After the birth of my second child. I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced ______ for a few days, I was _____ to wait tables on my own. All went______ that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily ______ the tables not far from the kitchen. ______, I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘).
Before I knew it, the ______ was full of people. I moved slowly，______ every step. I remember how _____ I was when I saw the tray stand (架子) near the tables. It looked different from the one I was ______ on. It had nice handles, which made it ______ to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to ______ I was a natural at this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved ______ you work. It seems your stray stand has been very ______ to you, but we are getting ready to______ now, and my wife needs her ______ back.”
At first his ______ did not get across. “What was he talking about?” Then I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was _____. I wanted to get into a hole and ______.
Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just ______. I have learned to be more ______ and not to be too sure of myself.
A．manager B．assistant C．cook D．waitress
A．promised B．invited C．allowed D．advised
A．well B．quickly C．safely D．wrong
A．left B．given C．brought D．show
A．Therefore B．However C．Otherwise D．Finally
A．kitchen B．street C．restaurant D．table
A．minding B．changing C．taking D．saving
A．angry B．calm C．sad D．happy
A．fixed B．trained C．loaded D．waited
A．slower B．lighter C．quieter D．easier
A．believe B．agree C．regret D．pretend
A．letting B．making C．watching D．having
A．useful B．familiar C．unusual D．interesting
A．rest B．order C．eat D．leave
A．bag B．walker C．tray D．coat
A．idea B．praise C．message D．need
A．cold B．full of joy C．pale D．on fire
A．lie B．hide C．defend D．stay
A．repeated B．discovered C．corrected D．described
A．careful B．patient C．honest D．practical
第二部分：语言知识及运用（满分25分）
第一节完形填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
Trees are useful to man in three very important ways. They provide him with wood and other __21__ ; they give him shade; they help to prevent drought(干旱)and __22__.
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important.
Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire, but,__23__its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to__24__,the home country found itself faced by floods and starvation.
Even where a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for__25__to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food with ; and he can earn money by making charcoal or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after new trees. So, unless the government has a good system of control, or can__26__the people, the forests will slowly disappear.
This does not only mean that the villagers’ sons and grandsons have__27__trees. The results are even more serious; for where there are trees, their roots break the soil up—allowing the rain to sink in—and also bind(结合)the soil, thus preventing its__28__washed away easily, but where there are no trees ,the rain falls on hard ground and carrying__29__with it the rich top soil, in which crops__30__so well. With all the topsoil gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.
21．A. uses B. products C. production D. result
22．A. floods B. soil C. air D .sunlight
23．A. with B. by C. on D. without
24．A. break B. unite C. bits D. pieces
25．A. it B. them C. he D. they
26．A. ask B. educate C. want D. remove
27．A. a few B. fewer C. a little D. little
28．A. been B. being C. is D. was
29．A. away B. off C. with D. by
30．A. come B. grow C. get D. Turn
55. Because of his English, he couldn’t talk to the foreigner .
A．limiting; free B．limited; free C．limited; freely D．limiting; freely
第二节：完形填空（共20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最佳选项。
Walking down the street the other day, I happened to notice a small purse on the sidewalk. I __36__ it up and opened it to see __37__ I could find out the owner’s name. There was __38__ inside it except some change and an old photo --- a picture of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old, __39__ looked like __40__ woman’s daughter. I put the photo back and took the purse to the police station, __41__ I handed it to the desk sergeant. Before I __42__, the sergeant took down my name and address in case the owner __43__ want to write and thank me.
That evening, I went to have __44__ with my aunt and uncle. A young woman had also been invited so that there would be __45__ people at the table. Her face was __46__. I was quite sure that we had __47__ before, but I could not remember where I had seen her. During the course of conversation, however, the young woman __48__ to mention (说起) that she had lost a purse with some change and an old photo, and she had the photo __49__ in her childhood. All at once I __50__ where I had seen her. She was the young girl in the photo, __51__ she was now much older. She was very __52__, of course, when I was able to tell her all about the __53__. My uncle insisted on going to the police station immediately __54__ the purse. As the police sergeant handed it over, he said that it was an amusing coincidence (巧合) that I had not only found the purse but also the __55__ who had lost it.
