I never knew how well Mother could keep a trust until I was going through her things after she died．I discovered something I had forgotten, something that happened to me as a child．
One day, as I went to sleep after my sisters and I had said our prayers, I recalled the events of the day and how I had behaved toward Mother．“I must make things right now,”I thought．
Quietly I out of bed and picked up the pencil and paper from the dresser, and then tiptoed into the hall．The from the living room shone dimly． I knew Mother was downstairs still doing some sewing．
I quickly a note asking Mother to excuse me for being so ．I didn’t want my sisters to know my so I added a postscript, “Please don’t let anyone else see this．”
Then I moved into my parents’bedroom and put the letter under Mother’s pillow．
The next morning when I my bed after breakfast, I found a return note under my pillow．Mother wrote that she loved me and me．This became my way of whenever I talked back or disobeyed．Mother always left a return note, but she never our under-the-pillow messages in front of the family．Even when we were , she never mentioned them when we sisters our childhood．
When Mother passed away, I had to go through her personal belongings．In her desk was a bundle of notes tied with a faded ribbon．On top was a message in handwriting which read,“In the event of my death, please these．”
I the package and glanced at the handwriting on the bottom．To my , I recognized my childish writing, “P．S．Please don’t let anyone else see this．Love, Edie．”I gently placed the unopened bundle in the along with other things for the rubbish burner．“Lord,”I prayed,“Make me like ．”
A．never B．hardly C．long D．often
A．well B．badly C．happily D．politely
A．went B．rushed C．slipped D．moved
A．moon B．lamp C．gas D．light
A．wrote B．sent C．found D．took
A．lazy B．late C．careless D．naughty
A．mistakes B．business C．relation D．message
A．quietly B．quickly C．calmly D．hurriedly
A．searched B．left C．made D．folded
A．secretly B．unexpectedly C．happily D．fortunately
A．favored B．understood C．supported D．forgave
A．touching B．connecting C．apologizing D．contenting
A．spoke about B．put on C．gave out D．got round
A．alone B．curious C．grown D．interested
A．reminded B．forgot C．missed D．recalled
A．keep B．destroy C．hide D．announce
A．turned over B．tore open C．looked through D．picked up
A．sadness B．embarrassment C．surprise D．excitement
A．drawer B．wastebasket C．bedroom D．dresser
A．God B．an angel C．a bird D．Mother
第二节完形填空 (共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31—50 各题后给的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。
In a national spelling contest in America，an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her 31 voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and 32 decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now，the girl knew she had 33 the word. But instead of lying，she told the truth that she had said the 34 letter. So she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the 35 ，the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her 36 .
Later，dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl's honesty，even when it 37 her the contest. But the fact is that she 38 the biggest contest that day: the contest of her 39 .
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get 40 .This young girl could easily have 41 and nobody would have known it but herself. But that's just it: She would know she did wrong. It's been said, "If you 42 , you make yourself cheap." This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own 43 and character more than the prize from a spelling 44 . Her respect for herself was more important than any 45 others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the 46 she made in that moment will have long-lasting influence.
It's so true that the choices you make today 47 what you are tomorrow. Our children will 48 our behavior much more than our advice. So if we want them to 49 to be honest，we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember，our kids are 50 what we do and how we live even when we don't think they see or know.
31. A. high B. sweet C. tough D. soft
32. A. finally B. kindly C. secretly D. totally
33. A. forgotten B. mispronounced C. misspelled D. lost
34. A. correct B. wrong C. different D. same
35. A. stage B. studio C. test D. classroom
36. A. bravery B. honesty C. courage D. cleverness
37. A. cancelled B. cost C. offered D. wasted
38. A. achieved B. broke C. won D. defeated
39. A. reputation B. knowledge C. 1ife D. character
40. A. paid B. awarded C. caught D. reported
41. A. escaped B. 1ied C. changed D. answered
42. A. accept B. fight C. cheat D. insist
43. A. conscience B. feeling C. diligence D. modesty
44. A. contest B. champion C. judger D. expert
45. A. sense B. pride C. respect D. awarenes
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46. A. plan B. conclusion C. discovery D. choice
47. A. make B. change C. keep D. create
48. A. give B. take C. follow D. set
49. A. grow up B. bring up C. take up D. come up
50. A. recording B. inspecting C. correcting D. watching
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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A father was sitting at his desk poring (仔细研究) over his monthly bills 36 his young son rushed in and announced, “Dad, because this is your 37 and you’re 55 years old, I’m going to give you 55 kisses, one for each year!” When the boy started making good on his word, the father exclaimed, “Oh, Andrew, don’t do it now; I’m too 38 !”
