Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children.And they must have 1 how difficult it is to write a 2 children's book.Either the author has aimed too 3 , so that the children can't follow what is in his (or  more often, her) story, 4 the story seems to be talking to the readers.

The best children's books are 5 very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the 6 who hears the story and the adult who 7 it.Unfortunately, there are in fact 8 books like this, 9 the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not 10 to solve.

This may be why many of books regarded as 11 of children's literature were in fact written for 12 .“Alice's Adventure in Wonderland”is perhaps the most 13 of this.

Children, left for themselves, often 14 the worst possible interest in literature.Just leave a child in bookshop o 15 and he will 16 willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children's comics, full of the stories and jokes which are the 17 of teachers and right-thinking parents.

Perhaps we parents should stop trying to brainwash childrensintos 18 our taste in literature.After all children and adults are so 19 that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the 20 books.So I suppose we'll just have to compromise over that bedtime story.  

1.A.hoped      B.realized       C.told     D.said

2.A.short B.long     C.bad      D.good

3.A.easy        B.short    C.high     D.difficult

4.A.and   B.but      C.or D.so

5.A.both  B.neither C.either   D.very

6.A.child B.father   C.mother D.teacher.

7.A.hears B.buys    C.understands D.reads

8.A.few   B.many           C.a great deal of  D.a great number of

9.A.but   B.however      C.so D.because

10A.hard B.easy     C.enough D.fast

11.A.articles   B.work    C.arts      D.works

12.A.grown ups     B.girls     C.boys    D.children

13.A.difficult  B.hidden C.obvious       D.easy

14.A.are        B.show    C.find     D.add

15.A.school    B.home   C.office   D.library

16.A.more      B.less      C.able     D.be

17.A.lovingness     B.interests      C.objections    D.readings

18.A.receiving       B.accepting     C.having D.refusing

19.A.same      B.friendly       C.different      D.common

20.A.common B.avarage       C.different      D.Same

This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first,     on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.

One day, she finally decided “I want to break up”. “Why?” he asked.

“I am     .” She answered.

He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep     . Finally he asked, “What can I do to     your mind?”

Looking into his eyes she said, “Answer my question. If you can      my heart, I will change my mind. Let’s say, I want a flower      on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we are both sure that picking the flower will cause your     . Will you do it for me?”

He said, “I will give you my      tomorrow.”

She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which     , “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you. The      are …”

“When you use the computer you always       the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to      the programs. You always leave the house keys behind, so I have to save my      to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n)      city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always      at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes      when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those      white hairs.”

“Thus, my dear,       I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do … I can not pick that flower yet, and die …”

That’s life, and    . Flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the      of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.

1.A. while B. and        C. but        D. so

2.A. lonely         B. dead     C. worn out       D. awesome

3.A. sorrow       B. thought          C. shade    D. anger

4.A. speak          B. change C. blow      D. keep

5.A. represent  B. expand C. warm    D. convince

6.A. grown         B. planted C. living     D. growing

7.A. injury          B. hurt       C. wound  D. death

8.A. decision     B. answer C. opinion D. choice

9.A. wrote         B. informed       C. printed D. went

10.A. answers   B. messages       C. reasons          D. purposes

11.A. run out    B. put up   C. use up  D. mess up

12.A. repair       B. restore C. fix D. mend

13.A. legs B. life         C. energy  D. strength

14.A. big   B. new       C. modern         D. strange

15.A. glance      B. look       C. glare     D. stare

16.A. as if B. now that        C. so that  D. in case

17.A. annoying B. emerging       C. rough    D. refreshing

18.A. although  B. even if  C. unless   D. if

19.A. friction     B. love       C. couple  D. power

20.A. surface    B. way       C. course  D. nature

第二节: 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、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。

One day I went into a shop for a specific sort of metal polish(擦光剂). While I was in the shop, I saw an older woman looking around at things, and thought I would begin a   31    to light things up. We   32   well and showed some of the beautiful items to each other. She said she was in the shop to purchase a wedding gift for a nephew, whose wedding she wouldn’t be able to attend.

We wandered off  33    and met together again at the cash register. I   34    on the beautiful bowl she had chosen, and how   35   so many of the items were. She asked what I was  36    , and I showed her my polish tube. I said I might buy more items when my kids had all    37    and gone, but they weren’t in my  38    right now. I just like to  39    , as I would do in an art museum.

She asked me what some of my   40    were, and I said I liked the salt and pepper shakers(搅拌器). She asked me to    41     her where the shakers were, so we walked over. She     42    my favorites and took them to the clerk.

I thought she was   43   with my taste, and was going to add them to her nephew’s     44   . No. They were purchased for me. They were worth ninety dollars. I couldn’t 45               it. She laughed and hugged me, and said her husband would   46   know, but she really enjoyed being able to do that    47    me. I never saw her again after that day,   48   I think of her each time I put those beautiful objects on my table.

Remembering that  49    helps me to stay aware and find opportunities to   50     to others, though not in quite such a grand way!

