The wisdom my 77yearold father has passed on to me came more through osmosis (潜移默化) than lectures.My dad’s____shines through all his life.
Old age hasn’t____him，mainly because he doesn’t think almost 80 is old.He had ever trained for a charity (慈善)____across the Hudson River in New York.He wore his customfitted diving suit，but he still got so____.We warmed him and wrapped him in a sleeping bag.“Oh，____，it isn’t that bad，” he’d say，“I am fine.” He is always fine.He did____the Hudson River swim a month later.
If you ask my father whether or not his life has been hard，he will say he is____.He means the kind of happiness that comes from____a wellcooked family meal，taking a good long run or growing a perfect tomato.Did I mention that he used to run marathons before his knee replacement surgery？He’s the one who____me I could do it，too.“____can run a marathon，” he said，“as long as you keep training.”
My father was born in 1933.His childhood took a____at the beginning of World War Ⅱ：His father joined the French Army and was____by the Germans and spent the war in a prison camp.My dad and his mother and sister were shipped off to New Jersey to live with relatives.His mother____from depression，and Dad went to boarding school in New England from the sixth grade on.Yet in all Dad’s usual dinner table____，there have been many times when he turned them into____stories.
After a family dinner the other night，Papa Bob advised us to try the skydiving____.“Sixtyfive seconds of free falling，”he said.“I____it.I should have been a paratrooper (伞兵)．”
He loves getting cards in the mail，and usually I’m____，so instead I call him on Father’s Day.But this year I’ve____to be early for once.I want to let him know how much he____to me.Dad，thank you —for all and mostly for your enduring faith that everything will be OK.
A．ability B．gentleness C．optimism D．humor
A．comforted B．slowed C．punished D．accused
A．swim B．donation C．volunteer D．activity
A．warm B．sad C．calm D．cold
A．come out B．come back C．come over D．come on
A．complete B．stop C．delay D．celebrate
A．ordinary B．young C．disabled D．lucky
A．sharing B．containing C．destroying D．buying
A．informed B．appointed C．insisted D．convinced
A．Anyone B．Someone C．None D．Others
A．step B．turn C．sigh D．dream
A．killed B．caught C．driven D．fired
A．resulted B．judged C．suffered D．separated
A．experiences B．manners C．stories D．news
A．foolish B．great C．short D．aggressive
A．chance B．adventure C．visit D．movement
A．loved B．hated C．used D．assessed
A．late B．early C．noisy D．quiet
A．refused B．permitted C．allowed D．decided
A．occurs B．possesses C．means D．proves
第二节完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并将选项的字母标号填入题前的答题表内。
It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university．On the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few 21 . On their faces was confidence. This was their 22 exam—then on to graduation and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they 23 get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt 24 and able to take control of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a（n） 25 task, as the professor had said they could bring 26 books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not 27 each other during the test.
28 they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles 29 on the students’ faces as they found there were only five questions.
Three hours had passed 30 the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the 31 faces before him, and then asked: “How many completed all five questions?” 32 a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hand.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished 33 .” But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 34 ,” he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are 35 many things about the 36 you don't know. These questions you could not answer are relatively common in 37 practice.” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all 38 this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education had just 39 .”
The years have weakened the name of the professor, but not the40 he taught.
21. A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. days
22. A. only B. first C. very D. last
23. A. would B. must C. had to D. used to
24. A. glad B. ready C. sorry D. nice
25. A. interesting B. necessary C. easy D. unusual
26. A. no B. either C. any D. some
27. A. listen to B. look at C. care for D. talk to
28. A. Hardly B. Happily C. Quickly D. Carefully
29. A. appeared B. changed C. failed D. stopped
30. A. then B. as C. before D. after
31. A. pleased B. worried C. surprised D. moved
32. A. Not B. Once C. Only D. Even
33. A. all B. none C. one D. it
34. A. wondered B. enjoyed C. hated D. expected
35. A. even B. already C. so D. still
36. A. exam B. subject C. question D. college
37. A. every day B.everyday’s C. everyday D. every a day
38. A. pass B. fail C. take D. start
39. A. begun B. completed C. failed D. succeeded
40. A. subject B. things C. words D. lessons
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Facial expressions carry meanings, which depends on situations and relationships. For instance, in American culture the smile is typically an expression of 36 .Yet it has other functions. A smile may 37 love, politeness, or 38true feeling. It is also a source of confusion across 39 . 40 , many people in Russia 41smiling at strangers in public to be unusual or even suspicious. Yet many Americans 42 freely at strangers in public places. Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong 43 ; some Americans believe that Russians don't smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover emotional pain or mental difficulty, discomfort or anxiety.
