The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even seem like the person.
When I first knew Bill, back in , he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑的) people I had ever . He was always ready to have a . He usually went out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or drove 50 miles to see an old he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and was never dull when he was . With him there was one wild after another. Sometimes I wonder how we to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Houston on business, and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. , I wasn’t even it was he. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him, but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never Bill changing so much. My image of him the one I had formed the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it’s to expect people to remain the same, especially I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he the same way about me.
A．proper B．same C．regular D．common
A．childhood B．primary school C．high school D．college
A．considered B．supposed C．met D．expected
A．party B．quarrel C．meeting D．class
A．man B．hospital C．film D．hotel
A．study B．life C．work D．fun
A．in B．down C．away D．around
A．dream B．mistake C．chance D．joke
A．decided B．continued C．managed D．hoped
A．As usual B．By accident C．From then on D．All the time
A．glad B．surprised C．excited D．sure
A．thought B．talked C．argued D．spent
A．best B．last C．next D．only
A．interest B．career C．subject D．problem
A．forgot B．minded C．liked D．imagined
A．remained B．reminded C．suggested D．became
A．since B．from C．at D．till
A．unnecessary B．foolish C．common D．unusual
A．because B．that C．how D．when
A．felt B．acted C．looked D．discovered
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If you asked high school girls to name their favourite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would 21 : surfing. But isn’t that a boy thing? Some people 22 .
I started surfing about five years ago and 23 in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first wave was the best feeling I had ever 24 .
When I try to 25 surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my 26 ,
there’s nothing like it. It involves（涉及）body, 27 , and soul. There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all 28 us. The feeling I get when I’m surfing across that 29 , becoming one with the ocean, is like I’m 30 .
The one thing I can get from surfing and not any other sport is endless 31 . You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean 32 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; 33are very aggressive（攻击性的）and sharp. All of these things attract me to surfing and make it 34from any other sport.
I’ve 35to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do. It’s part of being human to advance to new levels, so shouldn’t it be 36that girls should step up and start pushing the limits of things boys and men 37dominate (主宰)?
There’re women 38side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys 39 the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to succeed, and they 40 .
21. A. tell B. answer C. give D. realize
22. A. wonder B. understand C. reply on D. believe
23. A. stayed B. came C. dropped D. fell
24. A. experienced B. adventured C. worked out D. discovered
25. A. bring B. connect C. compare D. tie
26. A. work B. study C. holiday D. life
27. A. mind B. figure C. health D. control
28. A. over B. above C. around D. among
29. A. beach B. water C. board D. lake
30. A. weight B. overweight C. weight-loss D. weightless
31. A. success B. challenge C. ability D. trouble
32. A. catches B. includes C. offers D. collects
33. A. others B. other C. another D. the other
34. A. exciting B. attractive C. enjoyable D. different
35. A. chosen B. tried C. learned D. promised
36. A. expected B. supposed C. achieved D. proved
37. A. hated to B. hoped to C. used to D. had to
38. A. sitting B. walking C. fighting D. working
39. A. of B. from C. on D. with
40. A. had B. will C. have D. do
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When 1 was twelve years old，my family were the first black people to move into an
a11-white part of Grand Rapids，Michigan．Many of our new36_weren’t very welco—
ming. Some of the adults said 37 that we should return where we came from．The
38 sometimes threw stones at me or 39 me home from school．
Most of my teachers 40 ignored me，but not Dorothy Bean，my history teach—
er．Miss Bean was angry at how badly 1 was being 41，but she didn’t say this to
me．Miss Bean showed showed her 42 for me by teaching me just like anyone else．43
being unnoticed，1 was given a 44to show that 1 was smart．Miss Bean was the first
teacher who ever made me 45 for myself． She insisted on knowing what I thought
about difficult 46．Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France?
Why?She 47 me to have an opinion and to be able to 48 it up．Miss Bean was
teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real 49 to Success in learning.
One day，when 1 was not 50 in class，Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at
me．Unbelievably，the eraser hit me right on the hand and 51 my pencil flying．The
whole class was 52 at first，then started laughing．This incident became famous in
the school and， 53 it happened to me，the students wanted to get to 54，So
that's the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target，and how I became just anoth—er 55 in school．
36．A．friends B．relatives C．fellows D．neighbors
37．A．kindly B．pitifully C．angrily D．anxiously
38．A．seniors B．children C．enemies D．elders
39．A．drove B．took C．helped D．carried
40．A．hardly B．simply C．suddenly D．widely
41．A．taught B．fooled C．picked D．treated
42．A．dislike B．thanks Crespect． D．gifts
43．A．Instead of B．In memory of
C．In case of D．In spite of
44．A．question B．chance C．test D．place
45．A．care B．100k C．work D．think
46．A．exams B．history C．questions D．books
47．A．persuaded B．forced C．allowed D．expected
48．A．back B．set C．shut D．give
49．A．notice B．key C．attention D．attitude
50．A．looking up B．paying attention
C．reading aloud D．getting along
51．A．sentB．found C.saw D．kept
52．A．moved B．calmed C．worried D．shocked
53．A．when B．once C．because D．whether
54．A．ask B．know C．punish D．admire
55．A．kid B．problem C.teacher D．example
完形填空：（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Once upon a time, bee-keepers killed their bees every autumn. Why, you 26ask. Well, the answer is this. To get some 27, bee-keepers and farmers used to 28 small wooden boxes in a corner of the farmyard. Bees would come and 29 the box with honeycomb. 30 , there was no way of getting the honey out 31 killing the bees. So they used to burn a chemical 32 the box in order to kill the bees and then take the honey.
