1 . I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people _______ I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a _______person:

I think my _______started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my _______, and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever _______to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really _______. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) _______. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I _______to help. That was really a big _______for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of ________are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new ________, however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer s disease became my ________. Every time I came into her room, she was so ________because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never ________her, so I took her place. She let me ________. That making others feel good make me feel good, too. When she died, I was ________, but I was very grateful to her.

I think I am a much ________, person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not ________these experiences. They have ________e to care about other people more than about myself. ________who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

1.

A．since

B．before

C．or

D．unless

2.

A．famous

B．simple

C．different

D．skilled

3.

A．education

B．career

C．tour

D．change

4.

A．balance

B．homework

C．degree

D．interest

5.

A．talked

B．wrote

C．lied

D．reported

6.

A．careful

B．lonely

C．curious

D．guilty

7.

A．argument

B．game

C．experiment

D．defence

8.

A．dared

B．offered

C．hesitated

D．happened

9.

A．dream

B．problem

C．duty

D．step

10.

A．us

B．which

C．them

D．whom

11.

A．attitude

B．hobby

C．hope

D．luck

12.

A．friend

B．partner

C．guide

D．guest

13.

A．polite

B．happy

C．strange

D．confident

14.

A．bothered

B．answered

C．visited

D．trusted

15.

A．explain

B．guess

C．declare

D．see

16.

A．homeless

B．heart broken

C．bad-tempered

D．hopeless

17.

A．quieter

B．busier

C．better

D．richer

18.

A．forget

B．face

C．improve

D．analyze

19.

A．forced

B．preferred

C．ordered

D．taught

20.

A．miss

B．like

C．wonder

D．expect

2 . Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people all over the world. Some say that the word “sneaker” is another word for tennis shoe, ______no one really knows where the word came from. ______ say it came from the old English verb “sneak”, which ______ to move silently and quickly. The only thing we are ______ is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you ______ light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.

Sneakers of some kind are used by ______ who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design has been made ______ for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are______used by children in the United States. In fact American children of ______ ages would much rather  play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps ______ at all.
New York City once held a poetry contest (诗歌比赛) for children. The subject was only “sneaker”. Thousands of children sent in their ______ and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called ______ poem “The Sneaker and the World Peace”. “When everyone is wearing sneakers,” she said, “it will be impossible to ______.”
American school children can be seen every day ______ sneakers of all colours. They put them on in the morning and take them off ______. Sneakers are ______ washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are, the ______ loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out (穿破), children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between ______? Perhaps another young ______ in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a ______.”1.

A．however

B．but

C．or

D．and

2.

A．All

B．Some

C．People

D．The others

3.

A．appears

B．remains

C．means

D．wants

4.

A．excited about

B．sure of

C．surprised at

D．pleased with

5.

A．think

B．feel

C．consider

D．suggest

6.

A．men

B．women

C．those

D．these

7.

A．lovely

B．specially

C．lively

D．cheaply

8.

A．only

B．greatly

C．hardly

D．finally

9.

A．all

B．some

C．little

D．old

10.

A．some shoes

B．no shoes

C．no children

D．some sneakers

11.

A．photos

B．compositions

C．poems

D．drawings

12.

A．her

B．his

C．its

D．their

13.

A．explain

B．guide

C．hate

D．love

14.

A．dressing

B．wearing

C．putting on

D．having

15.

A．the next day

B．at noon

C．at bedtime

D．in the evening

16.

A．forever

B．always

C．seldom

D．sometimes

17.

A．much

B．many

C．most

D．more

18.

A．sneakers and other shoes

B．boys and girls

C．children and sneakers

D．winners and sneakers

19.

A．girl

B．man

C．woman

D．winner

20.

A．sneaker

B．friend

C．poem

D．shoe

3 . Mobile phones are everywhere in big cities. It seems that _______can live without one. Mobile phones are a great _______to stay connected with friends and family. _______, it is important to remember that there are certain times _______you should not be using your phone, especially as a student, during school.

________you are in class, you should not be sending your friends text messages _______taking phone calls. Your classmates and teacher should not have to deal with this rude _______ . Aren’t you at school to learn?

