Anna Douglas was 72 year old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired, but she needed to keep . She was even willing to work without pay. She then found a job with a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she with other old folks like her. By talking with them, she two things. Old people had abilities that were not . But old people also had some -- mostly problems with communication.
She found a new purpose for herself then. Through the years, from time to time, she had stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new : Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called ‘Sixty Plus”, which focused on old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being .
Anna Douglas uses her ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands the reason problems begin. For example, one of her said that his grandchildren the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.
“It’s important to know about your grandchildren’s world,” says Mrs. Douglas, “That means questioning and listening -- and is not what old people do best.” she continues, “Say good things to them and about them. Never your grandchildren or other young people. Don’t them your opinion. Don’t tell them what they should do. They have been taught they should have respect for old people. The old should respect them .”
A．free B．rich C．powerful D．busy
A．volunteer B．well-paid C．part-time D．full-time
A．lived B．talked C．helped D．played
A．recognized B．followed C．enjoyed D．demanded
A．studied B．agreed C．round D．used
A．mistakes B．problems C．questions D．characters
A．had B．found C．read D．written
A．subject B．life C．way D．plan
A．getting B．respecting C．employing D．supporting
A．Unknown B．refused C．misunderstood D．discouraged
A．thinking B．working C．teaching D．leading
A．that B．when C．why D．whether
A．visitors B．readers C．listeners D．friends
A．cleared B．entered C．left D．p assed
A．invented B．chose C．suggested D．imagined
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．listening B．speaking C．pleasing D．advising
A．praise B．scold C．trouble D．encourage
A．speak B．take C．get D．give
A．as well B．so much C．either D．Instead
第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
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I have eyes that are said to be “cow brown,” and my long fair hair is my best feature .Iam not overweight, but I’m not too 16 either.
I’m relatively happy with my 17 ,but where did I get it? Do I share the same features as some unknown stranger? 18 , while walking down the street, I tried to 19 that stranger, imagining that one of the women I passed 20 possibly be my biological mother.
For a long time I wondered what life would be like with 21 . I was never 22 with my life. I just never 23 wondering what it would be like to have been raised by my biological mother. And then one day, I 24 a poem which compared adoption 25 a seed that was planted by one person and then taken care of by another. The second person had 26 the seed and made it grow to be tall and beautiful. I found that it compared perfectly to my 27 .
Gradually I 28 that my mom had made me who I am today. She did my hair for my first dance. She was there for my first hearbreak… She’d been there for 29 that ever mattered. And I started to notice that we had the same silly 30 , the same attitude to life, and the same way of treating people.
Sometimes when we’re out somewhere, people comment on 31 we look alike, and we turn to each other and laugh, 32 until that moment that she wasn’t the one who gave birth to me.
33 I may not know why I look the way I do, I know why I am who I am. The mom I have now is the 34 one I ever could have hoped for, not only because she holds a huge amount of unconditional（无条件的）love, but because she has 35 who I am today.
16．A．thin B．fat C．strong D．weak
17．A．eyes B．appearance C．weight D．hair
18．A．Still B．Even C．Again D．Often
19．A．run after B．pick out C．bring back D．turn down
20．A．should B．would C．could D．must
21．A．the biologist B．my adoptive mother
C．The stranger D．my birth mother
22．A．dissatisfied B．content C．angry D．pleased
23．A．enjoyed B．stopped C．escaped D．allowed
24．A．wrote down B．put up C．handed out D．came across
25．A．with B．for C．to D．as
26．A．buried B．harvested C．planted D．watered
27．A．thought B．seed C．situation D．history
28．A．realized B．guessed C．hated D．expected
29．A．something B．everything C．everyone D．someone
30．A．problem B．illness C．adoption D．personality
31．A．how much B．how far C．where D．why
32．A．proving B．noticing C．forgetting D．remembering
33．A．As B．Unless C．Though D．Until
34．A．happiest B．best C．prettiest D．wisest
35．A．saved B．regretted C．shaped D．declared
第三节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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“How did you do it, Dad? How have you 21not to take a drink for almost 20 years?” It took me almost 20 years to have the 22to even ask my father this very23question.
