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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
John, a famous musician, took his priceless old guitar and played it in the crowded subway station. The music was wonderfully streaming throughout the whole . However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly the charming music. A three-year-old kid was fully in the music that he forget everything around. John got 52 U.S. dollars for his work that day.
However, in days, when John is about to hold a , one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars and it is very to buy a ticket even at such a high price. Therefore, later, many in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not the famous musician and missing such a valuable but music feast.
I have a rich friend whose wife had a illness. Nevertheless, his wife did not manage to conquer the illness and soon. He often sighed miserably that due to his past life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife. But now, it is impossible to it.
It is no crying over spilt milk. We have missed a lot of precious things in our life knowing to value them. Actually, I also missed something precious before. The why we would have missed those precious things is less than simple: we had that we could still own them tomorrow. Nevertheless, tomorrow is by no means reliable. The result is that they were always too late to cherish (珍惜) what they had before they it. However, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer realize our wish any more, because we have lost it by then.
A．city B．river C．station D．hall
A．appreciating B．creating C．hearing D．writing
A．caught B．absorbed C．stuck D．trapped
A．hardly B．scarcely C．even D．only
A．normal B．special C．ordinary D．countable
A．play B．show C．concert D．countable
A．easy B．hard C．suitable D．popular
A．staff B．children C．musicians D．passers-by
A．recognizing B．realizing C．meeting D．remembering
A．expensive B．cheap C．dull D．common
A．horrible B．thorough C．heavy D．serious
A．passed over B．died out C．passed away D．died away
A．busy B．hard C．wonderful D．unhappy
A．make up of B．make up for C．make out to D．make out of
A．sense B．point C．use D．pleasure
A．on B．in C．with D．without
A．reason B．fact C．factor D．excuse
A．intended B．thought C．decided D．proved
A．already B．just C．actually D．nearly
A．got B．forgot C．lost D．expected
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，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a 36__ to catch a train, she 37 a quick way to reach it. “I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!” the driver said 38 . “You don’t think I know the best way to go?”
The woman tried to explain that she hadn’t 39 to annoy him, but the driver kept 40 . She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be 41 , so she changed her 42. “You know, you are right,” she told him. “It must seem 43 for me not to think you know the best way__44 the city.”
45 , the driver glanced at his 46 in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. “He didn’t say another word the rest of the ride,” she said, “ 47 I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me.”
When you find yourself 48 with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to __49_ your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or 50 marriages. I have discovered one simple 51 extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from 52 in a disaster.
The 53 is to put yourself in the other person’s shoes and look for the 54in what that person is saying. Find a way to 55 , and the result may surprise you.
36. A. hurry B. rush C. moment D. way
37. A. chose B. made C. found D. suggested
38. A. jokingly B. angrily C. anxiously D. curiously
39. A. supposed B. expected C. meant D. decided
40. A. apologizing B. driving C. asking D. shouting
41. A. reasonable B. thoughtful C. normal D. practical
42. A. road B. mind C. direction D. manner
43. A. strange B. wrong C. terrible D. stupid
44. A. across B. in C. through D. along
45. A. Surprised B. Worried C. Annoyed D. Disappointed
46. A. rider B. speaker C. helper D. comer
47. A. until B. after C. because D. since
48. A. satisfied B. concerned C. crowded D. faced
49. A. give up B. turn down C. stick to D. point out
50. A. combine B. destroy C. suffer D. divide
51. A. and B. that C. but D. though
52. A. lying B. resulting C. setting D. leading
53. A. problem B. importance C. key D. reply
54. A. fact B. meaning C. expression D. truth
55. A. agree B. argue C. explain D. escape
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We arrived at the hospital to find Dad was very weak, but his smile was as 36 as ever. It was another attack of pneumonia（肺炎）. My hushand and I stayed with him for the 37 but had to return to our jobs on Monday. Local 38 would help Dad get home from the hospital and look after him. 39I longed to be able to let him know that we cared too, even when we weren’t with him.
Then I remembered a 40 tradition（传统）when our children were small When 41their grandparents’ home after a visit, each child would write a love note to their grandparents. They __42__ notes in the cereal（麦片）box, under a hairbrush, next to the 43 or even in the microwave（微波炉）. For days, their grandparents would 44 as they discovered these reminders of our love.
45 as I tidied Dad‘s kichen and 46 up a bed for him downstairs in the living room, I wrote some notes. Some were 47, “Dad, I put the food in the fridge so it wouldn’t go bad.” Some expressed my love, “Dad, I 48 you will sleep well in your new 49.” Most notes were down-stairs where he would stay for several weeks until he 50 strength, but one note I hid upstairs under his pillow, “Dad, if you have found this 51, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”
Just like his 52 strengthened him physically, these “emotional vitamins” would 53__ his spiritual health. Several weeks later, in one of our 54 phone calls, I asked Dad how he was
