When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very . Some stories are told they were true. Real people who live in a world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not . They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be for us.
But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only . How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter ,we seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than . Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of . When we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our --which is real—and our imagination—which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy(幻想) the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we that we are real and they are . It sounds ,but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.
A．possible B．easy C．new D．different
A．that B．What C．whether D．as if
A．usual B．normal C．certain D．common
A．realistic B．reasonable C．moral D．instructive
A．difficult B．impossible C．important D．necessary
A．thinkable B．designed C．imagined D．planned
A．do B．make C．have D．are
A．lessons B．dreams C．experience D．magic
A．working B．thinking C．living D．understanding
A．knowledge B．skill C．Words D．grammar
A．make B．get C．use D．have
A．a newspaper B．something C．everything D．a story
A．find B．learn C．know D．hope
A．too B．not C．all D．so
A．dangerous B．serious C．strange D．terrible
A．talk B．learn C．read D．think
A．telling B．pretending C．promising D．guessing
A．mind B．life C．world D．society
A．heart B．time C．money D．ourselves
A．what B．how C．when D．why
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。
Children with learning disabilities (LD) often have problems. For many, strong feelings of 36 , anger, sadness, or shame can lead to 37 difficulties such as anxiety, depression, or low self-esteem. These problems can be far more than the academic challenges themselves.
Several leading experts in the field of LD have offered 38 to parents on ways to help 39 their children from these problems.
To be most effective in supporting your child, 40 can help to understand some underlying(not easily noticed) 41 for the psychological and emotional challenges he(she) may 42 .
First, it is not difficult to see 43 children with LD are at greater risk for developing psychological difficulties 44 one considers the repeated failure they experience as they 45 their way through the educational system, which may misunderstand or ignore their needs. 46 their efforts to "try harder," children with LD may receive little 47 feedback. Their academic struggles and failures are often met with 48 by teachers, peers, and parents. Such disapproval can take the form of negative labeling of a child as "slow," "lazy," or "dumb." 49 developing a sense of pride in their accomplishments, children with LD may 50 in frustration and shame. Low self-esteem and a lack of confidence only further 51 with learning and academic success.
The second reason is the 52 difficulties they often experience. Research indicates that as many as 75% of kids with LD have such difficulties as making and keeping friends. Children with learning disabilities are less 53 , and often rejected by their peers. Teachers and other adults also may 54 to have negative views of children with learning disabilities. Such social rejection can result in loss of self-esteem and feelings of loneliness, which, 55 , may lead to psychological difficulties such as anxiety and depression.
36. A. frustration B. excitement C. surprise D. curiosity
37. A. academic B. cultural C. physical D. psychological
38. A. help B. suggestions C. chances D. comments
39. A. prevent B. protect C. prohibit D. persuade
40. A. they B. parents C. it D. experts
41. A. excuses B. opinions C. directions D. reasons
42. A. expect B. imagine C. face D. ignore
43. A. why B. where C. which D. when
44. A. unless B. though C. if D. because
45. A. feel B. find C. change D. fight
46. A. Without B. Despite C. Through D. Due to
47. A. positive B. negative C. subjective D. sensitive
48. A. support B. sympathy C. disapproval D. complaint
49. A. Other than B. Rather than C. More than D. Less than
50. A. stay up B. turn up C. pick up D. end up
51. A. compare B. mix C. interfere D. compete
52. A. social B. economic C. technical D. learning
53. A. invited B. accepted C. criticized D. impressed
54. A. tend B. wait C. manage D. desire
55. A. in general B. in particular C. in total D. in turn
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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The story I'm going to tell truly happened in my life.
The other day, I met a man outside the gym who 21 a movie star. He was handsome and smiling. His upper body was muscular and he 22 to be on top of the world.
"How are you?" I 23 with a smile. "I'm doing really well," he replied in a cheerful voice. His enthusiasm and big smile 24 the parking garage. 25 as he walked up, I 26 his long legs were thin and I saw he had a silver cane (手杖). "Why do you need that cane?" I couldn't 27
thinking he had a minor injury. "I have MS," he answered in a 28 voice too, as his broad smile 29 left his face. Multiple Sclerosis is a very serious disease and often painful. I looked at him from my little red sports car and said, "You 30 it very well. You seem like a happy man 31
the MS. " Without losing a bit of his smile he replied, "I am a happy man," and then added, "I'd be even happier if I had that sports 32 . "
It was ironic (讽刺的). Just 33 we spoke, I'd been sitting in that little sports car, feeling sad about my painful shoulder over the last 11 months although ! was 34 after an operation. Here's a man with a 35 far tougher than mine, but his positive attitude made him feel no 36
happiness. He went on with his enjoyment of life as usual, which moved me deeply.
It was also a wonderful reminder of that old 37 , "t cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet. " 38 your problems, just keep in 39 that none of us goes through life 40 and like the man with MS, make the most of what you have. Count your blessings.
