Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my ___36___ was more manageable, I ___37___ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. ___38___ that was years ago and times have changed. ___39___ I live with my mother on a country farm.
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to ___40___ my disability pension(残疾抚恤金). ___41___ I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my ___42___. I decided that I would consider ___43___ to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was ___44___ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ___45___ to get started. And ___46___ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ___47___ use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my ___48___, he gave me a long, thoughtful ___49___. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”
He led me ___50___ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ___51___ on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your ___52___ and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”
I ___53___. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose ___54___ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His ___55___ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.
A．sadness B．tiredness C．sickness D．loneliness
A．enjoyed B．kept C．shared D．set
A．Eventually B．Unfortunately C．Surprisingly D．Gladly
A．Then B．Sometime C．Meanwhile D．Now
A．make up for B．get rid of C．take advantage of D．add up to
A．As B．Though C．Before D．If
A．condition B．choices C．positions D．movement
A．living up B．getting on C．going back D．reaching out
A．interviewed B．found C．invited D．recognized
A．time B．energy C．knowledge D．money
A．once B．seldom C．often D．thus
A．hardly B．nearly C．formerly D．actually
A．family B．idea C．offer D．job
A．view B．look C．sight D．face
A．along B．towards C．through D．over
A．lovingly B．pitifully C．gratefully D．unhappily
A．turn B．role C．step D．pick
A．ought to cry B．should have cried C．could have cried D．had to cry
A．the ones B．few C．the rest D．more
A．devotion B．kindness C．trust D．courage
原创（三）
Once there lived a rich merchant(商人) and a poor shoemaker in the same house. The merchant occupied the second floor, 36 the shoemaker lived and worked in a small room on the first floor. The shoemaker was one of the 37persons on earth. He worked from morning till night, singing merrily. His heart was filled with 38, whenever he saw the boots and shoes 39 . Now the merchant upstairs was so rich that he 40knew how much wealth he had. He was always 41over his gold and silver coins far into the night. Even in bed his uneasiness(不安) about his riches kept him 42. When at last he had been asleep for an hour or two, up came the song of the happy shoemaker, who was an 43riser. It continued all day and was a (n) 44 to the merchant. Day by day the merchant grew more and more tired through want of 45. He asked a wise friend of his how he could put an 46to the shoemaker’s song. “Well, if I were you, I would give the shoemaker a hundred pounds,” answered his friend. “You are rich enough to do that, I suppose. Ask for nothing in 47 . Simply give the money.” The merchant 48the advice.
When the shoemaker 49the bag that had been sent by the merchant, he was 50 to find shining coins. “I must hide this from the eyes of my neighbors. If they see it, they will think that I have stolen it,” he thought. “I will 51it away even from my wife.” So he hid the bag of money under the floor. From then on he 52his neighbors as much as he could. His wife who had been the best 53 to him, became troublesome. Now his mind was too much set on the money bag to 54to his work with diligence(勤劳). He could not sing merrily now. 55 he thought of the money bag, he became uneasy and unhappy.
36．A．for B．therefore C．but D．however
37．A．poorest B．happiest C．richest D．shortest
38．A．smile B．sorrow C．sadness D．joy
39．A．being repairedB．repair C．to repair D．to be repaired
40．A．always B．completely C．hardly D．entirely
41．A．hiding B．counting C．calculating D．figuring
42．A．awake B．nervous C．frightened D．asleep
43．A．early B．happy C．noisy D．late
44．A．threat B．matter C．trouble D．alarm
45．A．sympathy B．understanding C．sleep D．treatment
46．A．end B．notice C．information D．stop
47．A．trouble B．need C．turn D．return
48．A．refused B．agreed C．asked D．followed
49．A．stole B．opened C．received D．closed/carried
50．A．excited B．amazed C．ashamedD．disappointed
51．A．throw B．keep C．give D．put
52．A．avoided B．thanked C．helped D．attract
53．A．companion B．fellow C．shoemaker D．merchant
54．A．tend B．turn C．attend D．come
55．A．Wherever B．Whatever C．Whenever D．However
原创（二）
Whohasdeprivedthechildren'shappinessoflearning???
Children are born with a natural desire of learning. They are curios and concerned about 36around them. They are 37to learn anything that amazes them. They have so many 38 that they keep on asking. They can bore the 39all day long with many 40questions which they will never feel bored with. Why? This is because learning is their 41, perhaps an instinct of human beings. They just can't help. But 42, they feel bored with learning, especially when learning becomes a boring 43for them, especially after school has become a 44of their life, especially when they have to 45teachers who tell them again and again to 46 to recite and memorize things they don't want to learn, and especially47 they realize school is not what they once 48to be but something that, according to their parents, they must rely on in order to 49a good fame or a good job or a good future. That is to say, learning has become a 50, which they are forced or 51 to face. So it is the teachers and parents who have thrown the heavy 52on the children. And meanwhile, the competitive society is also to blame. The children have been 53 of their pleasure and happiness that they could have enjoyed from the natural learning.
Therefore, my 54to the students’ learning is that they 55 enjoy learning, enjoy the pleasure that they could feel from learning itself. Find back the long lost desire and curiosity of learning in their childhood.
