My husband and I are both musicians. I took it  36   granted that one day our daughter Holly would learn to play an instrument.

In 2000 Holly fell  37   and the doctor said she may have been left   38    deaf. “She won’t be able to hear music in any shape or form,” said the doctor. It was a great   39   .

In 2001, her right ear was fitted with a cochlear implant --- electronic equipment that provides a sense of    40    for people who are completely deaf. Seven years later, another was fitted in her    41    ear. The doctors played us a model of what music would sound like to Holly --- I was horrified    42   it was just white noise.

“Holly will hear music,” I   43    saying to myself. I tried to put what had gone wrong right, so we constantly   44   words and sounds to her. She has been having lessons since she was seven . she’s   45   all the time. I’m always surprised by just how much better she does.

When she   46   a national piano competition, the adjudicator   47   Holly for appearing to listen to the sounds she was making --- her whole body, he said to us, was   48   in the process of making music.

I   49   that the model we originally heard of how music sounds with a cochlear implant isn’t   50   holly hears it. The brain is complex and adapts to many   51   ;in some way, Holly has made   52   of it all. She loves life. She doesn’t think about what happened to her and says   53   , “I don’t want to talk about bad things. Let’s talk about good things.”

I was determined that her life would not be   54   by a miserable event, but never imagined that she could   55   what she has. I can only describe this as a miracle.

A. as              B. like              C. for             D. with

A. asleep           B. ill               C. silent           D. short 

A. partly           B. nearly            C. deeply          D. totally

A. accident         B. disease           C. shock           D. surprise 

A. sound           B. noise             C. music           D. voice

A. right            B. left              C. deaf             D. good

A. although         B. unless           C. because          D. while

A. avoided          B. remembered      C. imagined         D. kept 

A. repeated          B. reflected         C. reacted          D. responded 

A. suffering          B. crying          C. working          D. improving

A. entered           B. quitted          C. lost              D. visited

A. asked             B. cared           C. praised          D. thanked

A. considered         B. contained        C. invited          D. involved

A. remind            B. believe          C. advise          D. forget

A. when             B. how             C. whether         D. why

A. states             B. positions         C. places           D. situations 

A. sense             B. choice           C. use             D. fun

A. exactly            B. finally           C. simply          D. generally 

A. influenced         B. decided          C. remarked        D. introduced 

A. achieve            B. choose          C. take            D. expect 

"I’ve changed my mind. I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my dad back." Lucien Lawence’s letter to Father Christmas written after his father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched every heart. Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky. When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.

But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart. I find that my parents, long dead now, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive. I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions. I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents. The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all mother said was, "I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children.” I haven’t forgotten. The values of my parents still live on.

It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors (挑衅者),and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It’s a serious thought, one to give me pause.

I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet "Deliver my soul from the sword, and my darling from the power of the dog." Yet I know the death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly. We must therefore plan to live forever, but live as if we will die tomor??row. We live on, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.

according to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph ________.

A. puts forward the subject of the text

B. shows the author’s pity on the kid

C. acts as an introduction to the discussion

D. makes a clear statement of the author’s views

In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us ________.

A. how much he misses his parents now

B. why his parents often appear in his dreams

C. when Lucien will get over all his sadness

D. how proud he was when he succeeded in life

What feeling did the author’s mother express in her reply?

A. Proud.     B. Happy.     C. Disappointed.    D. Worried.

In the author’s opinion, the value of a person’s life is ________.

A. to leave behind a precious memory to the people related

B. to have a high sense of duty to the whole society

C. to care what others will remember and treasure

D. to share happiness and sadness with his family

What does the writer mean by the sentence taken from an old poem?

A. Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns.

B. Advise parents stay with their children safely at home.

C. Spend every day meaningfully in memory of the death.

D. Try to keep violence and murder far away from society.

This is a part from US President Barack Obama’s speech on May 14 at Bamard College in New York.

… My last piece of advice – this is simple, but perhaps most important: 36. Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievement has avoided failure – sometimes catastrophic failures. But they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t 37.

When I first arrived on this 38, I was with little money, fewer options. But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was 39 how in fact I’d go about it. But I wanted to do my part to 40 a better world.

So even as I worked after graduation in a few 41 jobs here in New York, even as I went from motley (鱼龙混杂的)apartment to motley apartment, I 42.

… And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate (天生的)toughness in me. But the truth is, it was 43. I got it from 44 the people who raised me. I grew up as the son of a single mom who struggled to put herself through 45 and make ends meet. She had a marriage that fell apart; 46 went on food stamps at one point to help us 47. But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 48 scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned 49.

And 50, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I married her. And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and a 51 family. We made that marriage work.

… So 52 it’s starting a business, or running for office, or 53 an amazing family, remember that making your 54  on the world is hard. It takes patience. It takes commitment. It comes with plenty of 55 and it comes with plenty of failures.

