Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in jail after thirty-year-old Keith Smith over the head his walking stick. McKay's wife, Laurence told us that while McKay is usually a person, he had been to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often.
Smith lives above the McKays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener, he is also a collector. Unfortunately for him, the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the McKay's, or too often, on the McKays .
“For the last fortnight, since Smith moved into the flat above us, we have hardly dared to go to our ,” said Laurence. She added that it wasn't so much the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant bothered them, it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks. “We'd be there happily reading our newspapers, when so much water would come from above that we'd be as wet as if we'd with our clothes on! Neither could we get rid of the of fish!”
And on Saturday evening it was just too . “It was James's birthday,” explained Laurence, “and I'd made him a birthday cake. The candles were a great sight as you can imagine, but James didn't get to blow them out.” , Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet . Rarely had Laurence seen McKay move so fast. “I couldn't him. He was up there in a flash. It was the fastest I'd seen him move since 1964.”
Smith is not going to take things further with the police. He has also promised to change his from now on. And what of James McKay? he left the police station, a large crowd of supporters sang him, “Happy Birthday”. “ the most exciting birthday !” said the cheerful old man. “The best since my adolescence I'd say!”
A．hitting B．tapping C．pushing D．touching
A．by B．via C．through D．with
A．quiet B．peaceful C．sensitive D．stubborn
A．accustomed B．taken C．driven D．attracted
A．fish B．seed C．plant D．newspaper
A．himself B．itself C．themselves D．herself
A．bathroom B．kitchen C．bedroom D．balcony
A．which B．what C．that D．whether
A．sitting B．exercising C．sleeping D．eating
A．regularly B．unconsciously C．precisely D．suddenly
A．swum B．showered C．watered D．drowned
A．taste B．sense C．feeling D．smell
A．little B．soon C．late D．much
A．Beside B．Instead C．Otherwise D．Consequently
A．over B．across C．through D．down
A．stop B．blame C．ignore D．stand
A．views B．attitude C．ways D．mind
A．While B．Since C．Until D．As
A．Sincerely B．Impossibly C．Definitely D．Previously
A．before B．ever C．already D．since
完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
If we were to keep a record of all the things we worried about during a given period of time，we would discover—in reviewing them—that the great majority of our 16 never come to pass. This means that most of the time we 17 to worrying，even the constructive（建设性的）kind that prompts us to try to come up with a 18 to what is troubling us，is wasted. 19，we not only caused ourselves unnecessary mental pain，but also 20 valuable minutes and hours that could have been spent elsewhere.
To 21 this，it is often necessary to subject（使……遭受）potential 22 of worry to the coldly objective. Once，before a major 23 in front of a standing-room-only audience，a member of Arturo Toscanini’s orchestra approached（接近）the great Italian conductor with a terrible 24on his face．“Maestro（大师），”the musician said 25，“my instrument is not working 26．I cannot reach the 27 of E-flat．Whatever will I do？We are to 28 a few moments later．”
Toscanini looked with total 29 at the man．Then he 30 kindly and placed an arm around his shoulders．“My friend，”the maestro replied，“do not worry about it．The note E-flat does not 31 anywhere in the music that you will be 32 this evening．”
The next time we find ourselves in the middle of 33 about some matter，we might be wise to 34 and ask ourselves what the odds（几率）are of the problem really coming to 35 .We may be able to go on to something more constructive．
16．A．dreams B．ideas C．troubles D．failures
17．A．spend B．devote C．expect D．agree
18．A．solution B．suggestion C．promise D．plan
19．A．However B．Otherwise C．Then D．Therefore
20．A．paid back B．cut down C．acted out D．took up
21．A．realize B．organize C．avoid D．operate
22．A．sources B．success C．truth D．gifts
23．A．graduation B．concert C．meeting D．invitation
24．A．sign B．appearance C．mark D．expression
25．A．anxiously B．finally C．eagerly D．seriously
26．A．properly B．mainly C．practically D．firmly．
27．A．part B．point C．signal D．note
28．A．complete B．begin C．manage D．separate
29．A．pleasure B．regret C．silence D．amazement
30．A．shouted B．depended C．smiled D．explained
31．A．appear B．remove C．unfold D．disappear
32．A．enjoying B．1istening C．playing D．conducting
33．A．talking B．worrying C．quarreling D．doubting
34．A．prevent B．trust C．finish D．stop
35．A．end B．pass C．order D．settle
完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom, she knocked into a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction.
