1 .        Recently, I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive, the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight ________ before setting down. High desert winds had_________ the airport to close all but one runway. He said that we would be ________the city for a few minutes waiting to__________. We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts fastened _________ there might be a few bumps (颠簸). Well, that few minutes turned into about forty-five minutes, including a ride that would make a roller coaster (过山车) _________by comparison.
       The movement was so fierce that several passengers felt__________ and had to use airsickness bags. As you might guess, that’s not good thing to have happen in a(n) _________space because it only__________to increase the discomfort of the situation.
       About twenty minutes into the adventure, the entire airplane became very___________ .
       There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be___________noticed. Every passenger simply held on for dear life …except one. A___________was having a good time! With each bump of the__________, he would let out a giggle (咯咯的笑) of delight. As I observed this, I __________ that he didn’t know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his__________He neither thought about the past nor about the future Those are what we grown-ups have learned from___________.He was_________the ride because had not yet been taught to fear it. Having   understood this, I took a deep breath and__________ back into my seat, pretending I was__________ on a roller coaster. I smiled for the rest of the flight. I even___________to giggle once or twice ,much to the chagrin (随恼) of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag.1.

A．mistake

B．delay

C．change

D．wind

2.

A．forced

B．warned

C．swept

D．reminded

3.

A．watching

B．visiting

C．circling

D．crossing

4.

A．arrive

B．enter

C．stop

D．land

5.

A．if

B．though

C．because

D．while

6.

A．light

B．pale

C．easy

D．quick

7.

A．sick

B．nervous

C．angry

D．afraid

8.

A．empty

B．narrow

C．secret

D．open

9.

A．happens

B．continues

C．fails

D．serves

10.

A．quiet

B．hot

C．dirty

D．crowded

11.

A．partly

B．gradually

C．shortly

D．clearly

12.

A．pilot

B．baby

C．guard

D．man

13.

A．seats

B．passengers

C．flight

D．airplane

14.

A．realized

B．hoped

C．agreed

D．insisted

15.

A．health

B．safety

C．joy

D．future

16.

A．teachers

B．books

C．experience

D．practice

17.

A．learning

B．taking

C．missing

D．enjoying

18.

A．sat

B．lay

C．went

D．rode

19.

A．nearly

B．finally

C．really

D．suddenly

20.

A．attempted

B．managed

C．wanted

D．decided

2 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，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。

One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been_______me to play chess (棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly _______. It was a school night, however, and at nine o'clock my daughter asked if I could _______ my moves, because she _______to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I_______she had strict sleeping habits, _______I thought she ought to be able to_______some of this strictness. I said to her, “_______, you can stay up late for once. We’re having _______. ” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked ________ Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it ________, you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we ________ for another ten minutes, until ________my daughter burst into tears, and________that she was beaten.

Clearly I had made________ I had started the evening wanting to have a ________time with my daughter but had ________my desire to win to become more________than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win________me well. As a parent, I________that it got in my way. So I had to change.

1.

A．guiding

B．asking

C．training

D．advising

2.

A．allowed

B．expected

C．replied

D．accepted

3.

A．change

B．repeat

C．hurry

D．pass

4.

A．agreed

B．needed

C．begged

D．hated

5.

A．knew

B．learned

C．guessed

D．heard

6.

A．so

B．for

C．but

D．or

7.

A．put up

B．take up

C．pick up

D．give up

8.

A．As usual

B．Go ahead

C．By the way

D．Come on

9.

A．patience

B．luck

C．fun

D．success

10.

A．excited

B．proud

C．anxious

D．angry

11.

A．well

B．again

C．fairly

D．regularly

12.

A．discussed

B．continued

C．counted

D．argued

13.

A．nervously

B．immediately

C．strangely

D．suddenly

14.

A．promised

B．admitted

C．wondered

D．discovered

15.

A．a mistake

B．a decision

C．an attempt

D．an effort

16.

A．free

B．different

C．full

D．happy

17.

A．managed

B．recognized

C．allowed

D．reduced

18.

A．important

B．attractive

C．practical

D．interesting

19.

A．offered

B．served

C．controlled

D．taught

20.

A．realized

B．apologized

C．imagined

D．explained

3 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。（共20小题；
My previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard. That first year, I_______ feeding peanuts to the blue jays, then the squirrels. The squirrels had no_____ coming up right to me for them. As the months went by, the rabbits saw that I was no _______and didn’t escape. When I threw carrot slices(薄片)，they even came for a nibble(啃).Slowly they came to_____ me, and by the end of the year they were eating out of my hand.
That second year, the rabbits_______ me, and one would even sit up for slices! While I was feeding them, I _____ that a groundhog who used to run away was now taking an_______interest in this food situation. I carefully extended a long_______, with a keen eye on those teeth, and _______,there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching(津津有味的咀嚼) on carrots. A few months later, while ________,she would even turn her back to me.______when she was facing away, I reached out and _______scratched（搔）her back with my finger, She didn’t move.
By year three, the rabbits and the groundhog were back. The groundhog _______didn’t have a problem with me scratching her back, and I got an idea, I’d always_______,while slicing up carrots, that the end looked like a cap.________one day, just to see what she would do ,I gently ________ one on top of the groundhog’s head. Again, not a ________ .The next time, I had my camera ready to record what you see here, one of several dozen such pictures,________she had a slice to eat, she never ________ the one of her head. It was a fair ______ —I got a pleasure, and she had yet another tasty treat.1.

A．avoided

B．started

C．canceled

D．suggested

2.

A．business

B．fun

C．problem

D．privilege

3.

A．help

B．cheat

C．threat

D．exception

4.

A．trust

B．miss

C．admire

D．appreciate

5.

A．feared

B．ignored

C．discovered

D．remembered

6.

