A long time ago,there was a tiger in the forest. He was the__26__of the animals. One day the tiger asked a little cat to see__27__his palace was built. After a few hours,the little cat__28__and said to the tiger,“My dear king,your__29__is very large,tall and beautiful.” The tiger was very__30__to hear that.Several__31__later,the tiger said to a pig,“It’s been days since the cat saw my palace. Now,you go and see it__32__.” But when the pig came back,he said to the tiger,“My dear king,I thought that your palace is beautiful,but it__33__yourself only.”
The tiger was very__34__when he heard what the pig said. “Why are the cat’s and the pig’s__35__not the same?” he said to__36__.He then asked a camel to go to have a(n)__37__.Before long the camel ran back out of breath (气喘吁吁) and said to the tiger,“Oh,your palace is too__38__for you to live in,my king.”
The king became very angry when he heard what the camel said. He said to the animals,“Maybe somebody of you tells__39__.You three have three ideas. I want to__40__you.” Just at the moment,a fox came out to__41__the tiger. He asked the tiger himself to go to see it before killing them. The tiger__42__.After he saw the palace himself,he thought that their answers were all__43__.He said to the__44__,“You should remember that to see with your own eyes is more important than only to__45__others.”
A.brother B.friend C.king D.enemy
A.why B.where C.when D.how
A.got up B.came back C.paid back D.turned up
A.station B.office C.bed D.palace
A.sad B.crazy C.happy D.nervous
A.years B.minutes C.days D.hours
A.once again B.no more C.as usual D.at last
A.protects B.suits C.covers D.helps
A.excited B.interested C.tired D.surprised
A.suggestions B.experiments C.answers D.excuses
A.them B.himself C.it D.yourself
A.look B.seat C.exam D.rest
A.ugly B.small C.dark D.tall
A.news B.messages C.stories D.lies
A.teach B.leave C.kill D.hate
A.stop B.praise C.cheat D.order
A.shook B.agreed C.appeared D.worked
A.strange B.different C.easy D.right
A.plants B.servants C.animals D.soldiers
A.feel B.hear C.taste D.smell
第二节:完形填空(共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,从各题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock(码头) at his family’s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day __16__ the bass (鲈鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, __17__ sunfish with worms. Then he tied on a small lure (鱼饵) and practiced casting. When his pole(竿) __18__, he knew something huge was __19__. His father watched __20__ as the boy skilfully worked the fish alongside the dock. Finally, he very carefully lifted the __21__ fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, __22__ it was a bass. It was 10 P.M.-- two hours before the season opened. The father looked at the fish, then at the boy.
“You’ll have to __23__, son,” he said.
“Dad!” cried the boy.
“There will be other fish,” said his father.
“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy.
__24__ no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could __25__ by his father’s firm voice that the decision was __26__. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into __27__. The creature moved its powerful body and __28__. The boy thought that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was __29. He has never again landed such a big fish as the one he __30 that night long ago. But he does see __31 fish again and again every time he comes up against a question of principles. As his father taught him, principles are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of principles__32 difficult. Do we __33_when no one is looking?
We would if we __34__ to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right remains __35__ in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.
16.A.until B.when C.after D.before
17.A.providing B.catching C.feeding D.supplying
18.A.bent over B.came up C.turned over D.broke down
19.A.on the other end B.on the other hand C.on one hand D.at the either side
20.A.with anxiety B.in surprise C.with admiration D.for fear
21.A.delighted B.frustrated C.frightened D.exhausted
22.A.and B.but C.however D.yet
23.A.bring it home B.put it aside C.put it back D.pick it up
24.A.Even thoughB.Now thatC.Ever since D.In case
25.A.tell B.say C.speak D.talk
26.A.passed B.changed C.fixed D.refused
27.A.the wide container B.the broad seaC.the black water D.the small river
28.A.fled B.disappeared C.floatedD.swam
29.A.wrong B.right C.satisfactory D.pleased
30.A.caught B.saw C.castD.threw
31.A.a different B.many big C.even bigger D.the same
32.A.which is B.it is C.that is D.this is
33.A.do wrong B.do right C.do harm D.do good
34.A.were taught B.told C.were let D.orderedw
35.A.freshly B.freshC.clearly D.strongly
第二节完形填空(共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从24 -- 44各题所给的四个选项(A﹑B﹑C和D)中,选出一个最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We make a living with what we get, but we make a life with what we give.
