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 the 8th grade in Ohio, a girl named Helen in my class had a terrible accident. As she was   31   to the bus in order not to miss it, she slipped on the ice and fell under the back wheels of the bus. She   32   the accident but was paralyzed from the waist down. I went to see her, in my 13-year-old   33   thinking that she wouldn’t live   34   from then on.

Over the years, I   35   and didn’t think much about Helen after that. Three years ago, in Florida, my oldest son was hit by a car while riding his bike,   36   a terrible brain injury. While I was looking after my son, a lady who said she was the hospital’s social worker called. It was a (an)   37   trying (难受的) day. I burst into tears for no reason and rang   38  .

A short time 1ater, a beautiful woman, in a wheelchair,   39   into my son’s room with a box of   40  . After 16 years, I still   41   Helen. She smiled, handed me the tissues and hugged me. I told her who I was, and after we both went through the shock of that, she began to tell me about   42   since we last saw each other. She married, had children and got her degree so that she   43   the path for those people who were less   44   than her. She told me that if there was anything she could give me, it would be   45  .

Looking at this wonderful, giving person, I felt   46  . But I also felt the first hope I had since learning that my son was   47  . From this person that I thought would have no   48   of life, I learned that where there is life, there is hope. My son miraculously (神奇的)   49   and we moved north, but I owe Helen   50   that I can never repay.

A. walking                 B. riding                      C. running                    D. driving

A. lived                            B. survived                   C. existed                            D. escaped

A. mind                     B. brain                        C. head                        D. thought

A. equally                  B. calmly                            C. quietly                            D. normally

A. studied                  B. moved                            C. worked                    D. 1ived

A. suffering               B. causing                    C. bearing                    D. catching

A. normally               B. particularly               C. necessarily                D. eventually

A. up                         B. off                           C. back                        D. down

A. ran                        B. walked                     C. rolled                       D. moved

A. tissues                 B. presents                    C. pills                         D. candies

A. realized                B. knew                       C. recognized                D. reminded

A. her life                B. her son                     C. her family                D. her work

A. clear                    B. smooth                     C. clean                        D. open

A. rich                     B. healthy                     C. strong                      D. fortunate

A. money                 B. hope                        C. pity                         D. medicine

A. small                   B. pitiful                      C. weak                        D. shameless

A. admitted                     B. beaten                      C. hurt                  D. hospitalized

A. use                      B. value                       C. meaning                   D. quality

A. treated                 B. worsened                  C. relieved                    D. recovered

A. some money         B. some tissues              C. a debt                   D. a hope

By my third day in the hospital, I realized Owen didn’t visit. I couldn’t understand（21）______ my best friend wouldn’t come to see me. Struggling against the pain, I called his house. His Mom（22）______, and when I asked for Owen, she got quiet. “He’s not here right now,” she said. I thought it was（23）______ that she didn’t tell me where he was or offer to have him call me. But I was so weak, I just let it（24）______.I fount out later that Owen’s mom telephoned my parents right（25）______we rang off. My phone call really made her anxious, and she insisted they talked to me. Later that night, my mom （26）______ . Did I remember drinking? Did I remember being in a car? I had no idea what she was talking about, so she finally told me the news: I’d hit a tree. Owen, in the passenger seat, was thrown from the（27）______and killed instantly. The only reason I’d lived was because of my（28）______ .
My first（29）______was of shock. I’d been drink-driving? Hit a tree? Killed Owen? I felt like the worst person in the world. Even after I was able to go home several weeks later, I didn’t want to eat, I didn’t want to talk. I just（30）______at the wall in my bedroom and cried. The only person I wanted to see was Owen. I didn’t feel like hanging out with any of my old friends.

I was very fond of hunting when I was a young man. In the autumn of 1915, I was __16__ in the northwest of India. One evening, after hunting in the forest all __17__， I was returning alone to the place where I had __18__ up my tent. I was tired __19__ hungry. It was getting __20__ and darker, and I was walking slowly __21__ a narrow path. On my right was a wide river; on my left, a __22__， dark forest. All of a __23__ I saw two green eyes looking at me from among the trees. I knew it __24__ be a man-eating tiger. The tiger was getting ready to __25__ on me.

My heart __26__. What could I do? Should I jump __27__ the river and hope to save my life __28__ swimming? I looked to the __29__. In the river there was a __30__ crocodile waiting to welcome me with its mouth __31__ open. I was so  __32__ that I shut my eyes. And I thought it would be the end of my __33__. I heard branches moving __34__ the tiger roared (咆哮) and jumped. __35__ then I opened my eyes. What do you think had happened? The tiger had jumped right over me and now in the jaws (嘴) of the crocodile.

