完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分， 满分30分）

  I just came home from visiting my 90-year-old grandpa after his heart surgery. We talked and laughed and before I left he __36__me, told me that he loved me and told me not to be_37_ if he died because he had loved his life.

  When my mom was in hospital due to breast cancer, I went to _38_ her. She wasn’t in her _39_. When I headed for the Nurses Station to _40_ her, I saw her coming down the hall. “ Mom, why are you out of bed? Where have you been?” She _41_ and said she’d been to the nursery floor to visit the babies.

  My lifelong friend almost lost her 50-year-old husband to cancer._42_, she did her full-time job at the hospital and two other jobs to _43_ losing their house. She continued to laugh, love and find_44_ every single day in life.

  And on and on---------

  Maybe that’s part of why I have a positive _45_. I’m really lucky to know so many _46_ people. I’ve known so many people in my life who have _47_ the difficulties and the horrors of life with grace, humor and _48_.

  When you say life isn’t worth _49_, when you say you want to die, when _50_ you know has used you, abused you, _51_ you, hated you, it’s you, your _52_ that have created a life for yourself that you don’t feel is worth living and a life no one else wants to live with you. I don’t feel_53_ for you. I don’t care about you. You’re a coward(懦夫). _54_, you should try to change things, move _55_ and learn something from the things you have experienced. Then maybe someone will really care about you.

  1.A. drew             B. pulled              C. hugged                     D. showed

  2.A. frightened        B. sad                C. nervous                    D. astonished

  3.A. support           B. visit              C. encourage                  D. invite

4.A. bed              B. office             C. house                     D. chair

  5.A. hold             B. remind              C. scold                       D. find

6.A. sighed            B. smiled            C. nodded                     D. cried

  7.A. Fortunately        B.Gradually             C. Unbelievably                D. Actually

  8.A. avoid             B. stop              C. risk                        D. forget

9.A. work             B. advice              C. surprise                    D. joy

 10.A. attitude           B. reply               C. demand                  D. belief

 11.A. romantic          B. humorous           C. optimistic                  D. careful

 12.A. lived for             B. shown off           C. looked for             D. gone through

13.A. strength         B. courage             C. feelings                   D. spirits

14.A. living             B. fighting              C. losing                     D. noticing

15.A. someone         B. nobody             C. everyone                  D. everything

16.A. left              B. envied               C. educated                 D. appreciated

 17.A. selfishness       B. bravery              C. behavior                   D. honesty

 18.A. proud            B. sorry                C. excited                    D. happy

 19.A. Otherwise     B. Besides                 C. However                  D. Instead

 20.A. downward       B. backward               C. leftward                   D. forward 

The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light，I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff（东西） they call “books”.

    I was going to have my examination the next day.  “When can I go to bed？” I asked myself. I didn’t answer，in fact, I dared not.

The clock struck twelve. “ Oh，dear！” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed！” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.

    The clock struck one. I was quite desperate（绝望的）now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed，“Oh，God，please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards，Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later，with my head on the desk，I fell asleep.

 1. When the author was going over his lessons，all the others in the house were  ________ .

    A. asleep                                        B. outside

    C. working in bed                           D. quietly laughing at him

2. The underlined word wretched in Paragraph 3 probably means _______ .

    A. very happy                                B. disappointed

    C. very unhappy                              D. hopeful

3. Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because _______  .

A. he was excited                       

B. he was nervous

    C. he was worried

    D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

4. The best title for the passage would be __________ .

    A. The Night Before the Examination          B. Working Far into the Night

    C. A Slow Student                                D. Going Over My Lessons

Growing old is something that nobody can understand until they experience it for themselves．I may not be "old" but I am certainly beginning to  36   it? turned 18 just over a week ago．I am now an adult．

As a child you  37   adults—or "grown-ups" as I used to call them—to always be in control．to know what is right and wrong． 38   as a teenager, I thought that when I reached 18 I would be far more  39   in many aspects of life．But now that I am 18, 1 know that is not true．

It is clear to me now that you do not   40   learning when you are 18．Every day you learn

something  41   , no matter what your age．However, I do understand when you become an adultyou have to  42  more responsibility．

Whereas before I seldom had to clean the dishes, set the table or help out around the house, now I do all of those．I have already  43   myself the nickname "housekeeper"．

I can even drive now, which is pretty   44  , because of the frequency of accidents．But that's not to say that 18 is not   45  to be．Not only can I drink alcohol, but I can also  46 ．In fact, being 18 has made me really interested in politics because it now means that I can change things on  47  Day．More and more of my friends want to become politicians, and it is great to

think that they can change things for the better．

The book A Short Guide to Great Britain , which you sent me before I went abroad , offered me ______ guide.I am really thankful.

They ______ on the program for almost one week before I joined them, and now we _____on it as no good results have come out so far.

A. had been working; are still working        B. had worked; were still working

C. have been working; have worked         D. have worked; are still working