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。
One Sunday morning my mother walked into my room. “_ 36  !” she said, proudly holding up a yellow  37  with black and white stripes. “I made it just for you. What do you think?”
I   38  my tongue. How could I tell Mom it was the most hideous one I had ever seen?
“It’s perfect for   39  ,” my mother continued. “I  40  someone had made a dress like this for me.”
41  you can’t wear it, I thought. But I knew Mom had spent a lot of time on the dress. Only the world’s most   42  daughter would refuse. reluctantly（不情愿的）. I put it on.
All through church I prayed, Lord, let me get out of here __43   anyone seeing me. Especially Dennis Pearce, the boy I had a crush on. He was one of the cutest (bright) guys at Neptune High. Although we were in some of the same classes, Dennis had   44  taken any notice of me.
At the end of the service I  45   for the door. But I had to wait on the   46  while my parents chatted with their friends. Just a little while longer… Then   47  the corner of my eye I saw the Pearce approaching.    48  I could escape, Dennis was right beside me.
I started gabbing a mile a minute, hoping if I kept it   49   he wouldn’t notice my horrible dress. “I am going to college in September,” I said.
“That’s great,” Dennis replied. “I got   50  to the police academy.”
“Wow!” I said. Somehow I kept the conversation going. Soon we were walking to the parking lot together. The next thing I knew Dennis had first asked me  51  .
We courted through college, and eventually got married. Months after our wedding I asked Dennis if he remembered the day   52   he had first asked me out.
“You bet I do,” he said. “You were always 53 in school, almost standoffish (coldhearted). I didn’t think you’d be much fun. But you were so animated (lively) when we talked on the church steps, I wanted to get to know you better.” Maybe that   55   yellow dress wasn’t  55  I would have chosen, but that day it was the perfect dress for me.
36. A. Strange       B. Surprise        C. Interesting     D. Puzzled
37. A. dress         B. coat           C. skirt          D. hat
38. A. beat          B. held           C. bit           D. caught
39. A. the party      B. church         C. school        D. your birthday
40. A. hope         B. expected       C. wish          D. wished
41. A. Too beautiful   B. Too big        C. Too small      D. Too bad
42. A. ungrateful     B. lovely          C. considerate    D. responsible
43. A. beyond      B. before          C. until          D. without
44. A. never         B. sometimes      C. frequently     D. ever
45. A. made        B. ran            C. escaped       D. walked
46. A. steps         B. gate           C. door          D. bench
47. A. within        B. out of         C. beside         D. off
48. A. Until        B. After           C. Not until       D. Before
49. A. on          B. back           C. in            D. up
50. A. agreed      B. accepted        C. permitted      D. allowed
51. A. my telephone   B. my address      C. out          D. in
52. A. that          B. which          C. on when       D. \
53 A. quiet        B. calm           C. silent         D. still
54. A. blue -white striped                B. black and white stripes
C. zebra-striped                    D. dark-white-striped
55.A. what        B. which         C. that            D. One

假如你是郭凯，自从你结识了美国笔友Edward，在他的帮助下，你的英语学习有了明显的变化，你打算给他写封电子邮件，告诉他有关的情况。请根据表格中的内容，写一篇120词左右的英语短文，可以适当发挥。

Dear Edward,

_______________________________________________________________________________

                                                           Yours,

                                                           Guo Kai

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20）

A few years ago, I had a job that almost destroyed me. My  36_ was that I loved my job too much and couldn’t get  37  of it. Working for the company was happier than any other  38  . In the morning, I couldn’t  39  to get to the office. At night, I left it unwillingly（不愿意地）. Part of my mind  40__ at work even when I was at  41__ with my kids at night.

Not  42 , all other parts of my life shriveled (枯萎) . I nearly  lost  contact (交谈、联系) with my___43__ , seeing little of my wife or my two sons. I lost contact with my old friends. I even  44 __ to lose contact with myself. Then one evening, I  45  home to tell the boys I wouldn’t go back in time to say good night. I’d already missed five  46__ this week. Sam, the younger of the two, said that was  47 , but asked me to wake him up  48__ I got home. I explained that I’d be back so late that he would have gone to sleep  49_ ,  and it was probably better if I saw him the next morning. But he  50_ . I asked him why. He said he just wanted to know I was there, at home. To this day, I can’t  51  exactly what happened to me at that moment. Yet I suddenly knew I had to  52  my job.

After I said in public that I had given up my job, I received a number of  53 . Most people understood me, but a few people  were  54__. They wrote to tell me that I shouldn’t think myself virtuous (有道德的). They  think  leaving an important job to spend 55__  time with my family was  not  virtuous..

36. A. happiness     B. disease      C. problem    D. fight

37. A. enough     B. all         C. little      D. part

38. A. joy              B. invitation   C. job        D. trouble

39. A. hope        B. wait      C. stop       D. help

40. A. remained     B. held       C. blocked      D. stopped

41. A. lunch       B. breakfast    C. school     D. home

42. A. surprisingly  B. likely     C. really     D. usually

43. A. parents     B. teachers      C. family     D. friends

44. A. proved     B. wanted       C. chose     D. began

45. A. wrote      B. phoned       C. ran        D. drove

46. A. bedtimes      B. kisses     C. nights        D. calls

47. A. bad         B. easy       C. great      D. OK

48. A. however      B. whenever   C. whatever    D. wherever

49. A. as well     B. on purpose C. in time          D. long before

50. A. agreed     B. insisted      C. managed    D. stopped

51. A. understand   B. feel        C. remind          D. get

52. A. get              B. leave      C. keep      D. take

53. A. papers     B. notices          C. letters     D. reports

54. A. angry      B. happy     C. pleased      D. excited

55. A. little        B. more      C. less        D. important

假如你是李华，曾经在美国留学三年，今年回国。你在Tutor.com网站上看到一则广告——现住北京的美国Smith夫妇想给他们的两个孩子找一个汉语家教。你很感兴趣，随即向Smith夫妇写一封正式英文书信。信的内容包括以下要点：

注意：1. 文章应包括表格里的所有信息，可适当发挥。

2. 信件的开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。

      3. 词数：120左右。

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。

When I was in middle school, I was one of the smaller players on the basketball team. In our first game of the season, we were   31   to face a good team, all of whom were tall guys. Naturally, at my   32  , it would have been easy to be   33   by our competitors.

  On game day, my basketball coach called me over to him. He was a strong and tough coach, and in his   34   rough manner said, “Joel, you’re not that   35  , but let me tell you that size doesn’t matter. Don’t be afraid. What   36   is right down in here.” He pointed his finger at his   37   as he continued, “Joel, you’ve got a big heart, and you’re to   38   it this year.”

    When I heard the coach’s   39   , I stood taller than usual! I thought to myself: The coach believes in me! My confidence   40   and I played better that year than I’d ever done before.

It’s   41   what we can achieve when we know somebody really believes in us. That coach took a little time to make a big   42   . He took time to make me confident in myself. If we’re going to   43   the best in people, we need to sow seeds of   44   .

    As the saying goes, “Love looks for a way of being constructive.”   45   , love looks for ways to help improve somebody else’s life.

    When people are   46   us, they should leave better off than they were before. People should feel   47   and inspired after spending any time with you and me   48   feeling discouraged or defeated.

    Remember, there’s   49   greater investment（投资）in life than in being a people builder. Relationships   50   much more to us than our achievements.