Mobile phones are everywhere in big cities. It seems that 16 can survive without one. Mobile phones are a great 17 to stay connected with friends and family. 18 , it is important to remember that there are certain times 19 you should not be using your phone, especially as a student, during school.
20 you are in class, you should not be sending your friends text messages 21 taking phone calls. Your classmates and teacher should not have to deal with this rude 22 . Aren’t you at school to learn?
In the United States, students would never be allowed to 23 their mobile phones during class. If you were to send or 24 a text message you would probably be kicked 25 class. It is very disturbing to hear a lot of tones and ringing during 26. There are many more rules for mobile phone use in America and it is to 27 respect for those around you.
As a teacher in China, I have to 28 students using mobile phones every day. I have told my class to 29 their phones, but many students do not listen. The 30 to be connected all the time seems to be more 31 than the desire to learn.
It’s easy to understand 32 it is so tempting(诱惑人的) to have your phone on during class. It seems so easy just to send a short text message; it’s not hurting anyone, is it? But you may actually be hurting 33 when you do this. Your teacher knows when you use your phone and may give you a 34 grade. Sending a text message also takes your attention away from what’s going on in class, you may 35 something important.
A．one B．somebody C．someone D．no one
A．way B．road C．method D．path
A．But B．However C．So D．Therefore
A．which B．that C．when D．where
A．After B．Before C．Because D．If
A．or B．and C．as well as D．instead of
A．act B．action C．habit D．behavior
A．have B．take C．use D．send
A．receive B．accept C．make D．get
A．of B．off C．out D．out of
A．school B．class C．office D．home
A．ask B．suggest C．show D．answer
A．do B．deal C．do with D．deal with
A．turn on B．turn down C．turn off D．turn in
A．desire B．wish C．hope D．expect
A．possible B．important C．necessary D．interesting
A．why B．what C．that D．whether
A．himself B．herself C．ourselves D．yourself
A．lower B．higher C．better D．upper
A．forget B．remember C．miss D．leave
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第二节完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
You may have heard of Osceola McCarty, an 88-year-old woman in Mississippi who had worked for over 75 years as a 36 woman.
One day after she retired, she went to the bank and discovered that her small monthly 37 had grown to over＄150,000. Then to everyone’s surprise, she turned around and 38 almost all of the money to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for a 39 fund for students with financial needs. Immediately, she made national 40 .
What you have not heard is how Osceola’s gift had 41 my life. I am 19 years old and the first 42 of an Osceola McCarty Scholarship.
I was a 43 student, and I was determined to go to USM. But I 44 being qualified for a regular scholarship by one point on the entrance exams, and a scholarship was the 45 way I could attend.
One Sunday, I came across the story in the paper about Osceola McCarty and her generous 46 . The next day I went to the financial aid office, and they told me there was still no money 47 for me, but if anything came up they’d call.
A few days later, I was going out with my mother 48 the phone rang. I was told I had been chosen to be given the first Osceola McCarty Scholarship. I was 49 !
McCarty worked hard her whole life, washing clothes by hand. Now that she is 50 , she sits most of the day and reads the Bible, that is, when she is not getting rewards. Every time I go to visit her, she has a new 51 . She’s even gone to the White House. She is so happy and proud. We have tried to talk her into getting a VCR (录像机) so she can tape the programs and see 52 on TV—she just smiles.
McCarty gave me much more than a scholarship. She taught me about the gift of 53 . Now I know there are good people in the world who do good things. She worked hard and helped others, and in turn she has inspired me to 54 when I can some day. So 55 I plan to add to her scholarship fund.
36. A. café B. buffet C. laboratory D. laundry
37. A. expenses B. profits C. savings D. wages
38. A. returned B. donated C. delivered D. removed
39. A. welfare B. project C. scholarship D. research
40. A. headlines B. customs C. sympathies D. doubts
41. A. affected B. formed C. disturbed D. ruined
42. A. designer B. receiver C. contributor D. reporter
43. A. considerate B. dedicated C. casual D. sensitive
44. A. advocated B. regretted C. missed D. avoided
45. A. normal B. wrong C. legal D. only
46. A. gift B. idea C. decision D. plan
47. A. left B. raised C. available D. enough
48. A. since B. before C. though D. when
49. A. shocked B. excited C. puzzled D. encouraged
50. A. retired B. dismissed C. promoted D. transferred
51. A. job B. hobby C. life D. award
52. A. everybody B. everything C. herself D. us
53. A. giving B. understanding C. receiving D. loving
54. A. give up B. give back C. give off D. give in
55. A. suddenly B. originally C. gradually D. eventually
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第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
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。
My parents passed away ten years ago and I miss them terribly. But I know they are with me every day in what they taught me and in the 36 they gave me. Every morning my father’s message to me was: Remember that 37 you walk out of this door, you carry responsibility, the good name of this family, the hopes and dreams of your mom and dad. My mother often urged me to 38 the high standards she set for me.
