1 . From my childhood on, my mother didn’t have a job. If she was asked to _______ a personal questionnaire, she would leave the question “Employment” _______. She believed that her job was to be my mother—full time.

There is an old photograph of my mother and father, taken in 1942. In the photo my mother looks very beautiful, I think. When I look at the photo, I see a woman full of _______ in life. If she had put her mind to getting a career, the whole world would have been in her hands. The story of her youth fully _______ this. She got a brilliant exam in one of the finest schools in the country.

_______ she has always been a housewife and mother. Everyone in the town _______ her for her great effort into charity work, but if someone asked her what she did _______ she answered that she was Robert Greene’s wife, and Robert’s mother.

What I _______ best from my childhood is how it felt to get home from school. She was always there waiting for us. Today there are probably many women seeing what she did as a _______ of my mother’s good abilities. I don’t make ________ either. But so many years later, I still remember how it felt to rush home—and there was mum, waiting for us.

1.

A．take out

B．make out

C．fill out

D．check out

2.

A．simple

B．empty

C．decent

D．unknown

3.

A．chances

B．pace

C．humor

D．regrets

4.

A．improves

B．ruins

C．changes

D．proves

5.

A．Yet

B．So

C．Nor

D．Or

6.

A．employed

B．forgave

C．concerned

D．admired

7.

A．for a drink

B．for a rescue

C．for a living

D．for a start

8.

A．demanded

B．learned

C．operated

D．remembered

9.

A．waste

B．reaction

C．symbol

D．risk

10.

A．progress

B．option

C．sense

D．excuses

2 . Are parents rational (理性的) about their children? No. Parents aren’t rational because ________ isn’t rational. Young people can understand this about romantic love, but they find it ________ to accept this part in parental love.

My eldest daughter’s ________ the other day brought this up. “Let me ask you something, Dad,” she began in patiently controlled ________ that every experienced parent knows.

“I sailed around the Mediterranean in a yacht (游艇) when I was seventeen,” she said. “I hiked through the Pyrenees from Spain to Paris. I’ve done rock climbing and deep-sea diving and slept in rainforests in the jungle of Indonesia. Right?”

“Right,” I said, “So what?”

“So this,” she went on. “When I go to the corner drugstore to pick up some shampoo, why do you always tell me to be ________ when I cross the street?”

There is no satisfactory ________ a parent can give to this.

All I could say in reply was that when I was 50, my mother would ________ me not to drive too fast. If I were 80 and she were still alive, I would be getting the ________ warning. No matter what the age, a child is a child.

There is something else, too, that children find it hard to understand. When they are far away, there is nothing we can do about their ________. They are in the hands of the gods. Parents try not to ________ about it.

But when the children are close, the old protective urge quickly ________, and it doesn’t ________ how far they have been or what experiences they have got through.

Most ________ happen around the corner, not in the rainforest. The most instinctive (本能的) act of almost every creature is to ________ its young, and with humans this reaction stays for a lifetime.

In the parents’ mind, a child ages but does not ________. Rational? No. But if we were rational, would we want children at all?

1.

A．worry

B．fear

C．love

D．need

2.

A．easy

B．friendly

C．hard

D．important

3.

A．problem

B．explanation

C．warning

D．question

4.

A．anger

B．pride

C．worry

D．surprise

5.

A．careful

B．brave

C．quick

D．helpful

6.

A．question

B．answer

C．problem

D．present

7.

A．select

B．remind

C．insist

D．expect

8.

A．different

B．extra

C．same

D．right

9.

A．success

B．happiness

C．luck

D．safety

10.

A．argue

B．think

C．forget

D．complain

11.

A．comes back

B．pays back

C．looks back

D．goes back

12.

A．prove

B．mean

C．matter

D．mind

13.

A．accidents

B．failures

C．changes

D．mistakes

14.

A．tolerate

B．protect

C．devote

D．treat

15.

A．stop

B．compete

C．grow

D．leave

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. In which country did the man attend university?

A．Canada.

B．Australia.

C．America.

2. Where does the man’s mother probably work?

A．At an engineering firm.

B．In a hospital.

C．At a university.

3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A．Interviewer and interviewee.

B．Co-workers.

C．Schoolmates.

4 . Who is the woman probably talking to?

A．Her friend.

B．Her coach.

C．Her brother.

