1 . In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The _______ is that countries around the world have growing mountains of _______ because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

How did we _______ a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to _______ an object than to spend time and money to repair it. _______ modern manufacturing (制造业)and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and _______.

Another cause is our _______of disposable (一次性的) products. As _______ people, we are always looking for _______ to save time and make our lives easier. Companies ________ thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.

Our appetite for new products also ________ to the problem. We are ________ buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that ________ is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we ________ useful possessions to make room for new ones.

All around the world, we can see the ________ of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To ________ the amount of rubbish and to protect the ________, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. ________, this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem.

Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions ________ throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about ________. Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.

1.

A．key

B．reason

C．project

D．problem

2.

A．gifts

B．rubbish

C．debt

D．products

3.

A．face

B．become

C．observe

D．change

4.

A．hide

B．control

C．replace

D．withdraw

5.

A．Thanks to

B．As to

C．Except for

D．Regardless of

6.

A．safe

B．funny

C．cheap

D．powerful

7.

A．love

B．lack

C．prevention

D．division

8.

A．sensitive

B．kind

C．brave

D．busy

9.

A．ways

B．places

C．jobs

D．friends

10.

A．donate

B．receive

C．produce

D．preserve

11.

A．adapts

B．returns

C．responds

D．contributes

12.

A．tired of

B．addicted to

C．worried about

D．ashamed for

13.

A．newer

B．stronger

C．higher

D．larger

14.

A．pick up

B．pay for

C．hold onto

D．throw away

15.

A．advantages

B．purposes

C．functions

D．consequences

16.

A．show

B．record

C．decrease

D．measure

17.

A．technology

B．environment

C．consumers

D．brands

18.

A．However

B．Otherwise

C．Therefore

D．Meanwhile

19.

A．by

B．in favour of

C．after

D．instead of

20.

A．spending

B．collecting

C．repairing

D．advertising

2 . 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

3 . 完形填空（共20小题）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked _______ better than driving our truck, _______ this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit at the store.

Sixteen is a _______ age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly_______of racial discrimination was _______ a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner _______ whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were _______ like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.

My family was _______. We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner _______ us?

At Davis’s store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded ________ I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my ________ to the cash desk, I said ________, “I need to put this on credit.”

The farmer gave me an amused, distrustful ________. But Buck’s face didn’t change. “Sure, ” he said ________. “Your daddy is ________ good for it.” He ________ to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”

The farmer nodded in a neighborly ________. I was filled with pride. James Williams’s son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.

That day I discovered that the good name my parents had________brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to ________ from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected himself ________   much to do wrong.

1.

A．something

B．nothing

C．anything

D．everything

2.

A．and

B．so

C．but

D．for

3.

A．prideful

B．wonderful

C．respectful

D．colorful

4.

A．intention

B．shadow

C．habit

D．faith

5.

A．thus

B．just

C．still

D．ever

6.

A．guessed

B．suspected

C．questioned

D．figured

7.

A．watched

B．caught

C．dismissed

D．accused

8.

A．generous

B．honest

C．friendly

D．modest

9.

A．blame

B．excuse

C．charge

D．trust

10.

A．until

B．as

C．once

D．since

11.

A．purchases

B．sales

C．orders

D．favorites

12.

A．casually

B．confidently

C．cheerfully

D．carefully

13.

A．look

B．stare

C．response

D．comment

14.

A．patiently

B．eagerly

C．easily

D．proudly

15.

A．generally

B．never

C．sometimes

D．always

16.

A．pointed

B．replied

C．turned

D．introduced

17.

A．sense

B．way

C．degree

D．mood

18.

A．earned

B．deserved

C．given

D．used

19.

A．receive

B．expect

C．collect

D．require

20.

A．very

B．so

C．how

D．too

4 . Everyone enjoys a fitting reply; it is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time!

When I was a senior in high school, I _______   knew I wanted to pursue writing as a career.

Writing had basically ______ me when I was only 7 years old, _____     since that time, I'd been bombarded(轰炸) by guidance counselors and career planners who all ______ me to have " a back-up-plan" in case writing didn't work out.

I'd never even _____ a different career path, so I was very _____ and worried. After much thought, I decided _______ would be my "back-up-plan", and I signed up for a class through my high school.

This _______ that every morning, I would serve as a teacher's helper for my favorite 6th grade teacher, Mr. Ralston. Morning after morning, I showed up in Mr. Ralston's classroom and ______ papers for him.

Sometimes, I even ______ a lesson or two. It was fun, and the students seemed to like me, so I was surprised when it came time for my _______.Mr. Ralston looked me right in the eyes and asked, "Do you really want to teach?"

"Had I really been that _______?" I thought.

"Don't misunderstand. You'll do fine in teaching," he continued. "But, is your _______ really in it?"

"Not really," I _______. "I want to write. I want to write new stories and fiction and poetry and so much more... but I've been told it's tough to make it as a writer _____ I thought maybe I would teach and then use my summers _______ to pursue writing."

