When Mike told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which had just broken. There were pieces of me all over the tidy floor. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving,1it was for the best, I could do better, it was his2and not mine. I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still hurt; perhaps one cannot3such pain.
He left and I tried to4my life. I filled the kettle (水壶), put it on to boil, took out my old red cup and5the coffee powder falling into the bone china. Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning, I6not to hear it. That’s what Mike’s leaving had been like, sudden and with a(n)7end. I would rather just 8in uncertainty than have things finished. I laughed at myself. Just about a cup of coffee, I must be getting 9.
And yet it was a young woman who10back at me from the mirror, a young woman full of11and hope, a young woman with bright eyes just waiting to see the world.12, there are more important things. More important than13, I insist to myself firmly. The lid goes back on the coffee just like closing on the whole Mike experience.
He didn’t14my dreams as I feared that night.15, I am flying far across fields and woods,16on those below me. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. I realize with some17that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a18, but there is someone out there who is my soul mate. I think about being a broken19again and realize that I have gathered myself back together, what Mike has is 20a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has merely, a little piece of me.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      complaining
      
   2. B.
      suggesting
      
   3. C.
      explaining
      
   4. D.
      whispering
2. 2.
   1. A.
      business
      
   2. B.
      fault
      
   3. C.
      luck
      
   4. D.
      reason
3. 3.
   1. A.
      pass
      
   2. B.
      defend
      
   3. C.
      feel
      
   4. D.
      ease
4. 4.
   1. A.
      get close to
      
   2. B.
      get on with
      
   3. C.
      get away with
      
   4. D.
      get down to
5. 5.
   1. A.
      watched
      
   2. B.
      made
      
   3. C.
      let
      
   4. D.
      wanted
6. 6.
   1. A.
      announced
      
   2. B.
      decided
      
   3. C.
      pretended
      
   4. D.
      concluded
7. 7.
   1. A.
      optimistic
      
   2. B.
      sceptical
      
   3. C.
      splendid
      
   4. D.
      unpleasant
8. 8.
   1. A.
      wander
      
   2. B.
      move
      
   3. C.
      keep
      
   4. D.
      take
9. 9.
   1. A.
      mad
      
   2. B.
      old
      
   3. C.
      nervous
      
   4. D.
      uncertain
10. 10.
    1. A.
       flashed
       
    2. B.
       swung
       
    3. C.
       stared
       
    4. D.
       pointed
11. 11.
    1. A.
       promise
       
    2. B.
       delight
       
    3. C.
       dilemmas
       
    4. D.
       conflicts
12. 12.
    1. A.
       Therefore
       
    2. B.
       Besides
       
    3. C.
       Finally
       
    4. D.
       Constantly
13. 13.
    1. A.
       friendship
       
    2. B.
       life
       
    3. C.
       love
       
    4. D.
       health
14. 14.
    1. A.
       visit
       
    2. B.
       have
       
    3. C.
       reject
       
    4. D.
       spin
15. 15.
    1. A.
       Deliberately
       
    2. B.
       Meanwhile
       
    3. C.
       Thus
       
    4. D.
       Instead
16. 16.
    1. A.
       taking off
       
    2. B.
       looking down
       
    3. C.
       breaking away
       
    4. D.
       getting over
17. 17.
    1. A.
       sorrow
       
    2. B.
       worry
       
    3. C.
       relief
       
    4. D.
       doubt
18. 18.
    1. A.
       friend
       
    2. B.
       bird
       
    3. C.
       dream
       
    4. D.
       job
19. 19.
    1. A.
       heart
       
    2. B.
       vase
       
    3. C.
       mirror
       
    4. D.
       cup
20. 20.
    1. A.
       mostly
       
    2. B.
       hardly
       
    3. C.
       usually
       
    4. D.
       only
       

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a person. I have forgotten the name of an old lady who was a(n)   31   on my paper route (报童) when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it seems like just yesterday that she taught me a lesson in   32  . One afternoon, a friend and I were   33   rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house   34   her backyard. The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they   35  to the roof’s edge and shot out into the   36  .

I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and sent it for a ride. The stone was too smooth, however, so it   37   from my hand as I let it go and headed   38   for a small window on the old lady’s back wall.

I was too scared about getting   39   that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window. However, a few days later,   40   I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel   41   for her misfortune.

I made up my mind that I would   42   my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I   43   would cover the cost of her window. I put the money in an envelope with a(n)   44   explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the   45   for repairing it.

I waited until it was dark, and then put the envelope through the letter slot in her door.

The next day, I   46   the old lady her paper and was able to   47   the warm smile that I was   48   her. She thanked me for the paper and said, “Here, I have something for you.” It was a bag of cookies. I thanked her and ate the cookies as I   49   my route.

After several cookies, I   50   an envelope. When I opened the envelope, I was shocked. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said, “I’m proud of you.”

