1 . When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could _______ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he _______ in class.

When I took the first exam, I was _______ to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper, ________English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained _______. I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that _______ because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I _______ with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his _______. One more test before the final exam. One more _______ to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time, ________ the meaning of the word “thorough”. But my ________ did no good and everything ________ as before.

The last hurdle (障碍) was the final. No matter what ________ I got, it wouldn’t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the ________ goodbye. I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even ________ myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have ________ with a test. A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into professor Jayne’s office. He ________ to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you ________ , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.” I stared at him, ________that his analysis and strategy (策略) were correct. I had worked my head ________ , as I had never done before. I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

1.

A．take

B．discuss

C．cover

D．get

2.

A．sought

B．presented

C．exchanged

D．obtained

3.

A．shocked

B．worried

C．scared

D．anxious

4.

A．but

B．so

C．for

D．or

5.

A．unchanged

B．unpleasant

C．unfriendly

D．unmoved

6.

A．reflected

B．meant

C．improved

D．affected

7.

A．quarreled

B．reasoned

C．bargained

D．chatted

8.

A．attitude

B．mind

C．plan

D．view

9.

A．choice

B．step

C．chance

D．measure

10.

A．memorized

B．considered

C．accepted

D．learned

11.

A．ambition

B．confidence

C．effort

D．method

12.

A．stayed

B．went

C．worked

D．changed

13.

A．grade

B．answer

C．lesson

D．comment

14.

A．scholarship

B．course

C．degree

D．subject

15.

A．helped

B．favored

C．treated

D．relaxed

16.

A．fun

B．luck

C．problems

D．tricks

17.

A．happened

B．proved

C．pretended

D．seemed

18.

A．valued

B．imagined

C．expected

D．welcomed

19.

A．remembering

B．guessing

C．supposing

D．realizing

20.

A．out

B．over

C．on

D．off

2 .        People often fall ill because of me. ____ , they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own ____. A tired person may get ____, especially when he goes to crowded places with polluted air. A sudden change in ____ is another factor. In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home. They will catch a cold easily.
       My latest victim is an energetic student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though ____, he still went to the cinema .Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately.
       I seized this golden chance to ____ him. He reacted, trying to ____ me , but I was already ____ deep in his throat. He kept sneezing(打喷嚏) and his nose was running ____ he put on some warm clothes, it didn’t work, for there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept ____ him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but ____ .
       The next day he couldn’t go to ____. He had lost his appetite and was not as ____ as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his ____.
       For two days he was ____ by his mother. As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began to feel the ____.   I knew I had to ____ him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I made every effort to fight back ____, it was my turn to feel ____ now, for his defense system was starting an all-out attack against me. I became ____ and finally my time was over.
       Do you know what I am?1.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．However

D．Then K

2.

A．business

B．responsibility

C．excuse

D．fault

3.

A．punished

B．blamed

C．caught

D．killed

4.

A．temperature

B．season

C．place

D．condition

5.

A．excited

B．hurt

C．late

D．tired

6.

A．injure

B．bother

C．attack

D．destroy

7.

A．get on with

B．get rid of

C．put up with

D．take hold of

8.

A．reproducing

B．waiting

C．hiding

D．disappearing

9.

A．Since

B．Once

C．Whether

D．Although

10.

A．reminding

B．upsetting

C．comforting

D．influencing

11.

A．escaped

B．succeeded

C．regretted

D．failed

12.

A．bed

B．work

C．school

D．hospital

13.

A．peaceful

B．afraid

C．active

D．happy

14.

A．recovery

B．development

C．study

D．growth

15.

A．protected

B．nursed

C．scolded

D．affected

16.

A．loss

B．operation

C．pressure

D．movement

17.

A．leave

B．catch

C．forget

D．beat

18.

A．Uncertainly

B．Unfairly

C．Unusually

D．Unfortunately

19.

A．painful

B．tired

C．nervous

D．ashamed

20.

