Linda British was an outstanding teacher who felt that if she had the time, she would like to create great art and poetry. When she was 28, however, she began to get severe   36 . Her doctors discovered that she had an enormous brain tumor (瘤). They told her that her   37  of surviving an operation were about 2 percent. Therefore,   38  operate immediately, they chose to wait for six months.

The night before the operation after six months, she   39  to give herself away. She made a   40 , in which she would donate all of her body parts to those who needed them in   41 of her death.

  42 , Linda died after the operation. Afterwards, her eyes went to an eye   43  in Bethesda, Maryland, and from there to a recipient in South Carolina. A young man, aged 28, went from darkness to   44 . That young man was so   45  that he wrote to the eye bank thanking them for existing.

  46 , he said he wanted to thank the parents of the donator. They must   47  be magnificent people to have a child who would   48  her eyes. He was given the   49  of the British family on Staten Island. He arrived unannounced and rang the doorbell. After hearing his introduction, Mrs. British   50  and hugged him. She said, “Young man, if you’ve got   51  to go, my husband and I would love you to spend your weekend with us.”

He stayed, and   52  he was looking around Linda’s room, he saw that she’d read Hegel. He’d read Hegel in Braille as well.

The next morning Mrs. British was looking at him and said, “You know, I’m sure I’ve seen you somewhere before.” All of a sudden she   53 . She ran upstairs and pulled out the last picture Linda had drawn. It was a portrait of her ideal man.

The picture was almost the same as this young man who had received Linda’s eyes.

Then her mother read the   54  poem Linda had written on her deathbed. It   55 :

Two hearts passing in the night

Falling in love

Never able to gain each other’s sight.

1.                A．heartaches      B．headaches      C．stomachaches D．backaches

2.                A．risks           B．happenings      C．chances  D．moments

3.                A．more than      B．other than       C．better than    D．rather than

4.                A．decided        B．suggested       C．prepared D．liked

5.                A．will            B．letter          C．notice    D．poem

6.                A．spite           B．case           C．charge   D．view

7.                A．Actually        B．Unbelievably     C．Surprisingly    D．Unfortunately

8.                A．hospital        B．center          C．school    D．bank

9.                A．silence         B．daytime         C．sight D．delight

10.               A．excited         B．joyful          C．grateful   D．proud

11.               A．However       B．Therefore       C．Furthermore   D．Yet

12.               A．partly          B．hardly          C．seldom    D．indeed

13.               A．give up         B．give away       C．give off    D．give out

14.               A．news          B．address        C．gift   D．hometown

15.               A．ran out         B．stood out       C．reached out    D．turned out

16.               A．somewhere     B．anywhere       C．everywhere    D．nowhere

17.               A．as             B．after           C．until  D．since

18.               A．shouted        B．laughed        C．waked D．remembered

19.               A．last            B．first           C．past  D．recent

20.               A．wrote          B．spoke          C．said  D．talked

When you are learning languages, what do you think is the most interesting? One of the most interesting of all studies is the study of words and word origins．Each language is __21__ of several earlier languages and the words of a language can sometimes be traced __22__ through two or three different languages to their __23__．Again a word from one language may pass into other languages and __24__ a new meaning．The word “etiquette,” which is __25__ French origin and originally meant a label （标志）, __26__ a sign, passed into Spanish and kept its original meaning．So in Spanish the word “etiquette” today is used to __27__ the small tags （标签） which a store __28__ to a suit, a dress or a bottle．The word “etiquette” in French, __29__, gradually developed a different meaning．It __30__ became the custom to write directions on small cards, or “etiquette”, as to how visitors should dress themselves and __31__ during an important ceremony at the royal court．__32__ the word “etiquette” began to indicate a system of correct manners for people to follow．__33__ this meaning, the word passed into English．

Consider the word “breakfast”．“To fast” is to go for some period of time without __34__．Thus in the morning after many hours __35__ the night without food, one __36__ one’s fast．

Consider the everyday English __37__ “Good-bye”．Many many years ago, people would say to each __38__ on parting “God be with you．” As this was __39__ over and over millions of times, it gradually became __40__ to “Good-bye”．

21．A．collected             B．made            C．composed        D．contained

22．A．to                  B．on                C．in                                        D．back

23．A．ends                B．backgrounds      C．bases                                     D．origins

24．A．．pick               B．develop            C．change               D．choose

25．A．of                  B．with              C．on                    D．by

26．A．with                B．and               C．or                   D．for

27．A．show                B．design           C．hold                                      D．indicate

28．A．lays                 B．attaches          C．binds            D．gives

29．A．however             B．moreover           C．therefore         D．furthermore

30．A．late                  B．lately            C．later                                      D．latest

31．A．respond              B．prepare            C．act                                       D．follow

32．A．Thus               B．Also              C．Yet                   D．Nevertheless

33．A．After               B．With              C．Of              D．For

34．A．sleeping              B．working               C．eating             D．talking

35．A．for                 B．during           C．at                D．on

36．A．breaks              B．continues            C．remembers         D．forgets

37．A．statement            B．expression        C．proverb          D．conversation

38．A．other               B．person           C．one             D．member

39．A．reproduced          B．revised                C．reviewed          D．retold

40．A．combined            B．accepted                C．reformed          D．shortened