36．A．nothing B．anything C．everything D．something
37．A．curious B．proud C．nervous D．eager
38．A．questionsB．reactions C．problems D．troubles
39．A．studentsB．adults C．parents D．teachers
40．A．funny B．boring C．bored D．practical
41．A．ability B．excuse C．characteristic D．nature
42．A．graduallyB．eventually C．however D．therefore
43．A．duty B．exercise C．task D．remark
44．A．pleasure B．part C．occasion D．success
45．A．faceB．follow C．escape D．imitate
46．A．repeat B．copy C．report D．reply
47．A．before B．since C．after D．when
48．A．forbidden B．attracted C．intended D．expected
49．A．require B．achieve C．earn D．indicate
50．A．promise B．service C．must D．choice
51．A．pleased B．recommended C．obliged D．experienced
52．A．burden B．confidence C．difficulty D．challenge
53．A．informedB．deprived C．accused D．approved
54．A．encouragementB．persuation C．suggestion D．decision
55．A．must B．should C．might D．could
原创（一）
It is not so much what happens to each of us that determines our quality of life, but rather our reaction to what happens. Though we may have no 36 in unexpected events that happen to us, we most certainly have choice in 37we interpret what happens, and in whatwe choose to do about it. These choices make all the 38 in how we experience our world and very much determine our39of life.
Neither does what we own 40a major role in quality of life. One person with all the money and possessions in the world may have a41life, while another in the lowest income classes may 42love their life. It is what we do with what we own that 43our level of satisfaction and joy in life. It's not what you44or what happens to you in life that 45, but rather what you do with it.
Every 46something is happening in our lives. And every moment we 47or a judgment about what happens. By choosing to become more48of how we react to what happens, we can 49towards what we really want in our lives. 50following habitual, reactive patterns which 51more of the same, we can recognize and 52our old habits to move powerfully in the53of creating the life we really want. Yet to do this, we must first find the 54 to look at some of the disempowering, often unconscious 55which get in the way and don't serve to increase our quality of life. But by continually reminding ourselves of our intention to be creators, we can transform our life.
36．A．need B．courage C．choice D．necessity
37．A．what B．whether C．that D．how
38．A．difference B．troubles C．decisions D．measures
39．A．type B．quality C．amount D．level
40．A．take B．play C．make D．get
41．A．miserable B．accessible C．acceptable D．adaptable
42．A．practically B．privately C．absolutely D．adequately
43．A．creates B．investigates C．affects D．handles
44．A．lack B．need C．reserve D．possess
45．A．means B．exists C．works D．matters
46．A．time B．period C．date D．moment
47．A．make a mistake B．make a discovery
C．make a decision D．make a fortune
48．A．conscious B．sensitive C．reasonable D．active
49．A．alter B．shift C．differ D．distinguish
50．A．Other than B．Rather than C．As well as D．According to
51．A．lead to B．lie in C．call for D．appeal to/ equal to
52．A．transplant B．transform C．transport D． transmit
53．A．edge B．way C．direction D．center
54．A．hope B．interest C．chance D．courage
55．A．patterns B．frames C．landscape D．examples
II语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案填涂在答题卡上。
Azure Warrenfeltz, a 4-year-old girl, is fluent in Japanese and Spanish. She also can 21 bits of French, German, Arabic and Italian, and she soon hopes to learn some Mandarin Chinese.
In today's globalized world, Azure is one of many young American children whose parents insist her22 include foreign languages.
"It's such a 23 environment now, you never know what you might need," says Azure's mother, Julie Warrenfeltz, who started schooling her daughter in foreign languages when she was 6 weeks old. "She couldn't 24 a violin, she couldn't stand upright, but I wanted her to do 25 ."
Not only is learning a foreign language easier for children than it is for 26 , but children who are exposed to other languages also do better in school. They are more 27 to diversity, says François Thibaut, who runs The Language Workshop for Children, which has nine schools around the East Coast.
Language study for children is based on immersion (沉浸), he says. Kids sing songs and play games to help develop language comprehension skills. When children start learning languages at birth, they have the 28 to learn many languages at once without getting 29 — because, as the brain develops, so too does the ability to separate one 30 from another.
21. A. learn B. hearC. understand D. teach
22. A. school B. fieldC. teacher D. education
23. A. global B. bigC. small D. dirty
24. A. play B. holdC. learn D. make
25. A. something B. anythingC. everything D. nothing
26. A. parents B. teachers C. adults D. experts
27. A. blind B. openC. deaf D. strange
28. A. capacity B. desire C. possibility D. dream
29. A. bored B. interested C. involved D. confused
30. A. world B. parent C. language D. sound
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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My21 took me by train or by car to a hotel by the22 . All day, I seem to remember, I23 on the sands with strange 24 children. We made houses and gardens, and25 the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we26 over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the27 seemed to shine always brightly28 the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country,_ 29 ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were30 in one’s pockets or good places where one could31 ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good32 is much the same as it was. I33 like the sun and warm sand and the sound of34 beating the rocks. I no longer wish to35 any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.36 I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I37 what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am38 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about39 who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves40 on too many ices…
21. A. teacher B. parents C. nurse D. younger sister
22. A. sea B. lake C. mountain D. river
23. A. played B. slept C. sat D. stood
24. A. moving B. exciting C. anxious D. nervous
25. A. made B. brought C. watched D. heard
26. A. rolled B. jumped C. turned D. climbed
27. A. light B. sun C. moon D. lamp
28. A. and B. yet C. but D. or
29. A. exploring B. examining C. repairing D. measuring
30. A. sweets B. sand C. ice-creams D. money
31. A. make B. sell C. buyD. offer
32. A. house B. holiday C. garden D. tide
33. A. hardly B. almost C. still D. perhaps
34. A. waves B. tides C. hands D. feet
35. A. destroy B. fix C. useD. build
36. A. But B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides
37. A. wonder B. feel C. understand D. believe
38. A. strong B. weak C. young D. old
39. A. children B. boys C. girls D. grown-ups
40. A. happy B. tiredC. sad D. Sick