Over the years, thanks to my life’s obstacles(障碍), I understood the meaning of faith and the strong will to survive. It was Hurricane Ike that made me fully____ the beauty of our strength and a human’s motivation to ____.
Mom had a two-week ____ in summer. While we enjoyed our holiday in Southeast Texas, we didn’t realize the fact that Ike ____ cause months and likely years of “labor”. By September 7th, the “eyes of Texas” were watching Hurricane Ike more ____, making the typical mad rush for last-minute hurricane ____. Two days later, both oil and ice were in ____ demand.
In the early hours of September 11th, some neighbors were planning to ____the storm in their homes, ____ others were making final preparations to get away. At first, we decided to stay. But that afternoon, the Houston-Galveston area would be on the more ____ side of the storm. Mom and I packed some of our most ____ belongings in the car and ____ the East Texas town of Lufkin.
As Ike pushed farther inland, we ____power in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next-door neighbor told us via cell phone that our ____ had remained well. Our hopes could not have been ____. But a few hours later, the neighbors reported that our brick chimney had ____, and it was sitting on our living room, ____ a hole in the roof between two skylights (天窗).
We wouldn’t be allowed to return home ____ September 17th. I climbed upstairs, and looked toward the hole in the roof which showed a beautiful blue sky.
Without hesitation, I shouted, “Wow! A third skylight!”
My neighbors could not believe I was making jokes ____ crying, but ____ is always good medicine. It was with that joke that I knew, given time, everything would be okay.
A．observe B．appreciate C．explore D．improve
A．work B．apologize C．recover D．change
A．vacation B．journey C．meeting D．schedule
A．must B．might C．should D．would
A．closely B．constantly C．warningly D．differently
A．adventure B．equipment C．supplies D．reports
A．basic B．high C．pure D．neat
A．get through B．put away C．test out D．suffer from
A．since B．when C．until D．while
A．dangerous B．abundant C．peaceful D．awesome
A．available B．concrete C．prized D．potential
A．set out B．headed for C．settled down D．watched out
A．provided B．reduced C．produced D．lost
A．garden B．house C．pool D．yard
A．clearer B．wilder C．lower D．higher
A．passed B．stood C．gone D．followed
A．leaving B．digging C．filling D．kicking
A．by B．before C．until D．after
A．in spite of B．instead of C．apart from D．in terms of
A．faith B．will C．strength D．laughter
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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Only one woman is responsible for my success：my mom. Don' t 36me—I'm like anyone else，and have issues with my mother. However，I'm 37enough to realize that what she taught me when I was young positioned me for my later 38 .
My mom taught me that life，like dinner，doesn't require a recipe. 39she cooked the most complicated meals，she 40cooked from a recipe. It was like a kind of free-form jazz， and she taught me to improvise (即兴发挥)， and to add ingredients according to 41.It's no wonder that my media business has grown so amazingly; I'm not 42anyone else's recipe.
When I was in the ninth grade，my mom decided she wanted something 43being a mother and a wife. She wanted to start her own 44 .But in order to accomplish this，she had no 45but to get a loan. It all happened in 46motion. The bank manager 47my father call him，but my mom said stubbornly，"Why? It's my loan." "Well，I can't give you a loan unless he co-signs，" replied the manager. But my mom didn't 48hope，and responded sincerely，"I see. Then can you do me a favor，if he does? I' d 49it if you'd put together the paperwork quickly. I need a shop in order to support my family."
Moved by her 50，the manager agreed to do as she asked. So 51was I that I included that day into my DNA.
Through her influence，I've become someone who 52what she wants until she gets it. If something or someone is in my way，I 53how to overcome the difficulties. It's really that 54. It's not about getting angry. It's about getting what you want，being very， competitive，but also extremely 55. I learned this in the ninth grade from my mom， and it burned itself into my brain.
36. A. suspect B. misunderstand C. scoldD. interrupt
37. A. curious B. innocentC. intelligent D. straight forward
38. A. circumstances B. dilemmas（窘境） C. achievements D. difficulties
39. A. Unless B. If C. Since D. While
40. A. rarely B. increasingly C. cautiously D. flexibly
41. A. feature B. process C. motivation D. taste
42. A. undertaking B. reflecting C. recommending D. following
43. A. instead of B. rather than C. more than D. regardless of
44.A. business B. marriageC. research D. interview
45.A. substitute B. alternative C. procedure D. possibility
46.A. brief B. slow C. admirable D. urgent
47.A. ordered B. indicated C. insisted D. stressed
48.A. switch B. abandon C. adjust D. escape
49.A. reward B. relieve C. celebrate D. appreciate
50.A. determination B. requirement C. significance D. encouragement
51.A. patient B. sensitive C. trustworthy D. impressed
52.A. benefits B. explores C. compromises D. pursues
53.A. turn out B. stick out C. figure out D. watch out
54.A. simple B. upset C. unconscious D. uncertain
55.A. embarrassing B. likeable C. casual D. confusing
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It is generally accepted that the experiences of the child in his first years largely determine his character and later personality. Every36 teaches the child something and the effects are increasing.
"37 " normally used to refer to the treatment and training of the child within the home. This is closely 38 the treatment and training of the child in school, which is usually distinguished (区别) by the term "education". In a(n) 39 such as ours, both parents and teachers are 40 for the chances (provided for the development of the child),41 upbringing and education depend on each other.