Our faces make our emotions and attitudes known, 44 we should not try to "read" people from another culture 45 we would "read" someone from our own culture. The degree of facial expressiveness one shows changes 46persons and cultures. The fact that members of one culture do not 47 their emotions as openly as members of 48 does not mean 49they do not 50 emotions. Rather, their cultures 51 them expressing their emotion and attitudes freely.
If we 52 people whose 53 of showing emotion are not the same according to 54own cultural patterns, we may make the 55 of "reading" the other persons incorrectly.
36. A. worried B. surprise C. excitement D. pleasure
37. A. show B. tell C. sound D. seem
38. A. cover B. cultures C. include D. suggest
39. A. countries B. cultures C. nations D. oceans
40. A. In a word B. As a result C. For example D. On the contrary
41. A. keep B. enjoy C. continue D. consider
42. A. stare B. smile C. look D. shout
43. A. direction B. manner C. time D. place
44. A. and B. so C. but D. or
45. A. as B. though C. unless D. since
46. A. among B. into C. between D. about
47. A. find B. form C. express D. control
48. A. the others B. others C. the other D. another
49. A. whether B. that C. if D. why
50. A. experience B. use C. bring D. carry
51. A. feel B. keep C. prevent D. make
52. A. think B. observe C. judge D. watch
53. A. hopes B. ways C. thoughts D. means
54. A. your B. their C. one's D. our
55. A. answer B. mistake C. promise D. use
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。
Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away. Life has 36 for millions of teenagers across the world who now make friends online. 37 you use chat rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are 38 of a virtual community (虚拟社区).
"I rarely talk with my parents or grandparents, 39 I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ," said Fox's Shadow, the online nickname (网名) used by a Senior 2 girl in China. "Eighty per cent of my classmates use QQ 40 school."
QQ is the biggest messaging 41 in China. A record shows 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October, 42 to Tencent, the company which developed QQ.
And Fox's Shadow might well have been one of them. "I log in (登陆) on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel 43 . I usually 44 about 10 hours chatting online every week," she said. "But I rarely talk with 45 , especially boys or men."
Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making 46 with strangers online. "You don't know 47 you're talking to. You should 48 be careful about who you trust online."
Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to 49 someone very well. Fox's Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face. It was a girl who was a comic fan like 50 and they went to a comic show together.
However, not all teenagers have been so 51 . At the beginning of this year, a 17-year-old girl in Liaoning Province was killed after meeting a friend she had found on QQ. The criminals (罪犯) weren't 52 until last month.
A 16-year-old Beijing boy, known online as Bart Simon, dislikes QQ users. "I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking 53 ," he said. Now he chats online in English, using MSN. But he spends little time chatting as he sees it as a 54 of time and money. "If you are really 55 to it, sometimes you just can't concentrate (集中精神) in class," he said.
36.A. improved B. become C. changed D. increased
37.A. Whether B. If C. When D. Unless
38.A. member B. part C. partner D. number
39.A. but B. as C. when D still.
40.A. before B. at C. after D. since
41.A. service B. product C. structure D. organization
42.A. granting B. depending C. considering D. according
43.A. sleepy B. tired C. bored D. busy
44.A. take B. cost C. pay D. spend
45.A. friends B. adults C. males D. strangers
46.A. relation B. touch C. contact D. friends
47.A. who B. which C. whose D. these
48.A. often B. usually C. sometimes D. always
49.A. know B. recognize C. tell D. judge
50.A. herself B she C. anybody else D. everyone
51.A. good B. fortunate C. safely D. healthy
52.A. kept B. held C. caught D. killed
53.A. uselessness B. noise C. nonsense D. rubbish
54.A. short B. lack C. waste D. little
55.A. kept B. held C. addicted D. stuck
第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面的短文，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。
“Hi, Mommy, what are you doing?” asked Susie, who was only six years old. “I’m making a casserole(炖锅菜) for Mrs. Smith next door, __36__ Mrs. Smith is very sad. She lost her daughter and has a __37__ heart. We need to take care of her a little while.” Said her mother. “ Why, Mommy?”
“You see, Susie, when someone is very, very sad, they have __38__ doing the little things like making dinner or other housework. Because we’re __39__ of a community and Mrs. Smith won’t ever be able to talk with her daughter or hug(拥抱) her. You are a very __40__ girl, Susie; maybe you’ll think of __41__ way to help take care of Mrs. Smith.”
Susie thought __42__ about this challenge and how she could do her __43__ on caring for Mrs. Smith. A few minutes later, Susie knocked on her door. After a few moments, Mrs. Smith __44__ the knock with a “Hi, Susie.”
Susie noticed that Mrs. Smith didn’t have that familiar musical __45__ about her voice when she __46__ someone.
