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 the word or phrases that best fits the context.
It was raining outside. We all stood near the door of the supermarket, waiting. Suddenly I heard a sweet voice. “Mom, let’s the rain,” said a six-year-old girl, with beautiful red hair, who had been shopping with her mum in Walmart.
“What? No, honey. We’ll until it stops raining so hard,” the mother replied. The girl waited about one minute and repeated, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”
“We’ll if we do,” the mother said. “No, we won’t, mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she out of her mom’s arm.
“ This morning?” “Yes, when you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!’”
The whole crowd became . We couldn’t hear anything but . We all stood there silently. Her mom thought for a moment and said, “Honey, you’re right. Let’s run through the rain. If God lets us get wet, well, maybe we just need .”
Then off they ran. We all stood there, watching and smiling as they ran through the rain. They held their shopping bags over their just in case. Yes, they got wet. But they were followed by many who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.
Memory is a fortune, a precious gift. I believe that somewhere down the road in life, the mother will herself looking back on this moment and she will smile. So don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day and take the time to run through the rain.
A.get through B.look through C.run through D.go through
A.leave B.wait C.imagine D.jump
A.get wet B.get confused C.get paid D.get tired
A.pulled B.pushed C.carried D.form
A.noisy B.calm C.silent D.frightened
A.her mum B.the girl C.laughter D.the rain
A.running B.washing C.walking D.waiting
A.hands B.backs C.heads D.coats
A.drivers B.children C.parents D.adults
A.find B.stop C.make D.express
完形填空(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~50各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。
Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant (移植) her life was in constant(不断的) 36 .
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart that 37 Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept 38 hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble 39 from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a 40 of the hospital, crying.
“Are you okay?” A man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t 41 it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to 42 something from herself. Could her 43 go to Carmen’s mother?
After reviewing the data, doctors 44 Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to 45 the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was 46 dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was 47 for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen 48 Cheryl’s funeral (葬礼) with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day,Maria 49 with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was 50in another loving mother’s chest.
A.change B.danger C.disorder D.pain
A.matched B.replaced C.controlled D.cooperated
A.finding B.phoning C.touring D.interrupting(打断)
A.rolling B.running C.walking D.jumping
A.corner B.bed C.man D.nurse
A.put B.support C.pass D.make
A.save B.recycle C.donate D.separate
A.heart B.brain C.husband D.spirit
A.reminded B.warned C.congratulated D.informed
A.give up B.carry out C.search after D.put off
A.noticed B.predicted C.found D.declared
A.decorating B.begging C.praying D.singing
A.attended B.joined C.watched D.witnessed
A.passed away B.left behind C.woke up
A.active B.alive C.necessary D.changeable
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从26—45各题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案(每空1分,共20分)。
When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked 26 at me and said “I love you”. I didn’t know what to say. 27 several seconds I stood there and 28 down at him. My first thought was that he must need 29 while doing his homework 30 he was trying to prepare me for some 31 .
“ 32 ,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s an experiment.”
The next day I 33 his teacher at my office to find out more about this “ 34” and how the other parents had responded (反应).
“ 35 , most of the fathers did the same as you ,: the teacher explained, “Feeling 36 is an important part of 37 . It’s something all human beings 38 . What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too 39 that we don’t express those feelings. A boy should be 40 to tell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how difficult it is for 41 of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me 42 , I held on to him for an extra second. And just 43 he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly 44 , “Hey, I love you .”
I didn’t know if saying that would make 45 of us healthier, but we did feel pretty better.
A.down B.away C.out D.up
A.After B.For C.In D.On
A.glanced B.got C.stared D.knocked
A.surprises B.time C.help D.paper
A.or B.but C.when D.while
A.money B.news C.test D.explanation
A.Anything B.Nothing C.Important D.Interesting
A.advised B.told’ C.called D.visited
A.trick B.exercise C.notice D.experiment
A.Basically B.Fortunately C.Usually D.Frequently
A.loved B.helpful C.interested D.trusted
A.body B.work C.study D.health
A.agree B.understand C.know D.require
A.bad B.good C.easy D.hard
A.funny B.afraid C.pleased D.able
A.both B.neither C.some D.none
A.next evening B.next morning C.that evening D.that morning
A.before B.after C.because D.as
A.sound B.voice C.whisper D.courage
A.neither B.either C.most D.few
完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分.满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意.然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really _ 1__ your feeling?”
Immediately, he said, “Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special 2 that I really wanted but you never gave it to me.”
The 3was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I 4, “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but didn’t apologized for?”
