wasn’t very to him, he never gave up on me. , I began to trust him. I realized that we actually had some things in , especially when it came to movies and TV shows. We a lot of time together hanging out watching TV. That gave us a chance to talk and get
to know each other.
Better still, Dan showed an interest in me that I had never experienced from my own father. Dan was always around when I needed on school or friends. Once I began to warm up to Dan, the three of us began spending a lot of time together. We often went out to eat and took short trips. , I discovered that I had the happy family that I had always wanted.
I now realize my parents were about getting the divorce. Their divorce was the best thing to happen for all of us. My father also found happiness—he and had another child, my half-sister, Michelle.
At 13, I learned an important —change is not always the worst thing that can . Sometimes, it is just what we need the most.
A．created B．shook C．entered D．occupied
A．unless C．when D．until
A．break up B．hold up C．keep up D．show up
A．whispered B．fought C．talked D．competed
A．throughout B．beyond C．before D．after
A．where B．although C．while D．that
A．visitor B．relative C．neighbor D．stranger
A．confidence B．interest C．fear D．anger
A．doubt B．difference C．point D．way
A．forgot B．supported C．resisted D．valued
A．serious B．nice C．bad D．generous
A．Gradually B．Immediately C．Usually D．Regularly
A．mind B．trouble C．common D．order
A．spent B．wasted C．lost D．saved
A．experience B．information C．impression D．advice
A．However B．Besides C．Eventually D．Occasionally
A．wrong B．confident C．guilty D．right
A．remarried B．returned C．changed D．left
A．method B．truth C．skill D．word
B．remain C．continue D．happen
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Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times. I could not find 36work and I found this especially difficult as I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree.
To my 37I was driving a school bus to 38my family. I had been through five 39with a company and one day they 40to say I did not get the job. I went to the bus barn, feeling 41.
Later that afternoon, 42doing my rounds through a quiet suburban neighborhood I had an inner wave 43from deep inside me and I thought “Why has my 44become so hard?” “Give me a sign, I asked, a physical sign, not some inner 45type of thing.”
Immediately after this internal（内心的） scream I 46the bus over to drop off a little girl and as she 47she handed me an earring saying I should keep it 48somebody looked for it. The 49was stamped metal, painted black and said “BE HAPPY”. Then it struck me. I had been putting all of my 50into what was wrong with my life 51than what was right!
One night there was a phone call for me from the 52at a large hospital. She asked me whether I 53do a report for 200 hospital workers. I said 54and got the job.
My day with the hospital workers 55very well. I got a great welcome and many more days of work. To this day I KNOW that it was because I changed my attitude to gratitude.
A. satisfyingB. probable
particularD. considerate
A. joy B. luckshame D. surprise
A．meet B．supply C．provide D．support
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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The beginning of a Frank Sinatra song drifted across the dance floor and I knew my dad would call out and request that, which for most people is very 36 .
As he walked towards me to ask for the first 37 , I could see there were 38 in his eyes .I grasped the side of my chair, 39 myself up with my arms ,and grabbed the two metal sticks which keep me 40 as I stood to take his hand.
It took all my will to 41 my own tears and inside a voice kept 42 : “Don’t fall over ,Martine.” We grabbed each other and in some way shuffled（穿梭）out a dance for the whole of the song.
For my dad, it was a turning point. He had 43 his friends on his 70th birthday he would lead his daughter in the first dance, 44 he had done so many times before .Almost a year after the suicide bomb on the London Underground train which blew 45 both my legs above the knee ,I had managed to realize his 46 .Like so much that has happened over the last 12 months, there was something 47 about the moment.
Today, on July 1, as I face the first anniversary of the terrorist 48 , I am preparing to leave the country for a while. I know I 49 be celebrating the fact that I am alive, 50 I do not feel able to remain in London for the event.
Psychologically, I am a different person. I am very body conscious. When I go out I am 51 that children will make fun of me on my artificial legs. In my wheelchair I cover my lower half with a blanket 52 what remains of my body draws 53 glances.
Despite my brave claims of what I would do when I left the hospital in March, the reality is that I will 54 be able to do many things .I thought I would be able to wear my artificial legs all day ,to run ,to go out alone. But that is just not possible.
I keep asking myself, 55 does it become normal? Is this normal now?
