SECTION B
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.
Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there were the end of year exams. All the students had been working  36  for some time. If they didn’t pass, they would have to  37  the exams in September. There were usually a few who failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She had worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister was   38 about her. She was staying up too late. The night before the first exam, Barbala  39  that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She  40  to wake her up in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Kate was worried that she might oversleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the  41  , she fell asleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldn’t answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldn’t find  42  to write about. She kept looking at her watch.  43 was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question, wrote two sentences,  44  and tried another one. With only half an hour left, she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so  45 that she started  46 . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still  47 and it had all been a(n) terrible dream. A minute later, Barbala called her name.
36. A. lazily         B. hard                C. legally         D. smoothly
37. A. give up       B. pass           C. quit           D. retake
38. A. worried            B. satisfied       C. enjoyed       D. afraid
39. A. argued       B. insisted        C. claimed       D. thought
40. A. refused       B. opposed       C. promised        D. hoped
41. A. herself       B. her sister       C. tiredness        D. pill
42. A. anything       B. nothing        C. something       D. everything
43. A. Money       B. Food           C. Time         D. Water
44. A. looked up     B. gave up       C. put up         D. made up
45. A. happy        B. excited        C. surprised        D. upset
46. A. moving       B. laughing       C. crying         D. singing
47. A. in bed        B. in the hall       C. in school       D. in the classroom

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,选出最佳选项。
On Sunday morning, January 29, the call woke me up. It was the president of ABC News. “Lee, Bob has been __41__ in Iraq,” he said, choosing his words __42__. “He’s alive but he may have taken shrapnel (炮弹碎片) to the brain.”
When I saw Bob in the hospital, nothing could have __43__ me. He was unconscious. His __44__ was swollen to the size of a rugby ball and a piece of his skull was missing. All sorts of __45__ were coming out of his body. His left eye looked like a dead fish. I tried to __46__ myself that he didn’t look that bad, that this was the __47__ and that he’d only get better from here.
There were many months of treatment __48__. Every morning I would head over to the hospital and check on Bob. In the __49__ that a mother uses with her baby I would __50__ to him. I let him know about the kids. I told him stories about us and some of our best __51__ together. I brought music and had home movies for Bob to hear.
One day when I pushed open the door as usual, I __52__. Bob was sitting up in bed, a huge smile on his face. He saw me and __53__ his hands in the air. “Hey, sweetie,” he said, “where have you been?” I tried to speak but no words came out. This was so much more than I’d wanted and prayed for, __54__ I couldn’t really believe it. My husband was __55__ and he was calling me. Half of me wanted to shout in __56__ and gratitude and half of me wanted to __57__ everything, how I’d been there day after day for months. I __58__ to him.
Bob was __59__. He had the best medical treatment possible and the finest doctors. But the most important thing __60__ to be the love that held us close.

【小题1】
A.hidden B.caught C.disturbedD.wounded
【小题2】
A.seriously B.carefully C.actively D.freely
【小题3】
A.pleasedB.damaged C.preparedD.choked
【小题4】
A.arm B.headC.legD.hand
【小题5】
A.tools B.clothesC.weapons D.tubes
【小题6】
A.convince B.accept C.suggest D.imagine
【小题7】
A.bestB.worst C.least D.most
【小题8】
A.then B.ever C.before D.ahead
【小题9】
A.name B.sound C.voiceD.air
【小题10】
A.talkB.shout C.pointD.refer
【小题11】
A.dreams B.memories C.thoughts D.secrets
【小题12】
A.froze B.cried C.failed D.left
【小题13】
A.held B.found C.lifted D.seized
【小题14】
A.that B.but C.which D.and
【小题15】
A.off B.up C.down D.back
【小题16】
A.anger B.reliefC.faith D.detail
【小题17】
A.forget B.follow C.explain D.check
【小题18】
A.waved B.walked C.moved D.ran
【小题19】
A.fortunate B.patient C.generous D.powerful
【小题20】
A.turned up B.turned out C.took up D.took out

完形填空
Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was   36  by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb was   37  and spent six years in prison in Vietnam. He survived and now   38  about lessons learned from that experience.
One day, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant when a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You   39  jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier (航空母舰) Kitty Hawk . You were   40  !"
"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.
"I   41  your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped(倒吸一口气) in surprise and   42  .The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!"
Plumb assured him, "It   43  did—if your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."
Plumb couldn't sleep that night,thinking about that man. He says, "I wondered how many times I might have passed him   44  the Kitty Hawk. I wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you', or anything   45  , you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a   46  ."
Plumb thought of the many days the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels(深处)of the ship   47  working on each chute, holding in his hands each time the   48  of someone he didn't know.
Plumb asks his   49  , "Who's packing your   50 ? Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it   51  the day." Plumb also says that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down-he needed his   52  parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these   53  before reaching safety. His experience reminds us all to   54  and be kind to people who pack our daily parachutes, and strengthen us to go through   55  times.