Again, his 5was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the6because Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and7in a hurry. Remember?”
“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he8all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were9. When you got home, the suitcase had been opened and everythinghad been thrown all over the place and you 10me.”
“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.
“No, I didn’t . I was just searching for my gift.”
My heart sank. I felt11. I hugged Keith and asked him to12me. His Honesty made me think of our other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the same question. Kevin’s answer was as immediate as his13, “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forgot about it.”
Though Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The14thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was I’d made a promise too15and didn’t keep it as their father.
1.A.showed B.hurt C.attended D.expressed
2.A.candy B.book C.picture D.toy
3.A.challenge B.message C.idea D.fact
4.A.complained B.apologized C.continued D.explained
5.A.suggestion B.answer C.memory D.blame
6.A.hospital B.church C.school D.garden
7.A.settled down B.went on C.set off D.got up
8.A.knew B.imagined C.discovered D.remembered
9.A.angry B.worried C.happy D.satisfied
10.A.praised B.punished C.helped D.educated
11.A.terrible B.hopeless C.inspired D.encouraged
12.A.support B.criticize C.suspect D.forgive
13.A.mother B.brother C.sister D.father
14.A.strange B.interesting C.important D.difficult
15.A.lightly B.rudely C.equally D.truly
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. 21 , it has been said that today children 22their education to go to school. The 23 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.
Education is 24 , compared with schooling. Education has no 25. It can take place 26 , whether in the shower or on the bus, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the 27learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class.
28the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces 29. A chance talk with a 30may lead to a person to discover how 31he knows of another country. People obtain education from 32 on. Education, 33,is a very 34and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long 35the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a 36experience, whose style changes 37from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take 38 seats, use similar textbooks, do homework ,and 39,and so on. Schooling has usually been 40by the edges of the subjects being taught.
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A.Then B.However C.Thus D.Therefore
A.understand B.need C.enjoy D.interrupt
A.difference B.importance C.use D.problem
A.unexpected B.endless C.countless D.simple
A.answers B.ways C.edges D.meanings
A.anywhere B.anywhere else C.some where D.somewhere else
A.part-time B.public C.standard D.strict
A.If B.Because C.So D.Though
A.pride B.surprises C.knowledge D.progress
A.neighbor B.friend C.foreigner D.teacher
A.wonderfully B.well C.greatly D.little
A.babies B.grown-ups C.women D.men
A.still B.next C.then D.yet
A.long B.broad C.narrow D.short
A.that B.when C.after D.before
A.basic B.strict C.final D.irregular
A.unusually B.differently C.little D.frequently
A.large B.new C.fixed D.small
A.take exams B.hold exams C.mark papers D.read papers
A.changed B.limited C.chosen D.controlled
For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5:30 a.m., except Sunday, and went to work. I__41__saw my father home from work ill. He had no hobbies, __42__taking care of his family.
For 22 years, __43__I left home for college, my father__44__me every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.. He was always interested in my__45__,or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__46__about his lot (生活状况) in life. The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states.
Nine years ago when I__47__my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent three days__48__my house. He would not__49__me to pay someone to have it done. All he __50__was a cup of tea, a paint brush and to talk to him. But I was too__51__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__52__to hold the brush, or talk to my father.__ 53__things happened several times later.
The morning on Sunday. January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me__54__,this time from my sister’s home in Florida. But the__55__came again at 4:40 p.m. that day. My father was in the__56__in Florida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤).I got on an airplane__57__, and on the way, I__58__of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father. I determined that when I arrived, I would__59__for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him.
I arrived in Florida at 11:30 p.m., my father had__ 60__at 9:12 p.m.. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or to wait for me.
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A.ever B.never C.always D.often
A.except B.rather than C.more than D.or rather
A.because B.before C.although D.since
A.visited B.praised C.telephoned D.met
A.work B.life C.study D.plan
A.worry B.care C.talk D.look
A.built B.found C.bought D.sold
A.repairing B.painting C.cleaning D.decorating
A.teach B.order C.force D.allow
A.asked B.kept C.ordered D.served
A.smart B.upset C.busy D.tired
A.practice B.task C.tea D.time
A.Different B.Similar C.Funny D.Strange
A.as usual B.in pain C.casually D.finally
A.call B.moment C.situation D.scene
A.church B.school C.home D.hospital
A.immediately B.happily C.gradually D.carefully
A.heard B.spoke C.thought D.demanded
A.take up B.make up C.turn up D.put up
A.started out B.given in C.passed away D.come back