31. A. adviser                  B. customer                               C. assistant                      D. neighbor

32. A. carefulness             B. cleverness                      C. selfishness                    D. forgiveness

33. A. throwing                  B. kicking                          C. picking                      D. striking

34. A. by                         B. under                           C. from                         D. around

35. A. dropped                B. rolled                           C. flowed                     D. fell

36. A. room                  B. kitchen                            C. yard                         D. sky

37. A. skipped                   B. stopped                        C. stepped                  D. slipped

38. A. straight                  B. slow                             C. right                         D. fast

39. A. lost                        B. trapped                        C. caught                       D. hurt

40. A. before                     B. when                             C. but                         D. though

41. A. guilty                       B. safe                            C. anxious                     D. nervous

42. A. borrow                    B. move                              C. transfer                         D. save

43. A. used                        B. calculated                     C. chose                                       D. earned

44. A. book                        B. article                            C. note                                D. notice

45. A. period                     B. cost                                C. size                                 D. distance

46. A. handed                   B. sold                                 C. left                                  D. showed

47. A. witness                   B. wear                               C. return                            D. bring

48. A. comparing to        B. playing with                  C. learning about             D. receiving from

49. A. continued               B. chose                                       C. followed                        D. forgot

50. A. tore                         B. marked                          C. bought                           D. felt

I first met Sean one summer day. He carried a bag    36 with four clubs(球杆)  and some balls. He was a lot   37  than other kids of his age. I heard he was   38   from cancer. Still , he always seemed to be smiling whenever I would see him with his friends, trying to  39  as far as he did.

A year or so passed and I hadn’t   40  Sean .I had heard that his cancer was   41      him. Still, his friends said he was going to come here before long.

  42  enough , he was there the following week. I   43  that one of his friends was carrying Sean’s bag. I saw Sean was having a(n)  44  time trying to drive the ball. Sean hit his last ball as hard as his fragile body would   45  .It flew up to the green and was out of sight. One of his friends   46  Sean walk up to the green. It was a(n)  47 walk because the green was higher than the tee(发球区).

Suddenly I saw one boy pick up Sean’s ball and    48  it in the hole. Then he ran and   49  to look for his own ball.

When Sean finally got to the green, he looked   50  because he thought he hit it over .

Then he glanced in the hole. A smile   51  his face! The boys looked at each other and said , “You can’t tell me it’s a hole-in-one!”

“No, really ! Look !” he said . They all acted    52  and as I watched , I thought Sean looked like the   53   guy I had ever seen. I never saw Sean or his friends after that day.   54   it was then that I learned just what golf should be .

It’s not about what   55  you get or how far you drive. It is about caring for the friends you play with and enjoying the time you have with them.

1.                A．covered        B．filled           C．equipped D．connected

2.                A．smaller         B．taller           C．stronger  D．cleverer

3.                A．recovering      B．suffering        C．benefiting D．curing

4.                A．send           B．play            C．hit   D．walk

5.                A．promised       B．cared          C．heard    D．seen

6.                                  A．getting the best of    B．losing control of

C．taking advantage of                 D．getting rid of

7.                A．Effective        B．Active          C．Sure D．Lucky

8.                A．guessed        B．learned         C．hoped    D．noticed

9.                A．weak          B．awful           C．meaningful    D．comfortable

10.               A．allow          B．provide        C．bear  D．control

11.               A．let            B．suggested       C．helped    D．ordered

12.               A．quick          B．tough          C．energetic  D．unwise

13.               A．break          B．lift            C．move D．drop

14.               A．pretended      B．forgot          C．tried  D．disliked

15.               A．calm           B．astonished      C．disappointed   D．excited

16.               A．got on         B．came out       C．took on   D．lit up

17.               A．doubtful        B．surprised       C．curious    D．delighted

18.               A．happiest        B．busiest         C．coolest    D．funniest

19.               A．And           B．Or            C．But   D．So

20.               A．ball            B．disease         C．friendship D．score

During the Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father’s car. He was going to a New Year’s Eve   21  to be held in Vermont. The father was   22  about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year’s Eve. However, a(n)   23  reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.

So he drove to Vermont, got completely   24 , and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadblock. He was told to   25  the car and stand in a line of people that were being given the sobriety (not drunk)   26 . However, the policeman   27  him out. He was   1. standing off to the side while the others were   29  the police officer how well they could walk a   30  line, etc.

At 7:00 am the next morning, his father got up to answer the   31 . There were   32  policemen there. They asked him if he was the   33  of that red FIAT. He replied, “Yes, I am.” One of the policemen asked him if he was driving the car the evening before and he said that his son had been the driver.

When the young man   34  himself in front of the policemen, he knew he was in some sort of   35 . Upon questioning, he   36  that he was driving the car. But when asked if he had been   37 , he said, “NO!” When the policemen asked if they could see his car, he was unable to remember the   38 . He said that it was in the garage.

And when the four of them walked out to look at the car, instead of looking at the car he had driven the   39  before, they saw a   40  car parked there.

1.That was a(n) e_________________(极其) cold winter morning. 

2.It is important to assess the r______________(可靠性) of the data.   

3.We s________________(寻求) an answer to the question, but couldn’t find one.  

4.The policemen are a__________(求助于,呼吁) to anyone who saw the suspect to contact them.

5.He had c___________(喝；用尽)a large quantity of alcohol before he died.   

6.They e________________ their guests in a restaurant.      

7.Jack’s been c______________(抱怨) of severe headaches recently.    

8.It is now a_____________ (认为) by the movie industry as the most successful film series ever.

9.This is c________________ (一致，吻合的) with many religious faiths.     

10.The Great Hall was d____________________(装点) with flowers for those heroes.