The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played on the playground. She seemed so small as she pushed her way 36 the crowd of boys on the playground. She 37 from them all. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing 38 . She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until 39 . One day I asked her 40 she practiced so much. She looked 41 in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “ I want to go to college. The only way I can 42 is to get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My daddy told me if the dream is 43 enough, the facts don’t count.”
Well, I had to give in to her—she was 44 . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 45 in her arms. I walked toward her and 46 asked what was the matter. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply, “ I am just too short.” The coach told her that at her height she would probably 47 get to play for a top ranked team, 48 offered a scholarship. So she 49 stop dreaming about college.
She was 50 and I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not 51 the power of the dream. He told her 52 she really wanted to pay for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, 53 could stop her except one thing---her own attitude. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was 54 by a college recruiter(招聘人员). She was indeed offered a scholarship. She was going to get the college education that she had 55 and worked for all those years.
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When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was 36 to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary. 37 it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one. 38 , to be honest, I found it extremely 39 to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and 40
not fully understand the meanings. I was used to the 41 bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are 42 both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt 43 to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I 44 that monolingual dictionaries are 45 in learning a foreign language.
As I found out, there is, 46 , often no perfect equivalence(对应)between two 47 in two languages. My aunt even goes so far as to 48 that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the 49 meaning of a word in English! 50 , she insisted that I read the definition(定义)of a word in a monolingual dictionary 51 I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. 52 , I have come to see what she meant.
Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses only a(n) 53 number of words, around 2,000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am 54 exposed to(接触)the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. 55 this, I can express myself more easily in English.
A．worried B．sad C．surprised D．nervous
A．Because B．Although C．Unless D．If
A．But B．So C．Or D．Then
A．difficult B．interesting C．helpful D．practical
A．thus B．even C．still D．again
A．new B．familiar C．earlier D．ordinary
A．explained B．expressed C．described D．created
A．offered B．agreed C．decided D．happened
A．imagine B．recommend C．predict D．understand
A．natural B．better C．easier D．convenient
A．at least B．in fact C．at times D．in case
A．words B．names C．ideas D．characters
A．hope B．declare C．doubt D．tell
A．exact B．basic C．translated D．expected
A．Rather B．However C．Therefore D．Instead
A．when B．before C．until D．while
A．Largely B．Generally C．Gradually D．Probably
A．extra B．average C．total D．limited
A．repeatedl B．nearly C．immediately D．anxiously
A．According to B．In relation to C．In addition to D．Because of
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（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 36 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 37 and ill.
My father was 38 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 39 all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 40 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started 41 about life, and I told them about one of my 42 . I said that we must very often give things up 43 we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always 44 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 45 up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up 46 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. 47 , he answered his own question: “I 48 the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also 49 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I 50 remember his words and become 51 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 52 to give up my small irritations. In this 53 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I 54 what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one 55 .
A．Afterwards B．Therefore C．However D．Meanwhile
A．tired B．weak C．poor D．slow
A．already B．still C．only D．once
A．took B．threw C．sent D．put
A．impossible B．difficult C．stressful D．Hopeless
A．worrying B．caring C．talking D．asking
A．decisions B．experiences C．ambitions D．beliefs
A．as B．since C．before D．till
A．suggests B．promises C．seems D．requires
A．spoke B．turned C．summed D．opened
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．Surprisingly B．Immediately C．Naturally D．Certainly
A．had B．accepted C．gained D．enjoyed
A．touched B．astonished C．attracted D．warned
A．should B．could C．would D．might
A．quiet B．calm C．Relaxed D．happy
A．ready B．likely C．free D．able
A．case B．form C．method D．way
A．doubt B．wonder C．know D．guess
A．award B．gift C．lesson D．word
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。
I’ll never forget my first job interview. It was a 36 position at an elementary school in my hometown. I was very 37 and worried, but I thought I had an “in” 38 I knew many people in this district. I felt 39 that the interview would be a piece of cake. I had 40 well for my interview; I had been 41 interview questions in front of my mirror for days. I wore my navy blue suit and took my 42 of lessons I had taught during student teaching. There was 43 I would not face this interview.
After arriving at the school about half an hour early, I waited 44 in the office. The secretary told me not to be nervous.“ Just 45 ,”he advised. When the time for my interview 46 came, I was so nervous that I didn’t think I could 47 any questions. Inside the interview room, 48 people sat at a round table: two teachers, two principals(校长),and a member of the school board .I had been 49 there would only be three people at the interview, and was overwhelmed(不知所措的)by the presence of 50 interviewers.
