In 1970, at the age of 35, my father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. There was not much done at that time and my father had to rely on the medication and treatment that were at that time. But one thing was , my father was not a quitter. He was a teacher who children with special educational needs in Chicago Public High School. Every day we would hear about “his kids”. These “kids” did not usually my sister and I.
One day, my father arrived at his school and walked up the for his first period. He was having a very day because the disease was really taking everything out of him. He once and bruised (擦伤) his knee but he still kept going. did he know that someone was watching.
As the day his steps began to get a little lighter. At the end of the day, he was about to leave a young girl entered his office. He had met her in the hallway but she was not one of his . He asked what he could do for her and she said, “I just wanted to thank you for my life.”
He looked at her and couldn’t what he had done. She then went on . “When I got up this morning, I felt as if I was at the end of my and ready to kill myself. But when I saw you trying to go up the stairs and then you fell, I felt and the feeling of sadness just kept getting . And now you are walking as as ever. It’s really true that everything will get better as the days go on.”
A．information B．research C．knowledge D．experience
A．favorable B．believable C．reasonable D．available
A．obvious B．special C．natural D．strange
A．abandoned B．followed C．taught D．attended
A．stories B．jokes C．songs D．humors
A．connect B．change C．mean D．defeat
A．mountains B．stairs C．ladders D．streets
A．normal B．pleasant C．simple D．difficult
A．fell B．stood C．happened D．appeared
A．Few B．Little C．Seldom D．Never
A．arrived B．progressed C．broke D．stopped
A．until B．before C．when D．while
A．students B．friends C．teachers D．workers
A．losing B．giving C．passing D．saving
A．write down B．figure out C．cut off D．put up
A．responding B．admitting C．explaining D．complaining
A．rope B．wall C．road D．work
A．sorry B．bad C．lucky D．proud
A．lower B．weaker C．higher D．stronger
A．carefully B．quickly C．lightly D．slowly
第二节完型填空（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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was 14 when Mr. Ingram knocked on our farmhouse door in Sacred Heart. Okla. The old farmer 36 about a mile away and needed an assistant to help out grass. It was the first time I had been actually 37 for work.
Mr. Ingram was 38 with the job I did and ended up hiring me to dig potatoes. I even 39 when a 40 cow was being born.
One day he found an old truck that was 41 in the 42， sandy soil of the melon field. Was full of melons that someone had tried to steal before their truck got stuck.
Mr. Ingram explained that the truck's owner would be returning soon, and he wanted me to 43 the truck and lean(倚靠) against it. Soon a man from a nearby village, who had a terrible 44 for fighting and stealing, 45 with his two full – grown sons. They looked 46 .
While 47 Mr. Ingram said, “Well, I see you want to buy some 48 .”
There was a long silence 49 the man answered, “Yeah, I guess so. What are you getting for them?”
“Three dollars each,” 50 said immediately. “Well, I guess that would be 51 enough if you help me get my truck out of here,” the man bargained.
It 52 out to be our biggest sale of the summer, and an unpleasant, perhaps unfortunate incident had been 53 . After they left, Mr. Ingram smiled and said to me, “Son, if you don’t 54 your enemies, you’re going to run out of friends.” Mr. Ingram died a few years later, but I have never forgotten him or what he taught me 55 my first job.
36．A．covered B．went C．lived D．ran
37．A．charged B．paid C．inquired D．blamed
38．A．strict B．disappointed C．unsatisfied D．content
39．A．assisted B．disturbed C．included D．existed
40．A．father B．mother C．baby D．brother
41．A．struck B．dropped C．fallen D．stuck
42．A．soft B．hard C．smooth D．tough
43．A．glare at B．watch C．spot D．stare at
44．A．honor B．custom C．reputation D．habit
45．A．took down B．showed up C．set out D．broke up
46．A．sad B．angry C．happy D．pleased
47．A．hardly B．anxiously C．calmly D．noisily
48．A．truck B．watermelons C．tomatoes D．grass
49．A．before B．after C．since D．unless
50．A．they B．the sons C．I D．the farmed
51．A．expensive B．sure C．friendly D．fair
52．A．turned B．came C．broke D．stood
53．A．caused B．postponed C．prevented D．cancelled
54．A．hate B．forgive C．admire D．abandon
55．A．under B．below C．off D．on
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My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” Or “What perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I agree 36 some degree, though I sometimes do want to ask them how much they 37 Beckham, apart from his appearance and how much they know about football 38 scoring goals. It seems funny that we are crazy for things, with which we are unfamiliar or 39 which we are uncertain, but we all, my friends 40 I, consider this one of life’s 41 .
We need these pleasures to brighten up our lives. But that doesn’t amount to craziness 42 nonsense（胡闹）. As an old saying 43 : “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We should not 44 anything from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good character and great contribution that 45 one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say 46 about Beckham’s good looks.三.完形填空
Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife 36 .
John was presented with his award at a ceremony(仪式) which recognized the 37 of ten people who have saved the life of 38 person.
John had been studying in his room when he heard 39 . When he and his father rushed outside, they 40 that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed 41 with a knife by her ex-boyfriend. The man ran from the 42 and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden 43 very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut from her body.
It was John’s quick 44 and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked a number of 45 people for bandages, but when nobody could put their hands on any, his father got some tea towels(毛巾) and 46 from their house. John used these to dress the most severe 47 to ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the 48 and ambulance arrived.
“I’m 49 of what I did but I was just doing what I had been 50 ,” John said.
John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When 51 John. Mr Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme said, “There is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid 52 that he learnt at school saved Ms Slade’s life. This shows that a simple knowledge of first aid can make a real 53 .”
