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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A successful businessman was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor（继任者）to take over the business． ___36__ choosing one of his children,he decided to do something different,He ___37____ all the young executives（主管）In hs company together, and said，"l will give each one of you a（n）____38____  today．l want you to plant the seed，water it, and ___39___ here one year form today with what you have grown from the seed,l will then ___40____ your plants,and the one I choose will be the next CEO."
Jim was ___41___ that day and he also received a seed．He went home ___42___,and got a pot，some soil and planted the seed.Everday,he watered it and __43___ to see if it had grown，___44__ nothing ever grew.
Time flew,and it was time to __45__ their plants to the boss.When Jim arrived,he was
___46__ the variety of plant gsrown by the other executives.They were all__47__ in all shapes and sizes.
When the old CEO arrived,he __48__ the room and greeted his young execytuves.
"___49__ ! What great plants,trees,and flowers you have grown."All of a sudden, the CEO___50__ Jim at the back of the room With his___51___ pot.He asked him what had happened to his seed一Jim told him his ____52____.
The CEO looked at Jim,and then ____53___to the young executives,"Now we have the nestChlef Executlve Office—his name is Jim!"
Nobody Could ___54___ it,including Jim himself.Then the CEO said,"One year ago the seeds I gave everyone were all boiled seeds; it was not ___55___for them to grow．Remember everyone,if you plant honesty，you will reap（收获）trust．"
36. A.Because of                 B.In additlon to     C.Apart from          D.Instead of
37. A.took                B.called         C.left                  D.kept
38. A.Order              B.plant          C.seed                D.appointment
39. A.come back           B.get off         C.forget about       D.walk around
40. A.colect               B.buy                 C.sell                 D.judge
41. A.absent               B.late           C.there                D.out
41. A.excitedly            B.nervously      C.carefully          D.angrily
43. A.declared             B.remained      C.watched              D.intended
44. A.so                 B.since          C.but                 D.if
45. A.dig out             B.pack up        C.meet with            D.bring back
46. A.disappointed at        B.amazed at     C.satisfied with             D.cautious about
47. A.green               B.beautiful      C.depressing            D.dying
48. A.scanned             B.found                C.searched             D.inspected
49. A.Your               B.His           C.Her                D.My
50. A.told                B.spotted       C.praised               D.blamed
51. A.empty              B.broken        C.big                 D.expensive
52. A.secret                B.story          C.cause               D.doubt
53．A.explained               B.suggested           C.announced          D.introduced
54．A.hear                   B.know           C.realize                  D.believe
55．A.necessary               B.important     C.possible            D.practical

Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. He __26__ one morning with his young son, __27__the horse before it died. Father and son walked, __28__the farmer did not want the horse to be__29__. ?

They met two men on the road__30__said: “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It's __31__to market.” The farmer knew that this was__32__, so he rode on the horse, __33__his son walked. ?

Then they met two old ladies. “__34__are you doing up there, farmer? Can't you__35__how tired your boy is?” __36__the farmer got down, and his son rode__37__. ?__38__, three old men stopped them. One said: “Why are you walking, farmer?__39__. It's too hot for an old man like you to walk today.” So the farmer got up　 40__his son, and they__41__. __42__, a young woman passed them. “Why aren't you walking?” she asked. “It isn't __43_ to market. Give your poor old horse a rest.”

So the farmer, and his son, got down__44__. ?

It is a fact that you cannot please__45__the people all the time. ?

读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. Trevor, my husband, parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone.

The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family.

I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.

People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity（人性）as a whole. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares. And the results can be everlasting.

