I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenager girl, and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads, coming across me wandering through the traffic; motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.

One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. "I'm awfully sorry," I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn't stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.

Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.

But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.

1.The girl refused to ask for help because she thought_________

A. she might be recognized                                           

B. asking for help looked silly

C. she was normal and independent                            

D. being found blind was embarrassing

2.After the girl got off the bus that evening, she_________.

A. began to run                                                                 

B. hit a person as usual

C. hit a lamppost by accident                                

D. was caught by something

3.At the request stop that evening, the girl___________.

A. stopped a big lorry                                             

B. stopped the wrong bus

C. made no attempt to stop the bus                              

D. was not noticed by other people

4.What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus? _________

A. Other vehicles also stopped there.                          

B. It was unreliable for making judgments.

C. More lorries than buses responded to the girl.

D. It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus

Many of us learn valuable lessons from our patients. I was  36  to learn one early in my career as a nurse. I have  37  her name, but she has influenced the way I treat many other patients.

I was working the 3-11 pm shift at a small hospital at that time. The patient was a 42-year-old woman who had  38  a heart attack. She was expected to stay in  39  for about two weeks before being sent home. She was  40  that she could not see her three young children. We did not  41  children into a hospital in those days.

Every evening, we would  42  our children. I had one daughter and I loved her so much that I could not  43  not seeing her every day. The patient was getting  44  and we both knew it wouldn’t be long before she would be home  45  her little ones again.

About a week later, she  46  me to sit with her for a while. I held her hand and she told me she was  47  and thought she might not see her kids again. I tried to let her know that her  48  so far had been great. It was 10:30 pm, almost time for the  49  of my work. I told her I had to hand in my 50  and that I would come back to her room.

Then I  51  with my friends. It wasn’t until I had got home that I realized I had forgotten to keep my promise. “That’s OK,” I thought, “I will spend  52  time with her tomorrow.”

The next day I was told that she had  53  at midnight. She wanted company and I let her down. She left the world quietly. If I had stayed in her room, would she be home surrounded by her  54  right now? I would never know. What I do know is this: I have  55  every patient’s request since that night.

1.                A．fortunate       B．afraid          C．smart    D．brave

2.                A．replaced        B．spread          C．asked    D．forgotten

3.                A．treated         B．suffered        C．checked D．damaged

4.                A．town           B．school          C．room     D．hospital

5.                A．delighted       B．calm           C．upset    D．hopeful

6.                A．need          B．allow           C．pull D．force

7.                A．talk about       B．look after       C．play with D．deal with

8.                A．imagine         B．avoid           C．enjoy    D．practice

9.                A．fatter          B．better          C．warmer   D．older

10.               A．between       B．against         C．with D．on

11.               A．asked          B．paid           C．permitted D．ordered

12.               A．relaxed        B．scared         C．confident D．honest

13.               A．attitude        B．method        C．progress   D．idea

14.               A．development    B．period         C．change    D．end

15.               A．homework      B．report          C．design    D．drawing

16.               A．argued         B．arrived         C．boarded   D．left

17.               A．extra          B．useful          C．valuable   D．little

18.               A．died           B．disappeared     C．escaped   D．agreed

19.               A．kids           B．patients        C．nurses    D．doctors

20.               A．learned from    B．looked for       C．cared about    D．made up

第二卷（两部分共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。
The snowstorm in our city last week wasn’t a large one, but      
it ______ many accidents. The snow started to come down in     76．_________
the late afternoon. I saw it ______ the window of the office building where     77．_________
Mary and I work as ______(秘书). It had been snowing for an hour  78．_________
b______ I started to drive home. After twenty minutes, the accident  79．_________
happened. My heater didn’t work, and the snow ______(结冰) on my    80．_________
window, so I couldn’t see well. I had to c______ my window every few   81．_________
minutes. To make matters ______, the car hit the hill, turned over    82．_________
and stopped. I looked to see w______ I was hurt, but I wasn’t.  83．_________
_____(幸运) I’d been wearing my seatbelt. Soon the police       84．_________
came to r______ me, and I managed to return home later.  85．_________

 In Africa, listening is a guiding principle .It’s a principle that’ been lost in the constant chat of the Western world .From my own past experience , I noticed how much faster I had to answer a question during a TV interview .It is as if we have completely lost the ability to listen .We talk and talk , and we end up frightened by silence .

