A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a 36 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it 37 from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles, 38 everywhere. I tried to use a broom, 39 with each sweep they just rolled across the kitchen．
For the next week, every time I was in the 40 , I found a pea---in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept 41 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and 42 12 frozen peas hidden underneath．
At the time I found those few remaining 43 , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful 44 I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded 45 those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my 46 had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered. My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble 47 his new surroundings and the 48 of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered．
When life gets you 49 , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never 50 , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be 51 , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas 52 , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them 53 you’ll start to feel whole again．
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to 54 , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, 55 will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
A．drink B．fruit C．vegetable D．meat
A．moved B．walked C．ran D．slipped
A．rubbed B．rolled C．grew D．existed
A．but B．and C．although D．so
A．bedroom B．living room C．kitchen D．storeroom
A．getting up B．turning up C．taking up D．using up
A．found B．ate C．left D．planted
A．presents B．cans C．vegetables D．peas
A．man B．child C．woman D．boy
A．of B．for C．with D．in
A．wife B．life C．son D．friend
A．turning to B．leading to C．adjusting to D．adding to
A．thank B．love C．help D．loss
A．down B．near C．close D．wide
A．get it B．make it C．take it D．leave it
A．grew B．bought C．collected D．frozen
A．eventually B．fortunately C．properly D．specially
A．both B．all C．either D．each
A．call on B．put on C．bring on D．move on
A．while B．because C．since D．or
Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese 21 at my face, but I pushed them 22 . My mom believed I would learn 23 I was ready. But the 24 never came.
On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was 25 at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He 26 me , “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown .”
“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some 27 with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for 28 .
“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I 29 the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish 30 surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fisherman. But he 31 my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased 32 their impatience. With every 33 ,the breath of the dragons on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling— 34 me to cry out. “ Xian Sheng Yu, please.” “Very Xian Shen ,” I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned 35 and I ran back home 36 , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.
Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I should feel right at 37 . Instead, I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language.
Sometimes, I laugh at my fish 38 , but, in the end, the joke is on 39 . Every laugh is a culture 40 ; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.
A．custom B．games C．characters D．language
A．ahead B．around C．along D．aside
A．when B．before C．unless D．until
A．success B．study C．time D．attempt
A．aim B．joke C．nod D．stare
A．cared about B．laughed at C．argued with D．asked after
A．right now B．from now C．at times D．in time
A．decision B．permission C．information D．preparation
A．repeated B．reviewed C．spelled D．kept
A．farm B．stand C．pond D．market
A．guessed B．forget C．doubted D．ignored[来
A．by B．as C．with D．from
A．second B．effort C．desire D．movement
A．forcing B．allowing C．persuading D．leading
A．bright B．blank C．pale D．red
A．open-mouthed B．tongue-tied C．empty-handed D．broken-hearted
A．service B．home C．risk D．root
A．trade B．deed C．challenge D．incident
A．it B．us C．me D．them
A．thrown B．lost C．divided D．reflected
完型填空 （共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __26__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __27__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __28__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __29__ with his homework or he was trying to __30__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”
“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __31__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __32__.”
The next day I called his teacher to __33__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __34__.
“Basically, most of the fathers had the __35__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __36__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __37__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __38__. It’s something all human beings __39__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __40__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __41__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __42__ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __43__ second. And just __44__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”
I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __45__.
A．down B．away C．out D．up
A．After B．For C．At D．On
A．glance B．glare C．stare D．watch
A．patience B．time C．help D．paper
A．report B．prepare C．answer D．apologize
A．help B．ask C．tell D．make
A．thing B．experiment C．word D．sentence
A．search for B．search C．find out D．find
A．said B．reacted C．done D．explained
A．same B．different C．usual D．ordinary
A．allowed B．agreed C．suggested D．planned
A．point B．idea C．way D．cause
A．body B．health C．life D．study
A．have B．know C．take D．require
A．bad B．good C．late D．early
A．fit B．ready C．nice D．able
A．easy B．much C．often D．difficult
A．a much B．a full C．an exact D．an extra
A．before B．after C．because D．if
完形填空 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was 1 to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always 2 -- it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s identity and just 3 in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical, perfect white flower lying in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped 4 who the giver might be. My mother 5 to these imaginations. She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness who might be showing 6 . I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had 7 me even though I didn’t know him.
One month before my high-school graduation, my father died. My feelings 8 from sorrow to fear and 9 : my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely 10 in my coming graduation, the senior-class play and the ball. But my mother would not hear of my losing any of those things. Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress, but it was the 11 size. When my father died, I forgot about the dress.
The day before my ball, I found that dress-- in the right size—hanging over the living room sofa. It was 12 to me so lovingly. I didn’t 13 if I had a new dress or not. But my mother did. She wanted her children to feel 14 , filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of 15 .
My mother died ten days after I was married. The following year the gardenia stopped coming.
