Don’t let Aurora’s small stature（身材）fool you—her spirit is strong. She is one of 140 chickens from a farm. When we saved her, she was tiny and sick and it seemed that she would survive. Having never got the right , many of the chickens were sick and some died.
At a young age, Aurora and her sisters and brothers were by their mom. Luckily, another mother their care. Aurora seemed the last to food and attention. She grew at a much slower than her brothers and sisters. Everything seemed her.
At the young age of seven months, Aurora had lost two moms and was to find a place with the other chickens.
Aurora found comfort with an old chicken named Margaret, staying under her wings during the cold nights, Margaret was so old that a few months later she died. Aurora, in her own way, thinks of Margaret. Every evening, you will find her in the spot where she kept Margaret company. when the other chickens try to her away, Aurora comes back.
As Aurora grew, we became at her love to simply live. Nothing her.
So remember, when life seems so that you can’t take it, think of Aurora. She has lost two moms, watched her sisters and brothers die, and from serious illnesses. Yet she enjoys the small, sweet life has offered—safety, food, warmth and good friendships.
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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
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。
When I was in medical college, I went 36 with some of my friends. The 37 was summer; therefore, we 38 to go to the seaside. After arriving there, we rented a room and left our 39 there. We finished lunch and then decided to rent a boat 40 the sea and the weather were beautiful.
We started to 41 , but about one mile out, the weather suddenly changed. 42 the weather was not good, we didn’t want to 43 , but finally my friends and I 44 that we should go back. We tried to change the boat’s 45 , but as soon as we changed it, the oarlock (橹, 桨) broke. Therefore, we were 46 to turn back. We had to wait for help because we coul
dn’t do anything.
After seeing the change of the weather, we 47 to row, but it was too late. We 48 it. The sea changed a lot, the waves got very high, and the boat began to 49 like a cradle (摇篮). One of my friends started to cry; 50 started to feel sick. Three hours passed, and nobody came to help us. We were just praying. 51 , after five long hours of waiting, two big boats came to 52 us and we 53 . If they 54 come to get us, we would have crossed the border between Turkey and Greece because the border was very close.
This story is the most exciting story of my life because we could have 55 , but luck was with us and we escaped.
A．to camp B．and camped C．camping D．on camp
A．climate B．month C．reason D．season
A．chose B．selected C．managed D．would rather
A．things B．luggage C．package D．bags
A．if B．even if C．because D．for
A．go B．row C．sail D．surf
A．As B．If C．Although D．Even if
A．give in B．give up C．go forward D．row
A．agreed B．hoped C．suggested D．promised
A．head B．direction C．line D．way
A．unable B．able C．delighted D．sad
A．shouldn’t continue B．couldn’t continue C．shouldn’t have continued D．couldn’t have continued
A．forgot B．regretted C．didn’t mind D．disliked
A．move B．tremble C．shake D．swing
A．other B．the other C．another D．others
A．Fortunately B．Unfortunately C．Fortunate D．Unluckily
A．carry B．bring C．search D．rescue
A．didn’t drown B．didn’t die C．escaped D．ran away
A．didn’t B．wouldn’t C．shouldn’t D．hadn’t
A．died B．survived C．floated D．returned
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。
It was only a few weeks after my surgery. I went to Dr. Belt’s office for a 36 . it was just after my first chemotherapy treatment（化疗）. My scar was still very tender. 37 , I was taken to an examination room to have my blood 38 , again – a terrifying process for me, since I’m so frightened of 39 .
I lay down on the 40 . Then Ramina entered the room. Her 41 smile was familiar, and 42in contrast to my fears. I’d first seen her in the office a few weeks earlier. She wasn’t my 43 on that day, but I remember her because she was laughing. What could she 44 find to laugh about at a time like this? So I decided she wasn’t 45 enough about the whole thing.
But this day was 46 . Ramona had taken my blood before. She 47 my fear of needles, and she kindly 48 the medical equipment under a magazine. As we opened the layers of bandage, the 49 scar on my chest could be seen.
She gently 50 over and ran her hand across the scar, 51 the smoothness of the healing skin. I began to cry gently and quietly. She brought her warm eyes to mine and said, “You haven’t 52 it et, have you?” And I said, “No.”
I continued to cry gently. In 53 tones she said, “This is part of your body. This is you. It’s okay to touch it.” But I couldn’t. So she touched it for me. The 54 . The healing wound. And beneath it, she touched my heart.
That night as I lay down, I gently placed my hand on my chest and I left it there 55 I fell asleep. I knew I wasn’t alone.
A．prescription B．discussion C．conversation D．checkup
A．At once B．As usual C．In fact D．In addition
A．drawn B．mixed C．corrected D．chcaned
A．doctors B．nurses C．blood D．needles
A．operation table B．office floor C．examining bed D．test bed
A．warm B．bitter C．shy D．weak
A．worked out B．stood out C．found out D．gave out
A．girl B．partner C．nurse D．companion
A．accidentally B．particularly C．possibly D．actually
A．serious B．curious C．worried D．nervous
A．difficult B．different C．pleasant D．common
A．talked about B．got around C．knew about D．put away
A．found B．replaced C．showed D．hid
A．old B．fresh C．worn D．fine
A．came B．went C．searched D．reached
A．examining B．covering C．pressing D．removing
A．watched B．discovered C．touched D．unfolded
A．tough B．soft C．cold D．strict
A．bandage B．soul C．pain D．scar
A．until B．after C．since D．when
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep？ Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(an) 1bed for you. Hiroyuki's bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it 2.
The bed 3an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays 4music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet 5, "Wake up, darling, please." A few minutes later, a second recording 6. The sound recording can be loud music or 7 sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss shouts, "Wake up immediately, 8 you'll be late!"
If you don't get up 9the second recording, you will be sorry! A mechanical
"foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few 10minutes. What! You're still in bed! Slowly the 11of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. 12 the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and 13
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to 14a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees---"All-Honda Idea Contest", The employees think of new ideas. If their ideas win, the employees win 15. Hiroyuki Sugiyama won a lot of money for his bed.
1. A. expensive B. special C. valuable D. comfortable
2. A. works B. runs C. happens D. moves
3. A. is separated from B. is made up of C. is attached to D. is made into
4. A. loud B. classical C. pop D. soft
5. A. sound B. voice C. noise D. way
6. A. sends B. turns C. plays D. appears
7. A. pleasant B. interesting C. unpleasant D. funny
8. A. and B. but C. so D. or
9. A. after B. until C. since D. before
10. A. other B. another C. more D. one
11. A. end B. middle C. body D. top
12. A. However B. Finally C. Therefore D. Otherwise
13. A. angry B. work C. happy D. awake
14. A. win B. achieve C. gain D. defeat
15. A. praises B. contents C. prizes D. med