As   16 she nor her husband smoked, Mrs. Trench was surprised to see cigarette ash on her doorstep as she entered the house. When she opened the living-room door, she was astonished to see a strange man fast   17  in an armchair! Taking care not to disturb him, Mrs. Trench left the house immediately. She called a taxi and went straight to the police station. When she got there, she lost no time to explain   18  had happened and added that the man   19  have got into the house   20  an open window. Mrs. Trench returned home   21  a police car together with two policemen. But it was too late: the man had disappeared.  22  (hurry) upstairs, she went to her dressing-table. She smiled   23  relief when she saw that the only thing the man had taken was an imitation diamond necklace   24  was almost   25 .

A couple had two little boys aged 8 and 10 who were very naughty. They were always getting into trouble and their parents knew that if any trouble occurred in their town their sons were probably involved.

The boys' mother heard that a clergyman(牧师) in the town had been successful in educating children so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The clergyman agreed but asked to see them individually. So the mother sent her 8-year-old boy first in the morning with the elder boy to see the clergyman in the afternoon.

The clergyman, a huge man with a booming (嗡嗡) voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him strictly, "Where is God?"

The boy's mouth dropped open but he made no answer, sitting there with his mouth hanging open, wide-eyed. So the clergyman repeated the question in an even stricter tone "Where is God?" Again the boy made no attempt to answer. So the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and shouted" Where is God?"

The boy screamed and escaped from the room, ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his elder brother found him in the closet, he asked "What happened?"

The younger brother replied out of breath, "We are in big trouble this time. God is missing, and they think we did it. "

What were the two boys like?

A. They always made trouble.

B. They were brave.

C. They were easygoing.

D. They were honest.

What did their parents plan to do?

A. They gave up their children.

B. They liked their children very much.

C. They wanted the clergyman to persuade their children.

D. They helped their children to make trouble.

What do you suppose the boy felt when he was asked by the clergyman?

A. Happy.                          B. Sad.

C. Afraid.                          D. Surprised.

What do you think the underlined word "slamming" in Paragraph 5 means?

A. Open.                             B. Shut.

C. Knock.                          D. Pull.

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。

We make a living with what we get，but we make a life with what we give．

    ——Winston Churchill

  I am willing to 36  this saying．I have been  37  at the Boston Children’s Hospital every year since 1 was thirteen．At the beginning，I only wanted to go  38  1 would get  39 for entertaining children at the hospital．After giving my time for two 40  months，my  40  changed completely．

    When l first  41  into the waiting room on the ground floor，I was very  42  that I  would be spending my entire summer with kids．As it became  43  for me to show up every day at 8 a．m．，many kids began to  44  me．To my surprise，I began looking forward to seeing their 45  faces as well．They were always enthusiastic about  46  ．My heart warmed every time I heard their 47  voices asking me for a story or an answer to a question．I felt  48  and irreplaceable．(不可替代的)．As I look back，I see the  49  that these special children have had on me．It is because of them that I have  50  a desire to become a psychologist．Recently，I have volunteered for a month．I have been asked to 51 on many different floors besides the waiting room  52  I started．The kids on the floors above are usually there for a longer time．53  their anxiety and desire to get better and go home，they always offer me a(n)  54  smile．I feel renewed after spending a day with them because I realize that there is much more to  55  than money．It is much more important to love and to be loved．

36．A．know    B．believe    C．respect   D．understand

 37．A．1iving    B．studying    C．staying   D．volunteering

 38．A．unless    B．until    C．therefore     D．because

 39．A．praise    B．pay    C．friends       D．prize

 40．A．plan    B．schedule    C．opinion    D．1ife

41．A．1ooked    B．stepped    C．turned    D．appeared

42．A．delighted    B．selfish    C．nervous   D．worried

43．A．work    B．regulation    C．routine    D．experience

44．A．notice    B．expect    C．embarrass   D．amaze

45．A．special    B．bright    C．dirty       D．silent

46．A．smiling   B．sleeping   C．1earning    D．playing

47．A．1oud    B．crazy      C．eager     D．desperate

48．A．valued   B．amused    C．disappointed   D．surprised

49．A．expectation    B．dream    C．influence   D．1ove

50．A．developed    B．remembered   C．worked  D．improved

51．A．help out    B．drop in    C．go around     D．turn out

52．A．what    B．which    C．where     D．that

53．A．With     B．For    C．Against    D．Despite

54．A．willing   B．optimistic   C．sad    D．pitiful

55．A．life      B．work       C．nature  D．family

For some minutes, all was quiet in the street. Then from across the street someone came walking.

