单词拼写 （共10小题， 每题1分， 共10分）

Today’s festivals have many origins, some _______(宗教的), some seasonal, and some for special people or events.

More and more people have much _____(信任) in doctors of traditional Chinese medicine.

Everyone has his _________(长处) and weaknesses.

I think we should ________(咨询) the professor on the question.

The new teaching method _______ (结合) education with pleasure.

The sunrise was a beautiful  ________(景色).

It was quite a while before he _______(认出) Helen.

How do you _________(解释) for all the accidents in series?

I went to the American embassy to ______(寻求) help, but…

The old man was dressed in _______ (衣衫褴褛) .

Three engineers(工程师) and three accountants (会计) were traveling by train to a meeting. At the station, the three accountants each bought a ticket, but the three engineers bought only a single ticket. “How are three people going to travel    36    only one ticket?” asked an accountant. “Watch and you’ll see,” answered an engineer.

    They all    37   the train. The accountants took their own    38   , and all the three engineers went into a restroom and   39    the door behind them. The train    40   the station, and after a while the conductor (售票员) came to    41    tickets. He knocked on the restroom door and said, “Ticket, please!” The door opened just a    42    and a single arm appeared with a ticket in hand. The conductor    43    it and moved on.

    The accountants saw this and    44    it was quite a clever idea.    45    after the conference, the accountants decided to    46    what the engineers did on the return trip and    47    some money.

    When they got to the station, they bought a single ticket for the return trip. To their 48    , the engineers bought no tickets    49   .

“How are you going to travel without a ticket?” asked one    50    accountant. “Watch and you’ll see,” answered an engineer.    51    they got on the train the three accountants went into a restroom and the three engineers went into another one that was   52   . Then the train started. Shortly afterwards(不久之后) , one of the engineers left his restroom and walked    53   to the restroom   54   the accountants were    55  . He knocked on the door and said, “Ticket, please!”

A. in             B. at               C. with             D. to

A. put on         B. got off     C. got on       D. put off       

A. seats          B. chairs       C. desks            D. tables

A. closed         B. hit              C. opened       D. knocked

A. arrived            B. left         C. walked       D. passed

A. get            B. put              C. collect     D. fetch

A. hole           B. cut              C. half             D. crack

A. brought        B. took             C. held             D. returned

A. expected       B. agreed       C. showed      D. advised

A. So              B. Although     C. Or           D. But

A. learn          B. copy         C. tell             D. praise

A. save           B. earn             C. make         D. spend

A. pity           B. fear             C. joy          D. surprise

A. above all     B. after all        C. at all           D. in all

A. frightened    B. puzzled      C. excited      D. scared

A. After         B. Since        C. During       D. Before

A. not near            B. not far      C. not nearly       D. not closely

A. on              B. up          C. at          D. past

A. which          B. that          C. where        D. at where     A. hiding             B. standing    C. sitting          D. resting

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
There is a beautiful story about a child playing with a vase his mother had left on the table for a few moments. When the mother turned   16  the sound of her son’s crying she saw that his  17   was in the vase and was apparently stuck. She   18  to help him and pulled and pulled until the child cried out   19 . But the hand was stuck fast（牢固地）. How would they get it out? The father suggested   20  the vase but it was quite valuable and the child’s hand might be cut in the   21 _. Yet he knew that if all else   22  there would be no other alternative.
So he said to the boy, “Now, let’s make one more   23 . Open your hand and stretch your   24  out straight, as I’m doing, and then pull!” “  25  Dad,” said the boy, “if I do that I’ll   26  my penny!”
The boy had had a coin in his hand   27  and was holding it   28 in his tight little fist. And he wasn’t   29  to open his hand and lose it. But  30  he opened his hand it came out of the vase easily.
The father said to the boy, “What are you holding onto so tightly as to hinder (阻碍) your walk with God? That vase can be  31  to the entrance to the Kingdom of God. It is narrow yet quite  32   to pass in, but first you must open your hand to God and   33  earthly（世俗的）things to fall. If we keep our fists   34  and hold fast to what we have and keep it for ourselves, we will be unable to   35  hold of the hand of God. Open your hand to the hand of God and you will see great things take place.”

It was quite a serious mistake, ____caused by carelessness.

       A. which I think was                 B. I think which was  

       C. which I think it was              D. I think which it was

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

There is a beautiful story about a child playing with a vase his mother had left on the table for a few moments. When the mother turned   36   the sound of her son’s crying she saw that his   __37   was in the vase and was apparently stuck. She   38   to help him and pulled and pulled until the child cried out   39_ . But the hand was stuck fast（牢固地）. How would they get it out? The father suggested   40   the vase but it was quite valuable and the child’s hand might be cut in the   41 _. Yet he knew that if all else   42   there would be no other alternative.

So he said to the boy, “Now, let’s make one more   43  . Open your hand and stretch your  44   out straight, as I’m doing, and then pull!” “  45   Dad,” said the boy, “if I do that I’ll   46   my penny!”

The boy had had a coin in his hand   47   and was holding it   48  in his little fist(拳头). And he wasn’t   49   to open his hand and lose it. But  50   he opened his hand it came out of the vase easily.

The father said to the boy, “What are you holding onto so tightly as to hinder (阻碍) your walk with God? That vase can be  51   to the entrance to the Kingdom of God. It is narrow yet quite   52   to pass in, but first you must open your hand to God and   53   earthly（世俗的）things to fall. If we keep our fists   54   and hold fast to what we have and keep it for ourselves, we will be unable to   55   hold of the hand of God. Open your hand to the hand of God and you will see great things take place.”

A. in              B. at               C. from             D. on

A. foot            B. hair             C. hand             D. head

A. tried          B. refused     C. completed        D. separated

A. in fun             B. in general       C. with fear        D. in pain

A. throwing       B. selling      C. burning      D. breaking

A. time           B. state            C. process      D. record

A. failed             B. lost             C. impressed        D. tried

A. chance             B. choice       C. try          D. force

A. lips           B. fingers      C. nails            D. thumb

A. But            B. And         C. Though       D. When

A. touch           B. hit          C. employ       D. lose

A. all the time        B. in time      C. at one time D. for some time

A. obviously       B. tightly      C. stupidly         D. normally

A. hesitated       B. accepted         C. excited      D. prepared

A. yet            B. since            C. once             D. although

A. seemed         B. compared         C. looked       D. related

A. difficult      B. safe             C. easy             D. quiet

A. allow           B. admit            C. forbid       D. make

A. open           B. clean           C. closed            D. dirty

A. bring           B. take             C. have             D. come