When Joe was about to start school，all signs pointed to success.Yet things turned out to be quite___.The fourth grade even found him at the___of the class.Joe struggled day and night，but it did not____－until one stormy afternoon.
On that afternoon，____the math teacher started to introduce difficult concepts，dark clouds covered the sky，and the storm set in.Hard though she tried to make the kids____，the thunder won the battle for their attention.No one____the concepts.Except for Joe.He understood them and answered all the questions correctly.The teacher patted him on the back，and told him to go around to the others and explain how he had managed it.____by his newfound success，Joe moved quickly throughout the room.Soon math time was followed by the time for____.All children naturally drew____pictures on such a day.Except for Joe.
Since then，Joe started____.Though he never made it to the top，his math teacher was always____and curious about the change：Why had that stormy day changed Joe?
On the day Joe graduated，he presented the teacher with his most____possession－the picture of a bright yellow sun.On the picture Joe had written：This is the day I____my brightness.
A．unfair B．boring C．disappointing D．dangerous
A．center B．top C．beginning D．bottom
A．happen B．work C．finish D．last
A．until B．since C．because D．as
A．concentrate B．change C．hide D．sit
A．challenged B．grasped C．doubted D．admitted
A．Relieved B．Surprised C．Encouraged D．Puzzled
A．class B．sports C．art D．tea
A．great B．dark C．different D．strange
A．improving B．painting C．recovering D．studying
A．worried B．amazed C．friendly D．cautious
A．familiar B．expensive C．admirable D．precious
A．woke up to B．put up with C．got on with D．looked down upon
完形填空（每小题1.5分，共20小题）
You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier. You aren’t 1 carrying a gun. You’re standing in front of a 2 and you’re telling the TV 3 what is happening.
It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter, and it can be very 4 . In the first two years of the 5 in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were 6 .
What kind of people put themselves in danger to 7 pictures to our TV screens and 48 to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?
“I think it’s every young journalist’s 9 to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s 10 you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it 11 it is a war.”
But there are moments of 12 . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes, when you’re lying on the ground and bullets（子弹）are flying 13 your ears, you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling 14 after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be 15 .”
“None of us believes that we’re going to 16 ” adds Michael. But he always 17 a lucky charm（护身符）with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, 18 , and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this, I 19 I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God 20 , because you know he doesn’t believe you .”
A．really B．simply C．even D．merely
A．battlefield B．camera C．crowd D．house
A．directors B．producers C．viewers D．actors
A．depressing B．disappointing C．dangerous D．endangered
A．life B．stay C．fight D．war
A．buried B．defeated C．wounded D．beaten
A．take B．make C．bring D．show
A．stories B．scenes C．passages D．contents
A．faith B．nightmare C．dream D．duty
A．how B．where C．why D．because
A．as if B．even if C．even so D．ever since
A．surprise B．fear C．sadness D．shame
A．past B．into C．through D．around
A．occurs B．returns C．goes D．continues
A．away B．out C．there D．home
A．die B．leave C．remain D．escape
A．wears B．carries C．hangs D．holds
A．seldom B．never C．many times D．some time
A．promise B．consider C．guess D．accept
A．laughing B．screaming C．crying D．whispering
完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s 1 ,she said she would go. This 2 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 3 his mother and he felt 4 of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕)that 5 nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 6 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were 7 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother 8 the car, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬)and 9 himself from everyone. He did, however, get within 10 of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked 11 ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied,“ 12 my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 13 afraid to go in because the fire was 14 ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked 15 but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She 16 the burned side of her face. “This scar will be 17 ,but to this day, I have never 18 what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great 19 of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand 20 for the rest of the day.
A．enjoyment B．disappointment C．surprise D．excitement
A．would B．could C．should D．must
A．noticed B．greeted C．accepted D．met
A．sick B．ashamed C．afraid D．tired
A．included B．passed C．covered D．shaded
A．talk about B．think about C．care about D．hear about
A．impressed B．surprised C．excited D．comforted
A．in sight of B．by means of C．by way of D．in spite of
A．hid B．protected C．separated D．escaped
A．understanding B．reminding C．hearing D．learning
A．carefully B．seriously C．nervously D．anxiously
A．As B．When C．Since D．While
A．so B．much C．quite D．too
A．out of control B．under control C．in control D．over control
A．helpless B．hopeless C．senseless D．useless
A．pointed B．showed C．wiped D．touched
A．ugly B．lasting C．serious D．frightening
A．forgot B．recognized C．considered D．regretted
A．honor B．sense C．happiness D．pride
A．quietly B．slightly C．tightly D．suddenly
My father was raised in a fatherless home at a time when the family of five struggled to survive, which caused my father to be extremely tightfisted(吝啬) with money.
When we children became 16 that other children got pocket money from their parents, we made a(n) 17 to ask our father from some. Immediately his face turned stone-cold, and he said, “If you’re old enough to ask, you’re old enough to 18 .” And we had to seek odd jobs about the neighborhood.
He didn’t 19 his attitude as we grew into adulthood. There was a time when 20 of us had a car, so we had to ride a 21 whenever we came home. Though the bus stopped about two miles from home, Dad never met us, 22 in bad weather. If someone 23 (and my brothers did a lot), he’d say in his 24 father-voice. “That’s what your legs are 25 !”
One spring morning I was on the bus home from 26 . Tests and long hours in labs had 27 me exhausted. As other students were 28 at their stops. I looked silently out of the window. Finally, the bus came to a 29 at my destination, and I 30 , carrying my suitcase to begin the long journey home.
