Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I 26 teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I 27 the same things thousand and one times, do not 28 me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story 29 you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a 30 , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I 31 , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my 32 little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile. I taught you 33 to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life…. When at some moment I lose the memory or the 34 of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you 35 to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well 36 I need to and when not. When my 37 legs do not allow me to walk, give me your 38 , the same way I did when you gave your first 39 . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to 40 any more ---- that I want to rest forever, do not get ___41__. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted the 42 thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me 43 you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you 44 living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and 45 . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, Son
Your father
A．paid B．spent C．cost D．took
A．praise B．think C．repeat D．criticize
A．interrupt B．disturb C．look D．avoid
A．when B．after C．since D．until
A．rest B．word C．shower D．sleep
A．discovered B．invented C．noticed D．assumed
A．knowing B．fearing C．enjoying D．consulting
A．what B．when C．how D．why
A．news B．attitude C．material D．thread
A．talking B．listening C．responding D．appealing
A．where B．how C．that D．when
A．tired B．short C．long D．strong
A．leg B．ear C．hand D．mind
A．step B．pace C．laugh D．cry
A．talk B．live C．write D．sleep
A．careful B．interested C．calm D．angry
A．last B．first C．best D．most
A．near B．behind C．below D．against
A．made B．started C．earned D．found
A．mercy B．care C．excuse D．patience
III. 完形填空（Cloze）（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
A) 阅读下面的短文，结合文意用右边所给单词的适当形式填空。(For questions 66—70, read the passage below. Use the word given in bold at the end of the line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.)
Sharon Sexton
She throws Sean Penn over her shoulder and she asked Andrew Ridgeley to be quiet. She's slim, (66) ________ 【attract】and 1.75 meters tall. Sharon Sexton is not what most of us (67) ________ 【image】a bouncer (保镖) to look like but that's just what she is at the London club, Xenon.
Sharon says: “The aim is not to be noticed. I have to move around and mix in with the crowds. I'm here to make sure no trouble starts. If anyone looks (68) ________ 【anger】I just go and ask them to keep calm. Most men are so surprised at being spoken to by a woman bouncer that they don't argue. I only very (69) ________ 【occasion】have to use force.”
Sharon has also worked as a (70) “________”【mind】 for Madonna and for Al Pacino. She spends a lot time practicing Wing Chun, a method of self-defense designed for women.
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和D）中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Around the end of my stay in Yellowknife, I had a chance to ride in a dogsled (狗拉雪橇). I went to 36 a man who had 37 dogsled tournaments more than four times. In his house, there were lots of awards on the shelves. I had a girl take my picture in 38 of the awards.
Finally, the time came to take a 39 in a dogsled. The instructor asked me time and time again if the clothes I was 40 were warm enough. Because it wasn’t so 41 outside, I thought I was wearing 42 .
However, my thinking 43 right after the 12 dogs started to 44 the sled on the frozen lake. It was freezing! I don’t know how fast they were running, but I lost all 45 in my hands and feet. Sometimes the snow which the dogs 46 up hit me.
After my ride in the dogsled, I went to see an igloo (圆顶建筑),which is a house 47 snow. There I had a 48 to hear the stories about Eskimos(爱斯基摩人).
Of course, as a person from Japan, I couldn’t 49 what they were talking about. 50 , there was a(n) 51 beside me, so he translated everything the Eskimo was saying. Then the Eskimo kindly 52 me some of the tools that they used. I had 53 seen such strange things before.
He talked about the 54 he needed to learn while traveling in the Arctic, such as how to make an igloo, how to make water from ice, and how to hunt using their inventions. I 55 that I didn’t take pictures of their tools because I didn’t have my camera at that time.
36. A. instruct B. invite C. take D. visit
37. A. beaten B. wonC. received D. defeated
38. A. front B. need C. honor D. celebration
39. A. driveB. look C. ride D. tour
40. A. buying B. wearingC. choosing D. borrowing
41. A. coolB. warm C. coldD. hot
42. A. enough B. obviously C. comfortably D. fully
43. A. gathered B. reminded C. remained D. changed
44. A. push B. pull C. drive D. carry
45. A. blood B. temperature C. feeling D. movement
46. A. kicked B. picked C. turned D. made
47. A. covered with B. decorated with C. made of D. filled with
48. A. chance B. timeC. moment D. message
49. A. hear B. understand C. realizeD. admire
50. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Besides
51. A. villager B. teacher C. instructor D. translator
52. A. lentB. showed C. soldD. gave
53. A. everB. also C. usually D. never
54. A. skills B. materials C. experiments D. conditions
55. A. think B. consider C. regret D. infer
第三节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
Nick was not the kind of boy I had expected to spend my summer with. I was hoping to have a 21 the summer before my busy senior year, but my mother asked me to do her a 22 . One of her colleagues needed a full-time 23 . “You planned to volunteer at the local hospital, why not volunteer to 24 Nick instead?” Then she told me that this six-year-old boy was not a 25 child.
Nick was a lovely little boy who suffered from many disorders. Normal day-care centers would not 26 him. As a baby, he had serious ear infections which left him with equilibrium (平衡) problems. He couldn’t 27 or run properly. I was hesitating (犹豫) 28 I was to take the job when my mother 29 , “Don’t you want to be a nurse in the future? I doubt if you even have the 30 .”
Then I told her I was 31for the job.
The day started at 7:00 a.m. Nick was my wake-up call! With so much energy and very little 32 , he was quite a mix.
At the park, when he saw all the other children play on the jungle gym and swings (秋千)， the boy’s face 33 up — How he wished he belonged to the group of his age! You would think it would be 34 to get a child to go down a slide (滑梯). Believe me, it wasn’t ! It took time, a lot of time. But with patience and support, Nick took one step up the slide each day. We worked together to face his 35 and gradually he got closer to taking the slide of his life.
