Just off La Rambla Street in Barcelona, I skimmed through The Saints (圣人) of Spain in a bookstore. It would be a good read for the home. At that moment, I couldn’t help thinking of my own personal saint, the angel who’d my trip.
It was the first time for me to travel abroad and I called it a “spiritual journey”. I hadn’t a hotel before setting out I thought I could find a cheap one when I arrived. , it turned out to be a(n) .
I knew Spanish, but the quick, sad of each hotel owner’s head was easily understood — no room at the hotel. The sun had just gone down below the horizon (地平线)，I didn’t know what to do and began to . Just then, an old man came with a hat covering his white hair. He asked me if I needed any help. I supposed maybe he the worried look on my face.
After explaining why I was there, he asked me to him. At first, I whether the stranger did that out of kindness. However, considering my situation, I had no other choice but to him. I walked behind him and passed through a narrow, dark side street. Finally he rang the bell on a door. “You will stay here,” he said. “It is a place.”
He was . My room was huge —with a bed, a desk and even a bath. I wanted to him, but he’d gone away. “This man can be trusted,” I thought.
Now , at the , I felt a tap (轻拍) on my shoulder. It was him ! So he was . “I want to thank you. What’s your name ? ” I said.
“Raphael,” he said. “You’re very welcome.” With that, he went away into the crowd on La Rambla. “He was not an angel but just a kind ,” I thought.
On the planet, I turned to a page in The Saints of Spain by chance. “Raphael,” it read, “is known as the supporter of travellers. He helps guide spiritual journeys.” Yes, he does.
A．train B．boat C．flight D．bus
A．saved B．recorded C．disturbed D．described
A．cleaned B．run C．booked D．left
A．because B．unless C．until D．though
A．At least B．After all C．In all D．In fact
A．warning B．error C．example D．tale
A．little B．some C．old D．only
A．change B．shake C．memory D．thought
A．speak B．rest C．worry D．imagine
A．near B．back C．out D．again
A．remembered B．noticed C．misunderstood D．enjoyed
A．inform B．tolerate C．follow D．defend
A．explained B．doubted C．discussed D．argued
A．look for B．laugh at C．wait for D．believe in
A．dark B．secret C．safe D．good
A．tired B．confused C．right D．independent
A．visit B．invite C．challenge D．thank
A．shop B．hotel C．bookstore D．school
A．real B．active C．selfish D．rude
A．Traveler B．stranger C．adult D．Worker
第三节：完形填空：（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
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Homebuyers nationwide are watching housing prices go up, up, and up. “How high can they go ?” is the common question that 46 in the city is asking. But right now, few people seem to have the answer. “ 47 interest rates（利率） stay at about 5 percent, there’s no way of knowing,”, said a local Guangzhou economist.
“It’s crazy,” said Li Hua, who is 48 a house near the river. “In 1993, I bought my first place, a two-bedroom apartment in Haizhu district, for 100,000 yuan. My friends thought that I was overpaying and said it just wasn’t worth it. Five years later , I had to move to Shenzhen. I 49 it for 160,000 yuan, which was nice profit. Last year, while 50 friends here, I saw in the local paper that exact same 51 was for sale for 450,000 yuan!”
It is a seller’s 52 . Homebuyers feel like they have to offer at least 10 percent more than the asking price just to have a chance. Li Hua says the situation is really diffcult. “Whether you decide to buy or decide not to buy, you still feel like you made the 53 decision. If you buy, you feel like you overpaid. If you don’t buy, you want to kick yourself for passing up a great 54 .”
Everyone says prices must fall, but everyone hopes it will happen the day after they sell their house. 55 government officials have no idea what the future will bring. “All we can say is that these things change,” said the state director of housing. “What goes up must come down.”
46. A. everybody B. somebody C. nobody D. anybody
47. A. When B. As long as C. Before D. As soon as
48. A. looking at B looking out C. looking after D. looking for
49. A. bought B. sold C. got D. gave
50. A. visiting B. watching C. making D. having
51. A. friend B. apartment C. house D. bedroom
52. A. shop B. home C. house D. market
53. A. right B. wrong C. strong D. weak
54. A. opportunity B. time C. happening D. pity
55. A. Even B. When C. As D. Though
第二节完形填空。（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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Christmas was an exciting season for my six-year-old son. For weeks, he’d been memorizing 36 for the “Winter Ceremony” in his kindergarten class. I went to 37 their rehearsal(排演).