Now, bee-keepers 33 beehives to collect honey. In the beehive there are a number of wooden 34 with spaces between them 35 can be lifted out. In later summer, the squares, which are now 36 of honeycomb are lifted out. The squares are put in 37 special machine and turned round and round very fast for several minutes. Turning the squares round and round 38 this 39 out the honey. Then the honey is collected and 40 jars. After that the empty squares are returned to the hive for the bees to fill with honey the following year.
26. A. need B. may C. should D. must
27. A. honey B. bees C. honeycomb D. space
28. A. put in B. put away C. put off D. put out
29. A. fill B. cover C. supply D. satisfy
30. A. Still B. And C. However D. So
31. A. for B. in C. by D. without
32. A. on B. close to C. in the front of D. far from
33. A. want B. take C. use D. expect
34. A. squares B. boxes C. sticks D. bowls
35. A. many B. they C. it D. which
36. A. full B. filled C . afraid D. emptied
37. A. the B. a C. another D. 不填
38. A. for B. in C. like D. to
39. A. forces B. makes C. helps D. drives
40. A. led into B. brought into C. poured into D. got into
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When 1 was twelve years old，my family were the first black people to move into an
a11-white part of Grand Rapids，Michigan．Many of our new36_weren’t very welcoming. Some of the adults said 37 that we should return where we came from．The 38sometimes threw stones at me or 39me home from school．
Most of my teachers 40ignored me，but not Dorothy Bean，my history teacher．Miss Bean was angry at how badly 1 was being 41，but she didn’t say this to me．Miss Bean showed her 42for me by teaching me just like anyone else．43being unnoticed，1 was given a 44to show that 1 was smart．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me 45for myself． She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult 46 ．Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France?
Why? She 47 me to have an opinion and to be able to 48it up．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real 49to Success in learning.
One day，when 1 was not 50in class，Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at
me．Unbelievably，the eraser hit me right on the hand and 51my pencil flying．The
whole class was 52at first，then started laughing．This incident became famous in the school and， 53it happened to me，the students wanted to get to 54，So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target，and how I became just another 55in school．
36．A．friends B．relatives C．fellows D．neighbors
37．A．kindly B．pitifully C．angrily D．anxiously
38．A．seniors B．children C．enemies D．elders
39．A．drove B．took C．helped D．carried
40．A．hardly B．simply C．suddenly D．widely
41．A．taught B．fooled C．picked D．treated
42．A．dislike B．thanks C. respect D．gifts
43．A．Instead of B．In memory of C．In case of D．In spite of
44．A．question B．chance C．test D．place
45．A．careB．100k C．work D．think
46．A．exams B．history C．questions D．books
47．A．persuaded B．forced C．allowed D．expected
48．A．back B．set C．shut D．give
49．A．notice B．key C．attention D．attitude
50．A．looking up B．paying attention C．reading aloud D．getting along
51．A．sent B．found C. saw D．kept
52．A．moved B．calmedC．worried D．shocked
53．A．when B．once C．because D．whether
54．A．ask B．know C．punish D．admire
55．A．kid B．problem C. teacher D．example
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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I 16 the car by the roadside, across the street from where she worked, and 17 her.
As I looked outside the car window 18 my right, there was a small park 19 I saw a little boy around two years old, 20 freely on the grass as his mother watched him from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face 21 he had just been set free from some sort of prison. The boy would then fall to the grass, get up and without 22 run as fast as he could again, still with a smile on his face, as if 23 had happened.
However, with kids (especially at the early age)，when they fall down, they don’t perceive their falling down as a 24 , but instead, they treat it as a learning experience, as just another 25 . They feel compelled to try and try again 26 they succeed. The answer must be that they have not 27 “falling down” with the word “failure” yet. Thus they don’t know how to feel the state which 28 failure. What’s more, they probably think that it is perfectly Okay to fall down, and that it’s not 29 to do so. In other words, they give themselves 30 to make mistakes subconsciously. Thus they remain 31 .
While I was touched by the boy’s persistence, I was 32 touched by the manner in which he ran. With each 33 , he looked so confident and so natural. No 34 of fear, nervousness, or being discouraged — as if he didn’t 35 the world around him. His only aim was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could. I learned a lot from that observation and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my many pursuits in life.
16. A. packed B. parked C. refueled D. cleaned
17. A. called for B. looked for C. waited for D. searched for
18. A. to B. in C. at D. for
19. A. where B. which C. what D. that
20. A. walking B. running C. smiling D. playing
21. A. as if B. even if C. only if D. what if
22. A. doubt B. hesitation C. mercy D. effect
23. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
24. A. catastrophe B. difficulty C. success D. failure
25. A. outcome B. outline C. output D. outbreak
26. A. unless B. after C. until D. before
27. A. communicated B. associated C. accommodated D. contrasted
28. A. acquires B. accumulates C. accomplishes D. accompanies
29. A. good B. interesting C. right D. wrong
30. A. permission B. admission C. comprehension D. impression
31. A. discouraged B. encouraged C. regretful D. happy
32. A. simply B. extremely C. equally D. especially
33. A. run B. success C. attempt D. smile
34. A. scenes B. marks C. signals D. signs
35. A. care about B. look about C. care for D. think about