It looked like a man of middle height, dressed in a big raincoat, a soft hat and rubber-soled boots or shoes, and making little sound while walking. No one was in sight. It was a street with two rows of about fifty small houses and there were three lamps on either side. The lamp nearest to the child’s house could be seen clearly, but the others were almost hidden by the smoky air. A car passed the end of the street and its lights showed faintly，but clearly enough to show the smooth skin of a woman’s face. The car disappeared as the woman, wrapped up in her coat, reached the doorway of the child’s house. She put a key in the lock quickly, pushed the door open and stepped inside, then closed the door without looking round. She began to breathe hard.

She leaned against the door for a moment, then straightened up as if with an effort, and walked towards the door of the front room, the passage leading to the kitchen, and the narrow staircase. She hesitated outside the door, then went up the stairs quickly but with hardly a sound. There was enough light from the narrow hall to show the four doors leading off a small landing(楼梯平台). She pushed each door open in turn and shone a torch inside, and the light fell upon beds, walls, furniture, a bathroom hand-basin, a mirror which flashed brightness back; but this was not what the woman was looking for. She turned away and went downstairs, and hesitated again at the foot of the stairs, then turned towards the kitchen. Clearly there was nothing there, or in the small washroom that she wanted. Two rooms remained; the front room and a smaller one next to it. She opened the front room door. After a moment, she saw the child’s bed and the child.

1.The lights of the car passing the end of the street showed that ______.

2.After the woman closed the front door, she ___________.

3. When she was upstairs, the woman _______.

4. Once she was in the house, the woman behaved as if what she was looking for ____

The story happened on a hot heavy rainy day.

    After class, I took a few bottles to go and   36   some water from the water room. Oh! There were so many people! I had to wait   37   the rain. My hair didn't get wet because I wore a hat, but my clothes  38  .

    When at last it was my   39   , I filled the bottles as quickly as possible. I began making my way back when I saw a boy   40   towards me. He   41   two umbrellas in his hand. He shouted hello and as he came   42   , I recognized that it was Tom.

    He   43   my classmate for nearly three years, but we never   44   more than ten sentences. He was silent, but I liked talking. We were quite   45   people and had nothing in common. I didn't   46   him and even didn't want to see him.

    "Hey! What's wrong?" His words   47   me out of my thought. "I saw you   48   in the rain, so I brought you this umbrella. But it seems a little   49   , your clothes are already wet,"

    On hearing this, I was so   50   that I couldn't say a single word.

"Don't just stand there. Let's go!" He said and held the umbrella for me. We walked towards   51   and this time we talked   52   .

    "I know you don't like me, but I want to   53   with you." he said, "You may think I am silent, but it is because I can't find the right   54   to say."

The rain finally stopped and we saw a rainbow in the blue sky. I said to myself, "It is wrong to  55  someone only by his appearance.

1.A. collect                             B. drink      C.move              D. hold

2.A. under                                    B. in                    C.at                              D. on

3.A. did                                B. got                  C.is                              D. does

4.A. wish                              B. duty      C.job                           D. turn

5.A. come                                     B. came     C.coming                    D. comes

6.A. had held                      B. has held  C.was holding         D. holds

7.A. near                                       B. nearly  C.nearer                     D. nearest

8.A. has been                B. had been  C.is                           D. would be

9.A. shared                             B. talked     C.spoke             D. called

10.A. the same                            B. familiar  C.strange                 D. the best

11.A. hate                                     B. ignore  C.like                 D. forget

12.A. brought                     B. made    C.got                           D. surprised

13.A. stood                                    B. stand     C.standing         D. are standing

14.A. early                                    B. frequent  C.usual                    D. late

15.A. moving                      B. move    C.moved                     D. moves

16.A. the meeting room   B. the park  C.the playground D. the dormitory

17.A. nothing                      B. too much  C.a lot                     D. something

18.A. make friends       B. have wordsC.have a speech  D. shake a hand

19.A. times                                   B. words  C.places                      D. news

20.A. understand               B. see                 C.judge              D. decide