Last spring, I was fortunate to be chosen to participate in an exchange study program. In my application letter, I was careful to how much I wanted to see France; evidently, my excitement really came through in my words. Once I that I was going, all I could think about was the fun of foreign travel and making all sorts of new and friends. While traveling was inspiring and meeting people was , nothing about my term in France was what I .
The moment I arrived in Paris, I was by a nice French couple who would become my host parents. My entire experience was joyous and exciting I received some shocking news from my program coordinator（协调人）: there had been a death in my host parents’ extended family. They had to travel outside France for several weeks. That afternoon, I had to out of one family’s house into another. The exchange coordinator told me I’d have a this time and asked whether I could share a bedroom with an English speaker. To avoid the temptation(诱惑) to my native language, I asked not to be with an English-speaking roommate. When I got to my new room, I myself to my new roommate Paolo, a Brazilian（巴西人） the same age as I, whom I was surprised to find playing one of my favorite CDS! In just a few hours, we knew we’d be good friends for the rest of the .
I left France with many , so when people asked me what my favorite part of the trip was, they are always to hear me talk about my Brazilian friend Paolo and scores of weekdays in class, weeknights on the town, and weekends France we enjoyed together. I love how people seem so different, but end up being so . The most valuable lesson I gained from studying in France wasn’t just to respect the friend people to respect all people, for your next best friend could be just a continent away. I would recommend an exchange program to anyone who wants to experience foreign cultures and gain meaningful .
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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，
选出最佳选项。
Cats have no emotions . At least, that's what my husband once claimed. I 36 that my two cats experience emotions. They feel anger, fear, and 37 . He agreed with me, but 38 his opinion that cats don't feel love. 39 , my tuxedo cat, Sebastian, would teach him otherwise.
When my next-door neighbor moved in, he had a she cat named Juliet. She was an indoor lady, always watching 40 through the window.
Then one day when I 41 my cat to the backyard for his playtime, Sebastian 42 Juliet gazing at him behind the window. It soon became 43 that they were attracted by each other. So every day thereafter, whenever I let Sebastian out, he would rush 44__to the backyard next-door and they would sit gazing 45 at each other through the screen, she inside, and he outside. Even my husband watched 46 , and he would murmur, "But cats can't feel love... can they?"
Five months later, my neighbor had to 47 because of work. My heart sank. I wondered how Sebastian would 48 to Juliet's leaving.
For months after Juliet moved away and the new neighbor moved in, I often 49 Sebastian sitting by Juliet's window, looking into the apartment 50 his lady. The new neighbor didn't mind having the "Peeping Sebastian" after I 51 his reason for being there.
Sebastian 51 the small area outside that window as his territory. Other male cats were allowed in the 53 , but not near Juliet's window, which he guarded until his 54 .
Even now, when my husband and I walk through the backyard and see that window, he 55 me of the lesson Sebastian taught him... that cats do indeed fall in love.
36. A. argued B. quarreled C. suggested D. discussed
37. A. energy B. power C. strength D. happiness
38. A. referred to B. prepared for C. stuck to D. approved of
39. A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Meanwhile
40. A. the environment B. the sky C. her owner D. her boyfriend
41. A. forbade B. prevented C. accompanied D. left
42. A. called attention to B. caught sight of C. took charge of D. paid a visit to
43. A. ambitious B. doubtful C. skeptical D. obvious
44. A. secretly B. straight C. quietly D. worriedly
45. A. lovingly B. angrily C. hungrily D. greedily
46. A. in trouble B. in sorrow C. in amazement D. in horror
47. A. settle B. travel C. apologize D. move
48. A. react B. reply C. reduce D. replace
49. A. took B. caught C. met D. sensed
50. A. in place of B. on the basis of C. in search of D. on account of
51. A. explained B. requested C. blamed D. asked
52. A. discovered B. reformed C. preserved D. marked
53. A. street B. backyard C. window D. village
54. A. birthday B. departure C. death D. arrival
55. A. reminds B. informs C. tells D. accuses
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
As the drought（干旱） continued to seem to be endless, a small community of mid-west farmers were wondering what to do next. The rain was important not only to keep their crops 36 , but to support the townspeople's way of 37 . Since the problem needed immediate 38 , the local church felt it was time to call a prayer meeting to ask for 39 .
