A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards(胡须) sitting in her front yard. She said, “I don’t think I you, but you must be hungry. Please and have something to eat.”
“Is the man of the house ?” they asked. “No,” she replied(答复), “He’s out.” “Then we cannot come in,” they replied. In the evening when her came home, she told him had happened. “Go tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited the men in. “We do not go into a house ,” they replied. “Why is that?” she asked.
One of the old men explained, “His name is Wealth(财富),” he said, one of his friends, “and he is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and your husband which one of us you want in your home.”
The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was . “How nice!” he said. “Since(既然) that is , let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!” His wife . “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?” Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own , “Wouldn’t it be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love.” “Let us our daughter-in-law’s advice,” said the husband to his wife. “Go out and invite to be our guest.” The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our .”
Love got up and walking toward the house.
The other two also got up and followed him. , the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?”
The old men replied together, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, two of us would have stayed out, but since you Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”
A．like B．know C．recognize D．need
A．go out B．get away C．get up D．come in
A．in B．out C．away D．off
A．friend B．father C．brother D．husband
A．what B．that C．which D．why
A．one by one B．one after another C．alone D．together
A．laughing at B．looking at C．pointing to D．staring at
A．argue with(争论) B．discuss with C．debate with(辩论) D．quarrel with(争吵)
A．excited B．surprised C．shocked D．tired
A．the situation B．the position C．the case(情形) D．the point(要点)
A．agreed B．appreciated(欣赏) C．nodded D．disagreed
A．suggestion B．decision C．solution D．explanation(解释)
A．discuss B．take C．consider D．ignore(忽视)
A．Success B．Wealth C．Love D．them
A．friend B．relative C．son-in-law D．guest
A．started B．stopped C．continued D．enjoyed
A．Pleased B．Surprised C．Worried D．Disappointed
A．others B．another C．other D．the other
A．invited B．invite C．had invited D．will invite
A．Wherever B．However C．Whenever D．Whatever
三、完形填空（共15小题; 每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从34-48题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
She watched her little girl at play through her window. Memories 34 back to her childhood.
She remembered that when she was a little girl, her mother would kiss her face every night when she was about to go to bed with her toys. 35 , she left home when 36 to college. Then she got married. Her work and family 37 her from visiting her mum, who is now living alone.
Thinking of this, she realized that she hadn’t 38 her mum for a long time. So she 39
the phone.
“Dear, I miss you,” there came her mum’s 40 . “Someone said that I should give you a
41 before you left home, but I didn’t. I want to kiss you now, but I can’t do it through a phone.”
“You kissed me every night when I was 42 ,” she said in a low voice.
“You’re right, honey. Those days were so nice. But I feel 43 now when looking through your bedroom window.”
Tears rolled down her cheeks. Not knowing how to comfort her, she hung up 44 .
She picked up her pen and wrote a letter to her mum.
Dear Mum,
Thank you for what you’ve done for me. There’s no greater love than yours. Mum, you may not know how many times I saw you watch me play. The 45 that you looked through is the same one that God looked in. He saw you by my bed each night when you’d tenderly tuck me in (把被子盖好). But since I was 46 at that time, I didn’t know how great this love was. It is not until I have my own 47 to tuck in, to watch through the window 48 I understand your love for me. We are the same now. So Mum, please don’t feel lonely; you know I’ll always be there.
34. A. flooded B. turned C. left D. entered
35. A. Actually B. Instead C. However D. Generally
36. A. awarded B. admitted C. allowed D. carried
37. A. caught B. protected C. took D. prevented
38. A. heard B. called C. remembered D. watched
39. A. hung up B. put up C. picked up D. set up
40. A. voice B. noise C. shout D. laughter
41. A. letter B. ring C. chance D. kiss
42. A. back B. home C. away D. out
43. A. excited B. terrified C. lonely D. upset
44. A. in relief B. in a hurry C. in a way D. in peace
45. A. door B. window C. phone D. home
46. A. loved B. tired C. young D. old
47. A. toy B. boy C. mother D. child
48. A. that B. what C. who D. which
三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从34－48各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
If we really want to be happy, why do we complain all the time in our daily life? We can be active in our life by setting goals and going 34 what we want. But if we’re always expressing complaints, we can not really live 35 .
