The night was dark, though sometimes the moving clouds allowed a star or two to be seen in the sky.The poor men held on to any bit of ____ they could find. They called to the Marie for ? ? ? but she was far ? ? ? the reach of the human voice. At one o’clock in the morning suddenly some ? ? ? were seen in the distance: another ship! The shouts of the ? ? ? were heard on board, and willing hands pulled them out of the water. The ? ? ? of the ship that had arrived at the scene ? ? ? to save their lives was Ellen. What had ? ? ? her to the exact spot ? ? ? the darkness and the pathless sea? Her captain had known ? ? ? of the wreck and had, indeed,? ? ? to sail away from it. But let him speak for himself.

“ ? I was forced by the wind to change my course, a small bird flew across the ship once or twice and then flew at my face. I ? of this until exactly the same thing happened a second time, ? caused me to think it rather ? . While I was this ? , the same bird, for the third time, made its appearance and flew ? in the same way as before. I was then ? to change my course back to the original one. I had not gone far ? I heard a strange voice; and when I tried to ? where they came from, I found I was in the middle of people who had been shipwrecked. I immediately did my best to save them.”

1.A. land????????????? B. grass????????????? C. hope????????????? D. wood

2.A. food????????????? B. help????????????? C. rest????????????? D. stop

3.A. off????????????? B. out????????????? C. beyond????????????? ????????????? D. from

4.A. people????????????? B. lights????????????? C. ships????????????? D. houses

5.A. sailors????????????? B. captains????????????? C. rescuers????????????? ????????????? D. swimmers

6.A. name????????????? B. owner????????????? C. captain????????????? ????????????? D. finder

7.A. ahead of time????????????? B. at times????????????? C. on time????????????? D. in time

8.A. brought????????????? B. carried????????????? C. kept????????????? D. caused

9.A. in ????????????? B. on ????????????? C. through????????????? ????????????? D. around

10.A. everything B. nothing????????????? C. something????????????? D. Anything

11.A. attempted B. managed????????????? C. allowed????????????? ????????????? D. demanded

12.A. Just as????????????? B. In case????????????? C. Only because????????????? D. Even though

13.A. paid no attention? B. took good care??? C. took no notice????????????? D. kept close watch

14.A. which????????????? B. what????????????? C. that????????????? D. this

15.A. Interesting? B. funny????????????? C. friendly????????????? D. unusual

16.A. searching????????????? B. expecting????????????? C. considering????????????? D. studying

17.A. back????????????? B. about????????????? C. up????????????? D. down

18.A. forced????????????? B. decided????????????? C. persuaded????????????? D. forbidden

19.A. when????????????? B. until????????????? C. then????????????? D. while

20.A. listen to ????????????? B. search for????????????? C. make sure????????????? ????????????? D. look out

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he    36  up his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his ___ 37    expensive “school” fee. He always owes his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. D. degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before   38   , he bought a Rolex watch with the    39   made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be   40   down for inspection. Glen knew that carrying the   41   goods out had to pay the tax. And he worried about paying    42   for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless    43   . When he was    44   of his “smarts”, immediately,    45   the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which   46   nearly 100,000, into pieces on hearing Glen’s words. Glen was amazed,    47   he understood why, he was taken to the office to be    48   strictly. For many times of entry-exit   49   he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked out every thing carefully in the box, and warned him no matter

   50 time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if    51   reusing and carrying fake and shoddy(劣质的) goods, he would be charged according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after   52   the plane for long.

After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep    53   on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of 54   , which he would    55   as the secret of his success forever.

A. set                  B. came            C. went            D. called

A. good                B. bad             C. extra            D. few

A. staying               B. leaving         C. living           D. coming

A. books                B. things           C. savings         D. pounds

A. put                 B. looked         C. taken            D. lied

A. ordinary              B. common       C. specific        D. many

A. one                  B. it               C. them            D. these

A. present             B. trade            C. toy             D. fake

A. afraid                B. proud            C. well            D. hard

A. in                   B. on          C. before          D. after

A. paid               B. spent            C. took             D. cost

A. Before               B. After            C. If            D. Though

A. appreciated          B. beaten          C. spoken         D. examined

A. conditions            B. experiences   C. experiments D. chances

A. what                 B. how            C. when            D. why

A. came out             B. found out     C. sent out        D. set out

A. landing              B. flying           C. catching       D. boarding

A. expression            B. idea             C. thought         D. impression

A. honesty             B. lies              C. goods           D. things

A. remember            B. learn            C. revise           D. read

We spent many years studying the formation of rocks, experiencing many sufferings and even dealth .But our hard work _____in the end, and we made it.

