A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent parent meeting. To the little boy’s , she said she would go. This be the first time that his classmates and teacher his mother and he felt of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕)that nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬)and himself from everyone. He did, however, get within of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked , “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was afraid to go in because the fire was ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She the burned side of her face. “This scar will be , but to this day, I have never what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand for the rest of the day.
A．disappointment B．enjoyment C．surprise D．excitement
A．would B．could C．should D．must
A．noticed B．greeted C．accepted D．met
A．sick B．ashamed C．afraid D．tired
A．included B．passed C．covered D．shaded
A．talk about B．think about C．care about D．hear about
A．impressed B．surprised C．excited D．comforted
A．in sight of B．by means of C．by way of D．in spite of
A．hid B．protected C．separated D．escaped
A．understanding B．reminding C．hearing D．learning
A．carefully B．seriously C．nervously D．anxiously
A．As B．When C．Since D．While
A．so B．much C．quite D．too
A．out of control B．under control C．in control D．over control
A．helpless B．hopeless C．senseless D．useless
A．pointed B．showed C．wiped D．touched
A．ugly B．lasting C．serious D．frightening
A．forgot B．recognized C．consider D．regretted
A．honor B．sense C．happiness D．pride
A．quietly B．slightly C．tightly D．suddenly
完形填空(共10小题, 每小题2分，共20分)
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能正确填入相应空格的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
What kind of car will we be driving in 2020? Rather different from the___31___we know today, with the next 12 years bringing greater changes than the past 60. The people who will be___32___the models of tomorrow believe that___33___problems may well increase the speed of the car’s development. Today they are students on the___34___design course at London’s Royal College of Art.
Their imagination is of a machine with three wheels instead of four, 35___powered, environmentally friendly , and able to drive itself along___36___roads equipped with built-in power supplies. Future cars will___37___their fuel during long journeys from power companies built into the road, or store it in small quantities for travelling in the street.
This view of the future car is___38___on a much more super road system, with strips built into motorways to supply power to vehicles passing along them. Cars will not need drivers, because computers will provide safe driving control and route finding. All the driver will have to do is to say where to go and the computer will do the rest. It will become___39___for cars to crash into one another. The___40___already exists for the car to become a true automobile in the future.
31. A. designB. typeC. colour D. size
32.A. studying B. sellingC. buyingD. designing
33. A. socialB. political C. environmental D. scientific
34. A. transportB. industry C. agriculture D. spaceship
35. A. specially B. chemicallyC. automatically D. electrically
36. A. modern B. wideC. safe D. intelligent
37. A. take in B. cut downC. pick up D. gain over
38. A. basedB. built C. accepted D. operated
39. A. possibleB. impossibleC. necessary D. unnecessary
40. A. result B. rule C. materialD. technology
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。
A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager 36 him , then watched him cleaning the floor as a 37.
"You are 38 ." he said. Give me your e-mail address 39 I'll send you the application to 40, as well as the date when you may start.
The man replied, "But I don't have a computer, neither an e-mail".
"I'm sorry"', said the HR manager." 41 you don't have an email, that 42 you do not exist. And anyone who doesn't exist cannot have the job."
The man left the office, 43 . He didn't know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10kg tomato crate（柳条箱）. He then sold the tomatoes in a door-to-door round. In less than two hours, he 44 doubling his capital. He 45 the operation three times, and returned home with $60. The man realized that he can 46 in this way, and started to go earlier every day, and return late. 47, his money doubled or tripled（增至三倍） every day. 48 , he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet （车队）of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the 49 food retailers（零售商） in the US.
He started to plan his family's 50, and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker（经纪人）, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was 51, the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, "I don't have an e-mail." The broker said 52, "You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded in building an empire. Can you 53 what you 54 have been if you had an e-mail?!!"
The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be a(n) 55 at Microsoft!"
36.A. introduced B. interviewed C. examined D. invited
37.A. game B. test C. favour D. reward
38.A. employed B. received C. fired D. checked
39.A. or B. so C. and D. but
40.A. put up B. make up C. take in D. fill in
41.A. If B. Although C. Though D. Even though
42.A. means B. suggests C. reminds D. explains
43.A. excited B. frustrated C. amazed D. satisfied
44.A. tried B. attempted C. succeeded D. failed
45.A. realized B. contacted C. reviewed D. repeated
46.A. contribute B. donate C. survive D. react
47.A. Instead B. Otherwise C. Thus D. But
48.A. Shortly B. Regularly C. Occasionally D. Naturally
49.A. fastest B. biggest C. oldest D. highest
50.A. health B. fortune C. success D. future
51.A. interrupted B. recovered C. continued D. concluded
52.A. curiously B. happily C. nervously D. patiently
53.A. believe B. imagine C. predict D. indicate
54.A. could B. should C. must D. need
55.A. manager B. boss C. office boy D. political leader
第二节完形填空(共20小题；每题1．5分，共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，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I recently heard a story about a very famous research scientist。who was interviewed by a newspaper reporter．He was asked 36 he was able to be so much more creative than the
37 person
He responded that it all came from an 38 with his mother when he wasyoung．He tried to
39 a bottle of milk from the fridge when he lost his firm 40 onl the slippery bottle，spilling
the milk all over the kitchen floor! 41 yelling at him Or scolding him，his mother said，“Rob—
eric，what a great and 42 mess you hav'e made!I have 43 Seen such a huge pool of milk．
Well，the44has already been done．Would you like to45 with the milk for a few minutes
before we clean it up?”
