完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

During the years when I was a teacher, I learned a lot of things. Perhaps the most important one was the life-changing  16 of encouraging words.  

I 17 what Leo Buscaglia had done with his students in University of Southern California. In one class Leo Buscaglia and his students had made two lists of 18 , one positive and one negative. Then they  19 the negative words in the trash and tried to use only the  20 words for one month. They were  21 at how much better their lives became just by using words full of  22  .

I decided to try this as well by  23 something good to write on each paper my students  24 . No matter how many mistakes a student’s paper  25 , there was always a  26 sentence, beautiful thought, or a great idea that I could  27 on. I remember glancing over my desk and  28  some of the students reading those encouraging words  29  . It was a joy seeing their eyes shine a little brighter, their  30  sit up a little straighter, and their learning climb a lot  31 .

I recently saw one of my  32  students and we talked for a while. He has got married, and has two children now. As I was saying goodbye, he said, “You know I  33  have a few of those old papers. I look at them from time to time. I just  34  my kids have a good teacher like you.” I was amazed at the  35  those few positive words had on his life.

May your own life be forever full of encouraging words in your ears, from your lips and in your heart.

1.                A．method        B．ability          C．power    D．approach

2.                A．improved       B．learned         C．wondered D．used

3.                A．books          B．words          C．ideas D．tasks

4.                A．threw          B．collected        C．stored    D．wrote

5.                A．familiar         B．standard        C．common  D．positive

6.                A．curious         B．disappointed     C．amazed   D．confused

7.                A．astonishment    B．encouragement  C．friendship D．advantage

8.                A．buying         B．finding         C．asking    D．wishing

9.                A．took down      B．put away        C．looked through D．handed in

10.               A．contained       B．created        C．avoided   D．reduced

11.               A．complete       B．strange         C．simple D．meaningful

12.               A．agree          B．comment       C．bring D．depend

13.               A．keeping        B．having         C．seeing D．1eaving

14.               A．again and again   B．now and then    C．little by little    D．step by step

15.               A．1egs           B．waists          C．backs D．shoulders

16.               A．further         B．higher         C．deeper    D．wider

17.               A．present        B．clever          C．careful    D．former

18.               A．ever           B．never          C．still   D．merely

19.               A．hope          B．admit          C．complain  D．remember

20.               A．result          B．strength        C．effect D．importance

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
During the years when I was a teacher, I learned a lot of things. Perhaps the most important one was the life-changing  16 of encouraging words.  
I 17 what Leo Buscaglia had done with his students in University of Southern California. In one class Leo Buscaglia and his students had made two lists of 18 , one positive and one negative. Then they  19 the negative words in the trash and tried to use only the  20 words for one month. They were  21 at how much better their lives became just by using words full of  22  .
I decided to try this as well by  23 something good to write on each paper my students  24 . No matter how many mistakes a student’s paper  25 , there was always a  26 sentence, beautiful thought, or a great idea that I could  27 on. I remember glancing over my desk and  28  some of the students reading those encouraging words  29  . It was a joy seeing their eyes shine a little brighter, their  30  sit up a little straighter, and their learning climb a lot  31 .
I recently saw one of my  32  students and we talked for a while. He has got married, and has two children now. As I was saying goodbye, he said, “You know I  33  have a few of those old papers. I look at them from time to time. I just  34  my kids have a good teacher like you.” I was amazed at the  35  those few positive words had on his life.
May your own life be forever full of encouraging words in your ears, from your lips and in your heart.

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

I once heard the story of a grown bear that lived in a cage and traveled with a circus ever since he was young. The bear spent every day of his life   16   back and forth in his cage while lots of   17   looked on. When the keepers weren’t   18  , some visitors would throw pieces of food   19  broken glass into the cage. When the great bear would eat what he thought was a(n)   20   meal, the broken glass   21  cut his throat and stomach.

One day an animal lover visited the circus and saw the   22   , things that the people were doing. He felt so   23   for the animal that he decided to buy the bear. The circus   24   to sell the bear to him and they set up a   25   to send it.

When the day arrived for the bear to be   26   , everyone was waiting to see what would happen. To everyone’s   27  , when the door of the cage was opened for the first time, the bear      28   paced back and forth as usual. The bear didn’t seem to   29   that the cage door was open. Finally the keepers got the bear out of the cage and rolled it   30  . What they saw next shocked everyone. The bear   31   at his new home. Then to everyone’s surprise and   32  , the bear began his pacing again. Back and forth he would go as if he was in a(n)   33   cage. In the end, he had to be put to sleep.

