Last summer I went through a training program and became a volunteer teaching people how to read. When I what other people’s lives were like because they could not read, I began to realize the true of reading.
My first student Marie was a 44-year- old single mother of three children. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest twice a week because she didn’t know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule. She told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had once she got to the supermarket because she couldn’t always the things that she really needed. she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only items by sight.
We worked hard together, learning how to build Marie’s , which encouraged her to in her studies. She began to make rapid and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this trip, she told me how self-confident she felt. the end of the program, she began her youngest son with his reading. She sat with him before he went to and read bedtime stories. When his eyes became with excitement as she read, was written all over her face. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as . I found that helping Marie to build _ self-confidence was very rewarding.
I learned a great deal about and helping others and I may have learned more from the than Marie did.
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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。
James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so ___21___ that he didn’t know what to do with (the) ___22___. The person who had gone in before him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in, not like James. He felt ___23___ that she had already got the job. The problem was that he wanted this job ___24___. It meant ___25___ to him. He had thought it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself ___26___ brilliantly (出色地) at the interview and ___27___ the job immediately.
But now here he was feeling terrible. He couldn’t remember all those things he had planned to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and ___28___. But he couldn’t. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t give up like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry.
At last the door of the office opened. The woman, who had gone in an hour earlier, came out looking very ___29___ with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At the moment, James hated her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly wished that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs ___30___ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
21. A. healthy B. nervous C. careless D. confident
22. A. interviewer B. woman C. himself D. situation
23. A. doubtful B. sure C. angry D. astonished
24. A. hopelessly B. naturally C. easily D. so much
25. A. everything B. happiness C. difficulty D. nothing
26. A. explaining B. performing C. answering D. writing
27. A. offered B. asked for C. being offered D. being asked for
28. A. leave B. go in C. prepare D. practice
29. A. ugly B. pleased C. sad D. pretty
30. A. shaking B. bending C. walking D. stopped
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1~10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。
More and more professors say they are coming across rude students in their classrooms. Many of today’s young students arrive late, leave ___21___, talk loud or take care of persona business such as ___22_ bills during class. Why are the students behaving badly?
Some educators say it is time to bring 23 back to their classrooms and even start taking some of the blame for bad behavior. They say that rude students are by 24 means the majority but that one of them can 25 an entire class.
People are surprised when they learn that impolite be
havior is becoming more and more common in ___26_ education. Dr.Amanda, a professor from City College of San Francisco believes that society in general has become more tolerant (容忍的) of rude behavior and ___27___ people in power, including professors, no longer set standards for politeness which ___28___ a growing imprudence (轻率行为) among some college students. “There’s a great deal of bad behaviour in the world ___29___ them, and young people see it and develop disrespect,” said Mr. Amanda, ___30___ that sometimes students “have no idea that they are being rude”.
21. A. late B. early C. secretly D. quietly
22. A. Filling B. changing C. writing D. paying
23. A. politeness B. teaching C. thinking D. progress
24. A. that B. this C. no D. every
25. A. have B. take C. escape D. ruin
26. A. better B. more C. higher D. younger
27. A. why B. how C. whether D. that
28. A. leads to B. is due to C. refers to D. gets to
29. A. around B. about C. behind D. over
30. A. speaking B. adding C. warning D. pointing
I 完型填空：(15×2)
In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision-making. When the children are 1 enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness (宽容) of American parents. The old rule that “children should be seen and not heard” is rarely 2 , and children are often allowed to do 3 they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him 4 question, and children are encouraged to be 5 at an early age. Some people believe that American p
arents carry this freedom 6 far. Others think that a strong father image would not 7 the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize (强调 ) the importance of independence, young people are expected to 8 their parental families by the time they have 9 their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as a 10 , a kind of weak dependence.
This pattern of independence often results in serious 11 for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live 12 the age of 70. The job retirement age is 13 65. The children have left home, married, and 14 their won households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes. 15 the major problem of many elderly couples is not economic. They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a close family group.
