My sister and I grew up in a little village in England．Our father was a struggling ___36___， but I always knew he was ___37___．He never criticized us, but used ___38___ to bring out our best．He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish．If you don’t give them water, they die.” I ___39___ as a child I said something ___40___ about somebody, and father said, “___41___ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best ___42___ people, I would get the best ___43___．From then on I’ve always tried to ___44___ the principle in my life and later in running my company．
Dad’s also always been very ___45___．At 15, I started a magazine．It was ___46___ a great deal of time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a ___47__: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine．
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, ___48___ any good father would．When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad ___49__ me to go into law．And I’ve ___50___ regretted it．I wanted to be a biologist, ___51__ I didn’t pursue my ___52__．You know what you want．Go fulfill it.”
As ___53__ turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national ___54__ for young people in the U.K．My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad ___55__ me．
A．biologist B．manager C．lawyer D．gardener
A．strict B．honest C．special D．learned
A．praise B．courage C．power D．warmth
A．think B．imagine C．remember D．guess
A．unnecessary B．unkind C．unimportant D．unusual
A．Another B．Some C．Any D．Other
A．on B．in C．at D．about
A．in case B．by turns C．by chance D．in return
A．revise B．set C．review D．follow
A．understanding B．experienced C．serious D．demanding
A．taking up B．making up C．picking up D．keeping up
A．suggestion B．decision C．notice D．choice
A．and B．as C．even if D．as if
A．helped B．allowed C．persuaded D．suggested
A．always B．never C．seldom D．almost
A．rather B．but C．for D．therefore
A．promise B．task C．belief D．dream
A．this B．he C．it D．that
A．newspaper B．magazine C．program D．project
A．controlled B．comforted C．reminded D．raised
SECTION B（18 points）
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．
Those days I’ve prepared to complete my college degree. The last project was named “smile”, which required us to go out and smile at three people and 36 their reactions.
It was freezing. My friend and I went out to a fast food restaurant. We were standing in line, waiting to be 37 , when all of a sudden people around us began to back away from their position.
As I 38 I smelt a terrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor homeless men. As I looked down at the short gentleman close to me, he was smiling and his nice sky – blue eyes searched for 39 .
To sit in the restaurant and 40 up, they had to buy something. When the young casher at the counter asked what they wanted to order, one of them said coffee because that was all they could 41 . I smiled and asked the casher for two more breakfast meals on two 42 plates. Then I walked around the corner to the table that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the plates on the table and 43 the blue – eyed little man’s cold hands with my hands. With tears in his eyes, he said. “Thank you”. I noticed that all the 44 in the restaurant were set on me at that time.
I returned to college and 45 a paper about this story as my project to the instructor. She read it and though highly of my project. Just then I realized in my own way I had 46 the people at the restaurant, my friend, the instructor, and every person that shared the classroom. I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn unconditional acceptance.
Much love and compassion is sent to each person who may read this and learn how to 47 people.
36．A．recognize B．record C．describe D．imagine
37．A．paid B．treated C．served D．charged
38．A．turn up B．turn down C．turn to D．turned around
39．A．assistance B．acceptance C．advice D．admission
40．A．break B．pick C．cheer D．warm
41．A．afford B．enjoy C．spend D．drink
42．A．big B．separate C．beautiful D．special
43．A．shook B．shared C．clapped D．covered
44．A．customers B．hands C．eyes D．sounds
45．A．handed in B．wrote down C．took out D．search for
46．A．involved B．contacted C．investigated D．touched
47．A．hate B．please C．love D．beat
第三节：完形填空（共两部分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项
Several years ago, I worked in a company as a driver. One day in the company when I was cleaning my 41 which was getting dirty from running outside, I noticed the owner’s elderly father making his 42 to his grandson. The old man was fond of fishing all his life. He usually stayed at home because of his old age, but this time he 43 to ask the kid to take him fishing. The grandson said, ‘I’m not taking you! It’s 44than taking a kid.’
