My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an _. My mom ran a small shop at a flea market（跳蚤市场）. She collected little weeds and such to sell anything for the we needed, she was such an embarrassment. I remember that it was field day(户外活动日) during elementary school, and my mom came. I was so . How could she do this to me? I threw her a look and ran out. The next day at school, “Your mom only has one eye?" they me.
I wished that my mom would just from this world so I said to my mom, "Mom, why don't you have the other eye?! You're only going to make me a laughingstock(笑柄). Why don't you just die?" My mom did not . I guess I felt a little bad, but at the same time, it felt to think that I had said what I'd wanted to say all this time.
Maybe it was because my mom hadn't me, but I didn't think that I had hurt her feelings very badly.
That night I woke up, and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. My mom was there, so , as if she was afraid that she might wake me. I took a look at her, and then turned . Because of the thing I had said to her earlier, there was something pinching （夹痛）at me in the corner of my . Even so, I hated my mother who was crying out of her one eye. So I told myself that I would grow up and become , because I hated my one-eyed mom and our poverty.
Then I studied really hard. I left my mother and came to Seoul and studied, and got admitted to the Seoul University with all the I had. Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. Then I had kids, too. Now I'm living happily as a successful man. I like it here because it's a place that doesn't me of my mom.
This was getting bigger and bigger, when someone came to see me. "What? Who's this?" It was my mother still with her one eye. It felt as if the whole sky was falling apart on me. My little daughter ran away, of my mom's eye.
A．shame B．delight C．embarrassment D．advised
A．food B．house C．book D．money
A．proud B．embarrassed C．shy D．frighted
A．kindly B．disappointed C．hateful D．loving
A．teased B．asked C．scold D．blame
A．leave B．travel C．escape D．disappear
A．speak B．response C．object D．forgive
A．good B．sad C．regreful D．ashamed
A．cherished B．loved C．punished D．valued
A．laughing B．drinking C．cooking D．weeping
A．loudly B．quietly C．carefully D．sadly
A．away B．out C．in D．over
A．mind B．face C．heart D．room
A．strong B．confident C．healthy D．successful
A．desperate B．considerate C．compared D．consistant
A．indepedence B．honours C．experience D．misery
A．warn B．remember C．remind D．inform
A．confidence B．heart C．dream D．happiness
A．unexpected B．special C．strange D．similar
A．tired B．scared C．glad D．curious
完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I live in Albuquerque and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge 36 and hardly any income. 37 , I stopped giving and became very bitter.
Several years later, things started to 38 . I became 39 enough to have a home, and 40 a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the 41 , “Will work for food.” I 42 . My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in 43 . I replied, “Honey, they just use that money for 44 or other bad things.” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.
Three days later, I was 45 to pick up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside 46 me to help him. So I stopped my car, and he ran over with enthusiasm. He said, “God bless you, I only need 77 cents.” I 47 into my ashtray and 48 enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies.
Greatly shocked by this 49 , I gave him all the money in the ashtray. He 50 with joy and tears in his eyes, “You just made it 51 for me to see my mom for Christmas! The bus offering this great sale is 52 right away!” It was a moment I’ll never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best __53__ in life – giving. It also 54 me that nothing is a coincidence, 55 everything has meaning.
A．debt B．responsibility C．shadow D．pressure
A．In fact B．In other words C．As a result D．All in all
A．develop B．worsen C．vary D．change
A．fortunate B．wealthy C．generous D．successful
A．even B．still C．yet D．only
A．decoration B．expression C．sign D．announcement
A．got by B．pulled out C．passed away D．passed by
A．emergency B．danger C．need D．panic
A．food B．alcohol C．medicine D．entertainment
A．driving B．jogging C．wandering D．cycling
A．directed B．challenged C．permitted D．drove
A．reached B．turned C．broke D．searched
A．amusingly B．strangely C．awkwardly D．naturally
A．incident B．condition C．coincidence D．circumstance
A．poured out B．turned out C．broke out D．burst out
A．necessary B．difficult C．possible D．suitable
A．queuing B．leaving C．settling D．operating
A．gift B．time C．favor D．honor
A．impresses B．informs C．persuades D．reminds
A．or B．and C．so D．however
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各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked ___36_at me and said “I love you”. I didn’t know what to say. ___37____ several seconds I stood there and ____38___ down at him. My first thought was that he must need__39____ while doing his homework___40 ___ he was trying to prepare me for some __41_____.
“___42____,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s an experiment.”
The next day I __43____ his teacher at my office to find out more about this “____44___ ” and how the other parents had responded (反应).
“__45_____, most of the fathers did t
he same as you ,” the teacher explained, “Feeling___46___ is an important part of___47____ . It’s something all human beings___48___. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too ___49____ that we don’t express those feelings. A boy should be __50__ to t
ell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how dilficult it is for ___51___ of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me ___52____ , I held on to him for an extra second. And just___53___ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly__54_____, “Hey, I love you.”
I didn’t know if saying that would make___55___of us healthier, but we did feel pretty better.