[写作内容]

1．以30字概括短文的内容。

2．以约定120个词表达你对“助人为乐”的看法，包括下面内容：

（1）叙述你或你的朋友帮助人或得到别人帮助的经历

（2） 你对现代社会是否需要“助人为乐 ”的精神的看法及理由

[写作要求]

作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A father was sitting at his desk poring (仔细研究) over his monthly bills   36   his young son rushed in and announced, “Dad, because this is your   37   and you’re 55 years old, I’m going to give you 55 kisses, one for each year!” When the boy started making good on his word, the father exclaimed, “Oh, Andrew, don’t do it now; I’m too   38  !”
The youngster immediately fell   39   as tears welled up in his big blue eyes. Apologically the father said, “You can finish   40  .”
The boy said nothing but   41   walked out of the room,   42   written over his face. That evening the father said, “Come and finish the   43   now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t   44  . The father didn’t think it serious and soon it went out of his mind.
45  , a few days later after this incident, the boy had an   46   and was drowned. His heartbroken father wrote...
“If only I could tell him how much I   47   my thoughtless words, and could be assured that he knows how much my   48   is aching and how I miss him.”
49  is a two-way street. Any loving act must be warmly accepted   50   it will be taken as rejection and can leave a scar. If we are too busy to   51   and receive love, we are too busy!   52   is more important than responding with love   53   the cry for love from those who are near and   54   to us, because there may be no chance at all as in the   55   of the little boy. Cherish every chance!
36. A. after                          B. when                       C. since                        D. before
37. A. festival                      B. party                        C. birthday                   D. gift
38. A. worried                            B. busy                        C. disappointed             D. excited
39. A. silent                         B. curious                     C. thankful                   D. ashamed
40. A. now                          B. immediately             C. quickly                    D. later
41. A. quietly                       B. angrily                            C. anxiously                 D. eagerly
42. A. puzzle                       B. disappointment         C. anger                       D. pain
43. A. tasks                          B. words                      C. kisses                       D. wishes
44. A. notice                        B. smile                       C. finish                       D. respond
45. A. Unfortunately             B. Luckily                    C. Strangely                 D. Properly
46. A. problem                        B. matter                      C. accident                   D. affair
47. A. regret                        B. expect                      C. scold                        D. forget
48. A. mind                         B. heart                        C. brain                        D. head
49. A. Word                         B. Aching                     C. Birthday                   D. Love
50. A. and                           B. so                            C. but                          D. or
51. A. give                          B. achieve                    C. reach                       D. cherish
52. A. Everything                 B. Nothing                   C. Something                D. Anything
53. A. with                          B. in                                   C. to                                   D. by
54. A. kind                          B. important                 C. useful                      D. far
55. A. demand                            B. point                        C. condition                  D. case

At 10 years old, Flynn Mc Garry became sick of the meals his mother cooked for him. So the Los Angeles native took matters into his own hands and started making his own dinners. One of his specialties? Trout with braised leeks(韭葱炖鲑鱼).
Now 13, the young chef is being praised as a “food prodigy(神童)”. He will spend his summer apprenticing with some of the best chefs at LA’s famous restaurants, MSNBC Nightly New reports.
Mc Garry began making a name for himself in the culinary(烹饪) world when John Sedlar, owner of the trendy Playa Restaurant, let Mc Garry take over the kitchen for a special nine-course meal. The meal sold out almost instantly.
“Flynn is a very unusual young man, and he’s very, very passionate,” owner John Sedlar told MSNBC.
By usual teenage boy standards, it’s true. So strong is his passion for cooking that the young man has turned his bedroom into an experimental kitchen laboratory.
Instead of video game consoles, baseball trophies and movie posters, Mc Garry’s room is lined with mixers, pots and pans, cutting boards and a stainless steel worktable. It’s where Mc Garry cooks his monthly pop-up dinners, which are served from his family’s dining room, a monthly supper club he calls Eureka.
Mc Garry is deft(灵巧的) and confident in the kitchen, with skills he’s been practicing since he was a child. What started out as a means of self-preservation from his mom’s unsatisfactory cooking has turned into a passion that the teen hopes to develop into a career.
“My goal? Michelin three stars, a restaurant in the top 50 list,” he told MSNBC. “Hopefully the top five.” Meanwhile, Mc Garry’s 13-year-old resume is already richer and more impressive than most cooks many times his age.
Mc Garry isn’t the only talented young prodigy to surprise experts in his field in recent years. At just 17 years old, physicist Taylor Wilson is already teaching graduate-level courses in physics and has built a functioning nuclear reactor.
【小题1】Mc Garry first started cooking ___________.