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

Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always useless ---- it was a cash ____1____. After a while I stopped trying to ____2____ who the sender was and just delighted in the beautiful and perfume of the white flower. But I never ____3____ imagining who the sender might be. Some of my ___4____ moments were spent daydreaming about it.

My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(an) ___5____ kindness who might be showing ____6___. Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was _____7___ a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man across the street whose mail I helped to get during the ____8___ so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy step. As a teenager, though I had more fun guessing that it might be a ____9____ who had noticed me even though I didn’t know him.

One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely ____10____ in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I ____11_____ the dance and the dress for it. The day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t ____12_____ if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.

She wanted her children to feel ____13____ and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a ____14____ in the world and beauty in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia ----lovely, ____15____ and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died.

1.        A. service                         B. deal                       C. bargain                  C. offer

2.        A. recognize               B. imagine                 C. wonder                  D. discover

3.        A. failed                     B. stopped                 C. succeeded             D. enjoyed

4.        A. saddest                  B. painful                   C. happiest                D. loneliest

5.        A. special                   B. common                C. valuable                 D. important

6.        A. concern                 B. attitude                 C. interest                  D. appreciation

7.        A. repairing                B. washing                C. unloading               D. starting

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

9.        A. friend                    B. superman              C. teacher                  D. boy

10.    A. disappointed            B. uninterested           C. discouraged            D. concentrated

11.    A. forgot                   B. lost                      C. hated                    D. expected

12.    A. wonder                  B. believe            C. care                      D. know

13.    A. contented               B. respected              C. thanked                 D. loved

14.    A. trouble                  B. magic                   C. tragedy                 D. comedy

15.    A. strong                   B. beautiful               C. smelly                  D. lucky

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
“Dad, I’m sure I can do it well this time, I promise.” I said to myself and went up to the stage and began my play ...
Finally I __36__ from my piano and took a bow to the people in the hall. There was a __37__ and then loud applause (掌声) burst out. I knew I __38__ it. Tears filled my eyes. Then I __39__ three years ago right here when it was my turn to play. I __40__ the hall and saw my dad. He sat at the end of a __41__ with a serious face.
Suddenly I became __42__. I had practiced my piece for months, __43__ then it seemed there was something wrong with my fingers. I forced out some __44__ tune and left the stage in tears. I __45__.
On the way home my father didn’t say even a word. He just __46__ the car in silence. I didn’t say anything either. What could I say, really, after what I’d done? I knew how __47__ Dad worked to earn enough money __48__ my piano. That time he was __49__ to come to a competition(比赛), but I let him down.
I didn’t remember how we got home. Dad never said a word the entire way home, and he never __50__ one of my competitions again. I never got over the hurt of having __51__ the person I most wanted to make proud. I’d __52__ more than my competition that afternoon. I felt as if I’d lost the key to my father’s heart, and he died before I could __53__ it again.
“God, why didn’t you give me a __54__ to make it up to him?” I’d often asked.
I won first prize in the contest now. How I wish my father could share the __55__ moment with me!
36.   A. dropped     B. rose       C. turned         D. slid
37.   A. silence    B. noise      C. laughter        D. shout
38.   A. got        B. missed          C. made         D. caught
39. A. thought      B. realized      C. understood     D. remembered
40.   A. looked up   B. looked around    C. looked out  D. looked over
41.   A. seat       B. row       C. group         D. team
42.   A. nervous      B. excited       C. sick           D. tried
43    A. and       B. though      C. but            D. so
44.   A. soft       B. moving      C. nice           D. terrible
45.   A. succeeded   B. won       C. failed         D. disappeared
46.   A. drove     B. started     C. washed          D. repaired
47.   A. quickly      B. hard       C. warmly         D. happily
48.   A. on         B. in              C. for             D. with
49.   A. sad        B. happy     C. able           D. unable
50.   A. attended     B. noticed       C. heard         D. cared
51.   A. pleased      B. surprised    C. disappointed      D. satisfied
52.   A. felt        B. lost        C. made         D. learned
53.   A. open      B. close      C. forget         D. find
54.   A. piano     B. duty       C. chance              D. contest
55.   A. exciting     B. surprising   C. interesting     D. relaxing