完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
I could have easily gone through life without getting to know one of the most romantic feelings---love for a dog.
For at least ten years my __36 _ had been suggesting that we get a dog. There were several reasons why the idea _37_ . We had noticed that, on our block, couples with no children as a rule 38_ one large or two small dogs. So we got one puppy 39_ we too had no children.
He flew into the house with the 40 of a Formula 1 (一级方程式赛车). In several minutes he ran over all the house, 41 from my shoulder onto the bed, and ended up in the 42 , where my wife washed him with motherly 43 . From that day on, the invisible（看不见的） _44 for the love of the new member of our household began at my home.
He seemed to 45 that at once. Most of the meals that my wife had _ 46 for him with greater care than those for me---he didn’t 47 look at.
Every evening I went out walking with him. I could not know who was walking whom _ 48_ one evening, when, tired from work, I 49 the walk. The dog was very angry and dragged me out.
Last night our dog pulled me by the ear with his teeth, 50 me up in my dream, and dragged me into the kitchen to make me turn off the 51 which had disturbed（干扰）his sleep. I meekly（乖乖地） 52 that I had forgotten to switch off the light, but that was not 53 . He looked at me like a teacher at a pupil who repeatedly makes _ 54 .
Now we finally know who’s the_ 55 at home, and for twenty years we had seriously argued whether it was my wife or I.
A．wife B．son C．husband D．daughter
A．came up with B．came out C．came up D．came on
A．kept B．rose C．carried D．invited
A．if B．unless C．since D．before
A．speed B．shape C．cost D．race
A．climbed B．covered C．jumped D．stopped
A．yard B．street C．bathroom D．kitchen
A．worry B．care C．identity D．power
A．signal B．war C．work D．truth
A．doubt B．dislike C．wonder D．understand
A．reached B．searched C．looked D．prepared
A．even B．still C．ever D．yet
A．while B．because C．until D．as
A．gave in B．gave up C．gave away D．gave out
A．broke B．woke C．picked D．packed
A．water B．heater C．cooker D．light
A．hoped B．considered C．admitted D．decided
A．enough B．good C．bad D．true
A．plans B．mistakes C．decisions D．faces
A．boss B．member C．adult D．child
“Who could ever have imagined someone like me would make it this far?” asked Evan Mercer last week during his high school graduation speech as the best student. Mercer offered to his fellow classmates to never give up---and the words much more to himself. That’s because Mercer is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Mercer didn’t start to until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Mercer. Although her son was a disadvantage, she was determined not to treat him . “I’ve expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no why he couldn’t,” she told ABC News. “And if he the first time, we just tried again.”
Mercer, 18, worked hard throughout school, no special treatment but sitting at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher. All his hard work . He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University. “Deafness had taught me a lesson to never ,” he said in the speech. “Not when the experts tell you it cannot be done. Not when you have so far behind that escaping seems the only way . Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire .”
Mercer spoke for about four minutes, after which he received a standing ovation(鼓掌) from the class and messages from family, friends and strangers. “They’ve been sending me messages on Facebook, email, they’ve been talking to me in person telling me how it had a on their lives and how they’re really by it,” Mercer told ABC News. “It feels . Seeing that my words have a power on someone and that they want to work harder my words makes me feel wonderful.”
A．warning B．advice C．message D．information
A．meant B．paid C．recognized D．persuaded
A．faced B．preferred C．needed D．forecast
A．cry B．hear C．smell D．speak
A．at B．for C．under D．by
A．kindly B．differently C．exactly D．similarly
A．harm B．cause C．reason D．trouble
A．organized B．failed C．succeeded D．managed
A．accepting B．achieving C．harvesting D．receiving
A．paid off B．dropped off C．took off D．set off
A．give out B．give in C．give up D．give away
A．fallen B．waited C．walked D．gone
A．in B．out C．off D．up
A．possibility B．success C．victory D．impossibility
A．supportive B．negative C．useless D．selfish
A．reward B．source C．power D．detail
A．disappointed B．educated C．frightened D．puzzled
A．amazing B．frightening C．shocking D．embarrassing
A．actually B．suddenly C．strangely D．extremely
A．except for B．according to C．instead of D．because of
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his diary. Now, a teenager with problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog (博客). In many ways, a diary and a blog are very .So, what makes blogging different from writing in diary?
