My father was a self-taught mandolin（曼陀林琴）player. He could not read, but if he heard a tune several times, he could play it. Occasionally, he ______ play for the local radio station.
Dad loved playing the mandolin for his family. He knew we enjoyed his playing. If he could give ______ to others, he would, especially for his family. He was always ______ his time and efforts to making sure his family had enough in their life.
Later, I matured into a man and had my own children. Whenever coming home, I would ask Dad to play the mandolin, for nobody played the mandolin like him. He could ______ your soul with tunes coming out of that old mandolin. He seemed to ______ when playing, taking pride in his ability to play so well.
Unfortunately, in 1977. Dad was ______ in an accident, leaving his third finger of his left hand wounded seriously. ______ he didn’t lose enough of the finger where it would stop him picking up anything, it did affect his ______ to play the mandolin. After the accident, he was ______ to play and felt unable to play as well as before. Every time we asked him to play, he would make excuses. ______, we could persuade him and he would say “Okay. But I can’t hold down on the strings and play as well as before.” For the family it made no ______. When he played the old mandolin, it would carry us back to a cheerful, happier time.
In August 1993, Dad was ______ with serious disease. He chose not to receive any chemotherapy（化疗）treatments ______ he could live out his rest life in dignity(尊严). A week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for his family. First he made the usual ______ again but later said “Okay.”, ______ it was likely to be the last chance for us to hear him playing. He tuned up the old mandolin and played. ______, I found everyone in the family ______. We saw before us a quiet humble man with an inner ______ that lives with him in his life.
Dad would never play the mandolin for us again, but we still ______ the most valuable gift we gained from him, ______ he had done all his life, giving.
A．might B．should C．would D．must
A．pleasure B．advice C．help D．favor
A．applying B．paying C．attaching D．devoting
A．touch B．discover C．deliver D．possess
A．escape B．shine C．exist D．calm
A．included B．absorbed C．buried D．involved
A．Although B．If C．Whether D．Because
A．courage B．faith C．ability D．energy
A．desperate B．unwilling C．worthwhile D．sensitive
A．Eventually B．Suddenly C．Gradually D．Consequently
A．sense B．difference C．contact D．progress
A．combined B．burdened C．carried D．diagnosed
A．so that B．in case C．even if D．as though
A．plan B．apology C．reason D．excuse
A．promising B．noticing C．requesting D．knowing
A．Looking around B．Turning up C．Looking into D．Speeding up
A．happy B．tearful C．anxious D．delighted
A．preference B．advantage C．strength D．courage
A．treasure B．adopt C．consider D．approve
A．anything B．everything C．nothing D．something
In 1822 Gregor Mendal was born on a farm in Austria. His father found that Mendal was interested in plants. He knew that his son was clever, and he Mendal to high school. At that time people attended high school. However, since his father could not give him enough money, he always went . Luckily, the other students always gave him food from their Later, Mendal became a monk(修道士)and his studies. He took care of the gardens at the where he and the other monks lived, and he did with pea plants for eight years. He wanted to prove that parents features to their children. Around 1860, Mendal that plants have recessive and dominant(显性的) genes.
He grew a tall pea plant with a short pea plant. Every one of the first generation of four pea plants was tall. This that tall was the dominate gene. in the next generation of four pea plants, one plant was very . The recessive short genes it received from both of its parents had made it short.
From these experiments, he understood that dominant genes the most often in the . Recessive genes only appeared and only when both parents carried the genes for the features.
To his finding with others, he wrote a paper. But during his lifetime, no one what he had discovered. At the time of his death, he still felt very sad.
, his important discovery was accepted in 1990. We now know that both plants and animals have genes and that genes play a major role in we look, how we act, and whether or not we are to get certain diseases. Today we honor Mendal as Father of hereditizm(遗传学).
A．drove B．sent C．forced D．had
A．few B．a few C．many D．a lot
A．anxious B．crazy C．hungry D．straight
A．plates B．dining-rooms C．dorms D．lunches
A．lasted B．stuck C．started D．continued
A．village B．hometown C．temple D．school
A．researches B．surveys C．observations D．experiments
A．passed B．gave C．offered D．hid
A．noticed B．discovered C．declared D．prove
A．agreed B．meant C．announced D．informed
A．Thus B．Instead C．Despite D．Yet
A．strange B．fine C．short D．cool
A．showed up B．stood out C．set aside D．turned on
A．parents B．students C．children D．monks
A．seldom B．sometimes C．actually D．mainly
A．compare B．share C．satisfy D．cooperate
A．concerned with B．worried about C．trusted in D．cared about
A．However B．Though C．Finally D．Regardless
A．how B．what C．where D．which
A．possible B．obvious C．able D．likely
One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have to your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me for the rest of the night. I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.
During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large apartment, I became how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on family and work. difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a attitude.
Back home, I myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be . I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable .
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the has really taught me. Sacrifices in the end. The separation between us has proved to be for me.
