We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Eric in a high chair and noticed everyone was eating and talking. Suddenly, Eric screamed with and said, “Hi there.” His fat baby hands hit the high chair tray, and his eyes were wide with excitement.
I looked around and saw the of his enjoyment. It was an old man with a worn and oily coat. And his hair was uncombed and unwashed. I was sure he . His hand waved. “Hi there, baby; I see ya,” the man said to Eric.
My husband and I looks. Eric continued to laugh and answer, “Hi, there.” Everyone in the restaurant noticed this. My husband and I were .
We finally the meal and for the door. My husband went to pay the check and told me to meet him in the parking lot. The old man sat me and the door. “Lord, just let me out of here he speaks to me or Eric,” I prayed. As I drew closer to the man, I turned my back trying to sidestep him and avoid any air he might be . As I did so, Eric leaned over my arm, reaching with both arms in a baby’s “ ” position. Before I could stop him, he had himself to the man’s arms. Eric, in an act of total and love, laid his tiny head upon the man’s ragged shoulder.
His hands full of dirt, pain and hard labor gently, so gently, cradled(轻轻抱着) my baby’s and patted his back. I stood amazed. After a while, he pushed Eric from his chest as though he were in pain, saying “God bless you, ma’am. You’ve given me the best Christmas gift.”
I had just witnessed a genuine love shown through the innocence of a tiny child who saw no sin(罪恶), who made no . The ragged old man, , had reminded me that a genuine love is one in which the meaning of love is realized.
A．hurriedly B．happily C．sadly D．quietly
A．delight B．surprise C．anger D．satisfaction
A．source B．result C．effect D．degree
A．smiled B．smelled C．felt D．cheated
A．turned B．separated C．exchanged D．replaced
A．embarrassed B．shocked C．excited D．curious
A．got up B．got through C．got over D．got off
A．moved B．headed C．reached D．advanced
A．in front of B．against C．next to D．between
A．though B．since C．before D．if
A．holding B．fighting C．taking D．breathing
A．let-me-go B．pick-me-up C．put-me-down D．take-me-on
A．jumped B．devoted C．driven D．thrown
A．independence B．trust C．desire D．devotion
A．beautiful B．strong C．old D．firm
A．legs B．head C．neck D．bottom
A．eagerly B．violently C．unwillingly D．gladly
A．decision B．judgment C．conclusion D．choice
A．strangely B．powerfully C．unknowingly D．gratefully
A．realistic B．false C．loyal D．true
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。
Friendship is unconditional and uncritical, based only on mutual respect and the ability to enjoy each other's company. These authority figures never saw the way one of us could do something outrageous（令人不可容忍的）, and the rest of us would joke about it for days. We could have fun doing absolutely nothing at all—because the ____ 21____ we provided each other with was enough. Rather than discussing operas, Lewinsky, or the weather, we enjoyed just ____22____ each other without any one of us trying to outsmart the others. Still, I realize that these adults had a____23____ to be concerned about the direction my friends were____24____; I also was concerned for them, but I wasn't about to ____25____ them.
Many times I would advise my friends that some activity may be ____26____ or to think things through before doing something, but I would never claim to hold the moral high ground and to condescend(屈尊) to them. When Marvin would begin rolling joints, when Alisa would tell me she skipped school because of a hangover, or when Merriam would tell me that her new boyfriend was in a street gang, I expressed my discomfort with their ____27____. However, I never ____28____ them with the threat of taking my friendship away. Contrary to the commercials on television, you can have ____29____ who use drugs. In fact, probably everyone does without ____30____ it.
21. A. gift B. presentC. company D. friendship
22. A. hanging around B. learning from C. communicating with D. joining in
23. A. prejudice B. pointC. suggestionD. situation
24. A. giving B. comingC. headingD. facing
25. A. ignore B. upsetC. blame D. leave
26. A. crazy B. dangerousC. boringD. important
27. A. action B. lessonsC. wordsD. thoughts
28. A. force B. threatenC. persuade D. cheat
29. A. friends B. girlfriends C. classmatesD. brothers
30. A. hearing B. recognizing C. realizing D. knowing
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36—55各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。
When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to go to face the music.” It doesn’t mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is 36 less pleasant, like 37in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this 38 that. Terrible music, indeed, but it has to39 . At some time or 40 , every one of us has had to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s 41voice, “I want to talk to you!” and only 42 we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it 43!
The phrase “to face the music” is known 44 every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the 45come from?
The first 46 comes from American novelist James Fennimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, 47the expression was first 48 by actors while waiting in the 49to go on stage. After they got their clue (暗示) to go on, they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music.” And this is 50 what they did face — the orchestra (管弦乐队) which was just below the stage.
An actor might be frightened or 51 as he moved on to the stage in front of him. The audience might be friendly, or perhaps unfriendly, especially 52he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So, “to face the music” 53 to mean: having to go 54something, no matter how unpleasant the 55 might be, because you knew you had no choice.
36. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
37. A. call B. called C. calling D. being called
38. A. or B. and C. but D. with
39. A. face B. facing C. being faced D. be faced
40. A. another B. the other C. an other D. others
41. A. loud B. angry C. calm D. worried
42. A. because B. since C. unless D. in case
43. A. is B. had been C. was D. has been
44. A. by B. for C. toD. of
45. A. questionB. proverb C. information D. expression
46. A. saying B. method C. explanation D. point
47. A. when B. why C. whether D. that
48. A. used B. saidC. taken D. sent
49. A. clothes B. wings C. masks D. words
50. A. perhaps B. exactlyC. mainly D. also
51. A. satisfied B. proud C. nervous D. mysterious
52. A. if B. while C. before D. until
53. A. went B. came C. continued D. got
54. A. throughB. by C. on D. into
55. A. problem B. event C. incident D. experience
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。
There is a popular saying, “All of us have a Guardian Angel, guiding us”.
Some of the greatest success stories of history have followed a word of 21 or an act of confidence by a loved one or a 22 friend. Had it not been for a confident wife, Sophia, we might not have listed Nathaniel Hawthorne among the great 23of literature. When Nathaniel, a 24 man, went home to tell his wife that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in the customs, she surprised him with a cry of joy.
"Now," she said 25 , "you can write your book!"
"Yes," replied the man, with little confidence, "and what shall we 26 while I am writing it?"
To his 27 , she opened a drawer and pulled out a sum of money.
"Where on earth did you get that?" he asked.
"I have always known you were a man of genius," she told him. "I knew that someday you would write a great novel. So every week, out of the money you gave me for housekeeping, I
28 a little bit. So here is enough to 29 us for one whole year."
From her trust and 30 came one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter.
21. A. enjoyment B. encouragement C. kindness D. delight
22. A. trusting B. merciful C. cautious D. intelligent
23. A. books B. novels C. names D. nicknames
24. A. successful B. courageousC. sorrowful D. heartbroken
25. A. sadly B. willingly C. proudly D. deliberately
26. A. stick to B. try out C. take up D. live on
27. A. amazement B. satisfaction C. expectation D. disappointment
28. A. spent B. saved C. consumed D. contributed
29. A. lead B. hold C. last D. leave
30. A. confidence B. experience C. competence D. guidance
第二部分完形填空（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.
Several months ago, I got into a terrible car accident. That moment __21___ my view about life.
All my life I had been waiting until I could __22___ my driver’s license(执照) and my first car. When I __23___ got my license and my dad brought the car to the house, I was __24___. Every time I
got into my car, I felt invincible(不可战胜的), as if nothing could stop me. But one day I was shown that I could be __25___, just like every other person.
One __26___, though it was very dark outside, I was in the car with some of my close friends. While driving down a main street, I felt I was __27__ control of the car. It was flying.
After the accident, I don’t remember much, but I do remember the __28__ I was in, not only physical but also the thought that others’ lives were in my hands for a few seconds and I might have __29___ them.
I learned a lot from that __30____. Not only did I learn that I need to have more appreciation(欣赏,理解) for things, I also learned that material things should never be the most important in our life.
21. A. caught B.changed C. replaced D. destroyed
22. A. borrow B. buy C. get D. see
23. A. fi
nally B. sadly C. unluckily D. suddenly
24 A. angry B. worried C. surprised D. excited
25. A. warned B. beaten C. lost D. disturbed
26. A. morning B. afternoon C. night D. noon
27. A. shaking B. taking C. trying D. losing
28. A. pain B. joy C. disappointment D.happiness
29. A. raised B. killed C. poisoned D. forgotten
30. A. exprience B. story C. vacation D. rescue
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。
On the first day of school, our professor introduced himself and challenged(挑战,要求) us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I stood 21 to look around when a gentle hand 22 my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little 23 lady looking at me with a smile. She was Rose, eighty-seven years old. I was 24 what made her take on this 25 at her age. “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”
At the end of the term, we 26 Rose to speak at our football banquet. She cleared her throat and began, “we don’t stop playing 27 we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There’re only three 28 to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. First, you have to laugh every day. Second, you should have a dream. When you 29 your dreams, you die. Third, have on regrets.”
At the year’s end, Rose finished the college degree. The wonderful woman taught us that it was never too 30 to be all one could possibly be.
21. A. up B. away C. aside D. out
22. A. felt B. touched C. hit D. attacked
23. A.poorB. rich C. young D. old
24. A.sure B. glad C. crazy D. curious
25. A.course B. exam C. challenge D. arrangement
26. A.forced B. helped C. invited D. told
27. A.because B. whenC. if D. as if
28. A.keys B. facts C. dreams D. guesses
29. A.think B. hold C. create D. lose
30. A.late B. bad C. early D. good