20. I think I was at school,  ______I was staying with a friend during the vacation when I heard the news.

A. even so        B. and then

C. so that         D. or else

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36-55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we  36  realize that those challenges are the very things that  37  us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with  38  .

When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two   39  . We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing  40  the challenge isn’ t worth the  41   and call it quits. Although there are certainly  42  when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most  43  all that is needed is  44  and communication.

When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how  45  or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to  46   it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a  47  for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong.  48  you can say to a friend, “ I got my feeling hurt,”   49  “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.

In dealing with the many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for  50_  they are: small hurdles you need to jump or  51  on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is  52   to get over, and hurt only  53  to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, it  54  to everyone, and some day you will  55  all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”

A. seem to                 B. come to            C. hope to             D. try to

A. design                   B. promote            C. direct                D. shape

A. confidence             B. pressure            C. friendship          D. difficulty

A. opportunities          B. expectations       C. choices              D. aspects

A. demanding             B. deserving          C. predicting          D. presenting

A. comment            B. loss                   C. trouble                     D. expense

A. spans                     B. times                C. dates                 D. ages

A. cases                     B. fields                C. parts                 D. occasions

A. assessment             B. commitment      C. encouragement   D. adjustment

A. doubtful                  B. shameful           C. harmful             D. painful

A. keep                    B. control                     C. face                  D. catch

A. space                   B. plan                  C. topic                 D. room

A. If                        B. As                    C. While               D. Unless

A. other than            B. rather than         C. or rather            D. or else

A. what                    B. who                  C. where               D. which

A. pass by                B. come across       C. get through        D. run over

A. unnecessary          B. necessary           C. impossible         D. possible

A. serves                  B. means               C. aims                 D. attempts

A. opens                  B. appeals              C. goes                  D. happens

A. look down on           B. look back on      C. look forward to  D. look up to

完形填空（共20小題； 每小題1.5分，共30分）

If you think you are sick, you are sick no matter what   41  says.   42  , if you believe in your doctor, and if he tells that you are going to feel better, you probably will. The   43   of the mind on the body does exist and sometimes can be powerful. It exists whether one is 44  of it or not.

Take the  45    of Mrs. Green, for example. She was unable to get to sleep at night and was too tired during the day to do some simple things that she   46   enjoy doing. She had headaches more often which   47   her from reading or watching TV. The more she thought about her conditions,  48   she felt. At last she went to   49  her doctor, whom she had known for years. The doctor listened to her and gave her a very   50   examination. Then he said to her, “ There is nothing  51   wrong with you physically, but I accept the fact   52   you don’t feel well. I’m going to give you some pills that should help. I want you to   53   one after dinner and one half an hour   54   you go to bed tonight. Call me tomorrow and tell me   55   you feel.

 56   Mrs. Green telephoned, “Doctor, I had the first   57  night’s sleep in two months. What is in this pills   58  ?” The doctor said, “It is an old formula（配方） I have   59  for years. Just   60   taking them for a week.” Turning to the nurse, he said, “It’s wonderful what a little baking soda（蘇打） can do.”

A. everyone else  B. anyone else    C. nobody else      D. someone else

A. On the other hand              B. As a matter of fact

C. More often than not             D. In other words

A. result           B. cause         C. reason         D. effect

A. aware           B. fond          C. sure           D. full

A. care            B. cut           C. case           D. call

A. would          B. could         C. might          D. used to

A. benefit          B. allowed       C. prevented      D. forbade

A. the more         B. the better      C. the worse      D. the less

A. hear             B. see           C. watch         D. ask

A. thorough        B. basic          C. general        D. main

A. serious          B. special        C. specially      D. seriously

A. that             B. which         C. 不填         D. why

A. eat              B. take          C. drink          D. chew

A. when            B. since         C. after           D. before

A. what do          B. what         C. how do         D. how

A. The next day      B. Later         C. Shortly         D. Tomorrow

A. bad              B. terrible       C. good           D. right

A. at all            B. on earth       C. by the way      D. for ever

A. sold             B. written        C. read           D. used

A. keep up          B. keep off       C. keep on        D. keep away

     Deserts are found where there is little rainfall or where rain for a whole year falls in only a few weeks’ time. Ten inches of rain may be enough for many plants to survive （存活）if the rain is spread throughout the year, If it falls, within one or two months and the rest of the year is dry, those plants may die and a desert may form.   

