Recently，we went on a vacation for a week that involved visiting four different ports in the sunny and warm climate of the Caribbean. There were____of laughter，fun，and great food. It’s a____thing when you go away that each day of the vacation also____to the end and a return to work.
It was twelve years since we went on a vacation，so this vacation was viewed with expectation of a great break away from my daily routine. And，we weren’t____．
But there was something very different about this vacation compared to those when we worked in a cooperative____．The main____was that when we returned，when the vacation was rapidly drawing to a close，we didn’t have the same feelings of____stress and dread (恐惧)．
In this most recent vacation，it wasn’t that we____enjoy the various fun and new activities，the break away from routine，the pleasure of touring different countries and cultures，the____to do what we wanted when we wanted，or the leisurely____of each day that was significant. What was significant was that we didn’t____ dread the last day of vacation. You see，we knew that we were____what we love to do not what we had to do.
The feelings experienced in the last couple of days of vacation were viewed with the same joy as the very first days. In previous times，the last days of vacation were dreaded. We experienced a mounting(日益严重的)____ of stress____we knew that a return to our field of employment was “work” and not____that we loved and thoroughly enjoyed.
The____is this：If you do what you love，it doesn’t matter____that a vacation has to end. If you love what you do you will not____yourself wishing for even a few more days of vacation，or wishing that you could____enjoying this vacation for much，much longer. A love of what you do____you back like a magnet.
A．moments B．possibilities C．situations D．ways
A．typical B．bitter C．wonderful D．funny
A．comes up B．counts down C．gives out D．dies away
A．satisfied B．tired C．disappointed D．optimistic
A．situation B．condition C．state D．environment
A．advantage B．problem C．difference D．drawback
A．approaching B．relieving C．bearing D．overcoming
A．necessarily B．thoroughly C．abundantly D．smoothly
A．opportunity B．desire C．possibility D．right
A．pattern B．pace C．lifestyle D．atmosphere
A．yet B．still C．also D．even
A．returning to B．submitting to C．turning to D．heading for
A．number B．knowledge C．sense D．awareness
A．although B．and C．because D．if
A．anything B．everything C．nothing D．something
A．lesson B．idea C．point D．solution
A．in the least B．for a moment C．after all D．at the most
A．let B．find C．make D．catch
A．maintain B．risk C．keep D．stop
A．draws B．holds C．pushes D．welcomes
Have you heard news 9 The price of petrol around the world is going down by 70% !
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第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5，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和D）出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn’t face my 1_____ apartment. Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the 2_____between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the 3____every time she leaned over to talk to him. 4_____ he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such 5____ in a public place? I thought the movie would be good for my English, but 6_____ it turned out, it was an Italian movie. 7____ about an hour I decided to give up on the movie and 8_____ on my popcorn. I’ve never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good, 9____. Afetr a while I heard 10____ more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the 11____ of the popcorn crunching(咀嚼) between my teeth. My thought started to 12 _____. I remembered when I was in South Korea, I 13 ____ to watch Kojak on TV frequently.
He spoke perfect Korean-I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me, 14____I saw him again in NewYork speaking 15_____English instead of perfect Korean. He didn’t even have a Korean accent and I 16_____like I had been betrayed(背叛). When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. 17____we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very 18_____ and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to 19____ in a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it 20_____ out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We’ve been speaking Korean at home ever since.
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A．warm B．hot C．heated D．cool
A．crack B．blank C．break D．opening
A．seat B．view C．space D．angle
A．while B．whenever C．or D．and
A．attraction B．attention C．affection D．motion
A．since B．when C．what D．as
A．Within B．After C．For D．Over
A．set B．chew C．fix D．taste
A．too B．still C．though D．certainly
A．much B．any C．no D．few
A．voice B．sound C．rhythm D．tone
A．wonder B．imagine C．wander D．depart
A．enjoyed B．happened C．turned D．used
A．until B．because C．then D．therefore
A．false B．informal C．perfect D．practical
A．felt B．looked C．seemed D．appeared
A．While B．Before C．If D．Once
A．empty B．quiet C．noisy D．calm
A．telling B．shouting C．saying D．speaking
A．worked B．got C．came D．made
An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her 31 mother with whispered desperation, " 32 a miracle can save him now", the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She 33 all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she 34 her way six blocks to the local drugstore.
