完型填空 (20小题,每小题1分,共20分)

When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the  26  side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to   27  in good health, or  28  about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to   29  damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text  30  the title. Therefore, the scissors would  31  before they start,  32  halfway done when I find out the  33  result.

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your  34 . You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be  35  up. But you know the future is unpredictable (不可预料) — the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left  36 . Thus you are  37  in a difficult posi??tion and feel sad. How  38  that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life  39  greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.

In fact that is what  40  is like: we are often  41  with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only  42  we get into another. The  43  may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I  44  remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual (不经意)  45  may not be a bad one.

26. A. front            B. same          C. either        D. opposite

27. A. get             B. keep           C. lead                D. bring

28. A. advice          B. news       C. a theory           D. a report

29. A. suffer         B. reduce         . prevent          D. cause

30. A. on            B. for            C. without             D. off

31. A. use             B. handle        C. prepare               D. stay

32. A. or            B. but     C. so                D. for

33. A. satisfying      B. regretful       C. surprising      D. impossible

34. A. courage         B. strength        C. attention      D. patience

35. A. given           B. held           C. made        D. picked

36. A. near            B. alone          C. about          D. behind

37. A. filled        B. attracted       C. caught        D. struck

38. A. dares        B. comes          C. deals         D. does

39. A. improves        B. changes        C. progresses      D. goes

40. A. study         B. society         C. nature        D. life

41. A. faced        B. supplied         C. connected       D. fixed

42. A. before        B. after           C. until         D. as

43. A. following     B. next            C. above        D. former

44. A. still          B. also            C. once       D. almost

45. A. treatment     B. action           C. choice        D. remark

I got married in 2008. My husband and I are very emotional and have loads of dreams in life. Now I want to share a hidden part of my life.
After one month of my marriage, I started working because I could not sit home. To accomplish our dreams, we are both working hard day and night in spite of belonging to a good family. Life is very strange. When any turn happens, one cannot know.
I started working because I was very ambitious. I used to wonder about people who worked to earn their bread but I never knew in my wildest dreams that I would be part of the crow who work to earn a livelihood.
I was blessed with a daughter in November, 2009. She was just three months and 15 days old when I rejoined my job. My husband supported me and my family supported me but I never wanted to work again because I belonged to a family where a mother should give her full attention to her child.
Keeping all the values aside that I learnt from my parents, I went back to work and will work till my last breath.
I missed my daughter every second. She has started recognizing and throwing expressions for likes and dislikes. I cannot share my feelings with anyone, as I do not want anyone to know that I am broken completely from inside.
My husband and my daughter are my greatest strength but I ignore them just to earn money and fulfill my dreams that I have.
If one day, my daughter complains to someone about her mom, please tell her that she is my reason for survival and happiness and she is the only one who brings smile to my face.
【小题1】The author began to work after her marriage mainly because ____.

A.She expected to prevent herself from doing housework
B.She hoped to achieve her dream
C.She wanted to support her husband
D.She wanted to make her own bread
【小题2】 After her daughter’s birth, the author thought ____ in the beginning.
A.she should work harder
B.she should continue her career as she used to
C.she should stop working and care for her child
D.she should become a more ambitious mother
【小题3】From the passage, we can know that the author’s daughter ____.
A.lives together with her mom now
B.hasn’t begun to learn to speak so far
C.always makes her mom heartbroken
D.has given much comfort to her mom
【小题4】The author wrote this passage in order to ____.
A.complain about her present life
B.show her love for her daughter
C.keep a diary of her daughter’s growth
D.present the hardships of a working mother
【小题5】What is the best title of this passage?
A.The secret of a working mother
B.A working family is continuing
C.A husband’s support for his wife’s career
D.The comparison between the family and career for a mother

I truly learned what a best friend is in my first year in high school. Kate and I were good friends and we were inseparable. We spent every day together and always had a good    36  .

      Then basketball started and we were on the   37    team. After a few games,  38   , Kate got moved up to the Rose Cup full-time. I wouldn't admit it then, but actually I envied(嫉妒) her. Having  39   practice times, we started to see less of each other. Soon I started to hear that she was talking   40   my back.

      One night, I called Kate to tell her about my new    41   .To my   42   , the next day at school she told everyone I    43     her style because she had told me she wanted to get hers cut like this. At noon she handed me a letter and walked away    44      talking with me. I couldn't accept the   45  words on the paper. In great __46__ , I wrote right back to her.

      Over the next week, we exchange(交换) more   47    notes. I cried myself to sleep every night,   48      our friendship was over. One night my mom took me to Kate's home. Our moms looked at each other  49  . Kate's mom asked us questions but __50 _ of us responded(反应) .At last I let everything out. The huge burden in my mind was slowly lifted as we each talked about ___51____ we were feeling. It was all out. Suddenly Kate  52   from her seat, crossed the room and hugged me with tears. I will never forget that.

      It has been five months   53   we broke with each other. Last weekend we were out together again. It makes me happy that we are   54    to care about each other more. I now know that  55  I am asked about my friends, Kate will be at the top of the list.

1.  A. rest          B. time                C. example                D. party

2.  A. right            B. good                C. famous                  D. same

3. A. however       B. but          C. still                D. yet

4.  A. regular      B. free                C. different                 D. strange

5.  A. on            B. in               C. by                D. behind

6.A. haircut         B. clothes            C. necklace                  D. shoes

7.  A. joy          B. surprise         C. pleasure             D. sorrow

8. A. caught           B. gained             C. copied                 D. created

9.A. in spite of       B. instead of           C. except for               D. as well as

10. A. cruel       B. sad         C. disappointing        D. beautiful

11. A. anxiety           B. anger              C. surprise                  D. doubt

12.A. serious            B. dangerous            C. regretful                 D. hurtful

13. A. meaning          B. hoping             C. believing                 D. proving

14.A. happily           B. nervously        C. excitedly            D. surprisingly

15.A. neither               B. either           C. both                    D. none

16.A. what                B. how                C. which                  D. why

17. A. rose             B. raised           C. stood            D. got

18.A. if                   B. when                C. because                D. since

19.A. planning           B. pretending           C. learning                  D. arranging

20. A. whenever         B. whatever         C. however                D. whoever