One day I took a bus with my girlfriend. It was so _6_ that we stood for several stops until a vacant seat was _7_ for her.

Then a pretty girl rushed towards me，saying，“Hi，where are you going？”I was so struck by the stranger that I had a hard time trying to _8_ her. Clearly she had taken me for somebody else. I returned her greeting with politeness，_9_ to give explanation to my girlfriend later.

Noticing my dialogue with somebody else，my girlfriend raised her eyes and found she was pretty. She asked jealously，“who’s she？” The pretty girl，quite _10_ of the situation，spoke out first，“Hi，let me _11_ myself. I’m Nancy，used to be _12_.Very glad to meet you.” She behaved very _13_.

But I was at a loss to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors. I was worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend _14_ the pretty girl again turned to me，“Will you give me your cellphone number so that we can keep contact(联系) later？” I had to submit to her _15_.

Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop. A minute later I got a short _16_ on my phone from a stranger. My girlfriend _17_ my phone and read the note. It was from the girl，who said，“Just now，two thieves tried to pick your pocket. I had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention. I should have left at the _18_ stop but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also _19_ to leave at the same stop. Because of the _20_ I delayed my departure. Now you’ll understand all I have done to you. Wish you luck.”

1.                A．tiring          B．slow           C．crowded D．messy

2.                A．ready          B．available        C．special   D．suitable

3.                A．identify         B．realize          C．remind   D．judge

4.                A．preferring      B．planning        C．managing D．promising

5.                A．proud          B．careful         C．afraid    D．aware

6.                A．explain         B．enjoy          C．introduce D．help

7.                A．partners        B．neighbors       C．friends   D．colleagues

8.                A．naturally        B．generously      C．cautiously D．normally

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

10.               A．request        B．question        C．command  D．opinion

11.               A．suggestion      B．warning        C．notice D．message

12.               A．removed       B．seized          C．found D．caught

13.               A．terminal        B．former         C．previous   D．latter

14.               A．pretending      B．intending       C．demanding D．announcing

15.               A．incident        B．matter         C．accident   D．affair

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和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将其涂黑

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession   36  in the way of being a good parent．

I no longer consider myself the   37   of the universe．I show up．I listen．I try to laugh．I

am a good friend to my   38  ．I have tried to make marriage vows (誓约)   39   what they

say．I am a good friend to my friends，and they   40   me．Without them，there would be nothing to say to you today．

So here’s what I wanted to tell you today：Get a   41  ．A real life，not a desire of the next   42  ，the bigger paycheck，the larger house．

Get a life in which you are not   43  ．Find people you love，and who love you．And remember that love is not   44  ，it is work．   45    the phone．Send an e-mail．Write a letter．And realize that life is the best thing and   46  yon have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to    47   our lives，oar days，our hours，and our minutes．It is so easy to exist   48  to live．I learned to live many years ago．Something really，really   49   happened to me，something that changed my life in ways that，if I had my choice，it would never have been changed at all．And what I learned from it is what，today，seems to be the hardest   50  of all．

I learned to love the   51  ，not the destination．I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it．completely and totally．And I tried to do that．in part，by telling others what I had learned．

By telling them   52  ：Read in the backyard with the sun on your face．Learn to be happy-

And think of life as a deadly   53  ，because if you do   54  it ought to be lived，you will live it with joy and   55  ．

36．A．come           B．stand                  C．take                    D．block

37．A．body           B．star                    C．center                    D．planet

38．A．child           B．husband              C．mother                   D．friend

39．A．mean           B．express               C．concern                  D．convince

40．A．for              B．of                      C．with                   D．to

41．A．job              B．family                C．life                     D．home

42．A．promotion    B．success                C．baby                 D．accomplishment

43．A．busy            B．guilty                    C．immature            D．alone

44．A．game           B．fun                     C．enthusiasm          D．leisure

45．A．Pick up       B．Take up              C．Hold up              D．Get up

46．A．whether       B．what                   C．/                                   D．that

47．A．waste                 B．spend                    C．kill                      D．pass

48．A．in favour of   B．instead of            C．in spite of           D．in honoue of

49．A．nice            B．fierce                        C．bad                    D．great

50．A．decision       B．method               C．1ife                    D．lesson

51．A．trip             B．journey               C．tour                    D．travel

52．A．this             B that                       C．it                       D．follows

53．A．routine        B．acquaintance       C．illness                 D．enemy

54．A．as if           B．how                   C．as                       D．than

55．A．delight        B．sorrow                C．anxiety               D．passion

A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train．After getting off the train, they walked without an    36     into the outer office of Harvard’s president．So they were stopped by his secretary and kept    37    ．For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,  38  that the couple would finally become disappointed and    39   ．But they didn’t．The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though  40  ．

