1 . A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she _______ play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill._______ she loved her parents and her family, she desired to live in such a house and _______all day about how wonderful and exciting   _______must feel to live there.

At the age when she gained some _______ skill and sensibility (识别力), she _______ her mother for a bike ride _______ the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go，_______ her keeping close to the house and not   _______ too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew________ where she was heading! ________ the hill and across the valley, she rode to the ________ of the golden house.

________ she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path________to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she ________ that all the windows were ________ and rather dirty.

So ________and heart­broken, she didn't go any further. She ________， and all of a sudden she saw an amazing ________. There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she________ that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her house.

1.

A．might

B．should

C．would

D．must

2.

A．Unless

B．Although

C．Since

D．But

3.

A．dreamed

B．worried

C．asked

D．shouted

4.

A．this

B．that

C．it

D．which

5.

A．different

B．scientific

C．musical

D．basic

6.

A．begged

B．blamed

C．invited

D．paid

7.

A．inside

B．outside

C．through

D．along

8.

A．insisting on

B．relying on

C．arguing about

D．wondering about

9.

A．traveling

B．running

C．riding

D．walking

10.

A．madly

B．rapidly

C．exactly

D．possibly

11.

A．Over

B．Down

C．Around

D．Beside

12.

A．windows

B．steps

C．center

D．gate

13.

A．Until

B．As

C．While

D．Because

14.

A．getting

B．introducing

C．leading

D．moving

15.

A．felt

B．learned

C．concluded

D．found

16.

A．transparent

B．bright

C．plain

D．wide

17.

A．anxious

B．angry

C．serious

D．sad

18.

A．turned around

B．cheered up

C．settled down

D．dropped in

19.

A．hill

B．valley

C．background

D．sight

20.

A．imagined

B．decided

C．realized

D．guessed

2 .

Beware of those who use the truth to deceive. When someone tells you something that is_______, but leaves out important information that should be_______, he can create a false impression.

For example, someone might say, “I just_______a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and_______it in for one hundred dollars!”

This guy’s a winner,_______? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought two hundred_______, and only one was a winner. He’s really a big_______!

He didn’t say anything that was_______, but he deliberately left out some important_______. That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically__________, but they are just as not__________.

Untrustworthy candidates in__________campaigns often use this tactic (策略，手段). Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and__________three million jobs. Then she__________another term. One of her opponents runs an ad__________, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true.__________, an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of__________million jobs.”

Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It’s__________the law to make false claims so they try to mislead you with the__________. An ad might boast, “Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples.” It__________to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Corporation.

This kind of deception happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.

1.

A．false

B．true

C．interesting

D．boring

2.

A．included

B．contained

C．involved

D．referred

3.

A．lost

B．found

C．donated

D．won

4.

A．changed

B．took

C．turned

D．made

5.

A．right

B．well

C．really

D．though

6.

A．books

B．papers

C．tickets

D．balls

7.

A．winner

B．loser

C．fighter

D．thinker

8.

A．true

B．real

C．doubtful

D．false

9.

A．details

B．information

C．mistakes

D．errors

10.

A．stories

B．truth

C．facts

D．lies

11.

A．pleasant

B．exciting

C．honest

D．clever

12.

A．political

B．commercial

C．personal

D．public

13.

A．stopped

B．found

C．avoided

D．gained

14.

A．seeks

B．gets

C．achieves

D．searches

15.

A．writing

B．reading

C．saying

D．speaking

16.

A．Otherwise

B．However

C．In fact

D．This way

17.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

18.

A．for

B．to

C．against

D．in

19.

A．words

B．facts

C．data

D．truth

20.

A．fails

B．tries

C．manages

D．plans

3 . “Just sign here, sir,” the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package.

The package consisted of a long, narrow box _______ wrapped in brown paper. _______ the box, Oscar saw an umbrella inside — a very old one with a beautifully carved wooden handle. _______ he had not seen it in more than 20 years, he recognized it _______.

Oscar was 16 when he first saw the _______ umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents. As they were leaving, he noticed an umbrella on an empty seat. Impressed by its _______， Oscar felt a strong desire to find its _______.

Oscar _______ the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales. Just as he thought, a name matched the seat _______ Oscar had found the umbrella. The name was Mrs. Katie O'Brien.

Oscar talked this grandparents into going by Mrs. O'Brien's ________ on their way home. He rang the bell, the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared. “May I ________ you？” she asked.

“I'd like to return it if it's yours，” Oscar said, ________ the umbrella as if presenting a ________ that had long been wished for.

“Why, yes! It's mine，” replied Mrs. O'Brien with a ________ smile and shining eyes. “It was given to me by my father years ago. Thank you so much for returning it. May I offer you a reward for your ________？”

“No, ma'am,” he said, “My grandmother says that a good deed is its own reward.”

