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  One night I was sitting in my kitchen half-listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy antagonized(招惹)my 12-year-old brother Kevin.I didn’t pay attention when Kevin   1   up the stairs with the hurt on his face.

  About 20 minutes later, I heard Kevin crying inside the   2  .I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey, Kev, do you want a talk?” No response.So, I grabbed some index(索引)cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to   3  , we can write notes to each other.”

  An hour later I was still   4   on the floor outside the bathroom with two piles of index cards in front of me.One was   5   and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his unpleasant feelings into words.  6   I read one Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes.It said,“  7   in this family cares about me.I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest, and I’m not   8  .Tommy thinks I can do nothing and Dad   9   he had the other Kevin as a(n)  10   because he’s better at basketball.And you’re never around to even   1   me.”

  It was   12   what he had said about me.I wrote back “I really do love you and I’m   13   I don’t always show it.I am here for you and you are   14   in this family.”

  There was no   15   for a while, but then I heard a   16   sound coming from inside the bathroom.Kevin, who had   17   cards wrote on a torn-up paper cup, “Thanks.”

  Since then, I try my best to never   18   half-notice my family members anymore.Kevin and I have a closer   19   now, and sometimes when one of us notices that the other is   20  , we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”

(1)

[  ]

A.

rushed

B.

looked

C.

climbed

D.

jumped

(2)

[  ]

A.

kitchen

B.

bedroom

C.

hall

D.

bathroom

(3)

[  ]

A.

cry

B.

listen

C.

regret

D.

talk

(4)

[  ]

A.

writing

B.

lying

C.

sitting

D.

thinking

(5)

[  ]

A.

tiny

B.

blank

C.

attractive

D.

rare

(6)

[  ]

A.

So

B.

As

C.

Because

D.

Though

(7)

[  ]

A.

Nobody

B.

Everybody

C.

Anybody

D.

Somebody

(8)

[  ]

A.

lovely

B.

thrilling

C.

bright

D.

rare

(9)

[  ]

A.

wishes

B.

suggests

C.

insists

D.

orders

(10)

[  ]

A.

kid

B.

neighbor

C.

example

D.

punishment

(11)

[  ]

A.

praise

B.

attend

C.

notice

D.

visit

(12)

[  ]

A.

strange

B.

funny

C.

evident

D.

true

(13)

[  ]

A.

afraid

B.

sure

C.

content

D.

sorry

(14)

[  ]

A.

understood

B.

respected

C.

loved

D.

protected

(15)

[  ]

A.

response

B.

pencil

C.

quarrel

D.

sound

(16)

[  ]

A.

frightening

B.

exciting

C.

tearing

D.

satisfying

(17)

[  ]

A.

played with

B.

given up

C.

looked forward to

D.

run out of

(18)

[  ]

A.

only

B.

incredibly

C.

reasonably

D.

completely

(19)

[  ]

A.

friend

B.

look

C.

relationship

D.

distance

(20)

[  ]

A.

upset

B.

nervous

C.

successful

D.

lucky

As I held my father’s hands one night, I couldn’t help but notice their calluses (老茧) and roughness. His hands tell the story of his life as a    16  , including all his struggles.
One summer, I remember, a drought (旱灾) hit Ontario, turning it into a   17   desert. On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last  18  from the grocery shore. Fifty dozen was all we needed, which  19   took twenty minutes. That morning, however, the process didn’t   20  quickly. After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field, we    21   needed twenty dozen. I was completely frustrated and    22   . Dropping the basket heavily, I declared, “If the store wants its last twenty dozen, they can pick it themselves!” Dad    23   , “Just think, my little girl, only ten dozen left for each of us and then we’re    24   . ” Such is Dad—whatever problem he    25   , he never gives up.
   26   , the disastrous effects of the drought were felt all over our country. It was a challenging time for everyone,   27   Dad remained optimistic. He    28   to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plates. Only then did I truly begin to    29   Dad and his faith guided us through the hard times.
Dad is also a living example of real    30  . From dawn to dark, he works countless hours to    31   our family. He always puts our happiness    32   his own, and never fails to cheer me on at my sports games    33   his exhaustion after long days. His loving and selfless nature has inspired me to become more sympathetic and    34  , putting others first.
Dad, the life    35   I have learned from you will stay with me forever. You are my father, teacher, friend and, most importantly, my hero.

