I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __36__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __37__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __38__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __39__ with his homework or he was trying to __40__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”

“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __41__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __42__.”

The next day I called his teacher to __43__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __44__.

“Basically, most of the fathers had the __45__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __46__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __47__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __48__. It’s something all human beings __49__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __50__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __51__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”

The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __52__ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.

When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __53__ second. And just __54__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”

I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __55__.

1.A. down                 B. away             C. out                   D. up

2.A. After                  B. For              C. At                    D. On

3.A. glance                B. glare            C. stare                 D. watch

4. A. patience             B. time             C. help                   D. paper

5. A. report                B. prepare         C. answer                          D. apologize

6. A. help                 B. ask               C. tell                     D. make

7.A. thing                  B. experiment       C. word                   D. sentence

8. A. search for                  B. search                 C. find out                           D. find

9.A. said                  B. reacted       C. done                    D. explained

10.A. same               B. different        C. usual                    D. ordinary

11.A. allowed                B. agreed        C. suggested                        D. planned

12.A. point               B. idea            C. way                     D. cause

13. A. body               B. health          C. life                       D. study

14.A. have                B. know         C. take                       D. require

15. A. bad                B. good           C. late                     D. early

16.A. fit                  B. ready         C. nice                      D. able

17.A. easy                B. much         C. often                     D. difficult

18.A. a much              B. a full           C. an exact                  D. an extra

19. A. before             B. after           C. because                          D. if

20. A. answer             B. key             C. reason                  D experiment

完成句子(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

1.On hearing that his idol was coming, he __________________. (wait)

一听说偶像要来，他迫不及待地要见他。

2.Many buildings in Turkey _________ because of the recent earthquake. (ruin)

由于最近发生的地震，土耳其的很多建筑都成为了废墟。

3.He was asked___________________________ as it was told to him. (set)

他被要求像被告知的那样记下事实。

4.The boss commanded that the workers________________________. (shut)

老板命令工人关闭所有的大门。

5.What he did ________________________ realizing our goal. (play)

他所做的一切对实现我们的目标起着重要的作用。

6.Usually it’s very hard _______________ the man who has a bad temper. (get)

通常和坏脾气的人很难相处。

7.Since there is a singing contest this afternoon, students of this class ______________________________. (settle)

由于今天下午有个歌唱比赛，这个班的学生们不能安心学习。

8.She said that she ___________________________ to visit me. (come)

她说她会到我的公寓来拜访我。

9.Once she ________________, nothing will make her change her mind. (mind n. )

她一旦下定决心，没有什么会使她改变主意。

10.He talks ___________________________. (as if)

他聊起来好像他知道一切似的。

The power of encouragement is great. You may draw some inspiration from the following story.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a famous 19th­century poet and artist, was once  26  by an elderly man. The old man had some sketches (素描) and drawings that he  27  　Rossetti to look at them and tell him if they were any good, or  28  they at least showed potential(潜在的)talent.

Rossetti looked them  29  carefully. After the first few, he knew that they were worthless, showing not the least sign of artistic talent. But Rossetti was a  30  man, and he told the elderly  31  as gently as possible that the pictures were of little value and showed little talent. He was sorry,  32  he could not　33  to the man.

The visitor was  34  , but seemed to expect Rossetti’s  35   .He then apologized for  36  Rossetti’s time, but would he just  37  a few more drawings—these done by a(n)  38  art student？Rossetti looked over the  39  batch (一批) of sketches and immediately became  40  over the talent they revealed(显示；透露) .“These,” he said,“Oh, these are good. This young student has great talent. He should be  41  every help and encouragement in his career as an artist. He has a hopeful future if he will work and stick to it.”

Rossetti could see that the old man was  42  moved.“Who is this fine young   artist？” he asked.“Your son？” “No,” said the old man sadly.“It was I  43  painted the pictures forty years ago.  44  I had heard your praise then！For you see, I got discouraged and 45  drawing—too soon.”

1.                A．expected       B．wished         C．visited    D．requested

2.                A．wanted         B．made          C．had  D．hoped

3.                A．why           B．which          C．that  D．whether

4.                A．up            B．over           C．on   D．down

5.                A．rude           B．talented        C．kind D．creative

6.                A．woman         B．man           C．artist D．poet

7.                A．but            B．and            C．or   D．otherwise

8.                A．speak          B．apologize       C．lie   D．listen

9.                A．annoyed        B．disappointed     C．delighted D．puzzled

10.               A．achievement    B．adjustment      C．judgment  D．statement

11.               A．turning up      B．making up       C．taking up  D．looking up

12.               A．look at         B．glare at         C．aim at D．stare at

13.               A．pretty          B．famouse        C．young D．talented

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

15.               A．enthusiastic     B．sad            C．angry D．bad

16.               A．made          B．learnt          C．taught D．given

17.               A．slightly         B．deeply         C．barely D．smoothly

18.               A．what           B．which          C．whom D．who

19.               A．Only if         B．If only          C．If so  D．If any

20.               A．insisted on      B．led to          C．headed to D．gave up

 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?

II 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分35分)

第一节  完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—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。

Flying like a bird has been the dream of humans since ancient times. Last week a group of modern birdmen put their courage on their wings and __21__ gravity in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.

“Yes, you can buy a ticket and fly to another city. But running with your own wings and feeling your feet ready to __22__ is totally different,” Dong Fang, a middle school student in Hangzhou who __23__ a home-made aircraft competition, said in an excited voice. __24__ by the International Bognor Birdman Competition in the UK, the competition in Hangzhou was a similar event. The Bognor Birdman competition started in 1971 in the England coastal city Bognor. People ran off the end of a pier (码头) with their own aircraft in a(n) __25__ to “fly” the farthest distance.

In the competition, a teacher called Ni was amazed to see how imaginative the students were.  He was surprised to see his students create 10 different aircrafts with all kinds of material __ 26__ in the past month. “We’d rather call ourselves dreamers __27__ pilots because whether our wings really leave the ground, our dream really flies,” said Dong Fang.

Jing Yuchen and his team named their plane “Weiming E”, which __28__ an unknown goose. The 17-year-old boy deeply believes their goose of steel pipe and sailcloth will honour its name by successfully making it fly.

“Our work is much more imaginative than others. With several colourful balloons on its back and a pair of light plastic wings, it is __29__ the most eye-catching work, if not the best,” said Yu Liang, another student.

“Although most of those home-made aircrafts cannot really take the boys flying, the boys’ braveness and __30__ in this project will encourage every one of them to fly high in the future,” Ni said.

21. A. challenged              B. struggled                        C. abandoned               D. observed

22. A. take on               B. take up                            C. take off                           D. take in

23. A. joined                     B. participated                       C. took part in                   D. attended

24. A. Promoted                B. Inspired                          C. Advocated                D. Blamed

25. A. range                        B. group                         C. attempt                          D. way

26. A. available                  B. unique                        C. visible                         D. responsible

27. A. as well as                B. other than                      C. but for                        D. instead of

28. A. declares                       B. means                        C. reflects                           D. causes

29. A. accidentally       B. surely                         C. barely                         D. simply

30. A. exploration        B. perseverance                C. creativity                        D. determination