"And what do you want?" asked the chemist.
"It’s 35 my little brother," the girl answered back. "He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a 36 . His name is Andrew and he has something 37 growing inside his head and my daddy says a miracle can save him."
"We don’t 38 miracles here, child. I’m sorry," the chemist said, smiling 39 at the little girl.
In the shop was a 40 customer. He stooped down and asked the little girl, "What kind of miracle does your brother41 ?"
"I don’t know," she replied. "He’s really sick and mommy says he needs 42 . But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my 43 ."
"How much do you have?" asked the man.
"One dollar and eleven cents, 44 I can try and get some more," she answered quietly.
"Well, what a coincidence（巧合）," smiled the man. "A dollar and eleven cents — the 45 price of a miracle for little brothers. 46 me to where you live. I want to see your brother and 47 your parents."
That man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon. The operation was completed without 48 and it wasn’t long 49 Andrew was home again and doing well.
The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost ... one dollar and eleven cents ... plus the 50 of a little child.
31. A. tearful B. hopeful C. helpless D. kind
32. A. Simply B. Just C. Only D. More than
33. A. drew B. pulled C. put D. poured
34. A. followed B. made C. took D. found
35. A. toB. as C. for D. on
36. A. hope B. doctor C. favor D. miracle
37. A. bad B. small C. extra D. impossible
38. A. have B. offer C. sell D. store
39. A. gently B. sadly C. strangely D. coldly
40. A. well-dressed B. kind-hearted C .cold-blooded D. absent-minded
41. A. have B. need C. care D. like
42. A. a doctor B. a surgeon C. an operation D. a kindness
43. A. savingsB. wishes C. ideas D. suggestions
44. A. since B. as C. after D. but
45. A. same B. exact C. properD. necessary
46. A. Show B. Help C. Take D. Follow
47. A. help B. encourage C. persuade D. meet
48. A. difficulty B. delay C. charge D. result
49. A. until B. unless C. after D. before
50. A. cleverness B. faith C. courage D. devotion
An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her 31 mother with whispered desperation, " 32 a miracle can save him now", the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She 33 all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she 34 her way six blocks to the local drugstore.
"And what do you want?" asked the chemist.
"It’s 35 my little brother," the girl answered back. "He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a 36 . His name is Andrew and he has something 37 growing inside his head and my daddy says a miracle can save him."
"We don’t 38 miracles here, child. I’m sorry," the chemist said, smiling 39 at the little girl.
In the shop was a 40 customer. He stooped down and asked the little girl, "What kind of miracle does your brother41 ?"
"I don’t know," she replied. "He’s really sick and mommy says he needs 42 . But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my 43 ."
"How much do you have?" asked the man.
"One dollar and eleven cents, 44 I can try and get some more," she answered quietly.
"Well, what a coincidence（巧合）," smiled the man. "A dollar and eleven cents — the 45 price of a miracle for little brothers. 46 me to where you live. I want to see your brother and 47 your parents."
That man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon. The operation was completed without 48 and it wasn’t long 49 Andrew was home again and doing well.
The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost ... one dollar and eleven cents ... plus the 50 of a little child.
31. A. tearful B. hopeful C. helpless D. kind
32. A. Simply B. Just C. Only D. More than
33. A. drew B. pulled C. put D. poured
34. A. followed B. made C. took D. found
35. A. toB. as C. for D. on
36. A. hope B. doctor C. favor D. miracle
37. A. bad B. small C. extra D. impossible
38. A. have B. offer C. sell D. store
39. A. gently B. sadly C. strangely D. coldly
40. A. well-dressed B. kind-hearted C .cold-blooded D. absent-minded
41. A. have B. need C. care D. like
42. A. a doctorB. a surgeon C. an operation D. a kindness
43. A. savingsB. wishes C. ideas D. suggestions
44. A. since B. as C. after D. but
45. A. same B. exact C. properD. necessary
46. A. Show B. Help C. Take D. Follow
47. A. help B. encourage C. persuade D. meet
48. A. difficulty B. delay C. charge D. result
49. A. until B. unless C. after D. before
50. A. cleverness B. faith C. courage D. devotion