If you don’t believe me, 36 how many times you complain about something or other in one day. Whether it is being stuck in traffic, being bothered by the weather, or whatever it is, there are endless 37 where you can find a reason to complain. But it’s not just outside circumstances 38 we complain about. We also complain about 39 . We complain constantly that we don’t have enough time, that we don’t have enough money and that we’re not 40 enough, cool enough, or just enough.
Most of us have experienced plenty of unpleasantness 41 complaining about things we can’t control, so do I. And I 42 really thought about it much until I found the website about “living in a complaint-free world”, which 43 my attitude towards life.
Imagine how 44 you would be if you simply stopped being a complainer. 45 of what you complain of is outside of your control anyway. 46 , it is no use thinking about something you have no power to change. When you 47 that you’re complaining, stop and ask yourself if you would rather complain, or be happy.
In our daily life, we have many choices. As Dale Carnegie puts it, any fool can criticize and complain but it takes character and 48 for the wise persons to live a complaint-free and happy life.
34. A. without B. against C. after D. over
35. A. effectively B. normally C. casually D. honestly
36. A. scan B. evaluate C. witness D. count
37. A. effects B. cases C. consequences D. anecdotes
38. A. that B. which C. where D. what
39. A. yourselves B. themselves C. oneself D. ourselves
40. A. clumsy B. attractive C. neat D. awesome
41. A. due to B. in addition to C. by means of D. in spite of
42. A. ever B. even C. never D. once
43. A. reflected B. strengthened C. abandoned D. changed
44. A. awkward B. confident C. awful D. cheerful
45. A. Few B. Little C. Much D. Many
46. A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Anyway
47. A. guarantee B. determine C. realize D. recommend
48. A. dignity B. self-control C. judgement D. affection
第二节完形填空（20小题，每题1.5分，共30分）
I work in a company in India. And it has___36____in Germany and the UK, so I __37___take business trips to these places. We have a(n)__38__at the office by which anybody coming back to India from a foreign countr gets chocolates for all the__39___. Naturally the chocolates are finished___40___because everyone loves them and____41____to grab as many as possible. I had noticed that the housekeeping staff(勤杂人员)___42___in our company never got to__43___even a single chocolate.
Recently,I came back to__44___after a month-long trip from MUNICH and I’d bought a lot of chocolates for the office staff. I called over___45___of the housekeeping staff members called Babu. I gave him a box of chocolates and told him to distribute it ___46___among the housekeeping staff. His face immediately broke into a wide smile and this made me__47__.
But the story doesn’t___48____here. The best part of it all was that Babu actually distributed the chocolates among everyone equally,___49___giving extra choclates to a woman who has a 5-year-old son. It was so___50___for me to see this. I find it really___51____to understand how we, who have the money to buy chocolates and other goodies, do not even feel like__52___and just think how much we can grab. ___53___, Babu, who earns only just about enough to raise his family, was so__54___and did not even keep one extra chocolate for himself.
It made me__55____one simple question: Which is better, having a little less money but being kind and generous or having lots of money but being selfish?
36. A. goverments B. machines C. branches D. buildings
37. A. seldom B. frequently C. hardlyD.never
38. A. order B. theory C. example D. tradition
39. A. employees B. children C. leaders D. managers
40. A. at a time B. in time C. in no time D. on time
41. A. pretends B. fails C. hesitates D. tries
42. A. studying B. working C. playing D. helping
43. A. taste B. smell C. buy D. make
44. A. Germany B. England C. India D. China
45. A. those B. onesC. that D. one
46. A. unfairly B. equally C. extremely D.secertly
47. A. happy B.sad C. disappointed D. frightened
48. A.start B. continue C. end D. last
49. A. still B. yetC. instead D.even
50. A.tiring B. touching C. worrying D.interesting
51. A. easy B. funny C. hard D. strange
52. A.sharing B. dividing C. changing D.enjoying
53. A. What’s more B. In reality C. Worse still D. On the other hand
54. A. diligent B. generous C. brave D.intelligent
55. A. make up B. figure out C. think of D. take off
第二节完形填空（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21 – 40 各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
As Christmas drew near, Ursula was faced with just that problem. She had come to live in an American home and learn English. 21 _, she would mind the children and 22_ anything she was asked.