46，Robert did．After a few minutes，his mother said，“Robert，whenever you make a
me88 like this，you 47 to clean it up．So，how would you like to do that?We would 48a
sponge(海绵)，a towel or a mop．Which do you 49 ?”He chose the sponge and together they
cleaned up the spilled milk．His mother then said，“You know，what we have here is a difficult experiment in how to50 early a big milk bottle with 51 hands．Now，let’s discover a way to Carry it without 52 it．”The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the 53 near the lip with both hands，he could carry it 54．
Wouldn，t it be great if all parents would55 the example of Robert’s mother?
36．A．why B．when C．whether D．where
37．A．otherB．average C．simple D．clever
38．A．idea B．accident C．event D．experience
39．A．open B．put C．remove D．catch
40．A．hold B．hand C．support D．body
41．A．Beyond B．After C．In spite of D．Instead of
42．A．bad B．beautiful C．aiay D．terrible
43．A．never B．already C．hardly D．ever
44．A．experiment B．art C．work D．damage
45．A．swim B．play C．sit D．draw
46．A．However B．Maybe C．Indeed D．Finally
47．A．try B．have C．decide D．want
48．A．make B．clean C．Use D．find
49．A．prefer B．1ike C．Think D．take
50．A．slowly B．quickly C．Slightly D．effectively
51．A．tiny B．big C．Cold D．warm
52．A．10sing B．doing C．Stopping D．dropping
53．A．bottom B．foot C．Corner D．Top
54．A．tightly B．safely C．Successfully D．Slightly
55．A．make B．follow C．Take D．match
三．完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26-35题所给的A.Ｂ.Ｃ和Ｄ四个选项中，选出最佳
选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. However，it has
been said that today children 26 their education to go to school. The __27 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.
Education is 28 _, compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place
_29_, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the __30___ learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class. 31 _the experience of schooling can be known in advance, and education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a _32_ may lead to a person to discover how 33 he knows of another country . People obtain (获得) education from 34 on. Education, then, is a very ___35__ and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.
A. impress B. interrupt C. issue D. incense
A. difference B. importance C. use D. problem
A. unexpected B. endless C. countless D. simple
A. anywhere B. anywhere else C. somewhere D. somewhere else
A. part- time B. public C. standard D. strict
A. If B. Because C. SoD. Though
A. neighbor B. friend C. foreigner D. teacher
A. wonderful B. well C. greatly D. little
A. babies B. grown –ups C. women D. men
A. long B. broad C. narrow D. short
完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分,满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的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。
My first full time job after high school was selling vacation packages via telephone for a well-known company. One day, the dialer ____36____ me to a man who answered the phone and ____37_____ a bit out of breath. I started with my normal pitch（推销）, and _____38____ to hear the normal, "I don't want any," and be hung up on.
Instead he spoke in a low, weak voice and told me how he wished he could take a ____39_____ like the one I was offering, but couldn't ____40_____ he was dying of emphysema (肺气肿). He ____41_____ how he was on oxygen, and it took almost all his ____42_____ just to get to the phone to answer the call. I ____43_____, and my heart fell into my stomach. He asked me if I smoked, which I did, and then begged me to stop. He told me smoking is ____44_____ was killing him, and how horrible it was. He told me to ____45_____ every day with my loved ones, and tell them all the time how much I love them.At this ____46_____, I was in tears, and couldn't control myself, and he could tell.
After a few moments, I decided to write down his name and ____47_____, and just send him a card telling him that I ____48_____ his advice and that I would pray for him and his family. Shortly after, I received a nice letter back from Frank, along with a picture of himand his wife. We continued to write back and forth over the next few months or so, and became very ____49_____ of each other. He was old enough to be my grandfather, and in many ways, I felt ____50_____ he was.
It was about a year later I received a letter from his wife, and when I started to read it, my eyes were filled with tears. She told me how Frank's ____51_____ with the disease had finally come to an end, and he ____52_____ shortly before Christmas. She wanted to thank me for the letters I had written to Frank, and then explained how Frank touched many lives over the years. At his ____53_____, to show just that, they read the 1st letter I had written to Frank to show how he ____54_____ a 19 year old he had ____55_____ even met.
I will never forget how much that meant to me.
36. A. took B. connected C. accompanied D. led
37. A. felt B. looked C. sounded D. proved
38. A. expecting B. wondering C. considering D. worrying
39. A. break B. rest C. change D. vacation
40. A. because B. though C. while D. before
41. A. described B. exposed C. explained D. expressed
42. A. power B. energy C. strength D. force
43. A. apologized B. excused C. pardoned D. forgave
44. A. that B. what C. which D. how
45. A. take B. cost C. pay D. spend
46. A. point B. case C. way D. situation
47. A. number B. hobby C. address D. whish
48. A. agreed B. appreciated C. followed D. approved
49. A. interested B. content C. fond D. curious
50. A. if only B. even if C. only if D. as if
51. A. battle B. strike C. defense D. working
52. A. gave away B. turned away C. took away D. passed away
53. A. birthday B. funeral C. ceremony D. performance
54. A. changed B. improved C. affected D. promoted
55. A. always B. seldom C. ever D. never