If your father never says to you “I love you” when you are a child, it   36   to be more and more difficult for him to say the words as he grows    37 

I do not   38   hearing the words from my father when I was growing up.   39  , I could not recall(回忆) when I had   40  said those words to him either.

One day, I decided to _41_ the ice and make the first   42_ . So in our next phone conversation I gathered all my _ 43  and let out the words in a low voice, “Dad… I love you!”

There was a   44   at the other end and he awkwardly  45 _, “Well, same back at you!”

I was unexpectedly   46   and my voice was raised, “Dad, I know you love me, and I know when you are ready, you will say what you want to say.”

Fifteen minutes later my mother called and   47   asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”

A few weeks later, Dad   48   our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was so moved that tears were rolling down my cheeks as I finally “__49  ” the love. As I sat there in tears I realized that this   50   moment had taken our father-and-son relationship to a new   51  .Shortly afterwards, my father narrowly   52   death following heart surgery（外科手术）. Many times   __53  , I have   54   if I had not taken the first step and Dad not   55   the surgery, I would have never “heard” the love.

1.A. works out      B. breaks out           C. comes out            D. turns out

2. A. wiser         B. busier               C. weaker           D. older

3.A. remember      B. enjoy                C. mind             D. regret

4.A. Truthfully     B. Fortunately          C. Naturally            D. Obviously

5.A. only           B. last             C. never               D. first

6.A. melt           B. break                C. strike               D. build

7.A. complaint      B. promise          C. move             D. impression

8.A. strength           B. ideas                C. words                D. attention

9.A. sigh           B. silence              C. voice                D. cry

10.A. refused           B. shouted              C. replied         D. explained

11.A. touched           B. frightened           C. shocked          D. annoyed

12.A. excitedly     B. nervously            C. willingly           D. sadly

13.A. continued     B. checked          C. ended               D. interrupted

14. A. accepted         B. expected         C. learned         D. heard

15. A. quiet            B. difficult            C. special         D. different

16.A. level         B. idea             C. world               D. end

17.A. managed       B. escaped          C. avoided         D. faced

18.A. then          B. ago              C. before          D. since

19.A. realized          B. found                 C. doubted         D. wondered

20.A. challenged        B. experienced          C. survived            D. received

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting( attracting) apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The  boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, __36_ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, 37, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the __38__ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

He stood on tiptoe, _39_as high as he could, but even at his tallest __40__he was unable to touch it. He began to __41__ up and down, as high as he could, at the _42 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of _43_.

Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to 44 on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to 45 the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking 46 , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or,  47 luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighbourhood and there was nothing he could use.

He had tried everything he could think to do. 48 seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk 49 . At first, he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 50 , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he 51 like this, the more unhappy he became.

52 , the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “ This isn’t 53 . I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling sad as well. There is 54 more I can do to get the apple— that is unchangeable —but we are supposed to be able to  55 our feelings. If that is the case, what can I do to feel better.

2.A so          B then       C. but          D or

3.A. sadder      B angrier     C hungrier      D. tastier

4.A. expanding  B stretching    C. swinging     D. pulling

5.A. strength       B length       C. range        D. height

12.A for            B. with         C. on          D. of

13.A. After          B through      C. without      D. upon

20.A change         B. express       C. forget       D. describe

Every morning a woman made some bread for members of her family and an extra piece for whoever needed it. She would always 36.     the extra piece on the windowsill(窗台).

   She 37.    an old man came every day and took the extra piece without expressing his 38.   . This went on day after day. The woman felt very 39.    . In order to punish him, she decided to add 40.    to the bread she 41.  for him! As she was about to place it on the windowsill, she 42.    and gave up eventually. Immediately, she prepared another one and put it on the sill. 43.    , the man  came that day, picked up the bread and left, totally 44.  of the anger in the heart of the woman.

   That evening, there was a 45.  on the door. As she opened it, she was 46.  to find her son standing in the doorway. He had gone to a distant place to 47. his fortune. For many months she had heard no news of him.

