My sons and I decided to go walking around the lake near our home the other day. It is such a place to spend an afternoon in the springtime when flowers are on the trees and grass is coming up through the ground. It has a well path that circles the entire lake. You can walk at your own and delight in all the natural beauty that surrounds you. It is the perfect place to get back to nature and to fill your soul with joy.
The only is that with the path being so near the water, erosion(侵蚀) sometimes creates holes. It was while we were to walk along it the other day that one of them caught my oldest boy . He stumbled and almost fell but thankfully was able to reach out and take my hand. I him and we walked on for a while holding hands and feeling in our love for each other.
I think that sometimes the we face in our long life are a lot like those holes in the ground. They are always there causing us to stumble and sometimes even to fall. It is good to know, , that we can always reach out and take the hands of our beloved ones. They are always there by our side to pick us up and steady us. They are always for us to take their hands and walk on with them connected in love without .
The next time you stumble and fall on your through life then reach out and take loving hands. And you take them never let them go again. Walk on with them forever, choosing love and sharing joy with each you take. Always remember too that with the loving hands your walk you can use your other hands to reach out and help those who have fallen as well. The life journey, , is always better when you are holding the hands of those you love.
A．common B．secret C．remote D．glorious
A．coming out B．picking out C．showing off D．running off
A．decorated B．worn C．paved D．repaired
A．pace B．expense C．request D．service
A．forget B．recognize C．touch D．protect
A．excitement B．difference C．problem D．memory
A．warm-hearted B．light-hearted C．absent-minded D．narrow-minded
A．unwillingly B．ultimately C．occasionally D．unexpectedly
A．blamed B．encourage C．steadied D．accompanied
A．connected B．ignored C． blocked D．surprised
A．chances B．troubles C．changes D．responsibilities
A．therefore B．however C．besides D．otherwise
A．waiting B．learning C．forgetting D．hoping
A．free B．available C．convenient D．ready
A．purpose B．effort C．difficulty D．hesitation
A．direction B．destination C．journey D．experience
A．after B．before C．unless D．because
A．advice B．step C．choice D．measure
A．dragging B．leading C．guiding D．balancing
A．above all B．first of all C．after all D．in all
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。
As the hot tears rolled down her cheeks, I knew I had asked the wrong question. The ___21___reverberated(回荡)in my mind: Widowed or divorced? I looked into the lady’s __22___, now dampened （使潮湿）with the __23___ tears my words had caused.
“ Well, you could call me widowed,” she replied. “ My husband ___24___ five months ago .”
“ I am so ____25___ ,” I mumbled. “ I need it to fill out your credit application.”
“Don’t worry about it, honey,” she ____26___. “if I never thought about it, I would not ___27____ the love and the memories we shared. Even after 50 years of ___28____ ,each passing moment would bring a deeper meaning to the word love. Now, trust me, I know how ____29___ that sounds. We had our share of challenging times, but in the end ____30___ of that mattered.”
Unsure of what to say, I laughed ___31___ . I picked up the phone to relay her information. After finally completing the credit application, I ____32____ to find myself riveted（固定） to the lady’s 
face again.
Her eyes began to sparkle ___33___ she continued in a heart-to-heart way. I couldn’t believe someone could open up to a perfect stranger, but it was not my place to ___34____ . I enjoyed listening to her just as much as she ___35___ having somebody to talk to.
“ Have you ever been ____ 36___?” she asked.
I couldn’t help but ___37____. “Ah, no.” I replied. “I’m only 16.”
“Sixteen?” she murmured. “That’s a great age, an age of ____38____. There’s so much worth learning.”
She then spoke in a whipser, “Never take anyone for granted. If you are in ____39___ with someone, let it known. Otherwise, life may pass you by. Don’t spend your life angry . The ridiculous arguments which you think are important won’t even be remembered in a short time.”
Then, she hugged me and thanked me for letting her talk. As she turned to walk away, I could see that tears still hung in her eyes, but the smile that lit her face was amazing. After that, I have never seen that woman again, but her words of inspiration still live in me. At that time, the words were only little bits of advice. Now, ___40___, they are the words which I try to live by, words that will always remind me of my special friend.
