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Now,perhaps,more than ever before,people are wondering what life is all about,and what it is for.Seeking material success is beginning to 26 large numbers of people around the world.They feel that the long-hour work culture to make more money to buy more things is 27 up their lives,leaving them very little   28   or energy for family or hobbies.Many are turning to   29  ways of living and downshifting is one of them.

Six percent of the workers in Britain took the decision to 30 last year.One couple who downshifted are Daniel and Liz.They 31 to work in central London.He was a newspaper reporter and she worked for an international bank.They 32 go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, 33 their two children with a nanny.Nearly twice a month Daniel had to 34 New York for meetings.They both earned a large amount of  money 35 began to feel that life was passing them by.

Nowadays,they run 36 in the mountains of Wales.“I always wanted to have one here,”says Daniel,“and we took almost a year to 37 to downshift.It’s taken some time getting used to,but it’s been 38 it.We have to think 39 now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any 40 .However,I think it’s made us stronger as a family,and the children are a lot 41 .”

Liz,however,is not quite sure.“I used to enjoy my job,  42 it was hard work and long hours.I’m not really a country girl,but I suppose I’m 43 getting used to looking after the animals.One thing I do 44 ,though,is being able to see more of my children.My advice for other people wanting to do the 45 is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all.”

26.A.trouble                 B.attract                       C.encourage                  D.frighten

27.A.putting                 B.looking                            C.building                    D.eating

28.A.money                  B.material                    C.spirit                         D.time

29.A.other                    B.simple                       C.free                          D.many

30.A.retire                    B.downshift                  C.rest                           D.travel

31.A.wanted                 B.liked                         C.used                          D.planned

32.A.should                  B.would                       C.might                        D.could

33.A.keeping                B.sending                     C.letting                       D.leaving

34.A.fly                       B.walk                         C.move                        D.run

35.A.and                      B.so                             C.but                           D.however

36.A.company                     B.farm                         C.house                        D.school

37.A.discuss                 B.study                        C.have                         D.make

38.A.worthy                 B.worth                        C.worthless                   D.worthwhile

39.A.once                     B.twice                        C.hardly                       D.worriedly

40.A.money                  B.holidays                    C.friends                      D.difficulties

41.A.more bored          B.more worried             C.happier                            D.cleverer

42.A.even though          B.when                        C.as if                          D.unless

43.A.directly                B.particularly                C.especially                  D.gradually

44.A.doubt                   B.admire                      C.like                           D.admit

45.A.job                       B.research                    C.experiment                D.same

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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

     One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered.and they all admired his heart for it was  41 . There was not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as  42 .”

  The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s  43 . It was full of scars, it had places  44  pieces had been removed and other pieces 45  in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several  46  edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gaps where whole pieces were missing.

  The young man laughed. “  47  your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”

  “Yes,” said the old man, “Yours  48  perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every 49  represents a person  50  I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they 51  me a piece of their heart that fits into the  52  place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we  53 .

  “Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart  54 , and the other person hasn’t returned a  55  of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gaps—giving love is  56  a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they  57  open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?’’

  The young man walked up to the old man,  58  his perfect heart, and tipped a piece out. He  59  it to the old man.

  The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. It  60 , but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.

  The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.

  They embraced and walked away side by side.

A.ugly     B.perfect      C.beautiful    D.hurt

A.mine     B.his        C.theirs     D.ours

A.coat     B.appearance    C.face      D.heart

A.that     B.which      C.where     D.whose

A.cut      B.set       C.put       D.brought

A.smooth    B.rough      C.broken     D.pretty

A.Comparing   B.Compared    C.Compare    D.Compares

A.looks     B.seems      C.is       D.fits

A.one      B.heart       C.piece      D.scar

A.on whom   B.in whom     C.with whom    D.to whom

A.take     B.give       C.lend      D.pass

A.empty    B.full        C.original     D.first

A.had      B.gave       C.shared     D.owned

A.in      B.away       C.off      D.up

A.lot      B.sheet       C.piece     D.pile

A.making    B.taking      C.keeping    D.bringing

A.keep     B.cut       C.come     D.stay

A.carried away  B.reached into   C.took out    D.brought up

A.offered    B.took      C.passed     D.served

A.fit      B.hit       C.beat      D.set

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第二节: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,然后从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

