If it’s possible to see red(get angry) about not seeing red, that is what I was doing. We had  26    the timing of our autumn trip to see the changing   27   in the Great Lakes States, and I was really   28   . No matter how I strained my eyes I couldn’t spot red anywhere. Not   29   a bit of golden yellow broke through the dull greenery.

   This vacation was a complete   30   . I sat alone in the backseat of our rented car and got   31  as we drove north through the dull, dark green. In the   32   seat my brother and my father chatted merrily, obviously   33   .

   Then a motto came to mind: “Happiness is a decision.” It must have been something my mother said. She was always passing on words of   34   . When I was a child, she gave me a black book with   35   pages. On the flyleaf she had written, “Look for a beautiful thing and you’ll find it.” I was supposed to   36   a record of the most beautiful thing I saw each day.

   I remembered spending hours discussing what I’d   37   . A baby’s smile? A stone shining with fool’s gold? Pictures in the clouds, or tulips tipping their heads? I found so many beautiful things that it was   38   to pick just one.

   Now, on the road, I played Mother’s game again. I took in the all-green   39   . Thick forests lined both sides of the highway. The long hill pines and spruce were seen   40   . Maple leaves danced in the gentle wind. I felt like a little girl again—   41   by beautiful things.

   Later in the   42   , after we crossed the Upper Peninsula and drove into Canada, I found the bright   43   plants I had been looking for. But by then I’d already seen a million shades of __44   , the infinite variety and beauty that only our heavenly Father can   45   . And that we can always find—if we look closely enough.

26. A. kept    B. missed   C. misjudged    D. seized

27. A. situation    B. weather  C. plants   D. leaves

28. A. upset    B. excited  C. happy    D. sorry

29. A. yet  B. even C. still    D. ever

30. A. success  B. time C. waste    D. pleasure

31. A. sleepy   B. mad  C. patient  D. angry

32. A. front    B. back C. right    D. left

33.A. unconcerned   B. disappointed C. worried  D. surprised

34. A. order    B. advice   C. apology  D. help

35. A. nice B. common   C. missing  D. empty

36. A. set  B. break    C. keep D. put

37. A. brought in   B. written down C. got through  D. referred to

38. A. impossible   B. valuable C. necessary    D. strange

39. A. forests  B. leaves   C. hills    D. scenery

40. A. nowhere  B. anywhere C. everywhere   D. somewhere

41. A. wondered B. surrounded   C. waken    D. treated

42. A. trip B. autumn   C. course   D. game

43. A. leaf B. hill C. highway  D. fall

44. A. red  B. trees    C. green    D. plants

45. A. observe  B. produce  C. find D. provide

 

第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

     阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

The Price of a Dream

  I grew up poor—living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was  16  and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still  17  a dream.

My dream was  18 . By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and  19  anything that moved on the football field.

I was also  20 . My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me  21  to believe in myself. He  22  me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular  23  with Coach John changed my life forever.

  A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for a new bike, new clothes and the  24  of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to  25  up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.

  When I told John, he was  26  as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He shouted. “Your  27  days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head  28 , trying to think of the right 29   that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his  30  in me.

  “How much are you going to make at this job, son?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.

  “Well,” he asked, “is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”

  That simple question made  31    for me the difference between  32  something at once and having a  33 . I decided myself to play sports that summer and the ___34    year after I finished high school, I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was  35  a $ 20,000 contract. Finally, I bought my mother the house of my dream!

16. A. happy                       B. polite                     C. shy                                  D. honest

17. A. live                            B. have              C. make                 D. need

18. A. athletics                      B. music         C. business                     D. money

19. A. kick                            B. play                            C. pass                     D. hit

20. A. right                          B. popular              C. lucky                      D. honest

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

22. A. gave                          B. taught         C. brought                 D. asked

23. A. accident                       B. matter                   C. problem                    D. experience

24. A. aim            B. idea            C. start                  D. purpose

25. A. keep            B. end             C. give                   D. pick

26. A. mad            B. mournful          C. frightened                 D. shameful

27. A. living             B. playing                C. working                   D. dreaming

28. A. moving            B. nodding              C. shaking                   D. hanging

29. A. answers          B. excuses              C. words                   D. ways

30. A. sadness       B. regret                  C. hopelessness              D. disappointment

31. A. direct        B. clear                  C. straight          D. bare

32. A. wanting        B. changing             C. dreaming                D. enjoying

33. A. wish        B. goal                 C. score           D. desire

34. A. following       B. same                 C. previous                  D. very

35. A. charged    B. got                 C. offered             D. presented

 

 

第二节:信息匹配(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)

    阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

以下是几位男性朋友征婚的有关信息:

A:  Zheng Ming, 30 years old, comes from Hunan Province and would like to find a girlfriend who is about 20---28 years old, unmarried, with a degree of secondary school. He is 170 centimeters tall and works as an IT technician in Shenzhen.