       A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a  41  face．The lady told him, “We had a son that  42  Harvard for one year．He loved Harvard．He was  43  here．But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed．My husband and I would like to  44  a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus．”

The president wasn’t moved ．Instead, he was    45   ．“Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died．If we did, this place would look like a   46   ,” “Oh, no,” the lady  47  quickly．“We don’t want to put up a statue．We would like to give a  48  to Harvard．” The president rolled his eyes and  49  at the couple and then exclaimed, ” A building! Do you have any 50   how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard．” For a moment the lady was silent．The president was  51  , because he could get rid of them now．Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a  52  ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded． 53  their offer was turned down．Mr．and Mrs．Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University     54   after them, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer  55  about．

A．choice        B．decision  C．acquaintance     D．appointment

A．waiting       B．standing   C．sitting          D．talking

A．hoping       B．finding     C．realizing       D．imagining

A．go down           B．go out      C．go away        D．go around

A．hopelessly     B．carefully   C．unexpectedly    D．unwillingly

A．pleasant     B．funny       C．cold          D．sad

A．attended     B．visited      C．studied         D．served

A．clever        B．brave     C．proud           D．happy

A．set about       B．set up       C．set down       D．set off

A．satisfied      B．excited     C．shocked        D．ashamed

A．park         B．cemetery  C．garden         D．museum

A．explained    B．expressed  C．refused         D．admitted

A．building      B．yard       C．playground      D．square

A．laughed       B．shouted     C．glanced         D．called

A．suggestion   B．idea       C．thought         D．opinion

A．bored       B．astonished C．interested      D．pleased

A．department  B．university C．business        D．club

A．Once        B．While       C．Since         D．Though

A．named      B．looked     C．taken         D．followed

A．talked      B．knew     C．heard         D．cared

Mr smith has little acquaintance_____modern poetry while he has a wide knowledge ___  painting.When it comes _____music,he has a talent_______it.

A.with; of ; to; for B.of; about; to; of        C.with; about; at; of  D.of; of; to; for

I’ve often had difficulty remembering names. Proper nouns seldom found easy purchase in my brain unless I consciously repeat them over and over again. Needless to say, when people leave my life their names are often soon forgotten. This can have some embarrassing consequences.

Five or six years after high school graduation, I was reading carefully the shelves of a local auto supply shop when I noticed someone familiar enter the store. I knew him. He was in my graduation class and although he was not a good friend of mine, we had shared many classes and knew each other well. I began to feel an increasing sense of foreboding（预感）and quickly hid behind the nearest shelving unit. I should have known his name. How many times had I heard it during class role call? How many conversations had we had in the hallways?

I easily remembered his surname, “Ricca”. His was a large, well know family in the town of my childhood. I couldn’t have just acknowledged him using his surname. I might as well have admitted forgetting his name, which was not a choice. One’s name is important to every person’s identity. Not remembering an old acquaintance’s name is similar to forgetting your wife’s favourite flower, an embarrassing mistake of the highest order.

I quickly ran through the alphabet (字母表), a strategy I developed for just such an occasion. Abe? No, Adam, Andy, Bob? No, Bill? Yes! Bill sounded right. Of course, his name is Bill. I confidently made my way around the shelves and spoke to him as he was studying some cans of motor oil.

“Bill, how are you doing?”, I said offering him my hand which he took with a friendly shake. We talked a bit, some amusing remarks about our college experiences and such. I took his hand again, said how good it was to see him and gave him a happy wave, calling him by name again, as I left.

I was so pleased that I avoided yet another awkward encounter(相遇) that I could feel a big smile on my face as I paid the cashier and exited the store. As I marched merrily across the parking lot, an awful thought came into my mind. John, his name is John! Where did Bill come from? Was that one of my brothers? The sudden realization of what I did made me stop in my tracks. My head dropped when I realized my mistake. There was no way Mrs. Ricca would name one of her sons “Bill”. “Billerica” was the name of a town just north of Boston.

1.Which one can show the charge of the writer’s feelings?

a. guilty   b. anxious   c. embarrassed   d. happy   e sure

A．a-d-b-e-c          B．d-e-b-a-c          C．c-b-e-d-a          D．b-c-d-e-

2.According to the passage, which statement is NOT sure?

A．Forgetting your wife’s favourite flower is a very serious mistake.

B．It is common to call an old acquaintance his given name.

C．The writer was in his twenties when he met John in the store.

D．John and the writer studied in the same college.

3.The underlined word “acknowledge” probably means “      ” here.

A．accept            B．greet             C．thank             D．admit

4.We can infer from the passage that _______.

A．The writer must have experienced such embarrassment many times

B．The writer had difficulty remembering names because he was getting old

C．Running through the alphabet was always an effective way of remembering an acquaintance’s name for the writer

D．Mrs. Ricca would have named one of her sons “Bill” if Billerica was not the name of a town north of Boston