In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my _36_, it was the same score.

   Later that evening, I _37_ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our _38_ much better than an IQ test. We _39_ that Michael’s score must have been a _40_ and we should treat him _41_ as usual.

   We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got _42_ grades in the school, especially _43_ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.

   Michael _44_ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than _45_. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

   On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I _46_ the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the _47_ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say _48_, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the _49_ we had in him.

   Interestingly, Michael then _50_ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had _51_ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be _52_.

         Children often do as _53_ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, _54_ of them. That is, tell a child he is“ _55_”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.

1.A. joy                        B. surprise                  C. disappointment              D. dislike

2.A. hopefully            B. fearfully                  C. cheerfully                        D. tearfully

3.A. student                B. son                           C. friend                               D. doctor

4.A. decided               B. realized                   C. argued                             D. understood

5.A. joke                B. mistake           C. warning                            D. wonder

6.A. specially              B. naturally                 C. strictly                              D. carefully

7.A. poor               B. average           C. good                            D. standard

8.A. in                         B. about                       C. of                             D. for

9.A. visited                           B. chose                      C. passed                              D. entered

10.A. allowed             B. described               C. required                          D. offered

11.A. missed               B. held                         C. delayed                            D. attended

12.A. high              B. same                         C. different                          D. low

13.A. curiously           B. eagerly          C. jokingly                   D. calmly

14.A. faith                            B. interest                   C. pride                                 D. delight

15.A. looked for                  B. asked for                C. waited for                        D. prepared for

16.A. received      B. accepted                  C. organized                         D. discussed

17.A. imperfect                   B. uncertain                C. impossible                       D. unsatisfactory

18.A. honestly      B. well                           C. much                               D. bravely

19.A. expect                        B. learn                        C. hear                               D. speak

20.A. wise                       B. rude                          C. shy                                    D. stupid

In a national spelling contest in America，an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her  36  voice the judges were not sure whether she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and  37  decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now, the girl knew she had  38  the word. But instead of lying，she told the truth that she had said the  39  letter—so she lost the contest.

As the girl walked off the  40 ，the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her

41  . Later，dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s honesty，even when it  42  her the contest. But the fact is that she  43  the biggest contest that day: the contest of her   44  .

Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is that we would do if we knew we would never get  45  .This young girl could easily have  46  and nobody would have known it but herself. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. It’s been said, “If you  47  , you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own  48  and character more than the prize from a spelling  49  . Her respect for herself was more important than any   50  others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the  51  she made in that moment will have long-lasting influence.

It’s so true that the choices you make today  52  what you are tomorrow. Our children will  53  our behaviour much more than our advice. So if we want them to  54  to be honest，we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember，our kids are  55  what we do and how we live even when we don’t think they see or know.

 1.A. high                       B. sweet                          C. tough                           D. soft

 2.A. finally                    B. kindly                            C. secretly                         D. totally

 3.A. forgotten              B. mispronounced          C. misspelled                   D. lost

 4.A. correct                 B. wrong                        C. different                       D. same

 5.A. stage                    B. studio                         C. test                              D. classroom

 6.A. bravery                  B. honesty                     C. courage                        D. cleverness

 7.A. cancelled              B. cost                            C. offered                        D. wasted

 8.A. achieved               B. broke                          C. won                              D. defeated

 9.A. reputation            B. knowledge                   C. 1ife                                D. character

 10.A. paid                              B. awarded                    C. caught                          D. reported

 11.A. escaped              B. 1ied                            C. changed                        D. answered

 12.A. accept                 B. fight                            C. cheat                           D. insist

 13.A. conscience         B. feeling                        C. diligence                      D. modesty

 14.A. contest              B. champion                     C. judger                           D. expert

 15.A. sense                            B. pride                            C. respect                          D. awareness

 16.A. plan                      B. conclusion                   C. discovery                        D. choice

 17.A. make                             B. change                                C. keep                           D. create

 18.A. give                      B. take                            C. follow                             D. set

 19.A. grow up              B. bring up                        C. take up                         D. come up

 20.A. recording                     B. inspecting                    C. correcting                     D. watching

Boris has brains． In fact, I doubt whether anyone in the class has＿＿＿IQ．  

A．a high B．a higher C．the higher D．the highest

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day in summer I stepped into a tiny coffee shop to drink a cup of black coffee. As I entered, I found a very old woman bent      a table near the door. Her back was so    twisted(弯曲) by some sadness that her face nearly    the table-top. I sat down facing her two tables away.