Mary had her own special kind of joy, and she knew exactly how to spread it around. She lifted children from  31  into laughter, love, and belonging. Each time she found a new  32  for a child, she gave the family one of her little homemade paper roses. It had become a  33  for her, and the families didn't ever forget it.

One evening, Mary was  34 a meeting for adoptive parents. One of the  35  fathers stood up to introduce himself. But before he spoke, he reached into his coat pocket and held up a  36 , red paper rose.

“Twenty years ago today, I felt alone and  37 . I didn't know the talents inside me or what was possible for me.

Then Mary  38  two wonderful people into my life. They taught me what it was like to feel  39 . They not only loved me  40 . They opened a world of  41  that I didn't know existed. My new parents told me, ‘Reach for your dreams!’

I did, and today I'm  42  to be giving that chance to a child who  43  just like me. My mother gave me this little rose. By now, all of you  44  where she got it so long ago.

Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday. And my new rose  45 a new spring, a beautiful new  46  for my own little girl. It  47  me to show her what unconditional love is, and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams.

Thank you, Mary, for the special little things like roses that  48  our lives together. And thank you for all you've done for me and so many families over the years!”

One brief even can send our spirits soaring or  49  us in quiet to ponder a new beginning. 50  it is also the very small things, like Mary's roses, that tie together the meaningful things.

31.A. poverty                    B. loneliness              C. misery                   D. suffering

32.A. home               B. place             C. school             D. life

33.A. glory                B. favor              C. habit              D. tradition

34.A. organizing      B. planning                C. hosting             D. attending

35. A. new                 B. grateful                 C. kind               D. active

36. A. broken              B. faded                         C. treasured           D. dried

37.A. tasteless             B. powerless                C. priceless             D. worthless

38.A. directed             B. introduced             C. brought            D. accepted

39.A. loved            B. protected          C. cared             D. cheered

40.A. silently              B. continuously             C. unintentionally      D. unconditionally

41.A. necessities         B. possibilities                     C. beauties            D. riches

42.A. eager            B. willing                  C. proud             D. lucky

43.A. started out        B. came up                 C. turned out          D. grew up

44.A. understand         B. guess                     C. tell               D. know  

45.A. replaces           B. symbolizes               C. equals            D. creates

46.A. chance           B. mystery                    C. challenge           D. beginning

47.A. reminds              B. helps                        C. accompanies        D. drives

48.A. fix              B. close                C. tie                  D. gather

49.A. cause              B. push                        C. put                           D. leave

50.A. Yet               B. Besides                    C. Otherwise          D. Therefore

 

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Everyone has experienced trying, but failing to master a difficult book that was begun with the hope of increasing one's understanding. When that happens, it is ? 36 ?to think that it was a mistake to try to read it, but that was not the mistake. The mistake was in ? 37 ? too much from the first reading of a(n) ? 38 ? book. If you read it in the right way, no book written for the ? 39 ?reader, no matter how difficult, need be a cause for despair(令人失望).

What is the right method? The ? 40 ? is an important and helpful rule of reading that is either not ? 41 ? or often forgotten. That rule is simply this: when reading a difficult book for the first time, read it through without ever ? 42 ? to think about the things that you do not understand immediately.

Do not be stopped by what you ? 43 ? understand. Read through the difficult ? 44 ?,and you soon come to things that you do understand. Read these ? 45 ?.You will have a much better chance of understanding all of the book when you read it again, but that ? 46 ? you to have read the book through once ? 47 ?.

