I was very shy when I was little. One day in class, my teacher asked me a . I didn’t know the answer to it. Then I said something that sounded very to my classmates. They all laughed. From that day on, I always to be quiet in class.
When I was thirteen years old, my family moved to a city, so I went to a new school. On the first day, my dad and I our house late. When I arrived at the school, the class had begun. I walked in and found the entire class was me. This frightened me. For the next couple of classes I just sat .
Mrs Smith, a kind-hearted teacher in my new class, noticed I was quiet. She decided to me. The next day in her class, she handed out a piece of to everyone. What I saw on the paper made my heart beat ; it was an activity where you had to people if they had or did any of those things listed on the paper. This meant that I had to talk to those strangers I wanted to finish it. At first, I just stood there not what to do, but then I thought, “What if I actually tried to to people? Then maybe I would make some at this school.” I encouraged myself and finally talking with other students. Sure enough, those “strangers” turned out to be really and helpful. They invited me to with them after class. These people are my friends today. We often hang out together.
If you’re just like I used to be, don’t be afraid to talk to others. They can be very nice and may become your friends.
A．suggestion B．favor C．secret D．question
A．boring B．strange C．funny D．fancy
A．wanted B．started C．chose D．dreamed
A．beautiful B．new C．good D．small
A．left B．came C．found D．rebuilt
A．looking at B．looking for C．laughing at D．shouting at
A．quietly B．nervously C．happily D．straight
A．forget B．attract C．surprise D．help
A．plastic B．paper C．cake D．rubber
A．better B．slower C．faster D．later
A．explain B．show C．tell D．ask
A．though B．if C．unless D．so
A．knowing B．thinking C．studying D．noticing
A．lie B．talk C．run D．walk
A．plans B．differences C．friends D．changes
A．finished B．enjoyed C．continued D．started
A．naughty B．brave C．nice D．clever
A．live B．play C．fight D．study
A．also B．never C．hardly D．still
A．shy B．calm C．active D．selfish
第二节完型填空（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
For much of our life, my mother and I hated each other. I spent most of my childhood 36 with her – or trying to avoid her, as well as her bitterness, unhappiness and endless smoking. I learned how to defend myself with 37 designed to hurt her. In turn, she vowed I would have a 38 who would feel the way about me that I felt about her.
Many years later when my husband and I decided to have a child, I was 39 to have a girl. I couldn’t 40 the though of a daughter who might not love me – or who would want to 41 me. As soon as I became pregnant, I was convinced I was having a boy. In the delivery room, on my doctor putting my baby into my arms, I couldn’t wait to tell my mother I had a 42 , while “he” was a girl. At that moment, I couldn’t imagine wanting anyone but her.
43 I couldn’t forget my mother’s teasing vow, even after she died and I saw her in a more 44 light. As my daughter got older, whenever we argued, I worried we were 45 the same awful path that my mother and I had gone down.
Last summer, my daughter 46 18, the same age when my mother threw me out of her apartment for 47 . However, I was with her, planning for her first year at college. When my husband and I dropped her off at her school in New York, I finally 48 to her my biggest fear that we would end up like me and my mother. “That will never happen.” she 49 me, kissing me goodbye. Six weeks later, my husband and I returned to the campus. I 50 myself arguing with my daughter about her messy room, not using the library and her mistake of choosing the room near the bathroom. I couldn’t stop myself. And then 51 came: “You’re just like your mother,” my daughter screamed. “I hate you.” And then she 52 .
I finally heard the words I had always dreaded. But maybe that was because I 53 them. I had always worried the bond I shared with my daughter would 54 . later that evening, we picked my daughter up to a restaurant. We ate 55 . But when we separated, I hugged her. The next morning, she called telling she loved me. There wasn’t anything to be afraid of anymore. There was just a relationship we should work on with each other.
