Mickey was a nice, cheerful, optimistic boy. No one could remember ever having seen him 36;it seemed he didn’t 37 whatever people said to him. Even his teachers admired his good 38. It was so unusual that a story was going around that Mickey’s 39 must be due to some special secret. They asked Mickey so much that, one afternoon, he 40 his favorite teacher, Mr. Anthony, to tea. When they had finished, Mickey 41 Mr. Anthony around the house. When Mickey opened his bedroom door, the teacher 42 . The huge wall was a unique collage (拼贴画) of thousands of colors and shapes! It was the loveliest 43 Mr. Anthony had ever seen.

“Some people at school think I 44 think badly of anyone,” Mickey started to explain, “and that 45 at all bothers me, but that’s not true at all. I’m just like anyone else. I used to get angrier than all the other kids. 46 years ago, with the help of my parents, I started a small collage. With every little piece I stuck on I added some bad thought or act.”

It was 47. The teacher looked closely at the wall. In each one of the small 48 he could read, “fool”, “silly”, “pain”, “bore”, and a thousand other 49 things.

“This is how I started 50 all my bad times into an opportunity to 51 to my collage. Now I like the collage so much that, each time someone makes me angry, I couldn’t be 52 . They’ve given me a new piece for my work of 53 .”

That day, the teacher was impressed by Mickey’s secret to having an optimistic character. Without telling anyone, on that very day, Mr. Anthony 54 his own collage. He would often 55 it to his students. Years later, each house contained its own beautiful works of art, made by those cheerful and optimistic children.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really __1__your feeling?”

Immediately, he said, “Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special    2    that I really wanted but you never gave it to me.”

       The    3   was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I   4     , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but didn’t apologized for?”

Again, his   5    was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the  6    because Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and  7        in a hurry. Remember?”

“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he  8     all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were  9    . When you got home, the suitcase had been opened and everything had been thrown all over the place, and you   10   me.”

“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.

“No, I didn’t . I was just searching for my gift.”

My heart sank. I felt  11    . I hugged Keith and asked him to  12     me. His Honesty made me think of our other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the same question. Kevin’s answer was as immediate as his  13    , “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forgot about it.”

Though Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The  14    thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was I’d made a promise too  15     and didn’t keep it as their father.

A．showed            B．hurt         C．attended      D．expressed

A．candy             B．book           C．picture       D．toy

A．challenge          B．message      C．idea         D．fact

A．complained       B．apologized    C．continued      D．explained

A．suggestion         B．answer          C．memory        D．blame

A．hospital        B．church           C．school       D．garden

A．settled down      B．went on       C．set off       D．got up

A．knew             B．imagined     C．discovered      D．remembered

A．angry          B．worried         C．happy         D．satisfied

A．praised           B．punished     C．helped          D．educated

A．terrible            B．hopeless        C．inspired       D．encouraged

A．support           B．criticize      C．suspect        D．forgive

A．mother           B．brother       C．sister          D．father

A．strange           B．interesting     C．important     D．difficult

A．lightly           B．rudely          C．equally         D．truly

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really __1__your feeling?”

Immediately, he said, “Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special    2   that I really wanted but you never gave it to me.”

The    3  was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I   4    , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but didn’t apologized for?”

Again, his   5   was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the  6   because Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and  7       in a hurry. Remember?”

“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he  8    all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were  9   . When you got home, the suitcase had been opened and everythinghad been thrown all over the place, and you   10  me.”

“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.

“No, I didn’t . I was just searching for my gift.”

My heart sank. I felt  11   . I hugged Keith and asked him to  12    me. His Honesty made me think of our other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the same question. Kevin’s answer was as immediate as his  13   , “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forgot about it.”

Though Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The  14   thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was I’d made a promise too  15    and didn’t keep it as their father.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Nancy had just got a secretary's job in a big company to work in the sales department．Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 　36 ．She got up very early and arrived at the _37_ at twenty to twenty to eight．She _ 38 the door open and found nobody there．"I'm the _39 to arrive．" She thought and came to her desk．She was surprised to 　40 a large bunch of flowers on it．They were fresh．She 　41___ the flowers from the desk and smelled them．

Oh, how lovely!"" Nancy 　42 joyfully．She then looked round for a 　43　 to put them in． Somebody has sent me flowers the _ 44___ first day?'" She thought happily．" But who could it be?" She began to wonder．The day passed very _45_ and Nancy did everything with great interest and __46__．For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers．And then she _47_ herself in her work．Then came another Monday．When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a （an）_48___ bunch of flowers there．She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones．

The same thing happened again the next Monday, Nancy felt it 49 and this time she began to think of ways to find out the 50 ．

One Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to 51　 a plan to the general manager's office．She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk waiting for his 52 ．She happened to see on the desk a big note book on which were _53_ "Records of Manager' meetings" , and glanced at the　 54　 pages．Suddenly her eyes fell on these words;" in order to keep the secretaries 55　 the company has decided that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk．" Later, she was told that their general manager was a business management psychologist．

36　 A．depressed　 　　 B．encouraged　　 　　 C．excited　　　　 　 D．surprised

37．A．office　　　 　　 B．workshop　　　 　　　 C．classroom　　 　 D．bookshop

38．A．forced　　 　　 B．pushed　　　　 　　 C．turned　　　　 　 D．knocked

39．A．last　　　 　　　 B．second　　　　 　　 C．third　　　　　 　 D．first

40．A．uncover　 　　　 B．smell　　　　　 　　 C．find　　　　　 　 D．pick

41．A．picked up　 　　　 B．threw away　　　 　 C．stared at　　　 　　 D．took up

42．A．cried　　　 　　　 B．laughed　　　　 　　 C．wept　　　　 　　 D．replied

43．A．jar　　　　 　　　 B．box　　　　　　 　　 C．bottle　　　　 　 D．vase

44．A．happy　　 　　　 B．very　　　　　　 　 C．funny　　　　 　　 D．quite

45．A．slowly　　 　　 B．normally 　　　　　　　 C．quickly 　　　　　　 D．hardly

46．A．wisdom　　 　　 B．bravery　　　　 　　　 C．passion ate　　 　　 D．enthusiasm

47．A．buried　　 　　　 B．dressed　　　　 　　 C．devoted　　 　　　　 D．seated

48．A．old　　　　 　　 B．red　　　　　 C．blue　　　　 　 D．new

49．A．special　　 　　 B．angry　　　　　 　　 C．strange　 　　　　 D．difficult

50．A．sender　　 　　 B．receiver　　　　 　 C．manager　　　 　　 D．waiter

51．A．send for　　 B, hand out　　　　 　 C．try out　　　　 D．hand in

52．A．news　　　 　　 B．directives　　　　 　 C．gifts　　　　 　　 D．receipts

53．A．marked　　 　　　 B．written　　　　 　　 C．pressed　　　 　 D．signed

54．A．closed　　 　　 B．damaged　　　 　　　 C．pinned　　　　 D．half-opened

55．A．at home　 　　　 B．on time　　　　　 　 C．in high spirits　 　　 D．in low spirits