For the 17 years my life was very happy. Then the first sad thing happened. My mother became very ill, and soon she knew that she was dying. Just before she died, she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room. She held our hands and said, “Victor and Elizabeth, my children, I’m very happy because you love each other, and because one day you’ll get married. Everyone in the family loves you, Elizabeth. Will you take my place in the family, my dear? I can die happy if you look after them when I have gone.”
My mother died and we were very sad, because we loved her dearly. Elizabeth was brave and helped us; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother’s death. The time came for me to go to university. I didn’t want to leave my sad family, but we all knew that I should go. It was hard to leave, too, because the parents of my good friend Henry would not let him go to university with me. So I had gone alone.
On my first day at university I met my teacher, Professor Waldman, who was one of the greatest scientists in the world. He gave a wonderful talk to all the students who were starting at the university. He ended his talk by saying, “Some of you will become the greatest scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can. This is why God made you intelligent—to help other people.”
After the professor’s talk, I thought very carefully. I remembered the storm when I was 15; I remembered how the lightning had destroyed the tree. From then on, I wanted to use electricity to help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life. I decided to work on these two things.
I started to work the next day. I worked very hard and soon Professor Waldman and I realized that I could learn to be a very good scientist.
The professor helped me very much, and other important scientists who were his friends helped me, too. I was interested in my work and I did not take one day’s holiday during the next two years, I did not go home, and my letters to my family were very short.
After two years, I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was the best in the university. My machine would help me answer the most important question of all. How does life begin? Is it possible to put life into dead things? To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death. I had to watch bodies from the moment when they died and the warm life left them. In the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead. Day after day, month after month, I followed death, so it was a dark and terrible time.
I built a tall mast about 150 meters high, which is higher than the tallest building in the city, to catch lightning and send the electricity down to my machine in the lab. I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead.
Then one day, the answer came to me. Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life.
【小题1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done in my study while she ___36___ to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too ___37___ and I shouted, “What are you doing?” No response. I ___38___ my question and heard her say, “Oh,…nothing.” Nothing？

I got up from my desk and ran out ___39___ the living room, where I saw her running across the hall. I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick ___40___ into the bathroom. I had her ___41___! I told her to turn around. She ___42___. I pulled out my big Daddy voice, “Young lady, I said turn around!”

___43___, she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was ___44__ with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard ___45__ voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you…You should know…How many times have you been ___46___ … What a bad thing to do…” It was just a matter of my picking out which old ___47___ I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But ___48___ I could become angry, I looked ___49___ at the sweater on her. In big ___50___ it said, “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL(天使)!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, ___51___ seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, I saw a little angel full of ___52___ that I had come dangerously close to ___53___. “Sweetheart, let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how ___54___ you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t ___55__ the chance to prove what a perfect little angel she had given me.

1.A. happened           B. liked                 C. appeared          D. pretended

2. A. long              B. quiet                C. calm              D. strange

3.A. asked             B. answered                C. raised           D. repeated

4. A. into       B. of                C. from              D. for

5.A. way       B. turn            C. change         D. progress

6.A. followed    B. scolded           C. cornered           D. fooled

7.A. laughed      B. listened              C. agreed          D. refused

8.A. Slowly      B. Eagerly           C. Angrily           D. Unfortunately

9.A. filled               B. marked           C. printed         D. covered

10.A. every            B. such                 C. any                D. one

11.A. told               B. beaten            C. frightened         D. forbidden

12.A. reports        B. notice              C. advice           D. words

13.A. as            B. when               C. since             D. before

14.A. up            B. down               C. in              D. on

15.A. signs            B. letters             C. messages         D. figures

16.A. because of       B. instead of       C. in spite of         D. as a result of

17.A. values          B. sadness          C. pities             D. tricks

18.A. preventing    B. getting rid of       C. destroying       D. doing wrong on

19.A. dirty             B. ugly           C. special          D. silly

20.A. have             B. get              C. take               D. miss

As a substitute teacher, my daily routine involves driving to a new school almost every day so I’m usually unable to anticipate the day’s events, good or bad!

On one particular day, I was teaching in a very difficult classroom. I was managing behavior all morning and by lunch time, I knew I needed coffee to even consider surviving the afternoon. So on my lunch break, I drove to a nearby plaza（购物中心）to get a cup of coffee. Upon returning to the car I realized I had locked my keys and my phone inside! I had about 15 minutes to get back to the school which was a good 4 or 5-minute drive away. I contemplated  (思考）sprinting（冲刺）back, but it being winter, I thought a nasty fall on ice would only make the situation much worse.