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was on a winter past midnight of 1971 when I was driving our big V8 station wagon back to our hometown. Next to me, my husband was  36  asleep and snoring (打鼾) loudly.
It was true that he worked sixty or more hours per week, and then in the evenings he worked as my dance  37 . We had to travel away from home for the dance classes on four, or   _38  five nights per week, and then he 39  have to be up and about again by six of the following dawn to get to his  40  job.
We had agreed that I should drive home on those late nights so he could at least get some _41  sleep. But I worked hard, too, and I would also be up at six of the following morning to get our half-dozen kids  42  for school. As well, I would then have to  43  the dance lessons for that evening.
On that long cold night I was fighting to stay  44 , but sticking to "the master's rule" of not playing my  45 . He needed his sleep, he said. I  46  down the window, yet the bitter-cold wind did little to revive (振奋) me. I was already driving about ten miles  47  the speed limit,  48 , we were still forty-five minutes away from home.
I studied the road up ahead and  49  in the near view mirror. There was not a car 50 a black night ahead and behind me. There were no Officers of the Law to be seen, and so I 51 the speed by another ten miles per hour. I had no great need for a speeding ticket, but I wanted to get home as quickly as I could.
"Get into the other lane!" sounded a loud and  52  voice.
I swiftly changed lanes, and as I did, a car without headlights pulled from the side of the road. I screamed at the top of my lungs, "I  53  that car by mere inches! The fool! Where did he come from?" The car that would have caused our death was now just a blur of an image (模糊的图像) in my rear view mirror. Instantly I knew where he had come from. He had rushed onto the road from that little roadside bar I  54  each week, and probably so drank and 'legless', he would never find out how  55  he came to killing himself and us.
36. A. slow           B. fast               C quick                 D. well
37. A. trainer          B. coacher           C partner             D. student
38. A. still            B. already              C. yet                D. even
39. A. would          B. could                   C. should            D. might
40. A. normal         B. usual              C regular             D. common
41. A. extra           B. enough            C. another            D. other
42. A. timely         B. ready               C late                 D. early
43. A. teach           B. prepare for         C. prepare             D. have
44. A. alive            B. asleep             C. active               D. awake
45. A. radio           B. DVD               C. TV                D. piano
46. A. pulled           B. took              C. wound               D. pushed
47. A below             B. above              C. over               D. beneath
48. A. furthermore     B. therefore            C. however           D. besides
49. A. noticed          B. watched           C. glanced            D. observed
50. A. in sight        B. in ease            C. in result             D. in fact
51. A. decreased         B. declined           C. increased           D. reduced
52. A. urgent          B. calm               C. angry             D. anxious
53. A. caught           B. missed             C. avoided              D. escaped
54. A. passed              B. served              C. provided           D. found
55. A. high           B. straight           C. hard              D. close

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

It was on a winter past midnight of 1971 when I was driving our big V8 station wagon back to our hometown. Next to me, my husband was  36  asleep and snoring (打鼾) loudly.

It was true that he worked sixty or more hours per week, and then in the evenings he worked as my dance  37 . We had to travel away from home for the dance classes on four, or   _38  five nights per week, and then he 39  have to be up and about again by six of the following dawn to get to his  40  job.

We had agreed that I should drive home on those late nights so he could at least get some _41  sleep. But I worked hard, too, and I would also be up at six of the following morning to get our half-dozen kids  42  for school. As well, I would then have to  43  the dance lessons for that evening.

On that long cold night I was fighting to stay  44 , but sticking to "the master's rule" of not playing my  45 . He needed his sleep, he said. I  46  down the window, yet the bitter-cold wind did little to revive (振奋) me. I was already driving about ten miles  47  the speed limit,  48 , we were still forty-five minutes away from home.

I studied the road up ahead and  49  in the near view mirror. There was not a car 50 a black night ahead and behind me. There were no Officers of the Law to be seen, and so I 51 the speed by another ten miles per hour. I had no great need for a speeding ticket, but I wanted to get home as quickly as I could.

"Get into the other lane!" sounded a loud and  52  voice.

I swiftly changed lanes, and as I did, a car without headlights pulled from the side of the road. I screamed at the top of my lungs, "I  53  that car by mere inches! The fool! Where did he come from?" The car that would have caused our death was now just a blur of an image (模糊的图像) in my rear view mirror. Instantly I knew where he had come from. He had rushed onto the road from that little roadside bar I  54  each week, and probably so drank and 'legless', he would never find out how  55  he came to killing himself and us.

36. A. slow            B. fast                C quick                  D. well

37. A. trainer           B. coacher           C partner              D. student

38. A. still             B. already               C. yet                 D. even

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

40. A. normal          B. usual               C regular              D. common

41. A. extra            B. enough            C. another             D. other

42. A. timely          B. ready                C late                  D. early

43. A. teach            B. prepare for          C. prepare              D. have

44. A. alive             B. asleep              C. active                D. awake

45. A. radio            B. DVD                C. TV                 D. piano

46. A. pulled            B. took              C. wound                D. pushed

47. A below              B. above               C. over                D. beneath

48. A. furthermore      B. therefore             C. however            D. besides

49. A. noticed           B. watched            C. glanced             D. observed

50. A. in sight        B. in ease            C. in result              D. in fact

51. A. decreased          B. declined            C. increased            D. reduced

52. A. urgent           B. calm                C. angry              D. anxious

53. A. caught            B. missed              C. avoided               D. escaped

54. A. passed               B. served               C. provided            D. found

55. A. high            B. straight           C. hard               D. close