A．bigger

B．weaker

C．smaller

D．stronger

3 . The first time I remember noticing the crossing guard was when he waved to me as I drove my son to school. He_______me with a puzzle—all because he waved to me like someone does_______seeing a close friend. A big,_______smile accompanied his wave. For the next few days I tried to_______his face to see if I knew him. I didn’t. Perhaps he had_______me for someone else. By the time I contented myself with the_______that he and I were strangers, we were greeting each other warmly every morning like old friends.

Then one day the_______was solved. As I_______the school he was standing in the middle of the road_______his stop sign. I was in live behind four cars.________the kids had reached the safety of the sidewalk, he lowered his sign and let the cars________. To the first he waved and ________in just the same way he had done to me over the last few days. The kids already had the window down and were happily waving their reply. The second car got the same ________from the crossing guard, and the driver, a stiff-looking (表情刻板的) businessman, gave a brief, almost________wave back. Each following car of kids on their way to school________more heartily.

Every morning I continued to watch the man with________. So far I haven’t seen anyone________to wave back. I find it interesting that one person can make such a (n)________to so many people’s lives by doing one simple thing like waving and smiling warmly. His________armed the start of my day. With a friendly wave and smiling face he had changed the________of the whole neighbourhood.

1.

A．hit

B．disappointed

C．presented

D．bored

2.

A．on

B．from

C．during

D．about

3.

A．false

B．shy

C．apologetic

D．bright

4.

A．research

B．study

C．recognize

D．explore

5.

A．praised

B．blamed

C．mistaken

D．respected

6.

A．conclusion

B．description

C．evaluation

D．introduction

7.

A．argument

B．disagreement

C．mystery

D．task

8.

A．visited

B．approached

C．passed

D．left

9.

A．drawing back

B．putting on

C．handing in

D．holding out

10.

A．Once

B．Before

C．Unless

D．While

11.

A．in

B．through

C．out

D．down

12.

A．cried

B．cheered

C．smiled

D．gestured

13.

A．idea

B．reply

C．notice

D．greeting

14.

A．awkward

B．angry

C．elegant

D．patient

15.

A．came

B．responded

C．hurried

D．appeared

16.

A．surprise

B．frustration

C．interest

D．doubt

17.

A．fail

B．try

C．wish

D．bother

18.

A．offer

B．sacrifice

C．promise

D．difference

19.

A．effectiveness

B．cheerfulness

C．carefulness

D．seriousness

20.

A．trends

B．observations

C．regulations

D．feelings

4 . “Daily Star, sir,” called Jason, carrying some news-papers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty ____ left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was ____. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers ____ money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a ____ for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He ____ as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.

“You don’t know the ____ of selling papers. You must shout, ‘Hot news! Bomb bursting!’” another newsboy Chad told Jason. “____ it’s not in the paper at all,” replied Jason. “Just run away quickly ____ they have time to see, and you’ll ____ out and get your money,” Chad said.

It was a new ____ to Jason. He thought of his bird with no ____ and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was ____ that he would not tell a lie. Though he was ____ a poor newsboy, he had been ____ some good things.

The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers ____. Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared with a ____ smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason ____ money because he would not tell a lie. The boys ____ at Jason. “You wouldn’t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?” A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason’s shoulder ____, “You’re just the boy I am looking for.” A week later Jason started his new ____. He lost the sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.

1.

A．shops

B．coins

C．people

D．papers

2.

A．open

B．heavy

C．pure

D．weak

3.

A．instead of

B．in return for

C．regardless of

D．in exchange for

4.

A．cup

B．card

C．comb

D．cake

5.

A．gave in

B．broke down

C．got away

D．showed up

6.

A．difficulty

B．process

C．goal

D．secret

7.

A．And

B．But

C．For

D．So

8.

A．before

B．since

C．though

D．unless

9.

A．call

B．drop

C．sell

D．reach

10.

A．edition

B．idea

C．policy

D．task

11.

A．bread

B．insects

C．seeds

D．water

12.

A．concerned

B．amazed

C．excited

D．determined

13.

A．still

B．already

C．just

D．also

14.

A．taught

B．handed

C．awarded

D．allowed

15.

A．at once

B．by chance

C．as usual

D．on purpose

16.