A．tunes B．whistles C．songs D．words
A．eyes B．hands C．ears D．arms
A．grateful B．miserable C．happy D．sweet
A．failed B．worked C．died D．retired
A．sorry B．lucky C．anxious D．gloomy
A．encouraged B．explained C．persuaded D．comforted
A．understand B．remember C．experience D．enjoy
A．teaching B．struggle C．marriage D．life
A．foolish B．terrible C．mysterious D．wonderful
A．few B．all C．some D．none
A．loudly B．nervously C．bravely D．bitterly
A．attempted B．began C．turned D．went
A．as B．because C．before D．until
A．comment B．surprise C．doubt D．criticize
A．avoided B．appreciated C．imagined D．considered
A．blamed B．interviewed C．married D．employed
A．laugh B．sigh C．cry D．complain
A．success B．wonder D．lessons
A．peace B．love C．agreement D．harmony
A．but B．so C．however D．although
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个题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was in my high school science class．1 was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on．
A 36 came，“Nice shirt，”I smiled from ear to ear．Then another voice said，“That shirt belonged to my dad．Greg’s mother works for my family．We were going to 37 that shirt away，but gave it to her 38 ”. I was speechless I wanted to hide．
I 39 the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened．She then dialed her 40 ,“I will no longer work for your family，”she told him．That night．Morn told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore：she knew her life’s 41 was something greater．
The next morning she 42 with the personnel manager at the Board of Education．He told her that without a proper education she could not teach．So Morn decided to 43 a university.
After the 
first year in college，she went 
back to the personnel manager．He said，“You are 44 ，aren’t you? I think I have a 45 for you as a teacher’s assistant．This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of 46 ”Mom accepted the opportunity very 47
For almost five years，as a teacher’s assistant．she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit，feeling 48 ．Then one day，the pe
rsonnel manager and the principal 49 in her classroom．The principal said．“We have watched how you 50 the children and how they 
communicate with you and admire your hard．working 51 over the last five years．We are all in agreement that you 52 be the teacher of this class．”
My mom spent more than 20 years there． 53 her career，she was voted Teacher of the Year．All of this came about because of the 54 comment made in the classroom that day．Mom showed me how to handle 55 situations and never give up．
A．noise B．voice C．sound D．tune
A．get B．take C．carry D．throw
A．otherwise B．anyhow C．instead D．actually
A．settled C．stored D．stuck
A．teacher B．employer C．director D．adviser
A．purpose B．encouragement C．achievement D．victory
A．went B．met C．worked D．stayed
A．visit B．continue C．attend D．prepare
A．serious B．fortunate C．careful
A．career B．duty C．position D．part
B．judging C．obeying D．imagining
A．patiently B．eagerly C．successfully D．skillfully
A．upset B．frightened C．guilty D．ashamed
A．looked up B．went up C．took up D．showed up
A．believe B．protect C．treat D．receive
A．spirit B．intention C．action D．attempt
A．must B．would C．might D．should
B．During C．On D．With
A．worthless B．thoughtless D．helpless
A．challenging B．different C．dangerous D．strange
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When my children were small, the toughest part of the day was getting to work. There were diapers(尿布), formula(奶粉), 36 of clothes to worry about for the children. There was their breakfast, and I must 37 they were clean and ready for the day. It was pretty chaotic(混乱的). I have always been one to
38 more about making sure everyone else had what they needed than to take care of myself.39 , I had my clothing and my packed lunch set out so that I could quickly get ready and then turn my 40 back to getting the children ready.
I tried to keep my 41 pretty easy in the morning. There just wasn’t time, but that was OK as long as I kept moving. I would manage a 42 look at myself in the full-length mirror just before I 43 out the door.
Once a week we had management team 44 and it was important to be there on time and to appear relaxed and 45 . We would go around the conference table, each 46 on successes and areas of concern. When it came around to my 47 , all eyes would be on me as I had my chance to brag(自夸) on my programs and increasing 48 .
