"What's it like to have a gap between your teeth?" a girl asked me one day.
Nobody had ever _. 36 _ before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But, as she looked at me, sincerely waiting for__ 37__, 1 realized she was not trying to be rude. "I never think about it," I truthfully replied. She nodded and turned away. I was left wondering if people _38__ me and saw only gappy teeth.
Later that day at home, I began to __39 __ my teeth again. I felt upset. I thought my life would be somehow better if my teeth were not gappy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have!
Of course, Mom 40 everything . She has lived her entire life with gappy teeth, and tried to convince me that there was nothing to __41__. When I refused to listen, she told me I could get the surgery to close the gap if it was that important. "Let's be 42__, though," she said. "If everyone got surgeries to become pretty, everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in differences."
Her __43__ made me consider my teeth seriously. The thought of losing my gap was more terrible than the reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me. It is part of my 44 _.
Nowadays many people do ridiculous things to realize their dream of "perfection." The__45_ is that no one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the potential for 46__.
So if that girl ever asked about my teeth 47___, I would truthfully answer. "You know? It's really cute."
A．faced B．guessed C．asked D．imagined
A．an offer B．an answer C．a suggestion D．a result
A．heard of B．thought of C．talked about D．looked at
A．consider B．brush C．cover D．appreciate
A．admitted B．noticed C．controlled D．changed
A．worry about B．put off C．give up D．wipe out
A．friendly B．lovely C．honest D．helpful
A．words B．jokes C．dreams D．acts
A．ability B．decision C．goal D．identity
A．possibility B．purpose C．truth D．choice
A．courage B．wisdom C．kindness D．beauty
A．once B．again C．too D．instead
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Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact 36 she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 37 a driving offence (犯规，犯法).
Then one day she nearly 38 her record. A police car 39 her, and the policemen in it saw her 40 a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 41 that she would be punished.
42 Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 43 old to drive a car, and that the 44 why she had not stopped at the red 45 was most probably that her eyes had become weak 46 old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was 47 , Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was 48 and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 49 a needle（针） with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had 50 done this, she took the thread（n.线） out of the needle again and handed 51 the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 52 . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the 53 and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was 54 , and her record 55 unbroken.
A．which B．when C．that D．this
A．about B．on C．to D．for
A．kept B．won C．missed D．lost
A．watched B．after C．followed D．ran after
A．pass B．go C．run D．rush
A．sure B．indeed C．certain D．perhaps
A．Before B．While C．Until D．When
A．so B．very C．too D．quite
A．cause B．reason C．matter D．trouble
A．light B．lamp C．sign D．one
A．with B．because C．for D．of
A．speaking B．saying C．talking D．telling
A．holding B．getting C．carrying D．bringing
A．took B．brought C．picked D．chose
A．almost B．hardly C．successfully D．successful
A．both B．all C．neither D．either
A．time B．turn C．chance D．job
A．thread B．glasses C．needles D．needle
A．dismissed B．passed C．settled D．studied
A．was B．kept C．seemed D．remained
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
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A philosophy professor loved to teach students about important theories of the subject．Once, while his 21 was about to begin, he just closed the book and 22 stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him． Students were curious but the professor without looking at them 23 a very large and empty jar．And then he started to 24 it with small rocks．25 the jar appeared full, the professor asked his students whether the jar was full
The entire class 26 that jar was indeed full．Next, the professor picked up some 27 and began pouring them into the jar．The moment pouring was 28 , he shook the jar lightly．As a result of that, all the small rocks 29 the open areas between the rocks comfortably．
Professor again asked the students if the jar is full．Same 30 from the class like before．Professor 31 a bit but silently, and this time he picked up a box of sand．He poured the box into the jar and sand filled the entire 32 spaces．At the same time, professor 33 his question to the class, if the jar was full? Yes again．
Professor now 34 towards the class and said, this jar 35 your life．All the things in the jar I poured mean some important lessons．The rocks are the most important things, 36 is family, your partner, health and your 37 ．Even if everything else in your life goes away but the rocks remains there, your life would still be full 38 the most important things are still present in your life．Pebbles represent other significant things like car, house and job etc．And the sand is the small stuff or everything else．
If your time and 39 is spent on small stuff then there is no 40 for the pebbles or the rocks or in other words, most important things of your life．
A．lecture B．talk C．speech D．letter
A．though B．besides C．otherwis D．instead e
A．pointed to B．picked up C．took out D．sent up
A．fill B．fix C．put D．turn
A．Soon B．Instantly C．Luckily D．Hopefully
A．argued B．told C．suggested D．agreed
A．rocks B．stones C．sand D．water
A．understandable B．complete C．reliable D．adjustable
A．response B．comment C．order D．content
A．spoke B．cried C．scolded D．smiled
A．left B．available C．getting D．remaining
A．asked B．answered C．repeated D．discussed
A．turned B．looked C．walked D．moved
A．means B．represents C．competes D．matches
A．which B．that C．what D．it
A．wealth B．business C．children D．friends
A．because B．if C．once D．while
A．energy B．money C．power D．strength
A．hope B．need C．room D．doubt
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
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Year after year my brothers, sister and I would lie in bed awake on Christmas morning. We were just 36 to hear my father’s voice saying it was all right to 37 . Usually I was the first one jumped out of bed. I can still 38 my growing eagerness(渴望) for the 39 every year.