A．proved

B．decided

C．noticed

D．understood

7.

A．extreme

B．increasing

C．additional

D．inspiring

8.

A．squirrel

B．rabbit

C．peanut

D．carrot

9.

A．before long

B．long ago

C．over and over

D．all over again

10.

A．eating

B．playing

C．sitting

D．sleeping

11.

A．Next

B．Once

C．Soon

D．Lately

12.

A．carefully

B．suddenly

C．violently

D．patiently

13.

A．also

B．thus

C．just

D．still

14.

A．thought

B．doubted

C．admitted

D．recognized

15.

A．While

B．Or

C．So

D．For

16.

A．fixed

B．placed

C．hung

D．kept

17.

A．tremble

B．move

C．delay

D．hesitation

18.

A．Even if

B．Ever since

C．As far as

D．So long as

19.

A．welcomed

B．required

C．bothered

D．expected

20.

A．trade

B．competition

C．task

D．affair

4 . I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as a happy wife and business woman. When Mum_______in October 2007, I was a cook. In December that year, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me _______I was distraught. Some days later, I was _______that a guy who was working with us that day. He could probably have made a fortune_______the necklace he found. _______he returned it. Hearing how I’d_______Mum for six months before her death, he said, “Christmas is going to be _______—why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks?”

I come to Morzaine, a small, friendly village in the Alps and_______fell in love with it .What was _______to be a stopgap (权宜之计) trip turned into a new life. I kept travelling between London and here and felt ________than I had in months. In December 2008, I was ________ as a hotel manager and moved here full time.

A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the beginning, I didn’t want to discuss________, because the sadness of losing Mum__________felt great. Paul understood that and never________me but, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Mom’s house, to build our own ________.

We want to give our guests a ________ feel, so each room is themed around memories from our lives. There are also styles to remind me of Mom—a tiny chair which __________ be in her bedroom is set in one room.

We are having a wonderful life Mum __________ naturally part of it, ________ there’s no way we would be here if it wasn’t for the ________she gave me. I know she’s here in spirit, keeping an eye on us.

1.

A．died

B．came

C．returned

D．visited

2.

A．burned

B．disappeared

C．broke

D．dropped

3.

A．shown

B．comforted

C．persuaded

D．told

4.

A．hiding

B．stealing

C．selling

D．wearing

5.

A．Luckily

B．Naturally

C．Surely

D．Hopefully

6.

A．nursed

B．cured

C．missed

D．guarded

7.

A．long

B．hard

C．merry

D．free

8.

A．suddenly

B．finally

C．nearly

D．immediately

9.

A．said

B．proved

C．supposed

D．judged

10.

A．smarter

B．higher

C．firmer

D．lighter

11.

A．honored

B．hired

C．regarded

D．trained

12.

A．travel

B．business

C．children

D．marriage

13.

A．recently

B．once

C．still

D．first

14.

A．left

B．pushed

C．surprised

D．interrupted

15.

A．hotel

B．restaurant

C．home

D．shop

16.

A．homely

B．lively

C．motherly

D．friendly

17.

A．ought to

B．used to

C．might

D．could

18.

A．takes

B．keeps

C．looks

D．feels

19.

A．unless

B．while

C．because

D．though

20.

A．money

B．chair

C．house

D．necklace

5 . Lightning flashed through the darkness over Sibson’s bedroom skylight（天窗）.Sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder _______ he knew what was happening. The storm had moved directly _______ his two-story wooden house. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping.
Sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to _______ ; he opened the door to the basement（地下室）, and flames _______ out. Sibson ran back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom. “I felt _______ because the room had a separate outdoor stairway,” he explains.
But the phone didn’t work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he was _______ by a wall of flames. Sibson realized he was trapped（困住）.
Sibson’s house was three kilometers _______ the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew calling for help would be _______ .
Up a hill nearby lived Sibson’s neighbor, Huggons. He was lying in bed when something like a smoke alarm _______ his ears. He jumped out of bed, took his ________ and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the ________ . That was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke.
Huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to ________ the house. But Huggons said, “There is no way I am going to listen to Sibson ________ and die in that fire.”
“Anyone there?” Huggons called out. Then he heard “Help! I’m trapped!” coming from the second floor balcony（阳台）. He entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his ________ .
After one more ________ inside the house, Huggons gave up and ________ around back.
The wind parted the smoke just ________ for him to catch sight of Sibson. But there was no way to get to him. He ________ the flashlight into the woods and noticed a ladder. He took it over to the balcony and ________ Sibson down just as the second floor of the house fell off.
Sibson is still ________ when he tells the story. “ I was alone that night,” he says. “Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Huggons.”1.

A．before

B．while

C．since

D．until

2.

A．on

B．in

C．through

D．over

3.

A．hide

B．wait

C．check

D．escape

4.

A．moved

B．gave

C．went

D．exploded

5.

A．safe

B．worried

C．glad

D．tired

6.

A．burned

B．stopped

C．shocked

D．covered

7.

A．beside

B．off

C．across

D．along

8.

A．limited

B．false

C．fruitless

D．regretful

9.

A．struck

B．missed

C．touched

D．passed

10.

A．coat

B．key

C．basin

D．phone

11.

A．noise

B．road

C．smoke

D．danger

12.

A．search

B．enter

C．leave

D．damage

13.

A．call

B．roll

C．scream

D．sigh

14.

A．breath

B．attention

C．ladder

D．flashlight

15.

A．stay

B．chance

C．thought

D．attempt

16.

A．climbed

B．circled

C．looked

D．jumped

17.

A．clear

B．open

C．enough

D．fit

18.

A．led

B．put

C．drove

D．shone

19.

A．persuaded

B．kicked

C．pulled

D．forced

20.

A．nervous

B．surprised

C．proud

D．thankful

6 . “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