Garter Druse       his selection for the important task to his courage，devotion and knowledge of the area．

    A．led                      B．owed                   C．devoted                  D．contributed

Ｍy second father

My father died when I was five. It was hard on us all. My brother, who is eight years older than me, began to __36____my mother and me. He made sure the trash was taken out and the yard mowed. He did this _37____ without being told to do so.

Because of my father’s death, my mother was __38___ to get a full time job. My brother, __39____ , would get me up for school and make me __40____ . On our way to school, he would play games with me. He made every__41___to make me happy and he succeeded __42____.

When we arrived home from school, we were__43____for about half an hour until mom was home from work. He would__44____something for supper, and have everything ready for mom __45___she could start cooking. After that, we would go outside and have some __46___. This was my brother’s time to be a(n)___47___ , enjoying himself in the games.

It was a Saturday in June a couple years later. My mother and I were at the store when I __48____ they had the Father’s Day cards out. Feeling __49___, I asked my mother why they hadn’t Brother’s Day cards. She smiled and said, “You’re right.___50___ your brother has been a father to you. Go and__51____ a card.”

So I did, and on Father’s Day, my mother and I _52__ my brother down and gave him the card.

As he read it, I saw the tears __53____ in his eyes. I heard my mom’s __54____    trembling as she said, “Son, your father is proud of you, seeing that he___55___ a good man. We love you, and thank you.”