【小题1】
A.teacherB.gardenerC.farmerD.grocer
【小题2】
A.stormyB.livelyC.disappearingD.burning
【小题3】
A.orderB.formC.gapD.position
【小题4】
A.repeatedlyB.normallyC.finallyD.really
【小题5】
A.goB.beginC.occurD.change
【小题6】
A.yetB.stillC.evenD.nearly
【小题7】
A.surprisedB.nervousC.angryD.frightened
【小题8】
A.apologizedB.criedC.complainedD.laughed
【小题9】
A.lostB.doneC.goneD.touched
【小题10】
A.meets withB.brings upC.works outD.thinks about
【小题11】
A.ThankfullyB.HopefullyC.UnfortunatelyD.Strangely
【小题12】
A.orB.forC.soD.but
【小题13】
A.happenedB.seemedC.continuedD.aimed
【小题14】
A.faceB.appreciateC.examineD.question
【小题15】
A.loveB.prideC.friendshipD.honesty
【小题16】
A.supportB.settleC.startD.impress
【小题17】
A.afterB.beforeC.besideD.under
【小题18】
A.in spite of B.in terms ofC.in control ofD.in place of
【小题19】
A.carefulB.regretfulC.considerateD.humorous
【小题20】
A.historyB.mottoC.patternsD.lessons


三.阅读 (共两节,满分40分)
第一节阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并填写在答题卡上。
Linda often asked Luke to dinner. Linda loved Luke, but Luke loved Linda’s cooking, not Linda herself. Linda accepted that for the time being. But she felt that, with enough meals and enough time, she would get her man.
Luke rarely stayed more than ten minutes past the last bite of dessert. Linda would ask luke if he wanted to watch TV, or play cards or chess, or take a walk around the neighborhood, but Luke always declined. He always said, “ I’ve got to go.” They both knew that Luke didn’t have to go anywhere. All he ever did was to go back to his apartment and read books or go online.
Tonight was probably going to be more of the same. But Linda was a patient woman. She loved to cook, and she loved to watch people eat her cooking. Tonight she prepared shrimp, fresh green beans, mashed potatoes, and asparagus(芦笋). Luke ate everything. Then she brought out her homemade cheesecake with vanilla ice cream for dessert.
Luke asked, “ Are you trying to fatten me up for something? Every time I come over here, I have to eat celery(芹菜) and lettuce for a week to get back down to my normal weight. Or maybe I should start going to the gym more often. Nah, I’m too lazy for that.”
“Oh, stop exaggerating(夸张).” Linda replied. “ You enoy every mouthful. And besides, I don’t think you lazy at all.”
“ You’re right. I apologise. I love your cooking, and if you didn’t invite me over here, I’d be hurt and hungry.”
Linda watched contentedly(满足地) as Luke devoured the cheesecake and ice cream. Someday, she thought, I will be his dessert.
41. Which of the following were included in the meal Linda made for Luke.
A. Shrimp, tomatoes and ice cream.
B. Mashed potatoes, ice cream and cheesecake.
C. Bean, fried potaties and asparagus.
D. Shrimp, green peas and cheesecake.
42. What can be inferred from this passage?
A. Linda will eventually capture Luke’s heart.
B. Luke is often a very busy man.
C. Linda prefers fat men.
D. Both Luke and Linda are single.
43. According to the passage which of the following is NOT true about Luke?
A. He owns a computer.
B. He enjoys reading.
C. He prefers ice cream to cheesecake.
D. He has had dinner with Linda before.
44. What would be the best title for this passage?
A. My Foolish Heart.
B. The Way to a Man’s Heart is Through his Stomach.
C. The Fatter the Better.
D. The Food of Life.
45. Why did Luke always decline Linda’s invitations to do other things besides eating?
A. He was often busy at work.
B. He only liked Linda’s cooking.
C. He preferred being alone most of the time.
D. He was very shy.

