1 . My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” or “What perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I agree ____ some degree, though I sometimes do want to ask them how much they ____ Beckham, apart from his appearance and how much they know about football ____ scoring goals. It seems funny that we are crazy for things, with which we are unfamiliar or ____ we are uncertain, but we all, my friends ____ I, consider this ____
We need these pleasures to brighten up our lives. But that doesn’t amount to craziness ____ nonsense. As an old saying ____:“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We should not ____ anything from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good character and great contribution that ____ one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say ____ about Beckham’s good looks.
If we close our eyes, 　27　　28　 us to be in truth happy, sad or moved 　29　　30　 we will find that we have not really gained anything ____ our first impression has blinded and misled us, and we’ll remain ignorant ____ we realize that and make some changes.
It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is sign of great ____If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it ____ us, we will finally prove how much we have grown up, how much more sensible, mature, and intelligent we have ____1.

A．to

B．on

C．in

D．at

2.

A．learn from

B．learn

C．know

D．know about

3.

A．rather than

B．except for

C．except

D．apart from

4.

A．with which

B．about that

C．about which

D．which

5.

A．not

B．as well as

C．rather than

D．but

6.

A．one of life’s pleasures	B．pleasures of life
C．one of life’s sorrow	D．one of life’s regrets

7.

A．nor

B．and

C．or

D．or else

8.

A．speaks

B．talks

C．tells

D．goes

9.

A．take

B．judge

C．accept

D．conclude

10.

A．makes

B．causes

C．builds

D．creates

11.

A．more

B．much

C．worse

D．less

12.

A．fell

B．fallen

C．falling

D．fall

13.

A．that move

B．that moves

C．move

D．moves

14.

A．lack

B．have

C．include

D．cover

15.

A．in fact

B．indeed

C．in a while

D．sooner or later

16.

A．so

B．even though

C．because

D．although

17.

A．even if

B．although

C．unless

D．if

18.

A．joy

B．progress

C．effort

D．work

19.

A．cares

B．pains

C．worries

D．minds

20.

A．come

B．made

C．had

D．become

2 . When I was young, I wanted to be a teacher if I grew up, simply because I wanted to write on the chalkboard! My teachers seemed to be the _______ printers, curving their letters just so, and I wanted to do it _______! Now, after “higher education”, and three _______ career paths, I have come back to want to be a _______, but my reasons have changed. I was _________________, to have teachers that really _______ me as an individual, and I want to _______ this back.

A teacher’s gentleness needs to be shown when _______ or encouraging the students. It is important to make the corrections in order for the students to learn. _______, this needs to be done in a __________ that will help to __________ the student to make the changes necessary,__________ discouraging them from learning. Being patient is also extremely important, because the class needs to know what to __________ from the teacher. This will also help to build a better agreement with the students, and help both the teacher and students to learn more about each other.

If a teacher exhibits a true love of __________ and helping students learn, many of the qualities __________ above will just fall into place. The teacher that had the most __________ on me had the best fame in the school. She was strict, and she did demand a lot, but she was able to show us it was ___________she cared for us. She knew each of us was worth it, and she knew we each could do it. She __________ knowledge, gently, firmly, patiently, respectfully, and most effectively. She gently encouraged us to make __________ when we needed to, and __________ us when we did. She was a true teacher, not just someone who taught, and this is the kind of teacher I hope to be.

1.

A．funniest

B．greatest

C．strangest

D．cleverest

2.

A．too

B．either

C．also

D．hard

3.

A．ordinary

B．familiar

C．difficult

D．different

4.

A．teacher

B．doctor

C．lawyer

D．secretary

5.

A．diligent

B．active

C．successful

D．fortunate

6.

A．cared about

B．believed in

C．longed for

D．thought about

7.

A．take

B．keep

C．give

D．hold

8.

A．talking

B．working

C．correcting

D．stressing

9.

A．Besides

B．Moreover

C．However

D．Otherwise

10.

A．sense

B．class

C．means

D．manner

11.

A．prevent

B．motivate

C．force

D．forbid

12.

A．beyond

B．through

C．without

D．towards

13.

A．result

B．hear

C．suffer

D．expect

14.

A．teaching

B．learning

C．considering

D．treating

15.

A．discussed

B．referred

C．mentioned

D．engaged

16.

A．goal

B．impact

C．affect

D．duty

17.

A．while

B．although

C．since

D．because

18.

A．passed on

B．pulled on

C．kept on

D．turned on

19.

A．decisions

B．choices

C．changes

D．attempts

20.

A．blamed

B．ignored

C．helped

D．praised

3 . A
I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn’t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.
I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.
It takes confidence to make a new start — there’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published ,
I put it aside.
Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.
The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.
It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding.
1. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．I was waiting for good fortune.

B．I was trying to find an admirable job.

C．I was being aimless about a suitable job.

