完形填空（共20 小題，每小題1 分, 滿分20分）
Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really  41  your feelings?”
Immediately, he said, “Yes, last Christmas you promised us a special  42 that I really wanted but you  43 gave it to me.”
The  44  was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I  45  , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but I haven’t apologized  46  ?”
Again, his  47  was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the  48  because Kate, my little sister, was going to be born? You left us at home and  49    in a hurry. Remember?”
“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he  50  all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were  51 to see the suitcase had been opened and  52  had been thrown all over the place, and then you  53  me.”
“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.
“No, I didn’t. I was just searching for my gift.”
My heart sank. I felt  54 . I hugged Keith and asked him to  55  me. His honesty made me think of my other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the  56    question. Kevin answered as immediately as his  57 , “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forget about it.”
58 Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The  59  thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was that I’d made a promise too  60  and didn’t keep it as their mother.

小題1:	A．showed B．hurt C．a(chǎn)ttended D．expressed

小題2:	A．candy B．book C．picture D．toy

小題3:	A．never B．often C．a(chǎn)lways D．ever

小題4:	A．challenge B．message C．idea D．fact

小題5:	A．complained B．a(chǎn)pologized C．continued D．explained

小題6:	A．with B．to C．in D．for

小題7:	A．suggestion B．a(chǎn)nswer C．memory D．blame

小題8:	A．hospital B．church C．school D．garden

小題9:	A．settled down B．went on C．set off D．got up

小題10:

A．knew B．imagined C．discovered D．remembered

小題11:

A．a(chǎn)ngry B．worried C．happy D．satisfied

小題12:

A．nothing B．somebody C．everything D．nobody

小題13:

A．praised B．punished C．helped D．educated

小題14:

A．terrible B．hopeless C．inspired D．encouraged

小題15:

A．support B．criticize C．suspect D．forgive

小題16:

A．easy B．direct C．same D．funny

小題17:

A．mother B．brother C．sister D．father

小題18:

A．Though B．Because C．Since D．Until

小題19:

A．strange B．interesting C．important D．difficult

小題20:

A．lightly B．rudely C．equally D．truly

閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
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Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for the London bus. The bus for London would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in lines; others were walking about. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in order. Tom looked around but there was nowhere for him to sit.
He walked into the station café. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down, facing a large mirror on the wall. Just then, John, one of Tom’s friends, came in and sat with Tom.
“What time is your bus?” asked John.
“Oh, there is plenty of time yet,” answered Tom.
“Oh, I’ll get you some more tea then,” said John.
They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again.
“Good heavens! It’s going back-ward!” he cried. “A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it’s half past eleven.”
“You are looking at the clock in the mirror,” said John.
Tom wanted to kick himself for being so foolish. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. He has never liked mirror since then.
小題1:Tom went into the station café because _______.

A．John asked him to have a cup of tea

B．he wanted a drink there

C．he would meet a friend of his

D．it was early yet and he could find a place to sit

小題2:When we look at a clock in the mirror we’ll see _______.

A．the right time	B．it is going slower
C．it is going backward	D．it is going fast

小題3: Which of the following is true?

A．Tom missed his bus.

B．He liked mirror even before.

C．The next bus would leave soon.

D．Tom arrived London on time.

Some time ago ,I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended , as there are a whole lot of antique shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth - so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,“ Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “ Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK, ”he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds. ”“It ‘s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it's nothing.”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?”I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done. ”“I'll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean？ You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I'm sorry, I'll give you twenty -seven pounds for it. ”“ Your must be crazy, ”he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair. ”“ You’re right, ”I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, Would you mend this chair for me?I wouldn't have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?”He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.
小題1:We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.

A．was rather impolite	B．was warmly received
C．a(chǎn)sked the shopkeeper to repair his chair	D．a(chǎn)sked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

小題2:The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________.

A．changed his mind	B．a(chǎn)ccepted the offer
C．decided to help the writer	D．saw the writer’s purpose

小題3:How much did the writer pay?

A．￡ 5.

B．￡ 7.

C．￡ 20.

D．￡ 27.