In what seemed an unclear remembrance（纪念） of a Native American 40 , the people began to arrive. After they were all 41 , the pastor（牧师）on his arrival watched as the townspeople continued to arrive. He slowly 42 his way to the front to officially 43 the meeting.
Everyone was taking the opportunity to 44 with close friends. When the pastor 45 the front, his thoughts were on quieting those 46 and starting the meeting.
47 he began to ask for quiet, his eyes 48 through the crowd and he took 49 of an eleven year-old girl sitting in the front row.
Her face was shining 50 excitement and she 51 sat in her place. Next to her, was abright red umbrella, 52 for use. The beauty and innocence（纯真） of the girl made the pastor smile as he 53 the faith she had. No one 54 at the meeting had brought a/an 55 .
They had all come to pray for rain, but she had come expecting God to answer with the needed rain.
36.A. wealthy B. healthy C. powerful D. necessary
37.A. work B. entertainment C. stay D. life
38.A. attention B. solution C. fiction D. conservation
39.A. rain B. help C. money D. advice
41.A. covered B. crowded C. occupied D. seated
42.A. found B. struggled C. felt D. made
43.A. end B. close C. begin D. hold
44.A. talk B. tell C. say D. drink
45.A. arrived B. reached C. got D. hurried
46.A. possible B. patient C. pure D. present
47.A. As B. Until C. Though D. Unless
48.A. got B. went C. looked D. saw
49.A. hold B. sight C. notice D. glance
50.A. for B. with C. by D. at
51.A. quietly B. calmly C. anxiously D. worriedly
52.A. eager B. ready C. curious D. awful
53.A. recognized B. promised C. realized D. allowed
54.A. even B. else C. stillD. also
55.A. apron B. raincoat C. record D. umbrella
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A、B、C、D四个选项，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My baby Rob, the youngest of my three sons, was starting kindergarten. I had already 36 this twice before, but this time it was more difficult.
What if he was scared? What if he missed me? I decided to do the grown-up thing and not tell him how I 37. I assured him that 38 would be just fine.
The night 39 school started, Rob and I sat down. I hugged him and asked if he had any questions about what he could expect tomorrow ... “I’m 40 excited, Mommy, but I’m a little 41 about what I should do 42 I miss you,” he said sheepishly （胆怯地）.
I had just the 43 for him.
I 44 my hand and showed him a new, shiny penny. “This is a 45 magic penny. If you’re scared or if you 46 me, just put your hand in your pocket and 47 this lucky penny. 48 you hold it and 49 me, I will know and be thinking about you , too.”
It was absolutely 50. I’d be thinking about him every minute.
The next day as he 51 his schoolroom, he looked back at me. My baby looked so sure of himself. I smiled back at him and hoped that he didn’t see the 52 in my eyes.
The hours moved slowly but finally it was time to pick him 53. “I had a great day!” he 54. “There were a few times I was worried, but I held on to my lucky penny and that made me feel better.”
After about a week I found it on his dresser. I guessed he was secure enough in his new situation that he didn’t 55 it anymore.
I, on the other hand, kept it in my pocket for a few more days.
36. A. looked intoB. gone throughC. turned into D. brought out
37. A. escaped B. leftC. arrivedD. felt
38. A. everythingB. nothingC. someoneD. something
39. A. afterB. untilC. beforeD. till
40. A. reallyB. seldomC. possiblyD. hardly
41. A. worriedB. disappointedC. pleasedD. angry
42. A. unless B. whenever C. thoughD. if
43. A. replyB. answer C. key D. result
44. A. closedB. coveredC. openedD. hid
45. A. lightB. roundC. cheap D. lucky
46. A. rememberB. seeC. miss D. refuse
47. A. hold on toB. take awayC. get backD. take care of
48. A. Some times B. Every timeC. Any timeD. At times
49. A. turn downB. refer toC. think of D. look up to
50. A. falseB. trueC. impossible D. uncertain
51. A. leftB. passedC. cleaned D. entered
52. A. bloodB. waterC. tearsD. sweat
53. A. outB. upC. inD. away
54. A. cheeredB. signed C. criedD. whispered
55. A. forgetB. respectC. helpD. need
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41-60各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项
Football is, I suppose, the most popular game in England; one has only to go to one of the important matches to see. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see 37_ there, shouting or cheering for one side or _38 _.
