On my birthday this year, I decided to do something very different. I had been   31  so much and I wanted to reach out to bring happiness to someone else. So, that   32 , I bought some flowers and went to a hospital. I had no   33  who I was going to present the flowers to, but I would find someone who needed   34  .
I asked the nurses in the hospital, who thought it   35  that I didn’t have anyone in particular to see.   36 , they gave me the room number of a(n)   37  lady, who needed some comfort.
I entered the room with the flowers. The elderly woman looked up, staring at me   38 . She was greatly moved when I told her about my   39  in being there. She was an amputee(被截肢者) and she explained to me that she was very worried   40  they were going to fit her with prosthetic leg(假肢). She knew that as she was getting used to the “  41 ”leg, she would be in  42  .
Later, in the following two hours, we  43  a lot and both felt very happy. I  44  until it was dark. I will always remember how   45  she was the moment she received the flowers from me—a   46  . She called me her angel and said she had no more   47  .
I   48  that story with my neighbor and she   49  that she was going to do the same thing on her birthday. And I hope that she will   50  others to be kind and do the same thing. You never know you might be considered someone’s angel one day.

Jack had no choice but to have both his arms removed because of a severe accident after drinking a lot of alcohol. From then on, he has had to __36__ on his younger brother, who became his shadow, never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was totally unable to do __37__ else. As the two brothers grew up together, they had their own problems and would often __38__. Finally, his younger brother went away and lived __39__, leaving him heartbroken and at a loss what to do.

     __40__, a misfortune befell（降临）a girl. One night she was preparing dinner when the kerosene light on the stove was overturned, __41__ in a fire which took her hands away. Having decidedly __42__ her sister’s willingness to help her, she determined to be thoroughly __43__. At school, she always studied hard．Most of all she learned to be self-reliant. “I am lucky. Though my __44__ are broken, my heart can still fly.” she wrote in her blog.

    One day, the young man and the girl were both invited to a（n）__45__ programme. The boy told the television hostess about his __46__ future, whereas the girl was full of __47__ for her life. They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their __48__. The boy: My younger brother’s arms are my arms. The girl: Broken wings, flying heart.

    Both of them had the same ordeal（痛苦经历）, but their different __49__   determined the nature of their lives. As seems the case, __50__ disasters can strike our life at any time. How you handle the __51__ when faced with it is the true __52__  of your character. If you choose to __53__ or escape from the ordeal, it will follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the __54__ will turn out to be a fortune on which new __55__will arise.

1.A．live               B．stand            C．rely             D．assist

2.A．something          B．everything       C．nothing          D．anything

3.A．quarrel            B．share            C．support          D．dislike

4.A．happily            B．sparately        C．lonely        D．disappointedly

5.A．UnfortunatelyB．Unexpectedly           C．Naturally        D．Similarly

6.A．leading            B．bringing         C．causing          D．resulting

7.A．turned to          B．turned down      C．turned off       D．turned against

8.A．alone              B．free             C．independent      D．successful

9.A．arms               B．wings            C．dreams           D．promises

10.A．interview         B．radio            C．sports           D．health

11.A．uncertain         B．hopeful          C．bright           D．miserable

12.A．calmness          B．patience         C．enthusiesm       D．excitement

13.A．hands             B．strength         C．toes             D．mouths

14.A．chatacters        B．desires          C．opinions         D．attitudes

15.A．unexpected        B．passive          C．rough            D．serious

16.A．emergency         B．accident         C．difficulty       D．misfortune

17.A．test              B．reflection       C．display          D．problem

18.A．ignore            B．resist           C．complain         D．suffer

19.A．problem           B．result           C．hardship         D．failure

20.A．solutions B．hopes            C．ways             D．rewards

第二节 完形填空。（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

Christmas was an exciting season for my six-year-old son. For weeks, he’d been memorizing   36  for the “Winter Ceremony” in his kindergarten class. I went to  37  their rehearsal(排演).

As I waited, students were led into the room. Each class,  38  by their teacher, sat cross-legged on the floor. Then, each group, one by one  39  to perform their song. I didn’t expect anything other than fun.

My son’s class rose to sing “Christmas Love”. Those in the front row on the center stage held up large  40 , one by one, to spell out the  41  of the song. When the class sang: “C is for Christmas,” a child would hold up the letter C, then another would hold up “H” for happy, and on and on,  42  each child was holding up a letter, presenting the  43  message, “Christmas Love”.

The performance was going  44 , until suddenly we noticed her, a small, quiet girl in the  45  row holding the letter “M” upside down-totally  46  that her letter “M” appeared as a “W”. The audience began to laugh at this little girl’s  47 . But she had no idea that they were laughing at her, so she stood tall,  48  holding her “W”.  49  many teachers tried to quiet the children, the  50  continued until the last letter was raised, and we all saw it together. A  51  came over the audience and eyes began to  52 . In that instant we understood the  53  why we were there, and even though it was such a busy holiday, there was a(n)  54  for celebrating Christmas. When the  55  letter was held high, the message read loud and clear: “ CHRIST WAS LOVE”. And I believe that this is why Christmas is so important.