--- Winston Churchill
I am willing to 25 this saying. I have been 26at the Boston Children’s Hospital every year since I was thirteen. At the beginning, I only wanted to go 27I would get praise for entertaining children at the 28 . After giving my time for two months, my 29changed completely.
When I first 30into the waiting room on the ground floor, I was very 31that I would be spending my entire summer with kids. As it became 32 for me to show up every day at 8 a.m., many kids began to 33me. To my surprise, I began looking forward to seeing their 34faces as well. They were always enthusiastic about 35 . My heart warmed every time I heard their 36 voices asking me for a story or an answer to a question. I felt 37 and irreplaceable. (不可替代的).
As I look back, I see the 38 that these special children have had on me. It is because of them that I have 39a desire to become a psychologist. Recently, I have volunteered for a month. I have been asked to 40 on many different floors besides the waiting room 41I started. The kids on the floors above are usually there for a longer time. 42their anxiety and desire to get better and go home, they always offer me a(n) 43 smile. I feel renewed after spending a day with them because I realize that there is much more to 44than money. It is much more important to love and to be loved.
25. A. know B. believe C. respect D. understand
26. A. livinging B. studying C. stayingD. volunteering
27. A. unlessB. untilC. afterD. because
28. A. hospital B. schoolC. roomD. building
29. A. plan B. styleC. opinionD. life
30. A. looked B. stepped C. turnedD. appeared
31. A. happyB. upsetC. nervousD. worried
32. A. special B. curiousC. routineD. hopeful
33. A. noticeB. expectC. watchD. annoy
34. A. foolishB. brightC. dirtyD. silent
35. A. smilingB. sleeping C. learningD. playing
36. A. loud B. crazyC. eagerD. irritating
37. A. valuedB. tiredC. disappointedD. surprised
38. A. expectation B. dreamC. influenceD. love
39. A. developed B. remembered C. workedD. improved
40. A. help out B. drop in C. go aroundD. turn up
41. A. whatB. whichC. whereD. that
42. A. WithB. ForC. AgainstD. In spite of
43. A. willingB. optimistic C. sadD. pitiful
44. A. lifeB. habitC. natureD. family
二、完形填空
Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, ____31____ that his great gift to the Russian people would have such a strange history. This was the Amber Room, ___32___was given this name because almost seven __33__tons of amber were used to make it. Amber has a beautiful yellow-brown colour. Although it __34__as hard as stone, it easily melt when __35__. Once it is heated, the amber can become any shape. The design for the __36___was __37__ the fancy style popular in those days. The Amber Room was also made with gold and jewels. It ___38__a team of the country’s best artists ten years to make it. Everyone agreed that it was the best and biggest __39___of amber art ever made. ___40___, in 1941 the Nazi German army stole it.
31.A. could never imagined B. imagined
C. could have imagined D. could never have imagined
32.A. whichB. thatC. /D. who
33.A. thousands ofB. thousand of C. thousandD. thousands
34.A. feelB. feels C. feltD. has felt
35.A. heatB. heatedC. it was heatedD. it has heated
36.A. roomB. houseC. amberD. thing
37.A. ofB. toC. forD. in
38.A. spentB. cost C. tookD. costs
39.A .jobB. workC. worksD. gift
40.A. ThereforeB. HoweverC. butD. Moreover
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink-Cola-Cola,” the sign said.
“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.
An old woman was standing at her door.
“You boy! Come here this minute!”
Slowly the boy 21onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she 22out her hand and wrapped(缠住)her 23old fingers around his arm.
“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me 24to my bed. What’s your name?”
