A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little “gift” in its mouth—a dead animal of some sort. Taking a closer look, he was surprised to  36 it as the bunny(小兔子) that  37 Mary, the young daughter of the family next door. My friend felt  38 , believing his cat had killed Mary’s bunny.
My quick-thinking friend came up with a plan.  39  from the cat’s mouth the dead animal, which by now was a     40 mess, he put it in the kitchen sink. With a little warm water and some shampoo, he tried to  41 the dead bunny as best he could. Then he took a hair dryer and blowdried the bunny  42 it looked pretty good.
Finally, under the cover of darkness, he crept into the next-door garden and placed it  43 in the cage. He managed to make the bunny look very  44 there in his little box.
The next morning, my friend looked out of the window and noticed a crowd of people  45 around the rabbit hutch(笼). Everyone seemed to be talking and pointing. My friend  46 to go over and act like any normal  47 neighbor and find out what was going on.
When he got there, Mary’s mother said to my friend, “You won’t believe this! It’s a(n)   48 thing! Mary’s bunny  49 a few days ago, and we buried that little bunny right over there…”
Have you ever tried to cover up one wrongdoing with another? Covering up only makes matters  50 .
When we get caught doing something  51 , for example, we may  52 to cover it up with a lie. But just like Mary’s bunny, the result is  53 what we expected. We  54 looking foolish. We would have been better off admitting we were wrong and accepting the  55 . What do you think of it?

Mom, Dad, I’m going to college! Can you believe it? I never thought it could happen. 16 middle school and part of high school, I 17 to keep up. I was not a bad student，but I just didn’t understand 18 they were teaching because I have a learning 19. I wanted to show everyone I could graduate and go to 20 . I wanted to make something of myself, and 21 I wasn’t a failure.

22 the time came to choose a college, I wasn’t sure which would be the best for me. I knew I didn’t 23 to go to a big school, which narrowed(缩小) my 24 to a small college which could be 25 for me with a learning disability. I looked in Florida and found three schools. I 26 two, but they just didn’t 27.Then I visited Beacon College. Beacon is mainly for students who have learning disabilities and it has small classes.

The day when I was 28 by Beacon College was the happiest day of my life. I received the call from the school 29 me I was accepted just as I was sitting down for dinner. My family was so 30, and I was ready to pack that night and move to Florida. The expectation of going to college 31 the rest of my senior year.

The closer the time came, the more nervous I became about being in a(n) 32 place. Finally my parents and I packed the car and 33 Florida. After a two-day drive, we arrived.

“Welcome to Beacon College! It is so nice to see you!” I heard 34 from the teachers and students, as we were introduced. I felt so 35 to hear those cheerful voices. I knew I had found a perfect（理想的）school. I had found my home for the next four years.

1. A. During      B. Through        C. Until            D. Under   

2.A. struggled      B. started      C. forgot       D. turned

3.A. how            B. that         C. why          D. what

4.A. experience     B. advantage        C. disability       D. habit

5.A. work           B. college      C. hospital     D. home

6. A. believe       B. prove            C. feel             D. imagine

7.A. Because        B. After            C. When     D. Before

8. A. want          B. manage       C. decide       D. refuse

9.A. plans          B. decisions        C. choices      D. purposes

10. A. honorable    B. imaginable   C. comfortable  D. suitable

11. A. expected     B. left         C. visited      D. dreamed

12.A. work          B. fit          C. match       D. satisfy

13. A. asked             B. invited          C. accepted       D. attracted

14.A. telling           B. warning     C. advising       D. reminding

15. A. worried      B. surprised   C. frightened  D. excited

16. A. stopped      B. lasted      C. saw         D. held

17.A. old           B. famous       C. familiar        D. new

18.A. cared for     B. looked for  C. headed for D. asked for

19.A. day and night      B. over and over C. more or less   D. less than

20.A. warm          B. cold         C. sad         D. sorry

完型填空 (每小题1分，共20分)

My parents made me know the ideas of family, faith and patriotism (爱国主义) when I was young.  26  we lived a hard life, they  27 great importance to making us realize how  28  we were to live in a great country with  29   chances.

I got my first real  30  when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a factory and had to be  31  so that he could take up a new job as a hairstylist. When he hadn’t got enough money to rent a shop, the owner of the shopping center gave Dad a(n)  32  . But he should clean the parking lot (停车场) three nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a.m. To pick up waste, Dad used a little  33  that looked like a lawn mower (割草机). Mom and I emptied garbage cans and  34  waste by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I’d  35   in the car on the way home because of tiredness.

I did this for two years, but the  36  I learned have lasted a lifetime. I  37  discipline (纪律) and a strong work ethic (道德准则), and learned at a(n)  38  age the importance of  39  interests in life -– school, homework and a job. This really __40  during my senior year of high school, when I worked 40 hours a week at a fast-food restaurant while taking school  41  and preparing for my college examination.

The hard work was   42 . As a result, I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degrees in  43  and business from Harvard. __44  , I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly (会议). In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have never forgotten those  45  in the parking lot.