So I ran into a McDonald’s which was in the same plaza and asked the man at the counter who happened to be the manager to please call me a cab. I briefly explained my situation to him, and I could tell by the look in his eyes, that he empathized. He hurried to the back to use the phone while I paced in the restaurant. I had less than 10 minutes to get back to my school at this point.

The manager returned only to tell me that the cab company had put him on hold and then the line got disconnected, and that he was now on hold again, but had not yet been able to request the cab yet. My expression, I assume, began to resemble some combination of hopelessness and fear.

Without a thought, he grabbed his coat and offered to drive me to the school. Without hesitation, I followed him into his car and made it back into my classroom with 2 minutes to spare before the bell!

Upon arriving at the school, I thanked this man endlessly. His calm demeanor（举止）and kind nature made me think he was probably a wonderful manager to work for, and also a wonderful human being to have on this earth. This experience makes me realize that out of every seemingly hopeless situation, there is the opportunity for acts of kindness to transpire（发生）, which can have an unimaginable impact on those who receive them.

1.Why did the author go to get a coffee?

A．Because he needed to eat something as lunch.

B．Because he was very thirsty.

C．Because he had to refresh himself for the classes in the afternoon.

D．Because he wanted something hot to drink.

2.What happened to the author after he got a cup of coffee?

A．He fell on the icy road.

B．He realized his keys and phone were locked inside the car.

C．His car was broken.

D．He lost his keys and phone.

3.How long probably had the author stayed in the McDonald’s?

A．For about 15 minutes.                    B．For about 10 minutes.

C．For about 8 to 9 minutes.                 D．For only 2 minutes.

4.What kind of person is the manager?

A．Kind-hearted.      B．Active.            C．Good-mannered.    D．Thoughtful.

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A, B, C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were  1.  .The rivers were long gone back into the  2.  .If we didn’t see some rain soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true  3.  of sharing and  4.  the only miracle I had seen with my own eyes.

I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. Minutes after he  5.  into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.

I went back to make sandwiches,  6.  that what he had been doing was completed. Moments later,  7.  ,he was once again toward the woods. This  8.  went on for an hour—walked  9.  to the woods, and ran back to the house.

  10.  I couldn’t take it any longer, so I went out of the house quietly and  11.  him on his journey. As I leaned into spy on him. I saw the most   12.  sight. Several large deer were in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. And I saw a tiny young deer lying on the ground  13.  suffering from dehydrateion (脱水) and heat exhaustion, lifting its head with  14.  effort to drink up the water in my beautiful boy’s  15.  .

When the water was  16.  ,Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap that we had  17.  .Billy opened it all the way up and a small trickle(细流) began to creep out. When he stood up and began to  18.  ,I was there in front of him. His little eyes were just filled with tears.

“I’m not  19.  ,”was all he said.

As the tears that rolled down his face began to hit the ground,they were suddenly  20.  by other drops…more drops…and more.

All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm, just like one little boy saved deer.

21..A.dying           B.producing         C.harvesting    D.drying

22..A.sea         B.gas                C.earth        D.land

23..A.skill                  B.lesson           C.impression   D.opinion

24..A.found          B.expected           C.noticed     D.witnessed

25..A.disappeared   B.broke           C.turned              D. looked

26..A.admiring             B.thinking             C.imagining      D.desiring

27..A.consequently B.eventually         C.however        D.therefore

28..A.experience     B.activity         C.exercise        D.arrangement

29..A.hurriedly             B.secretly             C.worriedly      D.carefully

30..A.Immediately  B.Finally           C.Fortunately  D.Unexpectedly

31..A.stopped     B.caught          C.followed        D.urged

32..A.amusing     B.interesting       C.appealing      D.amazing

33..A.anxiously         B.disappointedly      C.naturally       D.obviously

34..A.no           B.brave            C.great        D.poor

35..A.hands         B.face               C.eyes          D.legs

36..A.gone          B.cool                 C.running          D.faded

37..A.put out      B.taken away         C.shut off              D.set up

38..A.stop       B.leave              C.smile         D.run

39..A.washing    B.drinking          C.throwing       D.polluting

40..A.melt               B.added             C.attached       D.joined

短文改错（满分10分）

   下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在下面加上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

            2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Today I’d like to tell you anything about riding a bike in London. If you visit London, you’ll

see many buses, cars or bikes. It’s very cheap and quick to use bike. If you take a bus, I often have to wait for an hour or so. Besides, the buses move very slowly. The underground is quickly but expensive and often crowded. I used to travel to work by bus. I was often late, and tiring. Then a friend suggested we went to work by bike. I followed him. Although we went slowly, but we always arrived on time. Taking a bus takes 50 minutes, while ride a bike only half an hour. Now I love riding to work and I feel more better.