第二节：完形填空（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36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away, and my feet  36  . The loaded plates I carried  37  to be heavier and heavier. Tired and discouraged, I didn’t able to do anything  38  . As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream  39  a dozen times, I was ready to stop. Then the father  40  at me as he handed me my tip. “Well done,”  he said, “you’ve   41  us really well.” Suddenly my tiredness  42  . I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how I'd like my first day, I said, “  43   !” Those few words of praise had  44  everything. Praise is like 45  to the human spirit; we cannot grow without it. And  46  ,while most of us are only too  47  to apply(应用)to others the cold wind of criticism (批评), we are  48  to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. Why---when one word of praise can bring such  49 ?
It is strange haw chary (吝啬) we are about praising. Perhaps it’s  50  few of us know how to accept it. It’s  51   rewarding (奖赏)to give praise in areas in which  52  generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned. An artist gets complimented (admired)for a glorious picture, a cook for a  53 meal. But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are  54 just right? In fact, to give praise  55  the giver nothing but a moment's thought and a moment's effort..
36.A. rested    B. hurt    C. broke  D. slipped
37.A. remained      B. looked       C. seemed       D. turned
38.A. new      B. special       C. nervous      D. right
39.A. order     B. price   C. material     D. chair
40.A. stared    B. smiled C. glared D. nodded
41.A. called on      B. looked after       C. passed by   D. thought of
42.A. arrived  B. continued   C. disappointed      D. developed
43.A. Oh B. Well   C. Fire    D. Terrible
44.A. made     B. changed     C. found  D. improved
45.A. heat      B. warmed      C. snowstorm  D. sunlight
46.A. then      B. thus    C. therefore    D. yet
47.A. ready    B. doubtful     C. satisfied     D. disappointed
48.A. unable   B. unwilling   C. likely  D. anxious
49.A. attention       B. choice C. pleasure     D. difficulty
50.A. because B. when  C. what   D. where
51.A. finally   B. especially   C. silly    D. fortunately
52.A. effort    B. effect  C. deed   D. feeling
53A. daily      B. light   C. perfect       D. poor
54.A. done     B. sold    C. chosen       D. given
55.A. adds      B. leaves C. offers  D. Costs

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“It’s no use, Mum,” said Johnny. “I’m just no good at dancing.”

“You’ve got to keep trying. Tonight will be     1, dear. Try a turn with that pretty Lisette.”

Johnny     2. Every Saturday night used to be the best of the week. He and his parents went to the     3at the Club, where his hero, Alcide, played the accordion （手风琴） with the band. But lately everything had changed. Now that Johnny was older, he was     4to dance with a girl!

5Johnny and his parents arrived at the Club, music had already started. Johnny got up his     6to approach Lisette. “May I have this dance?” Johnny asked. “That’s all right,” said Lisette. Johnny struggled to keep up with Lisette’s     7steps, but he was always one beat behind her. Then Johnny heard his friend Pierre say, “Look! Johnny has two left feet!”     8

burst from the crowd. Johnny     9and ran outside, determined never to go to another dance.

The next Saturday, Alcide     10to Johnny’s house for some potatoes. He happened to hear Johnny playing the accordion. Alcide’s eyes     11. “Bring that accordion and play some songs tonight,” Alcide said. Then he drove off, leaving Johnny staring open- mouthed     12him.

At the Club, Johnny scanned the crowd for Lisette and     13her. The band played for a long time before Alcide said, “Dear friends, I got a     14for you tonight. Young Johnny is going to join us!”     15, Johnny stepped up on the platform, his eyes on the floor. He began to play, and the band     16behind him. When the song ended, he heard cheers. Johnny kept playing until the dance was     17. “You did a fine job tonight. Play with us again next Saturday night,” Alcide said. “Yes, sir!” said Johnny.   18he went outside, Johnny saw Lisette and her friends near the door. Lisette stepped     19, smiling. “You played really good tonight!” she said.

“Thank you,” Johnny blushed （脸红）. As he walked on, Pierre     20moved out of the way for him to pass.

Johnny patted his accordion. Come to think of it, in his whole life, he had never once seen Alcide out on the dance floor.

