第二部分：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
For my daughter’s 19th birthday, we bought her tickets to go and see Linkin Park, as they were playing in our city. We didn’t really have the   41   but we knew how much this band meant to her.
The night before she was like a   42   at Christmas. Every so often she got up and came to   43   with us, because she couldn’t   44  . On the night of the   45   it was good to see her so   46   and excited, as she and her boyfirend set off.
Needless to say when they   47   after midnight, with T-shirts and lots of pictures of the band,   48   her telling about how fantastic they had been, we knew the money had been well   49  . This will be a memory she would   50   forget, and nor would we.
51   full of excitement from the night before, the following day they   52   to go shopping on the other side of the city. My husband and I   53  , loving the fact that she had not   54   that quality as she grew up.
Later that day they returned, with faces full of happiness and warmth. They presented my husband and me with a   55   each. On each present were the words “Because you are the   56   mum / dad in the world”. When we said our thank-yous and told her she didn’t have to, we asked her   57   she had bought us gifts. Her   58   was simply “Just because I love you”.
This wasn’t something   59   from our daughter; she had always given us a gift when she wanted to express her   60  , and each gift was always a welcome surprise. It could have been anything, it wouldn’t have mattered, and it was the act itself and the feelings behind it.
41. A. money                B. time                         C. interest                            D. news
42. A. worker               B. baby                        C. kid                                 D. parent
43. A. dance                 B. learn                       C.walk                                D. sit
44. A. speak                  B. sleep                        C. stand                               D. leave
45. A. concert               B. holiday                    C. party                               D. travel
46. A. healthy               B. happy                      C. pretty                              D. surprised
47. A. stayed                 B. left                          C. returned                          D. turned
48. A. worrying about    B. caring for                C. looking at                        D. listening to
49. A. lent                    B. earned                      C. saved                              D. spent
50. A. ever                   B. never                       C. often                               D. neither
51. A. Still                   B. Only                        C. Just                                D. Also
52. A. continued            B. tried                        C. decided                           D. struggled
53. A. refused               B. cried                        C. shouted                           D. laughed
54. A. kept                   B. lost                          C. realized                           D. discovered
55. A. gift                       B. prize                        C. ticket                              D. picture
56. A. richest                B. oldest                       C. best                                D. cleverest
57. A. where                 B. how                         C. when                              D. why
58. A. way                    B. answer                            C. suggestion                       D. idea
59. A. important            B. ordinary                   C. new                                D. valuable
60. A. feelings                     B. concerns                   C. understandings                 D. opinions    

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、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 again, I was in a new school. So was a girl in my class named Paris. That’s where the   31 ended.

I was tall and she was small. I was one of the oldest in the class while she was the youngest. I was   32 and shy. She wasn’t. I couldn’t   33 her, considering her my enemy. But she wanted to be friends.

One day, she invited me over and I said yes — I was too   34  to say no. Actually no one has invited me over to play before. But this girl, who wore the latest  35 , wanted to see me.

She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister. When we got to the room she    36 with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies（芭比娃娃）- which was my next  37 . I would have thought she’d outgrown them. I has never played with them. But we sat on the floor of a walk-in cupboard laughing as we  38 crazy stories about the Barbies. That’s   39 we found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older. We both had wile   40 .

We had a great day that afternoon. Our jaws ached from   41 so much. She showed me her outfits, which had   42  come from a designer clothing store down the block. The woman who owned it used her   43  a model sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes   44 .

Paris had the whole neighborhood   45 . The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave her free   46  and the pizza place let her have free slices. Soon I was   47 in her magic world. We slept over at each other's houses, spent every free moment together. My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being   48 .

Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me   49  the through teenage years and taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends: your “worst enemy” can  50 to be your best friend.

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、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 again, I was in a new school. So was a girl in my class named Paris. That’s where the   31  ended.

I was tall and she was small. I was one of the oldest in the class while she was the youngest. I was   32  and shy. She wasn’t. I couldn’t   33  her, considering her my enemy. But she wanted to be friends.

One day, she invited me over and I said yes — I was too   34   to say no. Actually no one has invited me over to play before. But this girl, who wore the latest  35  , wanted to see me.

She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister. When we got to the room she    36  with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies（芭比娃娃）- which was my next  37  . I would have thought she’d outgrown them. I has never played with them. But we sat on the floor of a walk-in cupboard laughing as we  38  crazy stories about the Barbies. That’s   39  we found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older. We both had wile   40  .

We had a great day that afternoon. Our jaws ached from   41  so much. She showed me her outfits, which had   42   come from a designer clothing store down the block. The woman who owned it used her   43   a model sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes    44  .

Paris had the whole neighborhood   45  . The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave her free   46   and the pizza place let her have free slices. Soon I was   47  in her magic world. We slept over at each other's houses, spent every free moment together. My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being   48  .

Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me   49   the through teenage years and taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends: your “worst enemy” can  50  to be your best friend.

A．differences    B．similaritiesC．story               D．legend

A．awkward       B．brave      C．beautiful           D．clever

A．like               B．hate       C．stand             D．help

A．happy         B．worried    C．shamed             D．shocked

A．clothes       B．shoes     C．fashions            D．trousers

A．stayed       B．shared      C．built              D．repaired

A．surprise       B．puzzle      C．issue              D．question

A．took up       B．thought up       C．set up               D．made up

A．where        B．how      C．why                D．when

A．imaginations  B．image       C．profile              D．thinking

A．crying       B．shouting   C．smiling             D．doing

A．hardly       B．mostly      C．greatly              D．rarely

A．as           B．for        C．of                 D．from

A．in turn       B．in line      C．in exchange          D．in advance

A．confused       B．charmed   C．addicted            D．annoyed

A．permission    B．price        C．clothes              D．passes

A．included       B．taken       C．controlled         D．closed

A．short          B．high      C．tall                D．funny

A．go through   B．see throughC．look through         D．get through

A．lookout     B．turnout   C．watch out           D．work out

完形填空（15小题，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

More good things come from small things

About a year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any   36  from the children, but the parents were always shouting at the kids.

We   37  often in the hallways when we were coming or going. I  38  spoke, but the only   39  I ever got was a hello from the four – year – old girl.

I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I   40  they were just coming from their apartment and the little girl was holding the door   41  for the others. I  42  in the car doing unnecessary things because I didn’t like to be snubbed（冷落）. The parents were   43  her to hurry and get in the car, I looked up and saw the little girl was   44  holding the door open,  45  for me.

I hurried as much as I could and   46   her. She was smiling from ear to ear. That afternoon I saw a white toy bear, I   47   the little girl and said to myself, “I   48   she would like that” so I bought it. I wrote a note   49   how much her act of kindness had touched a soft spot in an old man’s   50  .

The next day there was a   51    on the door and   52  was the little girl and her father. She was so proud of her bear and thanked me. Then I   53   her mother and the other children were there in the hall too. The mother and father both thanked me.

Now when we meet in the hall we all speak, and in a   54   manner, I might add.  55   time passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. In fact, hardly at all.

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

Animals perform many useful and amusing jobs. Dogs are particularly valuable in guiding the blind,   31   property(财产), finding   32   people, and hunting criminals(犯人). Horses are used in guarding herds(牧群)，carrying men in lands where there are no roads, and helping farmers work their land. Pigeons(鸽子)  33   to carry messages. Wild animals from the jungles, forests and seas are very popular performers in   34   and motion pictures(电影). People realize that,   35   animals may not have the same intelligence(智慧) as   36  , they are clever enough to learn certain things.

   The first thing a dog is taught is to  37  . It should not  38   too 1ong for him to learn commands. Simple orders, such as “sit, lie down，stay there, come here, ” can  39  be taught by a child.

   Training a dog to be a watchdog often produces unexpected results. Some dogs quickly learn the difference   40   unwanted people and friends. This is   41   their masters welcome friends and invite them into their houses. However, some dogs will always   42   the postman who comes to   43   letters. One explanation for this behavior is that, although the postman comes to the house often, he never   44   the house. Therefore, the dog thinks the postman is someone   45   is not wanted, but keeps   46   back anyway.

   Dogs are extremely useful as   47   for blind people. When a dog has been properly trained, he will lead his blind master in the right direction and keep him   48    danger. For example, seeing eye dogs   49   a busy road when cars are coming,   50   their masters command(命令) them to do so.

A. saving         B. helping          C. making           D. protecting

A. lost           B. losing           C. loss             D. missed

A. have long used                     B. have long been used 

 C. have long been using                    D. are long being used

A. cinemas        B. theatres        C. museums          D. circuses(马戏团)

A. although       B. as               C. since            D. because

A. children       B. human being          C. human beings    D. students

A. obey          B. order            C. do               D. study

A. spend          B. take             C. use              D. want

A. still          B. though               C. enough           D. even

A. from           B. between          C. among            D. with

A. because of         B. due to               C. why              D. because

A. beat            B. protest          C. attack           D. eat

A. deliver        B. give             C. post             D. fetch

A. enters         B. enters into          C. gets                 D. arrives to

A. he             B. who              C. whom             D. which

A. come           B. to come          C. from coming      D. coming

A. companies      B. companions(同伴)   C. men            D. colleagues(同事)

A. out from       B. out              C. out of           D. out by

A. learn never to across                  B. learn to never cross

   C. never learn to cross                      D. learn never to cross

A. even           B. if               C. even if              D. because