Dear God，

    Now that I am no longer young，I have friends whose mothers have passed away．I have heard these sons and daughters say they never  2 1  appreciated their mothers until it was too  22  to tell them．

    I am  23  with the dear mother who is still allve．I appreciate her  24 each day．My mother does not  25  ，but I do．  26   I grow older and wiser．I realize what a(n)  27  person she is．How sad that I alil    28  to speak these words in her presence，29  they flow easily from my pen．

    How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for giving her llfe I  30’ For the love，patience and just plain hard work that go into  3 l  a child? For 32  a toddler，for understanding a moody teenager，for tolerating a college student who thinks she knows  33 ？ For waiting for the day  34  a daughter realizes her mother really is？

How does a    35    wonlan thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother？For being ready with advice (when asked ) or  36   silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying:”I  37you so ,”when she could have spoked these words dozens of  38    ?For being essentially herself-loving ,thoughtful. Patient, and forgiving?

I don’t know how，dear God，except to bless her as richly as she  39  and to help me live up to the example she has set．I pray that 1 will look as good in the eyes of my  40  as my mother looks in mine．

A daughter

21．A fully              B．truly            C．painfully          D mainly

 22．A．early            B．slow             C．1ate             D．fast

 23．A．satisfied         B．prepared          C．worried           D blessed

 24．A much             B．more             C．1ess             D．fewer

 25．A．stand            B．move            C．change           D exist

 26．A．As              B．With            C．For              D．Because

 27．A．ordinary         B．usual            C．strict             D extraordinary

 28．A．unable          B．able             C．eager             D ready

 29．A．therefore        B．otherwise         C．but              D．however

 30.A herself       B．itself        C．themselves    D．oneself

 31.A．punishing    B．blaming      C．raising      D．praising

 32.A．running after   B．running across    C．running out     D．running for

 33 A．something   B．everything     C．anything      D．nothing

 34．A．that           B．when              C．in which           D．where

 35 A．grown          B．pleased             C．trained           D．well-behaved

 36 A interrupting    B．disliking        C．representing    D．remaining

 37．A．asked         B．told               C．ordered            D required

 38．A．times        B．days               C．months             D years

 39．A．gots         B．gives               C．deserves           D．delivers

 40.A．husband   B．children         C．relatives      D．neighbours

I hadn’t even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item. The item she had   36  was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a   37 one. The lady   38  to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID   39  the deal could not take place. 

I went to the   40  with the woman so we could use my ID. The sales associate immediately started  41  her of asking the first   42  person she saw to help her. Although that was   43 , I didn’t understand why it   44 . After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to   45  an ID in this country. 

Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there was no   46  to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not   47  she purchased the item.   

“  48 I, a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be   49  the privilege — as I have proof from the past.” I said. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he   50  to exchange the item.

There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I   51  when the woman asked for my help, but   52  in my head I asked myself, “Why not? What valid   53  do I actually have?” I had none, so I helped her. 

The second lesson is not to judge a book by its   54 . The woman looked poor, but she   55  _ the same treatment as anyone else does.

1.                A．purchased      B．shown          C．lost  D．mended

2.                A．same          B．popular         C．similar    D．different

3.                A．managed       B．wanted         C．refused   D．promised

4.                A．for            B．or             C．and  D．so

5.                A．counter        B．department      C．market   D．window

6.                A．warning        B．informing       C．reminding D．accusing

7.                A．fair            B．familiar         C．impossible     D．random

8.                A．wrong          B．true           C．reasonable    D．meaningful

9.                A．mattered       B．happened       C．passed   D．worked

10.               A．leave          B．pay            C．find  D．obtain

11.               A．request        B．place          C．way  D．need

12.               A．answer         B．prove          C．support   D．admit

13.               A．Unless         B．And           C．Instead    D．If

14.               A．ordered        B．asked          C．denied    D．given

15.               A．agreed         B．prepared       C．failed D．remembered

16.               A．struggled       B．wondered      C．hesitated  D．nodded

17.               A．totally          B．gradually       C．hardly D．quickly

18.               A．feelings        B．goals           C．reasons   D．ideas

19.               A．design         B．cover          C．content   D．price

20.               A．deserved       B．required        C．received  D．appreciated

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

School children are now constantly asked by their parents and teachers to study harder and harder. And the competition 36    the students themselves is growing in most schools in China. In my opinion, the fierce（激烈的）  37  in school    38   more harm than good.

　　Visiting a German city, I was   39  to be present at a parent-teacher meeting at a school.   40  were told at the meeting that their children's school grades were held to be a personal information   41  by the law, and that the school would not disclose（透露）the students' marks,  42  would the school report them to the parents. It is their view that a   43  school should encourage children to learn  44 without pressure. A student's intelligence（智力）and ability will be  45  later by competition in society.

