It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to that shirt away, but gave it to her .”I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her , “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s was something greater.
The next morning she with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So mom decided to a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are __ , aren’t you? I think I have a for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of .” Mom accepted the opportunity very .
For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal __ _ in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard – working over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you be the teacher of this class.”
My mom spent more than 20 years there. her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle situations and never give up.
A．noise B．voice C．sound D．tune
A．get B．take C．carry D．throw
A．otherwise B．anyhow C．instead D．actually
A．settled B．pushed C．stored D．stuck
A．teacher B．employer C．director D．adviser
A．purpose B．encouragement C．achievement D．victory
A．went B．met C．worked D．stayed
A．visit B．continue C．attend D．prepare
A．serious B．fortunate C．careful D．responsible
A．career B．duty C．position D．part
A．learning B．judging C．obeying D．imagining
A．patiently B．eagerly C．successfully D．skillfully
A．upset B．frightened C．guilty D．ashamed
A．looked up B．went up C．took up D．showed up
A．believe B．protect C．treat D．receive
A．spirit B．intention C．action D．attempt
A．must B．would C．might D．should
A．At B．During C．On D．With
A．worthless B．thoughtless C．hopeless D．helpless
A．challenging B．different C．dangerous D．strange
第一节完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
How a person reacts to criticism often means the difference between success and failure．Take Ole Bull for example. His21 father，a chemist，wanted him to study for the ministry and forbade him to play his beloved(心爱的)violin. He soon gave up the course and，disobeying his father， 22all his time and energy to the violin．
Unfortunately，though he had great ability，his teachers were 23 unskilled，so that by the time he was ready to start his concert tour he wasn't prepared. In Italy a Milan newspaper critic(批评家)wrote：“He is a(n) 24 musician．If he is a diamond，he is certainly in the rough and unpolished．”There were two ways Ole Bull could have 25 to that criticism．He could have let it make him angry，or he could learn from it．Fortunately he chose the26．He went to the newspaper office and asked to see the critic．The 27 editor introduced him. Ole spent the evening with the 70 year old critic，asked about his faults，and sought the old man's
28 on how to correct them．Then he cancelled the rest of his tour，returned home，and29 the next six months studying under really able teachers. He practiced hour after hour to overcome his 30．Finally，he returned to his concerts and，when only 26, became the wonder of Europe．
21．A．awkward B generous C．stubborn D．confident
22．A．devoted B donated C．supplied D. allocated
23．A．absolutely B．completely C relatively D．gradually
24．A．untrained B．gifted C．mature D．1eading
25．A．referred B．attracted C．affected D．reacted
26．A．former B．1atter C．1ater D．early
27．A．frightened B ashamed C．astonished D convinced
28 A．advice B．attitude C．virtue D wisdom
29．A．totaled B．squeezed C．spent D．spared
30．A．mistakes B．troubles C．difficulties D．faults
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四个选项（A、B、C和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。
A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
Soon they began to complain about 21in work and in life. While the guests were
talking, the professor went to the 22 and prepared coffee. Then he23 with a large
pot of coffee and a 24 of cups made of porcelain (瓷) , plastic, glass or crystal. Some were
plain-looking, some delicate (精致) and 25 ,some. .. The professor told them to 26
themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee 27 hand, the professor said, "If you took
careful 28, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were 29 , leaving behind the plain
and cheap ones. While it is 30for you to choose the best for yourselves, that is the 31 of your problems and pressure.32 what all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you 33 the best cups directly and were34 each other' s cups. "
The professor paused and then went on, " Now consider this: Life is the coffee and the
jobs, money and 35 in society are the36 . They are just tools to hold and 37 life
and they do not change the 38 of life. Sometimes, if we are concentrating only on the cup,
we 39 to enjoy the coffee. So, don't let the cup 40you too much and just enjoy the
coffee instead.
21. A. condition B. pressure C .relation D. communication
22. A. kitchen B. bedroom C. study D. lab
23. A. went B. got C. returned D. turned
24. A. sort B. kind C. type D. variety
25. A. expensive B. cheap C. common D. rough
26. A. enjoy B. turn C. wish D. help
27. A. for B. by C. in D. with
28. A. sight B. notice C. look D. view
29. A. brought B. carried C. fetched D. taken
30. A. natural B. formal C. necessary D. important
31. A. answer B. cause C. result D. reason
32. A. Though B. When C. IfD. Since
33. A. cared for B. looked for C. went for D. called for
34. A. facing B. eyeing C. smelling D. tasting
35. A. wealth B. attitude C. position D. situation
36. A. plates B. bowls C. potsD. cups
37. A. control B. include C. contain D. experience
38. A. quality B. color C. cost D. style
39. A. manageB. start C. hope D. fail
40. A. surprise B. drive C. worry D. move
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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When asked what was the meaning of life, Dr. Papaderos brought out a very small round
mirror. And his 36 went like this:
“When I was a small child, during the war, we were very 37 and we lived in a remote
village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a 38 . A German motorcycle had
been broken in that place.
