I believe listening is a powerful medicine．
It was Sunday ．I had the last to see and I got into her room ．She was an old woman , sitting on the bed , trying to her socks ．Usually I said something like this : “How are you feeling ? The nurse says your son is visiting you today．I believe you are seeing him．”
She me with a serious voice , “Sit down , doctor ．This is my story , not yours ．”
I was surprised and ．I sat down and helped her with the socks ．She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her , she had not seen him for five years ．She believed her health problems were worse because of her son ．After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks , I asked if there was I could do for her ．She her head and smiled ．All she wanted me to do was to ．
Each story is ．Some are clear; others are not．Some are true; others are not , yet all those things do not really ．What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard ．
Listening to someone’s story costs nothing but it is the key to healing （康复）．I often 53 what the woman taught me , and I myself of the importance of stopping , sitting down and truly listening ．I the power of listening ．
A．doctor B．nurse C．patient D．student
A．take off B．get off C．clean out D．put on
A．looking forward to B．asking for C．going on D．worrying about
A．impressed B．stopped C．asked D．greeted
A．excited B．mad C．embarrassed D．angry
A．or B．so C．but D．if
A．missing B．loving C．understanding D．meeting
A．nothing else B．anything else C．nothing D．everything
A．shook B．dropped C．waved D．moved
A．see B．smell C．listen D．feel
A．terrible B．different C．similar D．true
A．happen B．appear C．matter D．change
A．think of B．dream of C．lead to D．laugh at
A．teach B．ask C．remind D．cheer
A．talk about B．show off C．believe in D．run out of
完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Joe lost his arms in an accident that killed his father. Since then, he has had to depend on the 36 of his younger sister Ella. In order to take care of him, Ella became his shadow, never leaving him 37 for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.
As they grew up together, they had their share of 38 and they would often quarrel. Then one day, Ella wanted to separate from Joe, living 39 own life. So Joe was heart-broken and didn’t know what to do.
A 40 misfortune (不幸) struck Rosa, too. One night her mother, who suffered(受苦) from mental illness, 41 . So her father went out looking for her mother. She tried to cook meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister Susan showed her willingness to take care of her, Rosa decided to be 42 independent. And most of all she learned to do things on her own. Once she wrote the following in her composition: “I’m lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still 43 .”
One day，Joe and Rosa were both invited to a television interview program. Joe told the TV host about his 44 future at being left on his own, while Rosa was full of hope for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. Joe wrote：My younger sister’s arms are my arms; 45 Rosa wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.
They had both stood the same sufferings, but their different 46 determined(决定) the nature of their lives. It is true that life is unpredictable. How you deal with misfortune is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and run away from the suffering，it will always 47 you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.
A．legs B．arms C．eyes D．hands
A．sad B．afraid C．worried D．alone
A．questions B．accidents C．problems D．business
A．his B．her C．my D．their
A．serious B．sudden C．terrible D．similar
A．returned B．disappeared C．moved D．left
A．completely B．directly C．seriously D．immediately
A．break B．beat C．fly D．jump
A．unfair B．uncertain C．unsafe D．undoubted
A．and B．so C．while D．or
A．opinions B．values C．senses D．attitudes
A．follow B．catch C．disturb D．hurt
完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，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。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
One day a father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country with in order to show his son how poor people 16 be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of 17 would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek（小溪）that has no 18 . We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the 19 at night. Our patio（院子）reaches to the front yard and they have the 20 horizon（地平线）. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go 21 our sight. We buy our food, but they grow 22 ."
With this the boy’s father was speechless (无语的) .
Then his son added , "Thank dad for showing me how 23 we are."
Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on（集中注意力）what we don’t have. What is one person’s worthless object is another’s prize possession (财富). It is all 24
on one’s opinion. Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty（恩赐）we have, 25 worrying about wanting more . Take joy in all you have.
