One day I took a bus with my girlfriend. It was so _6_ that we stood for several stops until a vacant seat was _7_ for her.
Then a pretty girl rushed towards me，saying，“Hi，where are you going？”I was so struck by the stranger that I had a hard time trying to _8_ her. Clearly she had taken me for somebody else. I returned her greeting with politeness，_9_ to give explanation to my girlfriend later.
Noticing my dialogue with somebody else，my girlfriend raised her eyes and found she was pretty. She asked jealously，“who’s she？” The pretty girl，quite _10_ of the situation，spoke out first，“Hi，let me _11_ myself. I’m Nancy，used to be _12_.Very glad to meet you.” She behaved very _13_.
But I was at a loss to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors. I was worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend _14_ the pretty girl again turned to me，“Will you give me your cellphone number so that we can keep contact(联系) later？” I had to submit to her _15_.
Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop. A minute later I got a short _16_ on my phone from a stranger. My girlfriend _17_ my phone and read the note. It was from the girl，who said，“Just now，two thieves tried to pick your pocket. I had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention. I should have left at the _18_ stop but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also _19_ to leave at the same stop. Because of the _20_ I delayed my departure. Now you’ll understand all I have done to you. Wish you luck.”
A．tiring B．slow C．crowded D．messy
A．ready B．available C．special D．suitable
A．identify B．realize C．remind D．judge
A．preferring B．planning C．managing D．promising
A．proud B．careful C．afraid D．aware
A．explain B．enjoy C．introduce D．help
A．partners B．neighbors C．friends D．colleagues
A．naturally B．generously C．cautiously D．normally
A．while B．before C．when D．until
A．request B．question C．command D．opinion
A．suggestion B．warning C．notice D．message
A．removed B．seized C．found D．caught
A．terminal B．former C．previous D．latter
A．pretending B．intending C．demanding D．announcing
A．incident B．matter C．accident D．affair
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be1Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd2?" Just when I started to3that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women4at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of5that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn't6. Somebody had thought7of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my8Christmas there special and memorable, I9remembered the women's visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of10for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I11a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,12with a child's name. We wanted all of them to know they were.13. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I14them that they couldn't open their presents15every child had come forward. Finally the16they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles17up the room. The18in the room was obvious, and19wasn't just about toys. It was a feeling - the feeling I knew20that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn't forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
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III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The first attempt of even the most talented artists, musicians, and writers is seldom a masterpiece, If you consider your drafts as dress rehearsals (彩排), or tryouts, revising will seem a natural part of the writing ___50___.
What is the purpose of the dress rehearsals and the out-of-town previews that many Broadway shows go through? The answer is adding, deleting, replacing, reordering, ___51___ revising. Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera underwent such a process.
When Lloyd Webber began writing in 1984, he had in mind a funny, exciting production. However, when Phantom opened in London in 1986, the audience saw a moving psychological love story set to music. The musical had. ___52___ several revisions due, in part, to problems with costuming and makeup (戏服和化妆). For instance, Lloyd Webber ___53___ some of the music because the Phantom's makeup prevented the actor from singing certain sounds.
When you revise, you change aspects of your work in ___54___ to your evolving purpose, or to include ___55___ ideas or newly discovered information.
Revision is not just an afterthought that gets only as much time as you have at the end of an assignment. ___56___, it is a major stage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. Even your decision to ___57___. topics while prewriting is a type of revising. However. don't make the mistake of skipping the revision stage that follows ___58___. Always make time to become your own ___59___and view your dress rehearsal, so to speak. Reviewing your work in this way can give you ___60___ new ideas.
Revising involves ___61___ the effectiveness and appropriateness of all aspects of your writing, making your purpose more clearly, and refocusing or developing the facts and ideas you present. When you revise, ask yourself the following questions, keeping in mind the audience for whom you are writing: Is my main idea or purpose ___62___ throughout my draft? Do I ever lose sight of my purpose? Have I given my readers all of the ___63___ that is, facts, opinions, inferences --- that they need in order to understand my main idea? Finally, have I included too many ___64___ details that may confuse readers?