John and nine other Life Savers also attended a 54 reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before 55 their awards last night.
36.A. show B. attack C. fight D. defend
37.A. bravery B. courage C. achievements D. progress
38.A. any other B. another C. the other D. others
39.A. quarrelling B. arguing C. shouting D. screaming
40.A. realized B. believed C. thought D. discovered
41.A. repeatedly B. rudely C. frequently D. gradually
42.A. home B. place C. scene D. garden
43.A. shaking B. struggling C. bleeding D. crying
44.A. action B. operation C. experience D. request
45.A. several B. nearby C. familiar D. curious
46.A. water B. tape C. instrument D. luggage
47.A. damages B. pains C. injuries D. cuts
48.A. neighbours B. children C. doctor D. police
49. A. proud B. fond C. sure D. tired
50.A. expected B. taught C. encouraged D. educated
51.A. praising B. referring to C. talking with D. congratulating
52.A. skills B. instructions C. treatments D. methods
53.A. discovery B. contribution C. difference D. choice
54.A. recent B. public C. private D. special
55.A. giving B. remembering C. announcing D. receiving
第二节：完型填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Many people say their most painful moments are saying goodbye to those they love. After watching Cheryl, my daughter-in-law, through the six long months her mother suffered towards death, I think the most painful 36 can be in the waiting to say goodbye.
Cheryl made the two-hour trip over and over to be with her mother. They spent the long afternoons praying, comforting, and retelling their 37 memories.
As her mother was getting 38, Cheryl always sat for hours 39 watching her mother sleeping. Each time she kissed her mother before leaving, her mother would say in 40, “I’m sorry you drove so far and sat for so long and I didn’t even 41 up to talk with you.”
Cheryl would tell her it didn’t matter, still her mother felt 42 and apologized at each goodbye 43 the day Cheryl found a way to give her mother the same reassurance(安慰) her 44 had given to her so many times.
“Mom, do you 45 when I made the high school basketball team?” Cheryl’s mother nodded. “For every game you’d 46 so far and sit for so long and I never even left the bench to play. Each time I felt 47 and apologized to you for wasting your time.” Cheryl 48 took her mother’s hand.
“Do you remember what you would say to me?”
“I would say I didn’t come to see you 49, I came to see you.”
“And you 50 those words, didn’t you?”
“Yes, I really did.”
“Well, now I say the 51 words to you. I didn’t come to see you 52. I came to see you.”
Her mother understood and smiled as she floated back into sleep.
Their 53 together passed quietly into days, weeks, and months. To the last day they cared each other in the 54, love given and received just by seeing each other.
A love so strong that, 55 in this deepened silence that followed their last goodbye, Cheryl can still hear her mother’s love.
36. A. moments B. business C. consequences D. failures
37. A. lost B. buried C. shared D. frozen
38. A. thinner B. stronger C. better D. worse
39. A. silentlyB. excitedly C. impatiently D. desperately
40. A. laughter B. tears C. despair D. happiness
41. A. catch B. keep C. wake D. sit
42. A. grateful B. sorryC. optimistic D. nervous
43. A. until B. since C. after D. while
44. A father B. mother C. mother-in-law D husband
45. A. know B. forget C. rememberD. doubt
46. A. walk B. run C. ride D. drive
47. A. guilty B. excited C. silly D. sensitive
48. A. quickly B. eagerly C. curiously D. gently
49. A. study B. play C. explain D. cry
50. A. said B. appreciated C. meant D. weighed
51. A. useful B. final C. different D. same
52. A. talkB. sleep C. complain D. weep
53. A. mornings B. afternoons C. evenings D. nights
54. A. carefulness B. sadness C. kindness D. stillness
55. A. thus B. onlyC. even D. ever
III、第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每题1.5分)
One day, I happened to talk to a stranger on a bus. When he 36 that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good37 lived there and he wondered if I 38 know him. At first I wanted to say that it was 39 to think that, out of all the millions of people in Chicago, I could40 meet his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that 41 was a very big city. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he began to 42 me about his friend.
He told me that his friend was an excellent 43 player, and that he even had his own tennis court. He 44 that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, 45 that he knew two people in the country who had their own tennis courts. His friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I 46 several people like that, for example,47 and my next door neighbour. I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in Chicago. Then he asked 48 my brother lived in Chicago. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend 49 the summer in Sacramento and lived 50 to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next door neighbour went to Sacramento last summer and 51 in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say 52 .
“Would your 53 name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your 54 name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?” It was my 55 to laugh.
36. A. turned out B. made out C. took out D. found out
37. A. friends B. classmates C. brothers D. teachers
38. A. managed to B. happened to C. tried to D. got to
39. A. clever B. wise C. foolish D. kind
40. A. likely B. friendly C. luckily D. possibly
41. A. New York B. Chicago C. California D. Edmonton
42. A. tell B. learn C. know D. talk
43. A. football B. tennis C. basketball D. swimming
44. A. decreased B. increased C. added D. pluses
45. A. and B. however C. so D. therefore
46. A understood B. knew C. met D. saw
47. A. my sister B. my friend C. my brother D. my teacher
48. A. Which B. What C. Why D. Where
49. A. spent B. took C. paid D. cost
50. A. above B. below C. next door D. behind
51. A. worked B. studied C. researched D. lived
52. A. anything B. something C. someone D. anyone
53. A. brother’s B. friend’s C. teacher’s D. family’s
54. A. friend’s B. family’s C. brother’s D. teacher’s
55. A. way B. road C. mouth D. turn