In the United States, students would never be allowed to _______ their mobile phones during class. If you were to send or _______ a text message you would probably be kicked ________class. It is very disturbing to hear a lot of tones and ringing during ________ There are many more rules for mobile phone use in America and it is to ________respect for those around you.

As a teacher in China, I have to ________students using mobile phones every day. I have told my class to________their phones, but many students do not listen. The ________to be connected all the time seems to be more ________than the desire to learn.

It’s easy to understand________ it is so tempting(诱惑人的) to have your phone on during class. It seems so easy just to send a short text message; it’s not hurting anyone, is it? But you may actually be hurting ________when you do this. Your teacher knows when you use your phone and may give you a ________grade. Sending a text message also takes your attention away from what’s going on in class, you may________something important.

1.

A．one

B．somebody

C．someone

D．no one

2.

A．way

B．road

C．method

D．path

3.

A．But

B．However

C．So

D．Therefore

4.

A．which

B．that

C．when

D．where

5.

A．After

B．Before

C．Because

D．If

6.

A．or

B．and

C．as well as

D．instead of

7.

A．act

B．action

C．habit

D．behavior

8.

A．have

B．take

C．use

D．send

9.

A．receive

B．accept

C．make

D．get

10.

A．of

B．off

C．out

D．out of

11.

A．school

B．class

C．office

D．home

12.

A．ask

B．suggest

C．show

D．answer

13.

A．do

B．deal

C．do with

D．deal with

14.

A．turn on

B．turn down

C．turn off

D．turn in

15.

A．desire

B．wish

C．hope

D．expect

16.

A．possible

B．important

C．necessary

D．interesting

17.

A．why

B．what

C．that

D．whether

18.

A．himself

B．herself

C．ourselves

D．yourself

19.

A．lower

B．higher

C．better

D．upper

20.

A．forget

B．remember

C．miss

D．leave

4 . When I woke next morning, I was dying of ____.I seemed to have a hole instead of a   ____.   I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper(背景墙) I had ever seen ! ____ , I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better ____ there than in any other hotel; and that was ____ I wanted just then.
The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared____ carefully for what I must ____ I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure ____ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right ____ and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.
The waiter asked me ____I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a ____ way, so I repeated it, still he did not understand. It was ____that English people didn’t understand their language. The waiter ____ his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter--- enough to feed a small army--- and went away. But I was hungry, and I left ____ When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little ____, but you can never ____ what a waiter’s face really shows. In another minute he brought ____   tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He ____ have misunderstood me , but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language , so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.
Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room-----at least five pound ____ . I never believed until then that any meal could ____ me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).1.

A．hunger

B．cold

C．anger

D．illness

2.

A．stone

B．head

C．breast

D．stomach

3.

A．Therefore

B．Otherwise

C．So

D．However

4.

A．received

B．fed

C．cared

D．eating

5.

A．just

B．what

C．that

D．why

6.

A．English

B．meal

C．questions

D．myself

7.

A．speak

B．answer

C．say

D．explain

8.

A．that

B．about

C．of

D．to

9.

A．pronunciation

B．meaning

C．form

D．spelling

10.

A．whether

B．something

C．when

D．what

11.

A．surprised

B．friendly

C．puzzled

D．touched

12.

A．unbelievable

B．true

C．thought

D．a pity

13.

A．waved

B．shook

C．bowed

D．patted

14.

A．much

B．a little

C．nothing

D．empty

15.

A．pleasure

B．surprise

C．pride

D．satisfaction

16.

A．tell

B．guess

C．design

D．express

17.

A．other

B．another

C．more

D．me

18.

A．should

B．might

C．would

D．must

19.

A．lighter

B．heavier

C．weightier

D．more

20.