“Well, that's ________ what my father used to say. What is your name, young man？”

Years later Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remembered Mrs. O'Brien. It was in perfect condition, considering how ________ it was. Why had it arrived here today?

As if ________， a note fell from the paper. It read: Mrs. O'Brien wanted you to ________ this umbrella as a present for a kind, ________ gesture long ago.

1.

A．strictly

B．carefully

C．roughly

D．casually

2.

A．Opening

B．Seizing

C．Observing

D．Searching

3.

A．After

B．When

C．Since

D．Although

4.

A．clearly

B．fully

C．immediately

D．suddenly

5.

A．average

B．unusual

C．plain

D．typical

6.

A．beauty

B．shape

C．origin

D．history

7.

A．designer

B．seller

C．user

D．owner

8.

A．convinced

B．forced

C．encouraged

D．advised

9.

A．until

B．before

C．which

D．where

10.

A．family

B．theater

C．house

D．neighborhood

11.

A．invite

B．help

C．bother

D．know

12.

A．putting up

B．turning out

C．picking up

D．holding out

13.

A．chance

B．fact

C．gift

D．result

14.

A．wide

B．confident

C．proud

D．shy

15.

A．patience

B．kindness

C．courage

D．determination

16.

A．obviously

B．naturally

C．exactly

D．probably

17.

A．old

B．rare

C．precious

D．nice

18.

A．in contrast

B．in return

C．in exchange

D．in answer

19.

A．possess

B．accept

C．carry

D．value

20.

A．attractive

B．significant

C．unselfish

D．sympathetic

4 . That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother_______me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning,  _________,I felt like getting up early.

I stood by my window overlooking the _________, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something _________ in life.

As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I _________ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its _________ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He _________ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already _________ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.

Several thoughts _________my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) __________ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern __________would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed__________ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, __________ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then __________ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.

There was a noticeable touch of__________ in the way he seemed to be doing things— __________the windscreen, then standing back to admire it; scrubbing the wheels and __________, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.

It was a __________ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a __________if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ________ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.

1.

A．forces

B．allows

C．causes

D．forbids

2.

A．otherwise

B．therefore

C．however

D．besides

3.

A．parking lot

B．bus stop

C．school

D．market

4.

A．interesting

B．surprising

C．awful

D．useful

5.

A．noticed

B．recognized

C．called

D．assisted

6.

A．back

B．handle

C．wheel

D．seat

7.

A．searched

B．left

C．moved

D．wandered

8.

A．stopped

B．started

C．intended

D．finished

9.

A．crossed

B．slipped

C．disturbed

D．inspired

10.

A．attractive

B．shiny

C．simple

D．expensive

11.

A．repairmen

B．businessmen

C．drivers

D．cyclists

12.

A．busy

B．content

C．careful

D．bored

13.

A．waving

B．looking

C．laughing

D．pointing

14.

A．about

B．for

C．with

D．like

15.

A．worry

B．respect

C．sympathy

D．pride

16.

A．cleaning

B．fixing

C．replacing

D．covering

17.

A．still

B．yet

C．again

D．soon

18.

A．lesson

B．subject

C．skill

D．fact

19.

A．business

B．living

C．success

D．right

20.

A．tired

B．doubtful

C．fearful

D．ashamed

5 . In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her soft voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E.     1    At that time, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. But instead of lying and telling the judges she had said the correct letter, she told the truth that she had said the wrong letter.     2    As the girl walked off the stage, the entire audience stood on their feet clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspapers wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s courage and honesty, even when it cost her the contest.     3    Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get caught.This young girl could easily have lied, and nobody would have known it but her. But that’s just it: she would know she did wrong.     4    This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own conscience and character more than the prize from a spelling contest. Her respect for herself was more important than any respect others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the choice she made at the moment.    5    

A．So she won the contest.

B．As a result, she lost the contest.

C．The judges wanted to give her another chance.

D．It’s been said, “If you cheat, you make yourself cheap.”

E．It’s so true that the choices you make today make what you are tomorrow.

F．They talked it over and finally decided to simply ask her what she had said.

G．But the fact is that she won the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.

6 . There was once a king who had a wise advisor. The advisor followed the king everywhere and his favorite piece of advice to the king was “Everything happens for the good.”
One day the king went hunting (狩猎) and had a small accident. His foot was injured. Fortunately, he was not badly injured but as always he was forced to ask his advisor what he thought about the accident, to which the advisor replied, “Everything happens for the good.”
This time the king was really angry and put his advisor in prison (监狱). The king then asked his advisor, “Now, what do you think?” The advisor again answered, “Everything happens for the good.”
About a week later the king went on another hunting trip. As it turned out the king was caught by some cannibals (食人者) and taken to their camp where he would be prepared to be their evening meal. Before putting him into the cooking pot, he was examined and the cannibals realized that the king’s foot was injured. They decided to throw him back into the forests. It is the tradition for the cannibals not to eat anything that was in any way injured.
It is true that everything in our lives happens for a purpose, and most often for our own good. If you think about it, all our past experiences actually happened to bring us to where we are today and make us a better person. So whatever challenges that we may face today, consider it happening to bring us to the next level.
1. The second paragraph tells us that______ .