The ideals and practices of child upbringing are different from culture to culture. 42 , the more rural the group, the more 43 the customs of child upbringing. In more technologically developed societies, childhood and adolescence (青春期) are likely to 44 a long time, 45 more chances for education and greater variety in 46 development.
Early upbringing in the society is naturally47 both by the cultural pattern of the group and by the parents’ 48 and their aims and depends not only on school education but also on the __49 abilities of the child. Wide50of intelligence and character ___51 even in children of the same family.
Parents can find out52 is normal in physical, mental and social development, by 53___ some of the many books54 on scientific knowledge in these areas, or by comparing55 with friends and relatives who have children.
36 A. discrimination B. failure C. experience D. success
37 A. Future B. Upbringing C. Fortune D. Ideals
38 A. devoted to B. covered with C. kept up D. related to
39 A. society B. home C. team D. environment
40 A. energetic B. prepared C. responsible D. hopeful
41 A. but B. so C. otherwise D. while
42 A. Besides B. Surprisingly C. However D. Generally
43 A. unchangeable B. curious C. undivided D. unusual
44 A. waste B. spend C. cover D. desire
45 A. hoping for B. resulting in C. waiting for D. beginning with
46 A. education B. body C. brain D. character
47 A. affected B. developed C. encouraged D. inspired
48 A. argument B. description C. ability D. encouragement
49 A. ordinary B. born C. normal D. acceptable
50 A. improvements B. disadvantages C. developments D. differences
51 A. exist B. reduce C. increase D. control
52 A. who B. which C. what D. that
53 A. holding out B. referring to C. taking up D. looking into
54 A. based B. amused C. decided D. marked
55 A. answers B. books C. notes D. letters
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阅读下面短文，掌握大意，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。
In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed 36 .
Today things are 37 . The world has become too 38. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and the same time we are 39 our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we 40to do this, human life on the earth will not survive.
Everyone 41 today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be no fish left. Yes, with modern fishing 42, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, 43 will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. But we continue to use 44and more powerful machines to 45 more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. 46 , in most countries waste products are 47put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 48 laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the 49 of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough 50. What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less 51 , there will be more food available for everyone. Land where we grow crops 52five times more people than land where animals are kept.
Our natural resources will 53 longer if we learn to recycle them.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth 54 .
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner 55 in the future.
36. A. beautiful B. unlimitedC. little D. valuable
37. A. common B. the same C. changeableD. different
38. A. crowdedB. small C. dirty D. busy
39. A. protecting B. saving C. polluting D. fighting
40. A. try B. continue C. decide D. have
41. A. wonders B. realizes C. considers D. discovers
42. A. poles B. thoughts C. methods D. ideas
43. A. mountains B. the sea C. trees D. forests
44. A. bigger B. less C. smaller D. higher
45. A. grow up B. plant C. save D. cut down
46. A. Thus B. However C. Generally speaking D. Therefore
47. A. still B. even C. also D. certainly
48. A. many B. enough C. some D. few
49. A. production B. pollutionC. population D. revolution
50. A. houses B. vegetables C. food D. lives
51. A. feeds B. meat C. fish D. grain
52. A. feeds B. increases C. supplies D. helps
53. A. use B. stay C. keepD. last
54. A. control B. bornC. plan D. reward
55. A. nature B. sea C. planet D. Forest
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After spending a weekend away with my adult son, I was so impressed by his generous heart that I sent him this letter.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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In a small open courtyard, outside a school building, there were flowers here and there. In the sunshine, a 36 was lying on the grass, reading a book with 37 concentration. Near her, another child was carefully watering the flowers, while a third was 38with his back against a tree and had a 39 on his knees. He appeared to be drawing or writing something on it. He was _40 in his task, like the first child.
_41 the building, there were pleasant carpeted areas. Many children were busy with their tasks in a variety of 42 , while teachers wandered among them, talking to them, 43 them, and encouraging their efforts.
_44 I watched this scene on a morning in May years ago, it 45 to me that a visitor here would 46 have thought be had entered a formal school. He would have been even more 47 if he had been told that the children he was 48came from different kinds of academic levels.
That 49has been staying with me ever since. I have been 50about some problems. Why in many schools are our children 51asked to acquire skills in a way 52 from a real-life context(情境)? Why does a 53school child so often become a defeated school failure?
Developmental psychologist Margaret Donald once said,” 54of the intellectual framework (知识框架) on which we 55our teaching is misleading.” In my opinion, a child learns everything in human situation. And if every child could learn in the same way as the children in the school I visited, they would develop better.
36. A. gardener B. childC. teacherD. visitor
37. A. poorB. little C. completeD. slight
38. A. sittingB. standing C. sleeping D. listening
39. A. toyB. pencilC. flowerD. notebook
40. A. laidB. set C. defeated D. lost
41. A. OverB. Above C. InsideD. Outside
42. A. waysB. ideas C. opinions D. views
43. A. referring toB. smiling at C. pointing toD. staring at
44. A. UnlessB. As C. Until D. Before
45. A. happenedB. went C. occurred D. got
46. A. alreadyB. never C. rather D. ever
47. A. satisfiedB. disappointed C. delighted D. surprised
48. A. helping B. teaching C. encouraging D. observing
49. A. sceneB. sign C. look D. semen
50. A. dreaming B. regretting C. wondering D. joking
51. A. seldom B. hardly C. often D. badly
52. A. taken B. prevented C. learned D. separated
53. A. slowB. lively C. lucky D. friendly
54. A. Much B. Any C. Little D. None
55. A. turnB. feed C. draw D. base