   Looking at his mother he said 48.   , “ Mom, it is truly  49.  I’m here.  My business   50.   so I had to beg for food on my way home. I would have died this morning, but just then an old man passed by. He was 51.   enough to give me a piece of bread, and said, ‘ this is what I eat every day. Today, I shall give it to you, for your  52.  is greater than mine!’ ”

  As the mother  53.  those words, her face turned pale. She  54.  the poisoned bread that she had made that morning. Had she not thrown it away, it would have been eaten by her own son and he would have 55.  his life!

 1... A. cut            B. taste         C. place         D. sell

  2.. A. doubted        B. noticed       C. hoped        D. worried

  3.. A. appreciation     B. concern       C. regret        D. sympathy

  4.. A. strange         B. sad           C. satisfied      D. angry

 5.. A. sugar          B. salt           C. poison        D. milk

 6.. A. cared          B. applied        C. prepared      D. begged

  7... A. agreed         B. hesitated       C. accepted      D. understood

 8.. A. As usual       B. On the way     C. As a result     D. On the other hand

  9... A. uncertain       B. unaware        C. unashamed    D. unafraid

  10.. A. message        B. key            C. knife         D. knock

 11.. A. curious         B. surprised       C. nervous       D. disappointed

 12.. A. assess          B. spend          C. seek         D. bring

 13... A. cheerfully       B. carefully       C. proudly       D. weakly

 14.. A. normal         B. amazing        C. terrible       D. necessary

  15.. A. failed          B. succeeded       C. grew         D. continued

 16... A. unique         B. smart           C. kind         D. mean

 17.. A. strength        B. job             C. help         D. need

  18.. A. said           B. wrote           C. read         D. heard

 19.. A. threw          B. remembered     C. kept         D. discovered

 20.. A. lost            B. saved          C. started       D. built

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。

Mrs. Jones was very fond of singing. She had a good   16  , except that some of her high notes tended to sound like a gate, which someone had forgotten to   17  . Mrs. Jones was very conscious of this   18  , and took every   19   she could find to practice these high   20  . As she lived in a small house where she could not practice without   21    the rest of the family, she usually went for long walks along the country roads whenever she had time, and practiced her high notes there. Every time she heard a   22   or a person coming along the   23  , she stopped and   24    until she could no longer be heard before she started practicing again, because she was a   25   person, and because she was sensitive about those high notes.

One afternoon, however, a fast, open car came up behind her so   26   and so fast that she did not hear it until it was only a few yards from her. She was singing some of her highest and most   27   notes at the time, and as the car passed her, she saw an anxious   28    suddenly come over its driver’s face. He put his brakes on violently, and as soon as the car stopped, jumped out and began to   29   all his tires carefully.

Mrs. Jones did not dare to tell him what the noise he had heard had really been, so he got back into his car and drove off as   30   as he had been when he stopped.

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

A. close       B. open        C. repair     D. oil

A. strength     B. sickness     C. weakness  D. advantage

A. time        B. chance      C. person     D. place

A. notes       B. songs       C. signs       D. sounds

A. preventing   B. harming     C. disturbing  D. damaging

A. train        B. car         C. noise      D. driver

A. path        B. avenue      C. street      D. road

A. waited      B. expected     C. confused   D. puzzled

A. brave      B. shy         C. ordinary    D. unique

A. slightly     B. gently      C. quickly     D. silently

A. beautiful    B. exhausting  C. difficult     D. energetic

A. expression   B. explanation  C. impression  D. reaction

A. approach    B. observe     C. repair      D. examine

A. convinced   B. upset       C. puzzled     D. pleased

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting( attracting) apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The  boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, __36_ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, 37, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the __38__ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe, _39_as high as he could, but even at his tallest __40__he was unable to touch it. He began to __41__ up and down, as high as he could, at the _42 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of _43_.
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to 44 on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to 45 the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking 46 , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or,  47 luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighbourhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. 48 seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk 49 . At first, he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 50 , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he 51 like this, the more unhappy he became.
52 , the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “ This isn’t 53 . I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling sad as well. There is 54 more I can do to get the apple— that is unchangeable —but we are supposed to be able to  55 our feelings. If that is the case, what can I do to feel better.