Even now as I 40 the boxes of Christmas decorations(装饰品) I can see the familiar ones: the presents with our birth years on them, our five stockings, four for the 41 , one for the dog. It used to be easy for us to 42 when to put up the decorations. But now since we all have 43 and social lives, it is usually a hurried activity.
As we get older, the season almost brings a 44 to a little place in our hearts. The worst was year after my grandparents had 45 . We couldn’t go to their house to celebrate the holiday anymore. 46 , we just had a get-together in my house. Now when I 47 to it, I miss the special 48 my grandfather gave me for Christmas. I even miss him 49 me “Jessie”, even though I can’t 50 when people call me that.
Things change, not always for the good, 51 not always for the bad either. And the things that don’t 52 have the most important meaning to us, and I am sure they will be there for the 53 of our lives. After all, every time I hear my father’s 54 “All right you guys, come on down, nice and slow” and we go down the stairs, first my brother, then me, then my sister, then my older brother, I still 55 the true Christmas spirit.
A．advising B．starting C．wishing D．forgetting
A．come up B．come down C．come on D．come out
A．discover B．understand C．receive D．remember
A．year B．season C．habit D．result
A．throw away B．set down C．look through D．give up
A．kids B．girls C．boys D．babies
A．wonder B．get C．record D．decide
A．toys B．balls C．jobs D．candies
A．surprise B．pain C．joy D．disappointment
A．died B．failed C．succeeded D．married
A．Possibly B．Indeed C．Instead D．Luckily
A．move back B．turn back C．step back D．think back
A．gifts B．news C．replies D．tools
A．bringing B．calling C．telling D．introducing
A．follow B．listen C．watch D．stand
A．and B．so C．but D．thus
A．change B．grow C．appear D．happen
A．beginning B．rest C．truth D．happiness
A．letters B．dreams C．promises D．words
A．need B．hate C．feel D．doubt
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
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John wanted a bike. He had asked his parents for the 36 and they said he must earn it. But 37 ? He thought about this as he walked home. 38 many people wanted to ask boys to work for them. Maybe he could 39 away snow for the neighbors. But this was 40 . He’d have to wait a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for this garden because he had no 41 to do the work 42 .
Then he 43 one of his classmates, Dick, delivering newspapers. “ I could 44 that,” he thought. “ Maybe I could even get the bike 45 away. I could pay for it a little each week.” He ran to 46 up with Dick. John asked a lot of 47 about having a paper 48 . He learned that it was possible to earn twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job 49 about three hours each 50 . Dick gave him the phone number of this newspaper manager.
John 51 flew home. After he had explained his 52 , his mother smiled. “I think it’s a great 53 ,” she said. “I’ll call the newspaper.”
“Wait, Mom,” John said. “I’ll call. 54 , I’m going to be a 55 now.”
A．money B．chance C．permission D．bike
A．when B．where. C．why D．how
A．Few B．A few C．Not D．No
A．get B．take C．throw D．clear
A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
A．time B．tool C．way D．friends
A．with B．for. C．at D．by
A．saw B．heard C．learned D．discovered
A．do B．make C．deliver D．seize
A．far B．right C．out D．back
A．keep B．set C．look D．catch
A．news B．questions C．information D．problems
A．trade B．business C．route D．shop
A．paid B．wasted C．spent D．took
A．mornings B．night C．week D．newspaper
A．almost B．quickly C．even D．obviously
A．dictionary B．suggestions C．act D．plan
A．mistake B．fun C．dream D．idea
A．Above all B．More or less C．After all D．As a matter of fact
A．reporter B．businessman C．newspaper D．salesman
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
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Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and 36 the theme “Water for Life”.
There are more than one billion people in the world who live without 37 drinking water. The United Nations 38 to cut this number in half by 2015.
Solving such a big problem seems like a(n) 39 challenge. But everyone, 40 teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the 41 of her age around the world.
Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work— 42 discarded(废弃的) batteries（电池）which pollute water.
In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how 43 in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.
Haggerty learnt that 44 the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone 45 batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to 46 awareness in her area.
She 47 her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools 48 the public library, hospital, and churches. With help from her family, friends and local waste-management 49 , she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n) 50 video.
Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made 51 progress.
When asked 52 she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite ____53 . “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”
Every year the Gloria Barron Prize 54 young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in 55 the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.
A．had B．gave C．wrote D．discussed
A．enough B．safe C．much D．polluted
A．asks B．orders C．hopes D．ensures
A．good B．strong C．important D．unreal
A．especially B．sometimes C．even D．seldom
A．boys B．others C．students D．grown-ups
A．collecting B．selling C．buying D．using
A．things B．chemicals C．water D．air
A．making B．recycling C．reducing D．handling
A．uses B．has C．throws D．needs
A．tell B．increase C．spread D．inform
A．talked to B．listened to C．heard from D．thought about
A．and B．beside C．as well as D．as good as
A．officials B．workers C．clerks D．experts
A．industrial B．agricultural C．scientific D．educational
A．much B．no C．some D．little
A．if B．how C．when D．why
A．proud B．glad C．modest D．worried
A．praises B．helps C．supports D．honors
A．awarding B．saving C．serving D．favoring
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