My classmate Jennifer and I graduated from an ordinary normal university last year. Like most of the students who had just stepped out of university, we had to     36    the first tough test ---- job hunting to    37     a passport to society. And the most    38    part was the job interview.

The    39    was very fierce. Dozens of my classmates, Jennifer   40   , sent our curriculum vitas to a key middle school for a teaching job, making the chance of success as low as 1 to 20.

Before the job interview, I    41   complete preparations, including a formal suit, a newly-done hair, a few    42   on job interviews, and even some ancient Chinese poems   43      I faced a learned interviewer. On that day everything went very   44   . I answered all the questions fluently. So I felt very    45   to get this job. Jennifer was still there waiting for her turn. I made a “V”    46    to her. She smiled at me, looking a little worried. I    47   she was not as eloquent(雄辩的) as I, though not worse than me in studies. I felt I had an advantage over her. However, a week later, all of us received letters of    48   . Another week later, guess what happened! She got the job!   49   congratulating her, I asked her how she got it. She said, “I did    50  . I just wrote them a note of thanks after receiving the letter of refusal.” Only then   51     I realize why all the applicants had received the same letters and that was also a part of the   52   .

Only a note of thanks, but that was what made all the difference. This experience   53  me a good lesson, that is,    54   excellent you are, you should never forget the   55   manners of saying “Thank you!”.

36. A. look through      B. go through        C. go on            D. live through

37. A. accept             B. allow        C. get                 D. permit

38. A. acceptable        B. ample           C. reliable          D. important

39. A. interview          B. contest         C. competition   D. post

40. A. included          B. including        C. containing    D. contained

41. A. took               B. made         C. had           D. put

42. A. advice         B. notices      C. tips           D. suggestion

43. A. provided that     B. in order that   C. in case        D. even if

44. A. well                 B. difficultly           C. actually        D. compulsorily

45. A. privileged         B. disappointed   C. worried       D. confident

46. A. sign                 B. signal          C. mark          D. form

47. A. told                  B. thought         C. suggested       D. advised

48. A. thanks           B. application         C. refusal                 D. acceptance

49. A. While               B. For             C. What                  D. Whether

50. A. something   B. nothing              C. anything  D. everything

51. A. did                  B. have                C. do               D. had

52. A. exams             B. problems                C. tests                    D. checks

53. A. taught              B. sent                      C. had                D. believed

54. A. whatever    B. still                      C. however          D. very

55. A. controversial     B. simple                  C. easy                     D. cool

My classmate Jennifer and I graduated from an ordinary normal university last year. Like most of the students who had just stepped out of university, we had to     36    the first tough test ---- job hunting to    37     a passport to society. And the most    38    part was the job interview.

The    39    was very fierce. Dozens of my classmates, Jennifer   40   , sent our curriculum vitas to a key middle school for a teaching job, making the chance of success as low as 1 to 20.

Before the job interview, I    41   complete preparations, including a formal suit, a newly-done hair, a few    42   on job interviews, and even some ancient Chinese poems   43      I faced a learned interviewer. On that day everything went very   44   . I answered all the questions fluently. So I felt very    45   to get this job. Jennifer was still there waiting for her turn. I made a “V”    46    to her. She smiled at me, looking a little worried. I    47   she was not as eloquent(雄辩的) as I, though not worse than me in studies. I felt I had an advantage over her. However, a week later, all of us received letters of    48   . Another week later, guess what happened! She got the job!   49   congratulating her, I asked her how she got it. She said, “I did    50  . I just wrote them a note of thanks after receiving the letter of refusal.” Only then   51     I realize why all the applicants had received the same letters and that was also a part of the   52   .

Only a note of thanks, but that was what made all the difference. This experience   53  me a good lesson, that is,    54   excellent you are, you should never forget the   55   manners of saying “Thank you!”.

36. A. look through        B. go through         C. go on                D. live through

37. A. accept                B. allow                        C. get                    D. permit

38. A. acceptable           B. ample                C. reliable              D. important

39. A. interview                 B. contest                     C. competition       D. post

40. A. included              B.including                  C. containing  D. contained

41. A. took                      B. made                        C. had                   D. put

42. A. advice                 B. notices                     C. tips                D. suggestion

43. A. provided that            B. in order that              C. in case            D. even if    

44. A. well                       B. difficultly               C. actually        D. compulsorily

45. A. privileged               B. disappointed      C. worried             D. confident

46. A. sign                    B. signal                  C. mark                 D. form

47. A. told                           B. thought                    C. suggested          D. advised

48. A. thanks                B. application         C. refusal              D. acceptance

49. A. While                  B. For                          C. What                       D. Whether

50. A. something           B. nothing                     C.anything                    D. everything

51. A. did                         B.    have               C. do                           D. had

52. A. exams                 B. problems                  C. tests                        D. checks

53. A. taught             B. sent                           C. had                          D. believed

54. A. whatever                B. still                            C. however                   D. very

55. A. controversial              B. simple               C. easy                         D. cool

_____ achievement, last week’s ministerial meeting of the environment here earned a low, though not a failing grade.

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