I was successful at my job. I worked very hard, but it 36  me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle. I’d worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director.  37 , one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was  38  explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there  39  they talked on and all I could think was, “I’ve  40 .”  I’d been so well respected, but  41  I was of no value.

For six weeks, I was in a very  42  place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸). I could 43 things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive (积极的) in everything  44  me.

Then, in late June, my youngest son’s football team made the city cup final. The year before, he’d been very sad when I  45  the same final, so he was  46  when I told him I’d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me  47  him on was unbelievable, From then on, I spent the summer enjoying my some and their passions (激情). I attended match after match and performances of my elder son’s band — I  48  went to another city to watch him play. These moments were so  49 . My life had been so much devoted to  50  for so long, and I felt  51  that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.

 52 , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose --- I was someone’s mum! I felt a sense of being  53  Again. Now I feel more positive about my professional  54  and I’m getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job made me realize just how  55  it is to achieve real balance in life.

第二节完形填空（共20题，满分20分）

About three years 30 , something terrible 31 to me. 32 six hours of terror have broken my body and 33. You think I am a very 34 man—but I am not. It 35 less than a single day to change my 36 from black to white. One day, my 37 brothers and I were 38 back from the islands, our boat 39 of fish. 40 , the sky was 41 with dark clouds and in 42 a minute we were in a terrible storm. An 43  wave covered our boat and my younger brother 44 into the sea. Our boat survived, and I was trying to recover 45 my elder brother put his mouth 46 to my ear, and 47 out the 48 word “Whirlpool!” With the wind and waves we were going in the direction of the whirlpool, and 49 could save us!

30. A. before         B. after          C. ago              D. late

31. A. took place      B. happened      C. changed　        D. informed

32. A. that           B. those          C. this              D. these

33. A. soul           B. heart          C. head             D. mind

34. A. rich           B. poor          C. young            D. old

35. A. spent          B took           C. paid              D. cost

36. A. hair           B. face           C. mouth            D. feet

37. A. three          B. one            C. two              D. four

38. A. came          B. going         C. moving           D. coming

39. A. felt           B. full            C. filled            D. fall

40. A. All at once     B. Instead         C. Meanwhile       D. Besides

41. A. covered       B. discovered       C. recovered        D. covering

42. A. no less than    B. less than        C. more than        D. no more

43. A. enormous      B. small           C. mini            D. enough

44. A. fall into        B. felt into         C. fell into         D. fallen into

45. A. while          B. when          C. as             D.  before

46. A. tightly         B. closely          C tight            D. close

47. A. screamed       B. said            C .told            D. whispered

48. A. terrified        B. terrifying        C. satisfied        D. satisfying

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

I was successful at my job . I worked very hard , but it ___21___ me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle . I’d worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director. ___22___, one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was __23__ explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there __24__ they talked on and all I could think was, “I’ve ___25___ .” I’d been so well respected ; ___26___ I was of no value. ks5u

For six weeks, I was in a very __27__ place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸).I could __28__ things needed doing, but would not do anything . My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive(积极的) in everything ___29___ me . ks5u

Then, in late June, my youngest son’s football team made the city cup final. The year before, he’d been very sad when I __30___ the same final, so he was ___31___ when I told him I’d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me ___32___ him on was unbelievable. From then in , I spent the summer enjoying my sons and their passions (激情) . I attended match after match and performances of my elder son’s band ―I ___33___ went to another city to watch him play. These moments were so ___34___. My life had been so much devoted to __35__ for so long , and I felt __36__ that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world. ks5u

___37___ , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose ― I was someone’s mum! I felt a sense of being ___38____ again. Now I feel more positive about my professional ___39___ and I’m getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job made me realize just how __40__ it is to achieve real balance in life. ks5u

My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in values（价值观念） that helped me grow into an adult.
Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game, it was Steve who asked me what happened. When I explained that my baseball had soared through Mrs. Holt’s basement window, breaking the glass with a crash, Steve encouraged me to admit to her. Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs. Holt, I offered to pay for the window from my pocket money if she would return my ball.
I also learned from Steve that personal property（财产） is a sacred（神圣的） thing. After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else in spite of the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much I’d hate to lose to someone else the small dog my father made with a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, Mrs. David, and still remembered the smell of her perfume (香水) as she patted me on the shoulder.
Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most unforgetful in my mind. When I was twelve I killed an old brown sparrow(麻雀)in the yard with a BB gun. Excited, I screamed at Steve to come and take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and stared at the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes firm, “The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is when it hurts you first, and then you think a long, long time.” I really felt terrible then, but that moment stands out as the most important lesson my brother taught me.
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the

rewards of unselfish service.

Because the entire village lived on fishing, a volunteer rescue team was needed in case of emergency. One night, the winds   31   , the clouds burst and a strong storm overturned a fishing boat at sea. The crew in trouble   32   the SOS. The captain of the rescue rowboat team   33   the alarm and the villagers   34   in the town square overlooking the sea. When the team started their rowboat fought their way through the wild waves, the villagers waited   35   on the beach, holding lamps to   36   the way back.

An hour later, the rescue boat reappeared through the fog and the   37   villagers ran to greet them. Falling   38   on the sand, the volunteers reported that the rescue boat could not hold any more   39    and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more passenger would have surely   40   the rescue boat and all would have been lost.

   41   , the captain called for another volunteer team to   42   the survivor. Sixteen

-year-old Hans stepped forward. His mother grabbed his arm, crying, "please don't go. Your father   43   in a shipwreck  (船只失事) 10 years ago and your elder brother, Paul, has been lost　　44   for three weeks. Hans, you are all I have left."

Hans replied, "Mother, I have to go.    45   everyone said I can't go, let someone else do it? Mother, this time I have to do my duty. When the call for service   46  , we all need to take our turn and do our part. Hans kissed his mother, joined the team and   47   into the night. "

Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans' mother like a century.    48   the rescue boat dashed through the fog with Hans standing up in the bow.    49   his hands, the captain called, "did you find the lost man?"    50   able to control himself, Hans excitedly cried back, "Yes, we found him. Tell my mother it's my elder brother, Paul!"

31. A. stilled   B. screamed   C. stopped         D. calmed

32. A. set about       B. sent out              C. came up with   D. took over

33. A. sounded               B. set             C. took              D. made

34. A. gathered              B. followed             C. fought               D. struggled

35. A. nervously             B. angrily              C. fearfully        D. happily

36. A. hope          B. light                C. expect          D. try

37. A. promising      B. hoping              C. cheering        D. standing

38. A. uncomfortable          B. exhausted       C. disturbed       D. painful

39. A. villagers              B. sailors          C. captains     D. passengers

40. A. pushed                B. pulled          C. overturned   D. settled

41. A. Anxiously      B. Strangely             C. Unexpectedly  D. Doubtfully

42. A. look after             B. look for             C. lookout         D. look on

43. A. died                  B. pulled          C. went        D. interrupted

44. A. in the fire             B. at sea                C. on strike        D. in the war

45. A. How about     B. What for             C. What if       D. What with

46. A. comes   B. goes    C. flies    D. climbs

47. A. appeared       B. disappeared      C. came   D. went

48. A. Therefore             B. Firstly               C. when            D. Finally

49. A. Making        B. Keeping             C. Showing    D. Cupping

50. A. Hardly  B. Only   C. Seldom      D. Always