1 . One young person, who was well educated, went for a job as a manager in a big company. The president did the final _______.

He discovered the youth was _______ and felt satisfied. Then the president asked who paid for his school fees. The youth answered, “My mother did it. She worked as a clothes _______.”

The president requested the youth to _______ his hands. So the youth did. They were smooth. Then he asked, “Have you ever _______ your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to _______.”

“Go and clean your mother’s _______ when you go back today, and then _______ me tomorrow morning,” the president said _______.

The youth felt his chance of getting the job was high, so when he went back, he ________ requested his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell ________ he cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. It was the first time he had ________ that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (布满皱纹的). After that, the youth didn’t say a word and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother ________. That night, Mother and Son ________ for a very long time, longer than any talk before.

The next ________, the youth went to the president’s office. The president noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes and asked: “Please tell me how you ________ about helping your mother.” The youth said, “Number One, I know now what ________ is. Without my mother, I wouldn’t be successful today. Number Two, by helping my mother, I realize how ________ it is to get something done. Number Three, I’ve come to realize the ________ of family relationship.”

The president said, “You are ________. This is what I’m looking for to be my manager.”

1.

A．election

B．test

C．interview

D．competition

2.

A．strong

B．excellent

C．humorous

D．cute

3.

A．maker

B．cleaner

C．mender

D．seller

4.

A．wash

B．hide

C．show

D．dry

5.

A．found

B．let

C．helped

D．watched

6.

A．study

B．ignore

C．work

D．rest

7.

A．clothes

B．hands

C．feet

D．shoes

8.

A．see

B．move

C．recognize

D．answer

9.

A．on purpose

B．in patience

C．by chance

D．at last

10.

A．carefully

B．nervously

C．happily

D．shyly

11.

A．after

B．until

C．because

D．as

12.

A．believed

B．sensed

C．noticed

D．expected

13.

A．quietly

B．sadly

C．excitedly

D．angrily

14.

A．thought

B．slept

C．sat

D．talked

15.

A．morning

B．noon

C．afternoon

D．evening

16.

A．worried

B．felt

C．brought

D．spoke

17.

A．courage

B．appreciation

C．success

D．family

18.

A．important

B．difficult

C．different

D．impossible

19.

A．value

B．secret

C．type

D．change

20.

A．educated

B．respected

C．trusted

D．hired

2 . Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.
When my three children were young, my husband Roy and I were very___. “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky___. “Please.” I had said no so many times in___months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could_____. To her___I agreed.
I prepared a few sandwiches and___a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy___. My eleven-year-old twin sons loaded the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some___time together as a family.
About the time I got the lunch___out on the table, Roy arrived on the___. That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with___. We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school related responsibilities for so many months. Roy and the boys___rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly at the picnic table,__God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.
That night as our children went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and___what a wonderful life I had. As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest___could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you___. Even though the kids have now grown up and____from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.
Maybe today would be a good time to___potato salad, call all of my___kids, feed some hungry ducks and skip a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a___.1.

A．old

B．poor

C．busy

D．patient

2.

A．begged

B．asked

C．doubted

D．wondered

3.

A．coming

B．recent

C．following

D．late

4.

A．last

B．wait

C．relax

D．approach

5.

A．disappointment

B．sadness

C．embarrassment

D．surprise

6.

A．supplied

B．provided

C．compared

D．filled

7.

A．off work

B．at home

C．at work

D．on business

8.

A．unhappy

B．quality

C．quantity

D．sad

9.

A．spread

B．taken

C．made

D．cooked

10.

A．scene

B．view

C．sight

D．scenery

11.

A．communication

B．expectation

C．hope

D．laughter

12.

A．missed

B．took

C．skipped

D．left

13.

A．praying

B．praising

C．thanking

D．trusting

14.

A．expected

B．realized

C．imagined

D．admitted

15.

A．lifestyle

B．time

C．world

D．occupation

16.

A．enjoy

B．own

C．have

D．love

17.

A．left alone

B．left behind

C．ran away

D．moved away

18.

A．appreciate

B．cook

C．watch

D．plant

19.

A．grown

B．little

C．young

D．handsome

20.

