Abbie, shy and quiet, started her ninth grade in a new school. She soon found herself  1   her old class. This new school was much too cold and  2   !

       No one at this school seemed to  3   if Abbie felt welcome or not. She walked the halls every day almost invisible; her  4   was never heard.

       Her parents were very worried about her and they knew since they got divorced（离婚）,she probably needed a  5   very badly. They tried everything they  6   to help her fit in. They bought her clothes and CDs, but it didn’t  7  .

       Believing that no one would ever become her real friend, Abbie often  8  herself to sleep. She was all alone with  9   to do but let her mind run  10   .

       She once tried  11   a Christian youth group at a local church, hoping to make friends but her   12   failed her again. Abbie was so upset that she was thinking of ending her life. She decided that she would jump  13   the local bridge on Christmas Eve, while her parents were at a party.

         14   she left her warm house for the bridge, she decided to leave her parents a note in the mailbox. When she opened the mailbox, she found some letters already there.

       She  15   the letters out and found one addressed to her. It was a card from one of the guys in the youth group:

       Dear Abbie,

       I want to apologize for not talking with you   16   You know, my parents are in the middle of a divorce, so I am hoping you could help me with some questions I have about divorced kids. I think we could become friends. See you at Youth Group on Sunday!

                                                                             Sincerely your friend, Wesley Hill

       She  17   at the card and read it over and over again. “Become friends,” she smiled,  18 that someone cared about her life and wanted her as a friend. She felt so special.

       She called Wesley. I guess you could say he was  19   Christmas miracle（奇迹）because

  20   is the best gift you can give anyone.

1．A．missing                 B．enjoying              C．impressing           D．reminding

2．A．cruel                     B．lonely                  C．painful                D．unfriendly

4．A．sound                   B．whisper               C．noise                   D．voice

5．A．relative                  B．friend                  C．roommate            D．brother

6．A．should                  B．would                 C．could                  D．might

7．A．affect                   B．match                 C．work                  D．attract

8．A．screamed              B．cried                   C．waited                 D．fought

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

10．A．sad                     B．calm                   C．excited                D．wild

11．A．joining                 B．forming               C．creating               D．inserting

12．A．pride                   B．shyness               C．guilt                    D．shame

13．A．beyond                B．across                 C．off                      D．into

14．A．Though               B．Unless                 C．Since                  D．As

15．A．opened                B．pulled                  C．read                    D．tore

16．A．faster                  B．sooner                 C．quicker               D．longer

17．A．glanced               B．stared                  C．pointed                D．worked

18．A．realizing              B．judging                C．meaning              D．guessing

19．A．the                      B．a                         C．this                     D．that

20．A．friendship      B．satisfaction        C．security            D．marriage

Bob，my younger brother, stays happy at home all day, staring at television．Because he has been brain-damaged from birth，he cannot  1  , hear and can see poorly through his remaining eye．

    On a hot summer morning，Mum had written“VISIT GRANDMA”for Bob in large letters  2  we left for the nursing home．No one expected Bob to  3  the fact that this would probably be our  4  visit to my grandma．

    We stepped into my grandma’s nursing room after getting off the car．The strokes（中风）had left Grandma trembling and she couldn’t  5  to anything around her-her mouth opened，her wide eyes shut and opened quickly and stared but   6  she didn’t see us at all．

    We stood round the bed，smiling  7  ，and comforting her that everything would go 8 ．This is tile first time that I had had   9   to say all I wanted．but I could think of  10  to say to her．“We love you，Grandma．”I said finally,  11   if I was reaching her．

Bob was standing quietly next to the window with his face brilliant red and tears rolling  12 his face．Just a few moments later, he  13  the group and made his  14  to Grandma’s bed．He leaned over her withered（萎缩）body and took her cheeks  15  in his hands．He stood there silently with his head bowed，and his cheeks wet with tears．

    Those of us with  16  ears were deaf to the volumes being spoken between Grandma and Bob in that wonderful．wordless  17  ．

I felt a flood of warmth rushing deep inside me．How  18  had been about Bob these years! Far better than the rest of us，he knew the true  19  of our visit．He knew it perfectly because he grasped it with his heart  20  with his hands．He had tile freedom，courage and honesty to reach out in pain to Grandma．

1．A．behave      B．think                    C．speak                         D．communicate

   2．A．before       B．after                    C．since                     D．until

   3．A．confuse    B．understand           C．imagine                  D．overcome

   4．A．first          B．second                 C．next                       D．1ast

   5．A．respond    B．listen                   C．reply                      D．relate

   6．A．even if      B．as if                     C．now that                D．so that

   7．A．happily      B．cheerfully             C．excitedly                D．uncomfortably

   8．A．right                B．wrong                 C．OK                        D．reasonable

   9．A．confidence        B．freedom               C．wisdom                 D．decision

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

  11．A．wondering                B．doubting              C．considering            D．expecting

  12．A．along               B．up                       C．around                   D．down

13．A．looked through     B．pulled through      C．pushed through       D．lived through

  14．A．decision           B．way                     C．promise                 D．experiment

15．A．gently              B．angrily                  C．hardly                    D．impolitely

16．A．dibbled             B．ordinary               C．healthy                   D．sad

17．A．return              B．exchange             C．opinion                  D．environment

18．A．friendly            B．understandable      C．wrong                   D．familiar

19．A．meaning           B．relation                C．purpose                 D．arm

20．A．less than           B．more than            C．other than              D．rather than

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    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，并在答题卡上将该项。                                                     

My 23-year-old son Dan stood in the doorway, ready to say goodbye to his home. In a couple of hours he was going to fly out to France. He was going to be away for at least a year to learn a foreign language and __36__ life in a foreign country.