One of her tasks was to keep track of 23 Christmas presents. Ursula did this faithfully, but she became increasingly 24 . What could she buy for her 25 with the little money she had that would compare with the gifts she was recording daily? 26 ,even without any of the 27 _, her employer seems to have everything.
Ursula _28 long and hard. On Christmas Eve, she went to a 29_. She moved slowly through crowds of shoppers, _30 things in her mind. Finally she bought a baby dress. She immediately called 31 . “Excuse me, please, can you help me find a poor family with a baby?” “A poor family?” said the 32 driver. “Yes, a very poor family.” Ursula told the man of what she was trying to do. He 33 in silence, and then said, “I know a family who 34 just about everything.”
When they reached a 35 the driver said, “They live on the third floor.” Ursula shook her head, “Would you take this dress to them and tell them it’s from someone ... someone who has everything.”
Early the next day, Ursula 36 everyone for the presents she received. Then, she began to 37 . why there seemed to be none 38 her. She told about what she did the night before. When she finished, there was a long 39 . “You see,” she added, “I try to do a kindness in your 40 .And this is my Christmas present to you.”
21. A. In return B. As a result C. By the way D. In a sense
22. A. try B. learn C. teach D. do
23. A. delivering B. mailing C. arriving D. sending
24. A. excited B. worried C. tired D. interested
25 A. American family B. own family C. friends D. classmates
26. A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. Besides D. However
27. A. goods B. kindness C. gifts D. help
28. A. talked B. worked C. waited D. thought
29. A. store B. neighborhood C. street D. church
30. A. selecting B. matching C. remembering D. organizing
31. A. a shop B. a taxi C. her employer D. her parents
32. A. delighted B. anxious C. surprised D. respectful
33. A. noticed B. listened C. got out D. carried on
34. A. buys B. has C. uses D. needs
35. A. garage B. building C. station D. yard
36. A. thanked B. encouraged C. praised D. admired
37. A. settle B. repeat C. argue D. explain
38. A. to B. for C. from D. by
39. A. delay B. silence C. time D. break
40. A. case B. opinion C. memory D. name
II.完形填空
John lived all alone because his wife had died. He had worked hard as a tailor all his life, but misfortune had left him penniless. He had16 sons, but they only had time to17 and eat dinner with their father once a week.
18 the old man grew weaker and weaker, and his sons came by to see him less and less. He often worried19 would become of him, until at last he thought of a plan.
The next morning he went to see his friend, the carpenter, and asked him to make a large20. Then the locksmith, and asked him for an old21 . Finally the glassblower for all the broken pieces of glass he22 . The old man took the chest home, filled it to the33 with broken glass, locked up tight and put it beneath his24 .
“What’s in this chest?” his sons asked, looking under the table.
“Oh, nothing,” the old man replied, “just some things I’ve been25 .” They kicked it and heard a rattling inside. “It must be full of all the gold he’s saved over the years,” they26 to one another.
So they talked it over and realized they needed to27 the treasure. They decided to28 living with the old man, and29 they could look after him, too. So the first week the youngest moved in, the second week the middle and the third week the eldest. This30 for some time.
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At last the old father died. The sons gave him a very31 funeral, for they knew there was a32 sitting beneath the kitchen table. When the33 was over, they hunted through the house until they found the key, and unlocked the chest. To their astonishment, they found nothing but broken glass. But they didn’t give up, and the eldest son turned over the chest to make sure if there was something valuable34 among the broken glass. On the bottom he found an inscription35 : Honor Your Father And Mother.
16． A．four B．two C．three D．five