1 . From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital _____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________.

So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______rising to play the piano in his very first recital.
My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _________lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there. When he retired three years ago, he _____ his church music director to take him as a student.
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress:___ _____the music and pretend the others aren’t there.
“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.
“Yeah, and doing it so______,” Jeff added.
With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.1.

A．reflected

B．explained

C．meant

D．proved

2.

A．would

B．could

C．might

D．should

3.

A．nothing

B．everything

C．anything

D．something

4.

A．goal

B．stage

C．journey

D．chance

5.

A．trouble

B．satisfaction

C．strength

D．disappointment

6.

A．kept

B．sent

C．watched

D．felt

7.

A．through

B．from

C．against

D．before

8.

A．miss

B．afford

C．select

D．understand

9.

A．as

B．once

C．if

D．while

10.

A．educated

B．protected

C．stuck

D．spoilt

11.

A．allowed

B．invited

C．inspired

D．persuaded

12.

A．roughly

B．simply

C．merrily

D．curiously

13.

A．words

B．videos

C．notes

D．lessons

14.

A．decades

B．weeks

C．hours

D．moments

15.

A．play

B．freeze

C．click

D．adjust

16.

A．same

B．warm

C．different

D．dirty

17.

A．predicted

B．realized

C．imagined

D．insisted

18.

A．pass over

B．turn up

C．bring in

D．concentrate on

19.

A．ashamed

B．aware

C．tired

D．proud

20.

A．casually

B．anxiously

C．nicely

D．frequently

2 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are _________, one by one. "There is my grandmother's house," I say,_________ across the bay to a shabby old house.

I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯)_________ memory for me. Lise was one of the mobile children, _________ from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of _________, and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors __________for 200 years.

We soon _________by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories _________back, swift as the tide (潮水).

Suddenly, I long to walk again in the _________where I was once so glorious a child. It still __________a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk __________the rooms in memory. Here, my mother __________in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family __________into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being __________them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise __________attentively as I talk and then says, " So this is where I __________; where I belong. "

She has __________her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human _______. To be rooted is "to have an origin". We need _________ origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the __________ of "I". We must all go home again — in reality or memory.

1.

A．appearing

B．moving

C．exposing

D．expanding

2.

A．referring

B．travelling

C．pointing

D．coming

3.

A．shared

B．short

C．fresh

D．treasured

4.

A．passed

B．raised

C．moved

D．sent

5.

A．home

B．duty

C．reality

D．relief

6.

A．built

B．lived

C．remained

D．explored

7.

A．catch up

B．pull up

C．step down

D．come down

8.

A．falling

B．turning

C．rushing

D．bringing

9.

A．yard

B．village

C．room

D．house

10.

A．adapts to

B．appeals to

C．belongs to

D．occurs to

11.

A．across

B．through

C．along

D．past

12.

A．lay

B．played

C．stood

D．sat

13.

A．marching

B．looking

C．breaking

D．pouring

14.

A．between

B．with

C．near

D．behind

15.

A．wonders

B．listens

C．reacts

D．agrees

16.

A．began

B．grew

C．studied

D．stayed

17.

A．deepened

B．recognized

C．accepted

D．found

18.

A．heart

B．rights

C．interest

D．behaviors

19.

A．one

B．its

C．that

D．every

20.

A．meaning

B．expression

C．connection

D．background

3 . Diana Velez does everything with maximum effort-and at maximum speed. That_______learning a new language, completing two certificates and opening a store.

When arriving in Canada in 2008, she had one _______: to have what she had back home in Colombia. “I didn’t want to_______what I do, like so many who come to a new country.” she said, “I_______to open a store here in Canada but knew I had to_______myself properly.”

Diana quickly realized that making her dream of shop ownership in Canada a _______ meant going to school to get the _______education and certification, “My experience of owning a shop and working as a designer in Colombia gave me_______in my abilities but I couldn’t speak the language and I had to_______how to do things in Canada. It was like having to________all over again,” said Diana.

________, she found just the help she needed for her relaunch (重新开张) ________continuing education at George Brown College. She began taking ________for both the Essential Skills in Fashion Certificate and the Images Consulting Certificate in May 2009. ________Diana met with the language barrier, she was always going ________while at college.

By the end of October 2009, she had completed all certificate requirements. Within two years after her ________in Canada, Diana at last achieved her ________ goal when her new store opened its doors in Toronto’s Sheppard Centre. She was on the fast-track to________.

Looking back, Diana, a fashion (时装) designer,________her achievements to the goal she set, the education she received from the college, and ________, the efforts she made. Now Diana is very happy doing what she is doing.

1.

A．requires

B．encourages

C．include

D．advises

2.

A．goal

B．memory

C．choice

D．problem

3.

A．continue

B．choose

C．change

D．lose

4.

A．demanded

B．decided

C．agreed

D．hesitated

5.

A．teach

B．prepare

C．enjoy

D．persuade

6.

A．reality

B．fact

C．challenge

D．wonder

7.

A．physical

B．private

C．primary

D．necessary

8.

A．pressure

B．judgment

C．influence

D．confidence

9.

A．put away

B．depend on

C．learn about

D．look into

10.

A．advance

B．start

C．suffer

D．work

11.

A．Naturally

B．Gradually

C．Luckily

D．Clearly

12.

A．through

B．for

C．before

D．with

13.

A．notes

B．responsibilities

C．chances

D．courses

14.

A．Though

B．As

C．Since

D．Once

15.

A．around

B．back

C．ahead

D．out

16.

A．adventure

B．arrival

C．performance

D．journey

17.

A．original

B．common

C．another

D．distant

18.

A．success

B．wealth

C．glory

D．happiness

19.

A．adds

B．connects

C．devotes

D．owes

20.

A．after all

B．above all

C．at least

D．at first

4 . 完形填空(共20小题；
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 grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents_______ the necessities of life_______they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father_______a pair of jeans, he would say, “If you want them, make the money and buy them_______.” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’t_______ them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.
When I_______ from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp (新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S.C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily_______These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock (模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully_______ discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn’t_______ whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the____________ of the company.
I went________________ to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I________________ most was the consueling(咨询) meetings I______________ with the family members of the men and women in my________________, trying to help them deal with the long periods of________________ . These proved popular and word of them spread. ________________ I was being asked to give encouraging________________ to business groups, educators and kids across the country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real________________, and my life is still guided by the____________ lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to________________ it.1.

A．provided

B．got

C．made

D．bought

2.

A．while

B．but

C．so

D．or

3.

A．about

B．with

C．for

D．of

4.

A．themselves

B．ourselves

C．yourself

D．myself

5.

A．pay

B．find

C．produce

D．afford

6.

A．came

B．returned

C．escaped

D．graduated

7.

A．drills

B．tasks

C．exercises

D．reports

8.

A．included

B．asked

C．required

D．met

9.

A．matter

B．mean

C．exist

D．work

10.

A．good

B．boss

C．rest

D．right

11.

A．out

B．on

C．away

D．off

12.

A．took

B．hated

C．enjoyed

D．did

13.

A．ended

B．began

C．continued

D．held

14.

A．charge

B．situation

C．position

D．choice

15.

A．lessons

B．meetings

C．training

D．separation

16.

A．Long before

B．Before long

C．As usual

D．Once again

17.

A．performances

B．descriptions

C．speeches

D．gifts

18.

A．vacation

B．place

C．job

D．travel

19.

A．important

B．bitter

C．normal

D．difficult

20.

A．gain

B．achieve

C．show

D．match