D．I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time.

2. The author decided to write a novel ______ .

A．to finish the writing course

B．to realize her own dream

C．to satisfy readers’wish

D．to earn more money

3. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?

A．Disturbed.

B．Ashamed.

C．Confident.

D．Uncertain.

4. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?

A．It pays to stick to one’s goal.

B．Hard work can lead to success.

C．She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.

D．There is no end in sight when starting to do something.

4 . 完形填空(共20小题；
阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项(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。

One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel. Life seemed_______. The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their _______for granted, just as he_______himself. Now, however, he felt_______—and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his_______

     Seeking more personally satisfying_______, he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate(命运)played a cruel_______on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was_______to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to_______the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only________ Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated(带插图的)books.
     According to Jimmy, you are________you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world________seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
     This idea can be ________in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel________making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is________.

Though the world may make us feel small, we must be________. Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the “small people” in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are ________for us.

     In spite of his new________and wealth, Jimmy prefers working________at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could________1.

A．unhappy

B．unusual

C．unfair

D．uneasy

2.

A．health

B．wealth

C．happiness

D．illnesses

3.

A．ought to

B．had to

C．needed to

D．used to

4.

A．ashamed

B．disappointed

C．helpless

D．endless

5.

A．crying

B．painting

C．imagination

D．consideration

6.

A．home

B．condition

C．situation

D．work

7.

A．game

B．trick

C．role

D．part

8.

A．unable

B．impossible

C．unfit

D．difficult

9.

A．understand

B．face

C．refuse

D．recognize

10.

A．failures

B．efforts

C．choices

D．interests

11.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．whoever

12.

A．always

B．seldom

C．sometimes

D．usually

13.

A．found

B．drawn

C．written

D．accepted

14.

A．after

B．about

C．with

D．before

15.

A．powerful

B．hopeful

C．useful

D．successful

16.

A．great

B．strong

C．brave

D．equal

17.

A．scientific

B．basic

C．right

D．simple

18.

A．product

B．fame

C．name

D．job

19.

A．rapidly

B．separately

C．slowly

D．quietly

20.

A．offer

B．gain

C．gather

D．earn

5 . When I was an official of a school in Palo Alto, California, Polly Tyner, the president of our board, wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times. Polly’s son, Jim, had great difficulty in school. He was classified as the educationally handicapped and required a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers. But Jim was a happy kid with a great smile that lit up the room. His parents knew his difficulties, but they always tried to help him see his strengths so that he could walk with pride. Shortly after Jim finished high school, he was killed in a motorcycle accident. After his death, his mother submitted this letter to the newspaper.
“Today we buried our 20-year-old son. He was killed in a motorcycle accident on Friday night. How I wish I had known that the last time I had talked to him would be the last time. If I had only known that, I would have said to him, ‘Jim, I love you and I’m always so proud of you.’ I would have taken the time to count the many blessings he had brought to the lives of the people who loved him. I would have taken the time to appreciate his beautiful smile, his laughter, and his genuine love to other people.
“When I put all the good things on the scale and try to balance them with all the irritating (恼人的) things such as the radio that was always too loud, the haircut that wasn’t to our liking, the dirty socks under the bed, etc., I find that the irritations really don’t amount to much.
“I won’t get another chance to tell my son all that I would have wanted him to hear, but, other parents, do have a chance. Tell your young people what you would want them to hear as if it may be your last conversation. The last time I talked to Jim was the morning of the day when he died. He called me to say, ‘Hi, Mom! I just called to say I love you. You have to go to work now. Bye.’ That day, he gave me something to treasure forever. ”
If there is any purpose at all for Jim’s death, maybe it is to make others appreciate life more and to tell people, especially family members, that they should take the time to let each other know just how much they care. You may never have another chance. Do it today!
1. What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “the educationally handicapped”?

A．The learning difficulty.

B．The physical problems.

C．The psychological problems.

D．The communication difficulty.

2. According to the writer, which of the following about Jim is TRUE？

A．He was always sad about his school marks.

B．His parents always scolded him about his bad school marks.

C．His study needed more attention from his parents and teachers.

D．He was killed in a car accident.

3. What did Polly think of Jim?

A．He was a lovely boy with a beautiful smile who always loved others.

B．He was physically sick but always happy.

C．He was an irritating boy with some bad habits.

D．He seldom expressed his love for his parents.

4. The purpose of Polly’s letter is to _______. .

A．memorize her son

B．teach parents to appreciate their children

C．teach children how to be good boys

D．give some advice on how to deal with children’s problems

6 . Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to _______ in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the _______ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, ―I love you is too _______ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine‘s Day is even more out of _______.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt(缝被子). I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there _______ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She _______ her head and continued to sew the quilt.

I was very worried because I thought I had _______ her. I was _______ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words: “Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread. Sometimes it _______, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt ________. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen ________, but it’s really there. Love is ________.”

