A person’s home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending on personality, most have in mind a(n) “______ home”. But in general, and especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical ______ of cash and location on achieving that idea.
Cash ______, in fact, often means that the only way of ______ when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things ______ financially. There are obvious ______of living at home—personal laundry is usually ______ done along with the family wash; meals are provided and there will be a well-established circle of friends to ______. And there is ______ the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc.
On the other hand, ______ depends on how a family gets on. Do your parents like your friends? You may love your family—______do you like them? Are you prepared to be ______ when your parents ask where you are going in the evening and what time you expect to be back? If you find that you cannot strike a(n) ______, and that you finally have the money to leave, how do you ______ finding somewhere else to live?
If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are ______well-known to you already. Friends and the local paper are always ______. If you are going to work in a ______ area, again there are the papers—and the accommodation agencies, ______ these should be approached with ______. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually the ______ of the first week’s rent, if you take accommodation they have found for you.
A.ideal B.perfect C.imaginative D.satisfactory
A.demerits B.weaknesses C.insufficiencies D.restrictions
A.cut B.short C.lacking D.drain
A.getting with B.getting along with C.getting by D.getting back
A.improve B.proceed C.develop D.enhance
A.concerns B.issues C.problems D.merits
A.still B.always C.habitually D.consequently
A.call through B.call over C.call on D.call out
A.scarcely B.less C.little D.sometimes
A.little B.much C.adequate D.enough
A.nevertheless B.while C.however D.or
A.moderate B.hostile C.indifferent D.lenient
A.agreement B.consensus C.compromise D.deal
A.continue B.commence C.commend D.confirm
A.seldom B.less C.absolutely D.likely
A.available B.anaccessto information C.valuable D.accessible
A.time-honored B.similar C.humid D.conversant
A.though B.while C.since D.as
A.passion B.prudence C.carelessness D.concern
A.same B.equivalent C.equal D.similarity
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36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
On Sunday, while I was having my own Father’s Day celebration, I thought of my father. 36 the time I called to tell him I loved him, he had already gone to bed.I 37 him a lot, so I thought I would write 38 about what he means to me.
39 happened about 28 years ago.My father was a used-car salesman and owned his own car garage.Most of the time I drove a car over there for him 40 he could sell it.
One day I was in the car with my father 41 he noticed a man with a backpack who wanted a 42 .Without hesitation, he 43 and offered him a ride.Dad told him we were heading for Shreveport, so that was as 44 as we could take him.The man thanked him for his kind 45 .
Once we got to the highway at 9 p.m., Dad asked him where he 46 .The man said that he was headed out west.I can’t 47 why but he told us a 48 of the things that had happened to him to make that decision.It was quite an exchange and they talked 49 .It was 50 cold outside and the man was very happy to have the heater 51 .
It was half past ten before we had to 52 the highway.We pulled over and Dad told him to keep his head 53 and that things would start 54 for him soon.He 55 into his pocket and handed the man a thirty dollar bill.The guy was cheerful then.He nearly lit up right there on the cold, dark highway.
36.A.At B.During C.For D.By
37.A.called B.sent C.missed D.owed
38.A.nothing B.something C.everything D.anything
39.A.This B.These C.Those D.They
40.A.in that B.so that C.except that D.now that
41.A.when B.while C.as D.before
42.A.rest B.break C.lift D.bill
43.A.pulled over B.took over C.went over D.turned over
44.A.long B.far C.fast D.final
45.A.thing B.matter C.affair D.deed
46.A.will go B.was going C.had gone D.has gone
47.A.recall B.react C.respond D.reflect
48.A.deal B.plenty C.lot D.sum
49.A.all the way B.in the way C.by the way D.off the way
50.A.much B.fairly C.quite D.frozen
51.A.gone B.going C.go D.went
52.A.exit B.escape C.enter D.endanger
53.A.down B.up C.off D.on
54.A.looking up B.turning up C.giving up D.putting up
55.A.looked B.reached C.got D.headed
完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this 36 .
One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and37 .All the students were working on a task. The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can’ts.” “I can’t kick the soccer ball.” “I can’t get Debbie to like me.” Her page was half full and she showed no 38 of stopping. I walked down the row and found 39 was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do.
