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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The child in the hospital bed was just waking up after having a throat（喉咙）operation. His throat 1, and he was afraid. However, the young nurse 2by his bed smiled 3that the little boy smiled back . He 4to be afraid. The young nurse was May Paxton 5she was deaf（聋的）. May Paxton graduated 6the Missouri School for the Deaf near the year 1909. Three years 7, she went to see Dr. Richardson about 8a nurse. Dr. Richardson was one of the founders of Mercy Hospital of Kansas City. 9had never heard of a deaf nurse. She told May that her 10would be very low and that the work would be 11. However, May said that hard work did not frighten her. Dr. Richardson was 12her, and accepted May as a student nurse.

Dr. Richardson never 13her decision. 14, she was so pleased with May’s work that she later accepted two other deaf women as students nurses. The 15was Miss Marian Finch, who was hard of 16. The second was Miss Lillie Bessie. These three were 17“the silent angles（天使）of Mercy Hospital” during the 18they worked there.

Dr. Richardson often 19her faith in the girl’s ability to learn nursing. She wrote to May ,“For three years, you have been with us… It is wonderful to me that no man, 20or child ever, to my knowledge , made a complain（投诉）against you …”

1.A. damaged            B. cut          C. hurt         D. wounded

2.A. lying              B. standing     C. crying           D. jumping

3.A. cheerfully         B. sadly            C. shyly            D. weakly

4.A. began          B. forgot           C. continued        D. stopped

5.A. but                B. so           C. for          D. and

6.A. as                 B. in               C. with         D. from

7.A. ago                B. later            C. then         D. before

8.A. becoming           B. hiring           C. seeking      D. changing

9.A. You                B. We           C. She          D. He

10.A. money         B. check            C. pay          D. price

11.A. easy              B. difficult        C. joyful           D. disappointing

12.A. satisfied with        B. ashamed of       C. sorry for        D. angry with

13.A. liked             B. thought of       C. regretted        D. believed

14.A. In public         B. In a hurry       C. In surprise      D. In fact

15.A. first             B. one          C. other            D. others

16.A. reading           B. listening        C. hearing      D. writing

17.A. told              B. called           C. chosen           D. offered

18.A. year              B. month            C. term         D. time

19.A. spoke of          B. said         C. heard of     D. noticed

20.A. boy               B. person           C. woman        D. girl

（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen   36   his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but   37   for a glance.
One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden,   38   in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he   39   the old gardener was blind.   40   , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t   41   in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you   42   reasons. First I was a   43   when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can   44  them. Third，I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s   45  .
“Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man   46   .
“Yeah, it’s   47   that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never   48   them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good   49   . In the meantime, it also   50   a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The old man’s   51   astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and  52  them as a link of minds so as to make   53   enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness？
I believe every flower has   54  with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though   55  to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.
（  ）36. A. loving        B. watering       C. tending      D. planting
（  ）37. A. stop    　　 B. stay           C. live         D. run
（  ）38. A. kept          B. dropped        C. fallen           D. lost
（  ）39. A. realized       B. noticed         C. felt            D. thought
（  ）40. A. Excited       B. Frightened       C. Shocked       D. Satisfied
（  ）41. A. feel           B. see              C.hear            D.eat
（  ）42. A. one          B. two            C. three          D. four
（  ）43. A. gardener      B. teacher        C. farmer        D. painter
(    ) 44. A. taste          B. plant           C. touch         D. appreciate
(    ) 45. A. it            B. me             C. them          D. you
(    ) 46. A. with pleasure   B. in surprise       C. with hope     D. in anger
(    ) 47. A. true           B. possible        C. a pity         D. a shame
(    ) 48. A. put            B. turn           C. get           D. knock
(    ) 49. A. mind          B. life            C. future         D. mood
(    ) 50. A. introduces     B. offers          C. stands        D. leaves
(    ) 51. A. words         B. behavior        C. story         D. attitudes
(    ) 52. A. treats          B. acts           C. works         D. serves
(    ) 53. A. anybody       B. somebody       C. everybody     D. nobody
(    ) 54. A. ears           B. soul            C. eyes         D. heart
(    ) 55. A. refusing       B. trying          C. pretending     D. failing