Everywhere, people on the African continent write and tell stories. Even the nomads(流浪者)who still live in the Kalahari Desert are said to tell one another stories on their daylong wanderings, during which they search for roots and animals to hunt.

A number of years ago I sat down on a stone bench outside the Teatro Avenida in Maputo, Mozambique, where I worked as an artistic consultant. It was a hot day, and we were taking a break, hoping that a cool gentle wind would move past. Two old African men were sitting on that bench, but there was room for me, too. In Africa people share more than just water. Even when it comes to shade, people are generous.

I heard the two men talking about a third old man who had recently died. One of them said, “I was visiting him at his home. He started to tell me an amazing story about something that had happened to him when he was young. But it was a long story. Night came, and I decided that I should come back the next day to hear the rest. But when I arrived, he was dead.”

The man fell silent. I decided not to leave that bench until I heard how the other man would respond to what he’d heard. Finally he, too, spoke. “That’s not a good way to die—before you’ve told the end of your story.”

What separates us from animals is the fact that we are storytelling creatures and we can listen to other people’s dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats—and they in turn can listen to ours.

Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.

Many words will be written on the wind and the sand, or end up in store. But the storytelling will go on until the last human being stops listening. Then we can send the great record of human out into the endless universe.

Who knows? Maybe someone is out there, willing to listen…

1.From the very beginning of the passage, we can know Europeans ________.

A. actually lose the ability to listen

B. seldom chat constantly with each other

C. feel frightened when they are alone and silent

D. tend to talk more and listen less

2. It can be inferred from the passage that if you are in Africa, you will _______.

A. suffer hot weather and lack of water      

B. be certainly helped when in trouble

C. often hear the stories told by strangers    

D. have no choice but to listen during a talk

3.According to the last three paragraphs, we can know _________.

A. no one knows exactly why Africans are willing to listen

B. information is hard to understand without interpretation

C. listening makes the difference between information and knowledge

D. the existence of humans’ recordings totally depends on the way of storytelling

4.The passage mainly talks about __________.

A. the experience of the author         

B. the art of listening in Africa

C. the importance of storytelling        

D. the life styles of Africans

从题中所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

People often fall ill because of me.  36  , they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own  37  . A tired person may get  38  , especially when he goes to crowded places with polluted air. A sudden change in  39  is another factor. In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home. They will catch a cold easily.

My latest victim is an energetic student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though  40  , he still went to the cinema .Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately.

I seized this golden chance to  41  him .He reacted, trying to  42  me , but I was already  43  deep in his throat. He kept sneezing（打喷嚏） and his nose was running.  44  he put on some warm clothes, it didn’t work, for there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept  45  him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but   46  .

The next day he couldn’t go to  47  . He had lost his appetite and was not as  48  as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his  49

For two days he was   50  by his mother. As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began to feel the   51  . I knew I had to   52  him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I made every effort to fight back.  53  , it was my turn to feel   54 now, for his defense system was starting an all-out attack against me. I became  55  and finally my time was over.

Do you know what I am?

1.A .Therefore  B. Besides C. However       D. Then

2.A .business     B. responsibility         C. excuse  D. fault

3.A. punished   B. blamed C. caught  D. killed

4.A. temperature      B. season  C. place     D. condition

5.A. excited       B. hurt       C. late            D. tired

6.A. injure         B. bother  C. attack    D. destroy

7.A. get on with         B. get rid of       C. put up withD. take hold of

8.A. reproducing       B. waiting  C. hiding   D. disappearing

9.A. Since                    B. Once             C. Whether   D. Although

10.A. reminding         B. upsetting       C. comfortingD. Influencing

11.A. escaped   B. succeeded    C. regretted      D. failed

12.A. bed B. work     C. school   D. hospital

13.A. peaceful  B. afraid    C. active    D. happy

14.A .recovery B. development         C. study     D. affected

15.A. protected         B. nursed  C. scolded          D. affected

16.A. loss  B. operation      C. pressure        D. movement

17.A. leave        B. catch     C. forget   D. beat

18.A. Uncertainly              B. Unfairly           C. Unusually          D.Unfortunately

19.A. painful     B. tired      C. nervous         D. ashamed

20.A. bigger      B. weaker C. smaller D. stronger