I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming.After my dad’s service in World War Ⅱ，he was ____ again to fight during the Korean War，and when he returned home，he couldn’t drink ____ to numb(麻痹) his terrible memories.He struggled to ____ for his growing family.
On our occasional trips to town，I ____ out boxfuls of books from the library.When I opened a book，I could ____ myself in unknown places—where children weren’t hungry and were in ____ of little.
When I wasn’t daydreaming，my ____ was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters.At night I hid under the covers ____ to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home.Classmates asked ____ we didn’t have electricity or a telephone.I suppose my explanations were ____ more than lies，but the stories I told improved ____ every book I read.
Starting at a very young age，my siblings(兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—to put more food on the family table.We ____ newspapers，babysat，and cleaned other people’s houses.
Mom grew vegetables，raised chickens，and baked bread，so we seldom went hungry，even when supper was only a pot of beans.____ my real hunger wasn’t for food—it was a hunger for a better life.It was a hunger for knowledge about the world ___ our simple existence.It was a hunger to prove Dad ____ when he told us we would never amount to anything.
Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much ____ than our parents expected ___ us.We devoured(如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that ____ would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.
Now I’m ____ of the accomplishments of my siblings：an art professor；a wellknown doctor；plus business owners.And me，I’m the keeper of the family stores.I’ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known ____ as children.But this I do know：I believe it can be a good thing.
A．drafted B．dismissed C．invited D．involved
A．well B．plenty C．enough D．heavily
A．search B．provide C．hope D．leave
A．brought B．checked C．gave D．carried
A．remind B．help C．devote D．find
A．memory B．favor C．possession D．need
A．reality B．fantasy C．satisfaction D．affection
A．refusing B．pretending C．attempting D．preparing
A．whether B．how C．when D．why
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．as B．with C．for D．at
A．sent B．delivered C．published D．released
A．But B．And C．Then D．Otherwise
A．above B．around C．within D．beyond
A．right B．mean C．wrong D．nice
A．more B．further C．greater D．better
A．in B．for C．of D．on
A．ambition B．dream C．enthusiasm D．education
A．hunger B．suffering C．desperation D．poverty
A．fond B．proud C．aware D．confident
二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a 21 part of the learning process. But all too often 22 parents and teachers we disallow this same right to our children.
When I see a child 23 from this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie.
Donnie was my youngest third-grader. His 24 of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He 25answered questions--- he was afraid he might be wrong. I tried my best to build his 26 . But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, all 27her very much.
One morning, we were working on maths problems at the chalk-board. Donnie had 28 the problems with pains-taking tidiness. Pleased with his progress, I 29the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned, Donnie was in 30 . He’d missed the third problem.
My student teacher looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face 31 . From the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils.
“Look, Donnie,” she said, kneeling beside him and gently 32 the tear-stained(弄脏的) face from his arms. “ I’ve got something to 33you.” She removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk.
“See these 34 , Donnie,” she continued. “ They belong to Mrs. Lindstorm and me. See how the erasers are 35 . That’s because we make mistakes too. But, we erase the mistakes and try again. That’s what you 36learn to do, too.
She kissed him and stood up. “Here,” she said, “I’ll leave one of these pencils on 37 desk so you’ll remember that everyone makes mistakes, 38teachers.” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.
The 39 became Donnie’s prized possession. That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually 40him that it’s all right to make mistakes--- as long as you erase them and try again.
21．A．small B．basic C．necessary D．large
22．A．for B．as C．to D．with
23．A．come B．take C．fall D．suffer
24．A．fear B．lesson C．chance D．sense
25．A．always B．Often C．once D．seldom
26．A．self-protection B．self-improvement C．self-confidence D．self-learning
27．A．respected B．disliked C．avoided D．minded
28．A．written down B．worked out C．gone over D．gave in
29．A．left B．offered C．missed D．parted
30．A．surprise B．astonishment C．anger D．tears
31．A．darkened B．brightened C．pulled D．loosened
32．A．pushing B．picking C．holding D．lifting
33．A．help B．show C．reward D．promise
34．A．pencils B．mistakes C．marks D．containers
35．A．used B．built C．worn D．damaged
36．A．may B．Must C．dare D．can
37．A．my B．someone’s C．the teacher’s D．your
38．A．still B．also C．even D．not
39．A．pencil B．words C．mistake D．desk
40．A．warned B．informed C．persuaded D．reminded
三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
If you travel in some areas in India, you will be ___31_____enough to be waited on by special guide monkeys. Dressed in waistcoat, the monkeys are always ready to be at your service. Hungry, you only have to point to your own stomach and they will lead you to the __ 32 . ____33___, you put both your hands behind your head and monkeys will take you to the hotel. If you want to drink, monkeys will send you to a bar. But do not feel ___34__ when they put out their hairy hands__35____ the service is done. They’re just asking for a little money as a tip. After that, they wave their hands as if they were saying ___36___ to you .
