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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Three packs of cigarettes were lying there on the pavement. I went down from Shubentsov’s office doorstep, picked them up and pocketed them. Later, in a bar, when I opened the first pack, I found – to my – the twenty cigarettes were there.
I’m still at the bar, telephone in one and the cigarettes in the other. I’m dialing Shubentsov, who told me to call him the moment I felt the urge to . I feel it, feel it even than I felt Shubentsov’s healing(恢复) energy. That’s saying something, since Shubentsov is known around the world for smokers of their nasty habit, using a method. He sent his healing energy from his fingertips, he tells me – something he picked up from another man in Russia. "I help you for free," he told me in his muddy accent. "Just call me ."
I went to see Shubentsov. I think it’s time to because I’m getting old, and I can’t keep doing this to myself. But here’s the real problem. I should quit, but like a lot of you with the same habit, I really don’t want to.
Smoking has been very good to me. Cigarettes have never let me down, never abandoned me on , desperate nights. Smoking my head, helps me . Smoking has started conversations, driven away annoying people. Smoking helps me celebrate victories, get over losses, and comfort the comfortless. It also chases away the mosquitoes.
I will . Soon. My body and my mind are demanding that daily.
I claim to smoke for pleasure, but I realize that slowly I’m losing control of this close, special friend. I that. I realize it’s not just a "habit". I’m .
So here I am, attempting to again, at Shubentsov’s place. I’ve tried all the other quitting techniques . Anytime the urges to smoke , he said, just call him immediately and he’ll help. The funny thing is that I realize I’m not phoning him to stop me from lighting up. I’m phoning him so I can. If I call, I’ll have done my part. Then I can smoke this cigarette. Besides, I know that at 9.30 on a Friday night, I’ll get the answering machine. I do. "The office is open from ten to four. Call me back then. This machine does not take messages."
I put the phone down and I can honestly say I’m . You see, it’s not Shubentsov’s fault or anyone else’s fault that I’m still . It’s mine.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to smoke this cigarette. Whether I’ll really enjoy it, though, is another story.
A．sadness B．disappointment C．delight D．inspiration
A．pack B．bar C．pocket D．hand
A．smoke B．talk C．drink D．dial
A．weaker B．faster C．stronger D．harder
A．accusing B．helping C．developing D．curing
A．popular B．mysterious C．frightening D．dangerous
A．whenever B．whatever C．however D．whichever
A．start B．continue C．stop D．keep
A．struggling B．beating C．hitting D．playing
A．lovely B．friendly C．lonely D．daily
A．destroys B．hurts C．cuts D．clears
A．breathe B．smile C．see D．think
A．begin B．quit C．report D．study
A．hate B．love C．ignore D．miss
A．ill B．excited C．addicted D．fascinated
A．give out B．give up C．give off D．give away
A．available B．alike C．abnormal D．additional
A．strikes B．attacks C．indicates D．continues
A．disappointed B．unhappy C．satisfied D．relieved
A．living B．working C．smoking D．smiling
It was her laughing that drew my attention. Note taking really wasn’t all that funny.
Walking over to the offender (someone that does something wrong), I asked for the 36 . Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet 37 between teacher and student. When she finally 38 it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it.”
It was a hand-drawn 39 of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth.
I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind, 40 , was working angrily as I struggled not to 41 . I figured I knew the two students who were most likely to draw the picture. It would do them some 42 to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!
Thankfully, I was able to keep myself 43 .
When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how 44 this was for me. I told them there must be a reason 45 and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffled(抽鼻子) in the back of the classroom.
As I 46 the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing against you,” or “I’m sorry you were hurt.” A number of them said, “You give us too much homework.” Some kids said, “We’re 47 of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I 48 were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too 49 , too strict…
Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of 50 my students, I had begun commanding them to 51 . Where I thought I was driving them to success I was 52 driving them away.
I had some apologizing to do. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one 53 by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for 54 .
This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the 55 .
A．help B．advice C．reason D．note
A．conversation B．match C．argument D．battle
A．took B．handed C．turned D．thought
A．statue B．card C．poster D．picture
A．however B．otherwise C．therefore D．besides
A．leave B．explain C．argue D．cry
A．favor B．harm C．good D．punishment
A．controlled B．amused C．uninterested D．relaxed
A．meaningful B．hurtful C．regretful D．forgetful
A．aside B．behind C．below D．above
A．read B．finished C．wrote D．collected
A．proud B．fond C．afraid D．ashamed
A．figured B．promised C．concluded D．doubted
A．talkative B．thoughtful C．kind D．mean
A．forcing B．teaching C．comforting D．encouraging
A．achieve B．apologize C．fail D．appreciate
A．normally B．actually C．immediately D．generally
A．signed B．offered C．drawn D．bought
A．thankfulness B．pity C．forgiveness D．communication
A．friendship B．future C．knowledge D．education
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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last year , I lost my best friend in high school . It seemed that everyone else’s life could just continue on in its 36 way, but mine couldn’t . I wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to face 37 and their gossip at school . I was forced to 38 my routine on Monday morning as usual. In the evening I returned home from school 39 completely defeated . All I wanted to do was 40 into bed and wallow（沉迷于）in my own self-pity. I pulled back the covers on my bed and 41a pile of cards left by dad . Each card included a（n） 42 that is was to be opened on a 43 night that week.