A．hurt

B．fat

C．defeat

D．please

5 . 完型填空（共20小题；                       
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，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。
     A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she could do and wanted to _______. She was tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been settled, but _______ appeared.
     Her father, a cook, took her into the _______. He poured water into three pots and boiled it. After the water came to a boil, he put some_______ in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee in the last. He waited for them for a few minutes _______ any words.
     The girl closed her mouth and waited, impatient and _______ by what her father was doing. After about 20 minutes, her father _______ the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that he _______ the coffee into a cup. Turning back to his _______, he asked, “Sweetheart, what do you see?”
     “Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she replied.
     Her father asked her to ________ the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were ________
______ he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling them, she felt the eggs were hard.
     Last, her father asked her to smell the coffee.
     She asked, “What does this ________, Father?”
     He ________ that each of the things had felt the same unfortunate fate. They were all boiled in ________, but with a ________ result. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after being boiled. The fragile eggs became ________ after cooking. Coffee grounds were very unique. They could change the water.

“________ one are you?” asked her father. “When calamity(不幸的事) ________ on your door, what will your ________ be? Are you carrots, eggs of coffee?”

1.

A．give in

B．give up

C．go on

D．carry on

2.

A．the other

B．the rest

C．another

D．the second

3.

A．kitchen

B．storeroom

C．backyard

D．bedroom

4.

A．potatoes

B．carrots

C．tomatoes

D．apples

5.

A．with

B．over

C．beyond

D．without

6.

A．confused

B．excited

C．surprised

D．relaxed

7.

A．turned on

B．turned down

C．turned off

D．turned out

8.

A．put

B．poured

C．flew

D．picked

9.

A．son

B．pot

C．kitchen

D．daughter

10.

A．touch

B．eat

C．smell

D．taste

11.

A．strong

B．heavy

C．light

D．soft

12.

A．Now that

B．Since then

C．After that

D．Once again

13.

A．mean

B．say

C．refer

D．think

14.

A．questioned

B．explained

C．required

D．suggested

15.

A．water

B．pot

C．stove

D．fire

16.

A．similar

B．same

C．different

D．wonderful

17.

A．hard

B．calm

C．delicious

D．broken

18.

A．What

B．Whichever

C．Whose

D．Which

19.

A．looks

B．touches

C．knocks

D．waits

20.

A．reaction

B．responsibility

C．answer

D．impression

6 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be ____ . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future ____ Each of you will have to ____ someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This ____ I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him ____ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”
I shook my head.
“How about some ____ ?”
I shook my head again.
Finally, I thought he realized I was ____, and I got my first big tip as a ____ “Never, never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from ____ in class. I got an A on the entire project.
Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I ____ Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t ____ me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and ____ all my life I had run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me: it was in my blood. ____ gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was ____
For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, ____ stories from murders to airplane crashes and ____ choosing my strongest area. ____ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been____Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get ____ all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was this teacher …” I always start out. I just wish I could ____ her.
1. .

A．good

B．mad

C．careless

D．curious

2. .

A．university

B．family

C．professions

D．life

3. .

A．interview

B．find out

C．admire

D．learn from

4.

A．expressed

B．ordered

C．expected

D．meant

5. .

A．hardly

B．nearly

C．naturally

D．eagerly

6. .

A．drink

B．newspapers

C．preparations

D．paper

7.

A．satisfied

B．comfortable

C．terrified

D．sorry

8.

A．student

B．journalist

C．teacher

D．writer

9. .

A．research

B．books

C．imagination

D．memory

10. .

A．called

B．recognized

C．remembered

D．visited

11. .

A．answer

B．promise

C．stop

D．persuade

12. .

A．how

B．whether

C．why

D．when

13. .

A．It

B．Virginia DeView

C．My parents

D．My oral report

14. .

A．breaking in

B．getting down

C．falling off

D．going on

15. .

A．making up

B．listening to

C．covering

D．writing

16. .

A．of course

B．finally

C．doubtfully

D．above all

17. .

A．When

B．As long as

C．Once

D．On condition that

18. .

A．for

B．with

C．of

D．to

19.

A．hurt

B．excited

C．disappointed

D．asked

20. .

A．respect

B．support

C．thank

D．favor

7 . Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my _______ was more manageable, I _______ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. _______ that was years ago and times have changed. _______ I live with my mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to _______ my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). _______ I needed to sleep in afternoons, I was limited in my _______. I decided that I would consider _______ to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was _______ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ________ to get started. And ________ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ________ use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my ________, he gave me a long, thoughtful ________. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me ________ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ________ on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your ________ and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started. ”

I ________. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose ________ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His ________ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

1.

