High school does not encourage students to know about the new things in life，but college sets the stage for it．I myself went through this （1） process（过程）and found something that has changed my experience at college for the better： I discovered ASL﹣American Sign Language．
I never felt it necessary to learn any sign language before．All of my family members can hear，and so are all my friends．The （2） language was enough．Little by little，I discovered my （3） for ASL．
The （4） began during my first week at college．I watched it carefully when the ASL club performed their translation of a song．Both the hand movements and the idea of communicating without speaking attracted me．What I saw was completely different from anything I had experienced in the past．This new form of communication just made me want more．
After that，feeling the need to （5） further，I decided to join one of ASL clubs．I only learned how to express my feelings （6） my hands about the letters that day．Although my process was （7） ，I wasn' t disappointed about it．I then tried my best to take part in those club' s meetings and learned all I could．
The following term，I decided to be a member of an ASL class．The professor was deaf and any talking wasn' t （8） ．I soon realized that silence was not unpleasant．（9） ，if there had been any talking，it would have caused to learn less．Now，I enjoy the silence and the （10） way of communication．
（1）A．talking |
B．planning |
C．searching |
D．looking |
（2）A．body |
B．spoken |
C．written |
D．foreign |
（3）A．love |
B．question |
C．need |
D．goal |
（4）A．map |
B．trip |
C．story |
D．task |
（5）A．ask about |
B．know about |
C．worry about |
D．talk about |
（6）A．at |
B．on |
C．in |
D．with |
（7）A．ready |
B．slow |
C．common |
D．nervous |
（8）A．allowed |
B．welcomed |
C．turned |
D．repeated |
（9）A．Finally |
B．Besides |
C．Instead |
D．However |
（10）A．easy |
B．popular |
C．new |
D．quick |
完形填空(本题共15小题, 每小题1分, 共15分)
On my first day of high school, I met David. It was cloudy. When I went home after school, I saw a boy also walking back home. He was my classmate, David. He was carrying his books. 21._______ he was walking, I saw a group of kids rushing to him. David 22._______ and his glasses went flying. All his 23._______ fell on the ground. Then the kids ran away. He looked up and I saw sadness in his eyes. I helped him stand up and 24._______ his glasses. Then I saw there 25._______ a big smile on his face.
From then on, we became 26._______. The more I got to know David, the more I liked him. During the four years, we always studied, played together and had a 27._______ time.
On the day when we finished high school, I could see that he was 28._______ about his speech. So I said, “Don’t be stressed out. Believe in 29._______ and you’ll be the best!” Then he began, “Today is a good time to say 30._______ to those people who helped you succeed through the difficult years. Our parents, our teachers, but mostly our 31._______. Being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I’ll 32._______ you a story…” I just looked at the handsome popular boy amazingly when he told the story of the 33._______ day when we met each other.
All of us were 34._______. Everyone was listening to his story in silence. I saw his parents looking at me and smiling. I did not know the deep meaning 35._______ that moment. I know even a small action can change a person’s life. As you know, “Friends are angels to make us rise when our wings have problems flying.”
| B. While |
C. Though |
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| B. fell down |
C. falling down |
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| B. money |
C. glasses |
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| B. look after |
C. look like |
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| B. was |
C. will be |
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| B. students |
C. friends |
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| B. bad |
C. sad |
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| B. nervous |
C. excited |
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| B. yourself |
C. myself |
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| B. sorry |
C. thanks |
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| B. parents |
C. teachers |
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| B. tell |
C. ask |
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| B. second |
C. last |
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| B. quiet |
C. strange |
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| B. for |
C. but |
完形填空（每题1分，共10分）
I have a problem. Yesterday afternoon I ___1___ with my best friend, Kim. And he was very angry. I thought about it for a long time last ___2___. Now I know I was ___3___ at that time. But I don’t know ___4___ I should do. My mother thinks I ___5___ go to see Kim and tell him I was wrong. My father thinks I should ___6___ Kim and say ___7___ to him. And my brother ___8___ I should call Teen talk, the radio advice program. My sister tells ___9___ I should call up my teacher for ___10___.
Can you tell me what I should do?
