Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system. She was unable to ______. In fact, she could hardly make any ______. Although she believed that she had a______chance of recovering, the doctors said that ______, if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not ______. There, lying in her hospital bed, she______that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was ______.
She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not ______. It seemed that she was ______. The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about______that she could make it. Every day Angela would lie there, ______doing her mental exercise.
One day,___ ___she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle happened: The bed began to _____! “Look, what I’m doing! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved! "she ______.
Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was ____. More importantly, they were running______safety.
People were crying, and equipment was ____. You see, it was an earthquake. But don’t____that to Angela. She has______that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, she’s back in school. You see, to such a person who can____the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it?
A．see B．hear C．talk D．walk
A．progress B．difference C．movement D．achievement
A．poor B．good C．little D．special
A．few B．all C．some D．most
A．satisfied B．delighted C．surprised D．discouraged
A．insisted B．sighed C．feared D．promised
A．true B．doubtful C．certain D．impossible
A．get up B．give up C．turn up D．stand up
A．disappointed B．proud C．troubled D．undefeatable
A．thinking B．expecting C．pretending D．imagining
A．sadly B．madly C．carefully D．faithfully
A．as B．since C．after D．before
A．fly B．move C．roll D．speak
A．jumped B．wondered C．screamed D．recovered
A．frightened B．pleased C．annoyed D．encouraged
A．in B．by C．for D．with
A．rising B．falling C．missing D．gathering
A．tell B．do C．give D．show
A．noticed B．supposed C．believed D．discovered
A．push B．shock C．shake D．save
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 I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could do to advise me against becoming a brewer (造酒人). He’d 36 his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, 37 had his father and grandfather before him. He didn’t want me 38 near a vat (酿酒用的桶) of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good 39 , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that 40 me to study law and business at the same time.
In my second year of graduate school, I began to realize that I’d 41 done anything but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop out. 42 , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t 43 till you’re 65 to do what you want in life.
I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to 44 . I finished Harvard and got a highly-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group Still, after working there five years, I 45 , “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?” At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in 46 quality. Why not make good beer for 47 ? I thought.
I decided to give up my job to become 48 . When I told Dad, he was 49 , but in the end he 50 me. I called my beer Samuel Adams, 51 the brewer and patriot (爱国者) who helped to start the Boston Tea Party. 52 I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get the 53 out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager (淡啤酒) won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined (注定) to be a brewer. My 54 to the young is simple: Life is very 55 , so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan.
A．cost B．spent C．taken D．paid
A．like B．as if C．so D．nor
A．anywhere、 B．anyway C．anyhow D．somewhere
A．habits B．teachers C．grades D．work
A．promised B．convinced C．advised D．allowed
A．never B．ever C．always D．hardly
A．Fortunately B．Obviously C．Possibly D．Surprisingly
A．assure B．decline C．deny D．wait
A．school B．Colorado C．my home D．my decision
A．thrilled B．stressed C．wondered D．sneezed
A．cheap B．expensive C．low D．high
A．Englishmen B．Europeans C．the world D．Americans
A．a lawyer B．a brewer C．an instructor D．an engineer
A．astonished B．satisfied C．interested D．anxious
A．hated B．supported C．raised D．left
A．for B．at C．in D．after
A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Also D．Yet
A．price B．name C．company D．party
A．advice B．life C．job D．experience
A．hard B．busy C．short D．long
As the big weekend approaches, my feelings about you and your marriage are personal and it’s more 36 to me that you realize how much I love you and how 37 I am of the amazing woman you have become.
My memory for details is terrible, 38 my memory for how 39 you were as a child is vivid. I loved tossing (轻扔) you 40in the air in the pool in Marine, and reading 41 books on the floor of the Denver book store with you on my knees.
When I think of you as an adult, it is your 42 that has led you to your vegetarian lifestyle. It is your heart that helps you care for family and friends 43 . For these 44 I have selected three hearts that are this dad’s gift to his 45 to marry daughter.
One heart is a small golden box with a 46 of you and me together. It will 47 you that of the men in your life I loved you 48 and will always love you forever and ever.
The second heart is made of jade (玉) and has the Chinese character "Fu". Jade represents luck and "Fu" means 49 . Maria and I want your life to be filled with 50 .
The third heart is just pretty and represents your 51 , inside and 52 kind. You are a wonderful, loving 53 from God, a beautiful human being. So we are delighted that you are entering this exciting part of your life.
Finally, the wedding (婚姻) will be amazing. I can’t wait to see you walk down in your beautiful dress. And I can’t wait to dance with you in 54 . My hope is that the event and the whole weekend will bring 55 memories.
This from your devoted and proud...Dad
A．important B．difficult C．surprising D．appropriate
A．pride B．proud C．afraid D．aware
A．troublesome B．precious C．little D．hardly
A．hard B．deep C．high D．carelessly
A．philosophy B．scientific C．maths D．kids
A．mind B．virtue C．character D．heart
A．in need B．in short C．in detail D．in danger
A．purposes B．people C．reasons D．occasions
A．never B．ever C．soon D．fortunately
A．diary B．picture C．book D．ring
A．inform B．equip C．remind D．mind
A．first B．last C．more D．least
A．wealth B．power C．beauty D．happiness
A．it B．both C．all D．that
A．behavior B．shape C．beauty D．body
A．deep B．furthest C．out D．top
A．human B．gift C．message D．punishment
A．celebration B．festival C．holiday D．agreement
A．short B．lasting C．old D．strange
完型填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents’ old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter’s wedding. We had to 41 a great climbing plant that had grown across a roof beam（房梁）, so that we could repair the roof and 42 the walls.