Halfway through the summer, he 36 it to the top of the slide. With my arms 37 him tightly, we flew down the slide! I waited for his reaction. After realizing that he was safe and sound, he gave me a big 38 and asked, “May I go down again, alone?”
I had never been happier in my life when I saw this little child climb the ladder and enjoy what other children 39 for granted.
This 40 child taught me that being a nurse means respect, kindness and patience.
21. A. grade B. course C. project D. relaxation
22. A. service B. favour C. business D. trade
23. A. nurse B. waitress C. guard D. guide
24. A. protect B. defend C. attend D. comfort
25. A. normal B. naughty C. clever D. happy
26. A. admit B. receive C. accept D. adopt
27. A. speak B. play C. stand D. walk
28. A. if B. what C. why D. where
29. A. suggested B. argued C. challenged D. commented
30. A. energy B. courage C. faith D. time
31. A. eager B. sorry C. grateful D. ready
32. A. awareness B. balance C. knowledge D. control
33. A. delighted B. cheered C. lit D. shut
34. A. difficult B. simple C. interesting D. terrible
35. A. fears B. worries C. chances D. situations
36. A. climbed B. got C. managed D. made
37. A. taking B. holding C. bringing D. greeting
38. A. kiss B. clap C. welcome D. surprise
39. A. play B. do C. take D. enjoy
40. A. miserable B. smart C. brave D. special
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，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Any housewife who went to the new supermarket wished to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping. This was what the 36 just inside the entrance 37 . It said: Remember, 38 , one of our customers gets 39 goods. THIS MAY BE YOUR LUCKY DAY!
For quite a long time Mrs. Edwards 40 , like many of her 41 , to be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never 42 hoping. The 43 in the kitchen was full of things which she did not need. Her husband tried to advise her 44 buying so many things but failed. She 45 dreamed of the DAY when the manager of the supermarket would come up to her and say, "Madam, THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY. Everything in your 46 doesn't need to be paid!" One Friday afternoon Mrs. Edwards shopped 47 . But she was not the lucky customer. No sooner had she just put the things inside her 48 than she found that she had forgotten to 49 tea. She dashed back to the 50 ,got some tea and went towards the 51 . As she did so, she saw the 52 came. 53 his hand he said, "I want to 54 you. You are our LUCKY CUSTOMER this week! Everything you have in your basket 55 !"
36. A. notice B. report C. board D. newspaper
37. A. did B. promised C. made D. agreed
38. A. every day B. every month C. twice a week D. once a week
39. A. excellent B. free C. extra D. unexpected
40. A. waited B. came C. hoped D. went
41. A. friends B. neighbors C. relatives D. customers
42. A. got rid of B. got along with C. gave up D. gave out
43. A. counter B. cushion C. food D. cupboard
44. A. against B. for C. with D. about
45. A. often B. always C. usually D. seldom
46. A. bill B. hand C. car D. basket
47. A. anxiously B. seriously C. crazily D. wonderfully
48. A. pockets B. car C. basket D. house
49. A. buy B. find C. take D. have
50. A. shop B. counter C. department D. supermarket
51. A. door B. entrance C. cash-desk D. shelves
52. A. secretary B. policeman C. manager D. salesman
53. A. Putting out B. Holding out C. Shaking D. Waving
54. A. congratulate B. tell C. inform D. thank
55. A. is yours B. means nothing C. belongs to you D. costs nothing
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和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Something happened today that made me realize how much love I have in my house and I am so thankful for it.
My husband used to work in a bank but during the crisis he 36 his job. The economy wasn’t good and he hadn’t many 37 to get another bank job. We were hoping and 38 that he would be offered a position.
He got a 39 and it brought us a feeling of 40 . We were able to 41 our mortgage（按揭贷款） and buy our groceries; but money was still very 42 , so he found another job 43 deliveries from Monday to Thursday.
He has been working so 44 that I wanted to make it an extra 45 Christmas this year. I wanted our house to be filled with 46 －I didn’t want anybody to be 47 this year. I finally got round to getting the Christmas tree out yesterday and I worked all day to make the house look 48 .
When my husband came home at 8 p.m. he looked 49 . Seeing the house he 50 the biggest smile, grabbed me and gave me a huge 51 . Then he apologized for not being able to help me. He said he knew it was hard on me because he didn’t get around and he was 52 that I had not complained.
He was apologizing for working so hard to feed us and keep a 53 over our heads! He was doing two jobs that made much less than his previous job and coming home exhausted. I had no 54 to tell him how much I LOVED him and how 55 I was of him and that he was such a great husband and father and provider for us.
With this amount of love in our house－we will always have more than “enough”!
36. A. resigned B. lost C. escaped D. improved
37. A. chances B. excuses C. plans D. disadvantages
38. A. crying B. praying C. waiting D. hesitating
39. A. opportunity B. job C. salary D. bank
40. A. pride B. loss C. danger D. wonder
41. A. enjoy B. spend C. expend D. pay
42. A. tight B. comfortable C. tough D. dirty
43. A. making B. producing C. creating D. puting
44. A. excitedly B. relaxed C. hard D. striking
45. A. special B. colorful C. regularly D. natural
46. A. energy B. company C. sunshine D. excitement
47. A. surprised B. charming C. confused D. alone
48. A. decorated B. festive C. splendid D. neat
49. A. lively B. exhausted C. humorous D. childish
50. A. broke into B. broke up C. broke down D. broke in
51. A. hug B. surprise C. suitcase D. glimpse
52. A. pitiful B. wonderful C. grateful D. graceful
53. A. secret B. roof C. smile D. faith
54. A. tears B. words C. feelings D. trusts
55. A. economical B. proud C. capable D. worth