The biggest difference is that blogging is much more than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats her diary like a book full of that she does not want to .
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog a diary will probably write nearly the same information. I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. I was at her age, I wrote about the same things, but in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was that my sister might read it!
The biggest with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something about her in my diary, she would never know. , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend read her blog and get angry.
There are also to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “Nobody cares about me.” would know about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would respond and tell her how much they her. Blogs help people stay in with their friends and to hear what the people around them are doing.
A．the same B．troublesome C．difficult D．daily
A．familiar B．special C．similar D．different
A．a personal B．an ordinary C．a common D．a traditional
A．attractive B．public C．convenient D．quick
A．thoughts B．puzzles C．mysteries D．secrets
A．tell B．share C．publish D．solve
A．instead of B．as well as C．in favor of D．in spite of
A．blog B．diary C．report D．web
A．Although B．Since C．When D．Because
A．only B．already C．still D．never
A．angry B．hopeless C．glad D．worried
A．problem B．doubt C．trouble D．mistake
A．hard B．wrong C．mean D．funny
A．Besides B．However C．Therefore D．Then
A．should B．will C．must D．might
A．reasons B．disadvantages C．shortcomings D．advantages
A．everyone B．no one C．anyone D．someone
A．happily B．especially C．quickly D．specially
A．like B．miss C．need D．help
A．friendship B．touch C．debate D．mind
It happened on February 27, 2010. We in the middle of the night at the alarm in our apartment. My husband got out of bed to see what was happening. I sat up trying to keep our little son Nemer . All of a sudden, I felt that the bed was slightly . Then everything in the room started shaking.
My husband entered the room puzzled, trying to find what was happening. Then we knew for sure it was a(n) . I quickly took Nemer out of his stroller(折叠式婴儿车) and held him . The shaking kept going harder. I tried 3 times to close and open my eyes to wake up from this nightmare(噩梦)，but I realized it was real. We decided to the apartment as we knew it was dangerous to stay inside.
When we the building, I heard banging on doors and crying. We went in fear with other neighbors down the . It was completely dark, we couldn’t see where we were stepping. Luckily, we to get out of the building in the end.
Lots of people were standing outside, looking up at the high building. Some of them were , others were holding their family members or friends, and some were just too frightened to do anything. I God that my son was alive in my hands. I was shaking and my husband’s face expression was full of .
Luckily, the damage in our city wasn’t very . And only a few people died in our city. But many people in the city nearby lost their in this earthquake. After this , I learnt that we might die easily. And I learnt to value life much more. Now I try to live every day to the fullest and as much time with my family as possible.
A．showed up B．stayed up C．hanged up D．woke up
A．alone B．asleep C．alive D．ahead
A．moving B．pushing C．shaking D．pulling
A．to B．in C．out D．of
A．earthquake B．dream C．fire D．flood
A．slightly B．hardly C．rightly D．closely
A．beautiful B．terrible C．cheerful D．lucky
A．enter B．watch C．leave D．observe
A．locked up B．looked out of C．stayed around D．hurried out of
A．hills B．stairs C．buildings D．paths
A．so B．but C．as D．because
A．determined B．prepared C．managed D．agreed
A．excited B．troublesome C．impatient D．frightened
A．cheering B．crying C．thinking D．talking
A．thanked B．ignored C．praised D．blocked
A．anger B．cruelty C．fear D．happiness
A．believable B．small C．satisfying D．serious
A．concerns B．lives C．jobs D．nation
A．experience B．story C．news D．lesson
A．spend B．pay C．waste D．face
I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done in my study while she to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too and I shouted, “What are you doing?” No response. I my question and heard her say, “Oh…nothing.” Nothing?
