Bill Trew worked on the night shift in an old mine called Park Deep. Day and night 180 miners   1   underground there, more than 6,000 feet down. They all took their   2   of night work, but Bill always worked at night. He said he   3   it.

One day he came home as   4   at half past seven in the morning. He had his “supper”, as he   5   it, and went to bed. An unusual dream troubled his sleep. Afterwards, the   6   thing he remembered about was – a throbbing (跳动) blue light.

Bill got up in the afternoon as usual. It was as   7   getting up – because he could   8   see the blue light in front of his eyes. As the evening grew   9  , the light grew stronger. Bill got   10   for the night shift. But by eight o’clock the blue light was so bright that he could   11   see anything else. He and his wife were very   12  . Bill had never been sick before.

“Don’t go to work,” Mrs. Trew said. “If it isn’t   13   by tomorrow, I’ll have to sent for the doctor.”

Bill didn’t go to work. He sat in an armchair,  14   but with closed eyes. Even then the blueness was like a living thing. It   15   him, silent, throbbing. The family went to bed but Bill wasn’t tired: he stayed in his armchair.

At eleven o’clock a long, loud explosion   16   the ground. Bill opened his eyes and jumped to his   17 . The blue light was gone! He rushed outside. Someone shouted, “Gas! Gas in Park Deep! Oh,   18   the night shift!”

The gas explosion killed 179 men in Park Deep. The mine was destroyed for   19  .The bodies remain to this day in their grave. And Bill has never stopped   20  .That blue light: why did it make him the only man unfit for work that night?

1．A．gathered                B．stayed                 C．had to                 D．worked

3．A．loved                    B．disliked                C．preferred             D．hated

4．A．rule                      B．order                   C．ago                     D．usual

5．A．described              B．said                     C．called                  D．liked

6．A．great                     B．funny                  C．big                      D．only

7．A．good                     B．strange                C．late                     D．bad

8．A．still                       B．only                    C．hardly                 D．clearly

9．A．bigger                   B．later                    C．darker                 D．blacker

10．A．up                      B．well                    C．prepared              D．ready

11．A．seldom                B．merely                 C．hardly                 D．barely

12．A．confused             B．puzzled                C．wondered            D．frightened

13．A．good                   B．normal                C．better                  D．fine

14．A．awake                 B．sleeping               C．surprising            D．resting

15．A．feared                 B．surrounded          C．wakened             D．brightened

16．A．hit                      B．broke                  C．shook                 D．crashed

17．A．feet                     B．chair                   C．shoes                  D．door

18．A．bad                     B．misery                 C．pity                     D．die

19．A．that                     B．all                       C．everything           D．good

20．A．thinking             B．wondering           C．working             D．sympathizing

第二节   

1.       The President’s state visit aimed at          expanding relations between the two countries is scheduled in November, 2011.

2.       According to the research, over 30% of the middle-aged people will have suffered from the mortgage problem by the time they retire.

3.       I am tired of being picked on     . Why are you always treating me in that way?

4.       I have to point out that his thinking goes against      all logic, which will probably be a big obstacle for him to cooperate with others.

5.       I wish you’d stop beating about the bush and tell me what you really want.

6.       There is proof that up to now the program has had impact on   our community as supposed.

7.       With the sense of failure eating away at     his self-esteem, John was thinking about giving up the project.

8.       Finally we reached an agreement that the situation called for         prompt action.  

9.       Students’ dropping out      of university has long been an issue concerning the principals.

10.   I insist that the problem needs to be worked out / working out as soon as possible.

There are reasons why a middle-aged woman who has been away from the work for her children’s sake decides to go back to work．The  1  reason for me was: years ago my job was that of a bookkeeper（会计）----- it was then that I worked for  2  , and now with my children working, I wanted to do something  3  , something new and exciting．

Money wasn't too important now, as my husband made a very  4  living for us．But what should I do? What sort of   5  should I look for? I knew I needed to be  6   as to what I became involved with．I am not a "quitter"（容易放弃的人） and so I hoped to  7   becoming responsible to an employer in a job that might turn out to be a mistake for me．

While I made painful efforts thinking over what to do, I was   8  of a past incident where I needed to replace my original engagement ring  9  the gold was wearing thin．My husband and I shopped and shopped for one,   10we went, even when we were on vacation． 11  this nonstop searching got my poor   12  to ask, "Just what kind of ring do you want, what exactly are we looking for?" My reply was, "I honestly don't   13, but when I see the correct setting, I will know it." That was the  14  I felt about the new career I wished to start; I didn't have an exact idea as to what I wanted to do, but knew there was a perfect fit for me, if I would  15  be patient.

