My husband and I are both musicians. I took it  36   granted that one day our daughter Holly would learn to play an instrument.

In 2000 Holly fell  37   and the doctor said she may have been left   38    deaf. “She won’t be able to hear music in any shape or form,” said the doctor. It was a great   39   .

In 2001, her right ear was fitted with a cochlear implant --- electronic equipment that provides a sense of    40    for people who are completely deaf. Seven years later, another was fitted in her    41    ear. The doctors played us a model of what music would sound like to Holly --- I was horrified    42   it was just white noise.

“Holly will hear music,” I   43    saying to myself. I tried to put what had gone wrong right, so we constantly   44   words and sounds to her. She has been having lessons since she was seven . she’s   45   all the time. I’m always surprised by just how much better she does.

When she   46   a national piano competition, the adjudicator   47   Holly for appearing to listen to the sounds she was making --- her whole body, he said to us, was   48   in the process of making music.

I   49   that the model we originally heard of how music sounds with a cochlear implant isn’t   50   holly hears it. The brain is complex and adapts to many   51   ;in some way, Holly has made   52   of it all. She loves life. She doesn’t think about what happened to her and says   53   , “I don’t want to talk about bad things. Let’s talk about good things.”

I was determined that her life would not be   54   by a miserable event, but never imagined that she could   55   what she has. I can only describe this as a miracle.

A. as              B. like              C. for             D. with

A. asleep           B. ill               C. silent           D. short 

A. partly           B. nearly            C. deeply          D. totally

A. accident         B. disease           C. shock           D. surprise 

A. sound           B. noise             C. music           D. voice

A. right            B. left              C. deaf             D. good

A. although         B. unless           C. because          D. while

A. avoided          B. remembered      C. imagined         D. kept 

A. repeated          B. reflected         C. reacted          D. responded 

A. suffering          B. crying          C. working          D. improving

A. entered           B. quitted          C. lost              D. visited

A. asked             B. cared           C. praised          D. thanked

A. considered         B. contained        C. invited          D. involved

A. remind            B. believe          C. advise          D. forget

A. when             B. how             C. whether         D. why

A. states             B. positions         C. places           D. situations 

A. sense             B. choice           C. use             D. fun

A. exactly            B. finally           C. simply          D. generally 

A. influenced         B. decided          C. remarked        D. introduced 

A. achieve            B. choose          C. take            D. expect 

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”

I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.

They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface”.

As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.

I posted the letter and waited for her answer, none came.

My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace. It seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

Now the present of her desk told me that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work though she’d never been able to. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside — a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.

Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.

The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.

A. after Mother died          B. before she became a writer 

C. when she was a child       D. when mother gave it to her

The passage shows that _______.

A. Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

B. Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done

C. Mother cared much about her daughter in words

D. Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words.

The world “gulf” in the passage means _______.

A. deep understanding between the old and the young.

B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter.

C. free talks between mother and daughter.    

D. part of the sea going far in land.

What did Mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?

A. She had never received the letter.           

B. For years, she often talked about the letter.

C. She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.   

D. She read the letter again and again till she died.

What’s the best title of the passage?

A. My letter to Mother          B. Mother and Children

C. My Mother’s Desk           D. Talks between Mother and me.


第三部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节       (共15小题:每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
My sister and I shared a typical sisterly relationship: we couldn’t stand each other.Or, to be honest, she couldn’t stand me.I took her as a hero.My clothes mysteriously looked like hers, and even my words tended to copy those I heard from her.Any sort of talk we had usually became a fighting, and try as I might, my sister had an extra six years worth of rude vocabulary.
After a while, I stopped trying to impress her and learned to be totally indifferent(冷漠的);we soon fell into a sad pattern — I avoided her, she paid no attention to me, and deep inside, it hurt.She was only a sister in name.I truly believed that we would forever be apart, two housemates without conversation, two strangers without warmth.
I still remember the day I learned to ride a bike.I had received the bike that Christmas, which was great, until I realized I had no idea how to ride it.My mom had long since abandoned any attempt to teach me; I had proved to be a frustrating student.I had to learn by myself, a little bit each day, but unsuccessfully.On that day I was so disappointed that I threw my bike aside and began to cry, I guess that was what caused my sister to come outside.At first I was nervous, as I thought she would begin to laugh at me.She did not.She gently picked my bike up.That was the beginning.She fearlessly held my hand while the tears dried on my cheeks.She never once let me fall.And for three hours — three wonderful hours — we learned to ride my bike.No shouting.No fighting.No arguing.
That day I learned that my sister was human — how else could she have been my teacher? It was a life-changing experience.We still occasionally have our quarrels, but since that day, it’s been easier to get along because we have an unspoken respect for each other.
56.From the first paragraph, we can infer that _____.
A.the writer’s sister usually won the fighting
B.the writer was not always honest with her sister
C.the writer showed little respect for her sister
D.the writer’s sister had a good memory
57.When the writer failed to impress her sister, she _____.
A.felt hurt and treated her sister as a stranger
B.decided to be indifferent to her sister
C.didn’t talk with any member of the family
D.kept apart from her sister for a long time
58.What caused the writer to cry when she learned to ride a bike?
A.She fell off the bike and hurt herself seriously.
B.Her mother refused to buy her a bike.
C.She couldn’t learn how to ride a bike by herself.
D.Her sister laughed at her old bike.