36. A. songs                        B. message                         C. texts                                D. performance

37. A. direct                        B. celebrate                        C. design                             D. attend

38. A. led                             B. accompanied                 C. looked                             D. pulled

39. A. stood                        B. turned                             C. rose                                 D. came

40. A. letters                      B. words                              C. names                             D. boards

41. A. topic                         B. title                                  C. idea                                  D. theme

42. A. when                        B. after                                C. until                                 D. while

43. A. exact                        B. complete                        C. proper                             D. right

44. A. smoothly                 B. happily                            C. heatedly                         D. joyfully

45. A. back                          B. middle                             C. left                                   D. front

46. A. ignoring              B. unknown                         C. unaware                         D. recognizing

47. A. action                       B. play                                  C. mistake                           D. joke

48. A. highly                        B. proudly                            C. clearly                             D. bravely

49. A. Unless                      B. As                                     C. Although                         D. In spite of

50. A. performance          B. laughter                          C. audience                         D. message

51. A. fear                           B. worry                               C. pride                                D. silence

52. A. widen                       B. close                                C. rise                                   D. wink

53. A. cause                        B. reason                             C. way                                  D. place

54. A. purpose                   B. excuse                             C. reward                                     D. song

55. A. seventh                    B. middle                             C. last                                   D. full

In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n) ___36___ at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop. The fruit shop did ___37___ business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood, ___38___ he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr Breen ___39___ them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always ___40___ me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly long-standing customers, and I ___41___ they must have stayed faithful to him ___42___ he had promised to sell good quality ___43___. He had a way with them—I had to ___44___ that. He called every woman “madam” for a start, ___45___ those who clearly were not, but when he ___46___ it, it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded ___47___ in an old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter ___48___. If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few ___49___ about the weather, ___50___ he did, he would ask about their families or make ___51___, always cutting his cloth ___52___ his customers. Whatever their bills came to, be ___53___ gave them back the few odd pence (零钱), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite. He never ___54___ anything away. He was always looking for ___55___ for nothing.

36. A. operator      B. assistant     C. waiter D. secretary

37. A. good    B. poor   C. big     D. usual

38. A. so B. when  C. therefore    D. but

39. A. sold     B. knew  C. gave   D. sent

40. A. making B. letting C. getting       D. keeping

41. A. wish     B. insist   C. declare       D. suppose

42. A. when    B. if C. because      D. though

43. A. food     B. fruit    C. vegetables  D. drink

44. A. admit   B. expect C. announce    D. promise

45. A. yet       B. only    C. just     D. even

46. A. told      B. said    C. spoke  D. talked

47. A. serious B. strange       C. polite  D. familiar

48. A. as well B. as usual      C. either  D. also

49. A. sayings B. questions    C. words D. speeches

50. A. and then      B. and so C. even if       D. but if

51. A. preparations B. jokes   C. repairs       D. friends

52. A. according to B. due to C. instead of   D. up to

53. A. never   B. ever    C. seldom       D. always

54. A. took     B. moved       C. threw  D. turned.

55. A. something    B. anything     C. somebody   D. anybody

On the Iraq­Syria border，a pack of wild dogs circled American soldiers for food．The leader of the pack was a gray­and­white dog．The soldiers called him Nubs．Nubs was shaking and __36__ able to stand．Marine major Brian Dennis looked closer and saw that there was a knife wound __37__ his chest．

Dennis couldn’t stand seeing the dog __38__．He and his men immediately treated the wound，and gave Nubs medicine．Nubs__39__but was still in pain．The next day，the team had to__40__．Ten days later，Dennis’s unit was back，and so was Nubs．He was still___41__，but the men fed him and played with him．

Before long the unit once again__42__an outpost (前哨) 70 miles away．Nubs，slowly but determinedly，__43__them far into the trackless wasteland until the men lost__44__of him．Two days later，beyond Dennis’s__45__，he saw Nubs just outside the outpost．The dog had tracked him across 70 miles of frozen desert to__46__with the friend who had saved his life．From then on Nubs and the men slept in the same place，and ran around in the same ruins．

Until an order came down from above that they were not__47__to have pets. Dennis__48__to make sure the dog would continue to live the__49__life．So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends to fly Nubs to__50__．

A month later，when Dennis and the dog were__51__in California，at first Nubs didn’t recognize the guy．__52__within minutes，the dog jumped into Dennis’s arms，jumping up again and again to__53__ his friend’s face．

A little__54__and concern in the middle of war will not save a violent world．But small stories，like the story of a soldier and a dog，hold a promise of a(n) __55__world．

1.                A．mostly         B．certainly        C．hardly    D．never

2.                A．in             B．on             C．at   D．behind

3.                A．stand          B．starve          C．bleed    D．suffer

4.                A．pulled through   B．fell asleep       C．woke up  D．fell down

5.                A．leave          B．rest            C．pass D．remain

6.                A．hungry         B．tired           C．dirty D．weak

7.                A．took up         B．took over       C．left for   D．returned from

8.                A．watched        B．followed        C．accompanied  D．barked

9.                A．touch          B．sight           C．footprint  D．smell

10.               A．ability          B．surprise        C．imagination D．understanding

11.               A．part           B．fight           C．meet D．break

12.               A．asked          B．suggested       C．required  D．allowed

13.               A．decided        B．agreed         C．accepted  D．proposed

14.               A．moving         B．good           C．numb D．interesting

15.               A．London        B．America        C．Iraq  D．Syria

16.               A．found          B．interviewed     C．linked D．reunited

17.               A．So            B．And           C．But   D．Though

18.               A．lick            B．touch          C．bite  D．clean

19.               A．pity           B．mercy          C．care  D．contribution

20.               A．equal          B．harmonious     C．prosperous D．amazing