I thought I was pretty 49 at playing the role of the cool, calm, collected program manager 50 one week I arrived at one of these management team meetings and as the 51 went arou
nd the table, getting to me. There were 52 looks on the faces of the others looking at me. I started to feel a little 53 as that “ what’s going on?” 54 grew more intense. My closest colleague started doing this strange nodding thing in my direction. It was then that I 55 that I had my dress on inside-out.
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完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
When a person is curious about something, it means he is interested in it and wishes to know something about it. There is 16 wrong with curiosity in itself. Whether it is good or bad 17 on what people are curious about.
Curiosity 18 can be foolish or wrong. Some people with nothing to do are 19 of curiosity about what their neighbors are doing. They have a strong wish to know what they are 20 home or taking outside, or why they have come home so21 or late. To be interested in these things is silly because it is none of their 22 to know what their neighbors do or are doing. Such curiosity is not only foolish but also 23 . For most probably, it may lead to a small talk 24 often brings harm, loss of honor or disrespect to others, and thus 25 their feelings.
On the other hand, there is a 26 curiosity- the curiosity of wise men, who 27 at all the great things and try to find out all they 28 learn about them. Columbus could 29 have found America if he had not been30 . James Walt would not have made the steam engine 31 his curiosity about the rising of the kettle lid. All the 32 in human history have been made as a 33 of curiosity, 34 the clever curiosity is never about unimportant things which have 35 or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.
A．anything B．everything C．nothing D．something
A．keeps B．puts C．takes D．depends
A．always B．sometimes D．seldom
A．full B．certain C．proud D．careful
A．taking B．bringing C．going D．coming
A．quickly B．hurriedly C．early D．happily
A．business B．task C．duty D．work
A．instructive B．useful C．harmful D．proper
A．who B．which C．when D．where
A．hurts B．injures C．breaks D．destroys
A．terrible B．sudden C．strange D．clever
A．expect B．like C．wonder D．doubt
A．need B．must C．may D．can
A．never B．certainly C．surely D．probably
A．famous B．careful C．curious D．hard
A．for B．without C．with D．in
B．goods C．discoveries D．machines
A．profit B．product C．fruit D．result
A．but B．however C．so D．or
A．little B．few C．some D．any
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40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。
One student took a box of chicken to class．Another carried on a cell-phone 21 ,and still another whistled loudly every time the 22 turned his back．
Reform school? No．College．
More and more, professors say, they are coming across 23 students in their classrooms．Many of today’s young scholars arrive late, leave 24 , talk loud or take care of personal 25 such as paying bills during class．
Why are the students behaving 26 _? “Because they can,” said a student of University of North Texas．“A lot of the time, the professors let them get away with it．”
Some educators say it is time to bring politeness back to their classrooms—and even 27 taking some of the blame for bad behavior．They say that rude students are by no means the majority but that one of them can ruin an entire 28 ．
People are 29 __when they learn that impolite behavior is becoming more and more common in 30 _ education, says Dr．Gerald Amanda, a counselor at City College of San Francisco．They 31 some high school students to misbehave, but think those who get to 32__ will behave more politely．
Dr．Ama
nda believes that society in 33 has become more tolerant of rude behavior and
34 ___ people in power, including professors, no longer 35 ___standards for 36 __．That leads to a growing imprudenc
e（轻率行为） 37 some college students．“There’s a great 38 of bad behavior in the world around them, and young people see it and 39 _disrespect,” said Dr．Amanda, 40 ___that sometimes students “have no idea that they are being rude．”
A．line B．conversation C．message D．picture
A．professor B．student C．president D．classmate
A．hardworking B．cheating C．rude D．selfish
A．late B．early C．noisily D．quietly
A．felling B．interest C．computer D．business
A．badly B．well C．politely D．oneself
A．enjoy B．hate C．start D．avoid
A．school B．company C．society D．class
A．delighted B．surprised C．interested D．encouraged
A．better B．more C．higher D．younger
A．expect B．hope C．forbid D．wish
A．work B．college C．learning D．knowledge
A．all B．time C．charge D．general
A．why B．how C．whether D．that
A．change B．break C．set D．reach
A．teaching B．politeness D．progress
A．about B．for C．behind D．among
A．deal B．number C．many D．sum
A．prepare B．grow C．develop D．improve
A．speaking B．adding C．warning D．wishing