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A, B, C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were 【小题1】  .The rivers were long gone back into the 【小题2】  .If we didn’t see some rain soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true 【小题3】  of sharing and 【小题4】  the only miracle I had seen with my own eyes.
I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. Minutes after he 【小题5】  into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.
I went back to make sandwiches, 【小题6】  that what he had been doing was completed. Moments later, 【小题7】  ,he was once again toward the woods. This 【小题8】  went on for an hour—walked 【小题9】  to the woods, and ran back to the house.
【小题10】 I couldn’t take it any longer, so I went out of the house quietly and 【小题11】  him on his journey. As I leaned into spy on him. I saw the most  【小题12】  sight. Several large deer were in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. And I saw a tiny young deer lying on the ground 【小题13】  suffering from dehydrateion (脱水) and heat exhaustion, lifting its head with 【小题14】  effort to drink up the water in my beautiful boy’s 【小题15】  .
When the water was 【小题16】  ,Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap that we had 【小题17】  .Billy opened it all the way up and a small trickle(细流) began to creep out. When he stood up and began to  【小题18】  ,I was there in front of him. His little eyes were just filled with tears.
“I’m not 【小题19】  ,”was all he said.
As the tears that rolled down his face began to hit the ground,they were suddenly 【小题20】  by other drops…more drops…and more.
All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm, just like one little boy saved deer.
【小题21】.

阅读下列短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1—10各题所给的A, B, C和D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It’s very easy to see why people have bad attitudes. A quick look at the news revealing _1___ with crime, war and corruption (腐败) can easily bring us down. Is it possible to _2__ a healthy, happy attitude when surrounded by these negative things?

   Sure it is! It is possible to wake up each morning with a good mood and _3__ the day. Having a positive _4__not only allows us to enjoy life more but also _5__ our health and relationships with others.

   To lead a happy life, we need to have a positive attitude. We are responsible for our own _6__; other people can’t make us happy. We need to decide to make ourselves happy. This is wonderful because we don’t have to wait around for someone else to do it for us.

   We should surround ourselves with __7_ people. We are influenced by those people with whom we spend the most time. When we have positive friends, we become positive. Otherwise, we become _8__.

   We should also use positive_9__. A. L. Kitselman once said, “‘I am…’ are powerful words; be careful when you use them.” We need to replace our negative self-talk with positive words. Don’t say “I hate getting up in the morning.” Instead, try to say “I am _10__to see a new day.” Changing our self-talk will lead us to the changes in our behavior.

1. A. affairs          B. questions       C. troubles         D. problems               

2. A. change        B. refuse          C. keep           D. invent

3. A. look forward to        B. look down on    C. look up to       D. look back on

4. A. opinion         B. attitude       C. influence         D. answer

5. A. damages        B. improves        C. affects        D. weakens

6. A. satisfaction      B. decision        C. happiness       D. development

7. A. positive       B. friendly        C. easy-going        D. good-mannered

8. A. anxious         B. nervous        C. satisfied        D. negative

9. A. writings       B. pictures        C. expressions      D. signs

10. A. painful       B. bored         C. thankful              D. surprised

阅读下面的短文, 并根据短文后的要求答题。

Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers told me, “Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience.”

How right they were! Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.

“Nothing was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson.①.     It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do it!” When others shout, “No, you can’t!”

It took years and years for the early work of Barbara Mclintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn’t stop working on her experiments.    ②    

We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air, whatever their age.

At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach. As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes.    ③  As author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, “Years wrinkle(起皱纹) the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”

How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood? The answer, I believe, lies in the word itself. “Enthusiasm” comes from the Greek and means “God within”. And what is God within is but a sense of love---proper love of self(self-acceptance) and, from that, love of others.

④      If we can’t do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a hobby. Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended periods of depression that had troubled her for at least 30years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, “ I am tempted to call Layton as a genius.”

We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-been”. We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be”.

We need to live each moment wholeheartedly, with all our senses---finding pleasure in the backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, the charming beauty of a rainbow.

第一节：根据短文内容, 从A、B、C、D、E中选出最合适放入短文空缺处的选项，并将序号及相应答案写在答题纸上。选项中有一项是多余选项。

A. A. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.

B. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years.

C. It can certainly help you hang in there when the going gets tough.

D. Music, for Casals, was a hobby that made life a never ending adventure.

E. Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power.

根据短文所给的信息， 用一个完整的句子回答下列问题，并将序号及答案写在答题纸上。

⑤What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in paragraph 6?