“Mom, I have cancer.” These four words catapulted my son and me on a journey that lasted two years. On that day I felt a wave of paralyzing fear.

Scott was the oldest of my four children. He was 33 years old and a successful assistant principal at SamRayburn Hifht School in Pasadena, Texas. He and his wife Carolyn were busy raising four active children. Scott was 6’2’’, weighed 200 pounds and had never been sick a day in his life.

A few month earlier a mole(痣)on his neck had changed color. “Dr.Warner called,” Scott said that spring morning. “It’s melanoma.(黑素瘤)” I tried to comfort him, naming all the people I knew who had survived skin cancer. Yet, I felt small tentacles of fear begin to wrap around my chest.

Our next stop was MDAnderson, the famous cancer hospital in Houston. Scott had surgery at the end of May and was scheduled for radiation treatments over the summer recess. “There is an 80 percent chance it won’t reoccur,” the doctors said. At the end of summer, all his tests came back negative and Scott was back at school in the fall. However, in December, Scott discovered a lump on his neck. It was examined and the result came back “malignant.(恶性的)” We now realized that Scott fell into the 20 percent category. I could feel the tentacles tightening around my chest. He entered the hospital for an aggressive treatment, a combination of interferon and interleukin.

After five months of treatment, he had radical surgery on his neck. The test results were encouraging, only three of the 33 lymph nodes(淋巴结) removed were malignant. We were very hopeful.

For the next six months, Scott’s follow-up visits went well. Then in October, X-ray revealed a spot on his lung. The spot was removed during surgery and the doctors tried to be optimistic. It was a daily battle to control the fear and panic each setback brought.

In January, he was diagnosed as having had a “disease explosion.” The cancer had spread to his lungs, spine and liver and he was given three to six months to live. There were times during this period when I felt like I was having a heart attack. The bands constricting my chest made breathing difficult.

When you watch your child battle cancer, you experience a roller coaster of emotions. There are moments of hope and optimism but a bad test result or even an unusual pain can bring on dread and panic.

Scott was readmitted to the hospital for one last try with chemotherapy. He died, quite suddenly, just six weeks after his last diagnosis. I was completely destroyed. I had counted on those last few months.

The next morning I was busy notifying people and making funeral arrangements. I remember having this nagging feeling that something was physically wrong with me. It took a moment to realize that the crushing sensation in my chest was gone. The thing every parent fears the most had happened. My son was gone. Of course, the fear had been replaced by unbearable sorrow.

After you lose a child, it is so difficult to go on. The most minimal tasks, combing your hair or taking a shower, becoming monumental. For months I just sat and stared into space. That spring, the trees began to bloom; flowers began to pop up in my garden. Friendswood was coming back to life but I was dead inside.

During those last weeks, Scott and I often spoke about life and death. Fragments of those conversations kept playing over and over in my mind.

“Don’t let this ruin your life, Mom.”

“Make sure Dad re models his workshop.”

“Please, take care of my family.”

I remember wishing I could have just one more conversation with him. I knew what I would say, but what would Scott say? “I know how much you love me, Mom. So just sit on the couch and cry.” No, I knew him better than that. Scott loved life and knew how precious it is. I could almost hear his voice saying, “Get up Mom, Get on with your life. It’s too valuable to waste.”