     Sand begins as tiny pieces of rock that get smaller and smaller as wind and weather wear them down. Sand dunes （沙丘） are formed as winds move the sand across the desert. Bit by bit, the dunes grow over the years, always moving with the winds and changing the shape. Most of them are only a few feet tall, but they can grow to be several hundred feet high.

There is, however, much more to a desert than sand. In the deserts of the southwestern United States, cliffs （懸崖） and deep valleys were formed from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than millions of years ago. Over the centuries, the water dried up. Wind, sand, rain, heat and cold all wore away at the remaining rocks. The faces of the desert mountains are always changing – very, very slowly – as these forces of nature continue to work on the rock.

     Most deserts have a surprising variety of life. There are plants, animals and insects that have adapted to life in the desert. During the heat of the day, a visitor may see very few signs of living things, but as the air begins to cool in the evening, the desert comes to life. As the sun begins to rise again in the sky, the desert once again becomes quiet and lonely.

60. Many plants may survive in deserts when__________________.

       A. the rain is spread out in a year           B. the rain falls only in a few weeks

       C. there is little rain in a year               D. it is dry all the year round

61. Sand dunes are formed when___________________.

       A. sand piles up gradually                B. there is plenty of rain in a year

       C. the sea has dried up over the years       D. pieces of rock get smaller

62. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that in a desert there is____________.

      A. too much sand                     B. more sand than before

      C. nothing except sand                D. something else besides sand

63 It can be learned from the text that in a desert ____________.

       A. there is no rainfall throughout the year         B. life exists in rough conditions

       C. all sand dunes are a few feet high      D. rocks are worn away only by wind and heat

     Deserts are found where there is little rainfall or where rain for a whole year falls in only a few weeks' time. Ten inches of rain may be enough for many plants to survive (存活)if the rain is

spread throughout the year, If it falls, within one or two months and the rest of the year is dry, those plants may die and a desert may form.   

     Sand begins as tiny pieces of rock that get smaller and smaller as wind and weather wear them down. Sand dunes (沙丘) are formed as winds move the sand across the desert. Bit by bit, the

dunes grow over the years, always moving with the winds and changing the shape. Most of them are only a few feet tall, but they can grow to be several hundred feet high.

There is, however, much more to a desert than sand. In the deserts of the southwestern United States, cliffs (懸崖) and deep valleys were formed from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than millions of years ago. Over the centuries, the water dried up. Wind, sand , rain, heat and cold all wore away at the remaining rocks. The faces of the desert mountains are always changing -very, very slowly ---as these forces of nature continue to work on the rock.

     Most deserts have a surprising variety of life. There are plants, animals and insects that :have adapted to life in the desert. During the heat of the day, a visitor may see very few signs of living things, but as the air begins to cool in the evening, the desert comes to life. As the sun begins to rise again in the sky, the desert once again becomes quiet and lonely.

60. Many plants may survive in deserts when__________________.

      A. the rain is spread out in a year            B. the rain falls only in a few weeks

      C. there is little rain in a year                D. it is dry all the year round

61. Sand dunes are formed when___________________.

      A. sand piles up gradually                 B. there is plenty of rain in a year

      C. the sea has dried up over the years       D. pieces of rock get smaller

62. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that in a desert there is____________.

     A. too much sand                           B. more sand than before

     C. nothing except sand                       D. something else besides sand

63 It can be learned from the text that in a desert____________.

      A. there is no rainfall throughout the year  B. life exists in rough conditions

      C. all sand dunes are a few feet high       D. rocks are worn away only by wind and heat