His answer broke my heart. I stopped working immediately and headed back home. I took everything I needed and then 45 . On the way I stopped at a store and bought a bobber (钓鱼的浮子). When I got to the company, I 46 the old man to go fishing near the river.
When we got there, I put him in the chair at the edge of the 47 , cast the line, and handed him the fishing pole (鱼竿). It wasn’t long before the bobber started to dance; he handed the pole to me. I took the fish off, cast, and 48 handed the pole to him. This went on, one fish after another, for over an hour until he told me he was 49 and needed to go home.
When I got him home, I gave the fish to his daughter-in-law with instructions to make sure he got them for dinner and then I 50 . Two weeks later, the old man died. His family told me later that all he talked about during that time was his last fishing trip.
Whenever you get the 51 , don’t forget to stay with your grandpa. Someday, you may be in the same place and you’ll want your family to 52 you too.
41. A. chair B. car C. bag D. taxi
42. A. point B. decision C. way D. mind
43. A. went away B. moved ahead C. came out D. stood up
44. A. safer B. easier C. quicker D. worse
45. A. returned B. worked C. rested D. studied
46. A. taught B. suggested C. ordered D. invited
47. A. street B. water C. sea D. hill
48. A. suddenly B. therefore C. again D. lately
49. A. disappointed B. excited C. worried D. tired
50. A. played B. exercised C. left D. slept
51. A. chance B. experience C. information D. number
52. A. look for B. stare at C. turn into D. care about
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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Rest is critical to life and work and a positive attitude towards rest needs to be maintained. Enough rest is significant to our body and mind 36 a lack of adequate rest, as well as __37__ attitudes to rest, will do great harm to our health.
Rest is vital to our ability to 38 at our best. Recent news stories report that scientists are learning surprising things about the importance of sleep. There is enough __39_ suggesting that rest will refresh us, 40 our body and mind to work efficiently. Besides, rest is important for 41 that; it is helpful in setting 42 goals and deciding what goals to attain first. Those who are caught up in extremely busy lives 43 the time to think about what they are doing and to make objective 44 , which blocks the maximization of their 45 .
On the contrary, lack of adequate rest damages brain function, so much so that sleep experts have been able to 46 drops in IQ in patients who are 47 of sleep. Other studies have presented a negative effect on body movements in sleep-wanting subjects. It should not, therefore, be a 48 that the California Highway Patrol has stated that sleep-wanting drivers are as great a 49 to road safety as are drunken drivers.
However, rest is widely 50 by some people. Instead of sleep, they go to pubs and clubs 51 what they call social drinking or having a smoke with friends and they 52__ that this kind of entertaining is rest. Nowadays, the economy forces people to drink and gamble for the sake of the 53 one moves in. The truth is that rest means not using our _54 _ both physically and mentally, even spiritually. We need to rest correctly and 55 ; otherwise, tiredness and illness will occur.
36. A. when B. though C. until D. while
37. A. critical B. misleading C. puzzling D. ambiguous
38. A. survive B. create C. function D. advance
39. A. evidence B. theory C. belief D. information
40. A. encouraging B. enabling C. persuading D. concentrating
41. A. more than B. rather than C. other than D. less than
42. A. ideal B. appropriate C. professional D. high
43. A. afford B. expect C. lack D. waste
44. A. comments B. complaints C. attempts D. decisions
45. A. potential B. limit C. vision D. goal
46. A. predict B. evaluate C. measure D. assume
47. A. short B. afraid C. full D. tired
48. A. fact B. warning C. rule D. surprise
49. A. burden B. reminder C. threat D. blow
50. A. accepted B. valued C. abandoned D. misunderstood
51 A. with B. like C. as D. for
52. A. claim B. suggest C. announce D. promote
53. A. traps B. circles C. mysteries D. troubles
54. A. judgment B. time C. labor D. power
55. A. completely B. partly C. sufficiently D. permanently
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从26—50各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
The use of nuclear power has already spread all over the world, However, scientists still have
not 36 on what should be done with the large 37 of waste material that tend to increase everyyear .
