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Sarah wrote a letter to Annie, saying that she felt __31__ by her friend, Hannah. They had an exam recently and Sarah got the __32___ grade in the class. When washing hands with Hannah, Sarah __33__ that she did badly in the exam and __34__ her not to tell anyone else. However, the next day, some other students got to know the news. Sarah thought it was Hannah who didn’t keep her __35__ because the only people who can see their grades are the teacher and the students that the grades __36__ to. But when Sarah talked about it with Hannah, she __37__ that she hadn’t told anyone else and said that someone must have been __38__ on what they said. But Sarah didn’t __39 __ her, and could not __40__ her for doing that and lying. Sarah lost her best friend.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In a small village, there lived a potter(陶工) who had a donkey. Every day his donkey would carry soil from the ___1___ to his house. Since the field was quite far off, the potter would ___2___ under a tree midway, tying(拴) his donkey nearby.
One day, the potter __3__ to take the rope with which he tied the donkey every day. When he reached the __4__, he became worried and didn’t know what to do. At that time, a saint(圣人) __5__ to be passing by. When the potter told the saint what his __6__ was, he said, “Take the __7__ to the place where you tie him every day. __8__ to tie him using an imaginary rope. He won’t run away.” The potter did what the saint had said.
When he woke up, to his __9__ and relief, he found the donkey standing in the __10__ place. But to his frustration, when he prepared to leave for __11__, the donkey did not move. __12__, the potter saw the wise saint again and told him about the donkey’s __13__ behavior. The saint said, “Go and pretend to untie the rope.” The potter __14__ the saint’s advice.
Now the donkey was ready to leave for home. The potter thanked the wise saint and went home __15__ his donkey.
1. A. factory      B. garden           C. field             D. village
2. A. stand        B. rest             C. sing             D. dance
3. A. forgot       B. decided          C. expected         D. agreed
4. A. stone        B. tree             C. bridge           D. house
5. A. failed        B. attempted        C. happened        D. managed
6. A. animal       B. plant            C. problem         D. result
7. A. bird         B. flower           C. donkey          D. rope
8. A. Believe      B. Learn           C. Wish           D. Pretend
9. A. surprise      B. disappointment    C. anger           D. regret
10. A. similar      B. special           C. same           D. wrong
11. A. field        B. school           C. home           D. hospital
12. A. Quickly     B. Luckily           C. Unfortunately    D. Badly
13. A. funny       B. foolish           C. proper          D. strange
14. A offered       B. followed         C. refused         D. received
15. A. happily      B. sadly            C. seriously       D. casually

Last year, I lost my best friend in high school. It seemed that everyone else’s life could just continue on in its 36 way, but mine couldn’t. I wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to face 37 and their gossip at school. I was forced to 38 my routine on Monday morning as usual. In the evening I returned home from school 39 completely defeated. All I wanted to do was 40 into bed and wallow（沉迷于）in my own self-pity. I pulled back the covers on my bed and 41 a pile of cards left by my dad. Each card included a（n） 42 that it was to be opened on a 43 night that week.
I made it through that week 44 my father. Each card 45 to say just what I needed to hear. Tuesday’s card said, “The past is painful to think about and the 46 is impossible to imagine. Don’t try. Just take it one minute at a time.” On Wednesday my mood 47 when I read, “What you are feeling now is 48 and normal. It still feels very bad, but it is part of the healing 49 .” Friday’s card contained a poem he wrote. The last lines made me smile through my tears. “Whatever special 50 you face along life’s way, may you 51 that you will find the best in every day.” I was instructed to open the last card 52 the party I went to on Saturday night. In it he wisely reminded me to 53 . “The world isn’t so bad after a good laugh. The more you laugh, the more you heal.” Each card was signed, “Love, Dad.”
My world once collapsed but I 54 the difficult breakup eventually. It owed to my dad , who made his 55 known when he couldn’t be present.

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
“Never say die'' was my mother's motto．No matter how tough the life was, she always had   36 in the face of struggle and change．
My mother , born in the late 1920s,   37 no education．Her mother, whom she loved dearly , died when she was 12 years old．Her father remarried,   38 he stepmother was   39  to her．As a result, my mother was always kept busy doing ail kinds of household   40 ,varying from feeding scores of tame birds to _41  her stepbrothers "Never say die" she   42 __say to herself．
After marrying my father , she  43  my grandparents as her own parents．It was a Lime when China was faced with a severe   44  of food and my family was no   45  ．There was a   46  in my family that the best food went to the old and she was always the last to have her meal．At one time , there wasn't a grain left at home, and the whole family got into a_47   "Never say die" said my mother, as she often did in such cases- She, together with my elder sisters—one 8 years old and the other 11, went begging until the   48   picked up．My father was once 49_ to drinking．My mother, on the one hand , tried hard to   50  him to quit drinking; on the other hand, every time my father was heavily drunk; she would feed two thermos bottles of boiled water to him ,using the mouth-to-mouth way．
Poor as my family was my parents   51  to send my sisters to school, which was absolutely   52  in my home village then．Now my sisters have both retired as primary school teachers．Then my mother devoted herfelf entirely to 53 her grandchildren, among whom are now two university students, a soldier, an engineer, a bank c’erk and a civil servant.
Devoted to the family, she is deeply respected and loved by her children and grandchildren. Every year a family get-together takes place on her birthday when the whole family 54 being blessed with such a great mother. “Never say die” is a 55 gift she left for her off springs.

Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a 16 in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often 17__ to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t afford to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went hungry. After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was   18   what to do when Mr. Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own __19__ .
It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a 20   in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and 21    plenty of money.
Jack 22     working hard. After one year he succeeded in repaying the ￡100.
By the time Jack was 30 years old he had 23      his first million, and he wanted to 24 this achievement by doing something “grand”. 25 _  all his money it was possible to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the heart of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million, 26     Jack still can’t get used to 27 the good life. He can often _28_ drinking with the locals at the local pub.
“I remember being very 29 as a child, but never 30 as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

I grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother. We had   36 money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was   37  and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could   38  afford a dream.
My dream was to be a   39 .When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball. I was also   40 : my high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who   41 me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief. One particular   42 with him changed my life forever.
It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer   43 . This meant a chance for my first income—cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the   44 of savings for a house for my mother. The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to   45  at it.
Then I realized I would have to   46  summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing. I was   47  about this.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as   48 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your   49 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”
I stood before him with my head   50 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth   51  his disappointment in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded.
“$ 3．25 an hour,” I replied.
“Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a   52 ?” he asked.
That   53 laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself to   54  that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1.7 million, and bought my mother the   55 of my dreams.

Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a 26  job which gets him 27 at five o’clock every morning. He is a 28 .
Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner 29 the newspapers are. The newspapers are delivered to the 30 by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推车) to carry them.
In 31 , it is still dark and cold when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is bright and warm. Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route (线路) in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each 32 on the porch (门廊) where it will be protected from    33 , rain or snow. His 34 think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him 35 .
Billy 36 about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest 37 records and clothes. Once a month, he has to 38 money from his customers. Since many of them 39 during the day, Billy has to collect the money 40 . Sometimes, when Billy is   41 , his older brother has to 42 the newspapers. Once Billy’s father had to help as well.
Billy has seventy customers now, 43 he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets many more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的) newspaper boy. He wants to win a 44 to Europe, but he will also be happy 45 he wins a new bicycle.

I am a team leader in an insurance company. We are going through a lot of changes right now, which is   36  much stress for all of us.
A few weeks ago I was having a day so   37  that I even doubted if I had the ability to do this challenging work, and was about ready to change to a less stressful job   38  . Something happened that day to change my way of   39  and I am so appreciative of this young lady. I want to let her know that the small act   40  .
On the top of my cubicle (工作隔间) I have a small collection of lighthouses (灯塔) to let people know where I am sitting   41  my team members have to find me for emergencies.
That day I came into the office and was about to get the day   42  when Crystal came over. I asked if she needed anything. And she said, “I   43  you something.” I looked at her with a   44  look and said, “Well, thank you, but why   45  you buy me anything?” I had never spoke to this young lady   46 . She said, “Every day I stand up and look across the     47  and see your lighthouses. Then I feel I am not alone and I encourage myself that there are always   48  things in life. I saw this on the way to work and thought   49  would like it. I wish it would have the same   50  as your lighthouses do.” In her hand she had a small globe with a lighthouse and a ship on it. I gave her a hug and   51  her. I don’t think she knows how much that small act of   52  changed my day: I remained   53  the rest of the day.
For anyone that reads this, I hope you remember, no matter what the   54  is, you could change someone’s day,   55  even his views on life.

On Christmas Day, I got my wanted radio-controlled truck. But you would not believe the ___36___ and work that went into getting this holy toy.
For over a month I stared at ___37___ magazines I received from my friend until I had made up my ___38___: I wanted a Pumpkin truck. I __39___ to work immediately, dropping hints to my father about it.
My first job was to tell him about how the steering(操纵杆) on my old car didn’t __40___, but he just blamed the problems on my bad ___41__.
My next plan would have to be more __42__. “Look at this, Dad, the truck with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250!” You can’t __43__ to miss out on this bargain!”
His ___44___ was that he certainly could afford to miss this ___45___ and for US$250 you could buy ___46___ educational like a telescope. “A telescope? To look at the moon? I’ll look at it when I’m 97 years old and living in a ___47___ home! This is my youth! I am supposed to run about.”
I went to my room, ___48___ at how mean my father was. It was obvious that he didn’t _49__ that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck.
When I __50__ on Christmas morning I wasn’t excited. I had been __51__. I opened all my presents until there was just one big package ___52__. “The telescope,” I thought. I ___53___ the packaging and looked at the top of the box—it was a Pumpkin truck. I had ___54___! I loved my parents! I felt like I could do anything! I could ___55___ get an A+ in English class.

Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my   16  was more manageable , I   17  ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs.   18  that was years ago and times have changed.   19  I live with mother on a country farm.
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to   20   my disability pension (残疾抚恤金).   21  I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my   22  . I decided that I would consider   23  to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was   24  when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of   25  to get started. And   26  you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can   27  use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my   28 ; he gave me a long thoughtful     29 . “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”
He led me   30  the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand   31  on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your   32  and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”
I   33 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose    34  that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His   35  still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.