A．the advisor was worried about the king

B．the king was always careless about everything

C．the advisor didn’t have much useful advice

D．the king always asked for advice from the advisor

2. When the advisor was put in prison, he remained ______ .

A．angry

B．nervous

C．calm

D．upset

3. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ______ .

A．everything happens for their own reasons

B．our life experiences are our best teacher

C．it is good for us to think about experiences

D．challenges will make you do anything

4. By telling the story, the writer ______ .

A．wants us to think positively

B．asks us not to hunt any more

C．wishes us to follow others’ advice

D．tells us the danger of hunting

7 . 完形填空
请阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Grandfather was a wise man. No matter how badly-behaved I had been, I could tell Grandpa anything and my secrets were_______He loved me and would never give them away.
I remember a time when a bunch of us were playing baseball behind Mrs. Ferguson’s house. I hit one pitch just right and …slam! It ended up breaking Mrs. Ferguson’s kitchen window! We all_______!
After I got home, I told Grandpa about it. He knew we had been_______many times about the dangers of playing where we shouldn’t._______he just listened.
“I was wrong,” I told him, with my head down. “I hate myself for what I did. Is there a way_______?”
“Well,” he said, “Mrs. Ferguson has a problem, just like you. If she knew you_______and you were afraid of her, she would be sad. I’ll bet she wishes you would give her a chance to be_______It’s your decision. Are you planning to_______nothing happened? Just keep quiet and hide what you’re not proud of?”
“I don’t know,” I_______“Things might get worse…”
“Let’s think it through,” he said finally. “If you were Mrs. Ferguson, what would you do?” I didn’t know what she might do. I had been________that Mrs. Ferguson would stay mad at me, so I ran. On the way home I imagined that she was a mean witch chasing me.
“Well,” I said, taking a deep breath, “One solution is to tell Mrs. Ferguson I’m sorry and offer to fix her________”
“If you call her,” asked Grandpa, “What’s the________that can happen?” I had to think for a moment. I realized that even if she did not accept my________, it could not be any worse than seeing the________on Mom and Dad’s faces.
Grandpa smiled when he knew I had________it out.
“Doing what’s right is not always________,” he said, handing me the________. “I’m proud of you.” Grandpa did not make me do it. It was always my________. As it turned out, Mrs. Ferguson was very kind and we even became really close friends.
“Admitting what you’re not proud of is the hardest thing of all,” said Grandpa. “Choosing to be honest makes others________you and respect you.”
Grandpa passed away a year ago and I miss him so much. He gave me the tools to fix many problems and most of all he showed me I was________.1.

A．safe

B．open

C．little

D．special

2.

A．jumped

B．ran

C．cheered

D．hesitated

3.

A．consulted

B．questioned

C．warned

D．bothered

4.

A．And

B．So

C．Or

D．But

5.

A．back

B．out

C．around

D．off

6.

A．cared

B．changed

C．quit

D．Finished

7.

A．outgoing

B．confident

C．polite

D．understanding

8.

A．complain

B．admit

C．pretend

D．agree

9.

A．sighed

B．laughed

C．insisted

D．begged

10.

A．confused

B．afraid

C．angry

D．shocked

11.

A．fence

B．door

C．roof

D．window

12.

A．strangest

B．worst

C．fairest

D．rudest

13.

A．blame

B．excuse

C．apology

D．advice

14.

A．tiredness

B．fear

C．surprise

D．disappointment

15.

A．checked

B．put

C．figured

D．took

16.

A．easy

B．great

C．useful

D．suitable

17.

A．baseball

B．phone

C．tool

D．paper

18.

A．problem

B．duty

C．dream

D．choice

19.

A．trust

B．reward

C．follow

D．remember

20.