As I waited, students were led into the room. Each class, 38 by their teacher, sat cross-legged on the floor. Then, each group, one by one 39 to perform their song. I didn’t expect anything other than fun.
My son’s class rose to sing “Christmas Love”. Those in the front row on the center stage held up large 40 , one by one, to spell out the 41 of the song. When the class sang: “C is for Christmas,” a child would hold up the letter C, then another would hold up “H” for happy, and on and on, 42 each child was holding up a letter, presenting the 43 message, “Christmas Love”.
The performance was going 44 , until suddenly we noticed her, a small, quiet girl in the 45 row holding the letter “M” upside down-totally 46 that her letter “M” appeared as a “W”. The audience began to laugh at this little girl’s 47 . But she had no idea that they were laughing at her, so she stood tall, 48 holding her “W”. 49 many teachers tried to quiet the children, the 50 continued until the last letter was raised, and we all saw it together. A 51 came over the audience and eyes began to 52 . In that instant we understood the 53 why we were there, and even though it was such a busy holiday, there was a(n) 54 for celebrating Christmas. When the 55 letter was held high, the message read loud and clear: “ CHRIST WAS LOVE”. And I believe that this is why Christmas is so important.
36. A. songs B. message C. texts D. performance
37. A. direct B. celebrate C. design D. attend
38. A. led B. accompanied C. looked D. pulled
39. A. stood B. turned C. rose D. came
40. A. letters B. words C. names 
D. boards
41. A. topic B. title C. idea D. theme
42. A. when B. after C. until D. while
43. A. exact B. complete C. proper D. right
44. A. smoothly B. happily C. heatedly D. joyfully
45. A. back B. middle C. left D. front
46. A. ignoring B. unknown C. unaware D. recognizing
47. A. action B. play C. mistake D. joke
48. A. highly B. proudly C. clearly D. bravely
49. A. Unless B. As C. Although D. In spite of
50. A. performance B. laughter C. audience D. message
51. A. fear B. worry C. pride D. silence
52. A. widen B. close C. rise D. wink
53. A. cause B. reason C. way D. place
54. A. purpose B. excuse C. reward D. song
55. A. seventh B. middle C. last D. full
第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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The Pecan Thief
When I was six years old, I was visiting my grandfather’s
farm in Kansas. Grandpa had sent me into the 36 to gather
pecans for us to enjoy later.
Pecan picking was really 37 work and my little basket
was only half full. I wasn’t about to 38 Grandpa down. Just
then something caught my 39 . A large brown squirrel was
a few feet away. I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree and 40 in a large hole in the trunk. A moment later the squirrel 41 out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut. Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place.
Not so 42 anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole. It was 43 with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my 44 . Handful by handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my basket. Now it was full! I was so 45 of myself. I couldn’t wait to show Grandpa all the pecans. 46 , I ran back and shouted, “Look at all the pecans!” He looked into the basket and said, “Well, well, how did you find so many?” I told him how I’d 47 the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place.
Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I’d been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he did something that 48 me. He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently 49 my shoulders.
“That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter 50 of food,” he said. “Now that all of his pecans are gone, don’t you think that little squirrel will 51 the cold winter? ”
“I didn’t think about that, ” I said.
“I know,” Grandpa said. “But a good man should never take 52 of someone else’s hard work.”
Suddenly I felt a bit 53 . The image of the starving squirrel wouldn’t 54 my mind. There was only one thing I could do. I carried the basket back to the tree and poured all the nuts into the hole.
I didn’t eat any pecans that night, but I had something much more filling—the 55 of knowing I had done just the right thing.
