After my dad died on Aug.30, 2001, my mother made sure we marked each anniversary. At first, my brothers and sister and I would travel hours to get home, but eventually we got to the point where just one or two of us would make it back to go to Mass with her and spend the day together.

The great love of her life, the man who broke up with her right before her college graduation, only to return two years later claiming he’d traveled the world and hadn’t found anyone to compare with her, remained a daily presence in her life. She spoke about him so often and kept his memory so alive that people were sometimes surprised to learn that he was gone. She took over the garden where he’d planted and made it her own.

When the 10th anniversary of his death approached, my mom began talking about it and planning for it weeks in advance. The date on her kitchen calendar was circled and marked R.I.P. (Rest in Peace). Of course she wanted all of us there and settled the dates for our coming back.

On Monday — the day before the anniversary — she went to morning Mass and walked downtown for lunch with friends, and later told my sister on the phone that she felt Dad still so close that as she was walking back home, she heard someone yell and thought, “Oh, there’s Dick.”

That evening she went out to water flowers, just as my father, 10 years before, had gone out to the garden to pick vegetables before he died. A neighbor heard the tin watering can strike the ground as she fell and hit her head. My mother died within hours, on Aug.30, 2011, the 10thanniversary. She needed to mark that anniversary, she wanted us all home and my dad had waited long enough.

1.From the second paragraph we know that the author’s father______.

A．traveled around the world and left her mother

B．left her mother first but returned two years later

C．had a quarrel with her before her graduation

D．was not the right man her mother wanted at that time

2.We can infer from the passage that the author’s mother _____.

A．knew her last day was coming on Aug.30

B．kept everything of her father’s home

C．missed Father though he had passed away

D．remained a daily presence in his life

3.Which of the following statements is true EXCEPT that _____.

A．Mother died the day before the anniversary of Father’s death

B．Mother died in the garden as Father did ten years ago

C．Mother died because she fell to the ground accidentally

D．Mother died on the same date when Father did ten years ago

4.What does the writer imply in the underlined part of the last sentence?

A．She wanted us to stay at home.             B．Mother missed us very much.

C．Mother expected us to get back.            D．That day was her last day.

1.I don’t want to set down a _________(系列)of facts in a diary as most people do.

2.If you want to read quickly and well, you should increase your _____________(词汇量).

3.People from England made ____________(航海)to conquer other parts of the world..

4.I said hello to her ,but she ____________(不理睬)me completely.

5.Don’t be __________(关心) about your son very much. He has grown up.

6.It took the rest of the winter for her to r________ from her heart operation.

7.After he come back from abroad, he decided to s_______ in his hometown .

8.One of the d____________ of the job is the long working hours.

9.She kept a travel j_________ during her trip to China.

10.I p____________ my husband not to drink too much at that time.

对话填空 （满分 10分）  阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给首字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

W: Tell me, Jack. Do you look t       the Web much?

M: Well, to tell you the t    , I’m so busy with work. I don’t really have much time to s         the Web. Let me think…I s          I log on a couple of times a week, for about two or three hours.

W: So, What do you do o       the Internet when you log on?

M: Well, I do a little e-mailing. I only get about two or three e-mails a week. Actually I p       writing real letters, with pen and paper.

W: Yeah, I’m the same way. Anything e           you do on the Internet?

M: Well, sometimes I look up i      I need for my job. It s        a lot of time looking through books in libraries.

W: Yes, it sure d      

请根据首字母及句意，写出正确的单词。（每小题1分，共10分）
【小题1】After          (毕业) from college, we got the chance to travel abroad.
【小题2】When the war in Iraq broke out, they were c            about their son， who was working there.
【小题3】Earthquake is one of the most terrible d            .
【小题4】A d         person always tries to finish the job, no matter how hard it is.
【小题5】Do you know how many provinces the Yellow River f       through?
【小题6】His poor English is a(n)            （不利之处）when he looks for a job.
【小题7】I hope that the problem will be settled in a               way. (和平的)
【小题8】The United States of America was f             on July 4, 1776.
【小题9】I p        swimming to running because staying in cool water is much more fun.
【小题10】There was a hot discussion because they each had a
different            .(观点)

单词拼写（满分5分）

1.It’s hard to p     him into stopping smoking.

2.Scientists have so far failed to find a c    for cancer.

3.This film is m    to warn people against drugs.

4.Shall I p     you a cup of tea？

5.Her facial e     showed that she was angry.

6.When did Britain       (宣布) war against Germany in the Would War II.

7.Nobody trusted Peter, but he was really       (清白的)

8.     (咨询) your teacher when you meet with trouble.

9.She       (抱怨) to me about his rudeness.

10.If you are not satisfied with this book, I can       (推荐) you another one.