“Joseph,” he said.
The old woman on the bed tried to 25up, raising herself on her elbow(肘). Water26 from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 27.
“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a 28for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”
Joseph looked down at the 29, and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Cola-Cola.”
“I want my silver ring to 30to my daughter.”
Joseph bent his small body over the table and 31the pencil slowly across the paper.
“There’s my Bible(圣经),” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a 32Christian burial(基督葬礼)with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last 33of a poor old woman.”
The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.
“Here. Bring it here so I can 34it.”
Joseph found the Bible, and, 35the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.
“ 36me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”
He ran out of the house.
A cold wind blew through the 37window, but the old woman on the bed 38nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 39on the paper were some childish letters. They 40the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
21.A.rushed B.struggled C.hurried D.stepped
22.A.reached B.let C.pushed D.pointed
23.A.firm B.smooth C.dry D.fresh
24.A.back B.upC.away D.ahead
25.A.sit B.get C.stand D.wake
26.A.fell B.burnt C.burst D.ran
27.A.ill B.sick C.unpleasant D.funny
28.A.letter B.note C.will D.message
29.A.table B.pen C.paper D.woman
30.A.send B.go C.belong D.come
31.A.moved B.drew C.used D.pulled
32.A.great B.merry C.splendid D.real
33.A.hope B.chance C.opinion D.wish
34.A.sign B.read C.remember D.copy
35.A.setting B.hiding C.placing D.laying
36.A.Hold B.Leave C.Excuse D.Pardon
37.A.large B.open C.small D.pretty
38.A.did B.saw C.felt D.knew
39.A.DescribedB.Printed C.Recorded D.Written
40.A.formedB.spelled C.organized D.repeated
第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20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,并在答题卡上涂黑。
This little story I’m about to tell you happened when I was about 11 years old, and I’II never forget it. I was at my friend Jenny’s __41__ after school one day, and we were doing (or not doing) homework.. __42__ I was there, Jenny’s mom came over to visit.
I don’t remember her name__43__ what her face looked like. I just remember her hands, her voice and the__44__ she taught me.
I can still see her hand __45__ for mine in our introduction. __46__ were so beautiful, I thought; rich, dark skin__47__ complemented(涂了) by the orange colored polish on her nails. Then I __48__ her saying, and not at all in a condescending(居高临下的) __49__ .“Oh no, that is NOT how you shake hands. Let me show you _50___.”
After that, I just remember her voice __51__ the importance of a good handshake, conveying(传递) a positive sense of self, looking at _52___ person in the eye, making that first moment matter…I think in that exchange I first understood__53__.
I respected her for __54__ the time to teach me about one of those subtleties(细微之处) in life. I appreciated the fact __55__ she didn’t look down upon me because I was 11 or because I didn’t know something. And so because of that I felt somewhat respected. I mean the _56___ she treated me. It felt good to be __57__ like a real person. I also appreciate her idea that _58__ someone doesn’t pay attention to something, be patient and point him or her__59__ the right direction. I__60__ her every time I meet someone and shake hands. And I’m so thankful for her little lesson.
41 A. office B. house C. family D. room
42 A. Although B. As C. During D. If
43 A. and B. but C. even D. or
44 A. homework B. English C. lesson D. knowledge
45 A. reaching down B. reaching up C. reaching out D. reaching far
46 A. It B. That C. These D. They
47 A. patiently B. beautifully C. strongly D. thickly
48 A. listened B. found C. heard D. saw
49 A. manner B. means C. method D. voice
50 A. that B. it C. how D. what
51 A. explains B. explained C. explain D. explaining
52 A. the other B. other C. another D. others
53 A. politeness B. saying C. friendship D. respect
54 A. costing B. spending C. taking D. using
55 A. what B. which C. that D./
56 A. place B. position C. way D. time
57 A. talking about B. talked to C. talking to D. talked about
58 A. as soon as B. as long as C. once D. if
59 A. from B. at C. in D. to
60 A. think over B. think of C. think about D. think out