A．attract B．praise C．surprise D．promote
A．little B．much C．well D．wrong
A．refuse B．leave C．contact D．forgive
A．wondering B．sleeping C．explaining D．regretting
A．poor B．timely C．final D．tough
A．nervously B．politely C．eagerly D．curiously
A．patience B．presence C．intelligence D．Influence
A．empty B．expensive C．comfortable D．modern
A．interested in B．doubtful about C．aware of D．satisfied with
A．when B．where C．which D．that
A．abandoning B．balancing C．comparing D．mixing
A．Faced with B．Supplied with C．Depending on D．Insisting on
A．different B．friendly C．positive D．general
A．criticized B．informed C．warned D．reminded
A．offered B．managed C．attempted D．expected
A．grateful B．independent C．energetic D．practical
A．examples B．limits C．rules D．goals
A．question B．experience C．history D．occasion
A．run out B．come back C．pay off D．turn up
A．blessing B．gathering C．failure D．pleasure
完形填空 (共20小题；每小题l.5分，共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。
Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s ____ filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so ____ that I decided to write an article about her.
I ____ Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She ____ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I ____ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there ____, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that ____ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The ____ was almost unbearable. I struggled for days ____ draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript ____. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I ____ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t ____ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While ____ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in ____:
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some ___ materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to ____ your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to ____. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of ____ writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this ____, I learned a very important lesson: You can’t ____ to doubt yourself.
A．joy B．voice C．speech D．smile
A．proud B．active C．satisfied D．moved
A．visited B．emailed C．phoned D．interviewed
A．agreed B．refused C．hesitated D．paused
A．admitted B．discovered C．explained D．knew
A．seriously B．patiently C．nervously D．quietly
A．blaming B．fooling C．inviting D．urging
A．hardship B．failure C．comment D．pressure
A．with B．by C．on D．in
A．disappeared B．returned C．spread D．improved
A．compare B．struggle C．survive D．compete
A．ignore B．deliver C．face D．receive
A．decorating B．repairing C．cleaning D．leaving
A．disbelief B．anxiety C．horror D．panic
A．subjective B．relevant C．private D．reliable
A．broadcast B．create C．publish D．assess
A．recover B．prepare C．escape D．concentrate
A．constant B．endless C．typical D．enjoyable
A．experience B．success C．benefit D．accident
A．attempt B．afford C．expect D．pretend
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain____ so I decided I would leave the children in the car____ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to ____ anything and told them I would be ____ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left ____happily looking out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had ____! I could hardly believe my ____. The car doors were ____ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat ____only two coats. Being ____, I ran to the corner of the street ____ there was no sign of them. I ____up to an old lady nearby and asked ____ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and ____ to stop trembling(发抖). Suddenly, I ____ a merry laugh ____ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and ____ were two very red-face and ____ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, ____ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. ____ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.
A．heavy B．hard C．big D．hardly
A．before B．since C．after D．which
A．talk B．reach C．hear D．touch
A．away B．out C．back D．along
A．them B．her C．herself D．themselves
A．discovered B．disappeared C．described D．delivered
A．ears B．words C．eyes D．heads
A．even B．again C．already D．still
A．have B．were C．had D．are
A．foolish B．proud C．frightened D．pleased
A．where B．which C．that D．when
A．arrived B．looked C．rushed D．left
A．what B．when C．whether D．how
A．tried B．had C．tired D．ought
A．felt B．listened C．smelt D．heard
A．behind B．over C．before D．with
A．outside B．among C．inside D．between
A．worried B．excited C．surprised D．interested
A．climbed B．flew C．threw D．jumped
A．For B．About C．With D．Down
Yang Yang was a native of Liaoning Province. When he was in Grade Two, his got worse. Later he was found to have sick changes to his retina (视网膜). At 15, he had to school because of his injured eyes.
“Though I my eyesight, I wanted very much to read and study, even if just for ,” Yang says. “My parents my eyes. They have read to me since my childhood.”
Yang the national college entrance exam and entered the Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, where he acupuncture (针灸). In 1999, Yang graduated from college and decided to go on for education.
Later Yang bought a special software (软件) which helped him to the Internet and send e-mails.With the software, Yang hoped to a postgraduate (研究生) degree. But he found that no Chinese offered such degrees specifically for sight-injured people. As the first step toward getting a post-graduate from a foreign university, Yang decided to take the TOEFL for the blind.
After English through computers,Yang took the test in Hong Kong, a mark of 97 out of 120. After taking part in video interviews and the necessary forms and papers, Yang was 47 to the University of Southern California.
“Studying can help me my life. One can change one’s life through effort. I believe that with effort, a child can draw a world if you give him a pen and paper,” Yang says.
A．eyesight B．health C．hearing D．study
A．rescued B．ignored C．suffered D．treated
A．look B．attend C．take D．leave
A．imagined B．lost C．recovered D．caught
A．education B．fun C．experience D．knowledge
A．cared for B．looked after C．acted as D．kept off
A．passed B．made C．tried D．broke
A．offered B．picked C．received D．studied
A．more B．quicker C．easier D．further
A．surf B．repair C．build D．accept
A．buy B．start C．get D．keep
A．hospitals B．universities C．departments D．groups
A．course B．material C．test D．degree
A．learning B．translating C．speaking D．remembering
A．breaking B．scoring C．discovering D．starting
A．looking through B．putting up C．handing in D．carrying on
A．admitted B．turned C．promised D．refused
A．affect B．keep C．find D．improve
A．firmly B．hardly C．only D．partly
A．popular B．beautiful C．natural D．real