The row of privet hedge(树篱) came into 31 , which lined the driveway that climbed the hill to our house. I stopped to put a book in the suitcase. When I stood up, I saw something gray 32 along the top of the hedge toward the house.
It was the top of my father’s head. I 33 then, each time I came home, he would stand behind the hedge, watching, 34 he knew I had arrived safely. I held back my tears. He did care, 35 .
Upon reaching home, I found my father innocently in his chair. “So! It’s you!” he said, his face lengthening into surprise.
A．aware B．certain C．surprised D．excited
A．attempt B．suggestion C．trouble D．plan
A．spend B．earn C．survive D．raise
A．strengthen B．soften C．take D．show
A．neither B．each C．all D．none
A．bicycle B．car C．train D．bus
A．especially B．only C．even D．once
A．refused B．complained C．cried D．intended
A．strangest B．lowest C．softest D．scariest
A．on B．in C．by D．for
A．work B．home C．town D．college
A．led B．made C．found D．proved
A．treated B．received C．met D．greeted
A．stop B．house C．street D．corner
A．stepped off B．went off C．jumped on D．climbed on
A．mind B．view C．flower D．leaf
A．shining B．flying C．failing D．moving
A．understood B．thought C．imagined D．realized
A．since B．after C．until D．though
A．after all B．above all C．in advance D．in total
This story began when I was a child. I was born in 46 . Often we hadn’t enough to eat. When never we had some food, Mother often give me her portion. While she was putting her rice into my bowl, she would say, “Eat this rice, son! I’m not 47 .”
As I grew, Mother her 48 her spare time to 49 in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more 50 for my growth. Once she caught just two fish, she made fish soup. While I was eating the soup, Mother sat beside me and ate what was still kept on the 51 of the fish I had eaten. My heart was 52 when I saw it. So I gave the other fish to her but she immediately 53 it and said, “I don’t 54 like fish.”
Then, in order to pay for my 55 , Mother went to a match factory. This helped her get some money to cover my school fees. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight. 56 I said, “Mother, go to sleep; it’s late; you can 57 working tomorrow.” Mother smiled and said, “Go to sleep, son! I’m not 58 .”
When I had to sit my final examination, mother accompanied me. Mother 59 for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to 60 her. Mother give me a glass of tea that she had 61 . The tea was not as 62 as Mother’s love. Seeing Mother covered with sweat, I at once gave her my glass and asked her to 63 too. Mother said, “I’m not thirsty!”.
Now , I’m an employer and my 64 now is to work hard and to repay my mother for all the 65 that she gave me.
A．poor B．special C．weak D．happy
A．looked up B．set up C．gave up D．push up
A．learn B．swim C．fish D．play
A．taste B．nutrition C．function D．importance
A．meat B．bowl C．plate D．bone
A．moved B．excited C．puzzled D．surprised
A．doubted B．accepted C．refused D．overlooked
A．quietly B．mostly C．clearly D．really
A．education B．health C．career D．experience
A．As B．So C．Until D．But
A．stop B．begin C．continue D．enjoy
A．cold B．sad C．sick D．tired
A．waited B．called C．went D．hunted
A．greet B．help C．ask D．meet
A．prepared B．bought C．found D．cleaned
A．free B．strong C．high D．hard
A．change B．drink C．throw D．notice
A．belief B．wonder C．dream D．work
A．food B．future C．water D．love
There was a small boy living on a farm which seemed like so far away from everywhere. He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to start his everyday jobs and go out again later in the evening to do the same 36 .
During sunrise he would 37 a break and climb up the fence so that he could see the house with golden windows 38 the distance. He thought 39 great it would be to live there and his 40 would wander to imagine the modern equipment and electric devices that might 41 in the house. “If they could 42 the golden windows, they 43 have other nice things.” He then 44 himself, “Some day I will go there and see that wonderful place.”
Then one morning his father told him to stay at home and he would do the everyday jobs. 45 that this was his chance, he packed a sandwich and 46 the field towards the house with golden windows.
He walked and walked. As the afternoon went on, he began to realize how he misjudged the long 47 and something else was very wrong. As he 48 the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad 49 of a painting surrounded by a broken-down fence. He went to the tattered (破烂的) door and 50 . A small boy very 51 his age opened the door.
He asked him if he had seen the house with 52 windows. The boy said “Sure, I know” and 53 him to sit on the porch (门廊). As he sat there, he looked back from 54 he just came; the sunset 55 the windows of his house to gold there.
A．homework B．classes C．cleaning D．ones
A．take B．give C．do D．start
A．from B．in C．over D．across
A．much B．even C．very D．how
A．feet B．eyes C．mind D．heart
A．sit B．exist C．stand D．disappear
A．change B．share C．provide D．afford
A．can’t B．must C．have to D．need to
A．promised B．supported C．pitied D．encouraged
A．Hearing B．Imaging C．Realizing D．Ignoring
A．crossed B．found C．planted D．chose
A．situation B．thought C．distance D．opinion
A．approached B．considered C．enjoyed D．noticed
A．case B．memory C．part D．need
A．listened B．knocked C．waited D．leaned
A．satisfied with B．familiar with C．fond of D．close to
A．worn B．golden C．favorite D．beautiful
A．invited B．persuaded C．helped D．managed
A．when B．why C．where D．what
A．made B．drove C．turned D．put
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