36．A．rooms B．woods C．holes D．roads
37．A．hard B．dirty C．light D．easy
38．A．let B．settle C．have D．keep
39．A．sweater B．basket C．eye D．hand
40．A．joined B．lived C．discovered D．disappeared
41．A．jumped B．held C．stood D．found
42．A．strange B．secret C．anxious D．patient
43．A．covered B．filled C．rebuilt D．decorated
44．A．turn B．choice C．chance D．achievement
45．A．afraid B．ashamed C．careful D．proud
46．A．Otherwise B．However C．Besides D．Therefore
47．A．driven B．followed C．protected D．caught
48．A．annoyed B．satisfied C．surprised D．delighted
49．A．off B．beside C．over D．around
50．A．supply B．cost C．support D．preparation
51．A．escape B．spend C．survive D．fled
52．A．place B．notice C．advantage D．charge
53．A．guilty B．unconfident C．embarrassed D．nervous
54．A．open B．leave C．cross D．occupy
55．A．inspiration B．expectation C．impression D．satisfaction
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a 36 for four generations to become one. The 
table was always 37 with food from wonderful 
family recipes（食谱）all containing 38 as the main ingredient（成分）. And always that grandfather clock stood like a trusted old family 39 , sharing our happiness.
As I was a child, the old clock 40 me. I watched and listened to it during meals. I 41 how at different times of the day, that clock would strike with a wonderful 42 . Year after year, the clock struck a part of my 43 , a part of my heart.
Even more wonderful to me was what my grandfather did each day. He 44 wound that clock with a special and magic key, which 45 the clock ticking and striking. He never let that clock wind down and 46 . When we grandkids got a little older, he showed us how to 47 the clock.
Several days after my grandfather died, I entered the dining room, with tears flowing 48 . The clock stood desertedly 49 , 
seeming smaller and not as magnificent as before. I couldn’t 5
0 to look at it.
Years later, my grandmother gave me the clock and the key. The old house was quiet. I opened the clock door with my shaking hand. Then 51 , reverently（虔诚地）, I entered the key and wound the clock. It sprang to 52 . Tick – tock , tick – tock, life and chimes were 53 into the dining room, into house and into my 54 . In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather 55 again.
A．party B．time C．place D．situation
A．filled B．cleared C．spread D．left
A．wine B．surprise C．fish D．love
A．friend B．guard C．doctor D．lawyer
A．disappointed B．encouraged C．interested D．comforted
A．questioned B．remembered C．doubted D．wondered
A．sound B．hammer C．voice D．beat
A．studies B．opinions C．memories D．brains
A．strangely B．carefully C．eagerly D．usually
A．got B．kept C．prevented D．found
A．break B．fall C．stop D．move
A．wind B．repair C．read D．clean
A．unexpectedly B．gently C．difficultly D．freely
A．ticking B．moving C．noisy D．quiet
A．help B．bear C．hope D．insist
A．slowly B．quickly C．unwillingly D．naturally
A．feet B．hands C．sense D．life
A．breathed B．blown C．taken D．sent
A．study B．bedroom C．heart D．mind
A．died B．lived C．smiled D．sang
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Growing up, I had a scar on my face — a perfect arrow in the center of my cheek, pointing at my left eye. I 36 it when I was three, long before I knew that scars were a 37 thing, especially for a girl. I only knew that my scar brought me 38 and tenderness and candy. As I got older, I began to take 39in my scar, in part to stop people laughing at me, but mainly as a reaction to the thought that I should feel uncomfortable. It’s true. I was 40 the first couple of times someone pointed at my 41 and asked, “What’s that?” or called me “Scarface.” But the more I heard how 42 my scar was, the more I found myself liking it.
When I turned fifteen, my parents — 43 the advice of a doctor — decided it was time to 44 on what was now a thick, shiny red scar.
“But I don’t mind the scar, really,” I told my father as he 45 that I would have the operation during my summer vacation. And my friends, along with my boyfriend at the time, 46 as I did, that my scar was 47 and almost pretty in its own way. After so many years, it was a 48 of me. But my father said it was a deformity (畸形). I don’t know what 49 more that day: hearing my father call my scar a deformity, 50 realizing that it didn’t 51 to him how I felt about it.
I did have the operation that summer.
In my late twenties, I took a long look at my scar, something I hadn’t done in years. 52, it could be seen in the right light, but no one 53 me about it anymore. As I leaned uneasily toward the mirror, I felt a sudden 54.
There was something powerful about my scar and the proud person I 55 because of it. I have never been quite so strong since they cut it out.
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