I was 15 months old, a happy carefree kid … until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a glass rabbit that cut my eye badly enough to blind it. My mom found a doctor who knew that if the eye were removed entirely, my face would grow up badly shaped, so my scarred (有疤痕的), sightless, cloudy and gray eye lived on with me.

       Sometimes people, even strangers, asked me embarrassing questions or made hurtful remarks. When the kids played games, I was always the “monster”. I grew up imagining that everyone looked down upon me.

       Yet every time Mom would say to me, “Hold your head up high and face the world.” It became what I relied on.

       As a child, I thought Mom meant: “Be careful or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking.” As a teenager, even though I often looked down to hide my shame, I found that sometimes when I held my head up high people liked me.

       In high schools I was even elected class president, but on the inside I still felt like a freak (怪物). All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mom and she would look at me with loving eyes and say: “Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside.”

       When I met the man who became my partner for life, we looked each other straight in the eye, and he told me I was beautiful inside and out.

       My mom’s love and encouragement was the spark (火花) that gave me the confidence to overcome my doubt. I had faced hardships head-on, and learned not only to appreciate myself but to have deep sympathy for others.

       “Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. Each of my children has felt its invitation. The gift my mom gave me lives on in another generation.

60.   Why did the writer’s mother tell her to hold her head up high and face the world?

       A. Because her mother wanted her to be confident of herself.

       B. Because her mother didn’t want her to be seen as a “monster”.

       C. Because her mother thought the writer looked prettier when she did that.

       D. Because everyone looked down upon her and her mother wanted to show sympathy.

61.   Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?

       A. The writer was always confident after the accident happened.

       B. The writer managed to recover from her disability in high school.

C. In high school the writer was chosen as president of the student’s union.

       D. The writer gave her children encouragement and love, as her mother had done.

62.   The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means ____________.

       A. her children faced the same difficulty as their mother   

       B. her children each received an invitation from her mother

       C. her children didn’t quite understand the meaning of her words

       D. her children benefited from their mother’s encouraging words

63.   Which would be the best title for the article?

       A. My mom’s gift to me

       B. Disability is no shame

       C. How I found my life-partner

D. My terrible childhood accident

第二部分 完形填空

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）中选出最佳选项。

I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman. It was hard to make a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out   36   he caught enough to feed the family. No just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad. When the weather was bad he would   37   me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing   38  . Older than it was, that truck, out of   39   , coughed all the way with loud noise and heavy smoke. As he would drive, I would fall down into the seat hoping to   40  . He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and   41  . Then he would lean over to give me a big kiss and tell me to be   42  . It was so   43   for me now. Here, I was 12 years old, and he would   44   me good-bye!

I remember   45  I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his   46   big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my   47   up and said, “No, Dad.”

It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this   48   look on his face. I said, “Dad, I’m too old for a goodbye kiss. I’m too old for any kind of kiss.” My father looked at me for the longest time. When   49   came into his eyes, he turned and   50   . “You’re right’ he said, “You’re a big boy….  51  . I won’t kiss you anymore.” It wasn’t long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when   52   of the ships stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed.

You don’t know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek…. To touch his rough old face…, to   53   the ocean on him… to feel his arm around my neck. I   54   I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too   55   for a goodbye kiss.”

36. A. since            B. when             C. until                        D. before

37. A. take            B. drive             C. watch                D. rush

38. A. business             B. career                      C. project                      D. journey

39. A. preparation         B. control                            C. distance                    D. condition

40. A. repair                 B. scream                      C. complaint                 D. disappear

41. A. laughing             B. watching                  C. performing             D. playing

42. A. a cute son      B. a honest fisherman  C. a good boy           D. a quiet passenger

43. A. amazing              B. surprising         C. disappointing         D. embarrassing

44. A. kiss                 B. say                    C. hug                 D. send

45. A. the day               B. the way           C. the order             D. the action

46. A. usual          B. common          C. daily                 D. sweet

47. A. head                   B. hand             C. cheek                     D. mouth

48. A. excited            B. pleased           C. terrified             D. bored

49. A. lights            B. apologies          C. tears                      D. sorry

50. A. looked out          B. looked up         C. looked around        D. look on

51. A. a partner        B. a student            C. a kid                      D. a man

52. A. all            B. most             C. some               D. none

53. A. notice         B. smell              C. sense                D. feel

54. A. realize          B. regret              C. wish               D. hope

55. A. young                 B. old                 C. shy                          D. late

第二部分完形填空
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）中选出最佳选项。
I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman. It was hard to make a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out   36   he caught enough to feed the family. No just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad. When the weather was bad he would   37   me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing   38  . Older than it was, that truck, out of   39   , coughed all the way with loud noise and heavy smoke. As he would drive, I would fall down into the seat hoping to   40  . He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and   41  . Then he would lean over to give me a big kiss and tell me to be   42  . It was so   43   for me now. Here, I was 12 years old, and he would   44   me good-bye!
I remember   45  I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his   46   big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my   47   up and said, “No, Dad.”
It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this   48   look on his face. I said, “Dad, I’m too old for a goodbye kiss. I’m too old for any kind of kiss.” My father looked at me for the longest time. When   49   came into his eyes, he turned and   50   . “You’re right’ he said, “You’re a big boy….  51  . I won’t kiss you anymore.” It wasn’t long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when   52   of the ships stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed.
You don’t know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek…. To touch his rough old face…, to   53   the ocean on him… to feel his arm around my neck. I   54   I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too   55   for a goodbye kiss.”
36. A. since           B. when             C. until                       D. before
37. A. take           B. drive             C. watch               D. rush
38. A. business           B. career                      C. project                     D. journey
39. A. preparation         B. control                            C. distance                    D. condition
40. A. repair                 B. scream                    C. complaint                 D. disappear
41. A. laughing             B. watching                  C. performing             D. playing
42. A. a cute son      B. a honest fisherman  C. a good boy          D. a quiet passenger
43. A. amazing              B. surprising         C. disappointing        D. embarrassing
44. A. kiss                B. say                   C. hug                D. send
45. A. the day               B. the way           C. the order            D. the action
46. A. usual          B. common          C. daily               D. sweet
47. A. head                   B. hand             C. cheek                    D. mouth
48. A. excited           B. pleased           C. terrified            D. bored
49. A. lights           B. apologies          C. tears                     D. sorry
50. A. looked out          B. looked up         C. looked around       D. look on
51. A. a partner       B. a student           C. a kid                     D. a man
52. A. all            B. most             C. some              D. none
53. A. notice         B. smell             C. sense               D. feel
54. A. realize         B. regret             C. wish              D. hope
55. A. young                 B. old                C. shy                          D. late