36. A. took B. picked C. brought D. lifted
37. A. when B. what C. how D. if
38. A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing
39. A. who B. that C. which D. whom
40. A. a B. an C. the D. one
41. A. where B. when C. which D. what
42. A. arrived B. left C. went D. turned
43. A. should B. could C. must D. might
44. A. dinner B. talk C. party D. meeting
45. A. two B. three C. four D. five
46. A. familiar B. same C. famous D. similar
47. A. seen B. met C. looked D. talked
48. A. meant B. happened C. wanted D. decided
49. A. found B. made C. lost D. taken
50. A. wondered B. believed C. realized D. regretted
51. A. unless B. since C. because D. although
52. A. worried B. sad C. exciting D. surprised
53. A. woman B. purse C. policeman D. girl
54. A. for B. with C. by D. to
55. A. man B. citizen C. person D. Guest
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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上。
After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 21 , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a 22 in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”
But John 23 closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 24 work yet, maybe there is something we could do. ” It has nothing to do with us, Mary 25 .
But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 26 . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John 27 her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the 28 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left. ”
In spite of Mary’s disagreement John 29 for the basement which was full of smoke and 30 hot. He found the door and two children. 31 he left he could hear some more sobbing. He 32 the two badly frightened children into 33 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him 34 more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 35 ! That house will fall down any second. ”
36 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 37 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 38 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the 39 and fresh air, he found that he had just 40 his own children.
The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.
21．A．direction B．mistake C．smoke D．danger
22．A．plant B． home C．store D．kitchen
23．A．ran B．walked C．rode D． drove
24．A．off B．at C． to D．on
25．A．whispered B． disagreed C．nodded D．required
26．A．flames B．pieces C．ruins D．silence
27．A．pushed B．greeted C． seized D．stopped
28．A．hall B．department C．house D． basement
29．A．went B． rushed C．asked D．reached
30．A．heavily B．terribly C．partly D．slightly
31．A． As B．If C．Since D．Unless
32．A．comforted B．protected C．recognized D． delivered
33．A．cheering B．freezing C．suffering D． waiting
34．A．many B．several C．two D．three
35．A．foolish B． dangerous C．practical D．painful
36．A．But B．So C．Instead D．Therefore
37．A．wide B．dirty C．final D． endless
38．A．particular B．familiar C．interesting D．fortunate
39．A．car B．crowd C． sunlight D．arms
40．A． found B． rescued C．lost D．Missed
第三节完型填空（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21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
He lost his arms in an accident that caused the death of his father. Then his 21 became his shadow, never leaving him alone for years. 22 writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.
As the two brothers grew up together, they had their 23 of problems and they would often quarrel. Then one day, his younger brother decided to 24 separate from him, living his own life as many 25 people do. So he was heart-broken and didn’t know what to do.
A 26 misfortune happened to a girl, too. One night she tried to 27 meals for her sick mother, only to overturn the kerosene light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her 28 away.
Though her elder sister in another city 29 her willingness to take care of her, she was
30 to learn to be completely independent. At school, she 31 studied hard.
One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to 32 on a television interview program and asked to 33 something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote; My younger brother’s arms are my arms; 34 the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.
They had both 35 the same pain, but their different attitudes determined the nature of their lives. It is true that life is unpredictable（难以预料）. Disasters can strike at 36 time. If you choose only to complain and 37 , it will always follow you 38 you go. But if you decide to be 39 , the hard moment will 40 to be one when new hopes will arise.
21．A．older sister B．uncle C．younger brother D．mother
22．A．Instead of B．Except for C．Thanks to D．In spite of
23．A．share B．goal C．agreement D．enjoyment
24．A．live B．tell C．come D．learn
25．A．rich B．normal C．unlucky D．disabled
26．A．different B．strange C．special D．similar
27．A．prepare B．offer C．have D．order
28．A．ears B．toes C．feet D．hands
29．A．explained B．showed C．pointed D．discussed
30．A．satisfied B．excited C．determined D．disappointed
31．A．hardly B．seldom C．always D．sometimes
32．A．sing B．dance C．turn D．appear
33．A．say B．draw C．write D．copy
34．A．while B．when C．since D．unless
35．A．hidden B．suffered C．discovered D．overcome
36．A．one B．no C．any D．this
37．A．comfort B．Discourage C．watch D．escape
38．A．whenever B．wherever C．if D．because
39．A．silent B．noisy C．weak D．strong
40．A．turn out B．bring about C．come up D．give off
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