2 . Literature was something I was interested in. At school I was that kid who stuck his hand up to _________ aloud from the Shakespeare play. Over the holidays I would visit the _________ and read literatures. While my generation was playing after school, I was in a ghetto(贫民区) learning to _________.

I lived then in Lagos. The ghetto landlords had unlimited _________. They could throw others with all their possessions out into the street. Annoyed, I wrote about _________. Those pieces were not published. Then it occurred to me to write a story about them. This began my long _________ in the rigorous craft(严谨构思) of the short story.

However, after finishing my A-levels, I had a job working for a paint company. _________ in Lagos was so terrible that it took three hours to get to work. I would wake up at 4 a.m. and write for an hour before _________ work. When I _________ I would sleep and then write till one o’clock.

The first __________ took a year. I got myself __________ from work and bought a typewriter with the severance pay(解雇金). I began __________ for many __________, who all turned it down.

Then, one morning, a letter came from Longmans’ African Writers’ series. I remember giving a cry of __________. That moment changed everything. I was 19. With the publication of Flowers and Shadows, the life I was meant to live __________.

1.

A．read

B．think

C．cry

D．speak

2.

A．charities

B．libraries

C．exhibitions

D．attractions

3.

A．act

B．hunt

C．write

D．defend

4.

A．talents

B．powers

C．wealth

D．freedom

5.

A．friendship

B．possibilities

C．injustices

D．welfare

6.

A．memory

B．suffering

C．service

D．adventure

7.

A．Security

B．Climate

C．Accommodation

D．Traffic

8.

A．making up for

B．getting down to

C．setting out for

D．boiling down to

9.

A．resigned

B．returned

C．retired

D．resolved

10.

A．option

B．draft

C．visit

D．picture

11.

A．fired

B．motivated

C．freed

D．distracted

12.

A．re-writing

B．withdrawing

C．job-hunting

D．exploring

13.

A．colleagues

B．employees

C．publishers

D．writers

14.

A．fear

B．sorrow

C．pain

D．joy

15.

A．ended

B．began

C．changed

D．improved

4 . Like many parents, I enjoyed reading a bedtime story to my two sons each night before they went to bed. After the story was over, we would turn off the lights, and talked until they fell _________

One night after the lights were off, my 3-year-old son, Will, _________ me to tell them a story_________ by myself, not one from a book. So I _________ told him a story about the first thing that came into my _________. But to my surprise, he _________ it so much that he asked me to do that the next night.

Thus a story-telling tradition was _________ in our family. Ever since that night, they seemed not to be able to sleep without hearing one of my _________ stories. Of all the things I do for my _________ ,my storytelling is what they love most. It has created a special __________ between us. And they find that their day isn’t __________ without one of my stories, and so do I.

When I see how __________ my storytelling is in their lives, I come to realize how much our television and video-oriented (以视频为导向的) society has __________in terms of the personal connections that storytelling brings. Before the __________ of television, computers and smartphones, a family’s __________was built around storytelling. This oral (口述的) tradition was __________ from generation to generation, and many of the stories we have today originated from this tradition until someone finally __________them down.

Storytelling is used as a creative way to __________ for me. During the storytelling, I forget about the pressure of the day and enjoy the __________ time I can spend with my children. I hope that other parents can gain __________ from storytelling, too.

1.

A．asleep

B．short

C．ill

D．silent

2.

A．warned

B．forced

C．begged

D．allowed

3.

A．made up

B．chosen

C．picked up

D．copied

4.

A．frequently

B．casually(随便地)

C．secretly

D．carefully

5.

A．sight

B．heart

C．mouth

D．mind

6.

A．unbelieved

B．doubted

C．loved

D．knew

7.

A．ended

B．followed

C．born

D．destroyed

8.

A．crazy

B．fine

C．strange

D．original

9.

A．parents

B．children

C．students

D．relatives

10.

A．bond

B．argument

C．distrust

D．difference

11.

A．cruel

B．bad

C．sad

D．complete

12.

A．valueless

B．important

C．helpless

D．common

13.

A．earned

B．progressed

C．contributed

D．lost

14.

A．familiarity

B．introduction

C．invention

D．discussion

15.

A．evening

B．arrival

C．morning

D．picnic

16.

A．dying away

B．passed down

C．passed through

D．dying out

17.

A．set

B．cut

C．slowed

D．take

18.

A．struggle

B．relax

C．fight

D．escape

19.

A．unusual

B．boring

C．happy

D．difficult

20.

A．confidence

B．courage

C．experience

D．happiness

5 . A few weeks ago, I surfed the Internet and came across a book called The Debt to pleasure. At first sight, I_________, immediately, to own it. Its structure was novel and it had won wide _________among readers.