5 . It was a sunny Sunday afternoon. My husband was taking care of our baby girl so that my six-year-old and I could do some yard work, just the two of us. It was sure to be _________. But soon, the clouds of mosquitos seemed _________ to our bug spray (喷雾). I was sweating, itchy (痒的), and arguing with my son about how to _________ weeds. I had told him the “right” way—getting those weeds out from the bottom, by the roots, _________ them entirely.

However, my son went about things in his own way. He pulled the _________ of the weeds off, moving quickly down the line as he left the remaining part still in the soil. Somehow, I found this to be incredibly _________. Why couldn’t he do it in my way and save me the time of having to _________ his share? Why did he do it at all if he wasn’t going to do it properly?

“If you would do as told, we’d be done earlier and promised a longer period _________ we would have to return and pull weeds next time,” I said, trying to keep my tone _________.

“But people do things…__________, Mom,” he said innocently.

My fire soon faded, replaced by the __________ realization that I’d just received a valuable __________ from the person that I was supposed to be teaching. While trying to __________ my baby girl, my kindergartener, and the yard work, __________ was a lifeline for me. But my way was, perhaps, not the best way after all. His time shouldn’t be __________. His job was to be a kid and take his time, for as long as he was able.

1.

A．relaxing

B．disturbing

C．urgent

D．tough

2.

A．sensitive

B．resistant

C．harmful

D．addicted

3.

A．feed

B．raise

C．tend

D．pull

4.

A．removing

B．packing

C．covering

D．preserving

5.

A．roots

B．fibres

C．tops

D．seeds

6.

A．effective

B．innovative

C．annoying

D．confusing

7.

A．recycle

B．redo

C．identify

D．ignore

8.

A．unless

B．so

C．since

D．before

9.

A．confident

B．curious

C．light

D．loud

10.

A．differently

B．separately

C．hurriedly

D．honestly

11.

A．depressing

B．humbling

C．mistaken

D．temporary

12.

A．behavior

B．warning

C．reminder

D．review

13.

A．compare

B．defend

C．influence

D．balance

14.

A．efficiency

B．concentration

C．discipline

D．quality

15.

A．run out of

B．set limits to

C．made up for

D．kept pace with

6 . 你的笔友Jim写信问你谁是你最尊敬的人。请你回信，谈谈你最尊敬的人。信的内容包括：
1. 人物简介；
2. 尊敬和爱戴的原因。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
Dear Jim,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours

Li Hua

7 . When I was a little boy growing up, I would always change out of my good clothes after church and run outside to play for a few hours. When I came back inside, the house always smelt ________. It was my Italian Nana ________ our Sunday dinner. There would be freshly cooked Italian bread with butter. There would be noodles covered in red sauce (调味汁)________ cooked for hours.

I remember we would all ________ the old, metal dining room table. Then we would ________ with smiles, laughter and joy. I always felt so ________ and safe there. We always ________ the table with full stomachs and happy hearts.

As I got older and became an adult myself, I ________ to make smaller types of Nana’s Sunday dinners. I got the ________ of making sauce from Dad. Often I would get very close to making a dinner like Nana’s but it was never quite ________.

There finally came a point when I ________ what I was doing wrong. I was trying to get back a ________ while what I really wanted to do was get back a feeling. It wasn’t just the ________ food that made those dinners so wonderful, it was also the feeling of ________ that was there.

Nana always put her love into her cooking and her life as well. Since then I’ve tried my best to do the same. No matter what I am cooking or what I am doing, I always try to ________ it with love.

1.

A．terrible

B．similar

C．pleasant

D．strange

2.

A．enjoying

B．preparing

C．admiring

D．introducing

3.

A．slowly

B．simply

C．anxiously

D．secretly

4.

A．search for

B．gather around

C．show off

D．set apart

5.

A．eat

B．play

C．talk

D．joke

6.

A．tired

B．curious

C．patient

D．peaceful

7.

A．laid

B．left

C．checked

D．designed

8.

A．hurried

B．happened

C．tried

D．failed

9.

A．method

B．chance

C．order

D．meaning

10.

A．famous

B．powerful

C．safe

D．right

11.

A．remembered

B．realized

C．explained

D．agreed

12.

A．gift

B．praise

C．taste

D．skill

13.

A．delicious

B．common

C．expensive

D．hot

14.

A．freedom

B．interest

C．fun

D．love

15.

A．observe

B．compare

C．replace

D．season

8 . Grandma is ninety this Christmas. I remember once visiting her, crying when my big sister told me “There is no Santa Claus!”, because I knew she always told the ________.