I listened carefully but I ________ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly ________ seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked ________. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father ________ on the country road．

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

“Susan, don’t ________ me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”________ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and ________. But from this experience, I understand that love is just ________ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

1.

A．keep fit

B．rise early

C．earn money

D．collect money

2.

A．magic

B．romantic

C．fantastic

D．attractive

3.

A．simple

B．easy

C．relaxing

D．luxurious

4.

A．the question

B．question

C．reach

D．control

5.

A．feeling

B．love

C．quarrel

D．smile

6.

A．raised

B．shook

C．nodded

D．bowed

7.

A．hurt

B．injured

C．wounded

D．harmed

8.

A．in great surprise

B．in a great embarrassment

C．with deep depression

D．at extreme sorrow

9.

A．happens

B．comes about

C．appears

D．occurs

10.

A．warm and soft

B．hot and hard

C．thin and cool

D．strong and durable

11.

A．somewhere and sometime

B．anywhere or anytime

C．more or less

D．here and there

12.

A．inside

B．outside

C．faraway

D．nearby

13.

A．could believe

B．couldn‘t understand

C．wouldn‘t recognize

D．might know

14.

A．got sick

B．got stuck

C．threw up

D．became disabled

15.

A．quite healthy

B．very pale

C．fairly red

D．much surprised

16.

A．jump high

B．go hurriedly

C．run fast

D．walk slowly

17.

A．think about

B．talk with

C．worry about

D．laugh at

18.

A．Reading

B．Seeing

C．Saying

D．Writing

19.

A．fresh roses

B．gold ring

C．sweet kisses

D．beautiful jewelry

20.

A．a thread

B．a needle

C．the cloth

D．the cotton

7 . I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I had to hold two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community. Both had             died “full of years”, as the Bible would say. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence (吊唁) calls on the two families on the same afternoon.
At the first home, the son of the deceased (已故的) woman said to me, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow , she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son of the other             deceased woman said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on my mother’s going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take. It’s my fault that she’s dead.”
You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out badly, they believe that the opposite course — keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation — would have turned out better.             After all, how could it have turned out any worse?
There seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty. The first is our pressing need to believe that __________ the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.
The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault. The roots of this feeling             may lie in our childhood.
A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to its tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people             feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.
1. The author had to hold the two women’s funerals probably because .

A．he wanted to comfort the two families	B．he was an official from the community
C．he had great pity for the deceased	D．he was priest of the local church

2. People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because .

A．they couldn’t find a better way to express their sorrow

B．they believe that they were responsible

C．they had neglected the natural course of events

D．they didn’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction

3. According to the passage, the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably means that .

A．everything in the world is predetermined

B．the world can be interpreted in different ways

C．there’s an explanation for everything in the world

D．we have to be sensible in order to understand the world

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Life and death is an unsolved mystery.

B．Every story should have a happy ending.

C．Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault.

D．In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away .

8 . Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business!

In 2005, the American artist Richard Prince’s photograph of a photograph, Untitled (Cowboy), was sold for $ 1,248,000.

Prince is certainly not the only contemporary artist to have worked with so-called “found photographs” — a loose term given to everything from discarded (丢弃的) prints discovered in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateur photographs from a stranger’s family album. The German artist Joachim Schmid, who believes “basically everything is worth looking at”, has gathered discarded photographs, postcards and newspaper images since 1982. In his on-going project, Archiv, he groups photographs of family life according to themes: people with dogs; teams; new cars; dinner with the family; and so on.

Like Schmid, the editors of several self-published art magazines also champion (捍卫，维护) found photographs. One of them, called simply Found, was born one snowy night in Chicago, when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper (雨刷) an angry note intended for someone else: “Why’s your car HERE at HER place?” The note became the starting point for Rothbard’s addictive publication, which features found photographs sent in by readers, such as poster discovered in our drawer.

The whole found-photograph phenomenon has raised some questions. Perhaps one of the most difficult is; can these images really be considered as art? And if so, whose art? Yet found photographs produced by artists, such as Richard Prince, may raise endless possibilities. What was the cowboy in Orince’s Untitled doing? Was he riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone? Or how did Prince create this photograph? It’s anyone’s guess. In addition, as we imagine the back-story to the people in the found photographs artists, like Schmid, have collated (整理), we also turn toward our own photographic albums. Why is memory so important to us? Why do we all seek to freeze in time the faces of our children, our parents, our lovers, and ourselves? Will they mean anything to anyone after we’ve gone?

In the absence of established facts, the vast collections of found photographs give our minds an opportunity to wander freely. That, above all, is why they are so fascinating.

