A: Hi , Randall,Come on in .

B: Uh, yeah, I____by to see if you ____for a roommate to share your house.

   A．stopped; were still looking       B．will stop ;are still looking

C．have stopped ; were still looking       D．stop ; will have looked

A group of class friends，highly successful in their careers，got together to visit their old university professor .The conversation soon   36  into complaints about stress in work and life

Offering his guests coffee，the professor went to the 37 and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of  38  —porcelain，plastic，glass，crystal，some   39   -looking，some expensive，some delicate—telling them to  40 themselves to the coffee

When all the students had a cup of coffee in   41  ,the professor said：“If you noticed，all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken up， 42 behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to  43 only the best for yourselves，that is the  44 of your problems and stress.

Be assured that the cup itself  45 no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink .    46  all of you really wanted was coffee，not the cup，but you  47 went for the best cups.  And then you began   48 each other’s cups.

Now consider this：Life is the   49 ，the jobs，money and   50  in society are the cups . They are Just tools to hold and contain life，and the type of cup we have does not define nor change the quality of life we  51  . Sometimes，by concentrating only on the cup，we  52 to enjoy the coffee God has 53 us.  God brews the coffee，not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything . They Just 54 the best of everything .

Live simply.  Love generously.  Care deeply . Speak kindly . Leave the 55 to God .

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       Roland was a carpenter in America. He and Sheila had three   36   —two boys and baby Jessica. The baby had been in and out of the hospital for the last year because of infections and   37   problems. She was very weak and sick. The doctors were not   38   that she would live another year. w.w

         39   Jessica was expensive. The family was deep in   40  . Things were bad. Roland saw no light at the   41   of this tunnel (隧道). Then he saw an ad in the newspaper: “Security guards   42  , $150,000 a year. ”   

       He called the number. The line was busy, but he   43   calling and finally got through. He was worried that the jobs were all taken,   44   they told him plenty of jobs were still available. They said they would give him two weeks of   45   in Texas. Then they would   46   him to Iraq for his assignment.

       Roland told Sheila he had to take this job. He knew it was   47  ；he might get injured or killed, but the money was too good.   48  , the family would have full medical benefits,   49   would enable the baby to get the care she needed. Roland said if he survived the first year, he would   50   work there for one more year.

       Sheila was   51  . She asked, “What if you get killed? What are we going to do without you?”

       “You can’t   52   like that, honey,” he said. “You’ve got to think   53  . Think about how well off we’ll be in two or three years after I bring back all that   54  . This is the best thing I could do for this family.” Sheila   55   him and sobbed (呜咽地说) . “I don’t want you to go.”

       Roland flew to Houston five days later. w.w

36．A．students          B．friends            C．workmates             D．kids

37．A．other              B．another           C．puzzling          D．strange

38．A．afraid             B．satisfied          C．confident        D．sad

39．A．Thinking of     B．Getting rid of  C．knowing of            D．Taking care of

40．A．debt               B．danger            C．thought           D．surprise

41．A．top                 B．entrance          C．bottom            D．end  

42．A．sold                B．watched          C．wanted            D．welcome

43．A．stopped           B．enjoyed           C．kept                D．finished

44．A．but                 B．and                 C．so                   D．because

45．A．holiday           B．training           C．work              D．rest

46．A．invite             B．drive               C．expect            D．fly

47．A．dangerous       B．easy                C．comfortable    D．interesting

48．A．However         B．Besides           C．Therefore        D．Otherwise

49．A．that                    B．which             C．who                D．where

50．A．luckily            B．happily           C．carefully         D．probably

51．A．excited           B．worried           C．satisfied          D．disappointed

52．A．think              B．guess              C．live                D．work

53．A．active             B．positive           C．hard               D．honest

54．A．time            B．news               C．money            D．paper

55．A．took               B．missed                   C．hugged           D．left

---Do you still smoke heavily?       

--- No. In fact, it is two years since I ____.  

A. have stopped smoking               B. smoked   

D. began to smoke                    D. started to smoke