My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other  __1 , including her “sixth sense”, that she seldom gives the impression (印象) that she’s  2__   anything. It’s really amazing.

Michelle  3  her children pretty much like the rest of us, except that she isn’t too hard on them. Her children really benefit a lot from her  4 __attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that 5 often don’t realize she’s blind.

I 6   this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   7  about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was  8  excited about her finger-painting project.

“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to 9 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle  10  with us”. 

To my great  11 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my   12  showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment (成就). She really   13  what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt  14  Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never come  15  in conversation. When I told my daughter Michelle was blind, she was   16  for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla  __17 . I knew my child was _18  because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Michelle had also “heard” Kayla’s 19 in her work.

We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my __20__.” Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

1.                A．ways           B．means          C．methods  D．senses

2.                A．enjoyed        B．found          C．missed   D．held

3.                A．comes across    B．looks after       C．picks out  D．learns from

4.                A．relaxed         B．nervous        C．anxious   D．secret

5.                A．parents         B．family          C．guests    D．friends

6.                A．realized        B．heard          C．forgot    D．witnessed

7.                A．sad            B．calm           C．excited   D．puzzled

8.                A．especially       B．seldom         C．frequently D．hardly

9.                A．paint           B．draw           C．create    D．mix

10.               A．stayed         B．painted         C．talked D．competed

11.               A．excitement      B．encouragement  C．delight    D．surprise

12.               A．attitude        B．color          C．picture    D．paper

13.               A．touched        B．considered      C．saw   D．understood

14.               A．after           B．unless          C．until D．if

15.               A．up            B．down          C．back  D．on

16.               A．curious         B．quiet           C．angry D．worried

17.               A．whispered      B．insisted         C．introduced D．informed

18.               A．right           B．wrong          C．worried   D．uncertain

19.               A．shortcomings    B．difficulties      C．pride D．disappointment

20.               A．paper          B．pens           C．hands D．eyes

第二节: 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分,  满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other   36  , including her “sixth sense”, that she seldom gives the impression (印象) that she’s   37   anything. It’s really amazing.

Michelle   38   her children pretty much like the rest of us, except that she isn’t too hard on them.   Her children really benefit a lot from her   39   attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that   40   often don’t realize she’s blind.

I   41   this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   42   about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was   43   excited about her finger-painting project.

“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to   44    colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle   45   with us”. 

To my great   46  , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my   47   showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment (成就). She really   48   what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt   49   Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never come   50   in conversation. When I told my daughter Michelle was blind, she was   51   for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla   52  . I knew my child was   53   because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Michelle had also “heard” Kayla’s   54   in her work.

We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my   55  .” Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

36. A. ways                         B. means                      C. methods                   D. senses

37. A. enjoyed                            B. found                       C. missed                     D. held

38. A. comes across                     B. looks after                C. picks out                  D. learns from

39. A. relaxed                      B. nervous                    C. anxious                    D. secret

40. A. parents                      B. family                      C. guests                      D. friends

41. A. realized                     B. heard                       C. forgot                      D. witnessed

42. A. sad                           B. calm                        C. excited                     D. puzzled

43. A. especially                   B. seldom                     C. frequently                D. hardly

44. A. paint                         B. draw                        C. create                       D. mix

45. A. stayed                        B. painted                    C. talked                      D. competed

46. A. excitement                 B. encouragement          C. delight                            D. surprise

47. A. attitude                      B. color                        C. picture                    D. paper

48. A. touched                            B. considered                C. saw                         D. understood

49. A. after                          B. unless                      C. until                        D. if

50. A. up                             B. down                             C. back                        D. on

51. A. curious                      B. quiet                       C. angry                       D. worried

52. A. whispered                  B. insisted                    C. introduced                D. informed

53. A. right                         B. wrong                      C. worried                    D. uncertain

54. A. shortcomings              B. difficulties                C. pride                       D. disappointment

55. A. paper                         B. pens                         C. hands                       D. eyes

Mr. Patrick was new to the school and to us. Even though he was a great teacher, he seemed rather like a character out of a horror movie. He didn’t look that bad, but somehow, he looked extremely scary to me.

Some kids began to believe that he was a murderer or a ghost; some believed he was mad and a few believed that he might have suffered a lot in his life. I was one of those ‘few’.

One day I gathered up my courage and headed towards the school garden. He was, as usual, sitting on a bench alone. I breathed heavily a few times and then walked towards him.

“How are you?” I asked with my voice crackling.

　 He managed to say, “Fine.”

“Well, good to know,” I tried to be happy.

“Hmmm…” was all I heard.

“What’s up with you?” then seeing a puzzled look on his face, I tried to be more formal and respectful. “I mean, why aren’t you like all other people in the school? Why are you always so quiet and sad? Why…”

“No dear, some things are better left unsaid,” he said gloomily.

“Oh no sir, nothing is better left unsaid. If you want to share your feelings with me and reduce the pain of your heart, you are free to do so. I promise I will never ever tell anyone.”

“With you? You are just a little girl; what will you understand?”

I was somehow offended but still I managed to persuade him, “So what, Sir? You see, if you tell me your problem, you will have a light heart and you will have the feeling that someone somewhere cares about you.”

“Oh okay, that was a very nice belief indeed; let’s take a walk and I will let you know everything.”

Soon after our little talk, there was a visible change on his face. Later that day in the class, there was a smile on his face.

56. From the text, we can know about Mr. Patrick that he 　　　.

　　 A. once acted a character in a horror movie　　　

B. scared his students with his looks

　　 C. often punished the students for bad marks　　

D. did better in teaching than others in the school

57. Mr. Patrick was thought by the author to 　　　.

　　 A. be a murderer or a ghost　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. be mad

　　 C. have suffered a lot　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　 D. have a special personality

58. While walking towards Mr. Patrick in the school garden, the author felt 　　　.

　　 A. excited　　　　　　　　　　 B. nervous　　　　　　　　　　 C. worried　　 　　　 D. happy