Most waste materials are dealr38simply by placing them39.But nuclear waste40be dealt with very carefully. It gives41dangerous radiation and it will continue to be 42for hundreds, thousands, even mil-lions of years.
How should we get rid of such waste material in a43that it will not harm the environment? Where can we safely44it? One idea is to put this45waste inside a 46 container ,47is then dropped to the deep bottom of the ocean. But some scientists believe that this way of dealing with nuclear waste could kill fish and other living things in the oceans48interfere(干扰)with their growth.. Another way49nuclear waste is to send it into space, to the sun, 50 it would be burned. Some scientists suggests suggest that this polluting material51buried thousands of meters under the52surface. Such under-ground areas must be lree53possible earthquakes. Advance id being54,But it may still be many years55this problem could be finally settled.
A．planned B．agreed C．regarded D．known
A．nunber B．amounts C．lot D．mass
A．of B．with C．up D．to
A．anywhere B．nowhere C．elsewhere D．somewhere
A．may B．should C．must D．can
A．away B．off C．up D．down
A．harm B．deathly C．dying D．deathly
A．method B．way C．means D．manner
A．place B．export C．do with D．do
A．radioactive B．radiation C．active D．activity
A．large B．stone C．thick D．nice
A．that B．such C．and D．which
A．or B．and C．so D．then
A．to move B．to transport C．to remove D．to carry
A．so B．when C．as D．here
A．can be B．being C．be D．muse be
A．earth B．being C．ocean D．water
A．of B．with C．at D．in
A．caused B．made C．taken D．done
A．when B．if C．befire D．thus
第二节完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
For long, a question disturbed a little boy. He couldn’t understand why his next-desk-pal(同伴)could rank lst whenever he wanted to , while he himself 21 to .
At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more 22 than others? I feel I study as hard as him, but why do I 23 fall behind?” Staring at him, she went 24 , not knowing how to explain.
She felt an impulse (冲动)to say , “you are too 25 .You are not really as hard-working as others…”but she stopped 26 she knew her son was suffering from the pains of 27 grades and rankings. She thought it 28to add any additional burden to his son and was trying to find out a(n) 29 answer.
Time went by quickly, the son finished primary school. 30 studying harder and harder, he was still unable to 31 his pal. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to take him to the sea. During the trip, she 32 to give out an answer.
Now, the son no longer 33 his rankings, because, with the lst ranking, he was 34 by Harvard University .
Back home in winter vacation, he was invited to 35 the students and parents in high school. In the speech, he mentioned a(n) 36 experience in his childhood:…When my mother and I were lying on the beach, she pointed to the front and said ,“Do you see the seabirds fiying for food over there? When the 37 comes near, little birds can escape quickly 38 ‘clumsy’ seagulls (笨拙的海鸥)would take more time to complete the 39 . However, have you noticed birds that 40 fly across the endless ocean are none other than ‘clumsy’seagulls?”
21.A.refused B.decided C.failed D.afforded
22.A.troublesome B.stupid C.naughty D.careless
23.A.always B.never C.hardly D.even
24.A.wrong B.worried C.crazy D.wordless
25.A.young B.lazy C.clever D.old
26.A.although B.before C.beacuse D.unless
27.A.worrying B.surprising C.doubting D.unsatisfying
28.A.cruel B.unnecessary C.important D.impossible
29.A.naturalB.harmonious C.perfect D.ordinary
30.A.Besides B.Despite C.Beyond D.Without
31.A.get throughB.come across C.compare with D.keep up with
32.A.managed B.hesitated C.determinedD.remembered
33.A.cares aboutB.doubts about C.wonders aboutD.worries about
34.A.invited B.accepted C.welcomed D.dismissed
35.A.visit B.contact C.addressD.meet
36.A.private B.valuable C.interesting D.unexpected
37.A.wave B.food C.wind D.time
38.A.and B.since C.until D.while
39.A.game B.fun C.match D.process
40.A.suddenly B.immediatelyC.finally D.gradually