36．A．sharing B．playing C．communicating D．fighting
37．A．actions B．activities C．words D．weapons
38．A．husbandB．friend C．child D．daughter
39．A．afraid B．unlucky C．uncertain D．willing
40．A．have B．bear C．hold D．afford
41．A．love B．escape from C．obey D．keep from
42．A．daughter B．son C．baby D．life
43．A．Furthermore B．But C．And D．Or
44．A．bright B．annoying C．understanding D．unfriendly
45．A．on B．in C．at D．along
46．A． became B．grew C．went D．turned
47．A．good B．nothing C．my good D．all
48．A．presented B．told C．admitted D．informed
49．A．promised B．pardoned C．referred D．reflected
50．A．wanted B．asked C．forced D．found
51．A．it B．she C．they D．that
52．A．walked away B．looked away C．gave awayD．stormed away
53．A．deserved B．demanded C．equaled D．appreciated
54．A．tear B．break C．crash D．last
55．A．in vain B．in general C．in silence D．in brief
三、完型填空（共30分）
Jenna, a popular girl from Westood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new 36in high school.
37 , high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛) for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be 38 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the 39 read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 40 as the list ended without her name. Feeling 41 , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was 42 . She moved on to English and history, and was 43 to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to 44 math for the time being.
The next day Jenna went to see Mrs Biden about being on the school 45 . Mrs Biden wasn’t as 46 as Jenna. “ I’m sorry, but we have enough 47 for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll take then.” Jenna smiled 48 and left. “Why is high school so 49 ?” she sighed.
Later in 50 class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 51 . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to 52 at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to 53 . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 54 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the 55 fish you can be.”
36. A. processes B. decisions C. challenges D. exercises
37. A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides
38. A. difficult B. easy C. boring D. interesting
39. A. editorB. boss C. candidate D. judge
40. A. jumped B. sank C. stopped D. raced
41. A. strange B. happy C. awful D. lonely
42. A. struggling B. improvingC. working D. complaining
43. A. ashamed B. disappointed C. shocked D. relieved
44. A. put up B. prepare for C. worry about D. give up
45. A. committee B. newspaper C. radio D. team
46. A. enthusiastic B. artistic C. sympathetic D. realistic
47. A. speakers B. readers C. cheerleaders D. writers
48. A. widely B. weakly C. excitedlyD. brightly
49. A. similar B. ordinary C. different D. familiar
50. A. physics B. history C. English D. math
51. A. pleasure B. hope C. trouble D. sorrow
52. A. fit in B. look out C. stay up D. get around
53. A. swim B. try C. ask D. escape
54. A. in return for B. in case of C. in terms of D. instead of
55. A. slimmest B. smallest C. best D. gentlest
Ⅱ 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节完形填空 (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21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Before a master of performance performed, his pupil told him that his shoelace (鞋带) was loose. The master nodded, __21__ him, and then squatted (蹲下) down to tie it carefully.
After his pupil turned round, he again squatted down and __22__ his shoelace.
A looker-on saw all these things and asked the master with a confused __23__, "Master, why loose shoelace again?" The master answered, "Because the person that I play in the performance is a __24__ traveler. The long and difficult __25__ makes his shoelace loose, and his tiredness and emaciation (憔悴) can be __26__ from this detail." "Why not tell your pupil directly?"
"He can discover that my shoelace is loose carefully, and tell me enthusiastically. I must __27__ this kind of enthusiasm and encourage him in time. __28__ why to untie the shoelace, there will be more __29__ to teach him how to perform in the future. I can say to him next time.
The teacher is a real talented master of performance. To educate his pupils he can perform both on the __30__ and in everyday life.
21. A. praised B. thanked C. encouraged D. appreciated
22. A. tied B. broke C. loosed D. removed
23. A. smile B. voice C. expression D. question
24. A. tired B. excited C. experienced D. confused
25. A. performance B. preparation C. interview D. journey
26. A. reduced B. shown C. increased D. cancelled
27. A. avoid B. keep C. protect D. prevent
28. A. As for B. Instead of C. As if D. In case of
29. A. situations B. lessons C. conditions D. opportunities
30. A. train B. stage C. plane D. playground
第二节完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分, 满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从41～55各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Saint-Ex back from the dead
The French Government confirmed last Wednesday that pieces found at the bottom of the Mediterranean belonged to a plane piloted by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, one of France's most beloved authors. The discovery throws some 41 on Saint-Exupery's mysterious disappearance about sixty years ago.