What you understand by reading the book through to the ? 48 ? will help you when you try later to read the places that you did not ? 49 ? in your first reading. Or if you never re-read the book, understanding half of it is much better than understanding ? 50 ? of it, which will happen ? 51 ? you allow yourself to be stopped by the first difficult part of the book.?

Most of us were taught to ? 52 ? the things that we do not understand. We were told to find the ? 53 ? of unfamiliar words, and to try to find an explanation in another ? 54 ? for anything that we did not understand in the book that we were reading. But when these things are done before the proper time, they only ? 55 ? our reading, instead of helping it.

36. A. necessary     B. useful C. natural       D. effective?

37. A. learning       B. wanting      C. accepting    D. expecting?

38. A. easy     B. difficult     C. important   D. correct?

39. A. ordinary      B. young C. serious       D. sincere?

40. A. method B. question     C. answer       D. problem?

41. A. taught  B. known       C. sure    D. perfect?

42. A. starting B. hesitating   C. Stopping    D. repeating?

43. A. can't     B. won't  C. mustn't       D. wouldn't?

44. A. words   B. articles       C. parts   D. points?

45. A. quickly B. immediately      C. clearly       D. carefully?

46. A. requires       B. causes C. advises       D. allows?

47. A. later     B. after   C. before D. again?

48. A. top       B. end     C. bottom       D. cover?

49. A. see       B. turn    C. Notice D. understand?

50. A. anything      B. everything  C. nothing      D. something?

51. A. if B. so that C. whenever   D. as though?

52. A. put away     B. put down    C. think of      D. think about?

53. A. uses     B. Meanings   C. Spellings    D. troubles?

54. A. thinking      B. reading      C. Book  D. way?

55. A. harm    B. increase      C. Improve     D. prevent??

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The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, USA. “Police station? A train for Santa FE collide(碰撞)with a(n) 31 at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please go there at once, with an ambulance too. A man is badly injured,” said a(n) 32 voice of a young woman.

“Just a minute, we’ll come 33 . Please stay there and wait,” answered the policeman.

Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 34 . Soon they got to the 35 , but only to 36 everything was fine. No collision, no 37 man.

“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman 38 . “We must find out that mischievous(恶作剧的) 39 and. . . ”

They had not been able to say anything about a punishment 40 they heard the whistle of a train: the train was nearing them quickly. All 41 a sudden, a truck appeared. It came fast towards them, too.  42 it was passing the crossing, it suddenly refused to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it 43 meters away.

When Randolph Bruce, the driver was 44 out of the damaged truck, he was 45 hurt just 46 the young woman had foretold on the phone. As he was taken to the 47 in time, he was saved at last.

Later the policemen did 48 they could to find the woman who had telephoned them, but 49 .

It is 50 that a prophecy(预言)should coincide(巧合)with the fact so exactly.

31. A. ambulance    B. truck    C. car     D. bus

32. A. anxious         B. sweet             C. gentle            D. low

33. A. fast            B. ahead             C. soon              D. later

34. A. went by        B. set off             C. got there           D. came on

35. A. telephone       B. street             C. station             D. crossing

36. A. feel            B. find              C. have              D. tell

37. A. injured         B. trapped            C. frightened         D. killed

38. A. happily         B. excitedly          C. angrily            D. disappointedly

39. A. man           B. policeman          C. woman           D. boy

40. A. until           B. since              C. while             D. when

41. A. at             B. of                C. by                D. for

42. A. When          B. Where            C. That              D. Which

43. A. dozen          B. dozens            C. dozen of           D. dozens of

44. A. raised          B. helped            C. pushed            D. forced

45. A. slightly         B. clearly            C. hardly            D. badly

46. A. as             B. so                C. before            D. for

47. A. police station    B. market            C. hospital           D. sidewalk

48. A. that            B. which             C. however          D. whatever

49. A. delayed         B. worked           C. stopped            D. failed

50. A. surprised        B. surprising         C. satisfied           D. satisfying

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