A．loneliness

B．sadness

C．tiredness

D．sickness

2.

A．set

B．enjoyed

C．kept

D．shared

3.

A．Gladly

B．Eventually

C．Unfortunately

D．Surprisingly

4.

A．Now

B．Then

C．Sometime

D．Meanwhile

5.

A．add up to

B．make up for

C．get rid of

D．take advantage of

6.

A．If

B．As

C．Though

D．Before

7.

A．movement

B．condition

C．choices

D．positions

8.

A．reaching out

B．living up

C．getting on

D．going back

9.

A．recognized

B．interviewed

C．found

D．invited

10.

A．money

B．time

C．energy

D．knowledge

11.

A．thus

B．once

C．seldom

D．often

12.

A．actually

B．hardly

C．nearly

D．formerly

13.

A．job

B．family

C．idea

D．offer

14.

A．face

B．view

C．look

D．sight

15.

A．over

B．along

C．towards

D．through

16.

A．unhappily

B．lovingly

C．pitifully

D．gratefully

17.

A．pick

B．turn

C．role

D．step

18.

A．had to cry

B．ought to cry

C．should have cried

D．could have cried

19.

A．more

B．the ones

C．few

D．the rest

20.

A．courage

B．devotion

C．kindness

D．trust

8 . 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第21—40 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
Sudha Chandran, a classical dancer from India, had to have her right leg cut after a car accident. She was also ________ on her career road.
Though the accident brought her bright career to a ________, she didn’t give up. In the ________ months that followed, Sudha met a doctor who developed an artificial ________ made from rubber filled with sponge (海绵). So ________ she wanted to go back to ________ after she had been fitted with an artificial leg. Sudha knew that she believed in ________ and could realize her dream, and ________ she began her courageous journey back to the world of dancing — ________ to balance, bend, stretch, walk, turn, twist and twirl.
After every public recital (个人表演), she ________ ask her dad about her performance. “You ________ have a long way to go” was the answer she used to get ________. In January 1984, Sudha made a historic ________ by giving a public recital in Bombay. She performed in such a great manner that it ________ everyone to tears and this ________ pushed her to the number one position again. That evening when she asked her dad the ________ question, he didn’t say anything. He just touched her feet as a praise.
Sudha’s comeback was ________ moving an event that a film producer ________ to make the story into a hit film. When someone asked Sudha how she had ________ to dance again, she said quite simply, “YOU DON’T NEED FEET TO DANCE.” ________ is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve anything.1.

A．left alone

B．cut off

C．kept out

D．put out

2.

A．top

B．height

C．point

D．stop

3.

A．unforgettable

B．painful

C．busy

D．free

4.

A．flower

B．leg

C．gift

D．box

5.

A．strangely

B．gradually

C．heavily

D．strongly

6.

A．home

B．school

C．dancing

D．walking

7.

A．the doctor

B．the stage

C．herself

D．her dad

8.

A．however

B．even

C．since

D．therefore

9.

A．starting

B．remembering

C．wanting

D．learning

10.

A．could

B．would

C．should

D．might

11.

A．yet

B．ever

C．also

D．still

12.

A．in return

B．in turn

C．in surprise

D．in anger

13.

A．change

B．movement

C．comeback

D．promise

14.

A．made

B．moved

C．let

D．forced

15.

A．story

B．performance

C．decision

D．accident

16.

A．same

B．new

C．normal

D．interesting

17.

A．such

B．this

C．very

D．so

18.

A．allowed

B．pretended

C．refused

D．decided

19.

A．tried

B．managed

C．thought

D．imagined

20.

A．Nothing

B．Anything

C．Something

D．Everything

9 . One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However, life can be _______ when you are not busy finding fault with it.

Several years ago I _______ a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as a world-class fault-finder, almost always _______ by things. People were always doing things that annoyed her, and _______ was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really _______ person.

Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her _______. Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost _______ to deal with was that the day before the _______, Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her _______ of boyfriends, the way she was living, the way she related to her mother, and various other things she felt she needed to ________. It wasn’t until her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became ________ her habit of finding fault. Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to ________ everything so harshly(刻薄). She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her ________ as well.

Perhaps most of us aren’t as extreme at fault-finding, ________ when we’re honest, we can be sharply ________ of the world. I’m not suggesting you ________ problems, or that you pretend things are ________ than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are — ________ most of the time, and especially when it’s not a really big ________.

Train yourself to ＂bite your tongue＂, and with a little ________, you’ll get really good at letting things go. And when you do, you’ll get back your enthusiasm and love for life.

1.

A．lonely

B．great

C．quiet

D．uneasy

2.

A．received

B．answered

C．expected

D．rejected

3.

A．threatened

B．interrupted

C．bothered

D．spoiled

4.

A．anything

B．everything

C．something

D．nothing

5.

A．caring

B．boring

C．interesting

D．surprising

6.

A．attitude

B．plan

C．measure

D．explanation

7.

A．urgent

B．unnecessary

C．certain

D．impossible

8.

A．occasion

B．event

C．accident

D．adventure

9.

A．memory

B．notice

C．evidence

D．choice

10.

A．hear

B．contribute

C．express

D．admit

11.

A．aware of

B．afraid of

C．curious about

D．confused about

12.

A．discuss

B．realize

C．judge

D．settle

13.

A．family

B．life

C．career

D．education

14.

A．so

B．or

C．but

D．for

15.

A．proud

B．sure

C．hopeful

D．critical

16.

A．face

B．create

C．solve

D．ignore

17.

A．rarer

B．better

C．stranger

D．worse

18.

A．at least

B．at last

C．by far

D．so far

19.

A．task

B．deal

C．result

D．duty

20.

A．practice

B．speech

C．rest

D．pity

10 . My father used to like drinking. Every time when he got ___，he would shout loudly and beat my 2，who left my father and I when I was seven.
I went to a boarding(寄宿的)___when I was thirteen，and I finally didn’t have to see my father drunk every day. However，I didn’t talk to anybody and ___all my spare time alone in school because of the pain in my heart. When other boys were____on the playground，I would sit there alone. This lasted for several weeks until a new   ___who was about forty came to our class. She，of course，__ I was different. She asked me to answer her question in her first class. I___and answered her question in a very __voice，with my head down. That noon，after lunch，she found me and had a   ___with me. She asked me___ I needed any help. Nobody had ever cared about me like that. I ___told her everything about my family.
“Things won’t get ___，”she said.
From that day on，every time when she saw me，she would give me a ___.She often asked me to answer her questions in class，and she helped me with my______after class. As time went by，I didn’t feel so ____ as before.
The day I left that school，I _____her why she did all that for me.
“My mother _____when I was ten. I know how hard it is ____a mother，”she said.
I will never ______her—my dearest teacher.1.

A．hurt

B．drunk

C．lost

D．bored

2.

A．brother

B．grandma

C．mother

D．aunt

3.

A．class

B．factory

C．school

D．office

4.

A．wasted

B．saved

C．got

D．spent

5.

A．playing

B．singing

C．performing

D．pushing

6.

A．student

B．worker

C．teacher

D．friend

7.

A．ignored

B．noticed

C．smelt

D．felt

8.

A．work up

B．went through

C．stood up

D．calmed down

9.

A．angry

B．low

C．terrible

D．sad

10.

A．meal

B．talk

C．sentence

D．test

11.

A．if

B．why

C．when

D．how

12.

A．firstly

B．finally

C．interestingly

D．strangely

13.

A．better

B．smaller

C．worse

D．higher

14.

A．look

B．smile

C．hand

D．book

15.

A．phrases

B．accent

C．vocabulary

D．studies

16.

A．happy

B．dangerous

C．hard

D．lonely

17.

A．told

B．asked

C．answered

D．troubled

18.

A．died

B．married

C．appeared

D．fell

19.

A．with

B．for

C．without

D．as

20.

A．cheat

B．forget

C．believe

D．upset