A. practicing      B．studying   C．planting          D．travelling

A. day            B．night     C．the time           D．the year

A. turned           B．put       C．made              D．brought

A. but            B．and       C．or                  D．nor

A.colder            B．warmer    C．brighter        D．cooler

A. by                       B．beside     C．along             D．on

A. thick             B．strong     C．tall                D．short

A. shock            B．joy        C．sudden          D．surprise

A. could            B．can        C．must             D．should

A. live              B．depend     C．look             D．jump

A. beat              B．sank       C．ached            D．jumped

A. across           B．over       C．into              D．from

A. on                       B．of         C．with             D．by

A. front             B．back       C．left               D．right

A. big               B．tiny        C．dead            D．dying

A. long             B．short       C．wide            D．narrow

A. tired             B．excited     C．frightened     D．surprised

A. work            B．study       C．day              D．life

A. though      B．as          C．but              D．or

A. Just              B．Even        C．Still            D．Only

完形填空 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was     1     to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always     2     -- it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s identity and just     3     in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical, perfect white flower lying in soft pink paper.

But I never stopped     4     who the giver might be. My mother     5      to these imaginations. She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness who might be showing     6     . I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had     7     me even though I didn’t know him.

One month before my high-school graduation, my father died. My feelings      8      from sorrow to fear and     9    : my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely     10     in my coming graduation, the senior-class play and the ball. But my mother would not hear of my losing any of those things. Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress, but it was the     11     size. When my father died, I forgot about the dress.

The day before my ball, I found that dress-- in the right size—hanging over the living room sofa. It was     12      to me so lovingly. I didn’t     13     if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did. She wanted her children to feel     14    , filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of     15   .

My mother died ten days after I was married. The following year the gardenia stopped coming.

1. A. given         B. delivered            C. taken            D. brought

2. A. useful            B. helpful          C. in vain      D. hopeful

3. A. delighted     B. pleasant         C. pleasing     D. satisfied

4. A. considering       B. remembering      C. imagining        D. recalling

5. A. referred      B. led              C. preferred        D. contributed

6. A. appreciation  B. honor            C. grateful     D. respect

7. A. observed      B. watched          C. noticed      D. hated

8. A. ranged            B. differed         C. suffered     D. judged

9. A. shock         B. happiness            C. depressing   D. anger

10. A. uninterested B. interested           C. unhappy      D. disappointing

11. A. wrong            B. false                C. proper       D. right

12. A. provided     B. presented            C. introduced   D. awarded

13. A. doubt            B. wonder           C. desire       D. care

14. A. loving           B. loved                C. respected        D. honored

15. A. trouble      B. despair          C. problem      D. sorrow

The rumors had been spreading for months but it still came as a shock when the hospital would be closing. It had served this poor neighborhood for nearly 100 years but it would close because of the health care crisis.

The day after the announcement co-workers found out that pretzels(椒盐饼干) had been eliminated. Soft pretzels are the lifeblood of this city. So losing access to soft pretzels is no small matter.

I said, “I only have $6. I’m not sure how many pretzels I need. You see, I work at a hospital and it’s closing and they stopped selling pretzels.” The man’s smile disappeared. “What hospital?” “Oh, Northeastern Hospital.”

The guy looked deeply shocked. “I used to sell medical supplies and that was one of my hospitals.” Then he turned around and grabbed a box of 25 pretzels and slid them across the counter.

I was surprised by his generosity and started to reach for my wallet, “Oh I can pay. Please let me …” The guy smiled, “Just tell them Joe Sullivan said to do something nice for someone else.”

And so that day everyone in medical records was treated to a soft pretzel. Word spread fast as people came asking, “Is it really true?” It was as if I’d carried in a box of gold. It mattered to them that a stranger cared.

1.The underlined word “eliminated” in Paragraph 2 means _____.

A. highly priced      B. added        C. overcooked   D. removed

2.Why did the author decide to buy pretzels for his co-workers?

A. To show his generosity.                B. To make them feel less sad.

C. To show his thanks to them.                D. To encourage them to work hard.

3.To buy 25 pretzels, the author should pay ____.

A. $25                B. $12.5            C. $12          D. $50

4.According to the passage, Joe Sullivan used to be a ____.

A. cook               B. doctor       C. shopkeeper   D. salesman

5.What can be the best title of the passage?

A. A nice treat                          

B. The rumor that came true

C. Tell them Joe cared                   

D. Northeastern Hospital is closing down