第一节完形填空 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the 11______ had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t 12______, they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who 13______, but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was 14______ about her. She went to bed too 15_____. The night before the first exam, Barbara 16_____ that she have an early night and take a 17_____ pill(药丸). She promised to wake her up in the morning.

As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her 18______ kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of 19______, she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination 20_______, but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. Everyone around her was writing pages and gages. Though she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write about . She kept looking at her 21_______. Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, 22_______ and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started 23______. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she 24______ up. She was still in bed and it had all been a 25_______ dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.

11. A. teachers      B. students      C. classmates     D. schools

12. A. prepare       B. miss          C. join           D. pass

13. A. succeeded     B. failed        C. ended          D. called

14. A. excited       B. frightened    C. worried        D. pleased

15. A. early         B. late          C. heavily        D. eagerly

16. A. insisted      B. hoped         C. ordered        D. wished

17. A. sleeping      B. resting       C. exciting       D. breathing

18.A. hand          B. eye           C. mind           D. body

19.A. her sister    B. her parents   C. the lessons    D. the medicine

20.A. result        B. marks         C. desk           D. paper

21.A. watch         B. textbook      C. sister         D. subject

22.A. gave up       B. put off       C. look around    D. think over

23.A. examining     B. leaving       C. copying        D. crying

24.A. raised        B. woke          C. stood          D. cheered

25.A. nice          B. wonderful     C. terrible       D. special

 

Every morning my friend would stop on the way to work to have a quick breakfast with her 8-year-old son. Then she   36   him off at school. They ate the same thing every morning: an egg sandwich, juice, coffee for her, and milk for him.

       One day she ordered a(n)   37   breakfast. Once they finished eating and were heading out of the door, she   38  , said good morning to a homeless man sitting outside of the   39  , and gave him the breakfast she had ordered for him. He   40   her, telling her it was his first meal during the last several   41  . She couldn’t help but feel   42   and was glad she finally took   43  .

       She told her son that she had seen the man every day that week there and that   44  , herself included, had offered him   45  , support, food, or drink. She   46   explained that homelessness could happen to anyone and that it was important to   47   needy people.

       So her “Tradition of Kindness”   48  . Each day she and her son went on to   49   the homeless man breakfast. The   50   was kept until they moved away several years later,   51   the experience was firmly put into her son’s mind.

       My friend   52   every time she tells me that this “Tradition of Kindness” goes on with her son, who remembers this   53   tradition. Now working in a company, her son stops every morning at Starbucks for a coffee and offers a homeless person a breakfast before going to the   54  .

       What a great tradition that he can   55   to his children as well!

1.A. sent                      B. dropped               C. called             D. drove

2.A. light                            B. expensive             C. ordinary          D. extra

3.A. stopped                 B. escaped                C. backed        D. hid

4.A. shop                            B. market                        C. hotel            D. restaurant

5.A. recognized             B. refused                 C. thanked        D. found

6.A. days                      B. minutes                C. months         D. weeks

7.A. cold                      B. good                    C. strange          D. nervous

8.A. action                   B. time                     C. care                    D. effect

9.A. everyone               B. someone               C. no one             D. anyone

10.A. education                    B. information                 C. comfort               D. safety

11.A. again                   B. further                        C. once                   D. first

12.A. contact                B. encourage             C. follow             D. help

13.A. began                  B. existed                        C. failed               D. changed

14.A. win                            B. buy                      C. show                  D. award

15.A. promise               B. agreement            C. order               D. practice

16.A. although                     B. so                        C. but                   D. because

17.A. cries                        B. jumps                  C. jokes                  D. smiles

18.A. school                 B. childhood             C. youth                  D. adulthood

19.A. office                  B. cinema                 C. store                   D. library

20.A. connect            B. relate                   C. pass                    D. move

 

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