Believe it or not, the monkeys are from the school for monkeys in India, ___37___ they were ____38____for one year to get their diplomas（学位）. They’re not __39___ monkey students in the world. Some are now being trained as ___40______ in an American medical college. These monkeys ___41___ to look after patients and help them with housework.
A three- year- old monkey named
Helen had learned to turn ___42___ the light, use a recorder and open doors and windows _43___ he is told to .In the tropical Malaysia where coconut trees are high up to the sky, monkeys would climb to the top and ___44____off the coconut for people. ___45__ the job is done, they would rush to their master, hoping to get some wild fruits as rewards.
31. A. calm B. familiarC. angry D. lucky
32. A. shop B. restaurantC. hotel D. store
33. A. Tired B. Thirsty C. Angry D. Sorry
34. A. afraid B. surprised C. lonely D. concerned
35. A. before B. while C. after D. till
36. A. sorryB. hello C. good-bye D. thanks
37. A. when B. which C. where D. since
38. A. taught B. practised C. trained D. persuaded
39. A. the only B. the same C. different D. living
40. A. nurses B. workers C. cleaners D. waiters
41. A. are able B. are unable C. are about D. have to
42. A. up and down B. in and out C. over D. on and off
43. A. when B. before C. unless D. till
44. A. take B. make C. pick D. catch
45. A. Although B. Since C. Once D. Because
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。
The purpose of a letter of application is to help you to “sell” youself. It should state_36_the job you want,and should tell what your abilities you are and what you have_37_. It should be simple,human,personal and brief without_38_out any necessary facts.
In writing a letter of application, keep in_39_that things a possible employer is most_40_to want to know about are your application, your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. _41_the first few sentences fail to _42_the reader’s attention,the rest of letter may not be_43_at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer,not_44_your own needs or desires.For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your_45_in todays’s newspaper”. You might say “I have made a careful_46_of your adertising during the past six months ”or “I have made a survey in my neighbourghood to find out how many housewives_47_your product and why they like it.”
Try to_48_generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now_49_College graduates looking for their first positions often ask “What can I_50_in a letter? Employers want esperience-which, naturally, no_51_has.” The answer is that everything you have ever done is_52_.
It is important to write a good strong closing remark for your letter. _53_a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent_54_is to enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it_55_for a possible employer to get in touch with you.
36、 A.clearly B.carefully C.obviously D.easily
37、 A.found B.done C.known D.heard
38、 A.sending B.taking C.leaving D.picking
39、 A.brain B.sight C.order D.mind
40、 A.probable B.possible C.likely D.able
41、 A.While B.Although C.As D.If
42、 A.pay B.win C.show D.fix
43、 A.kept B.continued C.read D.written
44、 A.to B.for C.into D.from
45、 A.advertisement B.report C.article D.introduction
46、 A.watch B.search C.study D.discussion
47、 A.change B.search C.sell D.use
48、 A.avoid B.make C.protect D.gain
49、 A.losing B.applying C.preparing D.fitting
50、 A.offer B.supply C.mean D.provide
51、 A,worker B.beginner C.owner D.manager
52、 A.success B.development C.experience D.practise
53、 A.Make B.Ask C.State D.Get
54、 A.result B.decision C.promise D.idea
55、 A.happier B.easier C.cheaper D.safer
三. 完形填空：
When I come across a good essay in reading newspapers, I often feel like cutting and keeping it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the 1___ side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to keep in good health, or advice about how to be oneself in 2___ . If I cut the front essay, the opposite one is bound to 3___ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text without the subject. As a result, the scissors would 4___ before they start, or halfway done when I find out the result that inevitably cause me 5___.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worthy your 6___. You can only take up one of them, while the other has to wait or be 7___. But you know the future is unpredictable ---- the changed 8___ may not allow you to do what is 9___ behind. Thus you are caught in a fix and feel sad. 10 ___come that nice opportunities and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may 11___ that your life changes dramatically on your preference of one 12___ to the other.
