I was driving in my car the other day. The sun was out, the radio was playing, and I was ____ along. The song was a ____ one and even my weak voice sounded good singing it. Then it ____, however. The sweet sound of the music ____ and there came the ____ news. Gas prices ____ again. Fans of two sports teams got into fight. I sighed and wondered about this ____ world we live in.
____, I could take no more and turned off the _____. Silence seemed preferable to listening to ____ else about the crazy, competitive society we live in. I slowed down as I entered a town and ____ the people as I drove by. A tall man was ____ an elderly lady out of a car and helping her place her walker so she could go into store. A smiling woman was ____ food onto the square while a dozen birds flew down to enjoy the ____ being laid out before them. A young man was walking along, carrying his ____ safely in his arms. When the daughter pulled the hat off his head, they both ____. I laughed too as I looked at all of his ____. The radio may have been off in my car, _____ in my heart I was _____ singing.
In truth, this world could have more kindness and less _____. Kindness makes us all winners in this life and our life is full of kindness, love and joy.
A．talking B．singing C．walking D．driving
A．long B．boring C．joyful D．sad
A．appeared B．remained C．happened D．stayed
A．ended B．continued C．jumped D．fell
A．sports B．business C．unpleasant D．welcome
A．cut B．changed C．going down D．going up
A．exciting B．interesting C．unusual D．crazy
A．Finally B．Generally C．Secretly D．Calmly
A．television B．radio C．gas D．lights
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．touched B．watched C．avoided D．recognized
A．freeing B．protecting C．helping D．keeping
A．collecting B．moving C．covering D．throwing
A．water B．bread C．grass D．food
A．daughter B．son C．dog D．cat
A．stopped B．stood C．laughed D．shouted
A．weakness B．kindness C．loneliness D．safeness
A．for B．or C．and D．but
A．still B．just C．soon D．first
A．silence B．development C．competition D．sickness
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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got a little early so I 36 the car by the roadside, and 37 for her.
As I looked 38 the car window to my right, I saw a little boy around two years old in a small park, 39 freely on the grass as his _40___ watched him from a short distance. The boy had a __41___ smile on his face. He would then fall to the grass, get up , and without__42___ or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a big smile on his face, as if __43___ had happened.
With 44 especially at an early age, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, __45___ instead, they treat it as a learning experience. They try and try again _46____ they succeed.
The answer must be that they have not connected “falling down” with the word “__47__” yet. Thus they don’t know __48__ to feel the state which accompanies failure. They probably think that it is perfectly okey to fall down, and that it’s not _49___ to do so. In other words, they give themselves permission (许可) to _50___ mistakes subconsciously（潜意识地）. Thus they always remain encouraged.
I was _51___ by the boy’s persistence(坚持) and the manner in which he ran. With each _52___, he looked so confident. No _53__ of fear, or of being discouraged ----- as if he didn’t _54___ the world around him. His only aim was to run _55___ and to do it as effectively as he could. I learned a lot from that observation and experience.
36．A．packed B．parked C．refueled D．cleaned
37．A．called B．looked C．waited D．searched
38．A．inside B．outside C．around D．for
39．A．walking B．running C．jumping D．playing
40．A．teacher B．friend C．father D．mother
41．A．sad B．little C．big D．weak
42．A．doubt B．hesitation C．mercy D．effect
43．A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything
44．A．kids B．girls C．adults D．parents
45．A．and B．if C．but D．so
46．A． unless B．after C．until D．before
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47．A．pain B．failure C．state D．mistake
48．A．how B．what C．why D．where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21～40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Five and a half years ago my father was suddenly rushed to the hospital for an operation. We had 21 idea that he was seriously ill until we were told that the operation did not go well. My father remained 22 . Due to the laws of our state, we were 23 to keep him on a ventilator(呼吸器) for 72 hours, though it was 24 his wish that medical treatment should stop if he was too ill.