小題4:From the text, we can learn that the writer was ________

A．honest

B．careful

C．funny

D．smart

An old woman went suddenly blind. She promised a doctor a lot of money if he could make her see again. “If you fail”, she said, “ you will get nothing,” The doctor agreed with her.The doctor soon discovered what was wrong with her, but he decided not to cure her right away. Instead, each time he visited, he secretly took some of her things. When he had taken everything that he wanted, he cured her blindness and sent her a large bill. Now when the old woman could see again she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the bill. So the doctor took her before a judge.
“What the doctor says is true.” she said to the judge. “But I say I’m not cured, because I still
can’t see any of the things in my house.”
The old woman won her case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.
小題1:The doctor didn’t cure the old woman right away because __________.
A. He didn’t know how to cure her        B. He wanted to get a lot of money
C. He wanted to take the woman’s things          D The woman refused to pay him
小題2: The woman was _______ .

A．clever

B．greedy

C．cruel

D．dishonest

小題3:The doctor was ________.

A．honest

B．a(chǎn) cheat

C．a(chǎn) kind man

D．ready to help others

小題4:The word “case” in the last paragraph means ______.

A．a(chǎn) single example	B．a(chǎn) particular situation
C．a(chǎn) question to be decided in a court of law	D．box

小題5:Which sentence is right according to the passage?

A．The judge didn’t believe the old woman

B．The doctor cured the woman’s blindness in a short time.

C．The woman got back all her things taken by the doctor.

D．The doctor failed to get his pay .

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
When I was in seventh grade, I was a candy striper(志愿做護(hù)士助手的小姑娘) at a local hospital in my town. Most of the   41  I spent there was with Mr Gillespie. He never had any  42  , and nobody seemed to care about his   43 .
I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him,__44__anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine,  45 he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏) of my hand. Mr Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).
I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr Gillespie was  46  . I didn’t have the   47 to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might  48 me he had died.
Several   49 later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face. When I   50  who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was  51 ! I built up the courage to ask him if his name was Mr Gillespie. With a(n)   52 look on his face, he replied yes. I   53 how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever   54 .
He began to tell me how,  55 he lay there comatose, he could hear me talking to him and could  56 me holding his hand the whole time. Mr Gillespie  57 believed that it was my voice and  58 that had kept him alive.
Although I haven’t  59 him since, he fills my heart with  60 every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death.

小題1:	A．money B．energy C．time D．effort

小題2:	A．visitors B．relatives C．patients D．problems

小題3:	A．interest B．requirement C．condition D．thought

小題4:	A．talking about B．looking for C．pointing out D．helping out

小題5:	A．so B．even though C．yet D．a(chǎn)s if

小題6:	A．dead B．mad C．gone D．excited

小題7:	A．right B．chance C．courage D．time

小題8:	A．cheat B．tell C．remind D．warn

小題9:	A．days B．weeks C．months D．years

小題10:

A．realized B．wondered C．heard D．a(chǎn)sked

小題11:

A．great B．a(chǎn)live C．successful D．lucky

小題12:

A．happy B．uncertain C．nervous D．proud

小題13:

A．a(chǎn)pologized B．remembered C．explained D．told

小題14:

A．dreamed B．shown C．wanted D．received

小題15:

A．because B．if C．unless D．a(chǎn)s

小題16:

A．notice B．feel C．imagine D．a(chǎn)ppreciate

小題17:

A．hardly B．rightly C．firmly D．wrongly

小題18:

A．humour B．worry C．touch D．treatment

小題19:

A．forgotten B．called C．missed D．seen

小題20:

A．joy B．regret C．respect D．honour

完形填空(共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.    ------ Eleanor Roosevelt
My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural disasters. When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with __36__ in spite of the terrible surroundings. The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land, __37__ great losses.
For the __38__ I felt sorry especially, but I __39__ to be hopeless. I decided that where I was, I could do __40__ to help them. I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who __41__ my knock, “I know that you are __42__ and give the birds that come to your yard a little __43__. Please consider me your bird. Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your __44__. I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the __45__ children.”
No one seemed to __46__ giving me a handful of rice, even __47__ they had little themselves. On Sunday, I would go to the __48__ and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to __49__ to the children.
One day, I came to a house that had __50__ to give. I told my story and asked if I could be their bird. The woman called her daughters, and __51__ gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for __52__ and rice from the other “bird feeders”, and they gave them to me. Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even __53__ only this small way. The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to it for food and clothing.
“Consider me your bird.” My __54__ idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was __55__ some peace.