One of the most 39 _ things about football in England to a 40_ is the great 41 of the game which even the smallest boy seems to _ 42 _. He can tell you the names of the players in 43 of the important teams. He has 44 of them and knows the results of many matches. He 45 tell you proudly who he expects will 46 a game, and his opinion is 47 right.
Most schools in England _ 48 _ football seriously-- 49 seriously than all the others 50 lessons are the most important. In England, it is 51 that education is not only an activity of filling a boy's _ 52 _ with facts in a classroom, education also 53 character training; and one of the best ways to do this is to play 54 games. The school 55 arranges games and matches for its pupils. Football is a good game for the body, 56 and a quick brain. As a result, it is the school's favourite game in winter.
37. A. all them B. them of all C. all of whom D. them all
38. A. another B. other C. the other D. two
39. A. surprising B. exciting C. moving D. puzzling
40. A. neighbour B. stranger C. native D. relative
41. A. consideration B. invention C. knowledge D. decision
42. A. belong to B. grasp C. hold D. have
43. A. more B. most C. few D. mostly
44. A. faces B. papers C. photos D. records
45. A. will B. may C. should D. must
46. A. have B. win C. defeat D. beat
47. A. ever B. seldom C. usually D. once
48. A. regard B. see C. worry D. take
49. A. much more B. much C. very D. very much
50. A. which B. where C. that D. as
51. A. guessed B. decided C. believed D. made
52. A. mind B. head C. brain. D. thought
53. A. means B. takes C. appears D. proves
54. A. team B. personal C. single D. serious
55. A. stillB. therefore C. somehowD. never
56. A. feet B. running C. skill D. sight
第二节完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
A Washed Day
In the faint light of the attic（阁楼）, an old man, bent down and made his way to a pile of boxes . Brushing aside a lot of 36 , he began to lift out one old 37 after another.
He 38 opened the long buried treasures and soon was 39 in a sea of memories.
Setting 40 one of the dusty albums, he pulled from the box what to be a 41 from his grown son's childhood. He 42 not recall ever having seen it before, 43 that his son had ever kept a journal. Opening the 44 pages, he glanced over a short reading, and his 45 curved in an unconscious smile. 46 his eyes brightened as he read the words. It was the voice of the little boy who had grown up far too fast in this 47 house, and whose voice had grown fainter and fainter over the 48 . The words of a six-year-old 49 the old man back to a time 50 totally forgotten.
Reminded that he had kept a daily journal of his 51 activities over the years, he closed his son's journal. Opening a glass cabinet door, he reached in and 52 an old business journal. Then he sat down at his desk and 53 the two journals beside each other. As he opened his journal, the old man's eyes fell upon several words that 54 . In his own neat handwriting were these words:
55 the whole day fishing with Jimmy. Didn't catch a thing. With a deep sigh and a shaking hand, he took Jimmy's journal and found the boy's entry for the same day: Went fishing with my dad. Best day of my life.
36.A. sweat B. water C. dust D. rain
37.A. diary B. album C. book D. dictionaries
38.A. carefully B. carelessly C. casually D. anxiously
39.A. surprised B. disappointed C. interested D. lost
40.A. aside B. up C. off D. out
41.A. photograph B. letter C. journal D. card
42.A. could B. would C. should D. might
43.A. and B. so C. but D. or
44.A. colored B. yellowed C. turned D. touched
45.A. nose B. eyes C. ears D. lips
46.A. Thus B. Then C. Even D. However
47.A. very B. just C. poor D. big
48.A. hours B. weeks C. months D. years
49.A. forced B. carried C. left D. made
50.A. seldom B. hardly C. almost D. never
51.A. politics B. business C. science D. holiday
52.A. pulled up B. Pulled off C. pulled out D. pulled over
53.A. placed B. threw C. hid D. read
54.A. picked out B. stood out C. worked out D. took out
55.A. Spend B. Enjoyed C. SparedD. Wasted