When I was 15, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my short-comings(缺点). Week by week her list grew. I was skinny(瘦的), I talked too loud, I was too proud, and so on. I put up with(忍受)her as long as I could. At last, I ran to my father in tears and anger. He listened to my outburst quietly. They he asked, “Are the things she says the true or not?”True? I wanted to know how to strike back. What did truth have to do with it?

“Mary, didn’t you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. ”Go and make a list of every thing she said and mark the points that are true. You needn’t pay attention to the other things she said.

I did as he told me and discovered to my surprise that about half the things are true. Some of them I couldn’t change(like being skinny), but a good number I could and suddenly wanted to change. For the time in my life I began to get a quiet clear picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy, but he wouldn’t take it.“That’s just for you,”he said.“You know better than any else the truth about yourself, once you hear it. But you’ve got to learn to listen, not close your ears in anger or hurt. When someone says something about you, you’ll know if it’s true or not. If it is ,you’ll find it will echo(共鸣)inside you.”

“I still don’t think it very nice of her to talk about me in front of everybody.”

“Mary, there is one way you could stop others talking about you ever again, and criticizing(批评) you—just say nothing and do nothing. But then, if you do that, you’d find you were nothing. You wouldn’t like that now, would you?”“No, I admitted(承认)”

1.One day the writer ran to her father in tears and anger because__________.

A．she found she talked too much.            B．she found she was too proud.

C．her classmates were not friendly to her.      D．a girl pointed out many of her shortcomings.

2.The writer’s father asked her ____________.

A．to pay attention to all that her“enemy”said about her.

B．not to pay attention to what her“enemy”said about her.

C．to pay attention only to the points that were true about her.

D．to pay attention only to the points that were not true about her.

3.The writer found that___________.

A．about half the things her“enemy”said were true.

B．most of the things her“enemy”said were true.

C．few of the things her“enemy”said were true.

D．none of the things her“enemy”said were true.

4.The writer’s father thinks__________.

A．if one says nothing and does nothing, people will praise him.

B．one should not do anything because others will talk about him.

C．it is not good to talk about others.

D．everyone is talked about by others.

单词拼写(共5小题，每小题2分，共10分)

1.There is           (没完没了的) work to do when you have children in the house.

2.It was a             （巧合）that he was born on his mother's birthday.

3.Tang poems have been            into many other languages.

4.Those between 16 and 18 are             (青少年).

5.The girls ran to see the famous star in the f      .

When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list 【小题1】 : I was very thin; I wasn’t a 【小题2】 student; I talked too much; I was too 【小题3】, always feeling superior to(胜过) others, and so on. I tried to hear all as long as I could. 【小题4】, I became very angry. I ran to my father with 【小题5】 in my eyes.
He listened to me 【小题6】 , and then he asked,“Are the things she says true or not? Janet, don’t you ever wonder 【小题7】 you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s 【小题8】 . Go and 【小题9】a list of everything she said and mark the points that are 【小题10】 . Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did【小题11】he told me. To my great 【小题12】, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t 【小题13】 (like being very thin),but a good number I could--- and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I went to a fairly 【小题14】 picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He 【小题15】to take it.“That’s just for you,” he said，“You know 【小题16】 than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to 【小题17】, not just close your ears in anger, feeling 【小题18】 when something said about you is true, you will find it of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your affairs. Don’t shut your 【小题19】. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has always 【小题20】 to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36---55各题后的 A B C D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A gift left to her
Early in the morning, I was taken in a nylon bag into a truck. I felt horrible as well as ___36___What would she do with me? She was almost mad after the___37__of her husband.
A few minutes later, I heard the truck___38__its engine and move fast. I kept making sounds to show my protest, but failed to make any___39___ Finally she put me down in a __40__place. Maybe she didn’t want me to die from lack of air; she untied the bag.
I ___41___ out and looked up, only to see many strange faces and fingers pointing at me.
It turned out that my owner meant to___42___ me. I saw my owner on the truck, which was going farther and farther. So I cast my head ___43__the direction of the truck. The days we spent together was like a movie playing in front of my eyes as I ran after the truck. I saw my male owner, who suffered liver cancer; look at me with his sad eyes. I saw myself___44__my owner everywhere; I saw him lie in his dying bed, she all___45__.
I ran as fast as I could. And the___46___I saw her wave to me, my eyes became wet. I wouldn’t blame her for treating me like this for she was such a (n) ___47___ lady. She seemed even somewhat ___48___ at his leaving her alone, trying many ways to ___49___the pains of losing him. She ___50___ his pictures and clothes, and she redecorated the whole house. Now I was the only ___51___ thing to remind her of him. ___52___ later, I am pretty sure that she would realize how mad she was to do this…
The truck finally stopped when I was almost ___53___. She ran up to me and hugged me ___54___. I heard her ___55___: “I know you are a present he left to me.”
36. A. puzzled           B. excited          C. delighted             D. frightened
37. A. separation           B. absence       C. departure           D. death
38. A. run                        B. begin            C. start                    D. operate
39. A. sense                  B. trouble                 C. effort                      D. difference
40. A. usual                  B. strange              C. familiar               D. dark
41. A. walked        B. rushed           C. ran                      D. struggled
42. A. harm               B. desert            C. punish                      D. sell
43. A. into                    B. at                        C. in                            D. to
44. A. follow            B. bring            C. guide                        D. support
45. A. with tears            B. in tears                 C. out of breath        D. in silence
46. A. time                  B. direction       C. way                    D. moment
47. A. cruel                  B. unfriendly     C. unfavorable          D. unfortunate
48. A. calm                   B. depressed      C. angry                       D. sad
49. A. kill                        B. remove             C. bear                    D. prevent
50. A. kept                   B. burned                 C. sold                    D. hit
51. A. moving           B. walking         C. existing               D. blessing
52. A. But                    B. And                  C. Thus                   D. Then
53. A. worn out             B. knocked out    C. left out               D. made out
54. A. tightly            B. patiently        C. sadly               D. desperately
55. A. shout                  B. speak            C. whisper            D. talk