A．proud

B．gentle

C．warm

D．polite

17.

A．borrowed

B．lost

C．made

D．saved

18.

A．laughed

B．shouted

C．nodded

D．stared

19.

A．bravely

B．gratefully

C．fondly

D．modestly

20.

A．duty

B．business

C．job

D．method

5 . In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my _______, it was the same score.
Later that evening, I ______ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our ________much better than an IQ test. We ________that Michael’s score must have been a _______ and we should treat him ________as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got _______ grades in the school, especially _______ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.
Michael _______ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than ________. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.
On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I ________ the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the ________ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say ________, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the ________ we had in him.
Interestingly, Michael then _________another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had _______ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be ________.
Children often do as ________ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers,_________ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ ________”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.1.

A．joy

B．surprise

C．dislike

D．disappointment

2.

A．tearfully

B．fearfully

C．cheerfully

D．hopefully

3.

A．student

B．son

C．friend

D．doctor

4.

A．argued

B．realized

C．decided

D．understood

5.

A．joke

B．mistake

C．warning          D wonder

6.

A．specially

B．strictly

C．naturally

D．carefully

7.

A．poor

B．good

C．average

D．standard

8.

A．in

B．about

C．of

D．for

9.

A．visited

B．chose

C．passed

D．entered

10.

A．allowed

B．described

C．required

D．offered

11.

A．missed

B．held

C．delayed

D．attended

12.

A．high

B．same

C．low

D．different

13.

A．curiously

B．eagerly

C．calmly

D．jokingly

14.

A．faith

B．interest

C．pride

D．delight

15.

A．looked for

B．asked for

C．waited for

D．prepared for

16.

A．received

B．accepted

C．organized

D．discussed

17.

A．imperfect

B．impossible

C．uncertain

D．unsatisfactory

18.

A．honestly

B．much

C．well

D．bravely

19.

A．hear

B．learn

C．expect

D．speak

20.

A．wise

B．rude

C．shy

D．stupid

6 . My car and my best friend
For most, getting your first car opens up a new world of freedom and allows you to go wherever you want, whenever you want. Getting a car did ____ this for me, and it also brought my best friend and me ____ But then it tore us apart (分开).
My best friend lives three minutes from my ____ Since her ____ is in late summer, seven months behind mine, I basically became her ____ when I turned 16 in December.
And so I ____ her up for school and took her home. We made ice-cream ____, went shopping and to the movies―all in my car. I would drive to her house just to sit on her bed, read magazines and have a good laugh. I went to her house so ____ that she gave me a key ____ her house.
A week after I got my license (驾照), she was with me ____ I had my first accident. She was there and ____ me and we kept it a ____, since I didn’t want people to ____ From then on, through thick and thin (共患难), it was just me , my car and my best friend.
High school is a time of ____, but I couldn’t ____for a long time ____ we became so distant (疏远) after being so close. My friend waited three months after her birthday to get her dream car：a green 2004 Beetle. With its ____, the passenger seat of my car became ____ Our car trips became less frequent (频繁的) ____ I didn’t even drive down her street.
It’s funny how a car can change a relationship so much. I had wanted her to get a car, but once she did, I ____it. I wanted her friendship back, even if it couldn’t be the same.1.

A．some

B．any

C．none

D．all

2.

A．closer

B．farther

C．luckier

D．happier

3.

A．neighbor

B．school

C．home

D．family

4.

A．holiday

B．birthday

C．course

D．job

5.

A．guide

B．follower

C．partner

D．driver

6.

A．picked

B．woke

C．called

D．hurried

7.

A．parties

B．trips

C．plans

D．classes

8.

A．happily

B．frequently

C．hardly

D．seldom

9.

A．to

B．on

C．of

D．for

10.

A．while

B．but

C．when

D．after

11.

A．saved

B．suggested

C．advised

D．comforted

12.

A．favorite

B．secret

C．pride

D．joke

13.

A．help

B．see

C．know

D．laugh

14.

A．change

B．disappointment

C．friendship

D．excitement

15.

A．believe

B．answer

C．imagine

D．understand

16.

A．when

B．where

C．how

D．what

17.

