When I come across a good article while reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the ________ side is more interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to ________ in good health, or ________ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to _______ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text ________ the title. Therefore, the scissors (剪刀) would ______ before they start, ________ halfway done when I find out the _______ result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your ________. You can only take up one of them; the other has to wait to be ________ up. But you know the future is unpredictable (不可预测的)-the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left ________. Thus you are ________ in a difficult position and feel sad. How come that nice chances and brilliant ________ should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life ________ greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what ________ is like: we are often ________ with the two opposite sides of the thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only ________ we get into another. The ________ may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I ________ remember a philosopher’s remarks that “When one door shuts, another opens in life”. So a casual (随意的) ________ may not be a bad one.
A．front B．same C．either D．opposite
A．get B．keep C．form D．bring
A．advice B．news C．a theory D．a report
A．suffer B．reduce C．prevent D．cause
A．on B．for C．without D．off
A．use B．handle C．prepare D．stay
A．or B．but C．so D．for
A．satisfying B．regretful C．surprising D．impossible
A．courage B．strength C．attention D．patience
A．given B．held C．made D．picked
A．near B．alone C．about D．behind
A．filled B．attracted C．caught D．struck
A．knowledge B．ideas C．feelings D．beliefs
A．improves B．changes C．progresses D．goes
A．study B．society C．nature D．life
A．faced B．supplied C．connected D．fixed
A．before B．after C．until D．as
A．following B．next C．above D．former
A．still B．also C．once D．almost
A．treatment B．action C．choice D．remark
完形填空（共15题，每小题2分，共30分）
My best friend is Cocoa, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment. Cocoa is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady, so you can see we both qualify as 11citizens.
He is a 12 companion. He does many amusing things that make me13, and when that happens, he is so delighted14 he just keeps it up.
But one afternoon, Cocoa started acting strangely. I was sitting on the floor playing with him,15 he started pawing and smelling at the right side of my16. He had never done anything like this ever before, and I told him, “No.” To Cocoa, one “no” is usually17 , but not that day. He stopped briefly, and then18 ran toward me, throwing his entire weight at the right side of my chest. He crashed into me and I cried in19, falling down to the floor. Soon after this, I felt a lump (肿块). I went to my doctors, and after X-rays 20and lab work were done, they told me I had cancer.
When cancer starts, a21of calcium (钙) builds. Then the lump or cancer attaches itself to this wall. When Cocoa jumped on me, the force of the impact broke the lump away from the wall. This made it possible for me to22the lump.
I had a complete mastectomy (乳房切除术) and the cancer has not23 to any other part of my body. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone undetected even six more months, it would have been too24.
Was Cocoa 25of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do know is that Cocoa not only shares his life with me, he has also made sure that I will be around to share my life with him!
11 A. good B. standard C. senior D. great
12 A. wonderful B. tiring C. hungry D. bad
13 A. leave B. cry C. laugh D. jump
14 A. as B. when C. and D. that
15 A. when B. then C. though D. as
16 A. chest B. body C. shoulder D. arm
17 A. right B. good C. enough D. unexpected
18 A. hurriedly B. rudely C. slowly D. suddenly
19 A. pain B. surprise C. trouble D. danger
20 A. experiments B. researches C. tests D. papers
21 A. wall B. cancer C. body D. number
22 A. watch B. have C. get D. notice
23 A. ran B. kept C. entered D. spread
24 A. common B. late C. much D. early
25 A. ashamed B. aware C. afraid D. tired
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3l-40的相应位置上。
Traditional Chinese culture places much emphasis（重视）on food. Considered to be an important part of each day, __31 __(eat) is far beyond simply meeting a need. However, people are living in fast-paced society now, so they hardly have time to enjoy their food. They need fast food. That is _32_ China’s fast-food market expands.
A foreign fast-food restaurant __33__（call）KFC arrived in China first, quickly followed by _34_ such as Pizza Hut and McDonald’s. __35__ the development of China, foreign fast-food chains are realizing high-speed __36__ (grow) in China. However, these “junk foods” have long been criticized by health experts because __37__ can’t provide balanced nutrition(营养). The experts also show that some foreign fast food contains a food colouring, Sudan I , __38___can cause cancer.
In fact, China has many of its own traditional fast-food dishes. Among them, dumplings, soybean milk and noodles are __39__ most popular. Compared with foreign fast food, those traditional ones are healthier. __40__ many Chinese still enjoy the special taste and the good environment in the foreign fast-food chains even though there exist some potential（潜在的）risks.
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。
When I was a kid, I got interested in astronomy（天文学）. I used to __21__how big the universe might be and what are “ __22__ ” the stars. But as I grew up, I hardly had any time to __23 __ my hobby because of too much work. In 2007 I found an astronomy magazine and got attracted to astronomy again. However, I didn’t have much time for my __24__ . Many times I would like to observe an object in the night sky, but I was either too __25__or busy working, or I had to look after my kids. So I __26 _ them to observe the stars together with me and I even read kids’ astronomy books to them. By having a common hobby we spent time together and we all found it __27__ .
While reading astronomy books, I figure out how many interesting things there are outside of this planet. I __28__ that the information opens a door to a huge world of interesting things.
I enjoy astronomy as a hobby and I recommend it to everyone. Just __29 _you and your family sitting together watching the stars and talking in the __30__ on a summer night! How cool it will be!
21. A. teach B. wonder C. discuss D. find
22. A. near B. over C. below D. behind
23. A. develop B. meet C. tell D. stop
24. A. exams B. magazines C. hobby D. music
25. A. tired B. excited C. curious D. puzzled
26. A. ordered B. advised C. begged D. encouraged
27. A. necessary B. interesting C. boring D. useful
28. A. realize B. remember C. admit D. expect
29. A. consider B. remind C. imagine D. support
30. A. library B. cafe C. playground D. yard
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to 36a different life. It was a transitional(过渡的) time in Daniel’s life. I wanted to 37him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the 38time I had let such moments pass.
When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, “What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?” Then he walked 39the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar 40played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him41and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words 42me.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those 43opportunities. How many times have I let such moments 44? I don’t find a quiet moment to tell him what they have 45to me. Or what he might want to face in the years46. Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? 47as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always 48never hearing him put his 49into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so 50to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. “Daniel,” I said, “If I could have picked, I would have picked you.” That’s all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world 51, and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn’t understand what he was saying. All I was 52of was the stubble(短须) on his chin as his face pressed 53mine. What I had said to Daniel was 54. It was nothing. And yet, it was 55.
36. A. experienceB. spendC. enjoy D. shape
37. A. showB. give C. leave D. instruct
38. A. last B. first C. very D. next
39. A. upward B. into C. down D. up
40. A. sign B. scene C. scenery D. sight
41. A. interest B. instruction C. courage D. direction
42. A. failed B. discouraged C. struck D. troubled
43. A. future B. embarrassing C. obvious D. lost
44. A. last B. flyC. passD. remain
45. A. counted B. meant C. valued D. eared
46. A. forward B. before C. ago D. ahead
47. A. But B. And C. Instead D. So
48. A. wondered B. regretted C. minded D. tried
49. A. views B. actions C. feelings D. attitudes
50. A. important B. essential C. complex D. hard
51. A. disappeared B. changed C. progressed D. advanced
52. A. sensitive B. convinced C. aware D. tired
53. A. byB. against C. on D. with
54. A. clumsyB. gentle C. absurd D. moving
55. A. noneB. all C. anything D. everything
三. 完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，计30分）
Two years 36 , my husband bought me a bike. If you live in a town, it is often faster than a car and you 37 have to worry 38 parking. You can 39 it anywhere. As it has a seat 40 the back and a basket at the 41 .I can take my small daughter to the library, shopping and anywhere in fact.
I use it 42 in summer when the weather is warm and dry. It can also be very dangerous. You must, of course ,be careful 43a bike. Accidents are not the 44 problems, though. One day I went shopping and 45 back to 46 my front wheel was 47 . Though it was a long walk to the bike shop, I have to buy a 48 one.
My husband 49 my bike sometimes for a short journey. He is not a good cyclist（骑自行车的人） but says it is 50 than waiting 51 a bus. He still 52 his car for 53 journey 54 and fresh air, and cycling makes me feel a lot 55 .
36. A. ago B. before C. after D. until
37. A. doesn’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. not
38. A. with B. about C. at D. over
39. A. lie B. laid C. forget D. leave
40. A. in B. at C. behind D. down
41. A. before B. top C. front D. end
42. A. not B. more C. best D. most
43. A. on B. over C. above D. with
44. A. one B. only C. very D. right
45. A. come B. has come C. came D. comes
46. A. see B. watch C. find D. look
47. A. missed B. losing C. missing D. go
48. A. another B. new C. other D. the other
49. A. uses B. takes C. brings D. fetches
50.. A. good B. well C. better D. more
51. A. in B. on C. from D. for
52. A. likes B. prefers C. loves D. hopes
53. A. short B. longer C. long D. small
54. A .exercise B. good C. practice D. games
55. A. old B. older C. young D. younger