During the last fifteen years of my mother's life she suffered with Alzheimer's disease (老年性痴呆). Until then she had been a bright, ____ woman deeply interested and involved in the world around her. I would go home to visit her in Virginia and she would look at me in a(an) ____ way and ask, "Who are you?" I would answer, "I'm your son." "Where do you live?" She would ask. "In California," I would tell her. "Isn't that interesting," she would say, "I have a son in California."
She seemed ____ forgetful and confused at the beginning of the disease, ____ later on she would go ___ periods of intense anxiety. She would pace through the house she had lived in most of her life ____ uneasily that she wanted to go home. Or she would leave home and wander away if she were ____ for a short time.
Hoping to please her and put her mind ____ I would take her for a drive, visiting sites where she had lived as a ____. In the yard of the hillside house in Shipman I sat in the car and admired the view of the old oaks and long green lawn. I ____ my mother there was a little girl playing with the pet lamb she had been so fond of. I looked to her for some ____. She shook her head and said, "I want to go home."
Over the years I have decided that what my mother was calling home was not a ____, but a time. I suspect it was a time when she was much ____, when her children were still underfoot, when her husband was still vigorous and attentive.
Watching my mother's suffering set me wondering ____ I would have in mind if someday I couldn't find ____ and wanted to go there. In this family we tend to be long-lived and we grow fuzzy (糊涂的) minded as the years go by. At eighty I have already noticed some ____ symptoms. My doctor says the forgetfulness is only ____ and that it comes with age. Still the fear of Alzheimer's is haunting there. Someday ____ and when I become even more ____ minded than I am now, unable to drive and unable to tell you where "home" is, my dear son, I expect I will ask you to take me home, I know you will do your best to find the place I need to be. I leave these notes for your ____.
A．accessible B．cheerful C．hopeful D．considerate
A．excited B．doubtful C．puzzled D．amazed
A．greatly B．hardly C．totally D．simply
A．but B．so C．and D．though
A．with B．through C．by D．over
A．declaring B．suggesting C．crying D．commenting
A．unsettled B．unattended C．unconcerned D．uninspired
A．in place B．under control C．in order D．at ease
A．lady B．student C．child D．mother
A．told B．pictured C．stated D．encouraged
A．response B．smile C．reasons D．answers
A．name B．dream C．symbol D．place
A．prettier B．younger C．happier D．healthier
A．that B．where C．which D．when
A．memory B．passion C．home D．way
A．deadly B．alarming C．interesting D．allergic
A．natural B．special C．rare D．unique
A．if B．what C．until D．whether
A．mechanical B．cloudy C．clear D．stubborn
A．appreciation B．satisfaction C．guidance D．convenience
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第二节：完形填空(兆20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21-40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答卷纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Temperature is part of my married romance Coming to New’York from Baltimore-where there is just one small snowstorm each year-1was 21 by a fireplace in my new home，wit fires 22 all day,just as what ancient people did at a wedding．
My husband，Peter,comes from northem Ontario，where winter 23 from September to May and cold wind is 24．”When Canadians have 30 below,they 25 it，”he says．“Cold wind is for crybabies．”
So to marry this man I had to learn to 26 for serious cold. To get me from Baltimore's Inner Harbor to Albany’s frozen Hudson，Peter piled me 27 jackets and sweaters，scarves and gloves．even a hat with earflaps．The gift of Sorel boots-comfortably warm at Canada’s 30 below,was a 28 we were getting serious．
That first winter together,living in upstate New York,I thought I’d 29 My boots were good below freezing，but my fingers could 30 tie them．Physical adaptation is real，but it came slowly．And there is also emotional 31 to cold．Some days I tell myself that I have enough beach memories to stick to on 32 days and other days I am reminded that living cold does indeed build 33 ．
34 ，having a warm house is important．After my first marriage ended，for years I 35 ! went on a second date with a man whose response to my”I'm cold”was．”Put on a sweater．”Now I’m married to a man who 36 that cold hands do not mean a warm heart．And that a big oil bill is better than roses But surprisingly,I've grown，too．I am 37 ，in this new life and climate，to go look for that cost-saving sweater．
The word comfortable did not 38 refer to being contented．Its Latin root，comfortare， means to strengthen．The Holy Spirit is Comforter；not to make us comfortable，but to make us
39 ．we 40 not be warm but we are indeed comforted．
21．A．set down B．set about C．set up D．set out
22．A．lighting B．burning C．going D．flashing
23．A．appears B．starts C．keeps D．runs
24．A．something B．everythingC．nothing D．none
25．A．suggest B．mean C．overlook D．enjoy
26．A．wear B．stand C．dress D．ride
27．A under B．over C．inside D．with
28．A．remark B．sign C．warning D．show
29．A．sleep B．forget C．die D．continue
30．A．hardly B．easily C．tightly D．loosely
31．A．health B．reactionC．feelings D．adaptation
32．A．rainy B．freezing C．sunny D．happy
33．A．character B．love C．hope D．hardship
34．A．Meanwhile B．However C．Therefore D．Besides
35．A．merely B．ever C．never D．just
36．A．wonders B．knows C．states D decides
37．A．unable B．accustomed C．interested D．willing
38．A．originally B．exactly C．actually D．namely
39．A．wild B．cold C．strong D．warm
40．A．will B．must C．can D．may
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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，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。
It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors gathered, discussing the exam due to begin in a few 16. On their faces was confidence. This was their last exam — then on to 17and jobs. Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they 18get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take 19of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n) 20task. The professor had said they could bring 21book or note they wanted, requesting only that they did not22each other, during the test.