But before I could_________ the Buy Now button, a tiny inner voice _________the library, the library, which was simply three blocks from my apartment. I searched the catalog （目录）of the library and sure enough, " _________" now. However, by the time the book was borrowed, I couldn't say with _________that I would love it. This worn, yellow-papered object was just so _________. However promising our first _________was, my initial desire _________sank. When the book was __________, I walked to the library and __________it into the Returns box. Once reshelved, it would __________for others. I sighed and walked off. It had never __________me from the very beginning.

One thing I should mention：I did end up loving The Debt to Pleasure, I loved it so much that I finally ordered a copy of my own. The library book does __________me the cost of a paperback, but it just delivers a __________satisfaction, one that can't promise permanent ownership. Live your life fully, for our lives are only lent to us and can't be owned forever.

1.

A．attempted

B．decided

C．arranged

D．ceased

2.

A．sympathy

B．judgment

C．adaptation

D．recognition

3.

A．click

B．spot

C．untie

D．strike

4.

A．defended

B．insisted

C．confirmed

D．conveyed

5.

A．accessible

B．affordable

C．available

D．dynamic

6.

A．patience

B．relief

C．certainty

D．honesty

7.

A．plain

B．vivid

C．unique

D．attractive

8.

A．response

B．adventure

C．interaction

D．encounter

9.

A．frequently

B．gradually

C．consequently

D．normally

10.

A．due

B．extra

C．missing

D．out

11.

A．submitted

B．donated

C．dropped

D．distributed

12.

A．apply

B．exchange

C．cheer

D．head

13.

A．belonged to

B．appealed to

C．turned to

D．depended on

14.

A．paid

B．offer

C．save

D．prepare

15.

A．material

B．temporary

C．complete

D．sustainable

6 . I will never forget one summer in my childhood. While walking in the attic (阁楼), I stepped on something and ______ down, with my hand landing on a floorboard that popped up and almost hit me in the head. When I ______ and looked inside the open space, I could not believe my eyes: There was gold in there! I ______ a handful of shining gold cubes, an to the bottom stair and ______,” Mama. I found gold up here under the floor!”

Back up the stairs I dashed. ______ my brothers almost knocked me back down as they ran right by me. When Mama opened the door and ______ her head m, she ______ said, “Honey, that’s insulation (隔热材料). Now put it all back.”

I felt really disappointed. I had thought I made a real ______.

When I ______ inside to put the fake gold back, my hand touched what felt like a book. I pulled it out. It was old and small: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, which I’d never heard of. And ______ I was bored, I decided to see what was inside this little book. To my ______, it was a book of passages, phrases, and proverbs and I could tell that this was going to be ______.

So I spent quite much time on it and found ______ in these pages, As I didn’t know how to express things clearly, I often ______ to talk about them. This book helped me ______ that I didn’t need to feel ashamed or ______, because other people had similar experiences.

When I went to college, Bartlett’s came with me. Over the years, I’ve kept my original ______, which to this day I often ______. Although it was a ______ to find the book, it liberated me in a way. It helped me see more than my young mind and heart were able to understand.

The book discovered under those floorboards was, ______, gold.

1.

A．slowed

B．calmed

C．looked

D．fell

2.

A．bent over

B．showed up

C．lay down

D．broke in

3.

A．stole

B．produced

C．seized

D．hid

4.

A．yelled

B．sighed

C．admitted

D．complained

5.

A．or

B．so

C．but

D．for

6.

A．nodded

B．stuck

C．lowered

D．lifted

7.

A．simply

B．thoughtfully

C．honestly

D．angrily

8.

A．difference

B．choice

C．mistake

D．discovery

9.

A．sat

B．slid

C．reached

D．walked

10.

A．until

B．now that

C．unless

D．so that

11.

A．surprise

B．regret

C．relief

D．disappointment

12.

A．absurd

B．controversial

C．boring

D．interesting

13.

A．sympathy

B．comfort

C．honor

D．doubt

14.

A．tended

B．offered

C．managed

D．hesitated

15.

A．expect

B．remember

C．realize

D．imagine

16.

A．embarrassed

B．satisfied

C．astonished

D．tired

17.

A．mind

B．copy

C．plan

D．file

18.

A．put away

B．show off

C．refer to

D．pick up

19.

A．dilemma

B．disaster

C．pity

D．coincidence

20.

A．sill

B．indeed

C．normally

D．hopefully

7 . Childhood curiosity can last a lifetime and I learned this from my son, Bill. When he was very young, I often took him to the ____ He loved to read and often needed to ____ the books he’d read in order to borrow more books.One unintended _____ of his nonstop reading habits was that he even ____ at the dinner table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to ____ him that, on certain social _____ , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.
Every summer the teachers at his school ____ give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. He was so ____ , and he always wanted to win. And he often ____ .But the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地) was that he was so ____ . He didn’t just want to learn about ____ things. He wanted to learn about everything.
We helped ____ his curiosity in every way. ____ an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to the ____ , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the ____ exists somewhere. All you have to do is ____ it.
Bill remains as much of a ____ today as when he was a child, and he seems to _____ everything he reads. He’s often ____ to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets. He ____ reads at the dinner table, though — which is a good thing because the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man, and Rats, Lice, and History.1.