1. A. argued B. smiledC. shouted D. talked
2. A. morningB. noon C. afternoonD. night
3. A. right B. wrongC. kind D. good
4. A. how B. whyC. what D. where
5. A. will B. shouldC. must D. need
6. A. call B. to callC. calling D. called
7. A. helloB. morningC. sorryD. afternoon
8. A. wants B. saysC. hopes D. speaks
9. A. IB. myC. him D. me
10. A. advice B. moneyC. homework D. study
As a single parent of four children, money was always tight .It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t money for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party . But the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas (36).
They planned weeks ahead of time , asking (37) what they wanted for Christmas. luckily, I have saved $120 for (38) to share by all five of us .
The big (39) arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and (40) them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop. Then we would (41) back at the “Santa’s Workshop.”
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits (42) my younger daughter, Tina, who was unusual (43). She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything (44) we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door，(45) to be angry again. This is what he told me:
“ I was looking (46) thinking of what to buy , and I (47) to read the title cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old. And all she (48) for Christmas was a doll .So I took the card off the tree and (49) the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so (50) as I did that day.
A．shopping B．travelling C．parties D．greetings
A．the other B．each other C．one by one D．every other one
A．toys B．clothes C．presents D．bills
A．day B．chance C．times D．tree
A．forced B．reminded C．invited D．begged
A．draw B．stay C．move D．meet
A．including B．besides C．except D．regarding
A．quiet B．excited C．happy D．ashamed
A．since B．after C．while D．until
A．waiting B．ready C．hoping D．afraid
A．out B．over C．forward D．around
A．forgot B．stopped C．failed D．hated
A．wanted B．did C．got D．played
A．made B．searched C．bought D．found
A．angry B．rich C．patient D．bitter
完形填空（共 15小题，每小题 1 分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
A well-dressed man came into a famous jewellery （首饰）shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠）for his wife’s birthday and that the 16did not matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examin;ing a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that _17_ $5000. He paid for that pearl , shook hands with the jeweler and left.
A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked that pearl _18_ that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the _19_ size and quality as she wanted a pair of earrings made. “Can you give me any advice on _20_ to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler replied , “I would say it’s _21_ to find an exact one like that pearl.”
The rich man _22_ the jeweler to advertise in the newspaper, and offered $25.000 for that matching pearl. Many people answered that ad, _23_ nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had _24__ hope, an old lady came in. To his _25_ , she took a wonderful pearl from her handbag. “I don’t like to sell it, ” she said _26_. “I inherited (继承)it from my mother, and my mother inherited from _27_, but now I really need money.”
The jeweler was quick to pay her _28_ she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell the good _29_ to him. The rich man, however, was _30_ to be found. He had fled with the old woman a few more minutes before. A. sizeB. shape C. price
A. spent B. cost C. took
A. a little B. so much C. at all
A. same B. different C. common
A. what B. whyC. how
A. possible B. easy C. impossible
A. let B. make C. asked
A. so B. but C. and
A. found out B. given up C. come up with
A. disappointment B. surprise C. fear
A. happily B. loudly C. sadly
A. mine B.his C. hers
A. when B. before C. after
A. news B. advice C. way
A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere
完形填空（每题1分，共10分）
Elena Desserich was a little girl. She loved to ___1___ and write. Elena dreamed of becoming an artist when she grew up—but sadly, she ___2___ had the chance to be an adult. When elena was 5 years old, the ___3___ said that she had brain cancer(癌症) and only had 135 days to ___4___.
Elena ___5___ the long days in hospital working on her painting, which were full of hearts and smiling families. ___6___ of her painting was shown in a gallery(画廊), right next to a Picasso’s painting. Soon she lost the use of her ___7___, and she began to “talk” with her family by writing notes.
When Elena died, her parents were very sad, ___8___ they knew the day would come. When they were tidying up her things, they began to find notes. All through her final days, Elena was writing love notes to her family and hiding(藏) ___9___ in secret places in the house.
Her parents started to collect them and all the ___10___ would say “I love you Mum, Dad and Grace.” They kept finding them—the amazing gift from Elena.
1. A. sing B. play C. paint D. read
2. A. never B. sometimes C. always D. usually
3. A. father B. teacher C. mother D. doctor
4. A. die B. live C. work D. paint
5. A. took B. paid C. spent D. cost
6. A. All B. One C. Both D. Neither
7. A. voice B. eyesC. ears D. nose
8. A. ever since B. even C. even though D. however
9. A. it B. her C. that D. them
10. A. notes B. paintings C. books D. places