I made it through that week 44 my father . Each card 45 to say just what I needed to hear.Tuesday’s card said , “The past is painful to think about and the 46 is impossible to imagine.Don’t try.Just take it one minute at a time.”On Wednesday my mood 47 when I read. “What you are feeling now is 48 and normal.It still feels very bad , but it is part of the healing 49 .”Friday’s card contained a poem he wrote.The last lines made me smile through my tears. “Whatever special 50 you face along life’s way,may you 51 that you will find the best in every day.”I was instructed to open the last card 52 the party I went to on Saturday night . In it he wisely reminded me to 53 . “The world isn’t so bad after a good laugh.The more you laugh.the more you heal.”Each card was signed , “Love , Dad.”
My world once collapsed but I 54 the difficult breakup eventually. It owed to my dad, who made his 55 known when he couldn’t be present
A．pleasant B．strange C．funny D．normal
A．everyone B．anyone C．someone D．nobody
A．work out B．meet with C．deal with D．come across
A．making B．feeling C．regarding D．considering
A．crawl B．push C．jump D．draw
A．invented B．discovered C．created D．wrote
A．instruction B．explanation C．presentation D．information
A．regular B．flexible C．particular D．legal
A．in favor of B．regardless of C．in search of D．because of
A．seemed B．happened C．occurred D．intended
A．life B．future C．dream D．result
A．fell B．passed C．flew D．lifted
A．false B．honest C．natural D．innocent
A．content B．process C．cure D．progress
A．destruction B．competition C．challenges D．permission
A．trust B．guess C．predict D．succeed
A．before B．since C．after D．till
A．cry B．scream C．sing D．laugh
A．got through B．looked through C．broke through D．put throngh
A．schedule B．concept C．soul D．confidence
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，并在答题卡上涂黑。
When I was about five years old, I used to watch a bird in the skies of southern Alberta from the Blackfoot Blood Reserve in northern Montana where I was born．I loved this bird; I would 36 him for hours．He would 37 effortlessly in that gigantic sky, or he would come down and light on the 38 and float there beautifully．Sometimes when I watched him, he would not make a sound and liked to move 39 into the grasses．We called him meksikatsi, which in the Blackfoot language 40 “pink-colored feet”; meksikatsi and I became very good friends．
The bird had a very particular significance to me 41 I desperately wanted to be able to fly too．I felt very much as if I was the kind of person who had been born into a world where 42 was impossible．And most of the things that I 43 about would not be possible for me but would be possible only for other people．
When I was ten years old, something unexpected 44 my life suddenly．I found myself become an 45 child in a family I was not born into; I found myself in a 46 position that many native Americans find themselves in, living in a city that they do not understand at all, not in another culture but 47 two cultures．
A teacher of the English language told me that meksikatsi was not called meksikatsi, even though that is what 48 people have called that bird for thousands of years．Meksikatsi, he said, was really “duck”．I was very 49 with English．I could not understand it．First of all, the bird did not look like “duck”, and when it made a 50 , it did not sound like “duck”, I was even more 51 when I found out that the meaning of the verb “to duck” came from the bird．
As I 52 to understand English better, I understand that it made a great deal of 53 , but I never forgot that meksikatsi made a different kind of meaning．I 54 that languages are not just different words for the same things but totally different 55 , totally different ways of experiencing and looking at the world．
A．keep B．watch C．follow D．search
A．jump B．dive C．circle D．wander
A．nest B．hill C．water D．road
A．quickly B．naturally C．freely D．quietly
A．means B．reads C．shows D．states
A．though B．because C．while D．until
A．communication B．imagination C．belief D．flight
A．dreamed B．worried C．knew D．argued
A．improved B．enriched C．changed D．ruined
A．educated B．adopted C．outgoing D．independent
A．weak B．comfortable C．terrible D．central
A．between B．against C．without D．beyond
A．most B．few C．their D．my
A．desperate B．bored C．uncomfortable D．disappointed
A．noise B．call C．decision D．choice
A．ashamed B．confused C．embarrassed D．frightened
A．tried B．came C．determined D．expected
A．evidence B．distinction C．profit D．sense
A．identified B．confirmed C．realized D．predicted
A．concepts B．regulations C．messages D．evaluations
“Hey, Dad, are you going to come to my award ceremony tonight?” I __21___asked my father. “I have to work late tonight. I doubt if I’ll be able to __22__ it on time. I am just too busy right now,” he replied.