“What can I do for you, Susie?” asked Mrs. Smith.
“My mommy says that you lost your daughter and you’re very, very sad with a broken heart.” Susie __47__ her hand out shyly. In it was a Band-Aid. “This is for your broken heart.” Mrs. Smith knelt down and hugged Susie. Through her __48__ she said, “Thank you, darling girl, this will __49__ a lot.”
Mrs. Smith __50__ Susie’s act of kindness and took it one step __51__. She bought a small key ring with a picture frame(框架) ---- the ones __52__ to carry keys and display a family __53__ at the same time. Mrs. Smith placed Susie’s Band-Aid in the frame to __54__ her to heal a little every time she sees it. It has become her symbol(象征) for healing, while not __55__ the joy and love she experienced with her daughter.
36. A. although B. because C. when D. so
37. A. broken B. absent C. sick D. gentle
38. A. trouble B. time C. interest D. danger
39. A. owners B. whole C. part D. relatives
40. A. naughty B. little C. pretty D. smart
41. A. the other B. the very C. our D. some
42. A. seriously B. deeply C. much D. little
43. A. job B. work C. part D. deed
44. A. replied B. answered to C. greeted D. responded
45. A. sound B. quality C. gift D. note
46. A. praised B. helped C. greeted D. saw
47. A. gave B. set C. took D. held
48. A. tears B. sadness C. excitement D. glasses
49. A. do B. care C. mean D. help
50. A. refused B. accepted C. received D. took
51. A. more B. forward C. further D. ahead
52. A. made B. bought C. invented D. designed
53. A. photo B. scene C. gathering D. life
54. A. force B. remind C. get D. advise
55. A. forgetting B. missing C. losing D. remembering
第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从41－60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。
At a young age, her doctor told Patti Wilson she was an epileptic（羊癫疯患者）. Her father was a morning jogger. One day she 31 and said, “Daddy, what I’d really love to do is run with you every day, but I’m afraid I can’t do it.” Her father 32 her to start running.
That’s just what they did every 33 . It was a 34 experience for them. After a few weeks, Patti said, still smiling, “Daddy, what I’d really love to do is break the world’s long-distance running record for 35 .”
Her father 36 The Guinness Book of World Records and found that the farthest distance any woman had run was 80 miles. As a freshman（新生） in high school, Patti 37 , “I’m going to run from Orange County up to San Francisco(about 400 miles).” “As a sophomore（二年级学生）,” she went 38 , “I’m going to run to Portland, Oregon(about 1,500 miles). As a junior I’ll run to St. Louis(about 2,000 miles). As a senior I’ll run to the White House (about 3,000 miles).”
In 39 of her disease, Patti was as ambitious（有野心的） as she was enthusiastic. She looked at being an epileptic as simply “an 40 ”. She focused not on what she had 41 , but on what she had left.
That year, together with her father, she completed her 42 to San Francisco wearing a T-shirt that 43 , “I love Epileptics.”
In her sophomore year, Patti’s classmates got behind her. They made a huge poster that read, “Run, Patti, Run!” This has since 44 her motto and the title of a book she has written. During this marathon, she broke a bone in her foot. A doctor told her that she had to 45 her run. But Patti said she wasn’t running for herself; she was 46 to break the chains on the brains that limited so many others. She asked the doctor 47 or not there was a way she could keep running. He said he could wrap it in adhesive（粘合剂） 48 putting it in a cast（石膏）, but he 49 her that it would be extremely painful. She told the doctor to wrap it up.
Later, after four months of running from the West Coast to the East Coast, Patti arrived in Washington and shook the hand of the President of the United States. She told him, “I wanted people to know that epileptics are normal human beings with 50 lives.”
31. A. smiled B. cried C. laughed D. wept
32. A. agreed B. suggested C. encouraged D. promised
33. A. afternoon B. morning C. night D. evening
34. A. terrible B. fortunate C. dangerousD. wonderful
35. A. women B. men C. students D. patients
36. A. questioned B. checked C. inspected D. interviewed
37.A. broadcasted B. toldC. informedD. announced
38. A. up B. forward C. on D. upon
39. A. honor B. viewC. favor D. charge
40. A. accident B. coincidence C. influence D. inconvenience
41. A. lost B. dropped C. improved D. received
42. A. distance B. task C. run D. study
43. A. showed B. said C. wrote D. read
44. A. come B. become C. goneD. went
45. A. continue B. stop C. keepD. struggle
46. A. working B. jogging C. walkingD. running
47. A. whether B. when C. if D. where
48. A. in addition to B. in spite of C. instead of D. regardless of
49. A. asked B. warned C. advised D. comforted
50. A. common B. unique C. special D. normal