Jerry stood up and looked at the crowd of people making their way through the station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he 36 , the girl with the 37 . The story had begun twelve months before in a 38 . Taking a book off the shelf he found himself 39 by the notes penciled in the margin. The soft handwriting 40 a thoughtful soul and an insightful mind. In the front of the book, he discovered the 41 owner’s name, Rosanna.
During the next year the two grew to know each other through the 42 . Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. The day finally came for their first 43 - 7:00 PM at the station.
A beautiful young woman was coming toward me, her 44 tall and slim. I started to walk toward her with delight, entirely forgetting to 45 that she was not wearing a rose. I 46 made one step closer to her, and then I saw Rosanna, a short and fat woman well past 40, was standing almost directly 47 the girl. The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away.
I felt 48 I was split in two, and there she stood. My fingers gripped the worn leather copy of the 49 that was to identify me to her. I knew this would not be 50 , something perhaps even better than love. I felt choked by the bitterness of my 51 . “I’m Jerry, and you must be Rosanna. I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to 52 ?”
The woman’s face broadened into a big smile. “I don't know what this is about, son,” she answered,” but the young lady in the green suit who just 53 begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said 54 you were to ask me out to dinner, I should go and tell you that she is waiting for you in the big 55 across the street. She said it was some kind of test!”
A.hadn’t B.wouldn’t C.couldn’t D.didn't
A.rose B.flower C.book D.notes
A.restaurant B.meeting room C.library D.station
A.absorbed B.surrounded C.interested D.burdened
A.reacted B.reflected C.responded D.repeated
A.previous B.nice C.thoughtful D.beautiful
A.phone B.telegram C.book D.e-mail
A.dining B.meeting C.walking D.talking
A.legs B.face C.figure D.hair
A.observe B.conclude C.notice D.say
A.carefully B.eagerly C.luckily D.easily
A.behind B.past C.over D.before
A.as long as B.even though C.no matter how D.as though
A.newspaper B.book C.magazine D.note
A.a meeting B.happiness C.love D.a dinner
A.relief B.sorrow C.disappointment D.unwillingness
A.a walk B.your home C.a party D.dinner
A.went by B.called me C.came here D.dropped in
A.when B.supposing C.unless D.since
A.market B.restaurant C.building D.library
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。
One Sunday morning my mother walked into my room. “_ 36 !” she said, proudly holding up a yellow 37 with black and white stripes. “I made it just for you. What do you think?”
I 38 my tongue. How could I tell Mom it was the most hideous one I had ever seen?
“It’s perfect for 39 ,” my mother continued. “I 40 someone had made a dress like this for me.”
41 you can’t wear it, I thought. But I knew Mom had spent a lot of time on the dress. Only the world’s most 42 daughter would refuse. reluctantly(不情愿的). I put it on.
All through church I prayed, Lord, let me get out of here __43 anyone seeing me. Especially Dennis Pearce, the boy I had a crush on. He was one of the cutest (bright) guys at Neptune High. Although we were in some of the same classes, Dennis had 44 taken any notice of me.
At the end of the service I 45 for the door. But I had to wait on the 46 while my parents chatted with their friends. Just a little while longer… Then 47 the corner of my eye I saw the Pearce approaching. 48 I could escape, Dennis was right beside me.
I started gabbing a mile a minute, hoping if I kept it 49 he wouldn’t notice my horrible dress. “I am going to college in September,” I said.
“That’s great,” Dennis replied. “I got 50 to the police academy.”
“Wow!” I said. Somehow I kept the conversation going. Soon we were walking to the parking lot together. The next thing I knew Dennis had first asked me 51 .
We courted through college, and eventually got married. Months after our wedding I asked Dennis if he remembered the day 52 he had first asked me out.
“You bet I do,” he said. “You were always 53 in school, almost standoffish (coldhearted). I didn’t think you’d be much fun. But you were so animated (lively) when we talked on the church steps, I wanted to get to know you better.” Maybe that 55 yellow dress wasn’t 55 I would have chosen, but that day it was the perfect dress for me.
36. A. Strange B. Surprise C. Interesting D. Puzzled
37. A. dress B. coatC. skirt D. hat
38. A. beatB. held C. bitD. caught
39. A. the party B. churchC. school D. your birthday
40. A. hope B. expectedC. wish D. wished
41. A. Too beautiful B. Too bigC. Too small D. Too bad
42. A. ungratefulB. lovely C. considerate D. responsible
43. A. beyondB. before C. untilD. without
44. A. never B. sometimesC. frequently D. ever
45. A. madeB. ranC. escaped D. walked
46. A. stepsB. gateC. door D. bench
47. A. within B. out ofC. besideD. off
48. A. UntilB. After C. Not until D. Before
49. A. onB. backC. in D. up
50. A. agreedB. accepted C. permittedD. allowed
51. A. my telephone B. my address C. outD. in
52. A. thatB. whichC. on when D. \
53 A. quietB. calmC. silent D. still
54. A. blue -white striped B. black and white stripes
C. zebra-striped D. dark-white-striped
55.A. what B. which C. that D. One
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.
I would like to suggest that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening all television broadcasting in the United States be forbidden by law.
Let us take a 36 , reasonable look at what the results might be if such a(an) 37 were accepted; families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction of TV, they might 38 together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our 39 —everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of 40 illness —are caused at least in part by 41 to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to 42 our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better.
