1 . 23-year-old Taleigh Loven walked downstairs to her graduation party last October. She was ______ balloons, treats and congratulations from her family. What didn’t cross her mind was her ______ wearing the same graduation cap as she did. ______ him carrying a certificate (证书) with his name on it, she instantly burst into tears.

Mike Loven, 47, decided four years earlier that he was going to restart his study in Grand Canyon University, the ______ school his daughter had just been ______ to. A few weeks later, Mike was taking his first______ course while Taleigh was getting settled in her dorm — with no ______ that Mike was a fellow freshman.

“There was no real reason for ______ it a secret from the family—I merely thought the _______ would be fun,” Mike said. “I work a lot and I’m always on my computer, so no one ______ knew that I was working on stuff (材料) for ______ all those years.”

The ______ part about the whole thing, Mike said, was during ______ midterm seasons when his family would constantly ask him for help with tricky (棘手的) school-related issues. He had his own ______ as well, but he couldn’t tell them. That, he said, ______ many late nights at the computer.

1.

A．hearing

B．enjoying

C．expecting

D．checking

2.

A．dad

B．brother

C．uncle

D．friend

3.

A．Imagining

B．Noticing

C．Having

D．Sending

4.

A．very

B．former

C．nearby

D．public

5.

A．introduced

B．registered

C．admitted

D．invited

6.

A．advanced

B．online

C．professional

D．crash

7.

A．idea

B．doubt

C．chance

D．certainty

8.

A．requesting

B．leaving

C．keeping

D．preferring

9.

A．attempt

B．goal

C．achievement

D．surprise

10.

A．accidentally

B．partly

C．really

D．hardly

11.

A．responsibility

B．experiment

C．recognition

D．school

12.

A．saddest

B．hardest

C．greatest

D．largest

13.

A．stressful

B．boring

C．awkward

D．discouraging

14.

A．plan

B．practice

C．struggle

D．advantage

15.

A．kept up with

B．lead to

C．made up for

D．fall apart

3 . When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. _____, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so ______.

As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly ______ cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.

With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move ______ that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also ______. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something ______. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need ______. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”

“Airport? You ______ are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers ______you reach the T-junction. Turn left and ______ for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the ______ to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no ______ you’ll get there in five minutes!”

“Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll ______ in time.”

The ______ moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it ______ and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something ______ happened. The car began changing. First, its color ______from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, ______ just above the ground. As the car ______ into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling ______, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…

1.

A．However

B．Besides

C．Therefore

D．Otherwise

2.

A．brave

B．excited

C．curious

D．stubborn

3.

A．fell

B．seemed

C．proved

D．grew

4.

A．aside

B．around

C．forward

D．backward

5.

A．arrived

B．stopped

C．stayed

D．started

6.

A．gathered

B．existed

C．dropped

D．moved

7.

A．help

B．gas

C．rest

D．water

8.

A．necessarily

B．normally

C．basically

D．certainly

9.

A．if

B．until

C．unless

D．as

10.

A．drive

B．walk

C．follow

D．march

11.

A．address

B．signs

C．notices

D．guidance

12.

A．doubt

B．room

C．time

D．way

13.

A．have it

B．get it

C．make it

D．finish it

14.

A．door

B．window

C．headlight

D．wheel

15.

A．passed

B．rushed

C．turned

D．continued

16.

A．strange

B．sensitive

C．imaginable

D．horrible

17.

A．developed

B．appeared

C．spread

D．faded

18.

A．rolling

B．floating

C．drawing

D．flashing

19.

A．pointed

B．returned

C．broke

D．rose

20.

A．tune

B．voice

C．sound

D．tone

4 . Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had _______ money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very sad. Mr. King lived next to him. He found the boy _______and had pity on him and lent some money to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and _______ all his lessons. When he finished middle school, the man introduced him to his friend in the town. And he began to work.
Once Mr. King was seriously hurt in an accident. Dying, he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter, Sharon. The young man _______ and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy. He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked _______ for her. So she became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart. Her husband wasn’t at home and she had to go to _______ at once. The doctors looked her over and told her _______ eat meat, sugar, chocolate and things like these. She was afraid _______ the doctor’s words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home, she put the list on the table and _______ When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food: meat, sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy ________ there. As soon as he saw her, he said happily, “I’ve bought all the food you like, dear!”1.

A．no

B．some

C．much

D．enough

2.

A．lazy

B．clever

C．careful

D．hard

3.

A．did well in

B．was poor at

C．was working

D．was good for

4.

A．was angry

B．thought hard

C．agreed

D．said “No.”

5.

A．a little

B．a few

C．many

D．a lot

6.

A．rest

B．sleep

C．hospital

D．work

7.

A．should

B．would

C．to

D．not to

8.

A．to remember

B．to forget

C．to catch

D．to teach

9.

A．slept

B．went out

C．cooked

D．ate

10.

A．reading

B．seeing

C．cooking

D．writing

5 . 完形填空
In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory____course about 20 years ago.
The professor ____the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans（豆）, and invited the students to ____ow many beans the jar contained. After ____shouts of wildly wrong guesses, the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the ____ answer, and went on saying, ”You have just ____an important lesson about science. That is Never____ your own senses.”
Twenty years later, the ____could guess what the professor had in mind. He ____himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting ____into an unknown world
Invisible（无形的）to the____,which can be discovered only through scientific____But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even____the invitation. She was just ____ to understand the world. And she____that her firsthand experience could be the____ .The professor, however, said that it was____He was taking away her only____for knowing and was providing her with no substitute. “I remember feeling small and ____,”the women says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I____the course that afternoon and I haven’t gone near science since.”1.

A．art

B．history

C．science

D．math

2.

A．searched for

B．looked at

C．got through

D．marched into

3.

A．count

B．guess

C．report

D．watch

4.

A．warning of

B．giving out

C．turning away

D．listening to

5.

A．ready

B．possible

C．correct

D．difficult

6.

A．learned

B．prepared

C．taught

D．taken

7.

A．lose

B．trust

C．sharpen

D．show

8.

A．lecturer

B．scientist

C．speaker

D．woman

9.

A．described

B．respected

C．saw

D．served

10.

A．voyage

B．movement

C．change

D．rush

11.

A．professor

B．eye

C．knowledge

D．light

12.

A．model

B．senses

C．spirit

D．methods

13.

A．hear

B．make

C．present

D．refuse

14.

A．suggesting

B．beginning

C．pretending

D．waiting

15.

A．believed

B．doubted

C．proved

D．explained

16.

A．growth

B．strength

C．faith

D．truth

17.

A．firm

B．interesting

C．wrong

D．acceptable

18.

A．task

B．tool

C．success

D．connection

19.

A．cruel

B．proud

C．frightened

D．brave

20.

A．dropped

B．started

C．passed

D．missed