The author of "The Little Prince" disappeared completely during World War II while 42 a group of men for the Allies (联盟)over 43 of France on July 31, 1944. But in May 2000, a professional diver discovered the remains of a Lockheed Lightning P38 plane thrown here and there on the seabed in 70 metres of water 44 the French port of Marseilles. A state ban (禁令) on 45 dives in the area delayed further searches until October 2003. At that time, a salvage (打捞)team 46 pieces of the aircraft's landing parts and engine. One of the pieces 47 a maker's number. It wasn't until last Wednesday that the researchers 48 confirmed that it belonged to Saint-Exupery’s plane.
Saint-Exupery was 44 when he 49 out to photograph parts of southern France in 50 for the Allied landings there, but was never seen again. Repeated searches of the coast 51 to turn up the aircraft, leaving the author's disappearance 52 in mystery. The discovery was a dream for 53 , even if it did not explain why the plane came down.
Saint Exupery was a great adventurer whose life and 54 turned him into one of the country's biggest heroes. "The Little Prince" is a tale about a little boy who tells his 55 to a pilot he meets in the Sahara Desert.
41.A. ideas B. light C. thought D. views
42.A. sending B. seeing off C. flying D. being together with
43.A. the east B. the west C. the northD. the south
44.A. alongB. off C. overD. to
45.A. late B. immediate C. further D. new
46A. searched B. got C. found out D. recovered
47.A. got B. boreC. made D. put
48.A.surely B. carefully C. completely D. finally
49.A. sent B. flew C. turned D. came
50.A. preparation B. search C. group D. secret
51.A. succeededB. failed C. gotD. missed
52.A. recoveredB. covered C. unknownD. known
53.A. dives B. France C. authors D. historians
54.A. books B. stories C. plane D. war
55.A. discoveries B. authorC. experiences D. searches
第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，从A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
It was getting colder as my family ran out of the church, eager to get home. Across the street was a gas station where the bus 36 . It was closed for Christmas, but we noticed a family 37 outside the locked door, shaking in the rain. We talked about why they were there but soon I 38 all about them
When we got home，we received a call from my grandparents, 39 us to their house for the Christmas dinner. As we 40 through town, I noticed that the family was still there, standing outside the gas station
“Look at the children! That's just my 41 childhood. I must do something.” With these words，my father pulled off the road, and I saw the whole family: the parents and three children.
Rolling down his window，my father asked, “Waiting for the 42 ?”
“Yes.” the father replied _ 43 , “We're going to the nearby town where I have a brother and maybe a chance of 44 _. Out of work for two months now.”
“Well, that bus won't come for several hours, and you're getting _45 standing here.” my father 46 . “Why not get in the car and I'll drive you there．”
The man thought for a moment，and then he 47 . Once they got in，my father looked back _48 his shoulder and asked the children if Santa Claus had found them yet. The 49 faces gave him the answer
“Well，when I saw Santa Claus this morning,” my father said, winking (眨眼) at us, “he asked me if he could leave your toys at 50 .We'll just go to get them 51 I take you to your destination.”
All at once, the children's 52 lit up，and they began talking and laughing
When we got to our house, they 53 straight to the toys in our Christmas tree. One of the girls took Jill's doll. The little boy grabbed Sharon's ball．And the other girl picked up something of mine
It happened a long time ago, but I still remember the 54 on their faces. That was the Christmas when my sisters and I 55 the joy of making others happy
36．A．travelled B．stayed C．stopped D．left
37．A . sitting B．standing C．holding D．keeping
38．A．cared B．arguedC．worried D．forgot
39．A．inviting B．introducingC．telling D．forcing
40．A．flew B．drove C．raced D．walked
41．A．lucky B．surprising C．difficultD．frightening
42．A．bus B．time C．train D．help
43．A．warmly B．gently C．shyly D．angrily
44．A．a job B．a dinner C．a friend D．a present
45．A．comfortable B．sad C．wet D．warm
46．A．explained B．suggested C．ordered D．decided
47．A．added B．sighed C．nodded D．refused
48．A．on B．to C．from D．over
49．A．excited B．disappointedC．worried D．interested
50．A．the station B．the bus C．my car D．my house
51．A．before B．if C．once D．when
52．A．words B．faces C．lives D．feelings
53．A．turned B．jumped C．ran D．moved
54．A．anger B．surpriseC．tears D．smiles
55．A．learned B．practicedC．recognized D．made