A．salad

B．life

C．picnic

D．purpose

3 . 完形填空(共20小题；
阅读下面短文，从短文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。

One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel. Life seemed_______. The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their _______for granted, just as he_______himself. Now, however, he felt_______—and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his_______

     Seeking more personally satisfying_______, he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate(命运)played a cruel_______on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was_______to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to_______the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only________ Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated(带插图的)books.
     According to Jimmy, you are________you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world________seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
     This idea can be ________in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel________making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is________.

Though the world may make us feel small, we must be________. Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the “small people” in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are ________for us.

     In spite of his new________and wealth, Jimmy prefers working________at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could________1.

A．unhappy

B．unusual

C．unfair

D．uneasy

2.

A．health

B．wealth

C．happiness

D．illnesses

3.

A．ought to

B．had to

C．needed to

D．used to

4.

A．ashamed

B．disappointed

C．helpless

D．endless

5.

A．crying

B．painting

C．imagination

D．consideration

6.

A．home

B．condition

C．situation

D．work

7.

A．game

B．trick

C．role

D．part

8.

A．unable

B．impossible

C．unfit

D．difficult

9.

A．understand

B．face

C．refuse

D．recognize

10.

A．failures

B．efforts

C．choices

D．interests

11.

A．that

B．what

C．which

D．whoever

12.

A．always

B．seldom

C．sometimes

D．usually

13.

A．found

B．drawn

C．written

D．accepted

14.

A．after

B．about

C．with

D．before

15.

A．powerful

B．hopeful

C．useful

D．successful

16.

A．great

B．strong

C．brave

D．equal

17.

A．scientific

B．basic

C．right

D．simple

18.

A．product

B．fame

C．name

D．job

19.

A．rapidly

B．separately

C．slowly

D．quietly

20.

A．offer

B．gain

C．gather

D．earn

4 . Around twenty years ago I was living in York. _____ I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree,I could not find _____ work.

I was _____ a school bus to make ends meet and _____ with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had   _____   five interviews(面试) with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not   _____   the job. “Why has my life become so   _____？”I thought painfully.

As I pulled the bus over to   _____   a little girl, she handed me an earring   _____   I should keep it   ______   somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.

At first I got angry. Then it   ______   me—I had been giving all of my   ______   to what was going wrong with my ______   rather than what was right！I decided then and there to make a   ______   of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to   ______   more things to the list.That night there was a phone call for   ______   from a lady who was a director at a large   ______.She asked me if I would   ______   a one­day lecture on stress(压力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

My   ______   there went very well, and before long I got a well­paid job.To this day I know it was because I changed my way of   ______   that I completely changed my life.

1.

A．As

B．Though

C．If

D．When

2.

A．successful

B．extra

C．satisfying

D．convenient

3.

A．driving

B．repairing

C．taking

D．designing

4.

A．working

B．travelling

C．discussing

D．living

5.

A．prepared for

B．attended

C．asked for

D．held

6.

A．lose

B．like

C．find

D．get

7.

A．hard

B．busy

C．serious

D．short

8.

A．wave at

B．drop off

C．call on

D．look for

9.

A．ordering

B．promising

C．saying

D．showing

10.

A．in case

B．or else

C．as if

D．now that

11.

A．hurt

B．hit

C．caught

D．moved

12.

A．feelings

B．attention

C．strength

D．interests

13.

A．opinions

B．education

C．experiences

D．life

14.

A．list

B．book

C．check

D．copy

15.

A．connect

B．turn

C．keep

D．add

16.

A．her

B．a passenger

C．me

D．my friend

17.

A．hospital

B．factory

C．restaurant

D．hotel

18.

A．listen to

B．review

C．give

D．talk about

19.

A．plan

B．choice

C．day

D．tour

20.

A．operation

B．speaking

C．employment

D．thinking

5 . Long long ago, a circle missed one piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its_______piece. But because it was_______and therefore could roll only very slowly, it_______the flowers along the way. It_______with the worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but_______of them fitted. So it left them all by the side of the road and_______searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fitted_______It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll._______it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast,_______fast to notice the flowers or talk to the worms. After it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it________, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.
The________of the story, I suggest, is that in some strange________we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has________is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it________like to nourish his soul with the dream of something________When we accept that________is part of being human and when we can continue rolling________life and appreciate it, we will have________a wholeness that others can only desire, which , I believe, is________God asks of us — not “Be perfect”, not “Don’t even make a mistake”,________“Be whole”.1.