By this time the activity aroused my 40 , so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on, 41 I noticed she too was busy writing “I can’t get John’s mother to come for a parents’ meeting.” …I felt it best not to interrupt.
After another ten minutes, the students were instructed to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their “I Can’t” statements into an empty shoe box. Then Donna 42 hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door.
Students followed the teacher. I followed the students. Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel(铲子) from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to 43 . The box of “I Can’ts” was placed at the 44 of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. At this point Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and 45 your heads.” They quickly formed a circle around the grave.
Donna delivered the eulogy(悼词).“Friends, we gathered here today to honor the memory of ‘I Can’t.’ He is 46 by his brothers and sisters ‘I Can’ and ‘I Will’. May ‘I Can’t’ rest in 47 . Amen!”
She turned the students 48 and marched them back into the classroom. They celebrated the 49 of “I Can’t”. Donna cut a large tombstone from paper. She wrote the words “I Can’t ”at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom. On those rare occasions when a student forgot and said, “I Can’t,” Donna 50 pointed to the paper tombstone. The student then remembered that “I Can’t” was dead and chose other statement.
A.job B.project C.observation D.course
A.checked B.noticed C.watched D.waited
A.scenes B.senses C.marks D.signs
A.nobody B.somebody C.everyone D.anyone
A.curiosity B.suspect C.sympathy D.worry
A.and B.or C.but D.so
A.added B.wrote C.made D.folded
A.cry B.pray C.dig D.play
A.back B.bottom C.top D.edge
A.drop B.raise C.fall D.lift
A.remembered B.punished C.removed D.replaced
A.silence B.heart C.peace D.memory
A.down B.up C.off D.around
A.birth B.passing C.loss D.starting
A.simply B.hardly C.seriously D.angrily
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,从短文后所给各题的中个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出或以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was reading some papers in my office that day, a patient came to see me about the stress in her life. She 21 all the things she had to do -one was to 22 -from the moment she woke up until she flew out of the door for work. I suggested she23by not making her bed for two weeks. She was 24, probably thinking I’d been raised by wolves in a forest. However, she went along with my 25.
Two weeks later she went into my office ,26. She had left her bed 27 for the first time in 30 years-and nothing bad had happened. “And guess what?” she said. “I don’t dry my dishes anymore, either.”
This woman had made two major breakthroughs. One was discovering that she had 28 in her life that she had never seen before. The other was giving herself 29 to be less that 30 . This story shows an important principle (原理) about 31 time: No one can do it all. Each of us has to make choices and accept trade-offs. The 32 is, many people choose in ways that put 33 and their health last. They take better care of their houses and cars than they do of themselves. They put everyone else’s needs ahead of their own.
So what is the 34? There’s an easy way. Decide what you want in your life, and put that first. On a daily basis, that should 35 regular meals, enough sleep and time with your family. Exercise, leisure, friendships and hobbies should also be 36 parts of life. The 37 is to do something for yourself every day. The choice is yours: whatever makes you feel 38 about yourself and your life. Take a nap. Take a walk. Take time to play the piano. Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office. Stop keeping your house as 39 as your mother kept hers. 40more of your time with want – to – dos instead of have – to – dos.
21. A. described B. forgot C. remembered D. considered
22. A. wash her clothes B. make her bed C. call her friend D. dry her dishes
23. A. struggle B. sleep C. experiment D. succeed
24. A. worried B. excited C. frightened D. shocked
25. A. medicine B. paper C. idea D. promise
26. A. crying B. smiling C. thinking D. nodding
27. A. untouched B. unfinished C. unmade D. unmoved
28. A. difficulties B. choices C. mistakes D. problems
29. A. suggestion B. advice C. introduction D. permission
30. A .perfect B. nervous C. important D. comfortable
31. A. killing B. saving C. spending D. managing
32.A.problem B. rule C. measure D. purpose
33. A. others B. themselves C. their work D. their family
34. A. explanation B.determination C. solution D.condition
35. A. include B. contain C. enjoy D. serve
36. A. personal B. regular C. extra D. wonderful
37. A. fact B. opinion C. point D. mistake
38. A. worried B. bad C. puzzled D. good
39. A. dirty B. clean C. warm D. empty
40. A. Fill B. Compare C .Supply D. Connect
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,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A Beautiful Dress
My neighbor’s eight-year-old daughter used to live in the countryside, her native place. Recently her parents 51her to town to live with them. Wild and uneducated, she would use 52words when she was angry. Sometimes she went so far as to 53on the ground, to the 54of all people around. Her parents tried to 55her by beating and kicking. However, she became more 56. Finally they became thoroughly 57with her.