  A. paid off    B. paid back    C. given away     D. came out

Dear son,

     The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.

     If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I      teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I     the same things thousand and one times, do not      me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story     you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a    , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I     , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my     little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking (嘲弄) smile. I taught you     to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life.

   When at some moment I lose the memory or the     of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you      to me.

     If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well      I need to and when not. When my     legs do not allow me to walk, give me your     , the same way I did when you gave your first   .   And when someday I say to you that I do not want to      any more -that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.

     Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that,      my mistakes, I always wanted the      thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, or angry for seeing me      you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you      living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and     . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.

                                                                   I love you, son.

                                                                  Your father

1.A. paid              B. spent           C. cost            D. took

2.A. praise           B. think           C. repeat          D. criticize

3.A. interrupt        B. disturb          C. look           D. avoid

4.A. when            B. after           C. since           D. until

5.A. rest              B. word          C. shower         D. sleep

6.A. discovered      B. invented       C. noticed         D. assumed

7.A. knowing         B. fearing        C. enjoying        D. consulting

8.A. what             B. when          C. how           D. why

9.A. news             B. attitude        C. material        D. thread

10.A. talking         B. listening        C. responding     D. appealing

11.A. where           B. how           C. that            D. when

12.A. tired            B. tiring          C. tiresome        D. tire

13.A. leg              B. ear            C. hand           D. mind

14.A. step             B. pace          C. laugh           D. cry

15.A. talk             B. live           C. write           D. sleep

16.A. though         B. since          C. while           D. despite

17.A. last             B. first          C. best             D. most

18.A. near            B. behind        C. below            D. against

19.A. made            B. started       C. earned            D. found

20.A. mercy           B. care          C. excuse           D. patience

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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Billy was still a child when his parents left their hometown in search of a better life in the North. I had the pleasure of meeting him in his early years in a public school in New York. I had to
21   a class of English language learners for a   22  in world history and geography.
What this boy needed was to know how he could succeed. I could have   23  him the textbook and idly (无所事事地) sat down, and he would have read the entire book within a week and   24   for another. And so, as he sat before me   25  to learn, I knew that he would be a
26  .
Towards the end of the   27  that year, he came to me with tears in his eyes to tell me he would have to move to another district, where there were few   28   for English language learners. In addition, the district   29  that he take the state test in June,   30  he had only completed three-quarters of the first year of a two-year course! It was then that I told him what I had   31  the very first day I met him.
“You will be   32  wherever you go. They could   33   you like Napoleon to some faraway island, and you would   34  find your way to greatness.” He looked at me and   35  . Needless to say, he passed the test with high marks. He graduated with   36 , and was the only student that year   37  to Harvard University on a full scholarship (奖学金).
This boy was like a Picasso. He was born to   38 . But even a Picasso needs a   39  . The public school system (系统) gives every child a chance to   40  , only if every teacher realizes that to educate a child is to open a world of possibilities — that to educate a child is to change the world.
21. A. find                    B. organize            C. prepare             D. monitor
22. A. homework          B. test                  C. speech              D. competition
23. A. handed                  B. left                  C. borrowed          D. awarded
24. A. paid                   B. waited              C. asked                      D. struggled
25. A. curious               B. patient                     C. ready                D. eager
26. A. star                    B. historian           C. teacher             D. geographer
27. A. meeting                     B. activity             C. course              D. class
28. A. services              B. libraries            C. foreigners         D. friends
29. A. reminded           B. insisted             C. expected           D. Remarked
30. A. now that             B. as if                  C. in case                     D. even though
31. A. felt                            B. experienced              C. wanted              D. hoped
32. A. careful                B. brave                C. popular            D. successful
33. A. lead                   B. treat                 C. drive                 D. follow
34. A. even                   B. yet                    C. ever                  D. still
35. A. cried                  B. smiled              C. sighed              D. trembled
36. A. courage                     B. honors              C. praise                D. warmth
37. A. admitted             B. intended            C. offered                 D. charged
38. A. poverty              B. wealth              C. hardship           D. greatness
39. A. chance                      B. help                  C. support             D. comfort
40. A. choose                B. play                 C. achieve             D. Think