When Dad first 24 drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles 25he got into a situation that, in the past, would have started him drinking again. For a few years we were 26 to bring it up for fear that the drinking would begin again.
“I had this little 27 that I would recite to myself 28 four to five times a day” was Dad’s 29 to my 18 – year – old unasked question. “The 30 were an instant relief and constant reminder to me that things were never so 31 that I could not handle them,” Dad said. And then he 32 the poem with me. The poem’s simple, yet profound （深奥的） words 33became part of my daily routine as well.
About a month after this talk with my father, I 34 a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of affirmations（断言）with one affirmation listed for each 35 of the year.
I 36 opened the book to the page of my birthday to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. 37 of disbelief and appreciation rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the 38 poem that had helped my 39 for all these years! It is called The Serenity Prayer.
God, give me the Serenity （平静）to accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to 40 the things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.
21. A. failedB. succeeded C. managedD. tried
22. A. courageB. abilityC. wisdomD. confidence
23. A. interestingB. personal C. hard D. unanswered
24. A. started B. enjoyed C. mindedD. stopped
25. A. every time B. all timeC. next time D. last time
26. A. anxious B. gladC. afraid D. eager
27. A. bookB. passage C. poemD. list
28. A. at least B. at most C. at first D. at last
29. A. commentB. praise C. contribution D. reply
30. A. wordsB. phrases C. letters D. sentences
31. A. strange B. differentC. simple D. tough
32. A. sharedB. talked C. read D. impressed
33. A. surprisingly B. immediately C. increasingly D. regularly
34. A. broughtB. bought C. receivedD. accepted
35. A. hourB. week C. monthD. day
36. A. easilyB. hurriedly C. sadly D. peacefully
37. A. TearsB. Smiles C. SweatD. Satisfaction
38. A. correctB. impossible C. original D. exact
39. A. motherB. father C. friend D. classmate
40.A. believeB. benefit C. changeD. do
完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
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A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well 41it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs 42 his father had bought the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private 43. His father told him how 44he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He 45his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but 46disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man’s 47embossed (压印浮凸)in gold.
Angrily, he 48his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible（圣经）?" He then stormed out of the house, 49the Bible.
Many years 50and the young man was very 51in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very 52, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. 53he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had 54, and willed all of his possessions to his 55. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.
When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and 56filled his heart. He began to search through his father’s important papers and saw the 57new Bible, just as he had left it years ago.
With 58, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s name, the 59dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the word “PAID IN FULL”.
How many times do we miss blessings 60they are not packaged as we expected? What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
41. A. buy B. afford C. make D. pay
42. A. that B. which C. what D. where
43. A. house B. office C. study D. car
44. A. proud B. hopeful C. eager D. anxious
45. A. showed B. handed C. brought D. provided
46. A. anyway B. somewhat C. somehow D. somewhere
47. A. number B. hand C. hair D. name
48. A. risen B. rose C. arose D. raised
49. A. leaving B. left C. leave D. to leave
50. A. past B. passed C. went D. flied
51. A. satisfied B. busy C. successful D. lucky
52. A. old B. selfish C. mean D. lonely
53. A. After B. When C. Before D. Since
54. A. passed by B. passed away C. passed down D. passed out
55. A. daughter B. son C. grandson D. wife
56. A. regret B. anger C. disappointment D. annoyance
57. A. even B. also C. still D. yet
58. A. smiles B. tears C. hearts D. glasses
59. A. same B. different C. familiar D. similar
60. A. before B. if C. though D. because
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Love in a Box
When I was a little girl, I found love in a box all because of a class assignment. On a Friday night I 36___ at dinner table, “MY teacher said we have to bring a box, a special box, for our valentines (情人节) on Monday”.
Mother said, “We’ll see,” and she continued eating.
