A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had loved a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well   16   it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As   17   drew near, the young man expected   18   that his father had bought the car. Finally, on the morning of the special day, his father called him into his study. His father told him how   19   he was to have such a fine son, and how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped (包装好的) gift box. Curious, but a little bit   20  , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible (圣经).
Angrily, he raised his   21   to his father and said, “Is a Bible   22   you can give me with all your money?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years   23   and the young man was very successful in business, but   24   his father was very old, he thought perhaps he   25   go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.   26   he could make the arrangements (安排), he received a telegram which   27   him of his father’s death, and all the possessions (财产) willed (立遗嘱) to him.
  28   arriving at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to   29   through his father’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had   30   it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to   31  . As he was reading, a car   32   dropped from the back of the Bible.
How many times do we   33   blessings (祝福) because they are not wrapped as we expected? Do not spoil (搞糟) what you have by desiring (渴求) what you have not; but remember what you now have was once   34   the things you hoped for. What may appear as bad fortune (运气) may   35   be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

 完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. He had wanted a beautiful      21 in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well   22  it. He told his father that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day came near, the young man expected  23   that his father had bought the gift.   24    , on the morning of' his graduation, his father called him into his own    25   . His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He   26   his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.

Curious, and somewhat   27    , the young man opened the box and found a lovely leather-bound Bible (圣经) , with the young man's name written in gold. Angry, he   28   his voice to his father, and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" and   29   out of the house.

Many years passed and the young man was very   30   in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but  31  his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to see him.    32   he could make arrangements, he received a telegram   33   him his father had passed away and willed all of his    34    to his son. When he arrived at his father's, sudden sadness and regret   35    his heart, he began to  36  his father's important papers and saw the still gift-wrapped Bible, just as he had    37   it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages.  His father had carefully    38    a verse (诗)  , Matthew 7 - 11  , "And if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts lo your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to those who ask him?"

As he read those words, a car key    39   from the back of the Bible. It had a tag (标签) with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the  40   of his graduation, and the words: PAlD IN FULL

A. computer          B. bike              C. car            D. recorder

A. pay               B. buy              C. support         D. afford

A. signs              B. facts             C. marks          D. results

A. However          B. Finally            C. Quietly         D. Actually

A. house             B. room             C. study           D. office

A. gave              B. handed            C. showed          D. presented

A. excited             B. nervous            C. interested        D. disappointed

A. raised             B. changed            C. improved        D. increased

A. ran               B. went               C. walked          D. stormed

A. busy             B. successful          C. comfortable       D. happy

A. remembered       B. realized            C. knew            D. considered

A. When            B.  As               C. After            D. Before

A. informing         B. announcing         C. telling           D. discovering

A. treasures          B. possessions         C. wealths          D. eagerness

A. filled             B. caught             C. attacked         D. beat

A. pick up           B. remind of           C. search through    D. refer to

A. seen             B. got                 C. left             D. thrown

A. made            B. written             C. underlined       D. designed

A. dropped           B. appeared           C. rolled           D. showed

A. year              B. date               C. moment         D. day

The United States is one of the few countries in the world that has an official day on which fathers are honored by their children．On the third Sunday in June, fathers all across the United States are given presents, treated to dinner or otherwise made to feel special．

However, the idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington．A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909．Having been raised by her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her．It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices（牺牲） and was, in the eyes of his daughter, a selfless and loving man．Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spikane, Washington on the 19th of June, 1910．

In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge declared the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day．Roses are the Father’s Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died．

When children can’t visit their fathers or take them out to dinner, they send a greeting card．Traditionally, fathers prefer greeting cards that are not too sentimental（伤感的）．Most greeting cards are too special so fathers laugh when they open them．Some give heartfelt thanks for being there whenever the child need Dad．

1.The United States is special in Father’s Day because ______．

A．many people celebrate the day                           B．only America celebrates the day

C．America makes it an official day                D．all men are honored in America

2.At first, Father’s Day was fixed on June 19th because ______．

A．Sonora honored her father on her father’s birthday

B．Sonora’s birthday was June 19

C．it was decided by the president at that time

D．her mother died on June 19

3.How many years has passed before Father’s Day became an official day since the father’s day was celebrated?