It was a milestone in Dan’s life, a change from school days to   37  . When we were to say goodbye, I   38   closely at his face. I would like to provide him with good   39_  that would last longer than here and now.

But not a sound came over my lips. I   40   motionless and silent, looking    41__    my son’s green eyes.

I knew that this wasn’t the first time I    42    such an opportunity pass me by. When Daniel was a little boy, I followed him to the bus on his first day in preschool. I   43   the excitement in his hand that held mine when the bus came round the corner. He looked at me —just _ _44    he did now. And then he boarded the bus and   45  . The bus drove away. And I hadn’t     46   a word.

Some ten years later, a similar experience    47  . His mother and I drove him to the university where he was going to   48  . Dan was ill in bed when I wanted to say goodbye.  __49   the words let me down. I only murmured something like “I hope you are   50   , Dan.” Then I turned around and left.

Now I stood in front of him and recalled all the   51    when I hadn’t make use of those opportunities. Why does it have to be so    52    to tell your son what you feel? My mouth was

   53   , and I knew I would only say a few words.

“Dan,” I   54   stammered out（结结巴巴地说）, “if I had the choice myself, I would have   

   55    you.” That was all I could say. It was nothing, and yet it was everything.

36. A．experiment B．experience       C．business    D．knowledge

37. A．neighborhood    B．childhood C．adulthood D．brotherhood

38. A．looked       B．fixed C．glared       D．stared

39. A．gift     B．support     C．skill  D．advice

40. A．walked       B．stood C．sat     D．wondered

41. A．like     B．for    C．at      D．into

42. A．made  B．had   C．let     D．got

43. A．felt     B．knew C．found       D．realized

44. A．when  B．as      C．since D．once

45. A．enjoyed      B．ran    C．left    D．disappeared

46. A．heard  B．said   C．gave  D．left

47. A．took place  B．took on     C．turned out D．turned up

48. A．play    B．visit  C．study D．search

49. A．Luckily      B．Once C．Again       D．Therefore

50. A．stronger     B．happier     C．greater      D．better

51. A．times  B．places       C．days  D．ways

52. A．eager  B．important  C．difficult    D．lovely

53. A．wet     B．dry    C．anxious     D．painful

54. A．directly      B．finally      C．kindly      D．nervously

55. A．loved  B．praised     C．supported  D．chosen

I drove a school bus as a part-time job. Thirty-nine children all had stories to tell me about their summers. Charlie though __16__me. From the first day on Charlie was __17__. If a fight broke out I didn’t have to turn my __18__to know who had started it. If a girl was crying chances were that Charlie had __19__ her hair. No matter how I spoke to him gently or __20__ he wouldn’t say a word. He’d just __21__ me with those big gray eyes of his. One day I found a small tin heart (小锡心 )on the bus was gone. “Does anyone know __22__happened to the little heart here” I asked. Some children cried “Charlie __23__it Search him” When I asked him to come forward his gaze( 注视) __24__ my eyes. I stuck my hand into one of his pockets. Then I felt it—the __25__ outline(轮廓 )of the small tin heart. Charlie stared at me for a long time. There were no __26__ in those big gray eyes no plea( 恳求) for mercy. He seemed to be waiting for what he’d come to __27__ from the world. I was about to pull the tin heart out of Charlie’s pocket __28__I stopped myself. Let him keep it, I said “It must have fallen off before I got here.” Without a word Charlie __29__ to his seat. When he got off at his stop, he didn’t so much as glance at me. Several days later just that__30__ Charlie moved away… A dozen years after retirement we met in the street. To my __31__, he hugged me. After he let go, he pulled something from his pocket and held it up for me to see. An old key chain… bent out of __32__, the lettering faded (消褪). You __33__probably guess what it was—the little tin heart. “You were the only one who kept trying.” He explained. We __34__ again and went our separate ways. I am so __35__ I’d done a good job.

1.A. ignored      B. feared          C. greeted         D. told

2.A. active        B. troublesome     C. independent     D. noisy

3.A. position      B. shoulder        C. head           D. attention

4.A. pulled       B. cut             C. stole           D. played

5. A. secretly      B. carefully        C. proudly         D. strictly

6.A. laugh at      B. stare at          C. depend on      D. concentrate on

7.A. how         B. why            C. what           D. who

8.A. did          B. made           C. wore           D. said

9.A. turned into    B. burned into      C. stepped into     D. flew into

10. A. shining       B. hard            C. strange         D. familiar

11.A. tears         B. puzzles         C. hopes           D. ways

12.A. plea          B. ask            C. expect          D. disappoint

13.A. while         B. when          C. as              D. if

14.A. came         B. wanted         C. intended         D. returned

15.A. summer       B. autumn         C. spring          D. winter

16.A. delight        B. sadness         C. surprise        D. annoyance

17.A. shape         B. date            C. order          D. fashion

18.A. need          B. can            C. must           D. may

19.A. talked         B. looked         C. smiled          D. hugged

20.A. happy         B. sure           C. lucky           D. shocked