On evenings when such talk is 43 , families could discover more active pastimes(消遣,娱乐. Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a 44 together to watch the sunset 45 they might take a walk together. 46 free time and no TV, children and adults might discover reading. There is more entertainment in 47 than in a TV program. 48 report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence, 49 at the college level. 50 is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour.
A different 51 of reading might also be done as it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the 52 ends, the TV net works might be forced to 53 with better shows in order to get us back from our newly discovered activities.
At first glance, this idea seems radical(激进的. How will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only twenty-five years 54 television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can 55 childhoods without television. It wasn’t that difficult.
36.A.valuable B.pleasant C.quick D.serious
37.A.advice B.suggestion C.opinion D.Offer
38.A.get around B.stand still C.meet D.sit around
39.A.problems B.trouble C.affairs D.Misfortune
40.A.physical B.common C.mental D.familiar
41.A.attempt B.failure C.ability D.permission
42.A.discuss B.talk C.make sure D.see to
43.A.impossible B.unnecessary C.funny D.unpleasant
44.A.walk B.look C.ride D.rest
45.A.and B.or C.but D.While
46.A.At B.In C.For D.With
47.A.a fine poem B.a good book C.a quiet hour D.a composition
48.A.Professors B.Scientists C.Parents D.Educators
49.A.yet B.still C.even D.just
50.A.Writing B.Skill C.Speaking D.Listening
51.A.form B.kind C.method D.step
52.A.reading B.quiet hour C.activity D.programme
53.A.come across B.come about C.come up D.broadcast
54.A.before B.since C.until D.after
55.A.remind B.remember C.recognize D.Know
完型填空二(每空一词) :
Yesterday was my best friend Li Ming’s birthday. When school was over, I went to the bookshop. I bought a book __28__ ‘Exploring Space’ and had it nicely wrapped for him. __29__ he had wanted to buy this book for weeks, I knew that he would be very pleased with my ___30__. When I got to the party, LiMing greeted me with a big smile. I noticed that there were piles of presents on the floor, __31__ I was sure that mine would be his favorite. I gave the present to Li Ming and whispered __32__ his ears. ‘You will love it’. He couldn’t wait to unwrap it. ___33__ the smile on his face disappeared and I saw some big red characters on the cover of the book that ___34__ ,‘Caring for your baby’! I __35__ have picked up the wrong book in the shop!
完型填空
完型填空一:
Have you ever had to decide whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you can do both at the same time. Home shopping television networks have become a __16__ for many people to shop without having to leave their homes.
Some shoppers are tired of department stores and supermarkets — __17__ the crowds, waiting in long lines, and sometimes having slight __18__ of finding anything they want to buy. They’d rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set and watch a friendly announcer describe a product __19__ a model shows it. And they can shop __20__ the clock, buying something __21__ by making a phone call.
Department stores and even mail-order companies are __22__ to join in the success of home shopping. Large department stores are busy setting up their own TV channels to encourage TV shopping in the future. Customers can ask questions about products and place __23__ all through their TV sets.
Will shopping by television finally take the place of shopping in stores ? Some industry managers think so. __24__ many people find shopping at a __25__ store a great enjoyment. And for many shoppers, it is still important to __26__ or try on dresses they want to buy. That’s why specialists say that in the future, home shopping will __27__ together with store shopping but will never entirely replace it.
16. A. programme B. way C. reason D. purpose
17. A. fighting B. striking C. treating D. stopping
18. A. sense B. doubt C. hope D. feeling
19. A. until B. since C. if D. while
20. A. by B. around C. about D. to
21. A. suitably B. cheaply C. simply D. hardly
22. A. nervous B. lucky C. equal D. eager
23. A. orders B. goods C. books D. answers
24. A. Then B. Yet C. However D. Therefore
25. A. general B. popular C. real D. true
26. A. design B. make C. wear D. touch
27. A. exist B. practice C. follow D. appear
第二节完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.
One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a36 on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from 37 to toe, explained that he had 38 out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant(怀孕的) wife and his two children 39 at the car and said that he would hitchhike (搭便车)back.
Once I had filled a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both 40 , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he41 me back.
Before leaving, I had turned the heater 42 in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and 43 .While the little ones played and ran 44 , I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the 45.
It was about 5 a.m. before they46 .The young fellow asked me how much he owed me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵)had 47 $15. He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.
About a month later, I received a48 from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to get to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It 49out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most 50 person in the company.
In his letter, he thanked me again and informed me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this case, a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
36. A. kick B. hit C. beat D. knock
37. A .finger B. shoulder C. head D. hand
38. A. driven B. used C. come D. run
39. A. away B .behind C. over D. out
40. A .sleeping B .crying C. quarrelling D. fighting
41 A. allow B. ring C. lead D. follow
42 A. on B. off C. in D. over
43 A. neat B. hot C. warm D. attractive
44 A. around B. inside C. nearby D. along
45 A. drivers B. guests C. customers D. adults
46 A. left B. arrived C. ate D. disappeared
47 A. appeared B. exhibited C. calculated D. shown
48 A. call B. letter C. check D. notice
49 A. pointed B. turned C. worked D. found
50 A. generous B. successful C. serious D. powerful