23they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles 24on the students’ faces as they noted there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed 25the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the 26faces before him, and then asked, “How many completed all five questions?” 27a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hands.
“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished 28.”But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 29,” he said. “I just want to impress upon you that, 30you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the 31you don’t know. These questions you couldn’t answer are relatively 32in everyday practice. ” Then smiling, he added, “You will all 33this course, but remember — even though you are now college graduates, your education has just 34.”
The years have 35the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.
16. A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. days
17. A. interview B. discussion C. education D. graduation
18. A. would B. must C. have to D. used to
19. A. hold B. control C. charge D. place
20. A. interesting B. necessary C. easy D. unusual
21. A. no B. either C. any D. all
22. A. listen to B. look at C. refer to D. talk to
23. A. Nervously B. Joyfully C. Quickly D. Curiously
24. A. appeared B. changed C. froze D. stopped
25. A. then B. as C. before D. after
26. A. pleased B. worried C. surprised D. moved
27. A. Not B. Once C. Only D. Even
28. A. all B. none C. one D. it
29. A. wondered B. enjoyed C. hated D. expected
30. A. right now B. as though C. now that D. even though
31. A. exam B. subject C. question D. college
32. A. valuable B. difficult C. common D. strange
33. A. pass B. fail C. take D. start
34. A. begun B. completed C. failed D. succeeded
35. A. forgot B. remembered C. strengthened D. weakened
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Ⅲ. 完形填空
Around 5:30 p.m., I was on the bus one day and everybody on the bus was quiet. People had just 36 from work, students had just finished their last 37 and everybody was a little tired from a long day. It wasn’t a particularly good day for me 38 as I was feeling quite tired. I was just looking outside of the 39 without any specific thought in my mind. It was the same 40 I had seen many times before, people hurrying home.
In front of me, there was a guy sitting in the seat who didn’t look too clean. 41 he was looking out of the window, the guy suddenly 42 to me and pointed at something outside. “Hey, look.” He had a big smile on his face. I turned to the 43 he was pointing to and there it was ---- the beautiful Catalina mountains burning with a beautiful 44 . The mountains were coated with bright pink light and shadows. He turned to other people on the bus and told them to look at the mountains. He 45 “ Wow” and “ It’s so beautiful” again and again. Everybody on the bus 46 the views indeed.
The 47 view also helped me to end my long 48 day with a good feeling in my heart. But, more 49 , I was so inspired to see that this man wanted to 50 the beautiful view with everybody on the bus, total strangers. His 51 act made me accidentally find something that I had lost which I didn’t even know I had lost. He made me 52 that I had lost the feelings and the 53 I used to have everyday. In my daily life, many things had 54 their color and movement. But he 55 me that things are still there ---- they never get lost.
36. A. gone by B. given up C. got off D. taken up
37. A book B. class C. lesson D. experiment
38. A. also B. too C. either D. instead
39. A. window B. classroom C. mountain D. city
40. A. people B. bus C. trouble D. view
41. A. Though B. Once C. If D. As
42. A. turned B. attended C. referred D. objected
43. A. finger B. direction C. driver D. sky
44. A. journey B. memory C. sunrise D. sunset.
45. A. wrote B. followed C. repeated D. discussed
46. A. described B. impressed C. enjoyed D. recorded
47. A. full B. amazing C. same D. simple
48. A. unlucky B. worrying C. tiring D. exciting
49. A. importantly B. naturally C. beautifully D. fortunately
50. A. comment B. connect C. compare D. share
51. A. final B. kind C. violent D. direct
52. A. decide B. believe C. realize D. learn
53. A. excitement B. determination C. concern D. puzzle
54. A. increased B. showed C. lost D. faded
55. A. warned B. reminded C. advised D. persuaded
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第三节完形填空（共20小题，计分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
A mother and daughter living in my community are two of the most unfriendly people I have ever come across in my life. They are totally separated, mixing with 21 . As they drive past 22 they keep their eyes looking away and make no sign of acknowledgement. The only fame they have is making a nuisance (讨厌的人) of themselves to the local police station by 23 music played too loud, dogs barking more than once a day and any other petty 24 gripe (把柄).
