My First Trip in the United States

I still remember my first day in the U. S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane   36  at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very  37 and it was snowing, but I was too excited to   38  . From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my    39   .On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the   40  time and I looked in surprise at the famous skyscrapers（摩天大楼） and their man-made   41  .  42   me unpack at the hotel, my friend left and promised to return the next day.

  43  my friend had left, I went to a   44   near the hotel to get something   45    . Since I couldn’t speak a single word of English, I couldn’t tell the    46   what I wanted. I was very worried and started to make some   47   ,but he didn’t understand me. Finally, I ordered the    48  thing as the man at the next table was   49   . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway   50   I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I   51  to walk around the city. I wanted to see   52  on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.

When I returned to the hotel, I couldn’t fall asleep, lay    53  and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of   54  and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to    55  .

My First Trip in the United States

       I still remember my first day in the U. S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane   16  at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very  17 and it was snowing, but I was too excited to   18   . From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my    19    .On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the   20   time and I looked in surprise at the famous skyscrapers（摩天大楼） and their man-made   21   .  22    me unpack at the hotel, my friend left and promised to return the next day.

         23   my friend had left, I went to a   24    near the hotel to get something   25     . Since I couldn’t speak a single word of English, I couldn’t tell the   26    what I wanted. I was very worried and started to make some   27    ,but he didn’t understand me. Finally, I ordered the   28   thing as the man at the next table was   29    . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway   30    I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I   31   to walk around the city. I wanted to see   32   on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.

       When I returned to the hotel, I couldn’t fall asleep, lay    33   and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of   34   and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to   35   .

16．A. took off     B. landed               C. dropped            D. reached

17．A. hot            B. warm                C. cold                  D. cool

18．A. look           B. listen          C. enjoy                D. mind

19．A. home         B. hotel          C. office                D. school

20．A. first    B. one                   C. last                   D. only

21．A. satellites B. lakes       C. beauty               D. parks

22．A. Helped       B. Helping       C. Had helped        D. Being helped

23．A. Before long B. Shortly after      C. Soon                 D. Then

24．A. restaurant B. shop                   C. supermarket      D. pub

25．A. to drink B. to read            C. to eat                D. to listen

26．A. boss          B. cook                 C. waiter               D. waitress

27．A. voices B. suggestions C. sounds                     D. gestures

28．A. similar B. different     C. same                D. right

29．A. looking       B. ordering            C. picking              D. eating

30．A. until   B. when                C. before               D. after

31．A. tired    B. stopped             C. determined        D. continued

32．A. anything     B. everything  C. something         D. some things

33．A. asleep B. awake        C. afraid                D. alive

34．A. noise   B. voices        C. streets               D. places

35．A. drive a car  B. cook meals C. teach Chinese    D. speak English

The inner life is often     1   Its egoism (以自我为中心) blinds it and     2   it ;its imagination makes up ignorant tales , fascinated .

When I was five ,I would not go to bed    3  because something came into my room ,My  sister ,Amy two years old ,was asleep in the other bed .What did she know ? She was   4   of evil ,There was no messiness in her ,only a charming innocence that seemed then to    5   her ,Since Amy was asleep     6   ,and since when I needed someone most I was afraid to wake her ,she was useless .

I lay alone and was almost asleep    7   the thing entered the room by flattening itself   8 the open door and sliding in ,It was a transparent ,glowing four-sided figure ,I could see the door 9 at its touch ; I could see the blue wall turn pale    10   it raced over it ,and see the maple headboard ,of Amy’s bed    11   ,It was a swift    12    ; it was an awareness ,It made    13   ,It had two joined parts ,a head and a tail. It found the door ,wall, and headboard ;and it hit them ,   14   them with its glowing glance ,I dared not blink (眨眼)or   15   .

Every night    16   it got to me ,it gave up ,It hit my wall’s corner and couldn’t 17   ,It shrank ,completely into itself and vanished ,I heard the rising roar it made when it died or left ,I still couldn’t breathe ,I knew that it could    18   again alive that same night .

Sometimes it came back ,sometimes it didn’t ,The light stripe slipped in the door ,ran searching over Amy’s wall ,stopped ,stretched at the first corner ,raced whistling toward my wall .

People who want ore economic growth, on the other hand, argue that even at the present and   19 into the second corner with a cry ,So I wouldn’t go to bed .

It was a passing car whose windshield (挡风玻璃)    20  the corner streetlight outside ,I figured it out one night .

