I'm simple when it comes to clothes. I never wear skirts or shorts which end above my knees. That is my .
The other day, I went shopping with my mother. At a shop, I saw a fashionable ，too short to cover the knees, specially designed for young girls. It looked like something one of those schoolgirls would wear.
The skirt cost $ 10. I 4 my purse, and I had enough money. I walking into school and my friends' jaw dropping. Boys would ask me out, and it would make me Then I showed it to my mother. She got very but said it was my decision. I could buy it—no, I should buy it.
So, I went into the room to try it on. I was so sure that the skirt would me, somehow making me not what I was what I wished to be. I took my jeans off and put the skirt on. I looked in the . There I was—a funny girl in a superman T-shirt and sports shoes. My glasses fogged(变得模糊） up as I started to .
The skirt did not change me anyway. it fit well and might make me look in the eyes of today's world, it was not me. I am not a girl who cool clothes just to fit in.
I took the skirt off and my own jeans. My mom knocked on the . “Emily, are you okay?” she asked.
I my tears away and said，"I'm fine. ” When I looked in the mirror ，I saw a beautiful slim girl with old-fashioned glasses and a ponytail (马尾辫）. I knew for sure it was the me.
A．dream B．purpose C．choice D．life
A．skirt B．shirt C．coat D．hat
A．gentle B．cool C．ugly D．clever
A．lost B．picked C．took D．checked
A．imagined B．kept C．enjoyed D．hated
A．angry B．happy C．sad D．scared
A．disappointed B．surprised C．excited D．interested
A．chatting B．reading C．waiting D．dressing
A．change B．follow C．shock D．satisfy
A．nor B．but C．and D．or
A．curtain B．face C．mirror D．corner
A．cry B．laugh C．shout D．whisper
A．Unless B．When C．Since D．Though
A．silly B．good C．strange D．young
A．makes B．buys C．wears D．washes
A．put on B．put away C．threw away D．got on
A．window B．door C．glass D．counter
A．wiped B．brushed C．put D．hid
A．last B．first C．again D．once
A．different B．great C．false D．real
完形填空（共15题，每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A long time ago, in a small house in Scotland, two friends lived together. Their names were John and Bobby.
John and Bobby were not 16 , and they had few things except friends, 17 they were happy. They lit a warm fire when it was cold outside. They had food to eat when they were hungry. They were never 18 because they had each other.
John and Bobby 19 to take long walks together. After their 20 John usually cooked the dinner. John and Bobby ate the dinner and then 21 in front of the fire. They had a(n) 22 but happy life.
Then John developed a(n) 23 disease and died in the spring of 1858. He was 24 in a grave (坟墓). After that, Bobby stood at John’s grave and shouted. “Come on, Bobby,” John’s 25 said. “It’s time to go home.” Bobby went home, but later he returned to the grave. He 26 near it. He stayed there all night.
Bobby stayed at the grave site the next day, and the day after another. For the next 14 years, Bobby never left the 27 . When the weather was cold, he slept in a small house near the grave. When it was 28 , he slept on the ground near John’s grave.
29 , in 1872, Bobby died, too. John’s friends buried him in a 30 grave near John’s. Why was Bobby’s grave so little? Bobby, John’s best friend, was a dog.
16. A. rich B. lucky C. beautiful D. funny
17. A. and B. orC. but D. so
18. A. lonely B. alone C. worried D. separate
19. A. failed B. competed C. imagined D. liked
20. A. work B. rest C. run D. walk
21. A. sang B. talked C. sat D. studied
22. A. hard B. sad C. easy D. simple
23. A. serious B. unhealthy C. big D. sick
24. A. put B. escaped C. stored D. buried
25. A. friends B. children C. parents D. brothers
26. A. got up B. turned down C. sat down D. put up
27. A. garage B. grave C. homeD. town
28. A. cool B. warm C. wet D. rainy
29. A. Luckily B. Quickly C. Finally D. Interestingly
30. A. large B. small C. firm D. weak
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31-50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eye.
One 36 , when the boy was around two, the husband saw an opened medicine bottle. It was 8:30 am and he was almost 37 for work, so he asked his wife to 38 the lid on the bottle and put it in the cupboard. Busy in the kitchen, the mother 39 forgot the matter. Seeing the bottle, the boy picked it up playfully and 40 the liquid in it. It was a medicine 41 for adults to be taken in small dosages（剂量）. When the boy fell down, the mother hurried him to a(n) 42 where he died. The mother was terrified. How could she 43her husband?
When the heartbroken father returned and saw the dead son, he 44 his wife and said just four words. What do you think those four words were? The husband just said, “I 45 you, darling.”
The husband’s totally 46 reaction was positive. Their son could never be 47 back to life,so there was no point in finding fault with the mother. Besides, this would not have happened 48 he had taken the time to put the bottle away.
The mother had also lost her only 49 . What she needed at that moment was 50 and sympathy from the husband. That is what he gave her.
Sometimes we spend time asking who is 51 , only to miss the opportunity to enjoy the 52 in human relationships we could receive by giving each other support. Why don’t we 53 someone we love for the “mistake” they didn’t make on purpose?
Treasure what you 54 , let go of all your anger, 55 to forgive, and selfishness and you will find fewer problems in the world.
36. A.noon B.morning C.evening D.night
37. A.late B.ready C.tired D.fit
38. A.hide B.throw C.place D.keep
39. A.luckily B.nearly C.totally D.suddenly
40. A.removed B.drank C.destroyed D.cleaned
41. A.arranged B.left C.wished D.meant
42. A.hospital B.office C.bank D.restaurant
43. A.encourage B.face C.control D.punish
44. A. called at B.laughed at C.looked at D.pointed to
45. A.love B.hate C.miss D.believe
46. A. reasonable B.confident C.normal D.unexpected
47. A.raised B.brought C. driven D.pulled
48. A.but B.although C.if D.because
49. A.child B.interest C.relative D.chance
50. A.excuse B.praise C.comfort D.explanation
51. A.right B.clever C.kind D.responsible
52. A.warmth B.surprise C.sorrow D.health
53. A.help B.protect C.forgive D.correct
54. A.learn B.have C.know D.want
55. A.ability B.courage C.expectation D.unwillingness
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
We rented our upstairs rooms to the out-of-town patients of Johns Hopkins Hospital. One evening, a bad-looking man, who was even shorter than my 8-year-old son, knocked at the door; 36 , his voice was pleasant as he said, “Good 37 . I come to see if you’ve a room. I came for (a) 38 this morning from the eastern shore”.
He told me he’d been 39 a room since noon but with no 40 ; no one seemed to have one. “I guess it’s my 41 face…” I know why they 42 him away! It was clear that they would 43 roomers by putting up such people. For a moment, I 44 , but his next words convinced me, “I could sleep in this rocking chair on the porch(门廊). My 45 leaves early in the morning.” I told him we would find him a bed, but to rest on the porch.
He told me he fished for a living to 46 his daughter, her five children and her husband, who was 47 in a terrible accident so that he couldn’t work. He didn’t tell it by way of 48 ; in fact, he was grateful that no pain 49 his disease, which was apparently a form of skin cancer. He thanked God for giving him the 50 to keep going. The next morning, the bed linen was 51 folded and the little man thanked me and waited for his bus.
Three months later when I almost 52 the man, we received packages in the 53 , with fish and oysters in it and a note 54 , “Thank you for having kept my father a night. He just 55 because of skin cancer. Before his death, he asked me to post these as gifts. Thank you again, sir.” All this happened long ago — and now, I imagined, in God’s garden, how tall this lovely soul must stand.
36. A. otherwise B. though C. however D. unless
37. A. luck B. evening C. jobD. morning
38. A. treatment B. travel C. meeting D. prayer
39. A. dealing with B. dreaming of C. hunting for D. living with
40. A. money B. patienceC. successD. help
41. A. serious B. terrible C. happyD. long
42. A. took B. sent C. droveD. turned
43. A. loseB. discourage C. impressD. attract
44. A. doubtedB. believed C. wonderedD. hesitated
45. A. doctorB. bus C. daughterD. graduation
46. A. educateB. support C. encourage D. protect
47. A. unfriendly B. uglyC. sad D. disabled
48. A. complaint B. inspiration C. humorD. joke
49. A. removed B. accompanied C. avoidedD. suffered
50. A. fantasy B. timeC. diseaseD. strength
51. A. formally B. expectedlyC. neatly D. messily
52. A. forgot B. missedC. called D. forgave
53. A. hospital B. envelopeC. air D. mail
54. A. reading B. writing C. speaking D. drawing
55. A. gave up B. stayed out C. passed away D. lay down
第二节：完形填空（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和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
Hi Cindy,
Please don't worry if you feel a little strange around boys．You are in the process of 36 from a little girl into a young woman and there are 37called hormones （荷尔蒙） that are changing not only your body but your 38．For example, you say you used to feel at ease _39_ boys and you would usually run and fight one another for 40 ．That was Cindy, the little girl．Cindy the 41woman doesn't want to fight boys or even run with them 42 your interests are changing．That is what is making you feel strange and it is also 43to the other girls around you and also to the boys．Your life is 44 a different stage but you should understand that this is （a） 45normal, and （b） something that will pass quickly．
I think you should again try to 46 around boys．You can still talk with them about 47you like including sports, movies, web sites and celebrities（名人）．I 48 that you not try to fight with them, however, because the 49are becoming much bigger and stronger．I think you will find that you will _50_ being with boys but that your feelings will be different from the51they used to be．I know you are not supposed to have a 52 while you are still in school in China, but if you start to find some boys very handsome and you are strongly __53_ to some of them, don't be surprised． 54 , this is all very normal．For now, you should _55_ your school work, though you will find that some boys are attracted to you．This will be a new adventure for you and my best advice is to relax and enjoy it．
Good luck,
Brad
36．A．startingB．changing C．surviving D．ranging
37．A．cells B．nutritions C．chemicals D．objects
38．A．mind B．head C．life D．study
39．A．with B．forC．against D．without
40．A．praise B．honorC．goodD．fun
41．A．brave B．unique C．smartD．young
42．A．before B．because C．until D．when
43．A．referring B．appealing C．happening D．pointing
44．A．entering B．settingC．reflecting D．representing
45．A．hardlyB．possibly C．perfectly D．nearly
46．A．playB．relax C．dateD．fool
47．A．somebody B．anybody C．something D．anything
48．A．recommend B．demand C．commandD．determine
49．A．girls B．adults C．boysD．kids
50．A．hate B．enjoy C．avoid D．regret
5l．A．model B．standard C．styleD．way
52．A．boyfriend B．girlfriend C．degree D．job
53．A．opposed B．attracted C．exposed D．accustomed
54．A．Rather B．Besides C．Again D．Afterwards
55．A．depend on B．decide on C．agree on D．concentrate on
第二节完形填空（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和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。
I was on my lunch break and had left the office to get something to eat．On the way, I saw a busker （卖艺人）．This wasn't something out of the 36 ; there was always someone 37enough to busk near the office buildings during lunch．
As I walked past him, holding some 38in my hand, I 39to myself that he was only going to use the money to 40his addict
ion to drugs or alcohol．He looked 41that type —young and ragged．Then I stopped, rather shocked at myself．What was I going to 42the money on? I only wasgoing to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate．I realized I had no43to place myself above him 44because he was busking．
I 45and dropped all the coins into his hat and he smiled at me．I watched for a while．As selfish as it sounds, I expected something 46to come from that moment．I wanted a natural high or even a feeling of happiness, 47nothing happened．So then I smiled and walked off, 48why I did things like that just now．It was a waste of money．
At the 49of the day as I walked to the train station, I saw the busker packing up．I 50him pick up the hat and 51the money into a small plastic bag．Then he walked over to a cafe counter and52the entire contents into a tin collecting for a bushfire appeal （募捐）．
He was busking for charity．I realized just how 53I had been．I now donate any 54I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of happiness for the rest of the day．You could say I'm now addicted to the feeling of 55 ．
36．A．extraordinary B．special C．outstanding D．ordinary
37．A．handsome B．smart C．foolish D．capable
38．A．food B．notes C．checks D．coins
39．A．thought B．came C．left D．smiled
40．A．give B．feed C．catch D．bring
41．A．like B．at C．for D．after
42．A．cost B．spend C．waste D．pay
43．A．choice B．power C．right D．ability
44．A．even B．hardly C．almost D．just
45．A．stopped B．walked C．hurried D．left
46．A．fewer B．less C．more D．worse
47．A．but B．or C．and D．so
48．A．finding B．wondering C．forgetting D．losing
49．A．beginning B．end C．time D．middle
50．A．heard B．forced C．asked D．watched
51．A．keep B．take C．empty D．make
52．A．poured B．lent C．entered D．threw
53．A．brave B．selfish C．foolish D．wise
54．A．clothes B．food C．change D．money
55．A．than
king B．getting C．taking D．Giving