阅读填空  （ 共5 小题，每小题1 分，满分5 分 ）

阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的词。注意： 每个空格不超过3个单词。

   We’ve all been hurt by another person at one time or another. This pain causes problems. It not only causes us to be unhappy, but can ruin relatioships, distract(使分心) us from work and family and other important things, make us unwilling to open up new things.

We need to learn to let go. We need to be able to forgive, so we can move on and be happy. Forgiveness does not mean you erase the past, or forget what has happened. All it means is that you are letting go of the anger and pain, and moving on to a better place.

It’s not easy, but you can learn to do it.

Think about the advantages and disadvanges. Think of all the problems this pain causes you, and realize you need to change. Then think of the benefits of forgiveness—— how it will make you happier, free you from the past and the pain, and improve your relationships and life in general.

Try to put yourself in that person’s situation. Try to understand why the person did what he did. What could he have felt as he did it, and what did he feel afterward? How does he feel now? You aren’t saying what he did is right, but are trying to understand instead.

     Understand your responsibility. Try to figure out how you could have been partly responsible for what happened. This isn’t to say you’re taking all the blame, or taking responsibility away from the other person, but to realize that we are not victims but participants in life.

     Allow peace to enter your life. As you focus on the present, try focusing on your breathing. Imagine each breath going out is the pain and the past, and imagine each breath coming in is peace, entering you and filling you up.

Title: How to let go and forgive

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   Americans like to travel on their yearly holiday. Today, more and more travelers in the United States are spending nights at small houses or inns instead of hotels. They get a room for the night and the breakfast the next morning.

   Rooms for the night in private homes with breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years. In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-breakfast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these American’s bed-and-breakfast inns are old historic buildings. Some bed-and breakfast inns have only a few rooms, others are much larger. Some inns don’t provide telephones or television in the rooms, others do.

   Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone’s home. The owners are glad to tell about the area and interesting places to visit. Many vacationers say they enjoy the chance to meet locate families.

  判断下列叙述是否正确 （正确的用T 表示，错误的用F表示）

  71. Americans take a holiday trip every year. 

  72. The bed-and-breakfast inns have been popular in America for a long time. 

  73. You can make a telephone or watch TV at all bed-and-breakfast inns. 

  74. It is cheaper to stay at a bed-and-breakfast inn than in a hotel. 

  75. Some Americans now stay in a bed-and-breakfast home instead of in a hotel.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

21. I am really tired___________Tom.  He had me___________for two hours in the rain.

A. of, waiting      B. from, waiting     C. of , waited       D. from , waited

Let the dog loose so that it_____have a run.

         A．should                    B．must                        C．could                   D．need

I wonder if he_____us, and I think if he_____us we’ll be able to complete the task ahead of time.

         A．helps, helps                                                     B．will help, helps

         C．helps, will help                                          D．will help, will help

58.If you_____I will go with you.

         A．go to                            B．went                       C．will                                 D．should go

After the earthquake, the Haitian(海地的) people needed to be helped ______.

   A. occasionally        B. anxiously          C. practically              D. Urgently

32. It's ten years since the scientist _______on his life's work of discovering the valuable chemical.

A. made for         B. set out        C. took off        D. turned up

阅读下面短文,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.

I was on a bus one March evening. The driver didn’t  36  to start the bus soon because it was not yet   37 . A middle-aged woman got on. Tired and sad, she told her story   38 , not to anyone in particular. On her way to the station, half of her   39  was stolen. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she   40  still had some left. A few minutes later, she stopped crying, but still looked   41  .

When all the seats were taken, the driver started the engine. The conductor began to collect fares(车费). When she came to an old man in worn-out clothes, he   42  that he had spent all his money when he had accidentally got on a wrong bus and now he was trying to go home. On hearing this, she ordered the old man to   43  the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he   44  her to let him take the bus home. The driver took the conductor’s side and repeated the conductor’s   45  .

The woman was watching the incident.  46  the driver and the conductor raised their voices at the old man, she interfered(干预).

“Stop   47  him! Can’t you see he’s only trying to get home?”

“He doesn’t have any money! ” the driver   48  .

“Well, that’s no   49  to throw him off the bus,” she insisted.

Then she reached inside her blouse, took out her   50  money, and handed it to the conductor. “Here’s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a   51  time.”

All heads turned to the woman. “It’s only money,” she shrugged.

She rode the rest of the way home   52  a happy smile, with the money she’d lost earlier   53  .

On the road of life, the help of strangers can   54  our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the   55  will be when we make it a little smoother for others!

36. A. try                    B. care          C. decide             D.  intend 

37. A. empty               B. full                 C. crowded  D. ready 

38. A. tearfully     B. seriously  C. carefully  D. calmly 

39. A. fare                   B. possession        C. money             D. wealth 

40. A. strangely     B. happily            C. secretly   D. fortunately 

41. A. unsatisfied         B. weak              C. unhappy          D. excited 

42. A. explained  B. declared    C. admitted         D. found 

43. A. get off              B. start                C. get on             D. stop 

44. A. begged              B. scolded            C. praised     D. thanked 

45. A. request              B. action             C. suggestion       D. command 

46. A. Unless               B. Although         C. Until              D. When 

47. A. attacking    B. bothering         C. blaming          D. wronging 

48. A. warned              B. whispered        C. shouted            D. repeated 

49. A. problem     B. need                C. matter             D. reason 

50. A. spending    B. collected         C. remaining       D. borrowed 

51. A. busy          B. cold                C. hard               D. fearful 

52. A. giving               B. wearing          C. taking             D. forcing 

53. A. forgotten    B. used               C. earned             D. returned 

54. A. move                B. increase          C. lighten            D. carry 

55. A. world                B. journey   C. smile              D. friendship

I was walking along Orchard Road when I realized a tall young man wearing a jacket and tie was following me. I noticed him because not many people wear a jacket and tie in the middle of a hot summer day, and I had already seen this man four times that afternoon.

To make sure he was following me, I walked on quickly, turned right into a shopping center and then stopped to look in a shop window. Soon the man appeared and stopped at another shop window. I walked on and stopped several times. When I stopped , he stopped too.

I began to be rather worried and decided to try to lose this strange man. When I saw a taxi coming, I jumped into it. As I was telling the taxi driver where to go, I found the man get into another taxi, which then followed mine. As the two taxies slowly made their way along Orchard Road, I looked back at the taxi behind, and saw that the stranger was looking out at me. At MRT station, I told the taxi driver to stop and I got out. As I was paying my fare, I saw the man was getting out of his taxi.

By now I got angry, so I turned and walked straight to him. I asked him why he was following me. At first he said he was not following me at all, but when I threatened(威胁) to call the police, he admitted he was. He then told me that he was a journalist(news reporter) and that he was writing an article on how elderly people in Singapore spend their time. He said he was observing me to gather materials for his article.

What is strange about the man who followed the writer?

A. He seemed to be wearing too much.

   B. He was out on such a hot day.

   C. He walked quickly behind.

  D. He was a tall young man.

Why did the writer get into a taxi?

   A. To test the young man.     B. To lose the young man.

   C. To call the police.         D. To get home earlier.

What did the stranger do when the writer jumped into a taxi?

   A. He got into another taxi.

   B. He tried to stop the taxi.

   C. He almost gave up following him.

   D. He made his way along Orchard Road.

How did the writer have the stranger admit he was following him?

   A. He threatened to take him to the police.

   B. He called the police.

   C. He said he would call the police.

   D. He talked to the police.

Why did the stranger follow the writer?

   A. He was interested in elderly people.

   B. He often does such things.

   C. He was writing a book about old people.

   D. He needed materials for his article.