26. A. Now that                       B. As if                                      C. Even                               D. Even though

27. A. attached                B. announced                       C. suggested                 D. admitted

28. A. important                        B. surprising                     C. fortunate                  D. satisfying

29. A. several                            B. limitless                       C. few                         D. energetic

30. A. incident                          B. dream                         C. success                          D. job

31. A. retrained                         B. regarded                      C. considered                D. respected

32. A. increase                            B. order                          C. discount                   D. explanation

33. A. bag                                B. machine                       C. knife                        D. stick

34. A. brought up                      B. turned up                      C. made up                   D. picked up

35. A. sleep                         B. talk                                  C. study                             D. sing

36. A. knowledge                      B. information                     C. lessons                     D. skills

37. A. required                         B. acquired                      C. remind                 D. forgot

38. A. common                         B. legal                                 C. old                                D. early

39. A. balancing                        B. expressing                         C. supporting                D. increasing

40. A. turned                            B. changed                             C. helped                      D. improved

41. A. measures                          B. courses                        C. messages                  D. tours

42. A. encouraging                      B. disappointing                      C. discouraging                 D. rewarding

43. A. law                                B. medicine                     C. science                          D. arts

44. A. However                         B. Indeed                            C. Later                             D. Before

45. A. people                            B. nights                         C. cars                               D. opportunities

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。

       "A parcel arrived for you today," my father told me, as we were driving home from work．"It's quite big．" "Oh, really?" I wondered out loud．"Have you   36   anything? Maybe from Amazon or eBay or something…?" my father continued．"No, Dad．I'm  37  only one thing, but that should arrive in a（n）   38  ．"

       On Sunday, I will participate in a（n）   39   activity with some friends,' and．I had asked Bluebell if she could send me some of her homemade smile cards to  40   on the day．Since smile cards would have fit into an envelope,'! couldn't imagine what else could be in the  41  I became increasingly  42  as we continued to drive home．As soon as we arrived, I  43  to open the package．It had a neat, hand-written label （标签）on it．"There might be something easy to  44  inside," my father said, as he handed me some scissors．"Be careful when you open it．"

       The package was filled with all sorts of kindness   45  I First, some beautiful colorful posters with kindness ideas and   46   fell onto the floor．There were also loads of wrist bands （护腕）, which I will   47   at our kindness activity．   48   , there were three envelopes in the package——two of them had the most cleanly and neatly   49   smile cards, and the third had a wonderful card inside, which   50  , "Thank you very much for your kindness．．．loads of love, Bluebell．"

       "This is really   51 ," my father said．My mother and sister enjoyed the package as well．Bluebell put ．the biggest  52   on all of our faces! When I had asked her for some of her homemade smile cards to   53   some kindness during our activity, I never expected to 54   such a wonderful package filled with all sorts of kindness and inspiration!

       You have  55   made my day．Bluebell!

A．ordered        B．searched         C．desired        D．paid

A．preferring      B．wanting          C．preventing  D．expecting

A．poster         B．parcel'           C．envelope    D．e-mail

A．sports         B．afterschool        C．kindness    D．business

A．make up       B．write down        C．hand in   D．give out

A．package       B．card              C．letter       D．envelope

A．curious        B．surprised          C．hopeful     D．terrible

A．wanted        B．walked           C．rushed       D．stopped                       

A．lose          B．break             C．use          D．pick

A．talents       B．gifts              C．books        D．activities

A．articles      B．music        C．poets         D．poems

A．get rid of     B．make good use of    C．keep out of     D．take possession of

A．In conclusion B．In addition         C．In short        D．In fact

A．machinemade B．manmade          C．homemade     D．shopmade

A．told        ,B．spoke        C．wrote     D．read

A．amazing     B．funny        C．crazy         D．accidental

A．card        B.  tear               C．spot          D．smile

A．raise        B．spread         C．collects       D．teach      

A．find    B．discover   C．receive       D．accept

A．completely   B．partly              C．hardly        D．nearly

Ⅱ．语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16—30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。
Everyone has experienced trying but failing to master a difficult book, which was begun with the hope of increasing one's understanding. When that happens, it is    16  to think that it was a mistake to try to read it, but that was not the mistake. The mistake was in    17   too much from the first reading of a(n)   18   book. If you read it in the right way, no book written for the    19    reader, no matter how difficult, need be a cause for despair (绝望).
What is the right method? The    20   is an important and helpful rule of reading that is either not known or often forgotten. That rule is simply this: when reading a difficult book for the first time, read it through without ever    21   to think about the things that you do not understand immediately.
Do not be stopped by what you can't understand. Read through the difficult    22   , and you’ll soon come to things that you do understand. Read these    23   . You will have a much better chance of understanding all of the book when you read it again, but that    24   you to have read the book through once    25   .
What you understand by reading the book through to the   26   will help you when you try later to read the places that you did not    27    in your first reading. Or if you never re-read the book, understanding half of it is much better than understanding nothing of it, which will happen if you allow yourself to be stopped by the first difficult part of the book.
Most of us were taught to    28   the things that we do not understand. We were told to find the  29  of unfamiliar words, and to try to find an explanation in another    30   for anything that we did not understand in the book that we were reading. But when these things are done before the proper time, they only harm our reading, instead of helping it.
16. A. necessary              B. useful                    C. natural                  D. effective   
17. A. learning                  B. hoping                   C. accepting       D. expecting              
18. A. easy                 B. difficult                   C. important      D. correct                
19. A. ordinary           B. young                   C. serious                  D. sincere                
20. A. method           B. question       C. answer                 D. problem               
21. A. starting            B. hesitating       C. stopping       D . repeating 
22. A. words             B. articles        C. parts         D. points                 
23. A. quickly              B. immediately     C. clearly         D. carefully              
24.A. requires     B. causes                     C. advises                     D. allows             
25.A. later       B. after                      C. before                    D. again              
26.A. top        B. end                       C. bottom                    D. cover 
27.A. see        B. turn                      C. notice                      D. understand         
28.A. put away     B. put down                  C. think aloud                 D. think about         
29.A. uses        B. meanings                 C. spellings                    D. troubles           
30.A. thinking     B. reading                    C. book                D. way