阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
Janelle used the phone of the helpful woman to call Cliff. Cliff played golf with a medical doctor almost every Saturday. Cliff, but glad his wife was alive, said he would be there . She told him to bring their son and her set of car keys, because her keys were in the purse. Cliff and Donovan arrived just before the police officer finished his report. Cliff his wife gently. He told Donovan to drive home in Janelle’s car. Cliff then asked the officer what the were of catching the attackers.
The officer told Cliff that like this happened daily throughout southern California. Cliff the officer what could be done. “I know this sounds ridiculous（可笑）, but we police can protect you law-abiding（守法的）citizens. There are simply too many criminals. Tell all your relatives and friends one thing: Don’t go anywhere alone, day or night. A woman by herself, even , might as well be carrying a bright neon（霓虹灯）sign that : ‘Victim here－Come and get me!’ I’m not to be telling you this, because the word gets out, tourism will suffer in southern California.”
The officer asked Janelle to the police report. He wished her a speedy , and promised to do his best to help put the attackers behind bars. He both of them that the two thugs（暴徒）now had their credit cards, address, car keys, and house keys. He suggested that they make the appropriate phone calls, the locks to their house, and get new keys for her car. Cliff told the officer that a couple of his friends were at his house, with guns, for intruders. Cliff and Janelle thanked the officer and the helpful woman. Cliff drove Janelle straight toward their family doctor.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从1～20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。
When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny's house, she wasn't nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark.1, it was only a 15,ncnule ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that he hadn't been so2.
As she rounded a sarp benu, it suddenly3cold－very cold. Alice's breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs aso cale that it became hard to ride.
With her l
iart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move4that the didn't hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also5,Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something6. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. "Hello, dear,"said the old lady. "I need7. I'm afraid I'm lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes."
"Airport? You8are lost,"Alice said. "You need to go back five kilometers9you reach the"
T-junction.Turn left and10for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway.From there,just follow the11to the airport.But I'm afraid there's no12you'll get there in five minutes!"
"Thank you very much,dearn eplied the old lady."Don't worry-I'll13it time."
The14up and the started off.A little way ahead,it15and with hedlights filashing, it drove past Alice. But then, mething16happened.The car hegary changing flrst, its color17from black to silvey grew when, the wheels began disappearing, but the car to move forward,18just above the grolld. As the car19into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly.With a faint whistling20,the car was gone in seconds,leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…
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请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后1～20题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Another person's enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved.That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she enterd our home in rural Virginia. My father1_me to her with these words:"I would like you to meet the fellow who is2for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no3than tomorrow morning."
My stepmother walked over to me,4my head slightly upward,and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied,"You are5.This is not the worst boy at all,6the smartest one who hasn't yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm."
That statement began a(n)7between us.No one had ever called me smart,My family and neighbors had built me up in my8as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things.She9my father to go to a dental school,from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county srat,where my father's career could be more10and my brother and I could be better11.
When I turned fourteen,she bought me a secondhand12and told me that she believed that I could become a writer.I knew her ernthusiasm,I13it had alreadly improved our lives.I accepted her14and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of15that great day
I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life's work later.I wasn't the16beneficiary (受益者).My father became the17man in town.My brother and stepbrthers became a physician,a dentist,a lawyer,and a college president.
What power18has!When that power is released to support the certainty of one's purpose and is19strengthened by faith,it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never20.
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors. Almost instantly I loved her. She had an Unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking,1she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.
Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my2. She wanted to know how I thought we should3things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew4about stage design! But I slowly began to respond to her5. It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to6them. She trusted me to complete things, so I completed them perfectly. She loved how7I was, so I began to show up to paint more and more. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.
Mrs. Neidl's8that year was, "Try it. We can always paint over it9!"I began to take10. I
had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing--only things to be11upon. I learned to dip my brush into the paint and12create something.
The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was13in the program
as "Student Art Assistant" because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that year that I14I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design.
Being on that stage-design team15Mrs. Neidl changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more competent than I had thought, but I also16a strong interest and a world I hadn't known existed. She taught me not to17what people think I should do: She taught me to take chances and not be18. Mrs. Neidl was my comforter when I was upset. Her19in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined20.
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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册选项（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。
Most people give little thought to the pens they write with , especially since the printers in modern homes and offices mean that very 36things are handwritten .All too often,people buy a pen based only on 37,and wonder why they are not satisfied 38 ,they begin to use it ,However, buying a pen that you’ll enjoy is not 39 if you keep the following in wond.
First of all, a pen should fit comfortably in your hand and be 40 to use .The thickness of the pen is the most important characteristic(特征)41comfort. Having a small hand and thick fingers, you may 43 a fatter pen .The length of a pen can 44 influence comfort. A pen that is too 45 can easily feel top-heavy and unstable.
Then, the writing point of the pen should 46 the ink to flow evenly(均匀的) while that pen remains in touch with the paper 47 will make it possibly for you to creat a 48 line of writing .The point should also be sensitive enough to 49 ink from running when the pen is lifted.A point that does not block the 50 may leave drops of ink, 51 you pick the pen up and put it down again.
52 ,the pen should make a thick , dark line. Fine-line pens may 53 bad handwriting, but fine, delicate lines do not command 54 next to printed text ,as ,55, a singnature on a printed letter .A broader line, on the other hand ,gives an impression of confidence and authority (权威)。
36.A.many B.few C.pleasant D.important
37.A.looks B.reason C.value D.advantanges
38.A.once B.if C.because D.though
39.A.coveenient B.practocal C.strange D.difficult
40.A.heavy B.easy C. hard D.safe
41.A.taking B.finding C.determining D.seeking
42.A.strong B.weaker C.smaller D.larger
43.A.prefer B.recommend C.prepare D. demand
44.A.hardly B.also C. never D。 still
45.a.thick B.light C. rong D. soft
46.A.changeB.allow C. reduce D .press
47. Athey B. one C. this D. some
48. A. from B. rough C. black D. smooth
49. A. prevent B. free C. protect D. remove
50. A. way B. sight C. flow D. stream
51. A. so B. as C. and D. yet
52. A. Meanwhile B. Generally C. Afterwards D. Finally
53. A. show up B. differ from C. break down D. compensate for
54. A. attention B. support C. respect D. admission
55. A. at most B. for example C. in brief D. on purpose
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with1an gang (团伙)problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often2trouble, he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day3.
Those fun trips had a(n)4impact. A chance encounter in 2000 proved that. One day,5working security at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys6.He sensed trouble between them.7one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug."I8you. You took me9when I was in fifth grade. That was one of the10days of my life ."
Deeply touched by the boy's word, Moody decided to create a foundation（基金会）that11teenagers to the basics of fishing in camping programs. "As a policeman, I saw12there was violence, drugs were always behind it. They have a damaging13on the kids," says Moody.
By turning kids on to fishing, he14to present an alternative way of life, "When you're sitting there waiting for a15,"he says, "you can't help but talk to each other, and such16can be pretty deep."
"Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer（同龄人）pressures in high school," says Michelle, 17 who17the first program. "And I was able to help my little brother18drugs."
Moody faces19in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation full-time."I'm living a happy life and I have a responsibility to my20to give back," Moody says."If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow."
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