In fact that is what life is like: we are often 13___ with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like newspaper cutting. It often 14___ that our attention is drawn to one thing only after we take up another. The former may be more 15___ than the latter and give rise to a divided 16___ . I still remember a philosopher’s remarks, “When one door shuts, another opens in life.”17___ a passive choice may not be a bad one.
Whatever we do in our lifetime, wherever life’s storm makes us 18 ___, there must be something we can 19___ , some shore we can land on. Don’t forget God always keeps an alternative door open for every one. While the front door is closed, there must be another 20___ for you.
1. A. other B. opposite C. back D. front
2.A. society B. your business C. relation D. the word
3. A. suffer B. cause C. receive D. serve
4. A. fix B. turn C. stay D. close
5. A. fault B. regret C. disappointment D. trouble
6. A. thought B. senseC. purpose D. attention
7. A. put away B. given up C. let out D. held on
8. A. chance B. situation C. state D. condition
9.A. done B. counted C. prepared D. left
10.A. How B. WhyC. Where D. When
11. A. seem B. happen C. develop D. show
12.A. decision B. opinion C. choice D. result
13.A. faced B. mixed C. provided D. offered
14.A.appears B. occurs C. provesD. explains
15.A. necessary B. exciting C. important D. valuable
16.A. mind B. subject C. soul D. brain
17.A. But B. Otherwise C. And D. So
18.A. stop B. live C. pull D. go
19.A. depend B. treasure C. achieve D. imagine
20.A. alive B. open C. familiar D. suitable
完形填空
I came to study in the US last fall. My life had been quite 1 since I arrived at
Andover. Although I had quite a few extracurricular (课外的) activities, I hadn’t taken any official leadership position.
This 2 changed when I received an e-mail from Ms Griffith, my cluster dean (主
任), 3 that a few female DC Rep was needed. DC Rep 4 Discipline Committee Representative. 5 boarding school students break serious rules, like using 6 , getting drunk or cheating in the studies. The punishments given to such students are 7 by a DC Rep, a house counselor, two student representatives, the cluster dean. I was really interested in becoming a DC Rep for my cluster, Pine Knoll,8 so were five other students. We had to hold 9 and Ms Griffith asked us to write 10 to be sent to everyone in Pine Knoll.
I thought hard about what to write. I didn’t want to make any 11 because they are difficult to keep. I didn’t want to say I was experienced, because I was not. So I started my speech by explaining 12 I wanted to become a DC Rep. “ I want to serve Pine Knoll and also learn how American boarding schools carry out disciplines,” I wrote 13 .
I made three 14 that said “ Vote For Teresa” and put them on every exit (出口处) of my dorm so that people would 15 my name when they went to vote.
Although I tried hard, I didn’t win the election, I was 16 . But my positive nature didn’t allow me to 17 for very long. I actually 18 when my friends tried to comfort（安慰） me. “Teresa, I’m sorry that you didn’t win the election,” they would say.
“ No, don’t be sorry for me. I am very happy to have taken part in the election.” I said.
It is true: the 19 is much more important than the result. I am surprised and happy to discover my hidden 20 .
A．hard B．terrible C．happy D．simple
A．condition B．situation C．time D．life
A．explaining B．writing C．saying D．talking
A．stands for B．asks for C．calls for D．looks for
A．Usually B．Sometimes C．often D．Sometimes
A．computers B．drugs C．cars D．mobiles
A．carried out B．given C．determined D．made
A．or B．although C．but D．therefore
A．a discussion B．a meeting C．an election D．a selection
A．articles B．speeches C．compositions D．introductions
A．mistakes B．movements C．promises D．requests
A．how B．whether C．when D．why
A．seriously B．easily C．fluently D．honestly
A．posters B．advertisements C．speeches D．promises
A．recognize B．remember C．forget D．know
A．satisfied B．surprised C．disappointed D．helpless
A．put out B．look down C．feel down D．lie down
A．smiled B．cried C．laughed D．sorrowed
A．reason B．attitude C．process D．aim
A．strength B．courage C．ability D．skill