That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.

 As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible robbers(抢劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.

  About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.

    Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.

   Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck(垃圾车) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.

It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.

How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?

A. Cold and sick                             B. Lucky and hopeful

C. Satisfied and cheerful                      D. Disappointed and helpless

From the first paragraph, we learn that the writer was busy_____.

A. solving her problem at the bank      

B. taking part in various city activities

C. learning acting in an evening school

D. preparing for the first night show

On her way home the writer_____.

A. lost her wallet unknowingly           

B. was stopped by a garbage truck driver

C. was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife

D. found some homeless people following her

第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题l 5分,满分30分)

    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。

Recently,I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive,the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight 2l     before setting down. High desert winds had   22   the airport to close all but one runway. He said that we would be   23   L the city for a few minutes waiting t0  24    We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts fastened  25   there might be a few bumps(颠簸).We11,that few minutes turned into about  four—five minutes,including a ride that would make a roller coaster(过山车)  26  by comparison

The movement was so fierce that several passengers felt  27   and had to use airsickness bags. As you might guess,that’s not good thing to have happen in a(n) 28    space because it only 29    to increase the discomfort of the situation.

  About twenty minutes into the adventure,the entire airplane became very 30 .

There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be 31   noticed.Every passenger simply held on for dear life …except one. A  32  was having a good time! With each bump of the33!he would let out a giggle(咯咯的笑)of delight As I observed this,I 34     that he didn’t know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his    35 He neither thought about the past nor about the future Those are what we grown—ups have learned from  36   .He was 37  the ride  because had not yet been taught to fear it. Having  understood this,I took a deep breath and   38  back into my seat,pretending I was   39   on a roller coaster. I smiled for the rest of the flight. I even  40    to  giggle once or twice ,much to the chagrin(随恼)of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag.

21. A. mistake      B. delay        C. change          D. wind

22. A. forced       B. warned      C. swept            D. reminded

23. A. watching     B. visiting      C. circling          D. crossing

24. A. arrive       B. enter         C. stop            D. land

25. A. if           B. though       C. because         D. while

26. A. light        B. pale          C. easy            D. quick

27. A. sick         B. nervous      C. angry           D. afraid

28. A. empty       B. narrow       C. secret           D. open

29. A. happens      B. continues     C. fails            D. serves

30. A. quiet        B. hot           C.  dirty          D.  crowded

31. A. partly        B.  gradually    C. shortly          D. clearly

32. A. pilot         B. baby         C.  guard          D.  man

33. A. seats        B.  passengers    C. flight           D. airplane

34. A. realized      B.  hoped       C.  agreed         D.  insisted

35. A. health       B. safety         C.joy              D. future

36. A. teachers      B. books        C.  experience      D.  practice

37. A. learning      B.  taking       C.  missing        D.  enjoying

38. A. sat          B. lay           C. went            D. rode

39. A. nearly       B.  finally       C.  really          D.  suddenly

40. A. attempted     B.  managed     C.  wanted        D.  decided

完形填空(每小题1.5分,共30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I found out that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of  36  . I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final  37  . During the test, the girl  38   next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me  39  . I had an extra pen. She showed me that  40   was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.

Later, after the test papers had been  41  , the teacher asked me to  42   in the room when all the other  students were  43  . As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about   44  it meant to grow up; she mentioned how important it was to stand  45   your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized(强调)the fact  46  people do something dishonest, they are really  47  themselves. She made me promise that I would think  48  about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could  49  , I walked out of the room wondering  50  she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated in the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked  51  I was copying answers 52 the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was that it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t  53  anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test.

  54  I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor  55   letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated in the test.

A. panic          B. invasion     C. action           D. trouble

A. test           B. lesson           C. class            D. papers

A. rising         B. standing     C. living           D. sitting

A. why            B. whether      C. where            D. that

A. she            B. that         C. hers         D. it

A. turned in       B. handed       C. given out        D. marked

A. work           B. read         C. study            D. stay

A. talking            B. studying         C. dismissed        D. expected

A. how            B. why          C. which            D. what

A. on             B. by           C. to               D. with

A. when           B. that when        C. that         D. whether

A. punishing      B. amusing      C. believing        D. cheating

A. well           B. highly           C. seriously        D. honestly

A. stay           B. leave            C. continue     D. refuse

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

A. as though      B. at               C. even if          D. that

A. on             B. in               C. from         D. at

A. asked          B. mentioned        C. answered     D. realized

A. Long before        B. As long as       C. Even though  D. Just as

A. unless         B. by           C. before           D. for

We were flying to a meeting. I was in the middle    36 .I found that the young woman sitting next to me was very   37  and deep in thought. Then I asked her where she was from, where she was going and   38  she did.

She was a student and had been attending   39 in Poland-----the homeland of her father. Then she told me sadly that her father had    40    . She had chosen to attend college in Poland   41 her father’s wishes and their relationship had been  42  .They hadn’t forgiven each other  43  he died.

She seemed so sad. I looked at her, trying to  44  some words to say. I asked her if she had forgiven  45  for not realizing her father’s dream. She answered that she couldn’t forgive herself  and felt so  46 .Slowly, I began to tell her about forgiveness. I encouraged her to  47  that because I believed her father wanted that too. She should forgive herself  48  how awful she thought she had been.

I told her about  49  I had done as a teenager for which I had felt guilty for many years. How I was  50  with the choice of forgiving myself or to  51  feeling guilty for the rest of my life. I had  52  to forgive myself . The light in her eyes went on. She began to understand that she was  53   forgiven and could forgive herself. She could be  54  and happy.

How about you? Is there anything in your  55  for which you feel guilty?

1.

A.chair

B.room

C.seat

D.class

 

2.

A.mad

B.sad

C.angry

D.happy

 

3.

A.when

B.which

C.how

D.what

 

4.

A.meeting

B.school

C.university

D.party

 

5.

A.died

B.come

C.returned

D.left

 

6.

A.for

B.against

C.with

D.on

 

7.

A.bad

B.good

C.worse

D.better

 

8.

A.since

B.after

C.when

D.while

 

9.

A.find out

B.look up

C.go over

D.think of

 

10.

A.myself

B.yourself

C.himself

D.herself

 

11.

A.unhappy

B.guilty

C.lonely

D.helpless

 

12.

A.trust

B.understand

C.realize

D.find

 

13.

A.as though

B.even though

C.if only

D.no matter

 

14.

A.anything

B.nothing

C.something

D.everything

 

15.

A.faced

B.forced

C.satisfied

D.challenged

 

16.

A.try

B.continue

C.start

D.consider

 

17.

A.picked

B.elected

C.selected

D.chosen

 

18.

A.totally

B.simply

C.already

D.hardly

 

19.

A.calm

B.quiet

C.free

D.safe

 

20.

A.house

B.life

C.family

D.work

 

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