A．4                                          B．10                                        C．14                               D．24

4.According to the passage, we can infer that Henry Jackson Smart ______．

A．was very kind to anyone

B．was the first father honored in 1924

C．did a lot for his daughter

D．always help others by giving money

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。

       Yesterday I totally changed my views about life after a talk with one of my friends. He told me despite being  36  , he was happy and   37   that it was because of something he saw in India．

       A few years ago he was  38  feeling sad and was touring India．He said right in front of his very eyes, he saw an Indian mother 39 her child's right hand with a knife．The helpless  40  in the mother's eyes and the painful scream of the 41 four-year-old child still remained in his mind．

       The 42 mother made the child handicapped （disabled）  43  he could go out on the streets to beg．  44  by the scene, he dropped a small piece of bread he was eating．And almost at once, several children  45  around this small piece of bread covered with sand,   46 bits from one another．It was the 47  reaction of hunger．He then went to the nearest bakery and bought every single loaf of bread．  48   he gave out the bread to the children （mostly handicapped）, he  49   cheers and bows from these  50   children．For the first time in his life, he understood  51  people could give up their  52  for a loaf of bread．He came to   53   how fortunate he was to be able to have a sound body, have a job, have a family, have the chance to  54   about food that didn't taste good, and have the many things that these people in front of him   55   dreamed of having．Perhaps life wasn't bad at all．

1.A．in poor health       B．on a diet      C．in debt               D．out of work

2.A．explained          B．recalled     C．mentioned           D．insisted

3.A．certainly          B．really       C．seriously              D．absolutely

4.A．took off           B．carved from  C．scratched on          D．cut off

5.A．expression         B．despair      C．impression            D．anger

6.A．guilty            B．tiresome     C．innocent              D．numb

7.A．merciless          B．upset        C．desperate             D．crazy

8.A．unless             B．so that       C．in case               D．because

9.A．Puzzled           B．Attracted     C．Disgusted            D．Shocked

10.A．gathered        B．looked       C．sat                 D．turned

11.A．sharing          B．taking           C．offering            D．giving

12.A．mental           B．physical      C．natural              D．emotional

13.A．Since            B．Until          C．If                  D．As

14.A．received         B．accepted       C．heard               D．rejected

15.A．polite           B．unfortunate   C．energetic            D．greedy

16.A．whom           B．what           C．how                D．when

17.A．honor          B．identity      C．morals              D．dignity

18.A．acknowledge     B．realize         C．conclude            D．recognize

19.A．complain         B．comment       C．argue               D．decide

20.A．even            B．ever            C．never               D．hardly

After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a spe­cial student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me. I was told it would mean a great deal to him, so I agreed.

During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy (肌肉萎缩症). When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to five, and then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dreams.

I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weights with me. When we had finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I had won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”

Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:

Dick,

My mum said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live any more, but I still smile as much as I can.

I told you someday that I would go to the Olympics and win a gold medal, but I know now I will never get to do that. However, I know I’m a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.

Your friend,

Matthew

1. The boy looked forward to meeting the author because _________. 

A. he was also good at weight lifting     B. he wanted to get to the Olympics and win a medal 

C. he was one of the author’s students    D. he admired the author very much

2. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that _______.

A. the boy never complained about how unlucky he was to have this disease

B. the boy never complained about not being able to go to school

C. the boy never complained why the author had never come to see him before

D. the boy never complained about not getting a medal

3. From the passage we learn that _________. 

A. Matthew was an athlete                              B. Matthew was an optimistic and determined boy 

C. The author used to have the same disease as Matthew had   D. Matthew became a champion before he died

4.Matthew didn’t accept the author’s medal because _________.  

A. he thought it was too expensive                        B. he was sure that he could win one in the future

C. he thought it was of no use to him as he would die soon     D. he would not be pitied by others

5.What would be the best title for this passage? 

A. A sick boy.       B. A special friend.       C. A real champion.       D. A famous athlete.