In 1989 an international law was passed to stop people _____ waste into the sea.

    A. to put               B. putting          C. not to put          D. not putting

Don’t be so discouraged. If you ________ such feelings, you will do better next time.

A. carry on              B. get back              C. break down        D. put away

--- Have you heard that Jones, along with her parents,_______to Hainan for the winter vacation?

    --- Really? No wonder I haven’t seen her these days.

       A．had been   B．have been C．has gone   D．have gone

Only after he had spent several nights working on the maths problem_______to wonder whether the problem was wrongly set.

A did he begin          B, he began          C, he did begin        D, began he

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中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My 14-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time. It was hanging at a (an) 36  clothing store. The coat had a black velvet collar, delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label (标签) and a (an)  37  price of $ 28.

We looked at  38 , saying nothing,  39  John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with  40 , but could  41  several hundred dollars now.

John  42  the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied  43  that soon changed into a smile. The  44  was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They love it.” He said, carefully  45  it over the chair and smoothing it flat.

Over the next few weeks, the  46  came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion was  47  argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to  48 . “Good dinner, Mum,” he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are right, and I guess I will.”

When I  49  this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know  50  caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat!” At the library, we  51  to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “ 52  this be John?” he asked, looking up to John’s new height, assessing the cut of his coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.

John and I both knew we should never  53  a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for  54  a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standards of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for  55  what is on the inside with what is on the outside.

36. A. second-hand       B. expensive     C. big         D. cheap

37. A. reasonable       B. unbelievable     C. special       D. average

38. A. each other       B. one another       C. the other    D. others

39. A. therefore         B. however        C. but         D. thus

40. A. adults         B. people           C. parents       D. teenagers

41. A. spend           B. cost            C. pay        D. take

42. A. touched               B. buttoned        C. held       D. obtained

43. A. gesture         B. expression      C. attitude      D. feeling

44. A. color            B . price          C. fit           D. style

45. A. pressing           B. taking         C. hanging      D. folding

46. A. happiness         B. satisfaction     C. change           D. generosity

47. A. because of       B. instead of         C. aware of    D. full of

48. A. please         B. regret          C. complain   D. apologize

49. A. mentioned       B. wrote                C. reported     D. explained

50. A. when           B. how 　　　　 C. what       D. that

51. A. happened         B. came　　　　　C. intended    D. decided

52. A. Should         B. Would 　　　　C. Must        D. Could

53. A. watch         B. judge 　　　　 C. mistake    D. consider

54. A. doing           B. showing 　　  C. speaking    D. wearing

55. A. comparing       B. connecting     C. combining        D. matching

There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

    One day,feeling very sad and lonely,she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘） bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away,the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief. 

    “For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl,“I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied,“I want to be happy.”

    The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared. 

    As the little girl grew up,there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness .She would only smile and answer,“The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.” 

    When she was very old and on her deathbed,the neighbors all gathered around her,and feared that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us,please,” they begged,“Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said,“She told me that everyone,no matter how secure they seemed,no matter how old or young,how rich or poor,had need of me.”

 36. ______ the girl felt sad and lonely. 

     A. There were many friends but          B. There was nobody to love her so

     C. There was nothing to do              D. Seeing the butterfly was caught

 37. Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn,the orphan girl ______.

     A. helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn   B. felt sorrow,but she didn’t go up to help it

     C. fell down on it too                       D. failed to help it release from the thorn

  38. The butterfly ______ after it was saved by the little girl.

     A. flied away                             B. still died

     C. changed into a fairy                      D. was more beautiful than before

  39. The only thing that the little girl wanted was________.

     A. to be rich                            B. to have her own parents

     C. to have a lot of friends                 D. happiness

 40. The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying,because ______.

     A. they loved this woman deeply and they didn’t wanted her to die

     B. the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died

     C. they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

     D. they wanted to pray for her after her death

Pushing children too hard is a really big social problem that seems to be getting worse．Now we have 6-month-olds in music classes and swimming classes．Parents fear that if other children are attending these classes，they will be holding their own children back if they do not enroll，too．

    The other extreme，simply taking a laissez-faire approach and letting children do—or refuse to do—whatever they want，is not the answer either，of course．

    Dr Taylor emphasizes that parents need to push their children based on what is best for the children，not what is best for themselves．If children understand that an activity is in their best interests，then they will accept it, he finds．

    Dr Taylor and other family experts remain pessimistic about the possibilities for widespread social change．“The force of our popular culture，driven by money and superficial（表面上的） values，cannot be resisted，” he says．But change can take place at a“micro-level,” in families and schools．

    When changes do occur，the rewards can benefit everyone in the family．One mother supporting this new approach toward parenting mentions the advantages her family experienced after her children cut back on activities．“The biggest thing is that since we have done this，we are rested,” she says．“Not only are our kids rested，because they're not in a ton of stuff, but my husband and I are rested，because we're not driving them everywhere．We weren’t living in the moment when we were always busy．We were living by the schedule．The return on our investment of spending time together has been enormous．”

60. One of the reasons why parents push children so hard is that they______.

   A. believe in early development in children

   B. are too busy to take care of their children

   C. don't want their children to lag behindw(w w.ks&5 u.c*o m

   D. want to repeat what their parents did to them

61. The phrase“a laissez-faire approach”(in Line 1，Paragraph 2)most probably refers to________.

   A. denying them what they need

   B. controlling children in a flexible way

   C. developing a keen interest in children

   D. letting children do whatever they want

62. The best way to encourage children to work hard is_________

   A. to make them believe it’s in their best interests

   B. to consider the matter from parents' standpointw(w w.ks&5 u.c*o m

   C. to emphasize the importance of hard work from time to time

   D. to make it interesting and enjoyable to them

63.What the author doesn’t approve of in the essay is _______.

   A. achieving a balance between pushing the children too hard and leaving them alone

   B. going from one extreme of pushing children too hard to the other of leaving them alone

   C. involving children in activity that will probably contribute to their development

   D. enrolling them in music and swimming classes at the very early age

Once upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the sea to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down at the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean. As he got closer, he called out, “Good morning! What are you doing?’’

The young man paused, looked up and replied, “Throwing starfishes（海星）in the ocean.”

“I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfishes in the ocean?”

“The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don’t throw them in, they’ll die”

“But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!”

The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, and said, “It made a difference for that one.” There is something very special in each and every one of us. We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can know that gift, we will gain through the strength of our vision of the power （力量） to shape the future.

We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the world will be better.

72.One day, the wise man saw a young man _______.

A.dancing along the beach     

B.walking with a dancer

C.picking up starfish for sale

D.trying to save as many starfishes as possible

73.The underlined words “something very special” refers to ________.

A.the gifts from friends      B.the strength of making decision

C.our own starfish            D.the ability to make a difference

74.From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that ________.

A.the wise man realized something new and important

B.the wise man thought it was foolish of the young man to throw starfishes in the ocean.

C.the young man had the ability to make a difference

D.it is necessary for us to save starfish on the beach

75.The writer told this story to show us _____.

A.how and where we can write a good article

B.everyone can do something for the future

C.wise men are sometimes stupid

D.young men are in fact wiser than old people  

The experiment turned out to be______failure, but “_________failure goes before success”

  A a ,  a      B /, /     C a , /   D / , a

______ life began on earth is one of the biggest puzzles that scientist found hard ______.

A. How; solving                                 B. When; to be solved

C. How; to solve                                D. Which; to solve