1．A．exciting              B．changeable       C．stupid             D．cheerful

2．A．deafens            B．brightens      C．weakens           D．sharpens

3．A．unhappily      B．willingly            C．early                D．late

5．A．frighten           B．hurt            C．prevent         D．protect

6．A．therefore          B．however         C．nevertheless       D．furthermore

7．A．when             B．while         C．before             D．the moment

8．A．beyond           B．against         C．underneath         D．behind

9．A．blacken           B．whiten          C．lengthen           D．widen

10．A．where         B．that            C．which            D．what

11．A．faint           B．fade              C．glow             D．burn

12．A．car            B．light             C．figure           D．spirit

13．A．voice          B．noise             C．sound           D．action

14．A．charging       B．watching        C．separating          D．influencing

16．A．say             B．speak           C．sleep              D．breathe

16．A．while          B．when             C．before             D．until

17．A．get out            B．get back          C．get away           D．get past

18．A．disappear        B．awake           C．return            D．recover

19．A．vanished       B．appeared          C．expanded           D．stretched

20．A．absorbed       B．reflected           C．threw          D．blocked

第二卷 （共50分）

VI．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

I ran into a stranger as he passed by, and I at once apologized to him. We were both very  71       , the stranger and I. Then we went       72  our way after saying good-bye.

       But at home a  73  story is told. Later that day, when I  74  supper in the kitchen, my daughter suddenly stood behind me very       75    . When I turned back, I  76  knocked her down. “Don’t be in my   37    !” I shouted angrily. She walked away with her little heart       78  . On the kitchen floor later, I found some flowers by the door.

       That night, while I lay  79  in bed, a voice in my deep heart said, “While  80  with a stranger, you are so polite, but with the children you love, you are so easily  81  . Why are there some flowers by the door? Those are the flowers she brought for you. She       82  them herself, pink, yellow and your favorite blue. She stood quietly in order to give you a  83   , and you never saw the       84    in her eyes.”

       By this time, I felt very  85  and now my tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt (跪下) by her   86  , “Wake up, little girl, wake up,” I said, “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “Yes, because I knew you’d like them, especially the  87  .” I said, “Daughter, I’m sorry for the way I acted today; I 88  have shouted at you that way.”

       She said, “Oh, Mom, that’s okay. I love you 89  .” I hugged her and said, “Daughter, I love you too, and I do like the flowers.”

       Through this   90  , I realize what FAMILY means:

       FAMILY=(F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

71. A. rude                   B. polite                       C. educated                   D. happy

72. A. in                       B. to                                   C. on                           D. for

73. A. different             B. funny                       C. moving                    D. terrible

74. A. had                    B. ate                           C. prepared                   D. took

75. A. quickly               B. quietly                            C. noisily                            D. seriously

76. A. nearly                 B. hardly                      C. already                     D. even

77. A. kitchen               B. room                       C. place                        D. way

78. A. beaten                B. missing                    C. broken                            D. hit

79. A. alive                   B. asleep                      C. awake                      D. afraid

80. A. talking                B. dealing                     C. working                   D. meeting

81. A. worried                     B. nervous                    C. excited                     D. disappointed

82. A. grew                  B. picked                      C. bought                            D. planted

83. A. gift                    B. flower                      C. kiss                          D. surprise

84. A. expression           B. tears                        C. happiness                 D. joy

85. A. small                  B. proud                       C. weak                        D. hurt

86. A. table                   B. desk                         C. bed                          D. knees

87. A. pink                   B. blue                         C. yellow                            D. green

88. A. couldn’t                     B. mustn’t                    C. shouldn’t                  D. needn’t

89. A. however             B. truly                        C. though                            D. anyway

90. A. accident                     B. experience                C. question                   D. problem

I ran into a stranger as he passed by, and I at once apologized to him. We were both very _36_, he stranger and I. Then we went    37  our way after saying good-bye.

But at home a   38  story is told. Later that day, when I 39  supper in the kitchen, my daughter suddenly stood behind me very   40 . When I turned back, I     41  knocked her down. “Don’t be in my   42   !” I shouted angrily. She walked away with her little heart     43 .On the kitchen floor later, I found some flowers by the door.

That night, while I lay     44  in bed, a voice in my deep heart said, “While 45  with a stranger, you are so polite, but with the children you love, you are so easily _46   .Why are there some flowers by the door? Those are the flowers she brought for you. She    47 them herself, pink, yellow and your favorite blue. She stood quietly in order to give you a    48 , and you never saw the         49  in her eyes.”

By this time, I felt very       50  and now my tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt (跪下) by her __51__, “Wake up, little girl, wake up,” I said, “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “Yes, because I knew you’d like them, especially the  52_  .” I said, “Daughter, I’m sorry for the way I acted today; I       53  have shouted at you that way.”

She said, “Oh, Mom, that’s okay. I love you 54 .” I hugged her and said, “Daughter, I love you too, and I do like the flowers.”

Through this    55 , I realize what FAMILY means:

FAMILY="(F)ATHER" (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU