Two years ago ,Shirley, wife, mother and doctor, found herself worn out. She got up earlier, and went to bed later, just to meet everyday 36 _____ , but lacked 37 _____ for the things that mattered most She and her husband, a lawyer, began searching for ways to 38 _____ their lives. “We had to decide what was really 39 _____” says Shirley. They knew they wanted more time to 40 _____ with their three- year -old son, to exercise and eat right, and to develop friendship.
So the couple chose to live more simply，shopping with care for necessities and enjoying inexpensive 41 _____ such as reading, cooking and going to the park.
Then Shirley 42 _____ her job and began working part time. She printed business cards that 43 _____
“At your service, buy 44 _____ a little time” and helped clients (客户）with personal tasks like shopping, paying bills and 45 parties. “I still work hard, but being able to control my hours makes a 46 _____，” she says，“ I can spare time to take my son to the 47 _____ or play basketball with him. My stress and headaches are 48 _____ ’’
Shirley and her husband are 49 _____ alone in wanting to 50 _____ and live a satisfying Life. A survey found that 54 percent of parents say they have little time with their children, and 47 percent of married couples 51 _____that they lack time together. 52 _____does the time go?
For most people， 53 _____ and commuting (通勤)take up most of the day. Simplifying means becoming 54 _____ of the ways we use money, time and energy, and finding ways to make things easier. Then we have to gain 55 _____ over Life and have time for the pleasures.
A．activities B．services C．demands D．exercises
A．lead B．simplify C．adapt D．consider
A．study B．help C．meet D．play
A．pleasures B．places C．tasks D．goods
A．found B．received C．took D．quit
A．read B．wrote C．showed D．told
A．life B．result C．balance D．difference
A．office B．hospital C．park D．school
A．gone B．better C．strong D．obvious
A．a bit B．far from C．much too D．more than
A．keep pace B．settle down C．take off D．slow down
A．How B．When C．Where D．Why
A．aware B．afraid C．proud D．sure
A．value B．control C．success D．experience
Section B
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrases that best fits the context.
I have been told in China, having a pet, particularly a dog, is often considered to be a status symbol because it shows the family can 36 to have an animal. It is different here.
In Canada it is 37 for people to have pets. Many people have dogs. Many others have cats and there are people who keep fish, birds or rabbits. Some keep what we call exotic pets. These might be ferrets, snakes or almost any other animal you can think of, although keeping 38 pets is often difficult and because it can also be hard on the animal. The keeping of some exotic animals is not allowed by law.
Now, my wife and I live in a small town. We no longer have a 39 --- we live in an apartment. We have a cat named Callie and she never goes out 40 onto the balcony so cars are no longer an issue. She’s about sixteen years old and will probably live to be twenty or more. The 41 will come when she dies and we no longer have a pet. We have had a pet for so long it seems like a natural part of our lives and without a cat around the house it will seem somehow 42 . On the other hand, we are getting older and given that a cat can live about twenty years we wonder if we will ever have another after Callie goes. Cats are cutest, of course, when they are small kittens but a kitten is 43 for a longer time than we may have left.
I think having a pet is very good for a number of reasons. It helps to teach children how to look after a 44 creature, makes them realize that animals have feelings just like we do and that, in many ways, we depend on each other. For older people like me an animal is a 45 and a comfort to have around, a pet, properly treated, returns the favor by 46 unconditional love. Wouldn’t this world be a great place if people could learn how to do that.
36. A. buy B. afford C. supply D. provide
37. A. common B. unusual C. particular D. public
38. A. aboard B. domestic C. excitedD. exotic
39. A. dormitory B. home C. family D. house
40. A. except B. besidesC. except for D. beside
41. A. demand B. dilemma C. decision D. matter
42. A. puzzled B. confused C. empty D. alone
43. A. commitment B. committee C. friend D. follower
44. A. lively B. alive C. live D. living
45. A. company B. competitorC. companion D. co-worker
46. A. giving out B. giving in C. giving backD. giving off
47. A. bad B. great C. messy D. poor
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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a 36__ to catch a train, she 37 a quick way to reach it. “I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!” the driver said 38 . “You don’t think I know the best way to go?”
The woman tried to explain that she hadn’t 39 to annoy him, but the driver kept 40 . She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be 41 , so she changed her 42. “You know, you are right,” she told him. “It must seem 43 for me not to think you know the best way__44 the city.”
45 , the driver glanced at his 46 in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. “He didn’t say another word the rest of the ride,” she said, “ 47 I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me.”
When you find yourself 48 with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to __49_ your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or 50 marriages. I have discovered one simple 51 extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from 52 in a disaster.
The 53 is to put yourself in the other person’s shoes and look for the 54in what that person is saying. Find a way to 55 , and the result may surprise you.
36. A. hurry B. rush C. moment D. way
37. A. chose B. made C. found D. suggested
38. A. jokingly B. angrily C. anxiously D. curiously
39. A. supposed B. expected C. meant D. decided
40. A. apologizing B. driving C. asking D. shouting
41. A. reasonable B. thoughtful C. normal D. practical
42. A. road B. mind C. direction D. manner
43. A. strange B. wrong C. terrible D. stupid
44. A. across B. in C. through D. along
45. A. Surprised B. Worried C. Annoyed D. Disappointed
46. A. rider B. speaker C. helper D. comer
47. A. until B. after C. because D. since
48. A. satisfied B. concerned C. crowded D. faced
49. A. give up B. turn down C. stick to D. point out
50. A. combine B. destroy C. suffer D. divide
51. A. and B. that C. but D. though
52. A. lying B. resulting C. setting D. leading
53. A. problem B. importance C. key D. reply
54. A. fact B. meaning C. expression D. truth
55. A. agree B. argue C. explain D. escape
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We arrived at the hospital to find Dad was very weak, but his smile was as 36 as ever. It was another attack of pneumonia（肺炎）. My hushand and I stayed with him for the 37 but had to return to our jobs on Monday. Local 38 would help Dad get home from the hospital and look after him. 39I longed to be able to let him know that we cared too, even when we weren’t with him.
