第三节  完形填空(共20小题；每小题l．5分，满分30分)

  阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett’s jeans and full of burn holes.

Tired and defeated, I   21   to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had   22   .He often got almost everything in the house out of    23   .Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking   24   to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional   25  Brett had done to our once quiet home.

Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett a   26   as possible, but inside I was shouting.“I don’t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can’t   27   him!” Having wiped my tears, I continued   28   him as before.

When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所).After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping   29   teens.

At the   30   ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had   31   the most to him or her.

Brett spoke   32   to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much. You were always there, no matter   33   .My mom and dad, I was their kid. But you,   34         troubled enough by me, always   35   me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”

   36   , I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me   37   .

    At that moment, tears   38   in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for   39   . Although I had struggled with silent   40   toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them.

21. A. sat        B. sank          C. bent             D. dropped

22. A. ruined     B. lost           C. torn             D. broken

23. A. danger     B. place          C. trouble          D. order

24. A. off        B. in            C. up              D. away

25. A. pain       B. injury         C. damage          D. harm

26. A. patiently    B. willingly      C. strictly          D. rudely

27. A. forgive     B. educate       C. stand            D. control

28. A. parenting   B. pardoning      C. comforting       D. feeding

29. A. lazy       B. troublesome    C. disappointing     D. careless

30. A. opening    B. official        C. victory          D. graduation

31. A. afforded    B. meant        C. supplied         D. owed

32. A. lovingly    B. sadly         C. proudly          D. nervously

33. A. where     B. how           C. what            D. who

34. A. unless     B. although       C. because          D. when

35. A. cost       B. lent           C. taught           D. showed

36. A. Astonished  B. Puzzled       C. Encouraged       D. Interested

37. A. surely     B. roughly        C. tightly           D. fiercely

38. A. fell       B. flowed         C. moved          D. gathered

39. A. pity      B. happiness       C. luck             D. success

40. A. love      B. anxiety         C. anger           D. Care

D

I grew up in a small town. I was only ten years old when my dad gave me the responsibility of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the stable (马厩). He believed it was important for me to have those jobs to learn responsibility. Then, when I was 22, I found a job in Natchbill at a country music club called the Natchbill Palace. I washed dishes and cooked from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm and then went on stage and sang until 2:00 in the morning. It wasn’t long before I became known as a singing cook. I had been rejected so many times by record companies that it was hard not to be discouraged.

One night, a woman executive (董事) from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me sing. When the show was over, we sat down and talked and after she left, I said to myself it was one more rejection. A few weeks later, my manager received a phone call — Warner Brothers wanted to sign me to a record deal. Soon after, I had my first record in June 1986. It sold over 2 million copies. My best efforts had gone into every job I’ve ever held. It was the sense of responsibility that made me feel like a man.

68. Why was the writer once known as a singing cook?

A. He was a cook at a country music club.

B. He sang for guests while he worked as a cook.

C. He often sang while cooking.

D. He liked singing better than cooking.

69. Who first recognized the writer’s talents and helped make him successful?

A. His brother.      B. His manager.     C. His father.            D. A businesswoman.

70. It can be inferred from the passage that the ______.

A. writer’s success is partly due to his father     B. writer’s family was very poor

C. writer succeeded easily                   D. writer’s first record was a total failure

第五部分 书面表达  (满分25分)

下图中欧阳的妈妈正在与老师交谈，请根据图画所给提示，用英语写一篇短文，发表自己的感想。

注意：

1. 仔细品读图画中的文字，要突出自己的感想，不要作简单描述；

2. 词数150左右，开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

   One day, OuYang’s mum was talking with his teacher. ______________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

22. —Mr. Smith _____ in Russia for 10 years.

—No wonder he can speak Russian fluently and now teaches Russian in a Chinese college.

had stayed                    B. has stayed               C. stayed                   D. stays

25．His daughter is always shy in_____ and she never dares to make a speech to_____.

A．the public; the public   　    B．public; the public

C．the public; pubic    　　      D．public; public

14. The world is changing every day. ______ a happy life, we need to learn how to change our ways.

A. To live                     B. Lived                C. Having lived      D. Living

第二部分：阅读理解（每小题2 分， 满分30分）

第一节: 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项

A

Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these “How to” books are available; in fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words “How to”. One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away.  Many “How to” books give advice on careers (职业). They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed at it. If you fail, however, you can buy a book called “How to Turn Failure into Success”. If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to Make a Million”. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called “How to Live on Nothing?”. One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read “How to Succeed at Love Every Minute of Your Life.?”. If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer a book called “How to Make Yourself miserable?”.

    Many of these books help people use their time better. Some people want books which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies, and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements on their homes. They prefer books which give step by step instruction on how to repair things like plumbing (卫生管道工程) and electrical wiring, or on how to redecorate (重新装饰) or enlarge a house.

    Why have “How to” books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. “How to” books help people deal with modern life. 

51. These “How to” books are written to______.

   A. tell people on how to love their daily life             

   B. earn money for the companies to survive in the competition

   C. give people some good advice on how to do something they want to do 

   D. give readers who want to know about America a deep impression

52. Before someone wants to find a good job, he had better______.

A. buy a book on “How to Make a Million?”

B. read a book on how to choose a career and how to succeed at it 

C. make better use of his time in his daily life     

D. use his free time to look for it 

53. If people will not succeed in what he is doing, a book called________ can give help.

A. “How to Turn Failure into Success”     

B. “How to Make a Million?”

C. “How to Succeed at Love Every Minute of Your Life?”

D. “How to Make Yourself Miserable?”

12. -- Did Alan enjoy seeing his old friends yesterday?

-- Yes, he did. He ________ his old friends for a long time.

didn’t see              B. wouldn’t see            C. hasn’t seen               D. hadn’t seen

21. He apologized ________ late.

A. to his teacher to arrive                 B. to his teacher for arriving

C. at his teacher to arrive                 D. at his teacher for arriving

一、单项选择(15%)

1. Wouldn’t it be ______ wonderful world if we could live in ______ peace?

   A. a; the                  B. the; 不填          C. a; 不填                    D. the; the