Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 31 in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 32 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 33 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 34.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there _35 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 36 her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had _37_ her. I was 38_ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it __39_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt _40__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen _41 , but it’s really there. Love is 42_.”
I listened carefully but I __43_ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly _44 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __45_. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 46__ on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t _47 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”_48_ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 49 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just _50_ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
A．keep fit B．rise early C．collect money D．earn money
A．romantic B．magic C．fantastic D．attractive
A．simple B．luxurious C．relaxing D．easy
A．question B．the question C．reach D．control
A．feeling B．quarrel C．love D．smile
A．bowed B．shook C．nodded D．raised
A．hurt B．injured C．wounded D．harmed
A．in great surprise B．with deep depression C．in a great embarrassment D．at extreme sorrow
A．happens B．comes about C．occurs D．appears
A．warm and soft B．hot and hard C．thin and cool D．strong and durable
A．more or less B．here and there C．somewhere and sometime D．anywhere or anytime
A．inside B．outside C．faraway D．nearby
A．could believe B．wouldn’t recognize C．couldn’t understand D．might know
A．got stuck B．got sick C．threw up D．became disabled
A．quite healthy B．fairly red C．very pale D．much surprised
A．walk slowly B．go hurriedly C．run fast D．jump high
A．think about B．worry about C．talk with D．laugh at
A．Saying B．Seeing C．Reading D．Writing
A．fresh roses B．gold ring C．beautiful jewelry D．sweet kisses
A．a needle B．a thread C．the cloth D．the cotton
For some people, the sight of a mouse can be reason to scream. For other mice, the same sight can be reason to sing.
Mice will probably 21sing their way to any concert, but researchers in the United States have found 22that mice do, 23, sing.
Scientists already knew that mice make ultrasonic(超声波) sounds—noises that are too high-pitched(高音的) for people to hear 24special equipment.
To find out whether mice put such sounds together in song-like 25, the researchers recorded the sounds of 1 mice. Using computer 26, they were able to separate the sounds into specific types of syllables(音节), and found the mice produced about 10 syllables per second.
The results showed that nearly all of the mice repeated sequences(顺序) of syllables in different patterns. That’s enough to meet the definition of what scientists 27song. But not all scientists are 28 _ that what the mice are doing is 29singing. To prove it, the researchers must show that there’s learning involved. And, they need to __ 30why the mice sing.
21. A. almost B. even C. never D. usually
22. A. coincidence B. evidence C. guidance D. instance
23. A. at once B. by means C. for example D. in fact
24. A. during B. inside C. through D. without
25. A. fashions B. instructions C. patterns D. styles
26. A. access B. printer C. screen D. software
27. A. call B. hear C. sing D. write
28. A. accustomed B. convinced C. involved D. qualified
29. A. actually B. obviously C. simply D. unlikely
30. A. figure out B. get about C. run across D. talk over
阅读下面短文，从短文后1～20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。
One of my father's favorite sayings as I was growing up was "Try it!" I couldn't say I didn't like1, whatever it might be,2I tried it. Over the years I've come to3how much of my success I owe to my4of those words as one of my values. My5job was just one I decided to try for a couple of years until I6what I wanted to do as a career (职业) .7I believed I would work for a few years, get married, stay home and raise a family, so I didn't think the job I took8that much . I couldn't have been more9. I mastered the skills of that beginning level position and I was given the opportunity (机会) to10through the company into different11. I adopted each new opportunity with the12, "Well, I'll try it; if I don't like it I can always go back to my13position." But I was with the same company for the past 28 years , and I've14every career change I've made. I've discovered I15a large number of different talents (才能) and skills that I never would have thought were within me had it not been for my being16trying new opportunities. I've also discovered that if I17what I'm doing and word hard at achieving my18. I will succeed. That's why I am so19to be a part of CareerFables.com. I think20has come and I am determined to make it a success.
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语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。
Maybe you never opened that account (帐户), but someone else 31-- someone who used your name, your credit card number or your 32(person) information to commit fraud (造假) without letting you know, 33is actually a crime, pure and simple.
The biggest problem is 34(probable) that you may not know that someone has taken away your identity 35 you notice that something is wrong: you may get bills for 36credit card account you never opened, your credit report may include debts you never knew you had,37 you may see charges on your bills that you didn’t sign for, and even don’t know anything about.
If your identity has really 38 (steal) like that, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suggests that you should 39at least two actions immediately.
First, contact the fraud departments of the major credit offices and ask them40copies of your credit reports.
Then, review your reports carefully to check your corrections and changes.
完形填空（共10小题；每小题２分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21－30各题所给的ABC和D项中，选出最佳选项．
The finest and most sought-after violins were handcrafted by an Italian violin maker over 250 years ago. The man’s name was Antonius Stradivarius. He was born in 1644 and began his career21a violin maker’s apprentice (学徒). Working on his own by 1680, he became determined to make 22that could reproduce tones as rich as those produced by the human voice.
He 23 several shapes and styles for his violins until he arrived at a design that pleased him. During his career he crafted 1,100 violins. Those in 24have become treasured possessions.
Unfortunately, the secret of the Stradivarius violin died with its maker. During his lifetime Stradivarius kept his notes safely 25 , even his two sons, who helped him in his workshop, did not know all the steps involved in each violin’s construction.
Through the years, many experts have offered 26explanations for the unique tone of a “Strad”. Some say it is due to the violin’s shape. Others suggests that the secret 27the special properties(特性) of the wood, which Stradivarius obtained from native Italian trees that no longer exist. The most widely accepted explanation is that it is created by the varnish（清漆） that 
the28used to coat his violins. Chemists have analyzed as closely as possible the varnish and have found its29has improved the sound of many violins. 30, no other violin maker has been able to fully reproduce the tone of the Stradivarius’s violins.
21. A. with B. asC. for D. from
22. A. Instruments B. facilities C. equipment D. tools
23. A. investigated B. surveyed C. tested D. experimented
24. A. fashion B. existence C. possession D. use
25. A. protected B. buried C. hidden D. covered
26. A. possible B. accurate C. detailed D. persuasive
27. A. brings in B. takes in C. results in D. lies in
28. A. master B. violinist C. expert D. user
29. A. attention B. application C. invention D. foundation
30. A. Additionally B. Luckily C. Therefore D. Still
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和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。
The True Story of Treasure Island
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson's imagination.1，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived2for many years in 1881 he returned to Scotland for a3. With him were his American wife Fanny and his son4.
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long5over the hills. They had been6this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse, Kept indoors by the heavy rain. Lloyd felt the days7. To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some8.
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert9that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of10. "What's that?" he asked "That's the11treasure "said the boy Robert suddenly12 something of an adventure story in the boy's13While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the14a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd. But who would he the pirate（海盗）?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the15of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to16such a man in a story17Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was18.
So thanks to a19.September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy we have one of the greatest20
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