36．A．believable B．difficult C．interesting D．simple
37．A．permission B．dance C．action D．time
38．A．smiles B．hopes C．tears D．sorrows
39．A．took B．carried C．raised D．turned
40．A．balanced B．supplied C．experienced D．equipped
41．A．keep up B．hold back C．put away D．send off
42．A．saying B．concluding C．ringing D．suggesting
43．A．persuaded B．permitted C．pleased D．promised
44．A．so B．but C．as D．while
45．A．away B．down C．over D．out
46．A．attempt B．effort C．decision D．dream
47．A．positive B．unreal C．pleasant D．true
48．A．attacks B．activities C．accidents D．situations
49．A．could B．should C．must D．might
50．A．and B．or C．but D．while
51．A．astonished B．guilty C．puzzled D．scared
52．A．in time B．on purpose C．in case D．in need
53．A．continuous B．steady C．angry D．curious
54．A．never B．seldom C．nearly D．almost
55．A．whether B．when C．why D．where
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
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I recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him 36he thought he was able to be so much more 37than the average person.
He 38that it all came from a(n) 39with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. He had been trying to remove milk from the fridge when he 40the slippery(光滑的) bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor.
When his mother came in, 41shouting at him or giving him a lecture, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful 42you have made! I have 43seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been 44. Would you like to get down and 45in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?"
Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, "Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to 46everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?" He chose the sponge.
His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a 47experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two 48hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can make it." The little boy learned that if he 49the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful 50!
This scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be 51to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just 52for learning something new, which is, 53, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment "doesn't 54," we usually learn something 55from it.
36. A. why B. what C. when D. how
37. A. capable B. able C. creative D. original
38. A. responded B. reacted C. recalled D. reminded
39. A. coincidence B. experience C. incident D. conflict
40. A. fell B. lost C. escaped D. dropped
41. A. rather than B. instead of C. other than D. in place of
42. A. picture B. mass C. map D. mess
43. A. rarely B. happily C. frequently D. angrily
44. A. obtained B. suffered C. done D. received
45. A. jump B. play C. enjoy D. draw
46. A. recover B. return C. restore D. regain
47. A. failed B. successful C. fantastic D. painful
48. A. strong B. tiny C. thin D. weak
49. A. controlled B. possessed C. seized D. grasped
50. A. example B. teaching C. lesson D. instruction
51. A. anxious B. nervous C. fearful D. afraid
52. A. situations B. opportunities C. occasions D. turns
53. A. after all B. above all C. first of all D. in all
54. A. do B. finish C. go D. work
55. A. worthy B. costly C. valuable D. interesting
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。
In a small open courtyard, outside a school building, there were flowers here and there. In the sunshine, a 36 was lying on the grass, reading a book with 37 concentration. Near her, another child was carefully watering the flowers, while a third was 38with his back against a tree and had a 39 on his knees. He appeared to be drawing or writing something on it. He was _40 in his task, like the first child.
_41 the building, there were pleasant carpeted areas. Many children were busy with their tasks in a variety of 42 , while teachers wandered among them, talking to them, 43 them, and encouraging their efforts.
_44 I watched this scene on a morning in May years ago, it 45 to me that a visitor here would 46 have thought be had entered a formal school. He would have been even more 47 if he had been told that the children he was 48 came from different kinds of academic levels.
That 49 has been staying with me ever since. I have been 50 about some problems. Why in many schools are our children 51asked to acquire skills in a way 52 from a real-life context(情境)? Why does a 53school child so often become a defeated school failure?
Developmental psychologist Margaret Donald once said,” 54 of the intellectual framework (知识框架) on which we 55our teaching is misleading.” In my opinion, a child learns everything in human situation. And if every child could learn in the same way as the children in the school I visited, they would develop better.
36. A. gardener B. child C. teacher D. visitor
37. A. poor B. little C. completeD. slight
38. A. sitting B. standing C. sleeping D. listening
39. A. toy B. pencil C. flower D. notebook
40. A. laid B. set C. defeatedD. lost
41. A. Over B. Above C. Inside D. Outside
42. A. ways B. ideas C. opinions D. views
43. A. referring to B. smiling at C. pointing toD. staring at
44. A. Unless B. As C. Until D. Before
45. A. happened B. went C. occurred D. got
46. A. already B. never C. rather D. ever
47. A. satisfied B. disappointed C. delighted D. surprised
48. A. helping B. teaching C. encouraging D. observing
49. A. scene B. sign C. lookD. semen
50. A. dreaming B. regretting C. wondering D. joking
51. A. seldom B. hardly C. often D. badly
52. A. taken B. preventedC. learnedD. separated
53. A. slow B. lively C. lucky D. friendly
54. A. Much B. Any C. LittleD. None
55. A. turn B. feed C. drawD. base