I hope and   34   that you are not living a life like the bear described above. I heard a(n)   35    recently, “Don’t let your past dictate who you are, but do let it influence who you become.”

16. A. bending              B. confusing                        C. removing                        D. pacing

17. A. activists                  B. visitors                         C. keepers                        D. bears

18. A. tidying           B. contacting                      C. looking                           D. existing

19. A. made up             B. kept up                            C. made of                      D. filled with

20. A. wonderful                B. simple                        C. unforgettable                     D. frustrating

21. A. should                 B. will                                  C. may                         D. would

22. A. terrible               B. strange                           C. amusing                      D. endless

23. A. promising            B. silent                         C. pity                                D. fair

24. A. refused                B. thrilled                          C. agreed                        D. inspired

25. A. rule                      B. date                             C. company                     D. calendar

26. A. sold                   B. delivered                       C. presented                     D. shot

27. A. surprise                 B. sadness                     C. comment                        D. entertainment

28. A. originally               B. anxiously            C. simply                           D. enjoyably

29. A. bother                  B. dream                       C. desire                           D. care

30. A. in                         B. up                                    C. out                                         D. away

31. A. traveled around           B. looked into                     C. checked in                     D. looked around

32. A. excitement            B. disappointment            C. eagerness                   D. imagination

33. A. lovely            B. precious                       C. imaginary                      D. similar

34. A. advise                    B. pray                              C. explain                            D. educate

35. A. statement                    B. announcement                    C. method                          D. quote

“Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.” I saw this wonderful old saying again in a book recently. It got me thinking about all the times that I have been    31   to forgive others in my life and all the joy that it has brought me. One    32   stands out particularly well.
I was a young boy at a summer camp. I was having a great time and    33___ everything about it except for another young boy of my age. To say we didn’t
   34   would be a statement that made the situation less serious than it really was. We spent most of the week irritating, insulting (侮辱), and picking on each other.
   35   finally came to a fight on the next to last day of camp. We got into a fist fight which I lost.    36   older boys broke it up before I was hurt too much. I spent the rest of the day alone, refusing to speak andlost in my own    37  .
The next day my spirits were    38   when Mom brought the boys in our cabin some of her delicious homemade    39  . I was enjoying a few slices of it when I saw the other boy sitting by himself at the bottom of the steps outside. He seemed very    40   right then. I am not sure what moved me to do so, but I took my pizza down and    41   it with him. It made all the anger and pain inside me    42  . We became friends after that. I never got into another fist fight either. I had found out that sharing and forgiving were much more fun and a lot less painful.
Forgiveness is    43   the sweetest revenge. It can turn an enemy into a friend. It can    44   a heart from the chains of anger, hatred, and pain. It can open a soul to the sweetness of love and joy once again. May your life always be    45   of sweet forgiveness.

完形填空(共20小题, 每小题1分，满分20分)
Soon Tommy's parents, who had recently separated (分居), would arrive for a meeting on his failing schoolwork and 16 behavior. Neither parent knew that I had called up 17 .
Tommy, an only child, had 18 been happy, cooperative, and an excellent student. How could I make his father and mother 19  that his recent failing grades 20  a brokenhearted child's reaction to his respected parents' separation and possible 21 ?
Tommy's mother came in and 22  one of the chairs I had placed near my desk. Then the father 23  and was obviously surprised to see his wife. They pointedly(显然) ignored each other.
As I gave a detailed 24  of Tommy's behavior and schoolwork, I prayed for the 25  words to bring these two together to help them see what they were doing to their son. 26  somehow the words wouldn't come.
I found a crumpled (弄皱的), tear-stained 27  stuffed (塞) in the back of Tommy's desk. Writing covered both sides, a single 28  scribbled (乱写) over and over.
Silently I smoothed(弄平) it out and gave it to Tommy's mother. She read it and then without a word handed it to her husband. He 29  . Then his face softened. He studied the scribbled words for 30 seemed a future life.
At last he folded the paper carefully and 31   his wife's outstretched(伸出的) hand. She wiped the tears from her 32  and smiled up at him. I also couldn't keep back tears, but 33  seemed to notice.
In this way I used the words to 34  that family. On the sheet of yellow copy paper 35 with the painful outpouring of a small boy's troubled heart, it said.
"Dear Mother ... Dear Daddy ... I love you ... I love you ... I love you."