The battle was followed by a terrible storm. Therefore, it wasn't until October 26 that Vice-Admiral(海军中将）Collingwood was  36  to send off his report to Britain  37  tile victory and Nelson' s death.

    He chose  38  the task one of the smallest ships in his fleet. Pickle.  39  by Captain Lapenotiere. In spite of  40  winds and rough seas, Pickle made the  41  of more than 1,000 miles in just over eight days,  42  Falmouth on the morning of November 4.

    From there, Captain Lapenotiere  43  a fast post chaise (轻便马车) to London, traveling   44   for 37 hours. He reached the Admiralty in Whitehall at 1 a.m. on Wednesday, November 6 -- less than 11 days after he had.  45   Collingwood.

    Most of the officials had gone to bed  46  , but the secretary was still  47  in the famous Board Room. Lapenotiere hurried in and  48   the report with the simple words:" Sir, we have gained a great victory. But we have  49  Lord Nelson."

    Copies of the report were quickly made and  50   to the Prime Minister and King George III. A special edition of a  51  was rushed out and delivered all over the country.

    The atmosphere of public  52  for the victory was weakened by widespread sorrow for the   53   of Nelson.  As one poet later wrote: "The victory of Trafalgar was  54  . indeed, with the usual forms of rejoicing (欢庆),  55  they were without joy."

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A beautiful girl was shopping with her mother in Blue-sky Market. It was 31 hard outside. Many people all stood there under the awning (遮雨蓬). They waited, some patiently, others impatiently because of the bad weather.

       The girl’s32 was so sweet. “Mom, let’s run through the rain,” she said suddenly.

       “What?” Mom asked.

       “Let’s run through the rain!”

       “No, Honey. We’ll 33 until it slows down a bit,” Mom replied.

       The child waited about another 34 and repeated, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”

       “We’ll get 35 if we do,” Mom said.

       “No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this 36,” the young girl said as she tugged (拽) at her mom’s arm.

       “This morning? 37did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

       “Don’t you 38? When you were talking to Daddy 39 his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through 40!’”

       The people became 41. Nothing could be 42 but the rain. Mom thought for a moment about what she would say.

       “Honey, you are 43. Let’s run through the rain.”

        44 they ran off. People all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they 45 past the cars and through the puddles (水坑). They 46 their shopping bags over their heads. They got wet through, but they were 47by a few who laughed like children all the 48 to their cars.

       People can 49 your money and health, but no one can ever take away your memories. So, don’t 50 to make time to make memories every day.

A. blowing           B. snowing         C. raining        D. shining

A. sound              B. voice             C. noise           D. language

A. leave               B. go                 C. run             D. wait

A. hour                B. minute          C. month         D. day

A. wet                 B. hurt               C. lost             D. bad

A. morning           B. afternoon        C. evening        D. night

A. When              B. What            C. Why             D. How

A. say                B. stop               C. ask             D. remember

A. with               B. for                C. about           D. of

A. something      B. anything        C. other           D. another

A. surprised         B. sad               C. silent          D. nervous

A. seen               B. smelled         C. heard          D. known

A. right               B. clever           C. great           D. brave

A. Because            B. While           C. Then           D. But

A. walked            B. rushed         C. jumped         D. stepped

A. held                B. brought        C. threw          D. pushed

A. watched            B. helped           C. saved          D. followed

A. time                B. way              C. direction      D. money

A. take away         B. take up          C. take off       D. take back

A. try                   B. hope             C. forget         D. decide

._____ from the top of the tower ,the south foot of the mountain is a sea of trees .   

   A.Seen    B.Seeing  C.Have seen    D. To see

The story happened years ago，when my daughter was still little.

I was driving across the country with my daughter to  1  my husband. Since I intended to get to my destination before supper time, I drove   2   for a long time without a stop. Then after driving for many miles, I became tired and needed to stop for a break to get   3  .

