Section B (18 marks)
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 the word or phrase that best fits the context.
When I was 8 years old, I once decided to run away from home. With my suitcase   36  and some sandwiches in a bag, I started for the front door and said to Mom, “I’m leaving.”
“If you want to   37 , that’s all right,” she said. “But you came into this home without anything and you can leave the same way.” I   38  my suitcase and sandwiches on the floor heavily and started for the door again.
“Wait a minute,” Mom said. “I want your   39  back. You didn’t wear anything when you arrived.” This really angered me. I tore my clothes off—shoes, socks, underwear and all—and   40 , “Can I go now?” “Yes,” Mom answered, “but once you close that door, don’t expect to come back.”
I was so   41  that I slammed (砰地关上) the door and stepped out on the front porch.   42  I realized that I was outside, with nothing on. Then I noticed that down the street, two neighbor girls were walking toward our house. I ran to   43  behind a big tree in our yard at once. After a while, I was   44  the girls had passed by. I dashed to the front door and banged on it loudly.
“Who’s there?” I heard.
“It’s Billy! Let me in!”
The voice behind the   45  answered, “Billy doesn’t live here anymore. He ran away from home.” Glancing behind me to see if anyone else was coming, I begged, “Aw, c’mon, Mom! I’m   46  your son. Let me in!”
The door inched open and Mom’s smiling face appeared. “Did you change your   47  about running away?” she asked.
“What’s for supper?” I answered. (277 words)

【小题1】
A.packedB.returnedC.cleanedD.repaired
【小题2】
A.drop outB.go byC.move aroundD.run away
【小题3】
A.pressedB.shookC.threwD.pulled
【小题4】
A.bag B.clothesC.sandwichesD.suitcase
【小题5】
A.explainedB.suggestedC.continuedD.shouted
【小题6】
A.angryB.sorryC.frightenedD.ashamed
【小题7】
A.CertainlyB.NaturallyC.SuddenlyD.Possibly
【小题8】
A.playB.bideC.restD.wave
【小题9】
A.sureB.proudC.eagerD.curious
【小题10】
A.houseB.treeC.doorD.yard
【小题11】
A.alsoB.stillC.evenD.already
【小题12】
A.conclusionB.promiseC.concernD.decision

Nowadays, any traveler might be treated as a terrorist (恐怖分子) by the immigration (入境) officers in the USA.
We returned from Iraq and landed safely. My heart  16   when I was asked to the back room by the immigration officer. My 17___, with his very American last name, had no trouble at all. In fact, I am 18____ American born and raised, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet. The only reason was 19___ they thought my name looked like the one of  20___ who’s on their wanted list (通缉令) and I had to wait till they checked me out 21___ Washington.
Time passed 22___ . One hour, one hour and a half…I could not wait any longer and 23___ my cellphone out to call the friend I had planned to meet that evening. An officer 24___ over. “No Phone!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling terrorists and giving them 25___.”
Oh, my God! I was just a university professor. I had no  26___ but to put my phone away. My husband and I were getting hungry and  27_____. I wanted to cry, to 28____ onto a chair and shout: “I am nothing but an American professor!”
After two hours in the back room, without explanation and 29____, I was allowed to go after he gave me a piece of paper with a(n)  30_____ on it and told me I could write to the department if I wasn’t 31____ with the treatment. He also  32___ that nothing could stop it from happening again.
I shared my experience with my friends and the  33____ was I should change my name. But name is personal, like the town you were born in.
Even though I had a troublesome experience at the airport, which made me realize being American could ever be so 34_____, like my father, I’ll keep the 35____.

【小题1】
A.achedB.beatC.sankD.rose
【小题2】
A.sonB.daughterC.friendD.husband
【小题3】
A.stillB.alsoC.alreadyD.never
【小题4】
A.thatB.becauseC.whyD.whether
【小题5】
A.everyoneB.anyoneC.someoneD.all
【小题6】
A.withB.toC.throughD.of
【小题7】
A.quicklyB.carefullyC.dangerouslyD.slowly
【小题8】
A.putB.pulledC.usedD.caught
【小题9】
A.wentB.cameC.criedD.rushed
【小题10】
A.newsB.truthC.informationD.reply
【小题11】
A.responseB.voiceC.choiceD.face
【小题12】
A.silentB.tiredC.comfortableD.clear
【小题13】
A.sitB.runC.jumpD.lie
【小题14】
A.expressionsB.wordsC.thanksD.apologies
【小题15】
A.addressB.nameC.numberD.map
【小题16】
A.sadB.disappointedC.happyD.angry
【小题17】
A.addedB.spokeC.talkedD.argued
【小题18】
A.adviceB.resultC.wayD.agreement
【小题19】
A.easyB.longC.hardD.high
【小题20】
A.experienceB.nameC.storyD.passport



After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled, Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices. “Everyone else was already admitted to college,” her mother, Rosemarie Colvin, said from the family home. “So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said, ‘You have to let me in.’?”
Impressed—she was a National Merit(全国英才) finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil—Yaledid, admitting her to the class of 1978, where she started writing for The Yale Daily News “and decided to be a journalist,” her mother said.
On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, was killed as Syrian forces shelled the city of Homs. She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.
“She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday”, Ms. Colvin said. “Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out. She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it. ”
Ms. Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones. “If you knew my daughter,” she said, “it would have been such a waste of words. She was determined, she was enthusiastic about what she did, it was her life. There was no saying ‘Don’t do this.’ This is who she was, absolutely who she was and what she believed in: cover the story, not just have pictures of it, but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.” So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism, her mother said.
【小题1】From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 we can infer that       .