At the end of the next day, I was 25 in the waiting room and watching others walk their fathers around who had had operations. Normally, I am very happy for others that are 26 . But that evening, I guess I was a little 27 because I finally realized I would never be 28 to hold my father’s hand and walk down the hall again.
I had to jump up and run down the hall to 29 everyone. This was not in my nature but I just had to be alone. After running for what seemed like a long time, I went into a restroom and 30 for at least five minutes.
When I came out of the stall(厕所侧间),there was a 31 by the sink(水槽). I went to 32 the water to wash my face and she came to 33 me though I didn’t know her. She held onto me until I 34 stopped crying. Then she grabbed a paper towel, wet it 35 handed it to me. She looked at me, smiling, and then left. She never said one word but she 36 my heart.
She taught me that you do not 37 to be a conversationalist to 38 someone who is hurt. Never 39 to hug someone who may need it. You can make a 40 in someone’s life without ever saying a word.
21. A . no B. bit C. some D. much
22. A. unhappy B. uneasy C. unaware D. unconscious
23. A. inspired B. trained C. forced D. forbidden
24. A. against B. through C. for D. to
25. A. sittingB. playing C. chatting D. reading
26. A. walking B. recovering C. returning D. leaving
27. A. angry B. pleased C. curious D. calm
28. A. sure B. nervous C. able D. regretful
29. A. catch up with B. take care of C. pay attention to D. get away from
30. A. cried B. shouted C. screamed D. sighed
31. A. father B. son C. stranger D. relative
32. A. turn on B. turn off C. turn up D. turn down
33. A. advise B. criticize C. call D. hug
34. A. meanwhile B. suddenly C. soon D. finally
35. A. but B. and C. or D. so
36. A. closed B. lost C. touched D. broke
37. A. need B. promise C. refuse D. forget
38. A. forgive B. confirm C. excite D. comfort
39. A. learn B. hesitate C. continue D. dream
40. A. choice B. mistake C. difference D. decision
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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。
Friendship has great power, and it can inspire the people in trouble as well as in easy circumstances.
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've 21just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I 22to a new town several years ago, we've both always looked forward to 23times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we 24hours and hours, staying up late 25the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he 26with drugs and was into other self-destructive[自毁] 27. I was blown away! She told me how she had been 28to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didn't want her around him. No matter 29hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn't believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big 30. I felt like I was getting 31. I just couldn't believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and 32by the experience. It had been so 33, I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship - but I didn't. I put the 34of friendship to the 35test. We'd been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she 36me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.
A few days 37, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our 38, and then she told me that she had 39with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the 40rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.
21. A. divided B. shared C. experienced D. enjoyed
22. A. got B. traveled C. moved D. arrived
23. A. the few B. the little C. few D. little
24. A. took B. spared C. offered D. spent
25. A. into B. in C. for D. at
26. A. supplied B. experimented C. tried D. provided
27. A. action B. movements C. behavior D. activities
28. A. explaining B. speaking C. calling D. lying
29. A. what B. why C. how D. however
30. A. trouble B. worry C. difficulty D. task
31. A. somewhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. everywhere
32. A. burned down B. turned down C. turned out D. worn out
33. A. discouraging B. encouraging C. exciting D. inspiring
34. A. strength B. force C. power D. energy
35. A. last B. final C. late D. recent
36. A. treated B. regarded C. honored D. valued
37. A. later B. after C. ago D. before
38. A. information B. dialogue C. conversation D. communication
39. A. broken out B. broken up C. broken away D. broken off
40. A. luckily B. correctly C. naturally D. truly
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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。
My wife and I moved into our home nine years ago. We16 a lot of time and 17 in the yard to get it looking the way it does today. We live on a corner, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall.
We did the best to cultivate(耕种) it and called this area our rock garden. 18 We had found flowers and plants, Denise or I will plant them, just to bring some 19 to the area.
Last summer I found a tiny little plant that I could not immediately
20. I was sure that we didn’t plant it. We decided to let it 21 to grow until we could 22 what it was.
Weeks passed, and as I made my way back to the 23 plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I 24 to nurture(培育) it and weed around it. As I picked up rocks from the area to get to the 25, I noticed something 26 . The sunflower had not started to grow from where I first saw the stalks(茎）appear. 27 it had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to 28 the sun.