1.A. difficult     B. troublesome    C. different     D. terrible

2.A. answered      B. sighed         C. smiled        D. laughed

3.A. platform      B. appointment    C. meeting       D. dance

4.A. expected      B. invited        C. allowed       D. chosen

5.A. If            B. Since          C. Though        D. When

6.A. spirits       B. feelings       C. courage       D. strength

7.A. smooth        B. clumsy         C. slow          D. small

8.A. Shouts        B. Laughter       C. Applause      D. Cheers

9.A. broke away    B. went out       C. broke up      D. turned out

10.A. ran          B. walked         C. drove         D. cycled

11.A. opened       B. rolled         C. sharpened     D. widened

12.A. off          B. with           C. after         D. for

13.A. caught       B. searched       C. sought        D. spotted

14.A. surprise     B. puzzle         C. story         D. joke

15.A. Struggling  B. Trembling      C. Wandering     D. Whispering

16.A. got round    B. joined in      C. turned around D. showed off

17.A. in           B. out            C. over          D. on

18.A. As           B. Because        C. Until         D. So

19.A. backward     B. forward        C. onward        D. downward

20.A. still        B. even           C. ever          D. almost

A few days ago I asked my sons’ governess Julia to come into my study.
“Be seated, Julia,” I said. “Let’s settle our accounts. I guess you most likely need some money, but maybe you’re too polite to mention it. Now then, we agreed on thirty dollars a month...”
“Forty.”
“No, thirty. I made a note of it. I always pay our governess thirty. Well, hmm, you’ve been here two months, so...”
“Two months and five days.”
“Exactly two months. I made a special note of it. That means you have sixty dollars coming to you. Take off nine Sundays... You know you didn’t work with Tom on Sundays. You only took walks. And three holidays...”
Julia was biting her finger nail nervously, her face red, but—not a word.
“Three holidays, therefore take off twelve dollars. Four days Tom was sick and there were no lessons, as you were occupied only with Dick. Three days you had a toothache and my wife gave you permission not to work after lunch. Twelve and seven—nineteen. Take nineteen off...that leaves...hmm...forty one dollars. Correct?”
Julia’s left eye reddened with tears welling up. Her chin trembled；she coughed nervously and blew her nose, but—still not a word.
“Around New Year’s Day you broke a teacup and a saucer: take off two dollars. The cup cost more, it was a treasure of the family, but—forget it. When didn’t I take a loss?! Then, due to your carelessness the maid stole Dick’s shoes. You ought to watch everything! You get paid for it. So, that means five more dollars off. The tenth of January I gave you ten dollars.”
“You didn’t,” sobbed Julia.
“But I made a note of it.”
“Well...if you say so.”
“Take twenty seven from forty one—that leaves fourteen. ”
Both her eyes were filled with tears. Beads of sweat stood on the thin pretty little nose. Poor girl!
“Only once was I given any money,” she whispered, her voice trembling, “and that was by your wife. Three dollars, nothing more.”
“Really? You see now, and I didn’t know that! Take three from fourteen...leaves eleven. Here’s your money, my dear. Three, three, three, one and one. Here it is!”
I handed her eleven dollars. She took them and pocketed them.
“Merci(法语，谢谢),” she whispered.
I jumped to my feet and started pacing the room. I was overcome with anger.
“For what, this ‘merci’?”I asked.
“For the money.”
“But you know I’ve cheated you—robbed you! I have actually stolen from you! Why this ‘Merci’?”
“In my other places they didn’t give me anything at all. ”
“They didn’t give you anything? No wonder! I played a little joke on you, a cruel lesson, just to teach you...I’m going to give you all the eighty dollars! Here they are in the envelope all ready for you...Is it really possible to be so spineless（懦弱）? Why didn’t you protest? Why were you silent? Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws（爪）—to be such a fool?”
Embarrassed, she smiled. And I could read her expression: “It is possible.”
I asked her pardon for the cruel lesson and, to her great surprise, gave her the eighty dollars. She murmured her little “merci” several times and went out. I looked after her and thought: “How easy it is to crush the weak in this world!”
【小题1】While talking to Julia, the writer expected ____________ from her.

A．to be more aggressive	B．to be more careful in her work
C．to protect her own right	D．to live independently