The youngster immediately fell 39 as tears welled up in his big blue eyes. Apologically the father said, “You can finish 40 .”
The boy said nothing but 41 walked out of the room, 42 written over his face. That evening the father said, “Come and finish the 43 now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t 44 . The father didn’t think it serious and soon it went out of his mind.
45 , a few days later after this incident, the boy had an 46 and was drowned. His heartbroken father wrote...
“If only I could tell him how much I 47 my thoughtless words, and could be assured that he knows how much my 48 is aching and how I miss him.”
49 is a two-way street. Any loving act must be warmly accepted 50 it will be taken as rejection and can leave a scar. If we are too busy to 51 and receive love, we are too busy! 52 is more important than responding with love 53 the cry for love from those who are near and 54 to us, because there may be no chance at all as in the 55 of the little boy. Cherish every chance!
36. A. after B. when C. since D. before
37. A. festival B. party C. birthday D. gift
38. A. worried B. busy C. disappointed D. excited
39. A. silent B. curious C. thankful D. ashamed
40. A. now B. immediately C. quickly D. later
41. A. quietly B. angrily C. anxiously D. eagerly
42. A. puzzle B. disappointment C. anger D. pain
43. A. tasks B. words C. kisses D. wishes
44. A. notice B. smile C. finish D. respond
45. A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Strangely D. Properly
46. A. problem B. matter C. accident D. affair
47. A. regret B. expect C. scold D. forget
48. A. mind B. heart C. brain D. head
49. A. Word B. Aching C. Birthday D. Love
50. A. and B. so C. but D. or
51. A. give B. achieve C. reach D. cherish
52. A. Everything B. Nothing C. Something D. Anything
53. A. with B. in C. to D. by
54. A. kind B. important C. useful D. far
55. A. demand B. point C. condition D. case
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给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。
Do you remember last summer, when angry travelers were urging the government to do something about airline customer service? Airlines 3 6 to improve，and they adopted (采用) new standards just before Christmas． 37 as another summer nears，plenty of 38 travelers don’t see much improvement in customer 39 overall．
This month，the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) office will publish its first critical 40 on whether airlines are 41 their promises．One survey suggests problems：the number of 42 to the DOT about the top 10 airlines in the first 43 rose 89％ from a year ago．
Hit last summer by passenger complaints and the threat of consumer-protection laws by the 44 ，14 airlines 45 to adopt a set of basic customer-service standards called Customers First．The“12 promises”to passengers were introduced 46 a major effort to improve service．Since then，airlines have been redesigning websites，retraining employees and upgrading technology．
Recently，DOT inspector general Kenneth Mead，at McCain’S request，sent 20 examiners to airports to 47 whether each airline is doing what it promised．Mead warns travelers shouldn’t 48 too much．Most of the promises are 49 better communication with customers，not problems with flights．
“Passengers should show more understanding to airlines about their 50 to better air service．”Spokeswoman Shelly Sasson says．“And when 51 are made．it takes a long time for them to be noticed．”she says．
Now，the efforts may be working．During the first quarter，Delta had the second-lowest rate of complaints among the 52 10 carriers． 53 ，its rate，along with other carriers’，is up from last year．McCain and other lawmakers say there may be a 54 to pass new consumer-protection 55 ．
36．A．promised B．managed C．hoped D．refused
37．A．So B．But C．Merely D．Even
38．A．skilled B．experienced C．tired D．puzzled
39．A．flight B．opinion C．service D．travel
40．A．news B．information C．doubt D．article
41．A．honoring B．making C．giving D．improving
42．A．problems B．travelers C．passengers D．complaints
43. A．quarter B．year C．month D．summer
44. A. customer B．company C．government D．public
45．A．wished B．agreed C．remembered D．failed
46．A．to B．for C．as D．by
47．A．explain B．discuss C．discover D．check
48．A．travel B．expect C．complain D．suggest
49．A．aimed at B．considered as C．joined to D．made from
50．A．difficulty B．situation C．reality D．efforts
51．A．suggestions B．rules C．decisions D．improvements
52．A．1arge B．first C．top D．bad
53．A．Still B．Therefore C．Instead D．Meanwhile
54．A．possibility B．need C．chance D．use
55．A．examinations B．service C．1aws D．reports
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从41－60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。
At a young age, her doctor told Patti Wilson she was an epileptic（羊癫疯患者）. Her father was a morning jogger. One day she 31 and said, “Daddy, what I’d really love to do is run with you every day, but I’m afraid I can’t do it.” Her father 32 her to start running.
