When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter, he did not expect much. Yet right from the start, eight years ago, there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat. He her Inky.
“I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats playmates,” Kruger, the seventy-year-old man, says.“ My hearing was damaged by the
of farm equipment, so I learned to connect with . They react to what they see and what you do.”
Inky was a gentle cat. the house with five other cats. But on a January night in 2009, Inky did that would set her apart from
cats forever.
Kruger had gone down to the basement to the wood stove for the night. When he was finished, he to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so, he slipped and his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.
in a pool of pool on the basement floor, Kruger felt going into shock (休克). He shouted for help, his wife, Brenda, was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of the house. Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.
“Go get Brenda,” Kruger said to Inky.
Inky to the bedroom door and scratched until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the . Brenda found her husband
the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “ I spent six months there,” says Kruger. “Although I became lame, I was blessed.” Since the accident, Inky has left Kruger’s side.
A．gave B．chose C．named D．remembered
A．like B．as C．except D．among
A．sound B．alarm C．noise D．voice
A．animals B．friends C．farmers D．neighbours
A．sharing B．visiting C．dividing D．discovering
A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything
A．familiar B．lovely C．ordinary D．outstanding
A．shut out B．shut off C．shut down D．shut up
A．marched B．flew C．struggled D．climbed
A．bent B．hit C．shook D．pulled
A．Falling B．Lying C．Appearing D．Thinking
A．it B．itself C．him D．himself
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．Thus B．Otherwise C．Then D．Rather
A．walked B．ran C．returned D．withdrew
A．rapidly B．suddenly C．madly D．urgently
A．bedroom B．basement C．yard D．house
A．at the bottom of B．in the middle of C．at the top of D．in the front of
A．regretting B．resting C．relaxing D．recovering
A．never B．ever C．still D．already
完形填空：（共20小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
During my second year of college I was looking around for a place to live. One Sunday after church the pastor(牧师) told me to stay in his daughter’s room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year.
To be 21 , I really didn’t want to stay with “the pastor’s family”. He told me how much the 22 would be — a very low figure that 23 one home-cooked meal a day. I thought about the 24 and decided to move in.
At the end of the term I had planned to find 25 living place, since the daughter was to 26 home. To my delight, they 27 that I share a room with their son. I seemed to have been adopted into their 28 —her people. I 29 accepted the offer.
As I emptied the daughter’s bedroom, I thought it might be 30 to have a little sister to look after. But when I later met my new sister, I 31 that she was more independent than I first 32 .
We finally feel in love, 33 , and have looked after each other for many years. There have been times that life turned out more 34 than either of us could have known. But we have always been able to go 35 largely because we knew that we are deeply 36 .
It isn’t about marriage …it’s about 37 . It’s about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as 38 as family. It’s about anybody who can say, “I’ll be 39 —you can count on me. I’ll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me.”
Is there somebody you can depend on? And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is40 to look after, and when someone is looking after us.
| 21. |
A. honest |
B. surprised |
C. friendly |
D. please |
| 22. |
A. price |
B. rent |
C. money |
D. pay |
| 23. |
A. had |
B. included |
C. made |
D. contained |
| 24. |
A. idea |
B. plan |
C. service |
D. offer |
| 25. |
A. same |
B. different |
C. another |
D. extra |
| 26. |
A. return |
B. go |
C. get |
D. leave |
| 27. |
A. ordered |
B. agreed |
C. arranged |
D. suggested |
| 28. |
A. house |
B. family |
C. group |
D. friends |
| 29. |
A. happily |
B. sorrowfully |
C. evidently |
D. efficiently |
| 30. |
A. bad |
B. exciting |
C. nice |
D. strange |
| 31. |
A. realised |
B. thought |
C. knew |
D. doubted |
| 32. |
A. saw |
B. told |
C. imagined |
D. believed |
| 33. |
A. separated |
B. parted |
C. left |
D. married |
| 34. |
A. smooth |
B. challenging |
C. hard |
D. different |
| 35. |
A. backward |
B. eastward |
C. forward |
D. westward |
| 36. |
A. hated |
B. cared |
C. felt |
D. liked |
| 37. |
A. friendship |
B. relation |
C. love |
D. family |
| 38. |
A. close |
B. good |
C. far |
D. long |
| 39. |
A. away |
B. out |
C. in |
D. around |
| 40. |
A. nobody |
B. somebody |
C. anybody |
D. everybody |
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中，选出最佳选项。
After years of searching, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well. “Ask the well what is 36 , ” he was advised, “and the well reveal (告诉，揭露) it to you.” Having found the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important 37 . And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroad, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”
Full of 38 the man ran to the crossroad to 39 only three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold 40 , and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to 41 much to do with the revelation of truth.