 
第二部分 阅读理解（第一节20小题,第二节5小题；每小题2分,满分50分）
第一节 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Not long ago, I faced an enjoyable yet formidable(难以对付的) challenge. I was returning to my old neighborhood in the South Bronx to speak the students of my old school, Morris High.  As we drove down streets where my friend Gene Norman and I used to race bicycles, I thought of the problems awaiting the kids living here, the drugs, the temptations, and the crime. What could I say to encourage them?
As we passed the hamburger place that I used to haunt, I remembered my growing-up years here, the joys, the sorrows, and the choices. Even then kids faced choices. There were drugs in my neighbourhood and a youngster could gain easy access to them if tempted. But in my family, the decision was simple: You just didn’t do it. We knew it was stupid and the most self-destructive thing you could do with the life God had given you.
At age of 17 I found a summer job in a local soft-drink bottling plant at 90 cents an hour. I was thrilled. On my first day of work, having joined the ranks of other newly hired teenagers, I was full of enthusiasm. The bottling machines caught my eye, but only the white boys worked there. I was hired as a porter and the foreman handed me a mop(拖把). I decided to be the best mop user there ever was. Right to left, left to right.
As our car rolled on, our driver’s voice broke my thought . “We are here, General.” I looked up at my old school; it hadn’t changed much. As I walked up its familiar stone steps I remembered racing up them to beat the bell. The setting for my talk to the student body was the gymnasium.
“I remember this place”, I told the students. “I remember it all. I remember running through Van Cortland Park with the track team, the victory I used to take each day from my home to Kelly Street to school.”
“I also remember, upon occasions, experiencing the feeling ‘you can’t make it’”, I continued. “But you can. When I was coming up, opportunities were limited. But now the opportunities are there to be anything you want to be. But wanting to be isn’t enough, dreaming about it isn’t enough. You’ve got to study for it, work for it, fight for it with all your heart energy and soul so that nothing will be denied you.
I wanted them to make the right choices, to work hard and not lose sight of a dream. And I wanted them to know that someone is always watching.
41.Why does the author say that he faced an enjoyable yet formidale challenge?Because_______
A.he was very much afraid of returning to his old neighborhood
B. his old neighborhood is problematic with drugs, temptation and crimes
C. he was going to make a speech to schoolboys and schoolgirls of Morris High
D. there are problems on the road his car was driven on and this worried him
42.The author thinks it was _________for kids to face choices when he was young.
A. very exciting     B. only natural     C. very easy      D. really a sad thing
43.According to the author, the stupid and the most self-destructive thing you could do with the life God had given you is __________.
A. to get easy access to choices           B. to hang around the hamburger place
C. to get addicted to drugs               D. to resist the temptation of drugs
44.Which statement is TRUE according to the article?
A. The author went back to his old school as a general
B. The author was the best mop user there ever was
C. The author was very excited about his first job
D.The author believed that you can become anything you want

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36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
Wings of Angel
I used to hate myself because I wasn’t “normal”. Everyone else could play on the monkey bars and ride on a bicycle, but not   36  . I had a severe spinal cord disorder(脊髓病) and I knew I would always be much   37  than others.
I hated going to school and I hated   38   at me. I hated seeing others smiling broadly and standing   39  and tall. And most of all, I hated looking in the   40  and seeing an ugly and hunchback(驼背).
My friends found me   41  because I didn’t let other get close to me. I thought I was going to go on like this for the rest of my life   42  Angela appeared.
That afternoon, I was sitting by myself in a corner of the school—a spot where no one would
43  me. That’s when I first heard your voice.
“Hi. Can I sit down?”
I raised my head and there she was, with an irresistible smile on her round face.
“What are you looking at?” you asked.
“Ants.”
“What are they doing?”
“No   44  .”
“I bet they’re playing games and make friends. Don’t you think so?”
That was how our   45  started and it didn’t stop. We talked about everything under the sun—the ants, the clouds, my little niche(处境)—until it was sunset.
Then suddenly, you saw my   46  . She just stared.
My heart   47  . What I feared most had happened and I knew for sure she would   48   me now.
She stood up, pointed at my back and said, “I know why your back is hunched.”
I closed my eyes like a criminal waiting to be   50  . I begged in my heart for her to   51  , but you just kept on going. “I know what you’ve got in there. Do you?”
“No,” I answered   52  .
She bent and whispered in my ears.
“Your back is bunched because you’ve got a pair of wings from the angels.”
I was   53  . I looked into your eyes and her   54  touched my heart. From that day on, I started to learn to   55  myself because I have the wings of an angel and a kind – hearted friend.
36．A．them B．it      C．mo    D．her
37．A．sadder      B．shorter      C．weaker     D．slower
38．A．looking    B．smiling     C．aiming      D．glaring
39．A．still   B．alone C．straight     D．together
40．A．street B．sun    C．corner      D．mirror
41．A．distant      B．stubborn   C．hopeless    D．unfortunate
42．A．after  B．before      C．since D．until
43．A．disturb     B．seek  C．interrupt   D．ignore
44．A．wonder     B．idea   C．sign   D．action
45．A．connection       B．competition      C．conversation     D．comprehension
46．A．face  B．back  C．eyes  D．shoulders
47．A．sank  B．beat   C．broke       D．ached
48．A．care for    B．rely on     C．look down upon      D．put up with
49．A．that   B．how  C．whether    D．why
50．A．accused    B．arrested    C．punished   D．sentenced
51．A．relax B．leave C．stop   D．pause
52．A．shyly B．weakly     C．proudly    D．firmly
53．A．astonished B．ashamed   C．annoyed    D．amused
54．A．wisdom    B．generosity C．honesty     D．kindness
55．A．control     B．like   C．comfort    D．enjoy