As I shared with Mr. Ralston my hopes, dreams and carefully plotted-out back-up plan, he smiled and said, "Why are you preparing to ________ with this back-up plan? If you want to be a writer, go for it! Pursue writing!"

Mr. Ralston's _______ to follow my dreams was the little nudge(推动) I decided to help me push past my ______ of not making it as a writer and simply "Go for it!"

That's what an encouraging word will do when spoken in love in ______ season. So, Let's try and be like Mr. Ralston and speak that word of encouragement at just the right time and make a difference in someone's life today.

1.

A．even

B．never

C．already

D．also

2.

A．reminded

B．entertained

C．accompanied

D．chosen

3.

A．or

B．and

C．for

D．but

4.

A．urged

B．forced

C．taught

D．persuaded

5.

A．created

B．taken

C．considered

D．examined

6.

A．embarrassed

B．confused

C．annoyed

D．frightened

7.

A．writing

B．teaching

C．studying

D．editing

8.

A．meant

B．showed

C．suggested

D．revealed

9.

A．read

B．set

C．graded

D．composed

10.

A．reviewed

B．skipped

C．took

D．presented

11.

A．application

B．evaluation

C．instruction

D．qualification

12.

A．obvious

B．shallow

C．superior

D．ambitious

13.

A．eye

B．mind

C．heart

D．focus

14.

A．interrupted

B．joked

C．admitted

D．apologized

15.

A．unless

B．if

C．because

D．so

16.

A．up

B．apart

C．along

D．off

17.

A．fail

B．follow

C．depart

D．compete

18.

A．encouragement

B．determination

C．tendency

D．attempt

19.

A．dreams

B．fears

C．regrets

D．mistakes

20.

A．peak

B．low

C．proper

D．new

5 . The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate.I_______to look around when a gentle hand_______my shoulder.I turned around to find a wrinkled, little_______lady looking up at me with a smile.

She said, “Hi.My name is Rose.I’m eighty-seven years old.Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and_______responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.

“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent_______?”I asked.“I always_______having a college education and now I’m getting_______!” she told me.

Later, we became close friends.Every day we would leave class together and she_______her wisdom and experience with me.Over the_______of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she________made friends wherever she went.

At the________of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet(宴会).I’ll________forget what she taught us.When she was introduced, frustrated and a little embarrassed, she cleared her________and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we________old because we stop playing.There are only two secrets to staying________, being happy, and achieving success.You have to________and find humor every day.You’ve got to have a dream.When you________your dreams, you die.”

One week after graduation Rose died________in her sleep.Many college students attended her funeral in tribute to(悼念)the wonderful woman who taught________example that it’s never too________to be all you can possibly be.

1.

A．lay down

B．stood up

C．fell off

D．went out

2.

A．touched

B．felt

C．wounded

D．clapped

3.

A．beautiful

B．young

C．old

D．kind-hearted

4.

A．sadly

B．coldly

C．absently

D．enthusiastically

5.

A．age

B．speed

C．point

D．year

6.

A．talked about

B．tried out

C．looked forward

D．dreamed of

7.

A．those

B．one

C．that

D．they

8.

A．learned

B．told

C．shared

D．debated

9.

A．course

B．path

C．distance

D．road

10.

A．easily

B．rarely

C．unwillingly

D．strangely

11.

A．middle

B．beginning

C．end

D．top

12.

A．ever

B．never

C．still

D．already

13.

A．throat

B．face

C．nose

D．eyes

14.

A．grow

B．prove

C．look

D．stay

15.

A．rich

B．healthy

C．cheerful

D．young

16.

A．eat

B．cry

C．laugh

D．shout

17.

A．have

B．lose

C．get

D．keep

18.

A．bitterly

B．fortunately

C．peacefully

D．hopefully

19.

A．to

B．for

C．in

D．by

20.

A．early

B．bad

C．good

D．late

6 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后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。
I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, when I _______ becoming a doctor.
My mother was a _______. Through her work, she observed that _______ people spent a lot more time _______ than they did watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three _______ TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each week from the Detroit Public Library and _______written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check markers and underline the _______ parts. Years later we realized her marks were a _______. My mother was illiterate(文盲). Although we had no money, _______ the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody.
When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for ________ I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student and to a C-student, but I didn’t ________. I was cool.
One night my mother came home after her several jobs and I ________ about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you the money I ________ this week by rubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With ________ left over, you can have all that you want.” I was very ________ with that arrangement. But once I got through ________ money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a(n) ________ over our heads and any kind of food on the table. I was also ________ that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success ________ intellectual(知识上的) preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again, and ________ I realized my dream and I became a doctor.1.

A．contributed to

B．was sure of

C．dreamed of

D．thought of

2.

A．maidservant

B．teacher

C．. worker

D．nurse

3.

A．honest

B．successful

C．kind

D．careful

4.

A．writing

B．reading

C．working

D．training

5.

A．familiar

B．dull

C．designed

D．selected

6.

A．turn in

B．take in

C．bring in

D．check in

7.

A．difficult

B．easy

C．opposite

D．important

8.