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完型填空（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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children．Eighteen! In order 36 to keep food on the table, the father, a goldsmith by 37 , worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade．Despite their seemingly 38 condition, two of the eldest children had a dream．They both wanted to pursue their talent for art, 39 they knew well that their father would never be able to 40 either of them to study at the Academy．
After many long discussions at night in their 41 bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact．They would toss （掷） a coin．The 42 would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, 43 his winning brother for the academy．Then, in four years, he would support the Other one．Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and 44 to Nuremberg．Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, 45 his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation．By the time he graduated, he was beginning to 46 considerable fees for himself．
When the young artist 47 home and said to his brother, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your 48 . Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will 49 you．"
Albert rose and wiped the 50 from his cheeks．"No, brother．I cannot go to Nuremberg．It is too 51 for me．Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my 52 ! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas 53 a pen or a brush．"
More than 450 years have 54 ．By now, among Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits, "The Praying Hands" is one 55 creation that can catch the world's hearts．
A．merely B．fully C．completely D．entirely
A．heart B．method C．profession D．words
A．demanding B．promising C．hopeless D．careless
A．so B．and C．however D．but
A．study B．send C．give D．offer
A．separated B．crowded C．new D．unusual
A．winner B．loser C．old D．younger
A．support B．advertise C．expect D．require
A．flew away B．went off C．set aside D．left behind
A．deserved B．desired C．financed D．envied
A．spend B．save C．draw D．earn
A．arrived B．regained C．returned D．got
A．turn B．time C．top D．fate
A．take charge of B．make up for C．make use of D．take care of
A．smiles B．sweats C．tears D．hints
A．late B．nervous C．tiring D．tense
A．eyes B．hands C．pictures D．mines
A．in B．of C．upon D．with
A．passed B．kept C．remembered D．changed
A．strange B．touching C．wonderful D．mysterious
完形填空：(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
When you are learning English, you find 41 wrong to translate a sentence wor
d for word into your 42 language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an 43 . If you look 44 each word in the 45 , one at a time, what is your 46 ? It must be a 47 sentence in your native language. Languages do not only have different sounds, they are also 48 in many other ways. It is very 49 to master the rules of word 50 in the study of English, too. If the 51 puts words in a very unusual order, the listener doesn’t 52 the speaker’s sentence easily.
Another thing we must always 53 is that there are a lot of 54 in the English language. For example when we say “look out!” to a man who is in danger, we 55 mean “Be careful!”
When people are parting, they often say “Good—bye 56 ” “Bye—bye!” But sometimes they 57 say “Good morning!” or “Good afternoon!” or “Good evening!” 58 “Good night!” to one another 59 “Good—bye!” You will find few people 60 who know that “Good—bye!” is a short way of saying “God be with you!”
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A．it B．that C．you D．yourself
A．second B．spoken C．native D．foreign
A．advice B．example C．article D．answer
A．up B．at C．after D．down upon
A．sentence B．book C．phrase D．dictionary
A．idea B．meaning C．answer D．translation
A．wrong B．interesting C．puzzled D．difficult
A．same B．different C．similar D．alike
A．important B．easy C．simple D．hard
A．place B．stress C．order D．formation
A．speaker B．listener C．reader D．writer
A．read B．repeat C．translate D．understand
A．remember B．say C．do D．deal with
A．letters B．words C．phrases D．idioms
A．hardly B．nearly C．really D．clearly
A．and B．or C．instead D．as well
A．don’t B．must C．should D．may
A．or B．nor C．either D．neither
A．without B．instead of C．unless D．more than
A．today B．tomorrow D．in the past
完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
For long, a little boy was wondering why his deskmate could rank 1st in the class whenever he wanted to, while he himself failed to: he only ranked 21st.
At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more 21 than others? I feel I am obedient and as careful as him, but 22 I always fall behind? ” Hearing the words， Mom was aware that her son began to 23 the sense of self-respect, which was now being injured by the ranking system. 24 at him, she went wordless, not knowing 25 to explain.
In another test, the son ranked 17th, while his deskmate remained 1st. Back home he 26 the same question. Mom really wanted to inform his son that 27 differs, which means that students ranking 1st are supposed to be cleverer than normal ones. 28 , was this discouraging answer the one that her son was constantly 29 about? Thank goodness she did not open her mouth.
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ow to answer her son’s question? There were times when she felt an urge to say, “You are too lazy. You are not as hard-working as others…”but she stopped 30 imagining her son suffering from the pains of unsatisfied grades and rankings. She thought it 31 to put any additional burden on his son and was trying to find out a perfect answer.
Time passing swiftly, the son 32 primary school. Despite studying harder and better, he was still unable to keep up with his deskmate. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to 33 him to the sea. During the trip, she managed to give an answer.
Now, the son no longer worries about his 34 , and there are no boring guys who would inquire his grades in primary school, because, 35 the 1st ranking, he is admitted to Tsinghua University. Back home in winter vacation, he was invited to 36 the students and parents in his high school, In the speech, he mentioned a valuable experience in his childhood, “…When my mother and I were lying on the 37 , she pointed to the front and said, “Do you see the seabirds struggling for food over there ?When the waves come near, little birds can rise 38 while awkward seagulls would take more time to complete the process. However, have you noticed birds that finally fly 39 the endless ocean are none other than the awkward seagulls?” The speech 40 many mothers present to tears, including his mother.
A．considerate B．careless C．stupid D．clever
A．what if B．how come C．how about D．what for
A．lose B．have C．win D．beat
A．Shouting B．Glaring C．Staring D．Pointing
A．which B．why C．when D．how
A．raised B．met C．answered D．got
A．intelligence B．right C．knowledge D．strength
A．Therefore B．Still C．Thus D．However
A．enthusiastic B．curious C．crazy D．clear
A．if B．before C．unless D．when
A．cruel B．important C．disappointed D．necessary
A．attended B．started C．finished D．entered
A．guide B．take C．bring D．push
A．homework B．belongings C．health D．rankings
A．in B．by C．with D．on
A．teach B．deliver C．address D．face
A．floor B．road C．bank D．beach
A．quickly B．suddenly C．slowly D．sharply
A．into B．through C．across D．throughout
A．made B．moved C．impressed D．inspired
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