1. A. given B. delivered C. taken D. brought
2. A. useful B. helpful C. in vain D. hopeful
3. A. delighted B. pleasant C. pleasing D. satisfied
4. A. considering B. remembering C. imagining D. recalling
5. A. referred B. led C. preferred D. contributed
6. A. appreciation B. honor C. grateful D. respect
7. A. observed B. watched C. noticed D. hated
8. A. ranged B. differed C. suffered D. judged
9. A. shock B. happiness C. depressing D. anger
10. A. uninterested B. interested C. unhappy D. disappointing
11. A. wrong B. false C. proper D. right
12. A. provided B. presented C. introduced D. awarded
13. A. doubt B. wonder C. desire D. care
14. A. loving B. loved C. respected D. honored
15. A. trouble B. despair C. problem D. sorrow
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
My wife was shouting at Sindu again．I threw the paper away and rushed to the scene．Mydaughter Sindu looked 36__．Her eyes were wet with tears．In front of her was a bowl 37___with bitter melon．Sindu particularly hated bitter melon, but my wife believed 38__ in the “cooling effects" of bitter melon. I tried to 39__ Sindu to take a fewmouthfuls．She 40__ down a bit and wiped her tears．Then she said she would eat the 41__bowl of bitter melon on condition that I gave her whatever she asked for．I agreed．Slowly and 42__ , she finished the whole bowl．After that, Sindu came to me with her eyeswide with 43__. To our surprise, she wanted to have her head 44__. "Impossible!"shouted my wife．However, I knew that if I 45__ on my promise, Sindu would neverlearn to 46 her own．So I decided to keep my promise．
On Monday morning, I 47__ her off at school．Just then，a boy shouted, "Sindu,wait for me!" What struck me was 48 hairless head．I was about to leave when a ladycame to me and said, "Sir, your 49__is great indeed!" I didn't 50__.She continued,“That boy is my son．He is 51__from Leukemia（白血病）．He lost all his hair_ 52__the side effects of the chemotherapy（化疗）• He 53__to come back to school because hewas afraid that the kids at school would make fun of him．Sindu visited him last week andpromised to help him, but I 54__imagined that she would sacrifice her lovely hair for thesake of my son! Sir, you and your wife are blessed to have such a（n） 55__ soul for achild．”
I didn't know what to say．It was then that I knew what love really was．
A．excited B．frightened C．moved D．disappointed
A．provided B．covered C．filled D．equipped
A．firmly B．angrily C．heavily D．happily
A．permit B．forbid C．persuade D．order
A．went B．calmed C．came D．fought
A．sweet B．entire C．bitter D．little
A．angrily B．worriedly C．painfully D．sadly
A．expectation B．happiness C．satisfaction D．pride
A．nodded B．cut C．washed D．shaved
A．got off B．went back C．looked back D．gave off
A．honor B．remind C．share D．take
A．dropped B．sent C．took D．picked
A．its B．her C．his D．my
A．wife B．daughter C．view D．life
A．insist B．request C．move D．understand
A．dying B．escaping C．suffering D．recovering
A．according to B．instead of C．thanks to D．because of
A．tended B．promised C．refused D．determined
A．nearly B．never C．ever D．seldom
A．abstract B．simple C．noble D．horrible
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D中），选出最佳选项。
Mike has loved flying since he was small. When he was three years old, his father took him to an air show. Mike loved the sounds of the plane, he ___36__ of becoming and airplane pilot(飞行员) someday. As Mike grew up, he learned as ___37___ as he could about flying. He wanted to go to flying school ___38___ university. He kept on ___39___ his parents about it all the time. At that time, pilot training was very ___40___. Mike’s parents couldn’t afford it.
Later Mike became a salesman. He hoped to get lots of money for flying school. He traveled ___41___ America for his factory. He liked to travel, ___42___ by plane. To save money, he usually stayed in cheap hotels.
One morning, Mike __43___ to Altanta. On the plane, after breakfast, he went to ___44___. Some time later, he woke up. The two men beside him were talking in a ___45___ voice. When Mike heard the word “hijack(劫持)”, he nearly __46___ out of his seat, but he pretended(假装) he was still ___47___ . he listened when the two men talked. Mike quickly learned what was ___48___. They planned to hijack the plane to Cuba. This made Mike very ___49____. He knew he had to stop them before they began their ___50____.
Mike pretended to use the washroom. On the way he met a hostess(空姐) and told her about the coming___51____. A moment later, the passengers were told that there was something wrong with the plane. Soon he plane landed at the ___52___ airport.
The two men received a __53___ when they saw twenty police officers were ___54___ them at the airport.
Later Mike was given free flying training as a reward. __55__ he became a pilot and flew happily ever since. Now his story is well known in the United States.
A．spoke B．heard C．dreamed D．thought
A．little B．much C．easily D．quickly
A．as well as B．such as C．because of D．instead of
A．warning B．talking C．asking D．complaining
A．expensive B．cheap C．difficult D．enjoyable
A．along B．towards C．through D．around
A．never B．widely C．except D．especially
A．flew B．came C．moved D．drove
A．work B．sleep C．rest D．bed
A．loud B．nervous C．low D．serious
A．ran B．walked C．jumped D．dropped
A．awake B．asleep C．quiet D．careless
A．sad B．angry C．painful D．careful
A．plan B．story C．challenge D．accident
A．danger B．trouble C．flying D．training
A．safest B．biggest C．nearest D．farthest
A．surprise B．welcome C．message D．present
A．looking for B．waiting for C．asking for D．talking about
A．So B．Since C．Though D．Then
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