A．must B．can C．should D．need
A．how B．which C．what D．that
A．beginning B．way C．end D．water
A．dark B．darkness C．stars D．day
A．beautiful B．full C．longer D．whole
A．beyond B．in C．out D．straight
A．ours B．them C．theirs D．themselves
A．poor B．rich C．lucky D．happy
A．basing B．to base C．bases D．based
A．instead B．instead of C．more than D．less than
Do you know who invented tea? It is said that the emperor Shen Nongdiscovered tea when he was boiling drinking water 21 an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby tree fell into the water and the leaves were in the water for22 . The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a23 smell. Later he decided24 the hot water with the leaves. It was quite delicious. And25 , one of the worl’s favorite drinks was invented.
26 is the home of tea. And tea has more than 4,000 years history. 27 the three drinks—tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by28people in the world. Tea 29 China began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export(出口商品)30 .
Tea leaves31mainly in the south of the Yangtze River, 32 the warmclimate(气候)there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all33 kinds of tea.
Over the past centuries, Chinese people34 their tea culture(文化), including tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on. We know tea is35 a popular topic(主题) in dances, songs, poems and novels.
A．in B．by C．over D．to
A．sometimes B．some time C．some times D．some days
A．pleasant B．pleased C．bad D．terrible
A．not to taste B．to taste C．tasting D．taste
A．by the way B．on the way C．on its way D．in this way
A．Japan B．China C．America D．England
A．In B．For C．Of D．By
A．the number of B．a number of C．a large number of D．the largest number of
A．to B．from C．in D．off
A．At that time B．from now on C．since then D．since now
A．produce B．are produced C．make D．are made
A．becauuse of B．because C．as D．for
A．interesting B．important C．famous D．expensive
A．had developed B．have developed C．developed D．are developing
A．too B．as well C．either D．also
完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Dear Laura,
I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You don’t know whether it is true that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you 36 .
I wanted to do something very 37 for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He worked all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it 38 it looked almost new. I was so proud of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet(头盔)and a riding outfit(全套装备）.
I could 39 wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I couldn’t sleep the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to 40 the coffee, tea, and morning dishes. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a 41 :” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”
I was so surprised. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could 42 lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s promise.
I stood there shocked(震惊的), crying a river, asking myself how my son could 43 this expensive gift.
Of course, the house awoke, and my son was very pleased with my reaction（反应）. Many kisses were exchanged, and I immediately wanted him to 44 my gift.
As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not exactly what I was expecting. Then I 45 that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.
Of course I was the proudest mother ever on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.
So I wanted you to know, that kind of love is 46 present and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!
I thought you’d love to 47 this story.
Yours,
Hilary
A．hope B．advice C．spirit D．courage
A．strange B．similar C．special D．private
A．after B．before C．unless D．until
A．perhaps B．really C．almost D．hardly
A．start B．cook C．set D．serve
A．sign B．notice C．word D．note
A．give B．take C．draw D．teach
A．present B．find C．afford D．order
A．tear B．open C．check D．receive
A．realized B．remembered C．imagined D．supposed
A．only B．still C．ever D．even
A．send B．publish C．share D．write
完形填空。(每小题 2分，共 20分)
根据短文内容，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案 标号涂黑。
Do you often communicate with your parents? Some parents are always comparing their 41 with themselves when they were young or with other people when they were children.
"When I was your age," a father said to his sixteen-year-old son one day, "I was at the top of my class every year. And I42 what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals (目标). You are always at the bottom (最后) of your class 43 you have no goals."
The man’s son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father many times. "And when your mother was your age, " the young man’s father44 , " she had a good job and she45 lots of money. You don’t even have a part-time job .You earn nothing. " The man’s son still said nothing. He had heard this before, too. "
And when your46 brother was your age, "the young man’s father said, "he studied hard. But you just waste your time."
And the man’s son still said nothing.
Finally, the young man’s father said, "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he worked all day and studied at night."
This time the son 47 stay silent. "
And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father," he said, "He was the President of48 United States.49 are you?"
His father had no answer50 this.
Are your parents always comparing you with others? And what’s your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?
A．children B．students C．teachers D．friends
A．know B．knew C．will know D．have known
A．although B．or C．and D．but
A．went away B．went over C．went up D．went on
A．won B．made C．received D．gave
A．old B．young C．older D．elder
A．can B．can’t C．could D．couldn’t
A．a B．an C．the D．/
A．What B．How C．Where D．Who
A．to B．with C．of D．on