    "Poor woman," I thought. "What does she    life? Why does God let people live so  past their prime(黄金时期)?"

As I thought,      aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about      . They talked of how little the shop had     in 70 years... In minutes the two of them were      with laughter.

    I looked again at the     woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall,     a picture of  myself.

    I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, gold rings on her fingers.

    I was in      spirits. She was laughing, smiling.

    I was putting the      of my life together. She had millions of wonderful      to recall.

    She was       the day with a good friend. I was      worried about getting old. She was old but it wasn't    her.

    As I left the shop, I thought of my      questions about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more     and more sensitive than I was.       has not bent her spirit. But I am always filling my mind with something unpleasant.

  A. to                B. on           C. over                 D. toward

  A. heavily           B. badly            C. slightly             D. hardly

  A. struck            B. reached      C. stuck           D. touched

A. get out of          B. get off      C. get away with        D. get into

  A. hard              B. long             C. slowly          D. rapidly

  A. other             B. the very         C. another         D. a certain

  A. bright future    B. recent history   C. the present day      D. childhood days

 A. changed            B. improved         C. rebuilt              D. developed

  A. jumping          B. trembling        C. burning         D. running

  A. older                B. poor             C. first                D. younger

A. watching           B. taking       C. searching       D. catching

  A. high                 B. low          C. good            D. sad

A. dreams             B. pages            C. pieces          D. hopes

A. affairs           B. sufferings       C. incidents            D. memories

A. spending           B. enjoying         C. sharing         D. wasting

A. certainly         B. completely   C. naturally            D. secretly

A. hurting            B. choking      C. defeating            D. beating

A. funny         B. foolish      C. serious         D. curious

A. alive              B. strong       C. useful               D. powerful

A. Wealth             B. Life             C. Time             D. Age

二. 完形填空(30分)

I will never forget one thing, mainly because I learned the meaning of kindness then.

    A few years ago, I went running on a 16  day. It was my favorite activity because the 17   were so clean when it rained. 18  , I saw an old man with  19  clothes picking cans out of a rubbish bin. When I ran past him, I didn’t know 20   I should give him my umbrella. As I was thinking, I was still  21   . But I finally decided to give him my umbrella, as I knew he needed the umbrella much more than I needed it,   22   I ran back, gave him the umbrella and said, “You  23   this more than I do.” To my  24  , he took it with a big smile on his face and repeated, “Thank you! Thank you! God bless you.” I hadn’t expected he would  25  it so much. I walked away feeling  26  . I turned back one last minute and  27  him still smiling. “It was just an umbrella,” I thought, not  28  that it was the  29  that made him happy. He might feel that he wasn’t  30  in the world.

    A few weeks later, when I was running on the same street on a bright sunny day, I  31  the same man who was in the same clothes sitting down resting. The only  32  was my umbrella right beside him, looking like he  33  it. It was very clean and neatly placed. At that moment, I realized it didn’t  34  that I couldn’t give him a house or a job. I only did what I was able to and it made a whole lot of  35  seem to go away.

16. A. snowy         B. sunny        C. cloudy          D. rainy

17. A. parks            B. paths        C. streets       D. gyms

18. A. Hopefully   B. Unfortunately       C. Surprisingly  D. Suddenly

19. A. nice                 B. wet          C. funny      D. clean

20. A. whether           B. when                C. why            D. how

21. A. smiling     B. looking             C. running            D. walking

22. A. for          B. when                C. since           D. so

23. A. care        B. need            C. enjoy           D. like

24. A. excitement  B. disappointment  C. joy      D. surprise

25. A. favor           B. love            C. appreciate   D. admire

26. A. high                 B. good          C. scared     D. amused

27. A. saw                  B. heard                  C. imagined  D. sensed

28. A. expecting  B. watching             C. realizing     D. feeling

29. A. trust           B. confidence        C. respect          D. kindness

30. A. small          B. alone           C. bothered          D. useless

31. A. cared about B. called on     C. passed by   D.looked after

32. A. achievement B. sign             C. choice             D. difference

33. A. valued    B. remembered       C. honored      D. washed

34.A change       B. occur         C. hurt         D. matter

35.A.sadness      B. suffering       C. rudeness     D. feeling