A．other

B．missing

C．rest

D．remaining

2.

A．incomplete

B．ugly

C．ordinary

D．unusual

3.

A．picked

B．watered

C．admired

D．planted

4.

A．played

B．chatted

C．sang

D．danced

5.

A．neither

B．each

C．all

D．none

6.

A．carried out

B．put on

C．worked out

D．kept on

7.

A．especially

B．permanently

C．perfectly

D．constantly

8.

A．Although

B．Now that

C．Unless

D．As long as

9.

A．very

B．too

C．so

D．how

10.

A．stopped

B．continued

C．hesitated

D．cried

11.

A．lesson

B．root

C．reason

D．cause

12.

A．degree

B．level

C．sense

D．manner

13.

A．nothing

B．something

C．little

D．everything

14.

A．smells

B．feels

C．looks

D．sounds

15.

A．better

B．common

C．impractical

D．worse

16.

A．strength

B．kindness

C．imperfection

D．benefit

17.

A．behind

B．at

C．of

D．through

18.

A．recognized

B．searched

C．achieved

D．founded

19.

A．which

B．how

C．that

D．what

20.

A．but

B．while

C．and

D．otherwise

6 . On the Iraq-Syria border, a pack of wild dogs circled a group of American soldiers for food. The_______of the pack was a gray-and-white dog. The soldiers_______him Nubs. Nubs was shaking and_______able to stand. Marine major Brian Dennis looked closer and saw that there was a knife wound_______his chest.
Dennis couldn’t_______seeing the dog suffer. He and his men immediately treated the wound, and gave Nubs oral medicine. Nubs pulled through but was still_______. The next day, the team had to leave. Ten days later, Dennis’s unit was back and so was Nubs. He was still_______, but the men fed him and played with him.
Before long the unit once again _______an outpost (前哨) 70 miles away. Nubs, slowly but_______tracked them far into the trackless wasteland until the men lost________of him. Two days later, beyond Dennis’s ________, he saw Nubs just outside the outpost. The dog had ________him across 70 miles of frozen desert to meet the friend who had saved his life. From then on Nubs and the men slept in the same place, and ran around in the same ruins.
Until a(n) ________came down from above that they should not be allowed to have pets, Dennis decided to make sure the dog ________continue to live the good life. So he quickly________$4,000 from his family and friends to fly Nubs to ________.
A month later, when Dennis and the dog were________in California, at first Nubs didn’t recognize the guy.________within seconds, the dog flew into Dennis’s arms, ________up again and again to lick his friend’s face.
A little care and concern in the middle of war will not save a________world. But small stories, like the story of a soldier and a dog, hold a promise of a harmonious world.1.

A．guider

B．leader

C．major

D．helper

2.

A．called

B．said

C．told.

D．spoke

3.

A．mostly

B．certainly

C．barely

D．clearly

4.

A．in

B．on

C．at

D．behind

5.

A．help

B．stand

C．admit

D．avoid

6.

A．in vain

B．in danger

C．in surprise

D．in pain

7.

A．weak

B．sad

C．alive

D．alone

8.

A．made up

B．returned from

C．left for

D．took over

9.

A．aimlessly

B．determinedly

C．unhappily

D．carefully

10.

A．touch

B．footprint

C．sight

D．control

11.

A．imagination

B．ability

C．understanding

D．power

12.

A．saved

B．shown

C．found

D．followed

13.

A．signal

B．project

C．plan

D．order

14.

A．need

B．would

C．might

D．should

15.

A．rose

B．arose

C．raised

D．aroused

16.

A．Britain

B．America

C．Iraq

D．Syria

17.

A．reunited

B．recalled

C．restored

D．reminded

18.

A．So

B．And

C．But

D．Then

19.

A．jumping

B．climbing

C．cheering

D．bringing

20.

A．peaceful

B．competitive

C．fantastic

D．violent