I found a rest area. It was mostly deserted, in a quiet area of the highway. I parked the car and carried my  4   into the restroom. When I came out I saw a middle-aged   5    wandering around. Feeling   6   about that, I asked the lady. What   7  me was: they were waiting for us![来源:Zxxk.Com]

The lady told me that she and her husband wanted to see us safely back into our     8   . She explained that sometimes rest areas could be a  9   place for a young lady like me. She told me that she had a daughter almost my age, so they wanted to make sure that I got safely back on my way.

I was very touched by their  10 . Being young, and probably naive to the potential  11  of rest areas, it had never occurred to me that there was any possibility of something going wrong. I  12   them for their kindness. My daughter and I continued our journey and   13   our destination safely.

I never got their names but years have passed and their kindness is still not   14   . Sometimes angels come in make-up and just because you can’t see their   15           it doesn’t mean they aren’t angels.

1.A. desert                    B. stop                         C. join                         D. save

2.A. slowly                   B. quickly                    C. safely                D. quietly

3.A. excited                  B. bored                       C. interested                 D. refreshed

4.A. daughter         B. luggage                    C. license                     D. car

5.A. lady               B. man                         C. couple               D. angel

6.A. angry                    B. curious                     C. jealous                     D. terrible

7.A. surprised        B. worried                    C. annoyed                   D. upset

8.A. room                    B. car                           C. area                         D. park

9.A. quiet                     B. noisy                       C. dangerous          D. safe

10.A. devotion              B. honesty                    C. potential                   D. consideration

11.A. stops                   B. dangers                    C. mistakes                   D. changes

12.A. forgave        B. asked                       C. thanked                    D. blamed

13.A. reached        B. left                          C. missed                     D. passed

14.A. seen                    B. forgotten                  C. deserted                   D. recognized

15.A. kindness              B. safety                C. faces                        D. wings

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、D）中，选出最佳选项。

Education is not only the teaching and learning of   36 ,  but also the developing of a person's   37  .

Now liberal(开明) education has a great   38   on the world.  Much work has been done to   39   better ways of teaching. Students are   40   to have their own thoughts and their own ideas when they have lessons which are often held in the form of group discussions. They are  41  guided to use the knowledge   42  .  In liberal education punishment  43  exists. Teachers and students are just like   44  . The idea is of course a perfect one if it can really be carried out. However, it only   45   in the imagination and will never be   46 . We must admit that children should   47   be guided properly. Just close your eyes and think how many students  48   in every hundred   49   will carry out the duties of a student if they are not   50  ? What is the use of advice only if it is not supported by a   51  degree of control and punishment?  It is   52   for us to judge the success and failure of this kind of education now, but from the bad behavior of children that is actually the   53  of   54  ,  we can see that something must be done to   55   these children.

36. A. schools       B. knowledge      C. books        D. teachers

37. A. politeness     B. habit           C. interests      D. character

38. A. effect        B. interest         C. power        D. strength

39. A. master        B. find           C. make         D. hold

40. A. ordered       B. encouraged     C. used         D. driven

41. A. strictly       B. wrongly        C. properly      D. carefully

42. A. seen          B. noticed        C. learned       D. met

43. A. still          B. no longer       C. always       D. forever

44. A. enemies       B. quarrelers      C. players       D. friends

45. A. goes          B. lives          C. comes        D. exists

46. A. realized       B. supported      C. understood    D. produced

47. A. at last         B. in the end      C. ever         D. in life

48. A. it is           B. it seems       C. there are      D. are

49. A. which         B. that           C. he           D. they

50. A. pulled        B. pushed         C. permitted     D. protected

51. A. reasonable    B. remarkable       C. strict        D. small

52. A. easy         B. hard            C. possible      D. proper

53. A. effect        B. result           C. power        D. end

54. A. liberal education  B. group discussion  C. education    D. teaching

55. A. punish        B. excuse         C. help          D. trust