21．A．stared at B．talked about C．agreed with D．looked like
22．A．conducted B．appeared C．performed D．pretended
23．A．questioned B．advised C．complained D．greeted
24．A．lit up B．put up C．held up D．kept up
25．A．So B．And C．But D．Though
26．A．diagnosed B．noticed C．examined D．checked
27．A．want B．set C．wait D．help
28．A．cheerful B．sad C．low D．painful
29．A．sometimes B．regularly C．never D．always
30．A．need B．handle C．demand D．deal
31．A．in spite of B．in return for C．thanks to D．but for
32．A．training B．coach C．coat D．car
33．A．when B．until C．before D．since
34．A．recovering B．suffering C．repairing D．benefiting
35．A．direction B．location C．situation D．position
36．A．fewer B．less C．further D．more
37．A．story B．news C．saying D．lesson
38．A．Whatever B．However C．Whichever D．Whenever
39．A．head B．brain C．heart D．mind
40．A．completely B．easily C．hardly D．lightly
5．Jurors said there was no clear evidence_________they meant to mislead investors.
A．which B．that C．what D．When
Kate said“Hello” to Mr.Pater as she entered. She picked up a wire basket and walked towards the back of the store 1 the rice was kept.The room was quite large and divided by three long aisles(过道),with rows of shelves full of 2 .Besides her and Mr.Pater there were only two boys in the store.They were both wearing 3 overcoats.They looked rather 4 because the overcoats were too big for them. 5 she heard one of them whisper to 6 .She walked on to the next aisle and found the 7 she was looking for.Then she heard something else.It 8 like a box dropping on the floor.She looked through the small open space 9 goods on the shelf and saw one of the boys picking up a box.But 10 putting it in the basket,he dropped 11 into the inside pocket of his overcoat.Kate looked back and 12 see Mr.Pater at the door checking through a list.Then she looked through the 13 in the shelf again,the boys still had their backs to her.They were putting something 14 into their inside pockets and then one of them said,“Lets get out of here.” They moved away from her.
When she got to the door the two boys were 15 her.She watched them 16 for the few things in their 17 .They had both 18 their overcoats.Mr.Pater did not seem to know what they had done.He even 19 at them as they were about to 20 .Now, Kate decided to stop them.
A．which B．that C．there D．where
A．books B．baskets C．goods D．magazines
A．dirty B．long C．grey D．tight
A．strange B．young C．nervous D．excited
A．Look up B．Listen to me C．Watch out D．Put it down
A．him B．her C．the boy D．the other
A．book B．rice C．bag D．magazine
A．looked B．heard C．showed D．sounded
A．between B．of C．around D．at
A．instead of B．before C．without D．as if
A．something B．it C．one D．that
A．would B．should C．might D．could
A．spot B．space C．goods D．books
A．important B．new C．else D．extra
A．looking at B．talking to C．in front of D．behind
A．paying B．looking C．asking D．reaching
A．hands B．pockets C．box D．basket
A．thrown out B．put on C．buttoned D．hidden
A．shouted B．smiled C．looked D．laughed
A．leave B．pay C．speak D．apologize
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(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Many people go to school for 36 . They learn languages, history, geography, physics, chemistry and mathematics. 37 go to school to learn a skill 38 they can make a living. School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn 39 from school. A teacher, no matter how much he 40 , can not teach his students everything they 41 to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students 42 to learn. He teaches 43 how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned 44 school by the students themselves.
It is always more 45 to study by oneself than to remember some facts or formulas (公式). It is quite 46 to learn a certain fact in history 47 a formula in mathematics. But it is very difficult to 48 a formula in working out a maths problem. Great 49 such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo didn’t get everything from school. But they were 50 successful. They knew 51 to study, they read books that 52 not taught at school. They worked hard all their lives 53 not a single moment. They 54 ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.
Above all, they knew how to use their 55 .
36. A. education B. educating C. study D. learning
37. A. Other B. Others C. The other D. Another
38. A. such that B. so as to C. so that D. in order
39. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
40. A. understands B. will know C. knows D. knew
41. A. eager B. want C. ask D. wanted
42. A. how B. what C. when D. where
43. A. the teacher B. them C. student D. the student
44. A. at B. inside C. outside D. out
45. A. possible B. important C. impossible D. unimportant
46. A. easy B. uneasy C. difficult D. hard
47. A. but B. and C. or D. other
48. A. learn B. use C. study D. work
49. A. scientists B. teachers C. students D. people
50. A. either B. both C. all D. neither
51. A. what B. which C. this D. why
52. A. is B. were C. will be D. have been
53. A. waste B. wasted C. wasting D. to waste
54. A. could B. should C. might D. would
55. A. cleverness B. thoughts C. hearts D. brains
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