“No Santa Claus?” she snorted (哼着说). “Ridiculous! Don’t ________ it. That rumor has been going around for years. Now, put on your coat, and let’s go.”

“Go? Go where, Grandma?” I asked.

“Where” ________ to be Kerby’s General Store. As we walked in, Grandma handed me twenty dollars. “Take the money,” she said, “and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for you outdoors.”

I was only eight years old, and had never ________ for anything alone. For a few moments I just stood there, ________, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it for.

Suddenly I ________ Bobbie, a kid sitting behind me in the classroom. He didn’t have a coat; he never ________ during the winter. I held the bill excitedly. I would buy Bobbie a coat. I saw a red one with a hat to it. It looked really ________. He would like that.

That ________, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and write, “To Bobbie, From Santa Claus” on it. Then she drove me to Bobbie’s house. Grandma ________ down the street, and we hid in the bushes by his front walkway. Then Grandma pushed me ________. “All right, Santa Claus, get going!” she whispered.

I took a deep breath, dashed for his front door, ________ the present down, rang his doorbell and flew back. Together we waited ________ in the darkness for the front door to open. Finally it did, and there stood Bobbie.

Forty years haven’t ________ the excitement of those moments. That night, I realized those awful rumors about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said: they were ________. Santa was alive and well, and we were on his team.

1.

A．story

B．truth

C．joke

D．lie

2.

A．believe

B．ignore

C．suspect

D．admit

3.

A．seemed

B．supposed

C．proved

D．imagined

4.

A．waited

B．hunted

C．longed

D．shopped

5.

A．bored

B．depressed

C．frightened

D．puzzled

6.

A．ran into

B．occurred to

C．thought of

D．knew about

7.

A．put on

B．went out

C．tried out

D．went off

8.

A．new

B．warm

C．cheap

D．fancy

9.

A．morning

B．weekend

C．evening

D．afternoon

10.

A．parked

B．slowed

C．rode

D．walked

11.

A．suddenly

B．gently

C．anxiously

D．angrily

12.

A．positioned

B．turned

C．threw

D．took

13.

A．delightedly

B．cheerfully

C．willingly

D．breathlessly

14.

A．weakened

B．strengthened

C．reminded

D．informed

15.

A．typical

B．incredible

C．generous

D．ridiculous

9 . Julia Jarman’s family was upset when she was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer. But soon, her grandson Vigil made a plan to fill Jarman’s last days with an unforgettable ________.

When Vigil’s high school prom (舞会) was ________ his sister said, “Why don’t you just take grandma to the prom?” Hearing his sister’s ________, the 17-year-old immediately remembered that Jarman had ________ been to a prom. But his school had a(n) ________ that students could only have partners under 20, so Vigil first ________ the principal (校长) of his school to ask him if he could bring his grandmother. Luckily, the principal gave him ________. Excited, the teenager asked his grandma if she would like to ________ the first prom of her life, and she ________ the invitation.

As other teenagers walked into the prom with girls of their ________, Vigil entered with his grandmother on his arm. At first, Vigil wasn’t sure how his schoolmates would ________ to watching him dance with Jarman. Later, he was ________ to see everyone welcomed her.

The DJ played Jarman’s favorite song. Vigil recalled the ________ moment. “She almost had me crying as she was singing it along with me while we were dancing.”

Vigil’s mother felt proud of him for making a(n) ________ to please his grandmother. The teenager said, “My grandmother is my best friend: I just wanted to do something ________ for her.”

“That night was wonderful.” Jarman revealed

1.

A．dream

B．memory

C．adventure

D．convenience

2.

A．attacking

B．performing

C．approaching

D．identifying

3.

A．suggestion

B．comment

C．decision

D．encouragement

4.

A．never

B．frequently

C．sometimes

D．once

5.

A．habit

B．purpose

C．order

D．rule

6.

A．begged

B．contacted

C．enabled

D．thanked

7.

A．information

B．permission

C．composition

D．explanation

8.

A．organize

B．reserve

C．observe

D．attend

9.

A．refused

B．considered

C．accepted

D．expected

10.

A．age

B．height

C．class

D．family

11.

A．agree

B．adapt

C．react

D．stick

12.

A．puzzled

B．discouraged

C．ashamed

D．relieved

13.

A．hopeful

B．generous

C．touching

D．proud

14.

A．money

B．effort

C．belief

D．trouble

15.

A．special

B．tough

C．regular

D．familiar