完型填空（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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s   36 filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so   37  that I decided to write an article about her.
I   38  Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk her career. She   39  and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I   40  I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there   41 , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that   42  Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The   43  was almost unbearable. I struggled for days   44  draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript   45 . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I   46  in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t   47  the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While   48  my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in   49 :
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some   50  materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to   51  your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to   52 . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of   53  writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this   54 , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t   55  to doubt yourself.
36．A．joy                     B．voice                  C．speech                 D．smile
37．A．proud                 B．active                  C．satisfied              D．moved
38．A．visited                B．emailed               C．phoned                D．interviewed
39．A．agreed                B．refused                C．hesitated              D．paused
40．A．replied                B．discovered           C．explained            D．knew
41．A．seriously             B．patiently              C．nervously            D．quietly
42．A．blaming              B．fooling                C．inviting               D．urging
43．A．hardship              B．failure                 C．comment             D．pressure
44．A．with                   B．by                      C．on                      D．in
45．A．disappeared         B．returned              C．spread                 D．improved
46．A．compare              B．struggle               C．survive                D．compete
47．A．ignore                 B．deliver                C．face                    D．receive
48．A．decorating           B．repairing             C．cleaning              D．leaving
49．A．disbelief              B．anxiety                C．horror                 D．trouble
50．A．subjective            B．relevant               C．private                D．reliable
51．A．broadcast            B．create                  C．publish                D．assess
52．A．recover               B．prepare               C．escape                 D．concentrate
53．A．energetic             B．endless                C．typical                D．enjoyable
54．A．experience           B．success                C．benefit                D．accident
55．A．attempt               B．afford                 C．expect                 D．pretend

I’m not a little tired today after giving the room a thorough cleaning and I have never had ____ today.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

The ringing of the phone runs through my head, telling me someone needs help. I pick it up and    1    the routine, “Teen Lifeline, this is Amber.” About 45 minutes later I hang up, feeling pleased because I’ve helped another teen. Volunteering at Teen Lifeline has helped me realize how to deal with my own    2    and help others.

    “My mom is always fighting with me. I want to run away.” Some teens feel their    3    is a prison, rather than a place of shelter and safety. They feel parents are only there to make their lives    4   . We try to help the teens realize the danger they could be in    5    giving them advice. All we can do is to ask questions. We also try to find out where the teens would go and how they would survive. We give them a phone number if they     6    don’t want to live in their “prison”.

“I don’t want to    7    any more” is something we hear, and suicide (自杀) calls are some of the hardest to    8   . We try to discover why they want to take their lives and how serious they are by asking them to rate it on a scale of one to ten. One means they are    9    suicide but haven’t decided how, and ten means they are always thinking about it and have a    10    . We ask them to make a promise that they will not hurt themselves. And sometimes we ask for their telephone numbers    11   we can call back to make sure that they are okay.

Although many calls are about relatively    12    problems, volunteering at Teen Lifeline has helped me realize I’m not the    13    person with problems, and has taught me how to    14    with my heart. I have made a    15    and saved many lives — possibly even my own, too.  

1.  A. set               B. stop              C. change            D. start

2.  A. decisions        B. disadvantages    C. problems         D. opinions

3.  A. school            B. home         C. bedroom          D. classroom

4.  A. simple           B. unusual            C. happy       D. terrible

5.  A. for              B. of           C. without          D. besides

6.  A. even             B. almost            C. still                D. mostly

7.  A. live             B. study             C. call              D. listen

8.  A. carry out       B. deal with        C. believe in       D. find out

9.  A. accepting       B. considering      C. objecting            D. giving

10.  A. plan            B. doubt             C. purpose          D. question

11.  A. in case          B. if                C. so that            D. when

12.  A. important       B. small            C. normal             D. typical

13.  A. very             B. only              C. exact            D. possible

14.  A. write              B. see                 C. learn              D. listen

15.  A. difference        B. choice            C. promise          D. decision

Once upon a time there was a great man who married the woman of his dreams. With their love, they created a little girl. She was a bright and cheerful little girl and the great man loved her very much.