“ 36 ”the boy shouted．Then, with a silly smile on his face, the boy 37 his right leg and walked the way Amy limped（跛行）when she walked.
Amy closed her eyes. “ 38 him!” She told herself as she headed for her classroom.
But at the end of the day, Amy was still thinking about the tall boy’s 39 way. It wasn’t as if he were the only one. It seemed that ever since Amy started the third grade, someone laughed at her 40 . Kids made fun of her about her 41 or her limping. Amy was 42 it. Sometimes, even in a classroom full of other students, the teasing（嘲笑）made her feel 43 alone.
Back home at the dinner table that evening, Amy was 44 . Her mother knew that things were not going well at 45 . That’s why she was happy to have some exciting news to 46 with her daughter.
“There is a Christmas 47 contest on the radio station,” Amy’s Mom announced．“ 48 a letter to Santa, and you might win a prize. I think 49 at the table with blonde（白肤金发的）curly hair should enter.”
A 50 took hold of Amy when the idea first came to her. Out came pencil and paper, and Amy went to work on her letter. “Dear Santa Claus,” she began.
While Amy worked at her letter, the rest of the family tried to 51 what she might ask from Santa．Amy’s sister, Jamie, and Amy’s Mom both thought a three-foot Barbie doll would 52 Amy’s wish list. Amy’s Dad guessed a picture book. But Amy wasn’t 53 to tell her secret Christmas wish just then. Here is Amy’s letter to Santa, which she wrote that night:
Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Amy. I am nine years old．I have a problem at school. Can you help me, Santa? Kids laugh at me 54 the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy（脑瘫）. I just want one 55 when no one laughs at me or makes fun of me.
36．A．Go ahead B．Watch it C．Make it D．Mind you
37．A．lived up to B．got down to C．took hold of D．started at
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38．A．Blame B．Beat C．Scold D．Ignore
39．A．funny B．angry C．silly D．unfriendly
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48．A．To write B．Written C．Write D．Having written
49．A．everyone B．someone C．nobody D．anyone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。
Throughout history，people have been the victims of pickpockets．Today， 36 is one of the most rapidly increasing 37 ．Pickpockets are increasing 38 and developing better methods to Practice their skill． 39 one million Americans lose money to pickpockets every year．No one is really safe 40a skilled pickpocket．His victims，or“marks” 41 they are rolled，can be rich or poor，young or old． 42 the 18th century，pickpockets 43 in England．Large crowds of people would gather to watch the hanging 44was supposed to be a warning to other pickpockets． 45，in time the practice Was discontinued．
Police officials say that most 46 pickpockets come from South America． 47 these expert pickpockets 48 in special schools called Jingle Bell School．A pickpocket graduates from a J．B． 4 9 he is able to steal a wallet from a dressed dummy that has 50 inside its pockets!
Some of the 51 places of pickpockets are banks，airports，supermarkets，trains and bus stations． 52a pickpocket will work with another pickpocket 53 his partner． 54 being the victim of a pickpocket，it is 55to be very careful when in the midst of large gatherings of people．
36．A．pick pocketing B．stealing pickpockets
C．to pickpocket D．to steal pickpockets
37．A．headaches B．faults C．mistakes D．crimes
38．A．by far B．at random C．in number D．out of order
39．A．Automatically B．Obviously C．Approximately D．Subsequently
40．A．against B．with C．out of D．from
41．A．since B．as C．so D．thus
42．A．At B．Since C．From D．During
43．A．were hanged B．would hang C．were hung D．must be hung
44．A．what B．of which C．which D．among whom
43．A．Therefore B．At once C．Because D．However
46．A．attractive B．convenient C．efficient D．serious
47．A．Much of B．A large amount of
C．Many of D．A great number
48．A．are researched B．specialize C．are trained D．major
49．A．where B．when C．although D．however
50．A．money B．jewelry C．bells D．rings
51．A．favorite B．likingC．favored D．be liked
52．A．Seldom B．Once C．Often D．Forever
53．A．like B．being C．for D．as
54．A．To avoid B．To neglect C．Trying not D．To forget
55．A．critical B．fortunately C．important D．obvious
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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.