When I was in high school, I played in a rock band with friends in my class. We were devoted and practiced constantly. We moved past the guys – in – a – garage stage and 39 to be pretty good, doing getting – paid gigs (演奏会) most weekends, which made me 40 . At that time, though part of me was 41 up in that band, another part of me was the oldest son in the Clark family, 42 of my origin and a dedicated student busy applying to colleges. Without even telling my parents, I applied to Harvard. I didn’t think I had much chance of getting in, 43 I wanted to try. So I was riding around being Mr Cool Rock Musician half of the time, and the other half I was focused on family and 44 goals. I was running on parallel 45 .
When the group won a city wide Battle of the Bands, things heated up. My band mates had stars in their eyes – we might be able to make it big. However, I began to feel 46 . I realized I was on quite different tracks: I 47 was becoming two people, 48 identities back and forth depending on who I was with. I had to make an option. As I considered my 49 , my parents’ words were right there, helping me to see that my dreams weren’t about signing a record deal, letting my hair grow, and living in a tour bus. So I 50 out. My bandmasters were 51 . They thought I was crazy to withdraw 52 the peak of real success. But however successful that band got, I knew it wasn’t in line with my 53 , with my feeling of what I was 54 to do, with who I was – it simply wasn’t me.
In that instant and in many others throughout my life, my parent’s advice has helped me recenter and 55 . I could remember who I was – the hopes and dreams I carried.
36．A．property B．advice C．guide D．aid
37．A．when B．before C．while D．since
38．A．come up with B．stand up to C．live up to D．keep pace with
39．A．got B．failed C．hoped D．attempted
40．A．lost B．disappointed C．confused D．thrilled
41．A．wrapped B．centred C．spent D．offered
42．A．scared B．proud C．guilty D．ashamed
43．A．if B．unless C．until D．yet
44．A．economic B．political C．academic D．literary
45．A．tracks B．ways C．processes D．directions
46．A．confident B．optimistic C．cheerful D．uncomfortable
47．A．exactly B．actually C．eventually D．fortunately
48．A．switching B．acting C．discovering D．seeking
49．A．conditions B．choices C．competence D．health
50．A．gave B．looked C．called D．dropped
51．A．disturbed B．cool C．shocked D．tolerant
52．A．in B．to C．by D．at
53．A．goals B．interests C．personality D．consideration
54．A．meant B．demanded C．forced D．aimed
55．A．recall B．refocus C．rebuild D．reunite
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第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we've become used to suddenly disappears. 36 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 37 to see -- or look at -- on my way to work each morning.
For three years, no matter 38 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On 39 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime 40 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 41 , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I 42 all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how 43 I expected to see her each morning. You might say I 44 her.
“Did she have an accident? Something 45 ?” I thought to myself about her 46 . Now that she was gone, I felt I had 47 her. I began to realize that part of our 48 life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 50 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are 51 markers in our lives. They add weight to our 52 of place and belonging.
Think about it. 53 , while walking to work, we mark where we are by 54 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 55 , person?
36. A. Make B. Take C. Give D. Have
37. A. happened B. wanted C. used D. tried
38. A. what B. how C. which D. when
39. A. sunny B. rainy C. cloudy D. snowy
40. A. took B. brought C. carried D. turned
41. A. Clearly B. Particularly C. Luckily D. Especially
42. A. believed B. expressed C. remembered D. wondered
43. A. long B. often C. soon D. much
44. A. respected B. missed C. praised D. admired
45. A. better B. worse C. more D. less
46. A. disappearance B. appearance C. misfortune D. fortune
47. A. forgotten B. lost C. known D. hurt
48. A. happy B. enjoyable C. frequent D. daily
49. A. friends B. strangers C. tourists D. guests
50. A. regularly B. actually C. hardly D. probably
51. A. common B. pleasant C. important D. faithful
52. A. choice B. knowledge C. decision D. sense
53. A. Because B. If C. Although D. However
54. A. keeping B. changing C. passing D. mentioning
55. A. unnamed B.unforgettable C. unbelievable D. unreal
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第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
Never Miss The Chance
Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel _36_ to work.