That's when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower wouldn't let a big rock stand in its way when growing up, then we have the29 to do the same. 30 we believe in ourselves, like that little sunflower, we can
31 the type of nourishment(营养）and growth. We need to believe in
32, knowing that we have the ability to 33 our desires. If you stand all like the sunflower and are 34 of who and what you are, then the environment will begin to 35 you. You will find a way to go under or around your obstacles( 障碍）in order to reach your goals.
16. A. took B. spent C. cost D. pay
17. A. strengthB. energy C. power D. force
18. A. However B. When C. Whenever D. Whatever
19. A. weed B. color C. water D. soil
20. A. classifyB. accept C. clarify D. identify
21. A. remain B. preventC. continue D. leave
22. A. figure outB. hold outC. stand out D. try out
23. A. endangered B. convenientC. mysterious D. enormous
24. A. refusedB. decidedC. adapted D. proposed
25. A. seeds B. stalksC. rocks D. weeds
26. A. unusual B. common C. fantastic D. unnatural
27. A. Casually B. BasicallyC. Actually D. Strangely
28. A. enlarge B. expandC. reach D. spread
29. A. chance B. choiceC. power D. ability
30. A. What if B. As far asC. Only if D. As long as
31. A. inspireB. attainC. lose D. refuse
32. A. ourselvesB. yourselvesC. themselves D. myself
33. A. preserveB. comfortC. achieve D. suggest
34. A. ashamed B. prideC. proud D. ambitious
35. A. ensure B. supportC. satisfy D. protect
第二节. 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)
I ran into a stranger as he passed by, and I at once apologized to him. We were
both very 31 , the stranger and I. Then we went 32 our way after saying good-bye.
But at home a 33 story is told. Later that day, when I 34 supper in the kitchen, my daughter suddenly stood behind me very 35 . When I turned back, I 36 knocked her down. “Don’t be in my 37 !” I shouted angrily. She walked away with her little heart 38 . On the kitchen floor later, I found some flowers by the door.
That night, while I lay 39 in bed, a voice in my deep heart said, “While 40 with a stranger, you are so polite, but with the children you love, you are so easily 41 . Why are there some flowers by the door? Those are the flowers she brought for you. She 42 them herself, pink, yellow and your favorite blue. She stood quietly in order to give you a 43 , and you never saw the 44 in her eyes.”
By this time, I felt very 45 and now my tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt (跪下) by her 46 , “Wake up, little girl, wake up,” I said, “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “Yes, because I knew you’d like them, especially the 47 .” I said, “Daughter, I’m sorry for the way I acted today; I 48 have shouted at you that way.”
She said, “Oh, Mom, that’s okay. I love you 49 .” I hugged her and said, “Daughter, I love you too, and I do like the flowers.”
Through this 50 , I realize what FAMILY means:
FAMILY="(F)ATHER" (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU
36. A. rudeB. politeC. educated D. happy
37. A. in B. to C. onD. for
38. A. different B. funny C. movingD. terrible
39. A. had B. ate C. preparedD. took
40. A. quickly B. quietly C. noisily D. seriously
41. A. nearly B. hardly C. alreadyD. even
42. A. kitchenB. roomC. place D. way
43. A. beaten B. missing C. broken D. hit
44. A. alive B. asleep C. awake D. afraid
45. A. talking B. dealingC. working D. meeting
46. A. worried B. nervousC. excited D. disappointed
47. A. grew B. picked C. bought D. planted
48. A. gift B. flower C. kiss D. surprise
49. A. expressionB. tears C. happiness D. joy
50. A. small B. proudC. weakD. hurt
51. A. table B. desk C. bed D. knees
52. A. pink B. blue C. yellow D. green
53. A. couldn’t B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
54. A. however B. truly C. though D. anyway
55. A. accident B. experience C. question D. problem