31. A. competition         B. research            C. secret                D. conversation

32. A. looked around    B. got on               C. gave up             D. watched out

33. A. helplessly            B. luckily                     C. separately          D. silently

34. A. depended            B. carried                     C. passed               D. commented      

35. A. lovely                 B. strange              C. expensive          D. terrible

36. A. expressing           B. thinking            C. purchasing         D. discussing

37. A. grown up            B. left                   C. cried                 D. returned

38. A. situation             B. budget                     C. favor                D. control

39. A. look                   B. complain           C. explain              D. challenge

40. A. favorites             B. duties                C. suggestions        D. habits

41. A. remind               B. prove                C. show                 D. write

42. A. turned down     B. picked up           C. laughed at         D. pointed out

43. A. pleased           B. busy                 C. careful                     D. bored

44. A. taste                   B. gift                   C. choice               D. basket

45. A. refuse                 B. change                     C. believe              D. solve

46. A. just                    B. never                C. even                 D. still

47. A. with                   B. like                   C. except               D. for

48. A. when                  B. but                   C. because             D. unless

49. A. experience          B. advice               C. mistake             D. danger

50. A. apply                  B. refer                 C. apologize          D. give

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。

What would life be like without television? Would you spend more time  36  , reading, or studying? Well, now it’s your chance to turn off your TV and  37  ! TV-Turnoff Week is here.

  The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets  38   and participate in activities  39   drawing to biking. The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network, a non-profit organization which started the event in 1995. In the  40  , only a few thousand people took part. Last year more than 7.6 million people participated,  41   people in every state in America and in more than 12 other countries! This is the 11^th year in which  42   are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on  43  .” .w.^w.k.&s.5*u.c.#om.

  According to the TV-Turnoff Network, the average  44   in the US spend  45   time in front of the TV (about 1,023 hours per year) than they do in school (about 900 hours per year). Too much TV  46   has made many kids grow fat.  47  , in 2001’s TV-Turnoff Week, US Surgeon General David Satcher said, “We are raising the most  48   generation of youngsters in American history. This week is about saving lives.”

  Over the years, studies have shown that watching a lot of TV  49   poor eating habits, too little exercise, and violence. Frank Vespe of the TV-Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “is or  50  , part of a healthy lifestyle”. .w.^w.k.&s.5*u.c.#om.

  “One of the great lessons of  51   TV-Turnoff Week is the realization that  52   I turn on the TV, I’m deciding not to do something else,” Vespe said.

  TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a  53   . Recent US Census（人口普查）data  54   that about 72 percent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That’s  55   about 63 percent ten years ago. .w.^w.k.&s.5*u.c.#om.

A. drinking               B. sleeping                   C. washing            D. playing outside

A. find out          B. go out                   C. look out            D. keep out

A. away              B. alone                       C. on                    D. beside

A. like                B. as                            C. from                 D. such as

A. end                B. event                       C. beginning          D. total

A. besides           B. except for                 C. including           D. except

A. governments   B. parents                     C. organizers      D. businessmen

A. the light         B. the radio                  C. life                   D. the Internet

A. grown-ups      B. kids                         C. clerks          D. parents

A. less                     B. enough                     C. little                 D. more

A. programmes  B. screen                   C. hours                D. watching

A. However       B. On the contrary      C. In fact            D. As a result

A. overweight  B. overeaten                 C. overgrown     D. overseeing

A. leads to         B. results from                  C. develops            D. keeps away

A. will be          B. should be                 C. may be              D. could be

A. organizing    B. taking part in            C. participating      D. asking for

A. wherever      B. every day                 C. every time     D. this time

A. living           B. choice                   C. difference          D. sense

A. shows           B. says                         C. reads                 D. writes

A. rising           B. down from            C. up to                 D. up from           

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，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Tips to keep a hearty conversation flowing

   On holidays we typically gather with our nearest and dearest. But    36    can be made, maintained and broken through the ways we talk to our loved  _37___, according to Deborah Tannen, a George-town University professor in linguistics（语言学）. She has suggestions   as to  how we can  38     communications at our festival dinner tables. Let’s take a look.

  ＊A  round dinning table is best for promoting a     39     conversation because

everyone   40      each other.

  ＊Avoid _41_ grandparents at the ends of a rectangular(长方形的) table, even though it is the traditional place of __42__. Elderly people may feel lonely there if they are unable to hear or keep __43__ a conversation.

  ＊__44__ prefer to face each other and make eye contact when they talk. In contrast, men tend to look around at other things. “Guys may be more   45     keeping gazing on the TV,” says Tannen. “They’ll still be _46__, though.”

  ＊Be aware that people have different ways of talking. Each person has a different __47__ of tone, rhyme, timing and how _48__ of a pause is normal in a conversation. Watch for people who seem left __49__. If you feel you are doing all the talking, hold back to give others a  50   .If you feel you aren’t getting a chance to speak, try pushing yourself to start  51     .

  ＊People sometimes get upset on big festivals _52 they stay too long in the apartment. Some families find that gatherings go more __53__ if they plan for some fun _54___. So why not get a breath of fresh air? Going to a park for a walk or taking a trip to the zoo may be more__55__ than just sitting around inside.

A. demands       B. relationships  C.   victories      D. mistakes

A. ones          B. those        C. others           D. them

A.  bother       B. delay        C.  damage        D. improve

A. lively         B. short         C.  calm          D. dull

A. scolds         B. blames       C. faces           D. annoys

A. checking       B. hiding        C. seating         D. hurting

A. pity           B. sorrow       C. intelligence      D. honor

A. up with        B. off          C.  away from      D.  out of

A. Grown-ups     B. Men         C. People          D. Women

A. surprised       B. relaxed       C. encouraged     D. upset

A. thinking        B. doubting     C. listening        D. looking

A. matter          B. sense        C. direction       D. point

A.  often         B.  long       C.  soon          D.  far

A.  out          B.  behind      C.  over          D.  off

A. reward        B. gift           C. hand           D. chance

A. talking        B  singing       C.  dancing       D. playing

A. until          B. if             C. though         D. since

A. naturally      B. coldly          C. quickly        D. smoothly

A. indoors       B. outside         C. inside          D. everywhere

A. abstract       B. bitter          C. enjoyable       D. cruel