There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I've noticed that it blooms only in the _37_ hours, the afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I _38_ a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while_39_ the dishes and see the flowers. I've _40_ thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look _41_ in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers_42_ , "I'll stop on my way home and dig them." "Gee, I don't want to get my good clothes dirty..." _43_ the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel one year for my trunk to be used for that _44_ purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I _45_ to see that the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were_46_. I thought to myself, "Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them _47_ this spring."
A week ago we were _48_ and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor. She is 20 years older than my husband and_49_ , because of age and distance, we haven't been as _50_ as we all would have liked. I couldn't help but_51_ the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the _52_ between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time_53_ to plant some wonderful _54_ that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I'll stop and _55_ them to my wildflower garden.
36.A. everyday B. daily C. Dayly D. one day
37.A. morning B. evening C. night D. noon
38.A. began B. put C. started D. set
39.A. done B. do C. doing D. to do
40.A seldom B. hardly C. often D. never
41.A. great B. greatly C. well D. greater
42.A. thought B. thinking C. considering D. considered
43.A. Why B. However C. Whatever D. Whenever
44.A. expressing B. expressed C. express D. to express
45.A.was saddened B. saddened C. sad D. have saddend
46.A. missed B. going C. losing D. gone
47.A. opening B. blooming C. becoming D. moving
48.A. surprising B. shocked C. moved D. shocking
49.A. fortunately B. luckily C. unlucky D. unfortunately
50.A. closed B. near C. close D. nearby
51.A. see B. to see C. seeing D. saw
52.A. friendship B. leadership C. hardship D. relationship
53.A. remained B. leaving C. left D. remain
54.A. remember B. memorial C. memories D. Memory
55.A. plant B. grow C. transplant D. transport
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第二节完形填空(共20小题，每题1.5分，共30分)
阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，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。
On the first day of my school life in the USA, I showed a great interest in my marketing class. My teacher, Mrs Tolman, suggested I 16 a national marketing club called DECA attracting many students with talent and interest in 17 . So I did.
The first 18 was to raise money for marketing competitions later in the year by selling candles. Mrs Tolman said the money was due in a week and that 40 percent of the 19 would go into my personal account.
At the beginning, I tried to sell some candles to my host mom. She said that if I could show
20 and do a wonderful sales presentation, she would certainly buy some. I started my 21 with a firm handshake. Then I introduced all the different kinds of candles and the special sales I could offer and 22 her that our candles were the best choice for gifts and home decorations. Finally she bought three candles.
Greatly 23 I decided to sell my candles around the neighborhood.
On Saturday morning, with great courage, I knocked at the door of my first potential 24 . “I’m a student at Skyline High School and we are 25 money for DECA, I’m trying to sell…”
“Not today, sorry,” the man 26 me and shut the door.
Embarrassed, I walked away and encouraged myself the 27 thing that might happen was being refused like that again. I couldn’t even count how many times I was 28 with reasons like “Not today”, “I don’t have any 29 money right now” or “I just bought some”. 30 , I had to continue with the day. 31 , a woman kindly bought nearly $60 worth of candles. I couldn’t even hide my 32 and said, “Thank you very much” to her with a bow.
After a 33 hard work, I turned in $408 worth of sales of candles, which gave me $163 in my own account. I was 34 to find out I was the second highest seller in all classes.
It was my first time working as a sales person. This experience let me know that 35 difficulties was only wasting time and a barrier in my way to success.
16. A. hold B. join C. build D. set
17. A. business B. English C. math D. sports
18. A. chance B. way C. challenge D. choice
19. A. income B. candles C. business D. expense
20. A. ability B. confidence C. aim D. expectation
21. A. presentation B. business C. deal D. interest
22. A. told B. convinced C. explained D. requested
23. A. puzzled B. delighted C. shocked D. encouraged
24. A. buyer B. seller C. businessman D. shop keeper
25. A. lending B. raising C. returning D. borrowing
26. A. greeted B. bothered C. hurt D. interrupted
27. A. worst B. uneasy C. unluckiest D. unhappiest
28. A. allowed B. permitted C. refused D. demanded
29. A. more B. extra C. little D. left
30. A. However B. So C. Therefore D. But
31. A. And B. Secondly C. Firstly D. Finally
32. A. anger B. embarrassment C. happiness D. sadness
33. A. week’s B. hour’s C. year’s D. month’s
34. A. lucky B. surprised C. calm D. confused
35. A. overcoming B. dealing with C. accepting D. worrying about
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