Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing ____ was something she picked up by herself. After her first____, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. ____, writing stories was simply a ____ interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher. ____, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long ____ and paid Tracy a $ 15,000 advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for ____ writer.”
____ Tracy’s characters are interesting, her stories sometimes ____ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could ____ the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”
“Can I ? I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have ____ when things come to me ____. “Once, she was wondering how to complete a ____ set in ancient China. ____ the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ____. It came without her having ____ it.
Though she has published 45 books, Tracy has remained ____ by her fame. She lives in the same ____ she lived 27 years ago — although in a more comfortable home. There’s more room for ____ in her life — and it wasn’t just __ __.
A．practice B．experience C．skill D．method
A．job B．effort C．duty D．task
A．Instead B．Then C．Certainly D．Normally
A．general B．deep C．lively D．personal
A．Interested B．Anxiously C．Seriously D．Encouraged
A．story B．film C．program D．article
A．a foreign B．a popular C．an unknown D．an unusual
A．Now that B．Even though C．Just because D．Except that
A．find B．turn C．hold D．leave
A．connect with B．make up C．control D．explain
A．events B．moments C．feelings D．chances
A．as gifts B．from a distance C．by accident D．for no reason
A．description B．condition C．scene D．talk
A．Surprisingly B．Fortunately C．Expectedly D．Suddenly
A．cooking B．medicine C．history D．play
A．ordered B．sent C．realized D．known
A．determined B．excited C．unchanged D．unmoved
A．life B．way C．house D．city
A．success B．joy C．work D．variety
A．reporting B．fun C．luck D．writing
完形填空：（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Once upon a time, bee-keepers killed their bees every autumn. Why, you 26ask. Well, the answer is this. To get some 27, bee-keepers and farmers used to 28 small wooden boxes in a corner of the farmyard. Bees would come and 29 the box with honeycomb. 30 , there was no way of getting the honey out 31 killing the bees. So they used to burn a chemical 32 the box in order to kill the bees and then take the honey.
Now, bee-keepers 33 beehives to collect honey. In the beehive there are a number of wooden 34 with spaces between them 35 can be lifted out. In later summer, the squares, which are now 36 of honeycomb are lifted out. The squares are put in 37 special machine and turned round and round very fast for several minutes. Turning the squares round and round 38 this 39 out the honey. Then the honey is collected and 40 jars. After that the empty squares are returned to the hive for the bees to fill with honey the following year.
26. A. need B. may C. should D. must
27. A. honey B. bees C. honeycomb D. space
28. A. put in B. put away C. put off D. put out
29. A. fill B. cover C. supply D. satisfy
30. A. Still B. And C. However D. So
31. A. for B. in C. by D. without
32. A. on B. close to C. in the front of D. far from
33. A. want B. take C. use D. expect
34. A. squares B. boxes C. sticks D. bowls
35. A. many B. they C. it D. which
36. A. full B. filled C . afraid D. emptied
37. A. the B. a C. another D. 不填
38. A. for B. in C. like D. to
39. A. forces B. makes C. helps D. drives
40. A. led into B. brought into C. poured into D. got into
完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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 1 was twelve years old，my family were the first black people to move into an
a11-white part of Grand Rapids，Michigan．Many of our new36_weren’t very welcoming. Some of the adults said 37 that we should return where we came from．The 38sometimes threw stones at me or 39me home from school．
Most of my teachers 40ignored me，but not Dorothy Bean，my history teacher．Miss Bean was angry at how badly 1 was being 41，but she didn’t say this to me．Miss Bean showed her 42for me by teaching me just like anyone else．43being unnoticed，1 was given a 44to show that 1 was smart．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me 45for myself． She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult 46 ．Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France?
Why? She 47 me to have an opinion and to be able to 48it up．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real 49to Success in learning.