A．arrival

B．dream

C．return

D．beauty

18.

A．broken

B．crowded

C．empty

D．different

19.

A．however

B．until

C．as

D．before

20.

A．lost

B．received

C．enjoyed

D．regretted

7 . 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。
My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a yard with a lot of_______Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some_______to the area.
Last summer, I found a tiny little_______in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either. We decided to let it_______growing until we could find out what it was.
Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the_______plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to_______the weeds around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something_______The sunflower had not_______where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big_______and grown under and around it to reach the________.
That’s when I________that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its________of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing. If we________ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we________to go and get what we need for growth.
We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the________to achieve our goals. Like the________, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had________in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be________of who and what we are, then the environment will begin to________us. We will find a way to go under or________any “rocks” in order to reach our goals.1.

A．flowers

B．rocks

C．insects

D．vegetables

2.

A．shape

B．water

C．fertilizer

D．colour

3.

A．weed

B．seed

C．plant

D．rock

4.

A．continue

B．stop

C．improve

D．escape

5.

A．weak

B．strange

C．lonely

D．pretty

6.

A．collect

B．tend

C．watch

D．remove

7.

A．wonderful

B．terrible

C．unusual

D．valuable

8.

A．started

B．passed

C．left

D．died

9.

A．tree

B．rock

C．table

D．wall

10.

A．air

B．sun

C．top

D．house

11.

A．hoped

B．doubted

C．regretted

D．realized

12.

A．way

B．place

C．course

D．process

13.

A．fill in

B．put in

C．believe in

D．worry about

14.

A．forget

B．aim

C．hate

D．wait

15.

A．idea

B．wish

C．plan

D．ability

16.

A．sunflower

B．yard

C．home

D．summer

17.

A．energy

B．virtue

C．faith

D．courage

18.

A．aware

B．proud

C．afraid

D．tired

19.

A．forgive

B．affect

C．upset

D．support

20.

A．around

B．into

C．through

D．From

8 . I always remembered the first time I took part in an English composition competition. “Right! Dean would be the ____of our class to participate in the English composition competition,” my classmates said. (Applauding)
I was too____to speak when I heard what my classmates said. In order not to____short of my classmates’____ I trained myself very hard for the hope of being the____of the competition, which would take place a month later. I____a lot of vocabulary, sentence structures and ____rules and read many good or renowned articles. Not having I____pretty well, the day came. Every candidate____me looked so well –prepared and ____ “Only 1.5 hours. Start,” a supervisor suddenly said. Seeing the____“What do most teenagers concern nowadays?” I was nervous and got ____block. What’s worse, other candidates had begun writing. Moments later, I ____myself, took a deep breath, and began brainstorming ideas____the topic. I quickly wrote down the composition structure, central theme, and____necessary elements. As the finishing time was ____, I tried my best to accelerate my writing. Unfortunately,____ my failure of time management, I left my composition incomplete. My final draft looked like a robot____legs were broken.
The result came out two weeks later. To my surprise, I got the second prize! All my classmates cheered for me. This encouraged me a lot_____ I was not the first prize winner, I could still ____the scent of pride and happiness spreading around me.1.

A．player

B．choice

C．representative

D．person

2.

A．proud

B．delighted

C．nervous

D．surprised

3.

A．get

B．be

C．lose

D．fall

4.

A．promises

B．expectations

C．dreams

D．words

5.

A．success

B．beater

C．winner

D．victory

6.

A．memorized

B．copied

C．read

D．wrote

7.

A．grammar

B．phrase

C．pattern

D．term

8.

A．remembered

B．prepared

C．started

D．completed

9.

A．besides

B．except

C．except for

D．as well as

10.

A．easy

B．nervous

C．interested

D．unconfident

11.

A．problem

B．idea

C．topic

D．theme

12.

A．writer’s

B．teacher’s

C．thinker’s

D．composer’s

13.

A．persuaded

B．told

C．encouraged

D．c almed

14.

A．with

B．towards

C．at

D．for

15.

A．another

B．the other

C．other

D．others

16.

A．approaching

B．accessing

C．finishing

D．ending

17.