What did “We’ll see” mean? I had to have that box 37 my second grade Valentine’s Day would be a disaster. Maybe they didn’t love me enough to help me with my 38.
All Saturday I waited 39and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased, but I 40an enquiry about the box might 41anger or loud voice, for in my house children only asked once. More than that 42trouble.
Late Sunday afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen. The table was covered with colorful 43of different kinds. A (n) 44shoebox rested on top of it. 45 flooded through me when Daddy said, “Let’s get started 46 your project.”
In the next hour my father 47 the shoebox into impressive valentine box. Colorful paper covered the ugly cardboard with red hearts 48 to what I considered all the right places. He sang while he worked. When he finished, he was so delighted that a 49 smile spread over his face. “What do you think of that?” he asked.
I answered him with a hug.
But inside, ___ 50 ___ danced all the way to my heart. It was the first time that my father devoted so much ___ 51 ___ to me, for his world consisted of work only.
The holiday party arrived, and my classmates put cards, and presents into the valentine boxes. Laughter filled our classroom until dismissal time 52_____m
On the way home, I held out my valentine box for the world to __53 __. The love that filled it meant more to me than all the valentines inside.
The valentine box became a symbol of his love that __54__ through decades of other Valentine’s Days. He gave me other gifts through the years, but none __ 55 __ compared with the love I felt within the limits of the old, empty shoebox.
36．A．announced B．appeared C．served D．sat
37．A．and B．however C．or D．so
38．A．design B．plan C．idea D．project
39．A．sadly B．anxiously C．disappointedly D．patiently
40．A．found B．realized C．knew D．imagined
41．A．start B．cause C．mark D．produce
42．A．invited B．took C．saved D．had
43．A．boxes B．gifts C．paper D．food
44．A．new B．big C．attractive D．empty
45．A．Relaxation B．Relief C．Cheer D．Calm
46．A．by B．at C．in D．on
47．A．folded B．packed C．changed D．pressed
48．A．joined B．attached C．linked D．connected
49．A．slight B．brief C．broad D．confident
50．A．joy B．fun C．interest D．amusement
51．A．money B．time C．support D．hope
52．A．reached B．set C．spent D．came
53．A．accept B．respect C．admire D．recognize
54．A．carried B．kept C．spread D．lasted
55．A．ever B．even C．yet D．still
第二部分：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If 36, you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” by Australian writer Andrew Matthews 37.
In his book, Matthews 38 us how to have a happy life and answer the 39 of teenagers.
There are many 40 such as parents and friends, and the book 41 we should stop being angry and forgive. The book tells us of useful skills 42 how to put what you have learned into pictures of your mind to 43 your memory better.
Many teenagers think 44 happiness comes from a good exam result 45 praise (赞扬) from other people. But you can 46 be happy when there are no such “good” things.
Success comes from a(n) 47 attitude（态度）. If you 48 from problems, you will have success in the future.
Some school students have 49 such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that 50 comes from thinking about things in a positive(积极的)51 . If you are 52 , people notice you and you can get a 53 view(视线) at the movie; if you are short, your clothes and shoes 54 less room in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important 55 : you choose to be happy!
36. A. so B. not C. it D. do
37. A. wise B. smart C. useful D. simple
38. A. orders B. tells C. asks D. argues
39. A. problems B. questions C. ideas D. comments
40. A. roles B. classes C. courses D. subjects
41. A. says B. writes C. reads D. thinks
42. A. for example B. such asC. so as D. so that
43. A. make B. turn C. let D. change
44. A. what B. how C. that D. whether
45. A. and B. but C. so D. or
46. A. yet B. already C. still D. forever
47. A. bad B. good C. independent D. normal
48. A. learn B. rescue C. struggle D. separate
49. A. experiences B. difficulties C. fears D. problems
50. A. success B. happiness C. failure D. height
51. A. way B. means C. manners D. spirit
52. A. short B. small C. tall D. fat
53. A. lower B. higher C. worse D. better
54. A. take B. spend C. cover D. cost
55. A. work B. lesson C. teaching D. study