That’s just what they did every 33 . It was a 34 experience for them. After a few weeks, Patti said, still smiling, “Daddy, what I’d really love to do is break the world’s long-distance running record for 35 .”
Her father 36 The Guinness Book of World Records and found that the farthest distance any woman had run was 80 miles. As a freshman（新生） in high school, Patti 37 , “I’m going to run from Orange County up to San Francisco(about 400 miles).” “As a sophomore（二年级学生）,” she went 38 , “I’m going to run to Portland, Oregon(about 1,500 miles). As a junior I’ll run to St. Louis(about 2,000 miles). As a senior I’ll run to the White House (about 3,000 miles).”
In 39 of her disease, Patti was as ambitious（有野心的） as she was enthusiastic. She looked at being an epileptic as simply “an 40 ”. She focused not on what she had 41 , but on what she had left.
That year, together with her father, she completed her 42 to San Francisco wearing a T-shirt that 43 , “I love Epileptics.”
In her sophomore year, Patti’s classmates got behind her. They made a huge poster that read, “Run, Patti, Run!” This has since 44 her motto and the title of a book she has written. During this marathon, she broke a bone in her foot. A doctor told her that she had to 45 her run. But Patti said she wasn’t running for herself; she was 46 to break the chains on the brains that limited so many others. She asked the doctor 47 or not there was a way she could keep running. He said he could wrap it in adhesive（粘合剂） 48 putting it in a cast（石膏）, but he 49 her that it would be extremely painful. She told the doctor to wrap it up.
Later, after four months of running from the West Coast to the East Coast, Patti arrived in Washington and shook the hand of the President of the United States. She told him, “I wanted people to know that epileptics are normal human beings with 50 lives.”
31. A. smiled B. cried C. laughed D. wept
32. A. agreed B. suggested C. encouraged D. promised
33. A. afternoon B. morning C. night D. evening
34. A. terrible B. fortunate C. dangerous D. wonderful
35. A. women B. men C. students D. patients
36. A. questioned B. checked C. inspected D. interviewed
37.A. broadcasted B. told C. informed D. announced
38. A. up B. forward C. on D. upon
39. A. honor B. view C. favor D. charge
40. A. accident B. coincidence C. influence D. inconvenience
41. A. lost B. dropped C. improved D. received
42. A. distance B. task C. run D. study
43. A. showed B. said C. wrote D. read
44. A. come B. become C. gone D. went
45. A. continue B. stop C. keep D. struggle
46. A. working B. jogging C. walking D. running
47. A. whether B. when C. if D. where
48. A. in addition to B. in spite of C. instead of D. regardless of
49. A. asked B. warned C. advised D. comforted
50. A. common B. unique C. special D. normal
第二节：完形填空
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the _41_ side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to __42__ in good health, or __43__ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to __44__ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text __45__ the title. Therefore, the scissors would __46__ before they start, __47__ halfway done when I find out the __48__result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your __49__. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be __50__ up. But you know the future is unpredictable --- the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left __51__. Thus you are __52__ in a difficult position and feel sad. How __53_nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life __54__ greatly on our preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what __55__ is like: we are often __56_ with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only __57__we get into another. The __58__ may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I __59__ remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual or passive __60__ may not be a bad one.
Whatever we do in our lifetime, wherever life’s storm tosses us, there must be
something we can achieve, some shore we can land, that opens up new vistas to us.
41. A. front B. same C. either D. opposite
42. A. get B. keep C. lead D. bring
43. A. advice B. news C. a theory D. a report
44. A. suffer B. reduce C. prevent D. cause
45. A. on B. for C. without D. off
46. A. use B. handle C. prepare D. stay
47. A. or B. but C. so D. for
48. A. satisfying B. regretful C. surprising D. impossible
49. A. courage B. strength C. attention D. patience
50. A. given B. held C. made D. picked
51. A. near B. alone C. about D. behind
52. A. filled B. attracted C. caught D. struck
53. A. dare B. come C. deal D. do
54. A. improves B. changes C. progresses D. goes
55. A. study B. society C. nature D. life
56. A. faced B. supplied C. connected D. fixed
57. A. before B. after C. until D. as
58. A. following B. next C. above D. former
59. A. still B. also C. once D. almost
60. A. treatment B. action C. choice D. remark
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