Fortunately, that summer while I  16  my twenty-fifth high school class reunion（重聚）, I heard a former classmate  17  what she did for a living．She was a travel agent, and she and her husband had just  18 from a trip to Hawaii where they acted as guides for a group of travelers．WOW, that 19   like fun, considerably more fun and exciting than being a  20 : I know what to take up!

1．A．possible                B．obvious               C．believable           D．good

2．A．money                  B．fun                     C．children               D．employers

3．A．valuable                B．reasonable           C．worthy                D．different

4．A．interesting             B．comfortable         C．successful           D．meaningful

5．A．pleasure                B．place                   C．job                      D．man

6．A．careful                  B．useful                  C．joyful                  D．painful

7．A．finish                    B．miss                    C．avoid                  D．forget

8．A．recalled                 B．reminded             C．warned               D．robbed

9．A．where                   B．while                   C．if                        D．as

10．A．nowhere              B．somewhere          C．wherever             D．everywhere

11．A．Actually               B．However             C．Finally                 D．Once

12．A．children               B．classmates           C．employer             D．husband

13．A．care                    B．know                  C．understand          D．find

14．A．way                    B．time                    C．style                   D．thought

15．A．really                  B．ever                    C．just                     D．certainly

16．A．joined                  B．left                      C．started                D．attended

17．A．complaining         B．explaining            C．describing           D．considering

18．A．returned              B．rested                  C．came                  D．stayed

19．A．looked                 B．seemed                C．sounded              D．felt

20．A．traveler               B．wife                    C．employer             D．bookkeeper

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were final  1  . All the kids had been working hard for some time, reviewing their  2  . If they didn’t pass the exams, they would have to  3  them in September. There were usually a few who  4  , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, but she was working so hard that her mother  5 her. She went to bed too late. The night before the big day, her mother  6  that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised to  7  her up in the morning.

       Jane was to  8  to fall asleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, the 9   did work. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn’t answer  10  of the questions. Everyone  11  her was writing pages and pages. 12  hard she thought, she couldn’t find anything to write about. From time to time she looked at her    13  .

       Time was running  14  . There was only an hour to  15  . She started one question, wrote two sentences,  16  and tried another. With only half an hour left she wrote  17  two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started  18  . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she woke up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible  19  . A minute later,  20  called her name.

1．A．harvests                B．exams                 C．reports                D．papers

2．A．exercises               B．jobs                    C．books                 D．lessons

3．A．take                      B．write                   C．attend                 D．do

4．A．cheated                 B．succeeded           C．passed                D．failed

5．A．cared for               B．felt proud of        C．worried about      D．thought highly of

6．A．insisted                 B．agreed                 C．promised             D．allowed

7．A．ring                      B．wake                   C．bring                   D．pick

8．A．sad                       B．tired                    C．happy                 D．nervous

9．A．dream                   B．pill                      C．suggestion           D．music

10．A．all                       B．none                   C．any                     D．some

11．A．ahead of              B．behind                 C．in front of           D．around

12．A．Unless                 B．However             C．Though               D．As

13．A．watch                 B．paper                  C．teacher               D．book

14．A．up                      B．down                  C．out                     D．over

15．A．run                     B．leave                   C．remain                D．go

16．A．gave out              B．gave up               C．put off                D．put out

17．A．another               B．more                   C．other                   D．the other

18．A．thinking               B．dreaming             C．crying                 D．writing

19．A．exam                  B．dream                 C．story                   D．night

20．A．her mother         B．her teacher       C．a classmate        D．a friend