On a hot day, I decide to mow our extremely hilly lawn. It was likely to    21    a jungle(丛林)with weeds growing wildly. I need to mow it at once.

After several false    22      , I had to examine it and finally got our old lawn mower     23      . I was mowing and trying hard to push the machine uphill, which was really a hard job, for the machine was too old to work well. I was so   24  that I complained under my breath, so I decided to take a short break.

At the top of a rise, I   25  to see my 12-year-old John Thomas standing there, with a smile on his face and a glass of    26   in his hand.  "Here, Mom, "he said, "have a drink, Want me to help you? Dad   27  me work on hte flat places."

I  28   the ice water and went to sit in the      29   of a tall tree. As I took my drink, I   30     my son. To my surprise, he didn't seem to be    31    the normal mowing pattern. And he kept smiling at me   32    he worked. I wondered    33  made him so happy? I thought to myself.

After a while, he    34   mowing and looked in my direction. "Hey, Mom. Could you  35  here? "   "He's always naughty like this, lazy again?" I said to myself    36     .  Then I stood up and walked across the lawn, noticing that he had missed a sizable spot. "John, you didn't..."  My angry words gradually became      37      , for the spot I thought he'd missed had been       38     mowed into the shape of a(an)   39   , suddenly I felt something warm and gentle rising from inside.

"Like it, Mom? It's mine and it's for you."  he asked with a big    40  .

"Now I'll finish the job."

21. A. turn on B. turn into     C. turn down  D. turn up

22. A. starts    B. words C. ends    D. behavior

23. A. work    B. move  C. going  D. flying

24. A. cheerful       B. tired   C. cared  D. boring

25. A. looked through    B. looked over       C. looked after       D. looked up

26. A. hot tea  B. chocolate    C. milk   D. ice water

27. A. asks      B. allows C. lets     D. agrees

28. A. drank   B. heated C. accepted     D. received

29. A. shade    B. leaves C. root    D. top

30. A. saw      B. watched     C. observed    D. noticed

31. A. feeling  B. finding       C. following   D. feeding

32. A. if  B. since   C. whether      D. as

33. A. what     B. that     C. all      D. it

34. A. continued     B. went on      C. stopped      D. finished

35. A. go over B. turn over    C. driver over D. come over

36. A. happily B. angrily       C. eagerly       D. anxiously

37. A. heavier B. thicker       C. louder D. quieter

38. A. carefully      B. carelessly   C. casually      D. comfortably

39. A. heart                  B. apple  C. hand   D. foot

40. A. sign      B. smile  C. surprise      D. sigh

 

第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每题1.5分,满分30分)

What a blessing to be alive in a wonderful world of unlimited possibilities.After contracting Hodgkin's disease at seven and being given six months to live,I recovered.I’m not dying of cancer.I’m   36  with it .  37   what comes my way, I don’t have to be afraid any more.

In the second year of high school,the class was scheduled to run the  38   .Due to the swelling and  39  from surgery on my leg,for two years I hadn't worn shorts and lived in   40  .Yet that day,I was ready-shorts,heart and mind.When the coach yelled,“Ready.Set.Go!” I ran faster than anyone else for the first 20 feet, 41  to finish first.As we came around the first of four laps,there were students all over the  42  .By the end of the second and third laps,many of the students had already  43  and were on the ground breathing deeply.By the time I hit the fourth lap,I was   44  .Then it hit me.I realized nobody had given up.  45  ,everyone had already finished.I cried.12 minutes,42 seconds after starting,I   46  the finish line.I fell to the ground,  47  .

Suddenly my coach ran up to me and   48  ,yelling,“You did it,Manuel .You finished,son .”He looked me   49   in the eyes,waving a piece of paper in his hand.It was my   50  for the day,which I had forgotten.He read it aloud to everyone.It simply said,“I,Manuel Diotte,will finish the mile run tomorrow,whatever  51  come.No   52  or frustration will stop me.  53  capable of finishing,and with God as my strength,I'll finish.” My heart   54   and tears went away.It was then    55  I realized winning is not always finishing first.Sometimes winning is just finishing.

36.A.enduring          B.studying        C.living         D.burdening

37.A.Regardless of      B.As of           C.In terms of    D.Let alone

38.A.game             B.competition     C.match          D.mile

39.A.wounds           B.scars          C.signs          D.treats

40.A.fear              B.surprise       C.anger          D.disappointment

41.A.hoped            B.determined     C.expected       D.longed

42.A.trip              B.school         C.ground         D.track

43.A.quit              B.gone           C.insisted       D.left

44.A.annoyed           B.confident      C.alone          D.lonely

45.A.Otherwise         B.Instead        C.Yet            D.Besides

46.A.ran               B.walked         C.passed         D.crossed

47.A.embarrassed       B.proud          C.amused         D.excited

48.A.sent me up        B.picked me up    C.took me up     D.set me up

49.A.up               B.over           C.straight       D.ahead

50.A.opinion           B.goal           C.belief         D.thought

51.A.can              B.may            C.should         D.must

52.A.hesitation         B.blame          C.pain           D.laughter

53.A.Other than         B.More than      C.Rather than    D.Less than

54.A.lifted             B.broke          C.sank           D.beat

55.A.before            B.when           C.that           D.since

 

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