Disappointed, the seeker returned to the well to demand an 42 , but he was told only: “You will 43 in the future.”
As years went by, the 44 of his experience at the well gradually 45 until one night, while he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music 46 his attention. It was wonderful and it was 47 with great skill and inspiration.
Deeply 48 , the truth seeker felt drawn towards the 49 . He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful 50 : the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like 51 he had once seen in the three stores.
At last h
e understood the 52 of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our 53 is to assemble (聚集) and use them in the proper way. Nothing is 54 so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have 55 by considering the fragments alone.
A. truth B. hope C. future D. music
A. fact B. reason C. question D. well
A. energy B. hope C. mystery D. surprise
A. get B. count C. find D. open
A. instruments B. clothing C. food D. wood
A. connect B. have C. prepare D. offer
A. explanation B. advice C. excuse D. opportunity
A. succeed B. discover C. pay D. understand
A. bitterness B. failure C. memory D. secret
A. doubled B. forgot C. disappeared D. recovered
A. paid B. lost C. split D. caught
A. played B. broadcast C. enjoyed D. conducted
A. annoyed B. moved C. confused D. frightened
A. adviser B. director C. composer D. player
A. admiration B. distinction C. recognition D. imagination
A. those B. that C. it D. them
A. secret B. message C. theory D. benefit
A. target B. difficulty C. task D. shortcoming
A. interesting B. meaningful C. accessible D. successful
A. f
oreseen(预见) B. decided C. judged D. formed
完形填空：（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mitchell once had a very serious car accident. More than 65 percent of his 36was burnt. He was unable to 37a knife at dinner, or go to the bathroom without 38. But Mitchell never believed he was 39. “I am in charge of my own spaceship,” he said. “It’s my up or my down. I could 40to see this situation as a defeat 41a starting point.” Six months later Mitchell bought himself a plane and he was piloting it 42.
Later he 43with two friends and founded a food company that 44 to be Vermont’s second largest food company. Then four years 45the car accident, the plane Mitchell was piloting crashed. The accident made Mitchell unable to walk anymore. “I 46what was happening to me. What did I do to get this?”
Mitchell worked 47day and night to regain as much independence as possible. He was elected Mayor of Crested Butte, Colorado. He 48the town from mineral mining that would 49its beauty and environment.
Although he had 50looks and physical difficulties, Mitchell 51flying and speaking in public. “Before I 52walk, there were 10,000 things I could do,” Mitchell says, “Now there are 9,000. I can 53cry for the 1,000 I lost or focus on the 9,000 I have. I tell people that I have had two big bad lucks in my life. 54you think you also have bad lucks, you can step back, take a 55 view and have a chance to say, ‘Maybe that isn’t such a big deal after all.’ It’s not what happens to you; it’s what you do about it,”
| 36. |
A. car |
B. hand |
C. head |
D. body |
| 37. |
A. put up |
B. take up |
C. pick up |
D. set up |
| 38. |
A. help |
B. strength |
C. spirit |
D. pain |
| 39. |
A. burnt |
B. defeated |
C. touched |
D. hurt |
| 40. |
A. choose |
B. learn |
C. come |
D. manage |
| 41. |
A. and |
B. but |
C. or |
D. so |
| 42. |
A. yet |
B. again |
C. ever |
D. too |
| 43. |
A. appeared |
B. cheered up |
C. practiced |
D. teamed up |
| 44. |
A. seemed |
B. grew |
C. happened |
D. hoped |
| 45. |
A. after |
B. before |
C. till |
D. from |
| 46. |
A. understand |
B. asked |
C. wondered |
D. realized |
| 47. |
A. sadly |
B. bravely |
C. proudly |
D. kindly |
| 48. |
A. took |
B. accepted |
C. changed |
D. saved |
| 49. |
A. ruin |
B. produce |
C. attract |
D. serve |
| 50. |
A. amusing |
B. charming |
C. shocking |
D. moving |
| 51. |
A. stopped |
B. continued |
C. began |
D. tried |
| 52. |
A. could |
B. couldn’t |
C. must |
D. mustn’t |
| 53. |
A. only |
B. still |
C. thus |
D. either |
| 54. |
A. Though |
B. Unless |
C. When |
D. Since |
| 55. |
A. bigger |
B. wider |
C. louder |
D. deeper |
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，然后从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
In the wake of Chicago’s worst ever winter, when all of the rooftops were loaded, many overloaded with snow…Robert McGrath saw his wife run out to the backyard garage to 1some boxes．
Seconds later he heard the 2!