Once the interviewers started asking questions, 51 ,I answered with ease. Everyone smiled and we even 52 .After they finished asking questions, the 53 told me they would call me in two weeks. Two years later ,I ‘m still waiting for the 54 ! I eventually found out that it was my lack of 55 that kept me from getting the job offer.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21----40各题所给的4 个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A farewell party was going on. Sylvia Calver hated being the center of any pubic show where she didn’t know anyone. It made her 36 hot and she always felt she wanted to go away somewhere. But on an occasion like this when she knew 37 , there was no 38 to feel shy. 39she had made up her mind to 40 people’s attention for once in her life. Unlike others, Sylvia didn’t have any sad feelings herself at leaving Palmeira Court Hotel or saying goodbye to its 41 — she had left so many other 42 , and known too many people in her life to get upset by such things now.
Yet this 43 was a particular occasion, and she hadn’t had so many of those in her 44. She had put on her 45 black dress and her long earrings. She had wanted to enjoy being the center of 46 for one evening, but now they had 47 old Miss Hutton of all people to give the 48 speech, whom she disliked. Even so, she thought there was no sense in getting 49 about it, for it was the first rule her 50 had given her — avoid all anxiety, take things easy. So, surprising herself by enjoying her own well-rounded white arm as 51 showed through the sleeve of her 52 dress, she took a taste of her drink and then sat back comfortably with her cigarette. And her doctor’s orders worked! For 53 out slowly, she put Miss Hutton off the end of her 54 with a cloud of tobacco smoke, so that she smiled to herself at the old girl’s funny expression. She 55 herself quite well that night, even to her own surprise.
A．face B．show C．room D．dress
A．nothing B．nobody C．everything D．everybody
A．chance B．time C．reason D．use
A．So B．But C．For D．There
A．pay B．give C．enjoy D．offer
A．guests B．people C．places D．things
A．houses B．friends C．hotels D．parties
A．morning B．afternoon C．evening D．night
A．life B．work C．school D．home
A．large B．best C．most D．worst
A．service B．exhibition C．Group D．attention
A．ordered B．chosen C．wished D．helped
A．long B．great C．goodbye D．welcome
A．excited B．anxious C．puzzled D．pleased
A．teacher B．friend C．husband D．doctor
A．they B．he C．it D．she
A．black B．white C．red D．green
A．getting B．putting C．breathing D．speaking
A．action B．speech C．work D．performance
A．made B．enjoyed C．understood D．thought
第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分)
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
Each age has its pleasure and its pains. The happiest person is the one who 21 what each age gives him without 22 any time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are 23 duties. Life is always giving 24 things to a child. He finds 25 in playing in the rain or snow. His first 26 to the seaside makes him wild. But a child has his 27 . He is not so 28 to do as he
wishes to. He is always told not to do this or that, or is even 29 for what he has done wrong. His life is therefore not perfectly happy.
When the young man starts to make his own living, he becomes free 30 the discipline(纪律) of schools and parents, but at the same time he is forced to accept duties. He can no longer 31 others to pay for his food, clothing and housing, but has to work if he wants to live 32 . If he spends most of his time playing about in the 33 he used as a child, he will go 34 . And if he breaks the 35 of society, he may go to prison. However, if he works hard, keeps out of 36 , and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of seeing himself make rapid 37 in his job and of building up his position in society.
Old age has always been considered as the 38 time of life. But the old can feel the happiness of having come through the 39 of life safely and having reached a time when they can lie back and rest, 40 the young to continue the fight.
21. A. shares B. enjoys C. chooses D. refuses
22. A. saving B. offering C. hoping D. wasting
23. A. little B. a few C. few D. a little
24. A. delicious B. new C. similar 
D. meaningless
25. A. discipline B. duty C. pleasure D. pain
26. A. knowledge B. thought C. visit D. play
27. A. characters B. pains C. mistakes D. habits
28. A. willing B. glad C. careful D. free
29. A. regretted B. punished C. praised D. apologized
30. A. in B. with C. against D. from
31. A. hope B. expect C. promise D. forbid
32. A. freely B. safely C. gladly D. comfortably
33. A. rain B. sea C. way D. work
34. A. bad B. wrong C. good D. hungry
35. A. peace B. rule C. law D. plan
36. A. power B. trouble C. order D. control
37. A. chance B. progress C. condition D. score
38. A. better B. worse C. worst D. best
39. A. battle B. hunger C. peace D. joy
40. A. keeping B. leaving C. remaining D. permitting
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