Then I remembered a 40 tradition（传统）when our children were small When 41their grandparents’ home after a visit, each child would write a love note to their grandparents. They __42__ notes in the cereal（麦片）box, under a hairbrush, next to the 43 or even in the microwave（微波炉）. For days, their grandparents would 44 as they discovered these reminders of our love.
45 as I tidied Dad‘s kichen and 46 up a bed for him downstairs in the living room, I wrote some notes. Some were 47, “Dad, I put the food in the fridge so it wouldn’t go bad.” Some expressed my love, “Dad, I 48 you will sleep well in your new 49.” Most notes were down-stairs where he would stay for several weeks until he 50 strength, but one note I hid upstairs under his pillow, “Dad, if you have found this 51, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”
Just like his 52 strengthened him physically, these “emotional vitamins” would 53__ his spiritual health. Several weeks later, in one of our 54 phone calls, I asked Dad how he was
__55__. He said, “Pretty good ! I just found your note under my pillow upstairs!”
36. A. sure B. weakC. happy D. wild
37. A. day B. month C. night D. weekend
38. A. doctors B. friends C. relatives D. classmates
39. A. But B. Therefore C. Besides D. Though
40. A. city B. nation C. family D. village
41. A. moving B. entering C. arriving D. leaving
42. A. wrote B. hid C. mixed D. stuck
43. A. curtain B. chair C. phone D. window
44. A. find B. smile C. regret D. miss
45. A. Because B. However C. While D. So
46. A. dressed B. made C. cleaned D. ticked
47. A. practical B. funny C. uninteresting D. true
48. A. wish B. demand C. hope D. suggest
49. A. home B. bed C. house D. hospital
50. A. experienced B. discovered C. regained D. grew
51. A. word B. letter C. note D. place
52. A. doctors B. food C. operation D. medicines
53. A. change B. improve C. cure D. harm
54. A. regular B. usual C. long D. special
55. A. hving B. going C. finding D. Doing
第四节完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、和D四个选中选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
On a cold winter morning, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed warmly and equipped with the video we had been 26to watch. I was feeling a little 27 , as I was carrying our shopping bags of snacks and the video.
They were so heavy that I decided to 28some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can when I noticed a poor man 29his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He held a paper bag with his dirty hand. He 30over to another nearby garbage can and started 31 it.
I suddenly felt very 32. I knew this man would take all he could get, 33 I walked up to him and 34 the drink and some snacks over to him. The man, with lines on his face and wrinkles on his forehead, looked up in 35 and took what I gave him.
A huge smile 36 across his face and this 37 me to feel indescribable satisfaction. I felt like I couldn’t be 38 with myself, but then he said: “Wow, first someone gives me this sandwich, then this drink, and now some 39 food; this is my daughter’s 40 day!”
He thanked me happily and started off 41 his bike. I even heard him whistling a song as he rode away.
I now 42 what is meant by the saying “giving is getting”. Everyone in the world needs help, everyone can 43 help and everyone will be helped by showing 44.
The image of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind 45 I have the chance to do something nice.
26．A．drinking B．eating C．dying D．living
27．A．excited B．puzzled C．tired D．satisfied
28．A．pick out B．eat up C．put down D．throw away
29．A．running B．walking C．dragging D．pulling
30．A．headed B．rode C．ran D．fled
31．A．breaking into B．looking through C．staring at D．searching for
32．A．cold B．afraid C．guilty D．content
33．A．but B．because C．so D．if
34．A．turned B．thought C．took D．handed
35．A．surprise B．detail C．case D．return
36．A．disappeared B．paused C．existed D．spread
37．A．made B．forced C．caused D．gave
38．A．sadder B．angrier C．happier D．crazier
39．A．cheap B．tasty C．clean D．useful
40．A．lucky B．busy C．interesting D．quiet
41．A．by B．on C．in D．with
42．A．remember B．understandC．appreciate D．recognize
43．A．refuse B．receive C．offer D．find
44．A．kindness B．eagerness C．willingness D．braveness
45．A．every time B．last time C．atother times D．next time
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.
When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gained 36___ to Harvard University. And her 37___story has inspired a movie, Homeless to Harvard: The Tony Morrison Story 38___ in late April.
Tony Morrison, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Tony grew up in the 39___of two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Tony was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Tony was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss 40___ a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it. Tony went back to school. She 41___ herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she slept on the streets.
“What drove me to survive had 42___to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night. She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that came easily to others, such as a safe living environment, 43___ herself that “next to nothing could hold me 44___”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University.
But Tony decided to leave her top university for a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her 45___, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me 46___.” Tony wants moviegoers to go away with the idea that changing your 47___ is “as simple as making a decision”.
36. A. permission B. entry C. honor D. confidence
37. A. puzzled B. puzzling C. amazing D. amazed
38. A. published B. appeared C. sold D. shown
39. A. charge B. face C. middle D. shadow
40. A. lay in B. led to C. referred to D. stuck to
41. A. threw B. put C. devoted D. concentrated
42. A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything
43. A. to encourage B. to control C. to persuade D. to believe
44. A. up B. down C. off D. back
45. A. mother B. sister C. father D. brother
46. A. once in a while B. time and time again
C. at the same time D. all the time
47. A. life B. university C. way D. family