Looking out he saw the 3of the garage had caved in(下塌). McGrath did not 4for hat or coat…He ran from the house, 5a snow shovel, and called out for neighbors to 6．
Yelling and 7, with sweat freezing on his face---throwing snow and pulling away 8----he heard her voice and then saw her 9. He kept digging, throwing and pulling…
And within minutes he had his wife in his arms and was 10“Are you all right? Are you all right? I thought you were 11．Oh baby, I love you so much!” She was 12．
What Robert McGrath did not 13was this: Mrs. McGrath had gone into the garage through one door and 14through another. She was 15in the house when she looked out and saw her husband digging and16orders and throwing planks of wood，feverishly trying to 17her. She could not let her gallant(英勇) rescuer 18. So she put her coat on again and went outside and 19entered the garage through the 20door--and allowed her husband to be her hero．
36、 A、fetch B、put C、1ayD、fix
37、 A、overload B、accident C、crash D、falling
38、 A、doors B、roof C、top D、wall
39、 A、search B、look C、hesitate D、stop
40、 A、snatched B、grabbed C、robbedD、carried
41、 A、escape B、run C、help D、move
42、 A、digging B、working C、complainingD、crying
43、 A、bricks B、stones C、grass D、boards
44、 A、hand B、body C、face D、feet
45、 A、sobbing B、questioning C、tiredD、happy
46、 A、missing B、hidden C、crazy D、hurt
47、 A、excitedB、fineC、surprisedD、happy
48、 A、find B、mind C、know D、care
49、 A、away B、up C、off D、out
50、 A、safe B、waiting C、watching D、anxious
51、 A、receiving B、placing C、giving D、shouting
52、 A、pull B、rescue C、uncover D、protect
53、 A、inB、awayC、up D、down
54、 A、finally B、unexpectedly C、quietlyD、carefully
55、 A、back B、open C、frontD、broken
第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I got lots of interesting experiences in a free school. At first I couldn’t believe it. There were no 41in rows or loud-sounding bells, nor did anyone have to go to42. Although we lived “in”, 43made us go to bed at a certain time; there was no “ lights out”.
The 44thing was that practically all the students went to class, and very few people stayed up late at night. Only the new people stayed up or 45class. The new ones always went wild 46, but his wildness never lasted long. The freedom took some getting used to. Our teachers treated us like _47; never did we have to 48_“ stand up”, “ sit down”, “ speak out”. I don’t49one student who didn’t try his best.
The subjects were the same as those in the ___50_____ school, but what a difference in the method! For example, in botany (植物学) we had 51__ classes in the spring or fall, but instead we planted two gardens, a vegetable garden and a flower garden. Then in winter we each studied a few 52things about what we had grown. In math the students built three different sizes of storerooms---small ones 53, but usable. They did this instead of having lessons in the classroom. They really had a 54time, too, designing everything, drawing the blueprints(蓝图;设计图), figuring out the angles and so on. I didn’t take 55__ . But I could do the basic things with numbers. That’s 56.
57_ I think I am a58person for having gone to the school. I can read and write as well as anyone else of my age, and I think better. That’s probably a real big ___59between the free school and the regular school--- the amount of 60.
41.A.desksB. lights C. books D. windows
42.A. home B. bedC. class D. work
43.A. teachers B. parents C. nobody D. somebody
44.A. sad B. last C. good D. strange
45.A. attended B. took C. missed D. studied
46.A. from then on B. at first C. once more D. just then
47.A. workers B. pupils C. gardeners D. grown- ups
48.A. play B. say C. study D. understand
49.A. hear from B. feel likeC. think about D. know of
50.A. night B. regular C. small D. real
51.A. all B. short C. no D. indoor
52.A.wild B. successful C. interestedD. particular
53.A. as well B. after a whileC. of courseD. as a result
54.A. funny B. great C. convenient D. terrible
55.A. mathB. angle C. botanyD. gardens
56.A. uninteresting B. interestingC. enoughD. dangerous
57.A.On the whole B. Once again C. Sooner or later D. After a while
58.A. careful B. better C. busier D. lovely
59.A. problem B. chance C. difference D. change
60.A. readingB. gardening C. teaching D. thinking