1. A. great B.
big C. old D. young
2. A. watched B. followed C. understood D. grasped
3. A. what B. that C. which D. when
4. A. for B. on C. without D. in
5. A. dependent B. independent C. sure D. safe
6. A. too B. almost C. nearly D. so
7. A. gain B. welcome C. suit D. change
8. A. break up B. break into C. break through D. break away from
9. A. reached B. come C. arrived D. developed
10. A. reward B. criticism C. failure D. success
11. A. events B. problems C. matters D. affairs
12. A. on B. up C. from D. beyond
13. A. only B. usually C. sometimes D. seldom
14. A. set out B. set aside C. set up D. set down
15. A. But B. And C. So D. As
完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
I had been out shopping and really took too much time doing it. I was tired and about to (61) home. That is when I saw her.
She was stopped in the left hand turn lane (车道), (62) to get onto the highway but never (63) it. I slowed down, rolled open my window and asked. “Do you need any (64) ?”
“Yes, I ran out of gas. I just moved here and I don’t even know (65) a gas station is,” she replied.
She didn’t have a gas can, so I told her I’d run down the (66) to see if I could get one from the local station. When I (67) with a full can of gas, she couldn’t (68) me enough and told me she would pay for the an and gas. (69), I refused.
As I was (70) the gas in, she said, “I thought no one would even stop. I was afraid to leave the car and even more afraid to (71) help.”
“Well, I couldn’t pass by (72) offering help,” I said. “I’ve used up gas myself a few times. You know I’m getting (73). Now I’m running out of gas and time. It just seems to fly by.”
She then said (74) that I though was a gem (佳作): “My Dad said that old age is (75) toilet paper. The
closer you get to the end of the roll the (76) it spins.”
I laughed so hard that I (77) dropped the container. She tried to start the car and it (78). The I told her to keep the (79) can in her trunk.
Seeing her grateful (80), I said friendly, “I’m glad to be of help. Welcome to Pennsylvania.”
A．have B．leave C．stay D．head
A．ready B．ashamed C．afraid D．brave
A．made B．did C．found D．completed
A．gas B．money C．help D．car
A．what B．how C．where D．why
A．road B．car C．station D．window
A．started B．left C．mixed D．returned
A．know B．congratulate C．expect D．thank
A．Of course B．In addition C．After all D．Never mind
A．forcing B．pouring C．fitting D．throwing
A．offer B．get C．send D．refuse
A．before B．without C．for D．beneath
A．well B．strong C．old D．weak
A．it B．one C．something D．all
A．of B．on C．as D．like
A．faster B．slower C．tighter D．looser
A．simply C．nearly D．really
A．rode B．worked C．drove D．pulled
A．special B．valuable C．small D．empty
A．award B．reward C．smile D．letter
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15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。
A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool．A letter can be enjoyed, read and 1．It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart; it can keep a 2 with very little effort．
I will give 3． A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting along well．We had been close as 4 but had grown apart．Our meetings were not 5 ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only 6 our misunderstanding．Then he 7 a small island in the Caribbean and we 8 touch．One day he wrote me a letter．He described his island and its people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt．Rereading the letter, I was 9 by its humor and clever expressions．These were all qualities for which I had 10 respected my older brother but 11 he no longer had them．I had never known he could write so well．And with that one letter we became friends 12 ．
It might never have occurred to him to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no 13．For him, writing was a necessity．It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch．Because we live in an age of 14 communication, people often forget that they don’t always have to phone or email．They have a 15 ．And that is to write．
A．received B．rewritten C．returned D．reread
A．record B．promise C．friendship D．secret
A．an example B．a lesson C．an experience D．a talk
A．brothers B．children C．fellows D．classmates
A．normal B．necessary C．pleasant D．possible
A．deepen B．start C．express D．settle
A．toured B．stopped over C．reached D．moved to
A．lost B．kept in C．needed D．got in
A．driven B．beaten C．surprised D．honored
A．never B．seldom C．sometimes D．once
A．realized B．judged C．thought D．expected．
A．later B．anyhow C．too D．again．
A．mail services B．transport servic C．phones D．relative
A．poor B．easy C．popular D．busy
A．habit B．choice C．method D．plan