小題1:	A．sorrow B．hope C．comfort D．happiness

小題2:	A．suffered B．survived C．covered D．made

小題3:	A．farmers B．citizens C．villagers D．children

小題4:	A．wanted B．failed C．refused D．stopped

小題5:	A．something B．everything C．a(chǎn)nything D．nothing

小題6:	A．said B．replied C．a(chǎn)nswered D．spoke

小題7:	A．glad B．kind C．rich D．friendly

小題8:	A．water B．money C．nest D．rice

小題9:	A．kitchen B．room C．door D．garden

小題10:

A．brave B．hungry C．promising D．nervous

小題11:

A．mind B．escape C．practice D．enjoy

小題12:

A．so B．that C．a(chǎn)s D．when

小題13:

A．village B．hometown C．temple D．house

小題14:

A．give in B．give up C．give away D．give over

小題15:

A．much B．little C．many D．few

小題16:

A．every B．each C．neither D．none

小題17:

A．help B．a(chǎn)dvice C．food D．change

小題18:

A．by B．with C．on D．in

小題19:

A．clever B．childish C．foolish D．effective

小題20:

A．creating B．mending C．developing D．managing

完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）              
閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從每題所給的A、B、C、D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she could do and wanted to ___1__. She was tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been settled, but __2___ appeared.
Her father, a cook, took her into the __3___. He poured water into three pots and boiled it. After the water came to a boil, he put some ___4__ in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee in the last. He waited for them for a few minutes __5___ any words.
The girl closed her mouth and waited, impatient and __6___ by what her father was doing. After about 20 minutes, her father ___7__ the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that he ___8___ the coffee into a cup. Turning back to his ___9___ , he asked, “Sweetheart, what do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she replied.
Her father asked her to __10 the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were ___11___.
__12__ he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling them, she felt the eggs were hard.
Last, her father asked her to smell the coffee.
She asked, “What does this _13___, Father?”
He __14_ that each of the things had felt the same unfortunate fate. They were all boiled in ___15___, but with a ___16___ result. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after being boiled. The fragile eggs became _17___ after cooking. Coffee grounds were very unique. They could change the water.
“___18___ one are you?” asked her father. “When calamity（不幸的事） __19___ on your door, what will your ___20__ be? Are you carrots, eggs of coffee?”

小題1:	A．give in B．give up C．go on D．carry on

小題2:	A．the other B．the rest C．a(chǎn)nother D．the second

小題3:	A．kitchen B．storeroom C．backyard D．bedroom

小題4:	A．potatoes B．carrots C．tomatoes D．a(chǎn)pples

小題5:	A．with B．over C．beyond D．without

小題6:	A．confused B．excited C．surprised D．relaxed

小題7:	A．turned on B．turned down C．turned off D．turned out

小題8:	A．put B．poured C．flew D．picked

小題9:	A．son B．pot C．kitchen D．daughter

小題10:

A．touch B．eat C．smell D．taste

小題11:

A．strong B．heavy C．light D．soft

小題12:

A．Now that B．Since then C．After that D．Once again

小題13:

A．mean B．say C．refer D．think

小題14:

A．questioned B．explained C．required D．suggested

小題15:

A．water B．pot C．stove D．fire

小題16:

A．similar B．same C．different D．wonderful

小題17:

A．hard B．calm C．delicious D．broken

小題18:

A．What B．Whichever C．Whose D．Which

小題19:

A．looks B．touches C．knocks D．waits

小題20:

A．reaction B．responsibility C．a(chǎn)nswer D．impression

Here in the hills were buffaloes (野牛). I had even, in my very young days — when I could not live till I had killed one of each kind of African animal — shot a bull out there. Later on, when I was not so interested to shoot as to watch the wild animals, I had been out to see them again. But twice I had to go back without success.
But one afternoon as I was having tea with some friends outside the house, Denys came flying from Nairobi and went over our heads westwards; a little while after he turned and came back and landed on the farm. I drove down to the plane to bring him back, but he would not get out of his plane.
“The buffaloes are out feeding in the hills,” he said, “come out and have a look at them.”
“I cannot come,” I said. “I have got a tea-party up at the house.”
“But we will go and see them and be back in a quarter of an hour,” he said.
This sounded to me like the suggestions which people make to you in a dream. So I went up with him. It did not take us long to see the buffaloes from the air; we counted them as they peacefully mixed and separated on the open ground closed in by bushes. There was one very old big black bull, and a number of young ones; if a stranger had come near to them they would have heard or smelt him at once, but they were not prepared for something from the air. They heard the noise of our machine and stopped feeding, but they did not seem to be able to look up. In the end they realized that something very strange was about; the old bull first walked out in front of the others. Suddenly he began to go down the valley side and after a moment he broke into a run. The whole group now followed him, rushing hurriedly down into the buses. In a small wood of low trees they stopped and kept close together. Here they believed themselves to be out of sight. We flew up and away. It was like having been taken there by a secret unknown route.
When I came back to my tea-party the teapot on the stone was still so hot that I burned my fingers on it.
小題1:The writer drove to the plane ________.

A．to pick Denys up and take him back to the tea-party

B．to have a talk with Denys

C．to do some repairs for Denys

D．because they wanted to go up in the plane

小題2: Denys said it would only take a quarter of an hour to go and see the buffaloes ________.

A．but it took much longer than that	B．a(chǎn)nd he was right
C．if they went by a secret route	D．but it wasn’t a serious suggestion

小題3:When the buffaloes heard the noise of the plane, they ________.

A．looked up at it	B．ran away immediately
C．continued feeding	D．were uncertain what to do

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters(學(xué)問(wèn)). Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk”, she said again, “is for Elizabeth.” I never saw her anger, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was too emotional. But she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed, I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive（原諒）me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace-it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written in, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside－a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you chose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
小題1:The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.

A．a(chǎn)fter Mother died.	B．before she became a writer.
C．when she was a child.	D．when Mother gave it to her.

小題2:The passage shows that _____.

A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter.

B．Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done.

C．Mother cared much about her daughter in words.

D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words.

小題3:The word gulf in the paragraph 2 means ______.

A．deep understanding between the old and the young.

B．different ideas between the mother and the daughter.

C．free talks between mother and daughter.

D．part of the sea going far in land.

小題4:What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?

A．She had never received the letter.

B．For years, she often talked about the letter.

C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.

D．She read the letter again and again till she died.

小題5:What’s the best title of the passage?

A．My Letter to Mother.	B．Mother and Children.
C．My Mother’s Desk.	D．Talks between Mother and Me.

How to improve our life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They’ll say, "This is my destiny(命運(yùn)).I cannot change it."
Of course not! You don’t have to suffer needlessly. Your life depends on you, not on any other external(外部的)factor.
I know a woman who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, and then goes to sleep. Next day, the same routine cycle follows.
Huh! Is this what she calls "doing her best"? She believes she has tried her best and just accepts it in her heart that this is the life that has been intended for her and that her luck can only change if God wills it. She hasn’t realized that we have to do our share of making the effort to live the life of our dreams.
Remember that you harvest what you sow. You have to get off the sofa, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone(unless it contributes to your success),and get your mind and body to work! Don’t expect your luck to change, unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don’t just regard it as a temporary setback; instead, learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It’s not enough to think positively; you also have to act positively.
If someone’s life is in trouble, do you just hope and pray that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In other words, don’t just stand(or sit)there, do something to improve your life.
小題1:According to the woman mentioned in Para. 3, her life_________________.

A．doesn’t need improving	B．couldn’t be improved
C．will be better some day	D．will be worse in the future

小題2: What does the author think of the woman’s life?

A．Positive

B．Passive

C．Colorful

D．Disturbing

小題3:Which of the following statements is the author’s opinion?

A．Your temporary problem is not discouraging.

B．Your luck can be changed by your own efforts.

C．You can only achieve success when God wills it.

D．You should treat yourself in the way you treat friends.

小題4:In Para. 5, the author emphasized the importance of _______________.

A．positive thinking	B．positive action
C．hope for the best	D．intention to succeed

小題5: The text is mainly written to advise you to _________________.

A．understand yourself	B．improve your life
C．believe in yourself	D．change your normal way