【小题1】
A.followedB.destroyedC.spied D.seen
【小题2】
A.releasedB.woundedC.capturedD.killed
【小题3】
A.lecturesB.givesC.studiesD.hears
【小题4】
A.repairedB.made C.flewD.cleaned
【小题5】
A.taken downB.looked downC.set downD.shot down
【小题6】
A.boughtB.checkedC.found D.packed
【小题7】
A.gratefullyB.suspiciously C.happilyD.sadly
【小题8】
A.almostB.surelyC.narrowlyD.nearly
【小题9】
A.abroadB.inC.onD.at
【小题10】
A.so B.becauseC.unlessD.though
【小题11】
A.sailorB.captainC.pilot D.technician
【小题12】
A.unwillinglyB.immediatelyC.worriedly D.carefully
【小题13】
A.deathB.fortuneC.fateD.chance
【小题14】
A.wifeB.children C.sailorsD.audience
【小题15】
A.luggageB.bagC.parachute D.future
【小题16】
A.throughB.toC.up to D.as
【小题17】
A.psychologicalB.physical C.imaginary D.safe
【小题18】
A.spiritsB.emotions C.supportsD.people
【小题19】
A.awardB.recognizeC.rewardD.help
【小题20】
A.happyB.toughC.comfortableD.cosy

Peter and his seven-year-old sister ,Kate , were at the same school. Not long after his tenth birthday Peter was entrusted to take her to school.
It was only two stops down the road , but the way his parents kept going on about it , you might have thought Peter was taking Kate to the North Pole . He was given instructions the night before. When he woke up , he had to listen to them over and over again. He was to keep hold of Kate’s hand at all times , sit close to the front nearest the window , and tell the bus driver the name of his stop.
Peter repeated all this back to his mother and set out for the bus stop with his sister. They held hands all the way. Actually he didn’t mind this but simply hoped that none of his friends would see him holding a girl’s hand. The bus came. They got on and sat close to the front. It was ridiculous sitting there holding hands and there were some boys from school there, so they let go of each other.
Peter was feeling proud of himself. He could take care of his sister anywhere. If they were alone tighter on a mountain pass and came face to face with a pack of hungry wolves, he could know exactly what to do. Taking care and not to make sudden movement, he would move away with Kate until they had their backs to a large rock. That way the wolves would not be able to surround them.
Then he takes from his pocket two important things—his hunting knife and a box of matches. He takes the knife from its sheath(鞘) and sets it down on the grass, ready in case the wolves attack. They’re coming close now. They’re so hungry and are watering and growling (咆哮). Kate is crying, but he cannot comfort her. He knows he has to concentrate on his plan. Right at their feet are some dry leaves and twigs. Quickly and skillfully, Peter gathers them into a small pile. The wolves are edging closer. He has to get this right. There’s only one match left in the box. He bends down, cups his hand and lights the match. There’s strong rush of wind. The flame flickers, but Peter holds it close to the pile and then first one leaf, then another, then the end of a twig catch fire, and soon the little pile is burning. He piles on more leaves and twigs and larger sticks. The wolves are backing off. Wild animals are terrified of fire. The flames are leaping higher and the wind is carrying the smoke right into their jaws. Now Peter takes holds of the hunting knife and …
Ridiculous! A daydream like this could make him miss his stop if he wasn’t careful. The bus had come to a halt. The kids from his school were already getting off. Peter leaped to his feet and just managed to jump to the pavement as the bus was starting off again. It was more than fifty yards down the road when he realized he had forgotten something. Was it his backpack ? No. It was his sister. He had saved her from the wolves and left her sitting there. For a moment, he couldn’t move. He stood watching the bus pull away up the road. “Come back,” he murmured, “Come back.”
【小题1】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Kate didn’t know their destination at all.
B.Peter and Kate missed their stop in the end.
C.Peter is thought to take Kate to the North Pole.
D.Mother asked Peter to hold Kate’s hand all the way.
【小题2】Before getting on the bus, ________.
A.Peter and Kate let go of each other
B.Peter was told instructions twice
C.Peter recited the instructions to his mother
D.Peter managed to avoid meeting his friends
【小题3】Which of the following shows the right order of Peter fighting against the wolves?
a. gather dry leaves and twigs into a small pile
b. take out his hunting knife and matches
c. light the leaves and twigs
d. move carefully with back to a rock
e. attack wolves with knife
f. strike a match
g. pile more leaves and sticks
A.d-b-f-c-a-e-gB.d-b-a-f-c-g-eC.B-f-a-g-c-e-dD.A-g-b-c-f-e-d
【小题4】What can we infer from the passage?
A.Peter felt anxious and helpless when the bus left.
B.Peter succeeded in fighting against wolves.
C.Kate would be absent from school that day.
D.Peter brought hunting knife and matches with him.

Hi! Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble — and was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP (超感觉知觉).
  ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.
  Here's an example. A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, "My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!" Just then, a telegram came. The woman's father died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair.
  There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what's behind these strange mental messages. Here's another example—one of hundreds of dreams that have come true.
  A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, "There's room for one more." The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ran away. The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said, "There's room for one more."
  Then the man saw that the driver's face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn't get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!
  Some people say stories like these are coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.
【小题1】According to the passage, the author believes that the sixth sense is ________.

A.in existence B.imaginative C.not real D.impossible
【小题2】ESP lets people know _________.
A.about events before they happen 
B.about events after they happen
C.about events that are happening some distance away
D.A and C
【小题3】By studying ESP, scientists may get to ________.
A.learn how people tell liesB.know more about human dreams
C.know more about human mindD.learn how strange things happen
【小题4】In the last paragraph the underlined word "coincidences" probably means _______.
A.things that may not happenB.things that happen in a dream
C.things that must happenD.things that happen by accident

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