________my opinion, you’d better go on ________ holiday this week.

1. A.
   In;不填
2. B.
   On; a
3. C.
   In; the
4. D.
   On;不填

When Christina Brouder was five years old, a drunk driver ran over her as she and her father were crossing the street in front of their home．Hurt badly, the young girl was forced to spend a long time in a full-body cast（石膏） to recover from her injuries．Mostly, she traveled between the hospital and her home．Once out of the cast, Brouder sat in a wheelchair for almost a year.
In spite of the horrible accident, Christina was grateful for her recovery．She was so grateful, in fact, that she and her four talented siblings（兄弟姐妹）（ three sisters and a brother） started a music group, Gilbride．The group performed at local hospitals and nursing homes, performing for the patients．Among them, the children could sing, dance and play about 20 different musical instruments．At their first show in 1988, held at Montefiore Hospital, the kids were 2,3,6,8 and 9 years old．That year alone, the group made over a hundred appearances．
From the local public entertainment places, the group expanded to charity performances．They also entertained people at Disney World, Radio City Music Hall, and even the White House．
Christina balanced her happy and successful musical career with academics．First graduating from New York City’s High School of Music and Art，and then from Fordham．In 2000，as t he youngest graduate from Fordham，1 8一year—old Christina and her siblings went on tour for a year．Not pleased with the applause she received from the audience, she entered Pace University Law School．On May 19，Christina Brouder realized part of her dream when at only 22，she received Health Law Certificate（文凭）．
【小题1】What happened to Christina when she was five years old?

第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21--40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出能填入空格中的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish（区别）each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems____21___.
The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated(孕育) by ___22___. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River___23___ the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were ___24___ for several thousand years and formed their own styles. Then in Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture___25___ went overseas to Japan, ___26___ into the Japanese society and ___27___ the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it ___28___ to the same system.
When the two mother rivers gave ___29___ to the eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain--- the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well- known as the ___30___ of the European culture. ___31___ the Chinese culture, the European one also ___32___waters. When the colonists of England ___33___down in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn’t ___34___ from the European one a lot.
At the same time, the ___35___ of the language systems adds to the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic languages while the Western languages are ___36___ based on the Latin system, for example, the one I ‘m using to write this paper.
Other factors like human race difference ___37___ as well. However, ____38___ the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom ___39__ until recent centuries.___40___ they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference (干扰) from the other.
21. A. above all            B. on the whole      C. in all                        D. first of all
22. A. mountains           B. plains                C. lakes               D. rivers
23. A. since          B. when         C. while               D. as
24. A. developed      B. improved          C. created             D. protected
25. A. suddenly             B. quietly                     C. gradually         D. naturally
26. A. mixed          B. flowed        C. moved               D. forced
27. A. expanded       B. enriched       C. influenced         D. shaped
28. A. comes           B. belongs       C. amounts           D. adds
29. A. birth                  B. way           C. root               D. origin
30. A. characteristics   B. sign          C. base                  D. content
31. As                  B. Unlike         C. With              D. Like
32. A. passed               B. spread         C. crossed           D. formed
33. A. fell            B. went         C. broke             D. settled
34. A. separate        B. grow         C. move             D. distinguish
35. A. difference            B. use               C. appearance        D. change
36. A. properly        B. partly          C. simply                  D. mostly
37. A. include         B. counts        C. depends           D. worked
38. A. in terms of      B. due to              C. as to              D. in case of
39. A. help            B. connect       C. communicate       D. meet
40. A. But            B. Because       C. So                      D. Yet

Dear Benter,
　　You have been away exactly two weeks today but it seems more like two years to me!
　　I’m glad to hear you’ll be back soon. Are you coming directly home, dear? Or do you plan to make some stops   36  the way? I hope you’ll be home in  37 for Patsy’s birthday next Sunday. She is  38 you to show films to her  39 friends.
Patsy keeps asking every day  40 you’ll be back. She says you never  41  that story you were telling her about  42 train that lost its “ toot”(喇叭嘟嘟声). You’d better   43  and think up a good ending  44 it. You know how Patsy is? She  45 be happy until she knows exactly what ­__46  to the “toot” and  47 the little train got it back  48 !
　　Everything at home is fine except that we  49 you so much! I’ve been  50 with the spring cleaning. Yesterday I had Cora  51 in to wash the kitchen walls and she did a very good __52 of it. The kitchen looks as though it’s been repainted. I made some new yellow curtains, and they  53 very beautiful.
　 I went to see your mother yesterday. Her  54 is all gone and she looks very  55 . Your sister Jean looks wonderful! She has taken off about fifteen pounds since she began dieting. But now she’s complaining that none of her clothes fit!
Hope to see you before next Sunday.
　 Love and kisses to you!
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     Yours
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　           Lynn
【小题1】A in           B. on          C. at          D. along

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mark liked talking. I had to  36 him that talking in class was not acceptable. 37  impressed me was that he responded with such sincerity. “Thank you for correcting me, Sister!” I didn’t know what to make of it at 38  , but soon I got used to 39  it many times a day.
One morning my  40   was growing thin when Mark talked once again. I said, “If you say one more word, I’ll tape your mouth  41  !”
It wasn’t ten seconds  42  when one boy shouted, “Mark is talking again.” I had to keep my  43  . I took out some tape from my desk and covered it 44  Mark’s mouth. Later as I walked back to remove the tape, his first words were “Thank you for correcting me, Sister.”
One afternoon, the students got noisy and started to call each other 45 .
I had to do 46 . I asked each student to prepare 34 small pieces of paper, saying they should write the name of a classmate on each piece and, under that, say something 47  about the person. Then I collected the slips of paper and gave them  48  later. Everyone smiled. Their classmates had  49  such nice things about them!
Nobody ever mentioned the paper again. I never knew if they discussed them after class, but it didn’t matter. The students were  50  with themselves.
Several years later, after I had returned  51  a vacation, my parents met me at the airport. On our way back, my father  52  his throat, as he usually did before saying something  53 .
“The Eklunds called yesterday,” he began. “Really?” I said. “I haven’t heard from them in years. I 54  how Mark is.” Dad responded quietly. “Mark was killed in Vietnam,” he said. “The funeral is tomorrow .”
At the funeral Mark’s father came up and took some slips of paper from his wallet to show me. I knew the slips were the ones on which Mark’s classmates had listed all the nice things about him.
“Thank you so much,” Mark’s mother said. “  55 you can see, Mark treasured those pieces of paper.”
36.A. order             B. remind           C. mind             D. suggest
37. A. Which              B. That                   C. What             D. How
38. A. first                B. last             C. once             D. next
39. A. speaking          B. taking           C. talking            D. hearing
40. A. patience           B. strength                C. energy          D. power
41. A. close              B. shut            C. open           D. opened
42. A. before            B. after           C. later           D. that
43 A. rule                B. words         C. compromise    D. word
44. A. through           B. in             C. across          D. cross
45. A. name               B. names          C. curses          D. swear
46. A. something               B. everything      C. nothing          D. anything
47. A. terrible          B. nice             C. kind                   D. mean
48. A. in                B. up             C. back            D. away
49. A. asked             B. spoken          C. told            D. said
50. A. glad                    B. sad               C. unhappy         D. happy
51. A. from             B. on                C. during          D. at
52. A. cleared           B. cleaned           C. wet             D. dried
53. A. necessary         B. important        C. difficult          D. sad
54. A. doubt           B. believe          C. wonder         D. want
55. A. Because                 B. Though         C. When            D. As