50. A. technique B. style C. process D. career
51. A. in particular B. as a result C. for example D. in other words
52. A. undergone B. skipped C. rejected D. replaced
53. A. rewrote B. released C. recorded D. reserved
54. A. addition B. response C. opposition D. contrast
55. A. fixed B. ambitious C. familiar D. fresh
56. A. However B. Moreover C. Instead D. Therefore
57. A. discuss B. switch C. exhaust D. cover
58. A. drafting B. rearranging C. performing D. training
59. A. director B. master C. audience D. visitor
60. A. personal B. valuable C. basic D. delicate
61. A. mixing B. weakening C. maintaining D. assessing
62. A. amazing B. bright C. unique D. clear
63. A. angles B. evidence C. information D. hints
64. A. unnecessary B. uninteresting C. concrete D. final
完形填空
It was a cold winter day that Sunday．The parking lot to the _16_ was filling up quickly．I noticed, as I got out of my car, fellow church members were __17_ among themselves as they walked in the church．As I got _18__, I saw a man leaning up against the wall outside the church．He was almost lying down _19__ he was asleep．His hat was _20_ down so you could not see his face．He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too _21_ for his feet, with holes all over them and his toes _22_ out．I guessed this man was _23_ and asleep, so I walked on _24_ through the doors of the church．We all talked for a few minutes, and someone 25_ the man lying outside．People whispered but no one took _26_ to ask him to come in, 27_ me．A few moments later church began．We were all waiting for the Preacher （牧师） to take his _28_ and to give us the Word, __29_ the doors to the church opened．In _30_ the man walking down the church with his head down．People gasped（喘息）and whispered and made _31_．He made his way down the church and up onto the pulpit （讲坛） where he took off his hat and coat．My heart _32_．
There stood our preacher… he was the “homeless man”．The preacher took his Bible （圣经） and 33_ it on his stand．
“_34_ , I don't think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today．If you _35_ people by their appearance, you have no time to love them．”
16．A．school B．lecture C．park D．church
17．A．arguing B．whispering C．stating D．speaking
18．A．closer B．clearer C．lower D．farther
19．A．even though B．so that C．as if D．even if
20．A．dragged B．pulled C．dropped D．pushed
21．A．big B．bad C．ugly D．small
22．A．reached B．went C．stuck D．ran
23．A．homeless B．helpless C．hopeless D．careless
24．A．out B．by C．across D．from
25．A．invited B．mentioned C．took D．called
26．A．pleasure B．measure C．courage D．trouble
27．A．except B．besides C．without D．including
28．A．turn B．place． C．time D．seat
29．A．when B．before C．as D．after
30．A．rushed B．hurried C．came D．entered
31．A．decision B．choices C．faces D．jokes
32．A．sank B．fell C．broke D．failed
33．A．threw B．set C．laid D．folded
34．A．Brothers B．Folks C．Supporters D．Members
35．A．judge B．hate C．treat D．test
完形填空。阅读下面短文，从自短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。（每小题1.5分，满分30分）
It had been a tiring day and I was looking forward to__31__ evening. My husband__32__ back until late and I had __33___ to sit down in a comfortable armchair in the living room and read a book. I __34__ the children to bed early and __35__ a cold supper and some coffee. Soon I was sitting comfortably with a plate __36___ with food before me and a book at my side.
I was just beginning to eat __37__ the telephone rang. I put down my knife and fork and hurried to answer __38___ . By the time I got back to the living room，my coffee __39__ cold. After I finished my __40__ I began to drink my coffee __41__ my book open at page one. Suddenly there was a __42__ at the door. It gave me __43__ surprise that I spilt the __44__ and made an ugly stain（污迹）on my skirt. Some stranger had got __45__ and wanted me to show him the way. It __46__ ages to get rid of him. At last I __47__ to sit down again __48__ actually read a whole page without __49__ more interruption until the baby woke up. He began crying loudly and I rushed up-stairs. The baby was __50__ awake at eleven o'clock when my husband came home. I should have cried myself when he asked me if I had a pleasant evening！
31. A. a quiet B. an exciting C. a lovely D. a lonely
32. A. would come B. had not come C. came D. would not come
33. A. decided B. started C. come D. hurried
34. A. put B. made C. threw D. allowed
35. A. boiled B. heated C. cooked D. prepared
36. A. full B. filled C. filling D. to be filled
37. A. as B. then C. when D. while
38. A. him B. her C. it D. them
39. A. was getting B. had got C. would get D. got
40. A. supper B. drinking C. reading D. coffee
41. A. while B. when C. as D. with
42. A. stranger B. loud knock C. dog D. man
43. A. such great B. a so great C. such a great D. so great
44. A. food B. supper C. plate D. coffee
45. A. gone B. lost C. missing D. away
46. A. cost B. spent C. paid D. took
47. A. tried B. hoped C. decided D. managed
48. A. before B. after C. but D. and
49. A. some B. any C. much D. no
50. A. already B. still C. possibly D. almost
第二部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
A while ago my family and I went sledding. As I watched my children climbing up the slope, I started 36 .
Many people are 37 that most of today’s social problems are because of the “me ” generation; youngsters are just out for 38 and pay no attention to others or their needs. Indeed, a common belief is that today’s youngsters won’t do anything 39 there is something in it for them.
Yet, while sledding, I saw a 40 side to youngsters. I watched my two oldest children 41 my youngest by the hand to help her up the slippery slope each time they 42 . They would have been faster 43 her, but not once did they try to 44 her without helping.
Don’t get me wrong; these children 45 fight among themselves and, on occasion, 46 horribly. But I can take them 47 and know that they won’t ask for anything; I can talk to them about hurricane victims and know that they will 48 to donate some of their own money.
Perhaps, therefore, the “me” generation is to 49 for many social problems — not the youngsters who want everything, but the 50 in their lives who have taught them to selfishly think only of themselves. Most adults have been 51 at some time or another. In this case, they are really cold towards others. 52 , many pass it down to their children. Then the children learn to put themselves first!
Most young children want to help. We can 53 that feeling to continue into adulthood by teaching the 54 my children learned while sledding: Life is a slippery slope with 55 of bruises（受伤）, but we can all make it to the top if we remember to help those who need it.
36. A. planning B. crying C. teaching D. thinking
37. A. proud B. content C. convinced D. frightened
38. A. others B. everything C. themselves D. everybody
39. A. unless B. when C. if D. until
40. A. far B. wrong C. dark D. different
41. A. take B. leave C. notice D. find
42. A. gave away B. went up C. looked out D. put down
43. A. without B. for C. with D. beyond
44. A. drop by B. call on C. go for D. pass by
45. A. never B. sometimes C. finally D. especially
46. A. speak B. respond C. behave D. want
47. A. fishing B. shopping C. studying D. playing
48. A. offer B. refuse C. compete D. allow
49. A. blame B. support C. praise D. judge
50. A. teachers B. parents C. adults D. children
51. A. inspired B. fortune C. retired D. disappointed
52. A. Surprisingly B. Similarly C. Hopefully D. Sadly
53. A. understand B. share C. encourage D. describe
54. A. advice B. technique C. mistake D. lesson
55. A. wishes B. possibilities C. means D. imaginations
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