“I 39 to find all the pieces and put them 40 , but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece and made it 41 . I began to play with it as a toy and became 42 by the fact that I could reflect light into dark 43 where the sun would never shine—in deep holes and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most 44 places I could find.
“I 45 the little mirror, and as I grew up, I would take it out in free moments and 46
the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to 47 that this was not just a child’s game but a metaphor (隐喻) for what I might do with my 48 . I came to understand that I am not the light or the 49 of light. But light — truth, understanding, knowledge — is
there, 50 it will shine in many dark places 51 I reflect it.
“I am a fragment (碎片) of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have I can 52 light into the dark places of this world — into the 53 places in the hearts of men—and 54 some things in some people. Perhaps others may
see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the 55 of my life.”
36. A. view B. idea C. theory D. answer
37. A. rich B. good C. poor D. special
38. A. mirror B. metal C. wheel D. bicycle
39. A. managed B. tried C. went D. remembered
40. A. off B. together C. up D. back
41. A. smooth B. small C. round D. bright
42. A. fascinated B. confused C. puzzled D. moved
43. A. hearts B. closets C. holes D. places
44. A. inacceptable B. inaccessible C. remote D. distant
45. A. hid B. played with C. made D. kept
46. A. continue B. start C. complete D. stop
47. A. expect B. admit C. understand D. recognize
48. A. life B. work C. action D. words
49. A. resource B. course C. cause D. source
50. A. but B. besides C. and D. yet
51. A. as if B. only if C. even if D. if only
52. A. represent B. improve C. explain D. reflect
53. A. inside B. black C. secret D. dirty
54. A. get B. protect C. find D. change
55. A. meaning B. importance C. nature D. explanation
第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Friendship is unconditional and uncritical, based only on mutual respect and the ability to enjoy each other's company. These authority figures never saw the way one of us could do something outrageous（令人不可容忍的）, and the rest of us would joke about it for days. We could have fun doing absolutely nothing at all—because the ____ 21____ we provided each other with was enough. Rather than discussing operas, Lewinsky, or the weather, we enjoyed just ____22____ each other without any one of us trying to outsmart the others. Still, I realize that these adults had a____23____ to be concerned about the direction my friends were____24____; I also was concerned for them, but I wasn't about to ____25____ them.
Many times I would advise my friends that some activity may be ____26____ or to think things through before doing something, but I would never claim to hold the moral high ground and to condescend(屈尊) to them. When Marvin would begin rolling joints, when Alisa would tell me she skipped school because of a hangover, or when Merriam would tell me that her new boyfriend was in a street gang, I expressed my discomfort with their ____27____. However, I never ____28____ them with the threat of taking my friendship away. Contrary to the commercials on television, you can have ____29____ who use drugs. In fact, probably everyone does without ____30____ it.
21. A. gift B. presentC. company D. friendship
22. A. hanging around B. learning from C. communicating with D. joining in
23. A. prejudice B. pointC. suggestionD. situation
24. A. giving B. comingC. headingD. facing
25. A. ignore B. upsetC. blame D. leave
26. A. crazy B. dangerousC. boringD. important
27. A. action B. lessonsC. wordsD. thoughts
28. A. force B. threatenC. persuade D. cheat
29. A. friends B. girlfriends C. classmatesD. brothers
30. A. hearing B. recognizing C. realizing D. knowing
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、D中，选出最佳选项。
When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to go to face the music.” It doesn’t mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is 36 less pleasant, like 37in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this 38 that. Terrible music, indeed, but it has to39 . At some time or 40 , every one of us has had to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s 41voice, “I want to talk to you!” and only 42 we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it 43!
The phrase “to face the music” is known 44 every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the 45come from?
The first 46 comes from American novelist James Fennimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, 47the expression was first 48 by actors while waiting in the 49to go on stage. After they got their clue (暗示) to go on, they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music.” And this is 50 what they did face — the orchestra (管弦乐队) which was just below the stage.
An actor might be frightened or 51 as he moved on to the stage in front of him. The audience might be friendly, or perhaps unfriendly, especially 52he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So, “to face the music” 53 to mean: having to go 54something, no matter how unpleasant the 55 might be, because you knew you had no choice.
36. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
37. A. call B. called C. calling D. being called
38. A. or B. and C. but D. with
39. A. face B. facing C. being faced D. be faced
40. A. another B. the other C. an other D. others
41. A. loud B. angry C. calm D. worried
42. A. because B. since C. unless D. in case
43. A. is B. had been C. was D. has been
44. A. by B. for C. toD. of
45. A. questionB. proverb C. information D. expression
46. A. saying B. method C. explanation D. point
47. A. when B. why C. whether D. that
48. A. used B. saidC. taken D. sent
49. A. clothes B. wings C. masks D. words
50. A. perhaps B. exactlyC. mainly D. also
51. A. satisfied B. proud C. nervous D. mysterious
52. A. if B. while C. before D. until
53. A. went B. came C. continued D. got
54. A. throughB. by C. on D. into
55. A. problem B. event C. incident D. experience