I have eyes that are said to be “cow brown,” and my long fair hair is my best feature .Iam not overweight, but I’m not too 16 either.
I’m relatively happy with my 17 ,but where did I get it? Do I share the same features as some unknown stranger? 18 , while walking down the street, I tried to 19 that stranger, imagining that one of the women I passed 20 possibly be my biological mother.
For a long time I wondered what life would be like with 21 . I was never 22 with my life. I just never 23 wondering what it would be like to have been raised by my biological mother. And then one day, I 24 a poem which compared adoption 25 a seed that was planted by one person and then taken care of by another. The second person had 26 the seed and made it grow to be tall and beautiful. I found that it compared perfectly to my 27 .
Gradually I 28 that my mom had made me who I am today. She did my hair for my first dance. She was there for my first hearbreak… She’d been there for 29 that ever mattered. And I started to notice that we had the same silly 30 , the same attitude to life, and the same way of treating people.
Sometimes when we’re out somewhere, people comment on 31 we look alike, and we turn to each other and laugh, 32 until that moment that she wasn’t the one who gave birth to me.
33 I may not know why I look the way I do, I know why I am who I am. The mom I have now is the 34 one I ever could have hoped for, not only because she holds a huge amount of unconditional（无条件的）love, but because she has 35 who I am today.
16．A．thin B．fat C．strong D．weak
17．A．eyes B．appearance C．weight D．hair
18．A．Still B．Even C．Again D．Often
19．A．run after B．pick out C．bring back D．turn down
20．A．should B．would C．could D．must
21．A．the biologist B．my adoptive mother
C．The stranger D．my birth mother
22．A．dissatisfied B．content C．angry D．pleased
23．A．enjoyed B．stopped C．escaped D．allowed
24．A．wrote down B．put up C．handed out D．came across
25．A．with B．for C．to D．as
26．A．buried B．harvested C．planted D．watered
27．A．thought B．seed C．situation D．history
28．A．realized B．guessed C．hated D．expected
29．A．something B．everything C．everyone D．someone
30．A．problem B．illness C．adoption D．personality
31．A．how much B．how far C．where D．why
32．A．proving B．noticing C．forgetting D．remembering
33．A．As B．Unless C．Though D．Until
34．A．happiest B．best C．prettiest D．wisest
35．A．saved B．regretted C．shaped D．declared
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。
“How did you do it, Dad? How have you 21not to take a drink for almost 20 years?” It took me almost 20 years to have the 22to even ask my father this very23question.
When Dad first 24 drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles 25he got into a situation that, in the past, would have started him drinking again. For a few years we were 26 to bring it up for fear that the drinking would begin again.
“I had this little 27 that I would recite to myself 28 four to five times a day” was Dad’s 29 to my 18 – year – old unasked question. “The 30 were an instant relief and constant reminder to me that things were never so 31 that I could not handle them,” Dad said. And then he 32 the poem with me. The poem’s simple, yet profound （深奥的） words 33became part of my daily routine as well.
About a month after this talk with my father, I 34 a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of affirmations（断言）with one affirmation listed for each 35 of the year.
I 36 opened the book to the page of my birthday to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. 37 of disbelief and appreciation rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the 38 poem that had helped my 39 for all these years! It is called The Serenity Prayer.
God, give me the Serenity （平静）to accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to 40 the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.
21. A. failedB. succeeded C. managedD. tried
22. A. courageB. abilityC. wisdomD. confidence
23. A. interestingB. personal C. hard D. unanswered
24. A. started B. enjoyed C. mindedD. stopped
25. A. every time B. all timeC. next time D. last time
26. A. anxious B. gladC. afraid D. eager
27. A. bookB. passage C. poemD. list
28. A. at least B. at most C. at first D. at last
29. A. commentB. praise C. contribution D. reply
30. A. wordsB. phrases C. letters D. sentences
31. A. strange B. differentC. simple D. tough
32. A. sharedB. talked C. read D. impressed
33. A. surprisingly B. immediately C. increasingly D. regularly
34. A. broughtB. bought C. receivedD. accepted
35. A. hourB. week C. monthD. day
36. A. easilyB. hurriedly C. sadly D. peacefully
37. A. TearsB. Smiles C. SweatD. Satisfaction
38. A. correctB. impossible C. original D. exact
39. A. motherB. father C. friend D. classmate
40.A. believeB. benefit C. changeD. do