A．modest

B．active

C．brave

D．Friendly

8 . Are you an optimist? Do you look at your glass and see it as half full? Do you believe that every cloud has a silver lining and that things generally turn out for the best? Do you believe that if something is meant to be, it will be? If you reply “yes” to all of these questions, then you are an optimist. You probably are enthusiastic, cheerful and outgoing. You may be successful at work and in love.
But you may be misguided because things don't turn out for the best. You may believe that when one door closes another one opens (for example, you may fail to obtain a new job; another chance will come around soon ). Wrong. When one door closes, another door slams ( 砰然关上 ) in your face. That’s bitter reality.
Now a book has been published which confirms what pessimists (悲观者) have suspected all along. It’s called The Positive Power of Defensive Pessimism. Its author argues that defensive pessimism can lead to positive results. Defensive pessimism is a strategy used to manage fear, anxiety and worry. Defensive pessimists prepare for the things by setting low outcomes for themselves. They carefully consider everything that may go wrong and plan for ways to handle these problems. And this gives them a sense of control. Lawrence Sanno, a psychology professor, says, “What's interesting about defensive pessimists is that they tend to be very successful people, so their low opinion of the situation's outcomes is not realistic. They use it to motivate themselves to perform better.”
So far, so good. _____________ Defensive pessimists prepare carefully and consider what might go wrong, whether at work, on date or even in a sports game. It makes sense to have a back-up plan. There are many sayings in English urging caution. For example, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
And “Don’t count your chickens until they hatch.” To have a confident and optimistic approach to life’s problems is good. But listen to what Woody Alien, the American comedian says ,” Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.”
There are pros and cons to being an optimist and a pessimist. Don’t feel bad if you see the glass half empty. You are a realist. But lighten up and hook up with someone who sees the same glass half full.
1. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．The benefits of defensive pessimism.

B．How to become successful in life

C．The dangers of being too optimistic.

D．A book that has recently been published.

2. The underlined sentence “This is not rocket science” ( Para.4 ) means ______.

A．it’s not a dangerous thing to do

B．there is no real proof

C．the cost is not so high

D．it is quite simple to understand

3. Which of the following English expressions would a defensive pessimist believe?

A．Whatever will be, will be.

B．The glass is half full not half empty.

C．Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

D．Every cloud has a silver lining.

4. The writer would probably describe himself as ______.

A．an optimist	B．a realist
C．a defeatist	D．a scientist

9 . D   Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists．No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change---to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before．
Landscape (风景) is another unchanging element of art．It can be found from ancient times through the17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists．In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice．Leslie sought out the same place where ThomasCole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before．Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees．In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background．He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom．
Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another．The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests．To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods．
Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant．Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience．Many and different are the faces ofart, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings．
1. The underlined word “poetry” most probably means ________ ．

A．an object for artistic creation

B．an unusual quality

C．a collection of poems

D．a natural scene

2. Leslie’s paintings are extraordinary because ___________．

A．they draw attention to common things in life

B．they look like works by 19th-century painters

C．they are close in style to works in ancient times

D．they depend heavily on color photography

3. What is the author’s opinion of artistic reality?

A．It does not have a long-lasting standard

B．It will not be found in future works of art．

C．It is expressed in a fixed artistic form．

D．It is lacking in modern works of art．

4. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A．History of the arts．

B．Use of modern technology in the arts．

C．Basic questions of the arts．

D．New developments in the arts．

10 . One of my neighbors used to have a beautiful tree in her front yard. Her dad had planted it for her when it was nothing more than a twig(树枝) and several years later it started to shoot towards the sky with amazing speed. Soon it blessed her with cooling shade in the summer and glorious, golden leaves in the fall.

When the two-day snowstorm struck our town, heavy snow fell on the tree’s branches that were still full of leaves. The weight split that lovely tree down the middle. It was so sad seeing half of it laying on the ground after the storm. When I talked to my neighbor later, she said that the damage had been too much and that the entire tree would have to be cut down. Thankfully she had saved a few saplings(树苗) from it that she hoped to replant in the future.

Still, it was a shock to drive by her house the other day and see nothing but a stump in her front yard. I missed that tree. I missed its beauty, its leaves shinning in the afternoon sun. I missed seeing its limbs reach towards the heavens. I thought that the stump would be a sad reminder of its loss for a long time to come. My wonderful neighbor, though, had another plan. When I drove by her home today I saw a tiny bird feeder sitting on that stump and a colorful songbird having its dinner. It was such an affirmation of life. It was such a joy to see. I could feel my heart smile.

Life by its very nature is a mixed bag. It hands us beauty and tragedy, love and loss, pleasure and pain. What we do with it, however, is up to us. We can let it split us in two, or we can use even its hardest times to make our souls stronger and our hearts more loving. We can spend it complaining or we can use it to help others.

1. We know from the first paragraph that ________.

A．the tree grew very slowly

B．the tree was so strong that it could bear any weight

C．the tree showed its beauty and benefits

D．the author’s neighbor was good at planting trees

2. The author’s neighbor left a stump in her front yard to use it as ________.

A．a good reminder	B．a place to feed birds
C．a seat after dinner	D．a beautiful sculpture

3. What does the author mainly want to show in the passage?

A．Life is determined by our attitude towards it.

B．Life consists of pain and suffering.

C．Life has beauty and tragedy.

D．Life should be pleasant rather than painful.