I got up from my desk and ran out the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick into the bathroom. I had her ! I told her to turn around. She . I pulled out my big Daddy voice, “Young lady, I said turn around!”
, she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes. I heard voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you… You should know…How many times have you been What a bad thing to…” it was just a matter of my picking out which old I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But I could let them loose, I looked at the sweater on her. In big it said. “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, I saw a little angel full of that I had come dangerously close to . “Sweetheart, let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t the chance to prove what a perfect little angel he had given me.
A．happened B．liked C．appeared D．pretended
A．long B．quiet C．calm D．strange
A．asked B．answered C．raised D．repeated
A．into B．of C．from D．for
A．way B．turn C．change D．progress
A．followed B．scolded C．cornered D．fooled
A．laughed B．listened C．agreed D．refused
A．Slowly B．Eagerly C．Angrily D．Unfortunately
A．filled B．marked C．printed D．covered
A．every B．such C．any D．one
A．told B．beaten C．frightened D．forbidden
A．reports B．notice C．advice D．words
A．as B．when C．since D．before
A．up B．down C．in D．on
A．signs B．letters C．messages D．figures
A．because of B．instead of C．in spite of D．as a result of
A．value B．sadness C．pities D．tricks
A．preventing B．getting rid of C．destroying D．doing wrong on
A．dirty B．ugly C．special D．silly
A．have B．get C．take D．miss
What happened to that brilliant idea that you once had? Did you it because you thought that it was just a little thought? Have you ever what that little thought would have become if you had acted on your instincts (直觉) if you had paid more attention to it?
Imagine a , where you are sitting at home watching television or reading a book, suddenly a light is on in the dark tunnel of your mind as a thought or an idea crosses your mind. The thought your attention but seems so meaningless and you are tempted to it, but wait a minute! That thought could be the potential beginning of the you have so much wished for.
As the thought crosses your mind, your senses become alert and you suddenly see a possibility, a solution, or find the answer to a problem whose solution has escaped you. It is almost as if a wise man has the perfect solution into your ear or awakened your senses to a reality, thereby bringing light to your life. It is like finding the piece of jigsaw puzzle (拼图游戏). This becomes an amazing moment and everything freezes around you as you excitedly try to grasp the practicality of that but powerful thought.
Your self-confidence and enthusiasm increase as you become of the great possibilities that can if that little thought is acted upon. This becomes the moment to build upon that thought and to put any ideas that are streaming from that little thought for later review. meaningless little thought or ideas when acted have a potential to explode into great projects. Many successful projects have been from the little positive thoughts that were carefully protected and recognized as bricks to great things.
Don't waste a(n) to act on a potentially brilliant idea. You don't have to wait for a major idea, or approval from your peers in order for you to act on that little thought.
That little thought or idea is the of great things if you decide to follow it through.
A．hate B．like C．ignore D．value
A．considered B．remembered C．complained D．discovered
A．but B．or C．and D．nor
A．condition B．sight C．scene D．view
A．turned B．worked C．taken D．moved
A．puts B．catches C．causes D．pulls
A．adore B．abandon C．account D．adopt
A．wealth B．success C．dream D．reality
A．highly B．fast C．hardly D．long
A．whispered B．shouted C．talked D．laughed
A．best B．first C．last D．exact
A．little B．good C．strong D．weak
A．capable B．conscious C．proud D．typical
A．arise B．cause C．attain D．prove
A．off B．out C．up D．down
A．Fortunately B．Seemingly C．Obviously D．Deliberately
A．by B．in C．upon D．to
A．grown B．done C．born D．torn
A．opportunity B．possibility C．minute D．moment
A．center B．beginning C．result D．sign