On moving into this neighborhood, I was 25 of these two but decided I would make up my own mind. This proved quite a 26 to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast (猛烈抨击) me with some 27 or other.
I 28 answered politely and made sure I 29 as they went past my place and also made the effort now and then to make a kind remarkabout their garden or pets.
Time passed and in October, as part of the Kindness Rock Give (送爱心石活动), Maureen and I 30 to place a kindness rock in their garden. Their 31 remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as friendly as possible. During the Easter give, we decided once again to 32 these two unhappy ladies to our list and left a packet of cookies on their 33 .Imagine my 34 when two days later they 35 at my gate and jokingly said they are considering hanging their Christmas stocking on their gate, and they 36 me a bunch of flowers!
So, my fellow gifters, do not 37 on your random gifts of kindness. You may never know just what this 38 to others, nor how many broken or 39 hearted people you may just change with a simple act of 40 .
21. A. nobody B. someone C. anyone D. nothing
22. A. ladies B. neighbors C. friends D. relatives
23. A. composing B. requesting C. reporting D. explaining
24. A. important B. easy C. interesting D. little
25. A. accused B. warned C. reminded D. convinced
26. A. challenge B. job C. task D. matter
27. A. jokes B. adviceC. explanation D. complaint
28. A. seldom B. never C. alwaysD. sometimes
29. A. waved B. stared C. noticed D. laughed
30. A. started B. continued C. mentioned D. decided
31. A. smile B. attitudeC. decision D. anger
32. A. add B. recommend C. reduced D. drove
33. A. place B. roof C. gate D. fence
34. A. interest B. smile C. surprise D. face
35. A. whispered B. stopped C. shouted D. wandered
36. A. brought B. wished C. threw D. expected
37. A. take in B. take up C. give in D. give up
38. A. refers B. means C. relates D. contributes
39. A. kind B. light C. hard D. warm
40. A. sorrow B. hope C. imaginationD. kindness
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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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A B C 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。
The animals were all awakened by the same loud sound. It sound like a(n)_____.Deep in the woods they could see a figure holding a long narrow object . In the past in most _____it meant that danger was near._____there was something different about the figure this time .Suddenly the figure fell to the ground. A deer , named Sheena, moved______. Finally she could see that_____was the forest ranger (护林者). Soon she noticed that his right foot was ______in a beer trap(夹子)。Sheena then attempted to release his foot______the trap
.Later he opened his eyes.Their presence did not_____him. At this______he felt that he needed their help______anything else. Sheena and other animals began dragging the ranger toward the ranger’s cabin(小木屋). The ranger was______.It was almost as if the animals could ______-his mind.
As they______the cabin , the animals began to cry for_____.When the door of the cabin began to open, the animals ran back into the forest. The animals all____from a distance as the ranger was taken into the_____-for care. The ranger told his fellow that while he was ____in the forest, he stepped into a bear trap . He add that while rescuing _____,he shot himself in the shoulder accidentally and ______the animals saved his life .The fellow thought that he must have injured his head and was _______the animals rescue.
36. A .whistle B gunshou C. explosion D.crack
37. A. places B times C.cases D.conditions
38. A.And B. So C.Because D.But
39. A. close B.far C.backwards D. forwards
40. A.it B.he C.she D. one
41. A.set B.placed C.stuck D.wrapped
42 A of B.beyond C.from D.onto
43. A.frighten B.disappoint C.delight D.excite
44. A.place B.point C.present D.situation
45. A.less than B.more than C.better than D.worse than
46. A.frightened B.worried C.anxious D.shocked
47. A.hear B,speak C.write D.read
48. A approached B,left C.moved D.entered
49. A.food B.clothes C.help D.medicine
50. A.listened B. wached C. talked D.shouted
51. A.woods B.cabin C.hospital D.bed
52. A.wandering B.waching C.hunting D.checking
53. A.a deer B. an animals C.a child D.himself
54. A.why B.when C.where D.how
55. A.imagining B. expecting C.remembering D.considering