My mind could not ___23__the idea that he would be too busy working late. He was also too busy to __24__ my horse show, football games and the 15th birthday party. He always used the same __25__. Why had I even taken trouble to ask? __26__, there was always a slight hope that tonight would be __27__.
As my mother and I arrived at school, two friends__28__ me. “Jill, meet my dad. Dad, this is my friend Jill.” I shook the hand of a tall man. Camera flashes lit up the room, and claps filled the __29__ as students accepted their awards. My name was finally called, __30__ three others. I followed my classmates to the __31__. When I reached out my hand to shake the __32__, a big smile lit up her face. The blinding flash from my mother’s camera ___33__ my eyes and I knew my dad wasn’t there. I walked back to my seat __34___.
Back at home, seeing my dad’s car in the garage. I told myself he would not be __35__. But the strong smell of alcohol hit me as soon as I __36__inside, and I could feel my tears __37__ . I followed the sound of his drunken words and saw him __38__ on the couch.
__39__ did Father lie to me? I threw my award on the floor, walked to my bedroom, and shut the door. Tears rolled down my face. I wondered if I would ever be more__40__ than his whiskey bottle.
A．confidently B．eagerly C．proudly D．fearfully
A．reach B．keep C．take D．make
A．create B．support C．appreciate D．accept
A．watch B．avoid C．attend D．speed
A．excuse B．reply C．promise D．trick
A．Besides B．Thus C．Otherwise D．However
A．active B．formal C．different D．serious
A．recognized B．greeted C．encouraged D．showed
A．air B．audience C．school D．playground
A．rather than B．other than C．except for D．along with
A．stage B．position C．office D．exit
A．Jill’s B．teacher’s C．mother’s D．father’s
A．fixed B．touched C．hurt D．inserted
A．successfully B．disappointedly C．delightedly D．hopefully
A．drunk B．woken C．forgiven D．hidden
A．stepped B．noticed C．examined D．glanced
A．getting off B．taking down C．building up D．turning around
A．learning B．lying C．putting D．carrying
A．How B．Where C．Why D．Whether
A．perfect B．comfortable C．fortunate D．important
A boy of 14 has become the youngest student to win a place at Cambridge University. Arran Fernandez, who was 16 at home by his father, Neil, will 17 a mathematics degree at Fitzwilliam College next month and he hopes to have a career as a research mathematician to 18 the Riemann hypothesis(黎曼猜想) that has confused the brightest minds. It will make him the youngest Cambridge student 19 14-year-old William Pitt the Younger studied there in 1773.
Last night the child genius said: “I am looking forward to going to the 20 . I have started the first-year books21 and it is all right, not too 22 . I can understand it. I am excited about going to Cambridge, 23 I am used to making records about being the youngest in education. It isn’t the youngest moment that is so important to me-- 24 I’m more interested in going to Cambridge than comparing 25 with other people who go there.”
But 26 his age he will not be able to 27 many of the alcohol-fuelled festivities(庆典) traditionally28 to Freshers’ Week. “I don’t think I’m missing too much fun,” he insisted. “Even if I was 18, I wouldn’t want to go out29 . ”
Arran, 30 plans to join the bird-watching society instead and go boating while at university, was five when he 31 the youngest person to be 32 a GCSE (General Certificated of Secondary Education), after passing maths. He was offered the33 to learn at Cambridge in 2010, when he was 14, on the condition he gained an A-level in physics, which he34 with an A+ grade. Arran had already gained an A grade in further maths last year.
Cambridge also asked him to attend three GCSEs in subjects which were not related to maths and physics to35 his knowledge. He gained A+s in English literature and French and an A in English language this summer.
A．educated B．equipped C．arranged D．evaluated
A．run B．operate C．end D．start
A．work out B．make out C．help out D．break out
A．before B．after C．since D．but
A．festivities B．lectures C．contests D．literature
A．especially B．already C．hardly D．gradually
A．difficult B．easy C．interesting D．boring
A．therefore B．but C．additionally D．and
A．fortunately B．merely C．actually D．mentally
A．it B．them C．themselves D．myself
A．because of B．instead of C．except for D．as for
A．pick out B．join in C．pick up D．join up
A．added B．addicted C．related D．encouraged
A．smoking B．singing C．drinking D．dancing
A．who B．which C．that D．he
A．turned B．seemed C．grew D．became
A．presented B．awarded C．rewarded D．submitted
A．tendency B．treaty C．profit D．opportunity
A．improved B．achieved C．reserved D．represented
A．reduce B．improve C．broaden D．insure