1. The first paragraph of the passage is used to       .

A．remind readers of found photographs

B．advise reader to start a new kind of business

C．ask readers to find photographs behind sofa

D．show readers the value of found photographs

2. The underlined word “them” in Para 4 refers to       .

A．the readers	B．the editors
C．the found photographs	D．the self-published magazines

3. By asking a series of questions in Para 5, the author mainly intends to indicate that       .

A．memory of the past is very important to people

B．found photographs allow people to think freely

C．the back-story of found photographs is puzzling

D．the real value of found photographs is questionable

4. The author’s attitude towards found photographs can be described as       .

A．critical	B．doubtful
C．optimistic	D．satisfied

9 . My parents operated a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week. And my first real job,when I was six years old,was_______the diners’ shoes. My father had done it when he was young,so he taught me_______to do it efficiently(有效地),telling me to_______to re-shine(再擦亮) the shoes if the customer wasn’t_______.

Working in the restaurant was a cause of great_______because I was also working for the good of the family. But my father_______that I had to meet certain standards(标准) to be part of the team. I_______to be punctual(守时的),hard-working,and polite to the_______.

I was_______paid for the work I did at the restaurant. One day I made the mistake of advising Dad that he________give me $10 a week. He said,“OK. How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And for the times you bring________your friends for free soft drinks?” He________I owed him about $40 a week.

I remember returning to Seattle after being________in the US Army for about two years. I had just been promoted(升迁) to Captain at that time. And full of pride,I walked into my parents’ restaurant,but the________thing Dad said was,“How about your________up tonight?” I couldn’t________my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But it didn’t________as far as Dad was concerned,I was just________member of the team. I reached for the mop(拖把). Working for Dad has taught me the devotion to a________is above all. It has nothing to do with________that team is involved in a family restaurant or the US Army.

1.

A．cleaning

B．shining

C．removing

D．keeping

2.

A．why

B．what

C．when

D．how

3.

A．offer

B．refuse

C．love

D．learn

4.

A．interested

B．annoyed

C．relaxed

D．satisfied

5.

A．fun

B．pride

C．trouble

D．effort

6.

A．got it right

B．kept it a rule

C．made it clear

D．took it for granted

7.

A．had

B．tended

C．hated

D．managed

8.

A．family

B．workers

C．customers

D．friends

9.

A．never

B．always

C．seldom

D．ever

10.

A．must

B．should

C．might

D．could

11.

A．at

B．before

C．around

D．for

12.

A．worked out

B．found out

C．put out

D．thought out

13.

A．alone

B．away

C．outside

D．off

14.

A．usual

B．last

C．next

D．first

15.

A．washing

B．taking

C．cleaning

D．moving

16.

A．ignore

B．follow

C．believe

D．understand

17.

A．happen

B．care

C．go

D．matter

18.

A．no

B．other

C．some

D．another

19.

A．team

B．family

C．leader

D．restaurant

20.

A．why

B．whether

C．when

D．how

10 . D
Have you ever thought about what determines the way we are when we grow up? Remember the TV program Seven Up? It started following the lives of a group of children in 1973. We first meet them as wide-eyed seven-year-olds and catch up with them at seven-year intervals: nervous 14-year-olds, serious 21-year-olds and then grown-ups.
Some of the stories are inspiring, others sad, but what is interesting in almost all the cases is the way in which the children’s early hopes and dreams are shown in their future lives. For example, at seven, Tony is a lively child who says he wants to become a sportsman or a taxi driver. When he grows up, he goes on to do both. How about Niki? She says, “I would like to find out about the moon.” And she goes on to become a space scientist. As a child, soft-spoken Bruce says he wants to help “poor children” and ends up teaching in India.
But if the lives of all the children had followed this pattern, the program would be far less interesting than it actually was. It was the children whose childhood did not prepare them for what was to come that made the program so interesting. Where did their ideas come from about what they wanted to do when they grew up? Are children influenced by what their parents do, by what they see on television or by what their teachers say? How great is the effect of a single important event? Many film directors, including Steven Spielberg, say that an early visit to the cinema was the turning point in their lives. Dr. Margaret McAllister, who has done a lot of research in this area, thinks that the major factors are parents, friends and their wider society.
1. What does the text mainly discuss?

A．New ways to make a TV program interesting.

B．The importance of TV programs to children.

C．Different ways to make childhood dreams come true.

D．The influence of childhood experience on future lives.

2. What does the underlined word “influenced” mean in the last paragraph?

A．Impressed.

B．Improved.

C．Affected.

D．Attracted.

3. What are the examples in Paragraph 2 meant to show?

A．Many people’s childhood hopes are related to their future jobs.

B．There are many poor children in India who need help.

C．Children have different dreams about their future.

D．A lot of people are very sad in their childhood.

4. Spielberg’s story is meant to show that _______.

A．going to a movie at an early age helps a child learn about society

B．a single childhood event may decide what one does as a grown-up

C．parents and friends can help a child grow up properly

D．films have more influence on a child than teachers do