1.                A．look out        B．watch over      C．care about D．depend on

2.                A．carefully        B．smoothly        C．quickly   D．willingly

3.                A．prepared       B．allowed         C．forced    D．accepted

4.                A．therefore       B．though         C．otherwise D．however

5.                A．supper         B．meal           C．breakfast D．lunch

6.                A．method        B．effect          C．way  D．effort

7.                A．as usual        B．every time      C．once again D．as well

8.                A．independent    B．asleep          C．alone D．free

9.                A．cut            B．cook           C．find  D．wash

10.               A．unless         B．before         C．when D．so

11.               A．rest           B．fun            C．adventure D．practice

12.               A．kid            B．adult           C．friend D．brother

13.               A．heard          B．noticed         C．felt   D．thought

14.               A．interested      B．excited         C．disappointed   D．hurt

15.               A．No wonder      B．In all           C．Above all  D．Without doubt

16.               A．take out        B．pick out        C．ask for    D．check out

17.               A．led            B．signed         C．sat   D．required

18.               A．filling          B．forming        C．floating    D．piling

19.               A．hand          B．laughter        C．body D．voice

20.               A．raised          B．turned         C．taught D．promised

 With the guide _______ the way, we finally got to the village which we were looking for.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
I wouldn’t ask for a dressing room. My mom always asked for me.
The evening before I had   21 risen from my seat and piled on excess （过量） noodles. Then I licked（舔）my bowl with the buttered garlic bread,   22 no evidence of the four servings I had eaten greedily. In the morning I would be forced to lie on my bed and suck in my   23  just to button my jeans. I feared school   24 . The sale rack, with its slender size markers, knew my number continued to grow.
I learned   25  to eat from my dad: fast and without thinking. In our house, the dinner table involved   26 ,with the children on defense. One   27  move and our dinner would be snatched off our plates without warning and eaten up by our father   28  than we could blink. We soon learned to keep a hand up while   29  our chicken, and if Mom decided to cook that night we needed to hurry and get   30  before it was gone.
Only one pair of jeans I tried on fit. I   31  and told my mother I could button every pair but only needed the jeans that lay   32  in my hands. We walked to the checkout.
I kept my head down as we passed a group of girls. They   33 . I glanced up only long enough to know my place. Their   34  cut at me, hands cupped over their mouths in secrecy.
The shop was about to close and I   35  two girls in my third grade class out.
“I like your pants. Where did you get them?” Marcy asked Alicia. I nodded in agreement,   36 they had removed their cupped hands and I could hear the   37 .
“Really? I like yours better,” Alicia replied.
“We should trade. What   38  are you?” Marcy asked.
“I don’t know …” Alicia said, finding the tag in the back of her pants. “Seven.”
“Me too,” Marcy said.
I   39  in line as I held the jeans, tag folded in so   40  could see the number on it was 12. I am not a size seven.
21．A．hurriedly             B．hungrily              C．repeatedly           D．worriedly[
22．A．leaving               B．offering              C．collecting            D．examining
23．A．stomach              B．legs                    C．waist                   D．hands
24．A．uniforms             B．meals                  C．holiday               D．shopping
25．A．what                   B．how                    C．why                    D．when
26．A．battle                  B．game                  C．strike                  D．debate
27．A．big                     B．unusual               C．false                   D．bold
28．A．harder                 B．further                C．earlier                 D．faster
29．A．swallowing          B．biting                  C．tasting                 D．cooking
30．A．excuses               B．seconds               C．opportunities       D．demands
31．A．ordered               B．lied                     C．paid                    D．promised
32．A．closed                 B．guided                C．guarded               D．satisfied
33．A．laughed               B．murmured           C．shouted               D．whispered
34．A．mouths               B．hands                  C．eyes                    D．ears
35．A．led                     B．followed             C．invited                D．walked
36．A．thankful              B．afraid                  C．anxious               D．excited
37．A．interview            B．conversation        C．question              D．report
38．A．number               B．size                     C．color                   D．weight
39．A．jumped               B．waited                 C．cried                   D．hid
40．A．everybody           B．anybody              C．nobody               D．somebody

My father was raised in a fatherless home at a time when the family of five struggled to survive, which caused my father to be extremely tightfisted(吝啬) with money.

When we children became    16  that other children got pocket money from their parents, we made a(n)   17  to ask our father from some. Immediately his face turned stone-cold, and he said, “If you’re old enough to ask, you’re old enough to    18 .” And we had to seek odd jobs about the neighborhood.

He didn’t    19  his attitude as we grew into adulthood. There was a time when    20  of us had a car, so we had to ride a    21  whenever we came home. Though the bus stopped about two miles from home, Dad never met us, 22  in bad weather. If someone    23  (and my brothers did a lot), he’d say in his    24  father-voice. “That’s what your legs are    25  !”

One spring morning I was on the bus home from    26 . Tests and long hours in labs had    27  me exhausted. As other students were    28  at their stops. I looked silently out of the window. Finally, the bus came to a    29  at my destination, and I    30 , carrying my suitcase to begin the long journey home.

The row of privet hedge(树篱) came into    31 , which lined the driveway that climbed the hill to our house. I stopped to put a book in the suitcase. When I stood up, I saw something gray    32  along the top of the hedge toward the house.

It was the top of my father’s head. I    33  then, each time I came home, he would stand behind the hedge, watching,    34  he knew I had arrived safely. I held back my tears. He did care,   35 .

Upon reaching home, I found my father innocently in his chair. “So! It’s you!” he said, his face lengthening into surprise.

1.                A．aware          B．certain         C．surprised D．excited

2.                A．attempt         B．suggestion       C．trouble   D．plan

3.                A．spend          B．earn           C．survive   D．raise

4.                A．strengthen      B．soften          C．take D．show

5.                A．neither         B．each           C．all   D．none

6.                A．bicycle         B．car            C．train     D．bus

7.                A．especially       B．only           C．even D．once

8.                A．refused        B．complained      C．cried D．intended

9.                A．strangest       B．lowest          C．softest   D．scariest

10.               A．on            B．in             C．by   D．for

11.               A．work          B．home          C．town D．college

12.               A．led            B．made          C．found D．proved

13.               A．treated         B．received        C．met  D．greeted

14.               A．stop           B．house          C．street D．corner

15.               A．stepped off     B．went off        C．jumped on D．climbed on

16.               A．mind          B．view           C．flower D．leaf

17.               A．shining         B．flying          C．failing D．moving

18.               A．understood     B．thought        C．imagined  D．realized

19.               A．since          B．after           C．until D．though

20.               A．after all        B．above all        C．in advance D．in total