One day，when 1 was not 50in class，Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at
me．Unbelievably，the eraser hit me right on the hand and 51my pencil flying．The
whole class was 52at first，then started laughing．This incident became famous in the school and， 53it happened to me，the students wanted to get to 54，So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target，and how I became just another 55in school．
36．A．friends B．relatives C．fellows D．neighbors
37．A．kindly B．pitifully C．angrily D．anxiously
38．A．seniors B．children C．enemies D．elders
39．A．drove B．took C．helped D．carried
40．A．hardly B．simply C．suddenly D．widely
41．A．taught B．fooled C．picked D．treated
42．A．dislike B．thanks C. respect D．gifts
43．A．Instead of B．In memory of C．In case of D．In spite of
44．A．question B．chance C．test D．place
45．A．careB．100k C．work D．think
46．A．exams B．history C．questions D．books
47．A．persuaded B．forced C．allowed D．expected
48．A．back B．set C．shut D．give
49．A．notice B．key C．attention D．attitude
50．A．looking up B．paying attention C．reading aloud D．getting along
51．A．sent B．found C. saw D．kept
52．A．moved B．calmedC．worried D．shocked
53．A．when B．once C．because D．whether
54．A．ask B．know C．punish D．admire
55．A．kid B．problem C. teacher D．example
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。
One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I 16 the car by the roadside, across the street from where she worked, and 17 her.
As I looked outside the car window 18 my right, there was a small park 19 I saw a little boy around two years old, 20 freely on the grass as his mother watched him from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face 21 he had just been set free from some sort of prison. The boy would then fall to the grass, get up and without 22 run as fast as he could again, still with a smile on his face, as if 23 had happened.
However, with kids (especially at the early age)，when they fall down, they don’t perceive their falling down as a 24 , but instead, they treat it as a learning experience, as just another 25 . They feel compelled to try and try again 26 they succeed. The answer must be that they have not 27 “falling down” with the word “failure” yet. Thus they don’t know how to feel the state which 28 failure. What’s more, they probably think that it is perfectly Okay to fall down, and that it’s not 29 to do so. In other words, they give themselves 30 to make mistakes subconsciously. Thus they remain 31 .
While I was touched by the boy’s persistence, I was 32 touched by the manner in which he ran. With each 33 , he looked so confident and so natural. No 34 of fear, nervousness, or being discouraged — as if he didn’t 35 the world around him. His only aim was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could. I learned a lot from that observation and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my many pursuits in life.
16. A. packed B. parked C. refueled D. cleaned
17. A. called for B. looked for C. waited for D. searched for
18. A. to B. in C. at D. for
19. A. where B. which C. what D. that
20. A. walking B. running C. smiling D. playing
21. A. as if B. even if C. only if D. what if
22. A. doubt B. hesitation C. mercy D. effect
23. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
24. A. catastrophe B. difficulty C. success D. failure
25. A. outcome B. outline C. output D. outbreak
26. A. unless B. after C. until D. before
27. A. communicated B. associated C. accommodated D. contrasted
28. A. acquires B. accumulates C. accomplishes D. accompanies
29. A. good B. interesting C. right D. wrong
30. A. permission B. admission C. comprehension D. impression
31. A. discouraged B. encouraged C. regretful D. happy
32. A. simply B. extremely C. equally D. especially
33. A. run B. success C. attempt D. smile
34. A. scenes B. marks C. signals D. signs
35. A. care about B. look about C. care for D. think about
For some time I’ve had a church member provide me with a rose to pin on my suit every Sunday. __1__ I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not__2__ much of it. It was a nice gesture that became__3__. One Sunday, however, what I considered__4__ became very special.
As I was leaving the Sunday service, a little boy__5__ and said, “Sir, what are you going to do with your flower?” “Do you__6__ this?” I said, pointing to the rose pinned to my coat.
He said, “Yes sir. I would like it if you are__7__ going to throw it away.” The little boy said, “Sir, I’m going to give it to my granny. My mother and father got_8__ last year. I was living with my mother, but I could not__9__, so she sent me to live with my grandmother. She has been so good to me that I want to give that pretty flower to her for__10__ me.”