  When the little girl was growing up, the great man would hug her and tell her, “ I love you, little girl.” The little girl would shout and say, “ I’m not a little girls anymore.” Then the man would laugh and say, “ But to me, you’ll always be my little girl.”

  The little girl who- was- not- little- anymore left her home and went into the world. As she learned more about herself, she learned more about the man. She saw that he truly was great and strong, for now she recognized his strengths. One of his strengths was his ability to express his love to his family. It didn’t matter where she went in the world, the man would call her and say, “ I love you, little girl.”

  The day came when the little girl who-was- not- little-anymore received a phone call. The great man was damaged. He had had a stroke(中风 ). He couldn’t talk anymore and they weren’t sure that he could understand the words spoken to him.

  And so she went to the side of the great man. When she walked into the room and saw him, he looked small and not strong at all. He looked at her and tried to speak, but he could not.

  The little girl did the only thing she could do. She climbed up on the bed next to the great man. Tears ran from both of their eyes and she drew her arms around the useless shoulders of her father.

  Her head on his chest, she thought of many things. She remembered the wonderful times together and how she has always felt protected. And then she heard from within the man, the beat of his heart. The heart where the musid and the words had always lived. The heart beat on, steadily unconcerned about damage to the rest of the body. And while she rested there, the magic happened. She heard what she needed to hear.

  His hear beat out the words that his mouth could no longer say…

   I love you

   I love you

   I love you

   Little girl

   Little girl

   Little girl

   And she was comforted.

1. In the 2^nd paragraph, the little girl showed her ____ by pouting.

 A. displeasure   B. disappointment   C. agreement   D. excitement

2. The following except ____ can be inferred as the consequences of the father’s stoke.

 A. the loss of speaking ability   B. the inability to move around

 C. that his arms could no longer function properly  D. the beat of his heart

3. The girl felt _____ when she returned home and saw her father in bed.

 A. she was protected just as before   B. she could never have left home

 C. the difficulty of being old and sick  D. the need to show him her love

4. Which statement is true according to the story?

A.  The daughter left her home because she had a fight with her father.

B.  The girl returned home when she got a letter from his father about his illness.

C.  The father recovered as if by magic soon after the daughter’s return.

D．From the father’s example, the daughter learned how to express her love.

Martha was busy with her job. She believed she had to work harder because she loved her father who was sick with cancer. She had to provide for his expensive medicines. Her brothers and sisters meanwhile stayed with their father most of the time. They bathed him, sang for him, spoon-fed(用匙喂) him or simply kept him company.

One day Martha was hurt. She overheard(无意中听到) her father telling her mother, "All our children love me except Martha."

 "How can this be?" Martha thought. "Am I not the one killing myself in my work to have money to pay for his medicines? My brothers and sisters do not even provide their share in the expenses."

One night, as Martha was as usual late in going home, she saw her father was lying awake. She walked close to his bedsides. Her father held her hands and said, "I miss you. I don't have much time. Stay with me." And she stayed with her father holding his hand the whole night.

The next morning Martha said to everybody, "I have taken a leave of absence. I would like to be with father. I will bathe him and sing for him from now on." Her father had a beautiful smile. He knew Martha loved him, too.

     As children, we need the presence of our loved ones. Adults need no less. I have observed my mother’s orchids(兰花). When she is away for a long time, they are unhealthy and many of them wither(干枯). But when she is around , they bloom with beautiful flowers. My mother does nothing special . She just spends her time looking after them.

Before Martha heard her parents’ talk ,she thought her father _____.

  A. was satisfied with her love for him

  B. disliked her brothers and sisters

  C.was proud of her

  D. would recover from the disease

After staying with her father for one night, Martha _____.

  A.decided to give up her job

  B.understood what her father really needed

  C.realized her father loved her most

  D. loved her father more than before

By telling Matha’s story, what does the author try to express?

A.Nothing is more important than the company of loved ones.

 B. Money and a successful career don’t always bring happiness

C.Adults need the presence of their loved ones more than children do.

D.Plants like orchids do have feelings.