A．thanks for

B．due to

C．as a result

D．on account

18.

A．of which

B．which

C．whose

D．that

19.

A．However

B．As a result

C．Worse still

D．Although

20.

A．smell

B．touch

C．sense

D．realize

9 . “Look,it’s Baldy!” A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was used to regular insults (侮辱) because of the ______ on my head, it was ______ horrible to hear. I sighed as I headed back to the class.

When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious _____ after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head. I was ______ to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors ______ to save my life. “Holly’s very ______ to be alive,’”they told Mum and Dad. “But she’ll be ______ with scars on her head, and of course her hair won’t grow there. ”

As a child,I cared much about my scars,so I ______ wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home. ____ I didn’t,people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me, they never _____understood how it felt.

Then through the hospital I was ____ to a children’s burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There, I ____ 14-year-old Stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is so ____ that she never lets anyone put her down.“You shouldn’t _____ what people say about what you look like because we're not different from anyone else, Holly,” she ____ me. “And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great _____ it! ” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something _____ .So weeks later, at my 13th birthday party, ____ by her bravery, I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to ______ away behind my scarf.

Now,I am____ of what I look like and much happier, because I have realized it is your personality(个性) that decides who you truly are.

1.

A．hat

B．scarf

C．scars

D．cuts

2.

A．still

B．just

C．never

D．seldom

3.

A．hunger

B．cold

C．defeats

D．burns

4.

A．rushed

B．led

C．invited

D．forced

5.

A．learned

B．fought

C．returned

D．decided

6.

A．happy

B．lucky

C．lonely

D．poor

7.

A．pressed

B．occupied

C．left

D．painted

8.

A．possibly

B．usually

C．finally

D．nearly

9.

A．Although

B．Since

C．If

D．Before

10.

A．correctly

B．roughly

C．easily

D．really

11.

A．promoted

B．introduced

C．reported

D．carried

12.

A．met

B．recognized

C．remembered

D．caught

13.

A．honest

B．strong

C．active

D．young

14.

A．write down

B．agree with

C．pass on

D．listen to

15.

A．promised

B．encouraged

C．ordered

D．calmed

16.

A．in

B．for

C．without

D．beyond

17.

A．similar

B．strange

C．hard

D．important

18.

A．allowed

B．required

C．guided

D．inspired

19.

A．hide

B．give

C．keep

D．put

20.

A．sick

B．aware

C．tired

D．proud

10 . 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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call __21__and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming tool. But he did __22__the water. Any kind of __23__ride seemed to give him pleasure. __24__he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being __25__the water, moving through it, __26__it all around me. I was not a strong __27__, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my __28__. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and __29__those summer days with my father, who __30__ come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the __31__person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go __32__ his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me __33__anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk __34__ he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his _35__. But my father always __36__and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s __37__.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get __38__ an ice cream…
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood,; the rest is __39__.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but __40__, in that childhood, look at us.1.

A．desire

B．joy

C．anger

D．worry

2.

A．avoid

B．refuse

C．praise

D．love

3.

A．boat

B．bus

C．train

D．bike

4.

A．But

B．Then

C．And

D．Still

5.

A．on

B．off

C．by

D．in

6.

A．having

B．leaving

C．making

D．getting

7.

A．swimmer

B．rider

C．walker

D．runner

8.

A．hopes

B．faiths

C．rights

D．fears

9.

A．spending

B．saving

C．wasting

D．ruining

10.

A．should

B．would

C．had to

D．ought to

11.

A．next

B．only

C．other

D．last

12.

A．away from

B．out of

C．by

D．inside

13.

A．put up

B．break down

C．play with

D．work out

14.

A．the moment

B．the first time

C．while

D．before

15.

A．fishing net

B．office things

C．wooden chair

D．lab equipment

16.

A．stood up

B．set out

C．showed up

D．turned out

17.

A．fine

B．strange

C．terrible

D．funny

18.

A．the student

B．the assistant

C．myself

D．himself

19.

A．memory

B．wealth

C．experience

D．practice

20.

A．which

B．who

C．what

D．whose