My friend Michelle is blind, but you'd never know it. She makes such good use of her other ____, including her "sixth Sense", that she rarely gives the impression she's ________ anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, ________ that she doesn't push too hard on them, ________ really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often ________ don't realize she's blind.
I ________ this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very ________ about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was ________ excited about her finger-painting project.
"Mom, guess what?" said Kayla, all smiles "I learned how to ________ colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle ________ with us."
To my great ________, my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!
Then Kayla continued. "Michelle told me my ________ showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really ________ what I was doing!" Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt ________ Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn't know that Michelle was blind. It had just never ________ in conversation.
When I told her, she was ________ for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. "But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!" Kayla _______. And I knew my child was ________ because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's ________ in her work,
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, "You know, Mommy, Michelle really did 'see' my picture. She just used my ________."
Indeed, she uses a special type of "vision" that all mothers have.
A．ways B．means C．methods D．senses
A．enjoyed B．found C．missed D．seen
A．and B．except C．even D．but
A．who B．it C．she D．which
A．guests B．family C．children D．friends
A．realized B．witnessed C．recognized D．regretted
A．excited B．sad C．satisfied D．enjoyed
A．especially B．not so C．a little D．not at all
A．paint B．draw C．create D．mix
A．stayed B．painted C．talked D．watched
A．excitement B．encouragement C．delight D．surprise
A．attitude B．color C．picture D．paper
A．touched B．got C．saw D．understood
A．after B．since C．until D．when
A．referred to B．turned out C．come up D．thought about
A．curious B．quiet C．puzzled D．disappointed
A．cried B．insisted C．complained D．informed
A．right B．wrong C．worded D．uncertain
A．shortcomings B．difficulties C．pride D．description
A．paper B．pens C．hands D．eyes
完型填空（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，并在答题卡上涂黑。
When I was about five years old, I used to watch a bird in the skies of southern Alberta from the Blackfoot Blood Reserve in northern Montana where I was born．I loved this bird; I would 36 him for hours．He would 37 effortlessly in that gigantic sky, or he would come down and light on the 38 and float there beautifully．Sometimes when I watched him, he would not make a sound and liked to move 39 into the grasses．We called him meksikatsi, which in the Blackfoot language 40 “pink-colored feet”; meksikatsi and I became very good friends．
The bird had a very particular significance to me 41 I desperately wanted to be able to fly too．I felt very much as if I was the kind of person who had been born into a world where 42 was impossible．And most of the things that I 43 about would not be possible for me but would be possible only for other people．
When I was ten years old, something unexpected 44 my life suddenly．I found myself become an 45 child in a family I was not born into; I found myself in a 46 position that many native Americans find themselves in, living in a city that they do not understand at all, not in another culture but 47 two cultures．
A teacher of the English language told me that meksikatsi was not called meksikatsi, even though that is what 48 people have called that bird for thousands of years．Meksikatsi, he said, was really “duck”．I was very 49 with English．I could not understand it．First of all, the bird did not look like “duck”, and when it made a 50 , it did not sound like “duck”, I was even more 51 when I found out that the meaning of the verb “to duck” came from the bird．
As I 52 to understand English better, I understand that it made a great deal of 53 , but I never forgot that meksikatsi made a different kind of meaning．I 54 that languages are not just different words for the same things but totally different 55 , totally different ways of experiencing and looking at the world．
A．keep B．watch C．follow D．search
A．jump B．dive C．circle D．wander
A．nest B．hill C．water D．road
A．quickly B．naturally C．freely D．quietly
A．means B．reads C．shows D．states
A．though B．because C．while D．until
A．communication B．imagination C．belief D．flight
A．dreamed B．worried C．knew D．argued
A．improved B．enriched C．changed D．ruined
A．educated B．adopted C．outgoing D．independent
A．weak B．comfortable C．terrible D．central
A．between B．against C．without D．beyond
A．most B．few C．their D．my
A．desperate B．bored C．uncomfortable D．disappointed
A．noise B．call C．decision D．choice
A．ashamed B．confused C．embarrassed D．frightened
A．tried B．came C．determined D．expected
A．evidence B．distinction C．profit D．sense
A．identified B．confirmed C．realized D．predicted
A．concepts B．regulations C．messages D．evaluations
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