　　In China, ranking students according to their examination has been   46  as a means of encouraging students to study harder.

　　A friend told me about a parent-teacher meeting she  47  with her daughter who was in the second grade.

　　At the meeting, a teacher read aloud   48  students in the class and their marks for different   49  . Good students came at the top of the list and poor   50   at the bottom. And in front of everybody at the meeting, the teacher gave warning   51  those poor students and their parents.

　　From this comparison, I   52  that teachers and school leaders in China ought to learn   53  more about children's psychology（心理学）and show their students more   54  . Such competition among students is unhealthy and should not be  55 .

36．A．over         B．between           C．among                  D．beyond

37．A．pain         B．competition      C．study                    D．argument

38．A．makes      B. gives               C．lets                   D．does

39．A．forced      B．required        C．ordered                  D．invited

40．A．Parents     B．Children       C．Teachers                 D．Students

41．A．forbidden        B．permitted      C．allowed                      D．protected

42．A．so         B．such               C．nor                     D．or

43．A．successful B．well-known      C．excellent                 D．ordinary

44．A．happily     B．lazily               C．inactively                D．friendly

45．A．judged      B．decided         C．developed           D．trained      

46．A．stopped    B．used             C．controlled              D．improved

47．A．went        B．joined             C．attended                D．present

48．A．a lot         B．a list of            C  the number of           D．the mark of

49．A．subjects    B．classes             C．schools                 D．parents

50．A．these        B．those             C．one                     D．ones

51．A．from        B．to                  C．with                        D．off

52．A．conclude   B．guess              C．want                 D．wonder

53．A．a little             B．a few              C．a bit of                 D．a quantity of

54．A．marks       B．homework       C．books                 D．respect

55．A．discussed  B．removed          C．lasted                D．encouraged

Mr. Hadley was my 6th grade teacher. I was a tall thin girl weighing barely a hundred pounds. I ended up taking a lot of  36 especially from the boys, because of my appearance. I became an extremely  37 young lady.

One day  38 in the 6th grade class was told by Mr. Hadley that we would be  39 to stand up in front of the class and read the  40 that we had completed.

When my turn came, I  41 to stand up in front of all those students and  42 to their tricks. Mr. Hadley came over to me and again  43 me to read my report. I gave it back to him. He walked to the front of the  44 and said, "Yvonne has a very good report here and I think everyone  45 to hear her read it. If I hear anyone making  46 noises or making fun of her in any way, I will let you fail right here and now. Understood?"

Mr. Hadley walked back to me and  47 me the paper, asking me to go to the front of the class. I walked to the front of the class on legs  48 were shaking and I felt a(n)  49 in my chest. Everyone were all quiet, including those boys. I stood there trying to gain  50 .

Mr. Hadley walked over to me putting his arm around me, "You can do it. I have  51 in you!" His words helped calm me. I  52 the report and instead of the kids laughing at me and  53 me, they all stood up and clapped their hands.

From that day on the kids never made fun of me again and some  54 made friends with me. I continued to be quite shy all through school  55 from that day on I knew if I had to stand up in front of class again. I could do it.

Ena was very pretty and kind. ____41____, when she woke up and stretched(伸展) her arms above her head one day she felt a bald patch in her hair. Then she ___42____ lots of hair on her pillow. Over the next few months her hair continued to ___43 ___. Ena felt shock and sad. And ___44____ she lost all her hair and she hated being ___45___. She was angry with her body and she was ___46___ that people might laugh at her at school.

But then, Ena had a wonderful day on January 9^th! It was her birthday and she got a(n) ___47___ present---- a wig(假发)！Trying on the wig made Ena feel very happy. She felt ___48____ again. The first Ena went to school, people asked why her ___49___ was different, and whether she had a wig on. Ena replied, “No.” She was worried because did notice the ___50___ and she was anxious that someone might try to ___51____ her wig off.

Then her classmates got used to it and stopped asking her questions. But as time went by, she began to feel that the ___52___ she kept about her hair was too big and making her feel ___53___. She wanted to share it with her. So, one Friday, Ena went to the front of the classroom, and she told everyone ___54___, “I have a wig on.” She told them about her ___55___-----alopecia(秃头症) and ___56____ that all her hair had fallen out, including her eyelashes and eyebrows. Everybody’ eyes widened and some people put their hands up to their faces when Ena took her wig off. They listened to her story ____57___, sitting very quietly, and when Ena finished, everybody clapped. And they started to say ___58___ things while Ena passed the wig around for everyone to touch. Finally, the whole class and the head teacher ___59___ Ena to do her lessons without her wig on.

It’s not ___60____ having no hair, and Ena has positive days as well as other days when it is hard. However, she always remembers what her teacher told her, “It doesn’t matter that you don’t have hair; you’re still the same person inside.”

20.A easy         B. acceptable    C. hopeful           D. useful