第二节完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot of  teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s    36     lifestyle and said , “I don’t want your God . I am leaving !”
She left home .Before long , she was disappointed and unable to find a job , so she took to the streets to do everything she could to   37  money. Many years passed by , her father died , her mother grew    38   , and the daughter became more and more entrenched (固执) in her way of life .
No contact was made between mother and daughter during these years . The mother , having    39     her daughter’s whereabouts , went to the poor part of the city in   40    of her daughter . She stopped at each of the rescue missions with a simple    41     . “Would you allow me to    42    this picture ?” It was a picture of the smiling , gray-haired mother with a handwritten    43     at the bottom : “I love you still…come home !”
One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal . She sat    44    listening to the service , all the while letting her    45    wander over to the bulletin board . There she saw the picture and thought , could that be my mother ?
She couldn’t    46    until the service was over . She stood and went to look .It was her mother , and there were those words , “I love you still…come home !”   47    she stood in front of the picture , she wept . It was too     48    to be true .
It was night , but she was so     49   by the message that she started walking home .   50     the time she arrived it was early in the morning . She was afraid and    51    her way timidly . As she knocked , the door    52     open on its own . She thought someone must have broken into the house . Concerned for her mother’s    53    , the young woman ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me ! It’s me ! I’m home!”
The mother couldn’t believe her eyes . They fell into each other’s arms . The daughter said , “I was so worried and    54     someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently , “No, dear . From the day you left , that door has never been    55    .”
36．A．shabby                   B．religious                 C．awful                            D．simple
37．A．earn                       B．win                        C．offer                      D．approach
38．A．lonelier                   B．slower                   C．elder                       D．older
39．A．told about               B．heard of                 C．learned from           D．informed of
40．A．sight                      B．charge                   C．search                   D．want
41．A．request                  B．remark                   C．question                  D．speech
42．A．bring up                 B．lay off                    C．drop out                 D．put up
43．A．record                   B．advice                     C．message                 D．notice
44．A．constantly               B．absent-mindedly       C．frequently               D．carefully
45．A．eyes                       B．hands                     C．thoughts                 D．imaginations
46．A．help                        B．evaluate                  C．wait                       D．consult
47．A．After                      B．Since                      C．Until                       D．As
48．A．lucky                      B．good                       C．skeptical                 D．coincidence
49．A．astonished               B．touched                  C．blamed                   D．ashamed
50．A．By                          B．At                          C．During                    D．Before
51．A．walked                   B．led                         C．made                      D．held
52．A．seemed                   B．blew                       C．proved                    D．flew
53．A．safety                     B．anxiety                    C．danger                    D．relief
54．A．observed                 B．realized                   C．found                     D．thought
55．A．adopted                  B．opened                    C．locked                    D．Fixed