A.Yale University was her last choice
B.Yale must keep its promise to Marie
C.Marie Colvin was confident of herself
D.Marie Colvin was good at persuading
【小题2】Marie Colvin’s story suggests some of the best qualities of being a journalist are       .
A.patience and confidence
B.honesty and curiosity
C.flexibility and creativity
D.determination and courage
【小题3】Which of the following is the correct order to describe Marie Colvin’s life?
a. She was doing a story in Syria and got killed.  
b. She was admitted to Yale University.
c. She studied in Brazil as an exchange student.
d. She was hired by The Sunday Times of London.
e. She began to take an interest in journalism.
A.d→e→c→a→bB.c→b→e→d→a
C.e→d→c→b→aD.b→c→d→e→a
【小题4】What can be the best title of the text?
A.Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area
B.Applying for Top Universities, a Successful Case
C.Recalling Her Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria
D.Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest

My heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. I was born and raised in America, and this was Miami, where I live, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet.

  “Please wait in here, Ms. Abujaber,” the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I’d flown to Montreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was shocked that I was being sent “in back” once again.

  The officer behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the name of someone who’s on our wanted list. We’re going to have to check you out with Washington.”

  “How long will it take?”

  “Hard to say…a few minutes,” he said, “We’ll call you when we’re ready for you.” After an hour, Washington still hadn’t decided anything about me.

“Isn’t this computerized?” I asked at the counter, “Can’t you just look me up?”

“Just a few more minutes,” they assured me.

  After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No phones!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.”

  “I’m just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak.

  “Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.”

  I put my phone away.

  My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, and even a flight attendant.

  I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout: “I’m an American citizen; a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children.”

After two hours in detention (扣押), I was approached by one of the officers. “You’re free to go,” he said. No explanation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved. We were still in shock. Then we leaped to our feet.

  “Oh, one more thing,” he handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it, “If you aren’t happy with your treatment, you can write to this agency.”

  “Will they respond?” I asked.

  “I don’t knowI don’t know of anyone who’s ever written to them before.” Then he added,” By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.”

  “What can I do to keep it from happening again?”

  He smiled the empty smile we’d seen all day, “Absolutely nothing.”

  After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I’ve heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn’t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto”a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone’s personal and professional identityjust like the town you’re born in and the place where you’re raised.

  Like my father, I’ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.

1.The author was held at the airport because ______.

A. she and her husband returned from Jamaica

B. her name was similar to a terrorist’s

C. she had been held in Montreal

D. she had spoken at a book event

2.She was not allowed to call her friends because ______.

A. her identity hadn’t been confirmed yet

B. she had been held for only one hour and a half

C. there were other families in the waiting room

D. she couldn’t use her own cell phone

3.We learn from the passage that the author would ______ to prevent similar experience from happening again.

A. write to the agency?????????? B. change her name??

C. avoid traveling abroad??????? D. do nothing

4.Her experiences indicate that there still exists ______ in the US.

A. hatred???????????????????? B. discrimination?????

C. tolerance?????????????????? D. diversity

5.The author sounds ______ in the last paragraph.

A. impatient?? B. bitter???????? C. worried??????????? D. ironic (具有讽刺意味的)

 

Section B (18 marks)

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 the word or phrase that best fits the context.

When I was 8 years old, I once decided to run away from home. With my suitcase   36  and some sandwiches in a bag, I started for the front door and said to Mom, “I’m leaving.”

“If you want to   37 , that’s all right,” she said. “But you came into this home without anything and you can leave the same way.” I   38  my suitcase and sandwiches on the floor heavily and started for the door again.

“Wait a minute,” Mom said. “I want your   39  back. You didn’t wear anything when you arrived.” This really angered me. I tore my clothes off—shoes, socks, underwear and all—and   40 , “Can I go now?” “Yes,” Mom answered, “but once you close that door, don’t expect to come back.”

I was so   41  that I slammed (砰地关上) the door and stepped out on the front porch.   42  I realized that I was outside, with nothing on. Then I noticed that down the street, two neighbor girls were walking toward our house. I ran to   43  behind a big tree in our yard at once. After a while, I was   44  the girls had passed by. I dashed to the front door and banged on it loudly.

“Who’s there?” I heard.

“It’s Billy! Let me in!”

The voice behind the   45  answered, “Billy doesn’t live here anymore. He ran away from home.” Glancing behind me to see if anyone else was coming, I begged, “Aw, c’mon, Mom! I’m   46  your son. Let me in!”

The door inched open and Mom’s smiling face appeared. “Did you change your   47  about running away?” she asked.

“What’s for supper?” I answered. (277 words)

1.                A.packed         B.returned        C.cleaned  D.repaired

 

2.                A.drop out        B.go by           C.move around  D.run away

 

3.                A.pressed        B.shook          C.threw    D.pulled

 

4.                A.bag            B.clothes         C.sandwiches    D.suitcase

 

5.                A.explained       B.suggested       C.continued D.shouted

 

6.                A.angry          B.sorry           C.frightened D.ashamed

 

7.                A.Certainly        B.Naturally        C.Suddenly D.Possibly

 

8.                A.play           B.bide           C.rest  D.wave

 

9.                A.sure           B.proud          C.eager    D.curious

 

10.               A.house          B.tree           C.door  D.yard

 

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

 

12.               A.conclusion      B.promise        C.concern   D.decision

 

 

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