That was the day I began to move forward. I signed up for a cake decorating class. Soon I was making cakes for holidays and birthdays. My daughter-in-law told me about a writing class in Houston. I hadn’t written in years, but since I was retired I decided it be time to start again. The local college advertised a Life Story Writing class that I joined. There I met women who had also lost their children. The Poet Laureate of Texas was scheduled to speak at our local Barnes and Noble. I attended and joined our local poetry society. I never dreamed that writing essays and poems about Scott could be so therapeutic. Several of those poems have ever been published. In addition, each group brought more and more people into my life..

I don’t believe you ever recover from the loss of a child. Scott is in my heart and mind every day. However, I do believe you can survive.

Scott fought so bravery to live and he never gave up. He taught me that life is a gift that should be cherished, not wasted. It has taken years to become the person I am today. The journey has been a difficult, painful process but certainly worth the effort and I know that my son would be proud.

1.How old was Scott probably when he died?

A.33               B.35                 C.37           D.40

2.What does the underlined sentence “ The bands constricting my chest made breathing difficult” probably imply?

A.It implies that Scott’s mother was likely to have a heart attack.

B.It implies that there was something wrong with Scott’s mother’s chest.

C.It implies that Scott’s mother was very upset and panic because of Scott’s severe illness.

D.It implies that the cancer had spread to her chest just like her son.

3.Which of the following statements best shows the author’s feeling about Scott’s death?

A.It was a daily battle to control the fear and panic each setback brought.

B.She felt a wave of fear.

C.She felt a feeling of fear begin to wrap around her chest.

D.The fear had been replaced by unbearable sorrow.

4.From Scott and his mother’s conversation, we can know that Scott is ________.

A.considerable      B.humorous         C.determined      D.sensitive

5.The author intends to tell us that___________.

A.it takes a long time to make a person recover from the shock of losing a child

B.Scott is proud of his mother

C.life is full of happiness and sorrow.

D.We’d better make our life count instead of counting your days.

6.What might be the best title of the passage ?

A.Life is valuable                         B.Grieving and Recovery

C.Love and sorrow                        D.Alive or dead

 

Mr. Reese was born in a big city. His father had several companies and got a lot of money. He could give his son all the young man wanted. He was busy with his business and never asked him how he got along with his studies. So the boy spent most time in the restaurants or cinemas. Of course he was weak at his lessons and learned nothing at school. He made many friends but none of them was good and when they knew he came from a rich family, they began to teach him to gamble(赌博). Of course he lost much money.

  Now Mr. Reese was twenty and finished middle school. He could not do anything. But his father didn't mind it until one day he found the young man had sold one of his companies. He became so angry that he made him leave his house. The young man couldn't gamble any longer. His friends made him pay his debt. He had to ask his mother to help him and the woman often gave him some money. But one evening his father happened to find it. The old man stopped his wife from doing so. They began to fight in the room. The young man brought out a knife and killed his father. His mother helped him to run away, but soon after that he was caught and sentenced(判刑)to death.

  It was a cold and wet day. Suddenly it began to rain hard when Mr. Reese was being sent to the execution ground(刑场). Soon both he and the soldiers were wet through. He said angrily,“Bad luck! I shall be shot in such bad weather!”

  “Don't complain(抱怨), brothers” said one of the soldiers. “You're luckier than us all. We'll have to go back to the city after that!”

1.Old Reese never wanted to know about his son's studies because _________.

A.he was sure his son was good at his lessons

B.he spent all his energies on his business

C.he knew nothing about the education

D.his wife looked after their children

2.The bad young men taught Young Reese to gamble in order _________.

A.to play with him

B.to spend spare time

C.that the could get much money from him

D.that they could find jobs in his father's companies

3.Old Reese became angry because _________.

A.him son had learned nothing at school

B.his son was weak at all his lessons

C.his son couldn't do anything in the companies

D.his son had lost one of his companies

4.Mr. Reese complained _________.

A.he was sentenced to death

B.he would be shot

C.he went to the execution ground on foot

D.he would be shot in bad weather

 

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