When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a 43 of a blackbird. He then 44 something 45 among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth __46__ it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his 47 ,saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet（手镯）. He ran into the house to 48 me.
“You won’t believe that the 49 blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we plant to feed on,” he said, “but they also want their children to 50 in a cradle（摇篮）of gold!”
When my daughter ___51__ on the eve of the 52 ,we told her about this 53 occurrence (事件).
“Don’t you remember, Mother?” she said with a loud 54 .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I 55 a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”
As the bracelet no longer 56 its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.
In December of the following year, the young couple’s baby son was baptized（受洗礼）.Among the 57 the newborn baby received, I placed his mother’s bracelet, now shining like 58 . I hope that if my grandson 59 loses it, one of the 60 that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.
A．remove B．cover C．grow D．water
A．build B．paint C．rescue D．print
A．nest B．baby C．body D．egg
A．moved B．got C．picked D．noticed
A．nice B．colorful C．shiny D．special
A．over B．through C．above D．around
A．horror B．surprise C．delight D．disappointment
A．ask B．shock C．show D．give
A．working B．cheating C．dreaming D．thieving
A．lie B．sing C．listen D．wait
A．came up B．came over C．came across D．came by
A．party B．Christmas C．birthday D．wedding
A．important B．strange C．terrible D．frightening
A．cry B．sigh C．laugh D．sound
A．hid B．threw C．lost D．broke
A．fitted B．satisfied C．matched D．interested
A．jewels B．toys C．clothes D．presents
A．attractive B．new C．modern D．golden
A．almost B．just C．even D．ever
A．Blackbirds B．Grandchildren C．neighbors D．mice
完型填空（共20小题；每小题1。5分，满分30分）
Every human being, 36 what he is doing, gives off body heat. The usual problem is 37 dispose of it. But the designers of the Johnstown campus of the University of Pittsburgh set themselves the 38 problem — how to collect body heat. They have designed a collection system which utilizes 39 body heat, but the heat given off by such objects 40 light bulbs and refrigerators as well. The system works so well 41 no conventional fuel is needed 42 the campus’ six buildings comfortable.
Some parts of most modern buildings — theatres and offices 43 classrooms — are more than amply heated by people and lights and sometimes must be air-conditioned 44in winter. The technique of 45 heat and redistributing it is 46 “heat recover”. A few modern buildings recover 47 , but the university’s system is the first to recover heat 48 some buildings and re-use it in 49 . Along the way, Pitt has learned a great deal about some of its heat producers. The 50a student studies, the more heat his body 51 . Male students emit more heat than52 students, and the larger a student, the more heat he 53 . It is tempting to 54 that the hottest prospect for the Johnstown campus would be a 55 , over-weight male genius.
A．though B．no matter C．however D．in spite of
A．how to B．how C．what D．what to
A．similar B．wrong C．opposing D．opposit
A．both B．not only C．as well as D．neither
A．for example B．like C．of D．as
A．which B．then C．that D．therefore
A．make B．to be made C．to make D．making
A．including B．as well as C．with D．as well
A．even B．so C．ever D．much
A．saving B．being saved C．disposing D．being disposed
A．talked B．thought C．suggested D．called
A．loss B．cold C．temperature D．heat
A．to B．from C．with D．for
A．the other B．other C．others D．the others
A．hard B．hardest C．harder D．more hard
A．takes in B．gives off C．gives in D．takes out
A．other B．female C．girl D．boy
A．produces B．manufactures C．designs D．assembles
A．start B．conclude C．end D．begin
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。
Night after night, as was often the case, she’d lean down and push my long hair out of the36 ,then kiss my forehead.
I don’t remember when it first started 37 me. But it did. Finally one night, I shouted out as her, “Don’t do that any more – your hands are too 38 ！” She didn’t say anything in reply. But never again did my mother 39 my day with that familiar 40 of her love.
With the years passing, my thoughts 41 to that night, when I missed my mother’s hands, missed her goodnight 42 on my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very 43 , while sometimes far away. But always it was hidden in the back of my 44 . Now Mom is in her seventies, and those hands that I 45 thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my 46 . And now my own children are grown and gone. One Thanksgiving Eve, 47 I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a 48 hand hesitantly run across my face to 49 the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so 50 , touched my brow.
In my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night and my young voice 51 . “Don’t do that any more – your hands are too rough!” 52 , I caught Mom’s hand in hand, saying how 53 I was for that night. I thought she’d remember, as I did. But Mom didn’t know 54 I was talking about. She had forgotten, and forgiven long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new 55 for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
A．place B．way C．order D．shape
A．pleasing B．frightening C．satisfying D．annoying
A．sweet B．tough C．ugly D．rough
A．take up B．give up C．end up D．break up
A．expression B．symbol C．promise D．experience
A．remained B．returned C．occurred D．missed
A．story B．greeting C．kiss D．song
A．close B．serious C．different D．unusual
A．brain B．mind C．spirit D．heart
A．once B．even C．still D．always
A．husband B．children C．family D．father
A．as B．before C．although D．since
A．rough B．reliable C．thin D．familiar
A．tidy B．touch C．brush D．wiped
A．gently B．friendly C．closely D．weakly
A．wept B．whispered C．complained D．struggled
A．On time B．All at once C．Once again D．As usual
A．grateful B．anxious C．sorry D．excited
A．where B．why C．what D．whom
A．memory B．sense C．pleasure D．appreciation