1.                A.compete        B.persevere       C.struggle  D.preservation

 

2.                A.rest           B.decline         C.quit  D.regret

 

3.                A.campus         B.downtown       C.farm D.country

 

4.                A.confident       B.uncertain       C.ambitious D.proud

 

5.                A.shape          B.instruct         C.organize  D.lead

 

6.                A.amazing        B.disturbing       C.meaningful    D.unsatisfactory

 

7.                A.reached out     B.put out         C.gave out  D.made out

 

8.                A.presented      B.structured       C.learned   D.created

 

9.                A.copying        B.detecting       C.persuading    D.watching

 

10.               A.life            B.work           C.school D.business

 

11.               A.yet            B.even           C.still   D.also

 

12.               A.get by          B.come by        C.get along  D.come along

 

13.               A.during         B.through        C.across D.over

 

14.               A.mine          B.us             C.ours  D.hers

 

15.               A.for the time being B.long before     C.up to now  D.later on

 

16.               A.young          B.poor           C.weak D.strong

 

17.               A.as if           B.if             C.whether   D.unless

 

18.               A.rising          B.raising         C.arousing   D.arising

 

19.               A.view           B.stay           C.remark    D.mark

 

20.               A.goals          B.advantages      C.shortcomings   D.setbacks

 

 

My husband and I are both musicians. I took it  36  granted that one day our daughter Holly would learn to play an instrument.

In 2000 Holly fell  37  and the doctor said she may have been left   38   deaf. “She won’t be able to hear music in any shape or form,” said the doctor. It was a great   39  .

In 2001, her right ear was fitted with a cochlear implant --- electronic equipment that provides a sense of    40   for people who are completely deaf. Seven years later, another was fitted in her    41   ear. The doctors played us a model of what music would sound like to Holly --- I was horrified   42  it was just white noise.

“Holly will hear music,” I   43   saying to myself. I tried to put what had gone wrong right, so we constantly   44  words and sounds to her. She has been having lessons since she was seven . she’s   45  all the time. I’m always surprised by just how much better she does.

When she   46  a national piano competition, the adjudicator   47  Holly for appearing to listen to the sounds she was making --- her whole body, he said to us, was   48  in the process of making music.

I   49  that the model we originally heard of how music sounds with a cochlear implant isn’t   50  holly hears it. The brain is complex and adapts to many   51  ;in some way, Holly has made   52  of it all. She loves life. She doesn’t think about what happened to her and says   53  , “I don’t want to talk about bad things. Let’s talk about good things.”

I was determined that her life would not be   54  by a miserable event, but never imagined that she could   55  what she has. I can only describe this as a miracle.

1.

A.as

B.like

C.for

D.with

 

2.

A.asleep

B.ill

C.silent

D.short

 

3.

A.partly

B.nearly

C.deeply

D.totally

 

4.

A.accident

B.disease

C.shock

D.surprise

 

5.

A.sound

B.noise

C.music

D.voice

 

6.

A.right

B.left

C.deaf

D.good

 

7.

A.although

B.unless

C.because

D.while

 

8.

A.avoided

B.remembered

C.imagined

D.kept

 

9.

A.repeated

B.reflected

C.reacted

D.responded

 

10.

A.suffering

B.crying

C.working

D.improving

 

11.

A.entered

B.quitted

C.lost

D.visited

 

12.

A.asked

B.cared

C.praised

D.thanked

 

13.

A.considered

B.contained

C.invited

D.involved

 

14.

A.remind

B.believe

C.advise

D.forget

 

15.

A.when

B.how

C.whether

D.why

 

16.

A.states

B.positions

C.places

D.situations

 

17.

A.sense

B.choice

C.use

D.fun

 

18.

A.exactly

B.finally

C.simply

D.generally

 

19.

A.influenced

B.decided

C.remarked

D.introduced

 

20.

A.achieve

B.choose

C.take

D.expect

 

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21~36各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

  The weather was perfect. We were just out for a picnic. When lunch time came, we decided to go and __21__ what each of us wanted, and meet back on the grass.

  Susan and I headed for a hot dog stand. We watched the seller put together the hot dog. But when Susan took out her __22__, the man surprised us.

  “It looks a little overdone,” he said, “so you don’t have to pay me.”

  We said our thanks, __23__ our friends, and began to enjoy our food. But as we talked and ate, I noticed a man sitting alone nearby, in __24__ clothes. I could tell that he hadn’t had a bath for days. Another homeless person, I thought.

  We finished eating but when Susan and I went to __25__ away the lunch bag, I heard a voice ask, “There isn’t any __26__ in that bag, is there?”

  It was the homeless man. I didn’t know what to say. “No, I __27__ it already.”

  “Oh, really?” was his only answer. He was obviously very __28__.

  I felt bad for him, __29__ I didn’t know what to do. Suddenly Susan said, “I’ll be __30__ back. Please wait for me a minute.” I watched curiously as she went across to the hot dog stand. Then I __31__ what she was doing. She bought a hot dog, crossed back, and gave the man the food.

  When she came back to us, Susan said simply, “I was just passing on the __32__ that someone gave to me.”

  That day I learned how generosity can go __33__ than the person you give to. By giving, you __34__ others how to give also. You never know what happiness a simple __35__ of concern will bring about.

 

1.A. get             B. pass                        C. drop                        D. keep

2.A. present     B. money          C. key                          D. menu

3.A. joined                 B. helped          C. visited                   D. guided

4.A. lovely                  B. special          C. dirty                        D. popular

5.A. drive          B. throw            C. wash                      D. pull

6.A. food           B. water                     C. cigarette               D. medicine

7.A. bought      B. cooked                   C. served          D. ate

8.A. cold            B. nervous                 C. hungry          D. crazy

9.A. but             B. while                      C. so                            D. or

10.A. almost             B. still                          C. just                         D. right

11.A. remembered B. imagined      C. recognized  D. realized

12.A. devotion B. kindness                C. pleasure                D. mercy

13.A. quicker   B. higher           C. farther                   D. deeper

14.A. offer                 B. teach                      C. train                       D. advise

15.A. way                   B. show                      C. scene                     D. act

 

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