There was a blacksmith(铁匠) who wasn't satisfied with his work. Once he complained, “I am not well and my work is too warm. I want to be a ____1.____ on the mountain. There it must be _____2.____, for the wind blows and the trees give a shade..” A wise man who had ___3.____ over all things replied, “Go you, be a stone.” And he was a stone, high up on the ____4.____ side. It happened that a stone-cutter ____5.____ that way for a stone and when he saw the one that had been the  ____6.____, he knew that it was what he ____7._____ and he began to cut it. The stone ____8.____ out, “This hurts! I no longer want to be a stone. A stone-cutter I want to be. That ____9.____ be pleasant.” The wise man, humoring him, said, “Be a cutter.” ____10.____ he became a stone-cutter and as he went seeking a suitable stone, he ____11.____ tired and his feet were sore（酸痛）. He ____12.____,” I no longer want to cut stone. I would be the sun; that would be pleasant.” The wise man ___13.___, “Be the sun.” And he was the sun. But the sun was warmer than the blacksmith, than a stone, than a stone-cutter, and he complained, “I do not ____14.___ this. I would be the moon. It ___15.____ cool.” The wise man spoke yet again, “Be the moon.” And he was the moon. This is warmer than being the sun,” ____16.___ he, “for the light from the sun ____17.____on me ever. I do not want to be the moon. I would be a ___18.____ again. That, indeed, is the ___19.____ life.” But the wise man replied, “I am ____20.___of your changing. You wanted to be the moon; the moon you are and you will remain.”

语法填空（共15小题，满分15分）

用所给动词的适当形式或适当的连接词完成句子，每空一分。

1. Weather _________ (permit)，we’ll visit the Great Wall.  

2.With him _________ (give) us a lead，our team is sure to win. 

3.___________ (not； receive) a reply，he decided to write a sixth letter. 

4.He will attend the meeting _________ (hold) tomorrow.  

5. The novel is said ____________ (translate) into many languages.  

6. The manager promised to keep me ___________ (inform) of how our business was going on.

7. ______ (give) more encouragement, the boy could have behaved better.

8. After ______(interview) for the job, you will be required to take a language test.

9.The officials discussed the plan that they would like to see _________(carry out) the next month.

10. On ________ (hear) the news of his father’s death, he burst into tears. 

11. The reason ______ she gave for not coming to the party is that her mother wouldn’t allow her to.   

12. We are wondering            our teacher will come to the party or not.

13. The reason        I have to go is that my mother is ill in bed.  

14.This is the place ________ we worked last year.  

根据句意和语法要求完成下列句子。（满分15分，每小题1分）

1.My two brothers are both ___________(policeman).

2._________ would be good for you to have a holiday.

3.Did you enjoy_________ at the party yesterday?

4.Guo Yue did quite well at the World Table Tennis Championship, but Zhang Yining did even___________(well).

5.It’s raining_________(heavy). We have to stay at home instead of going fishing.

6.Professor Williams keeps telling his students that the future_________(belong) to the well-educated.

7.I know a little bit about Italy as my wife and I_________(go) there several years ago.

8.The flowers were so lovely that they______(sell) at once.

9.Now they ________(build) a new cinema here.

10.This is the first time that we_________(see) a film in the cinema together as a family.

11.This is the station_________ I saw Tom off.

12.There was a time__________ children hated to go to school.

13.Those _________are present at our class are all experienced teachers.

14.This is the book _________cover is blue.

15._________ is known to all, the earth is round.

完型填空（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，并在答题卡上涂黑。

Tom was a middle-aged leather trader (皮货商) whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often __1_ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so __2__ with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Tom and his wife were busily _3_ up their new home, the light suddenly __4_. Tom was regretful to have forgotten to bring along 5__ and had to wait _6_ in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant 27_ on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the __8__ night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom was a _9__ to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be __10__, so he went to the door and opened it __11_. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor. ” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door __12__. “What a nuisance (麻烦事)!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to _13__ things.”

After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. __14_ this time she was _15__ two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She _16_ me here to give you these.” Tom was very _17__ by what he saw. At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his _18__ in life. It was his _19_ and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was _20__ nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic （无同情心的）mind.

1.                A．complaining     B．telling          C．hoping   D．pretending

2.A. pleased          B disappointed     C. exhausted      D. encouraged

3.                A．looking         B．turning         C．coming   D．tidying

4.                A．went on        B．went down      C．went out  D．went through

5.                A．candles         B．matches        C．lights D．flashlights

6.                A．happily         B．patiently        C．hopefully D．helplessly

7.                A．steps          B．words          C．knocks   D．screams

8.                A．dark           B．quiet           C．noisy D．crowded

9.                A．newcomer      B．stranger        C．guest D．settler

10.               A．called          B．disturbed       C．watched   D．offered

11.               A．surprisingly     B．delightedly      C．impatiently D．willingly

12.               A．gently          B．kindly          C．politely    D．violently

13.               A．lend           B．sell            C．harness   D．borrow

14.               A．And           B．But            C．So   D．For

15.               A．holding         B．hiding          C．fetching   D．lifting

16.               A．suggested       B．commanded     C．sent  D．forced

17.               A．frightened      B．pleased        C．puzzled   D．surprised

18.               A．failure         B．success         C．complaint  D．determination

19.               A．warmth        B．coldness        C．kindness   D．sympathy

20.               A．doubtfully      B．hardly          C．actually   D．nearly

第二节: 语法填空

Vitamins are a group of substances（物质）found in food. The body needs them for life and health. So usually, many people care for the question: am I getting enough vitamins, and am I getting the right kind?

Even though very small amounts of each vitamin are enough for the needs of the body, the worry people have about vitamins has some reasons. And this has to do with their ___11_      --- the food they take in. A person eating a good variety of food get all the vitamins now ___12   ___ (know) to be needed.

The problem is that there are many people who don’t ___13_   __ foods wisely. So the answer ___14   ___ this question is: No extra ___15_  __ are needed, ___16    __ you eat proper foods. In fact, many of the vitamins cannot be ___17_  __（store） in the body, so when extra vitamins are taken in, the body simply gets rid of them. It is even ___18   ___ (harm) to put too much of certain vitamins into the body. This has been found to be ___19        (truth) of vitamin A and D, when ___20    ___ amounts are taken in.