B:  Li Zhaoxin, 33 years old, comes from Guangzhou. He is a civil servant, divorced, with a bachelor’s degree. He owns a house in the downtown. He is looking for a companion who is also living in Guangzhou, 23---33 years old, unmarried, with a degree of secondary school. The girl should be at least 156 centimeters tall.

C:  Thomas Lee, comes from Sydney, Australia. He is 48 years old, 168 centimeters tall, unmarried. He owns a Doctor’s degree and is now working as an architect in Shenzhen, a house assigned by the company. He hopes to find companion who is about 28---38 years old, without any ill habits. It doesn’t matter if she was divorced.

D:  Wang Zhi, 27 years old, comes from Chongqing, Sichuan Province. He is a doctor with a Master’s degree, who is now working in Shenzhen People’s Hospital. He is 175 centimeters tall and looking for a girlfriend between 21---26 years old, unmarried. She should be at least 160 centimeters tall, a music lover and has a college degree, who is supposed to be working in Shenzhen, too.

E:  Chen Sheng, who is now 66 years old, retired, has a house of his own in Shenzhen. He lost his wife three years ago, who was killed in a car accident. He would like to find a companion who is about 50---60 years old, spouse (配偶) lost, and is supposed to be considerate.

F:  Huang Zhong, 24 years old, is serving in the army in Guangxi Province. He is 171 centimeters tall, unmarried, with a bachelor’s degree. He likes playing basketball and football in his spare time. He is hoping to find a girlfriend working in Guangdong Province, 155---170 centimeters tall, unmarried, and with a degree of high school.

    以下是几位女性朋友的寻偶要求,请为每个女性匹配一位合适的伴侣:

56. Sun Mei, 23, is a clerk in a bank, who is an amateur in table tennis. She would like a male friend who is a soldier and not shorter than 170 centimeters. It will be appropriate if he is a sports fan just as she is.

57. Tang Xiaoli, 29, 160 centimeters tall, unmarried, has just come to Guangdong Province and took up a job as an accountant (会计). After graduating from high school, she decided to continue learning for a higher degree while working. She hopes to find a companion who has a house of his own and at least got a bachelor’s degree.

58. Liu Fenghua, 56, a retired teacher from high school. She devoted all herself to teaching while she was at school and earned a high respect from the students that she had taught before. She is now helping taking care of her grandson, whose parents want her to find a spouse after their father’s death of a heart attack 4 years ago.

59. Xie Qun, 24, works as a secretary in a lawyer’s office in Shenzhen. She is 161 centimeters tall and just graduated from college a year ago. She loves listening to all kinds of music, especially classical music.

60. Zhang Ying, 35 years old, married once, is a kindergarten teacher. She is very caring and loves children very much. Besides, she enjoys learning languages in her free time, such as English and French. After divorce, she is willing to find a companion who has no housing problems and devoted to family.

 

 

第一节  完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)

    阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The latest reform in testing is the computerized test. Test questions and answer choices are presented on the  21  and students can answer with a tap of the keyboard or a click of the mouse. Before the actual test begins, there usually is an instruction showing how to use the computer to  22  the questions. Scores are displayed on the screen at the end of the test so that a student has immediate feedback  23  having to return several days later for results.

Some computerized tests are “adaptive”. This means that a test question is selected from a large pool of items based on how the test taker has responded to the  24  questions. The first question presented is of medium difficulty. If the test taker answers  25  , the next item will be more difficult. If he or she answers incorrectly, the next question will be easier. The computer  26  questions by level of difficulty and many other factors such as sex, race and age references, subject area the question is drawn from, and form of question, before presenting it on the screen. In this way, the questions are “adapted” to find the true skill  27  of the test taker.

Among all the conveniences of computerized testing, there are some  28  . No longer can you have a quick look at the  29  test, answer the easy questions first, and come back later to finish the difficult ones. Test items are presented one at a time, and you must choose an answer in order to move on to the next question. Once you have confirmed your answer, you cannot go back to  30  it if,later on, you realize that your answer was wrong.

21.A.screen     B.paper       C.board       D.surface

22.A.put aside   B.concentrate on    C.respond to   D.apply to

23.A.other than  B.rather than   C.regardless    D.as to

24.A.previous   B.basic       C.following     D.single

25.A.briefly     B.smartly     C.correctly     D.thoughtfully

26.A.classifies   B.answers     C.considers    D.recognizes

27.A.standard    B.factor      C.pattern       D.level

28.A.qualities    B.limits      C.services      D.features

29.A.formal     B.objective    C.final        D.entire

30.A.identify    B.exchange    C.change      D.overlook

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