__55__. He said, “Pretty good ! I just found your note under my pillow upstairs!”
36. A. sure B. weakC. happy D. wild
37. A. day B. month C. night D. weekend
38. A. doctors B. friends C. relatives D. classmates
39. A. But B. Therefore C. Besides D. Though
40. A. city B. nation C. family D. village
41. A. moving B. entering C. arriving D. leaving
42. A. wrote B. hid C. mixed D. stuck
43. A. curtain B. chair C. phone D. window
44. A. find B. smile C. regret D. miss
45. A. Because B. However C. While D. So
46. A. dressed B. made C. cleaned D. ticked
47. A. practical B. funny C. uninteresting D. true
48. A. wish B. demand C. hope D. suggest
49. A. home B. bed C. house D. hospital
50. A. experienced B. discovered C. regained D. grew
51. A. word B. letter C. note D. place
52. A. doctors B. food C. operation D. medicines
53. A. change B. improve C. cure D. harm
54. A. regular B. usual C. long D. special
55. A. hving B. going C. finding D. Doing
第四节完形填空（共20题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、和D四个选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。
On a cold winter morning, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed warmly and equipped with the video we had been 26to watch. I was feeling a little 27 , as I was carrying our shopping bags of snacks and the video.
They were so heavy that I decided to 28some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can when I noticed a poor man 29his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He held a paper bag with his dirty hand. He 30over to another nearby garbage can and started 31 it.
I suddenly felt very 32. I knew this man would take all he could get, 33 I walked up to him and 34 the drink and some snacks over to him. The man, with lines on his face and wrinkles on his forehead, looked up in 35 and took what I gave him.
A huge smile 36 across his face and this 37 me to feel indescribable satisfaction. I felt like I couldn’t be 38 with myself, but then he said: “Wow, first someone gives me this sandwich, then this drink, and now some 39 food; this is my daughter’s 40 day!”
He thanked me happily and started off 41 his bike. I even heard him whistling a song as he rode away.
I now 42 what is meant by the saying “giving is getting”. Everyone in the world needs help, everyone can 43 help and everyone will be helped by showing 44.
The image of that man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind 45 I have the chance to do something nice.
26．A．drinking B．eating C．dying D．living
27．A．excited B．puzzled C．tired D．satisfied
28．A．pick out B．eat up C．put down D．throw away
29．A．running B．walking C．dragging D．pulling
30．A．headed B．rode C．ran D．fled
31．A．breaking into B．looking through C．staring at D．searching for
32．A．cold B．afraid C．guilty D．content
33．A．but B．because C．so D．if
34．A．turned B．thought C．took D．handed
35．A．surprise B．detail C．case D．return
36．A．disappeared B．paused C．existed D．spread
37．A．made B．forced C．caused D．gave
38．A．sadder B．angrier C．happier D．crazier
39．A．cheap B．tasty C．clean D．useful
40．A．lucky B．busy C．interesting D．quiet
41．A．by B．on C．in D．with
42．A．remember B．understandC．appreciate D．recognize
43．A．refuse B．receive C．offer D．find
44．A．kindness B．eagerness C．willingness D．braveness
45．A．every time B．last time C．atother times D．next time
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.
When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gained 36___ to Harvard University. And her 37___story has inspired a movie, Homeless to Harvard: The Tony Morrison Story 38___ in late April.
Tony Morrison, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Tony grew up in the 39___of two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Tony was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Tony was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss 40___ a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it. Tony went back to school. She 41___ herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she slept on the streets.
“What drove me to survive had 42___to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night. She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that came easily to others, such as a safe living environment, 43___ herself that “next to nothing could hold me 44___”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University.
But Tony decided to leave her top university for a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her 45___, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me 46___.” Tony wants moviegoers to go away with the idea that changing your 47___ is “as simple as making a decision”.
36. A. permission B. entry C. honor D. confidence
37. A. puzzled B. puzzling C. amazing D. amazed
38. A. published B. appeared C. sold D. shown
39. A. charge B. face C. middle D. shadow
40. A. lay in B. led to C. referred to D. stuck to
41. A. threw B. put C. devoted D. concentrated
42. A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything
43. A. to encourage B. to control C. to persuade D. to believe
44. A. up B. down C. off D. back
45. A. mother B. sister C. father D. brother
46. A. once in a while B. time and time again
C. at the same time D. all the time
47. A. life B. university C. way D. family
Section B (18 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words and phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.
Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list ___36___ in our past that we felt ashamed of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.
This seemed like a very ___37___ process, but there’ s always some brave soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then ___38___ that we find ways to make an apology to people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever ___39__ my communication.
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my ___40___, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff (郡长)__41__ of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a trick on him.
After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b.(畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious ___42__. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one ever found out.”
“Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name appears on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still ___43__. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few ___44___, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused. “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”
“And I want you to know that I did it？”Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a lively discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you ___45___ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it around all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”
Jimmy inspired me to ___46___ all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to ___47___the past wrongdoings.
36. A. something B. anything C. somebody D. anybody
37. A. private B. secret C. interesting D. funny
38. A. expected B. suggested C. ordered D. demanded
39. A. improveB. continue C. realize D. keep
40. A. notes B. list C. plan D. stories
41 A. any B. most C. none D. all
42. A. view B. sign C. attention D. remark
43. A. angry B. happy C. doubtful D. alive
44. A. words B. rings C. repeats D. calls
45 A. in case B. so long as C. unless D. because
46. A. build up B. make up C. clear up D. give up
47. A. regret B. forgive C. right D. punish