A．school

B．office

C．library

D．museum

2.

A．return

B．store

C．talk

D．pick

3.

A．advantage

B．discovery

C．explanation

D．consequence

4.

A．play

B．read

C．study

D．laugh

5.

A．convince

B．promise

C．inform

D．advise

6.

A．issues

B．services

C．occasions

D．duties

7.

A．could

B．would

C．should

D．might

8.

A．sincere

B．crazy

C．positive

D．competitive

9.

A．went

B．failed

C．did

D．proved

10.

A．curious

B．confident

C．diligent

D．excellent

11.

A．simple

B．past

C．any

D．some

12.

A．protect

B．develop

C．examine

D．follow

13.

A．Until

B．If

C．Though

D．Because

14.

A．teacher

B．newspaper

C．partner

D．dictionary

15.

A．person

B．book

C．answer

D．matter

16.

A．find

B．use

C．tell

D．ask

17.

A．speaker

B．reader

C．maker

D．user

18.

A．imagine

B．believe

C．create

D．remember

19.

A．eager

B．afraid

C．careful

D．sure

20.

A．now and again

B．at all time

C．no longer

D．just now

8 . 第二部分：完型填空（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。

Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If _______, you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” by Australian writer Andrew Matthews _______.

In his book, Matthews _______ us how to have a happy life and answer the _______ of teenagers.

There are many _______ such as parents and friends, and the book _______ we should stop being angry and learn to forgive. The book tells us of useful skills _______ how to put what you have learned into pictures of your mind to _______your memory better.

Many teenagers think _______ happiness comes from a good exam result ________ praise (赞扬) from other people. But you can ________ be happy when there are no such “good” things.

Success comes from a(n) ________ attitude (态度). If you ________ from problems, you will have success in the future.

Some school students have ________ such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that ________ comes from thinking about things in a positive (积极的)________ . If you are ________ , people notice you and you can get a ________ view (视线) at the movie; if you are short, your clothes and shoes ________ less room in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important ________ : you choose to be happy!

1.

A．so

B．not

C．it

D．do

2.

A．wise

B．smart

C．useful

D．simple

3.

A．orders

B．tells

C．asks

D．argues

4.

A．problems

B．questions

C．ideas

D．comments

5.

A．roles

B．classes

C．courses

D．subjects

6.

A．says

B．writes

C．reads

D．thinks

7.

A．for example

B．such as

C．so as

D．so that

8.

A．make

B．turn

C．let

D．change

9.

A．what

B．how

C．that

D．whether

10.

A．and

B．but

C．so

D．or

11.

A．yet

B．already

C．still

D．forever

12.

A．bad

B．good

C．independent

D．normal

13.

A．learn

B．rescue

C．struggle

D．separate

14.

A．experiences

B．difficulties

C．fears

D．problems

15.

A．success

B．happiness

C．failure

D．height

16.

A．way

B．means

C．manners

D．spirit

17.

A．short

B．small

C．tall

D．fat

18.

A．lower

B．higher

C．worse

D．better

19.

A．take

B．spend

C．cover

D．cost

20.

A．work

B．lesson

C．teaching

D．study

9 . Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have _______ how difficult it is to write a _______ children’s book. Either the author has aimed too _______, so that the children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, _______ the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children’s books are _______ very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the _______ who hears the story and the adult who _______ it. Unfortunately, there are in fact few books like this, _______ the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not _______ to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as ________ of children’s literature(文学) were in fact written for ________ “Alice in wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious of this.
Children, left for themselves, often ________ the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a ________ and he will more willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children’s comics(连环画), full of the stories and jokes which are the objections of teachers and right-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop ________ to brainwash children into accepting our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so ________ that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise（妥协） over the bedtime story.1.

A．hoped

B．realized

C．told

D．said

2.

A．short

B．long

C．bad

D．good

3.

A．easy

B．short

C．high

D．difficult

4.

A．and

B．but

C．or

D．so

5.

A．both

B．neither

C．either

D．very

6.

A．child

B．father

C．mother

D．teacher

7.

A．hears

B．buys

C．understands

D．reads

8.

A．but

B．however

C．so

D．because

9.

A．hard

B．easy

C．enough

D．fast

10.

A．articles

B．work

C．arts

D．works

11.

A．grown-ups

B．girls

C．boys

D．children

12.

A．become

B．show

C．find

D．add

13.

A．school

B．home

C．office

D．library

14.

A．going

B．liking

C．trying

D．preferring

15.

A．same

B．friendly

C．different

D．common