In 1956, Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my  21  Kathy’s new parakeet （小鹦鹉）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky   22  the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird friend out there. I took him into the backyard, and then,  23  to my horror, Perky flew off. The enormous, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue   24   and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.

Kathy managed to   25  me. With fake optimism, she even tried to reassure （安慰）me that Perky would find a new   26  . But I was far too clever to   27  that such a thing was possible. Decades later, I watched my own  28   growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the   29   of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the   30   of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed to  31   the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog.   32   Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor(发言) and  33   that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.

"The best thing   34  Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the   35   we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just dived down and   36   on my finger."

When I was  37  able to speak, we examined the amazing evidence. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all   38  . It seems our two families had been   39    long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were   40   ! Perky lived!"

21. A. niece                B. sister                    C. friend                    D. aunt 

22. A. what                  B. which                    C. how                     D. where

23. A. many                B. much                      C. great                     D. very

24. A. pleasure           B. sadness                  C. treasure                 D. sense

25. A. forgive                     B. comfort                   C. help                        D. delight

26. A. parent               B. home                      C. house                     D. life

27. A. imagine             B. suppose                 C. doubt                      D. believe

28. A. birds                 B. happiness               C. worries                   D. children

29. A. parents             B. birds                       C. interests                 D. games

30. A. first                   B. best                        C. last                       D. happiest

31. A. catch                 B. find                         C. buy                       D. have

32. A. But                   B. Fortunately           C. Then                    D. However

33. A. announced              B. argued                   C. told                         D. hoped

34. A. in                      B. about                      C. from                     D. on

35. A. day                   B. place                      C. way                        D. story

36. A. fell                    B. flew                        C. landed                  D. went

37. A. firstly                B. finally                      C. exactly                   D. even

38. A. came up            B. turned up                C. turned out                     D. matched up

39. A. known               B. joined                     C. connected                     D. introduced

40. A. right                  B. wrong                            C. silly                         D. mad

I got a cancer when I was 18. This was a big deal for someone to 31. I chose to fight. After treatments, I 32 from my illness. Life couldn’t have been any 33. When I became fit years later, I met a wonderful man and got married. 34, I still felt something missing and eager to find my 35.

As my 20-year anniversary (周年纪念) of being a cancer 36 approached, I wanted to do something special and 37. I organized a fundraiser, calling it “A Mission (使命) of Love” and thanks to my 38 family and friends, raised﹩4,000 for St. Jude’s, planning to 39 it myself. Three quarters of the money would be given as a (n) 40 to the hospital, and what was left would go toward buying 41 for the children. I also organized a T-shirt 42 activity for any child who felt well enough.

Thanksgiving Day seemed the most 43 day of the year for the mission, and so it was all arranged. We went to a store and 44 three shopping carts with toys. It was 45 we were celebrities (名人) when the employees and other shoppers knew what we were doing.

On Thanksgiving Day, as we got to St. Jude’s, I became 46 emotional, as my eyes were filled with tears of 47. After dropping the toys off, we arrived where six children were waiting anxiously to begin painting. To me, it was as though they weren’t sick, and to see them smile was the greatest gift I could have ever 48.

Leaving there that day, I knew I had finally found my purpose. All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don’t 49 why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you 50 in life. It’s what you do for others.

Tuesday the twelfth was my birthday. I  16 a day of cake and presents  17__     it turned into a day of mystery(神秘). Someone sent a bottle with a letter and a treasure map   18 . It said there was a treasure of over 20 million dollars. I didn’t know if it was a trick(恶作剧) or if I should   19  it. If it was   20  , it would be the best present I had ever got. I decided to  21 . Two of my friends came and we rented a truck.   22 , I thought about turning back twice during this trip, but I didn’t think it was a 23 decision for me to make. I   24 to give this trip twice the effort(努力) I had been putting in. This would take all my trust in order for me to find the  25  .

“The map says you have to turn when you see a large stone with a red circle,” said one of them.

“What do we do after the turn?” I asked   26 .

“It says we should see a tree. We are   27  to turn 20 meters north of it and dig.　

We got there and dug. We had   28  at first digging but we got better and worked very   29 . My trousers were dirty but I kept digging   30  I hit something. It was a large metal box. We   31  the lock and looked inside. There was a letter. It read:

　　“The lesson you have learned will be very   32  . If you put as much   33 in anything you do as you did in finding the   34  , you will have found the key to making over 20 million dollars.”

　　This was a trick from my parents. I thought I would never forget this   35    birthday present.

1.                A．expected       B．accepted        C．passed   D．planned

2.                A．or             B．but            C．and  D．so

3.                A．above          B．away           C．inside    D．nearby

4.                A．trust           B．forget          C．refuse    D．share

5.                A．common        B．easy           C．interesting D．real

6.                A．choose         B．try             C．ask  D．think

7.                A．Luckily         B．Finally          C．Probably  D．Actually

8.                A．wise           B．big            C．different  D．quick

9.                A．hated          B．failed          C．needed   D．remembered

10.               A．pleasure        B．truth           C．help  D．aim

11.               A．gratefully       B．sadly           C．angrily    D．seriously

12.               A．allowed        B．required        C．forced    D．encouraged

13.               A．training        B．experience      C．trouble    D．fun

14.               A．quickly         B．badly          C．tiredly D．carefully

15.               A．since          B．if             C．because   D．until

16.               A．repaired        B．opened        C．changed   D．cleaned

17.               A．valuable        B．necessary       C．satisfying  D．painful

18.               A．time           B．money         C．health D．energy

19.               A．bottle          B．map           C．letter D．tree

20.               A．pretty          B．perfect         C．special    D．expensive

完形填空(共20小题；每小题l.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。
Twenty years ago，I drove a taxi for a living．I met  2l  people．But none touched me  22  than a woman I picked up late one night．
I received a call from  23 in a quiet part of town．When I arrived at 2：30 a．m．,the building was  24  except for a single light in a ground floor window．I  walked to the door and  25 ．“Just a minute，”answered a  26 ，elderly voice．After a long pause，the door opened．A small woman  27  her 80s stood before me．Beside her was a small suitcase．I took it to the taxi．and then returned to  28 the woman．She took my arm and we walked  29  toward the roadside．
Seated，she gave me  30 ．“I’m on my way to a hospice(临终关怀医院)．I'm in no hurry．Can you drive through downtown?” I saw her eyes shining with  31 in the rearview mirror．“I don’t have any  32  left．”she continued．“The doctor says I don’t have very long．”
During the next two hours’ 33 , sometimes she asked me to  34 in front of a particular building or corner and she  35 stare into the darkness．When we got to the destination，she asked，“How much do I   36 you?” “Nothing，”I said．“You            37 make a living．”she answered．“I have  38  passengers，”I replied，and gave her a hug． She held onto me  39 ．“You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,” she said．“Thank you.”
After that，I drove aimlessly，lost in thought．People usually believe that our lives center upon great moments．  40 great moments often catch us unaware，beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one．

【小题9】

A．freely B．rapidly C．carelessly D．slowly

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
My class makes a visit to one of the old people’s homes in our city. When we got there, and we entertained them songs, dances and a drama. We also provided them with a good lunch. Spend some time with the elderly people made  us really happily. We began to understand the senior citizens better. At the same time, they realized that old people need love or affection. It may appear that the elderly people is happy and peaceful there, but deep in their hearts they are sad about be ignored by their own children. I think it is our duty to take care our parents and the elders.