One day their next-door 58, a retired teacher, gave the girl a snow-white dress, which was very 59. It immediately caught the girl’s 60and made them shine brightly.
The girl put on the dress and became quite a 61person. She no longer acted rudely or hit others. She 62seldom rolled on the floor. She knew running wild was not 63for her in a beautiful dress. Since then, the girl had been 64, neat, and lovely.
The story set me 65a lot. Perhaps everyone has a beautiful dress 66somewhere in his or her heart. Only some people are not aware of it, 67it or take no notice of it. 68is a powerful force or weapon — that’s something 69by many of us. It can arouse fine qualities that humans are 70with but have so far hidden somewhere. It has a soul-shaking influence that is indeed unmatched.
51. A. left B. brought C. met D. taught
52. A. dirty B. new C. creative D. attractive
53. A. trap B. weep C. roll D. jump
54. A. surprise B. delight C. mercy D. regret
55. A. advise B. encourage C. support D. educate
56. A. mature B. violent C. changeable D. considerate
57. A. tired B. pleased C. relaxed D. disappointed
58. A. office B. stranger C. neighbor D. apartment
59. A. beautiful B. modern C. shabby D. fragile
60. A. attention B. ears C. eyes D. imagination
61. A. rude B. different C. violent D. unique
62. A. even B. also C. still D. ever
63. A. bad B. much C. enough D. suitable
64. A. voluntary B. conscious C. merciful D. gentle
65. A. imagining B. moving C. thinking D. puzzling
66. A. ruined B. hidden C. disappeared D. rediscovered
67. A. forget B. criticize C. advocate D. remember
68. A. Love B. Violence C. Beauty D. Honesty
69. A. cared B. valued C. unlearnt D. unrealized
70. A. dealt B. born C. grown D. lived
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题l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。
I know that it's hard to devote enough time to class and to social efforts. But, I wanted to succeed in both. I knew this would be a 36but didn't realize how much until classes began.
I 37on well with the other girls who lived in my dorm. Often, 38finishing my homework before it was 39to hand in, I went upstairs and had ice cream with my neighbor. I 40finished it the next day between classes. But I knew it wasn't very good and the 41 I received showed my lack of 42 .I realized that I needed to find some sort of 43.So, the next day I created a 44 _ that would 45 my time up between going to class, doing homework, and relaxing. It seemed like a good idea,46 I was only able to 47 it for a few days. A schedule like that had too much 48.So I tried another plan. This one 49lists and common sense. Each week I made a list of 50 I had to get done during that week and by which day I had to have it done. Then, 51the list of things I had to get done, I made a list of things I could do if I had the time. This is the 52I have used since then. Now, I have started my senior year and I feel time is 53. Scheduling my time has become more challenging, but I continue to do it.
My cousins, who are now in college, tell me that there are a lot of books to read by yourself and many different things to do, with various people and organizations. So I'm 54 that I've learned to balance things and it has helped 55 me for what is to come after graduation.
36.A.disaster B.challenge C.trouble D.competition
37.A.kept B.caught C.took D.got
38.A.as well as B.in order to C.instead of D.not only
39.A.point B.late C.ready D.time
40.A.seldom B.always C .hardly D.never
41.A.degree B.rank C.grade D.title
42.A.intelligence B.confidence C.exercise D.effort
43.A.balance B.skill C.change D.improvement
44.A.form B.timetable C.method D.system
45.A.average B.arrange C.divide D.organize
46.A.and B.but C.so D.then
47.A.accept B.collect C.follow D.insist
48.A.pressure B.influence C.question D.doubt
49.A.provided B.included C.formed D.needed
50.A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything
51.A.under B.among C.from D.with
52.A.skill B.method C.experience D.way
53.A.important B.valuable C .limited D.up
54.A.glad B.convinced C.sure D.ungrateful
55.A.enable B.prepare C.practise D.equip