When the little boy finished I could hardly__11__. My eyes filled with tears and I knew I had been touched in the__12__ of my soul. I reached up and__13__ my flower. With the flower in my hand, I looked at the boy and said, “Son, that is the__14__ thing I have ever heard, but you can’t have this flower because it’s not__15__. If you’ll look in front of the platform, you’ll see a big__16__ of flowers. Different families buy them for the__17__ each week. Please take those flowers to your granny because she__18__ the very best.”
If I hadn’t been__19__ enough already, he made one last statement and I will always treasure it. He said, “What a__20__ day! I asked for one flower but got a beautiful bouquet.”
1. A. Because B. Although C. If D. Once
2. A. speak B. think C. remind D. care
3. A. rule B. practice C. custom D. routine
4. A. valuable B. useless C. ordinary D. normal
5. A. approached B. stopped C. interrupted D. followed
6. A. notice B. see C. like D. mean
7. A. always B. just C. ever D. already
8. A. divorced B. lost C. disturbed D. troubled
9. A. stand B. understand C. stay D. help
10. A. comforting B. adopting C. supporting D. loving
11. A. move B. speak C. breathe D. refuse
12. A. depths B. back C. bottom D. corner
13. A. uncovered B. unloaded C. unpinned D. unwrapped
14. A. sweetest B. nicest C. saddest D. strangest
15. A. real B. fresh C. expensive D. enough
16. A. pile B. bouquest C. collection D. chain
17. A. relatives B. old C. poor D. church
18. A. deserves B. proves C. sounds D. matches
19. A. challenged B. surprised C. touched D. taught
20. A. sunny B. special C. lucky D. wonderful
It was a bright Saturday morning in the late fall. I had stopped at a café to enjoy a cup of coffee and__1__ the morning newspaper. Suddenly, I__2__ a hand on the back of my jacket and heard someone say, “Hey Steve! How ya doin’?”
__3__ up, I saw a boy wearing a mechanic’s uniform worn by employees of the gasoline station next to the café. He looked__4__, but, at first, I was unable to__5__ where we had met.
He also held a cup of coffee, so I asked him to join me. Very soon, his__6__ and probably my coffee began to thaw(解冻) out my__7__.
Five years earlier, he had been traveling home late on a February night. A fierce__8___ had arrived that afternoon, and by midnight, the snowdrifts were getting__9___. He recalled__10__ a drift just down the road from my house.
He had walked to my house for__11__. I had taken my pickup and a tow-rope and__12__ his car out of the snowdrift and up to the highway where maintenance(维护) trucks had__13___ away the snow.
This has been a__14__ occurrence here during the winter. I cannot__15__ the times someone has also pulled my car from a snowdrift.
___16__, it was an unforgettable experience for him, and his memory of our unexpected meeting in a snowstorm__17__ my entire day.
Leo Buscaglia wrote, “Too often we underestimate(低估) the__18_ of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment(赞扬), or the smallest act of__19__, all of which have the potential to turn a__20__ around.”
1. A. preview B. scan C. order D. buy
2. A. noticed B. got C. caught D. felt
3. A. Looking B. Standing C. Rising D. Glaring
4. A. sensitive B. friendly C. familiar D. grateful
5. A. reflect B. determine C. regain D. recall
6. A. story B. experience C. appearance D. greetings
7. A. heart B. feeling C. memory D. wonder
8. A. sandstorm B. snowstorm C. hurricane D. rainfall
9. A. high B. slippery C. thin D. deep
10. A. blocking B. hitting C. knocking D. crashing
11. A. help B. advice C. emergency D. shelter
12. A. pulled B. dragged C. pushed D. dug
13. A. collected B. cleared C. threw D. melted
14. A. basic B. common C. forgettable D. practical
15. A. count B. keep C. master D. predict
16. A. Besides B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise
17. A. covered B. influenced C. brightened D. filled
18. A. meaning B. relation C. value D. power
19. A. caring B. offering C. sharing D. forgiving
20. A. course B. fate C. truth D. life