A．wealth

B．quiz

C．pleasure

D．competition

9.

A．between

B．under

C．within

D．below

10.

A．the last

B．a minute

C．long

D．anything

11.

A．know

B．care

C．admit

D．realize

12.

A．announced

B．claimed

C．complained

D．blamed

13.

A．borrow

B．make

C．control

D．collect

14.

A．something

B．everything

C．anything

D．nothing

15.

A．encouraged

B．puzzled

C．moved

D．pleased

16.

A．adding

B．applying

C．dividing

D．exchanging

17.

A．balance

B．arrangement

C．hat

D．roof

18.

A．aware

B．worried

C．confused

D．delighted

19.

A．included

B．required

C．combined

D．matched

20.

A．actually

B．shortly

C．fortunately

D．finally

7 . I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others had their own ways of showing care.

What I_______most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we_______ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to_______his family as cold. When we got into the_______to go home, his father suddenly appeared._______, he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he was a caring man through the glass.

I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often_______me early in the morning. “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant_______or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his_______me and we often quarreled. But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his_______morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I__________him.

When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt__________. For example, I always return phone calls__________and regularly contact with my friends. I expect the same from them. I had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the__________: She wasn’t a good friend! My anger__________as the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I__________and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was__________at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be__________. Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.

Far too often, I ignored their__________expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my__________. Over the years, however, I’ve learned to__________other persons, love signs.

1.

A．remember

B．enjoy

C．value

D．admire

2.

A．excitedly

B．nervously

C．silently

D．instantly

3.

A．regard

B．treat

C．take

D．think

4.

A．bus

B．train

C．car

D．plane

5.

A．Punctually

B．Carefully

C．Proudly

D．Coldly

6.

A．visited

B．interrupted

C．warned

D．telephoned

7.

A．greeting

B．meeting

C．apology

D．explanation

8.

A．interested

B．angered

C．encouraged

D．surprised

9.

A．long

B．short

C．warm

D．polite

10.

A．praised

B．remembered

C．blamed

D．thanked

11.

A．content

B．guilty

C．curious

D．disappointed

12.

A．in order

B．in turn

C．without delay

D．without difficulty

13.

A．feeling

B．suggestion

C．judgment

D．belief

14.

A．disappeared

B．grew

C．helped

D．declined

15.

A．opened

B．refused

C．hosted

D．invited

16.

A．depressed

B．upset

C．fascinated

D．shocked

17.

A．uncaring

B．dishonest

C．unhappy

D．uncooperative

18.

A．unique

B．common

C．pleasant

D．familiar

19.

A．opinion

B．way

C．mind

D．life

20.

A．send

B．read

C．give

D．express

8 . Wings of Angel

I used to hate myself because I wasn’t “normal”. Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not _______. I had a severe spinal cord disorder(脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much _______than others.

I hated going to school and I hated _______at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing _______and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the_______and seeing an ugly and hunchback(驼背).

My friends found me _______because I didn’t let other get close to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life _______Angela appeared.

That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school—a spot where no one would _______ me. That’s when I first heard her voice.

“Hi. Can I sit down?”

I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face.

“What are you looking at?” she asked.

“Ants.”

“What are they doing?”

“No _______.”

“I bet they’re playing games and make friends. Don’t you think so?”

That was how our ________started and it didn’t stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche(处境)—until it was sunset.

Then suddenly, you saw my ________ She just stared.

My heart ________. What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would________ me now.

She stood up, pointed at my back and said, “I know__________your back is hunched.”

I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be________. I begged in my heart for her to________, but you just kept on going. “I know what you’ve got in there. Do you?”

“No,” I answered ________.

She bent and whispered in my ears.

“Your back is bunched because you’ve got a pair of wings from the angels.”

I was________. I looked into her eyes and her________ touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to________myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind – hearted friend.

1.

A．them

B．it

C．me

D．her

2.

A．sadder

B．shorter

C．weaker

D．slower

3.

A．looking

B．smiling

C．aiming

D．glaring

4.

A．still

B．alone

C．straight

D．together

5.

A．street

B．sun

C．corner

D．mirror

6.

A．distant

B．stubborn

C．hopeless

D．unfortunate

7.

A．after

B．before

C．since

D．until

8.

A．disturb

B．seek

C．interrupt

D．ignore

9.

A．wonder

B．idea

C．sign

D．action

10.

A．connection

B．competition

C．conversation

D．comprehension

11.

A．face

B．back

C．eyes

D．shoulders

12.

A．sank

B．beat

C．broke

D．ached

13.

A．care for

B．rely on

C．look down upon

D．put up with

14.

A．that

B．how

C．whether

D．why

15.

A．accused

B．arrested

C．punished

D．sentenced(宣判)

16.

A．relax

B．leave

C．stop

D．pause

17.

A．shyly

B．weakly

C．proudly

D．firmly

18.

A．astonished

B．ashamed

C．annoyed

D．amused

19.

A．wisdom

B．generosity

C．honesty

D．kindness

20.

A．control

B．like

C．comfort

D．enjoy