From the earliest times men seem to have noticed the habits of insects, and to have learnt lessons from them. Ants and bees work very hard during the summer, ____ enough food to last during the winter. They give us a good example to __
__. If we waste time when the conditions are good for work, we shall probably __
__ later and when we really want to work, we are __
__ to do so.
Moths, and some other insects, cannot help flying towards a light of any kind. The attraction seems to be too strong for them. ____, they often __
__ themselves by flying into something that is burning, such as a lighted candle. In some countries, when such insects as flying ants become a nuisance(讨厌的东西), people __
__ themselves by lighting fires at the doors of their cottages. Sometimes the insects fly into the fire in such large __
__ that they put it out. In literature we often find poets warning us of the danger of being attracted by __
__ or beautiful things that will destroy us.
Butterflies are admired for their ____, though they receive very little praise for anything else. They fly __
__ in the sunshine, going from flower to flower, happy all day long, leading a life of __
__. They are beautiful, but it seems that they are not of much __
__ use to anybody. Some human beings lead very much the same sort of life __
__ they are butterflies of society.
Locusts are ____, though. They are active enough. They spend their time eating the food of others. __
_ there are men like this, destroying things wherever they go, taking for themselves __
__ belongs to others, using up everything and __
__ nothing. They are human __
__.
Perhaps it may be said that even the worst insects have one use: they ____ us not to be like them.
A. raising B. picking C. collecting D. growing
A. learn B. copy C. set D. accept
A. work B. realize C. suffer D. miss
A. anxious B. unnecessary C. nervous D. unable
A. As a result B. After allC. In the meanwhile D. What's more
A. destroy B. heat C. devote D. kill
A. prevent B. keep C. protect D. escape
A. teams B. numbers C. groups D. lines
A. bright B. burning C. firing D. lighting
A. colour B. attraction C. beauty D. work
A. about B. up C. down D. high
A. happiness B. pleasure C. business D. value
A. real B. true C. proper D. right
A. but B. and C. or D. though
A. different B. similar C. interesting D. exciting
A. Luckily B. Generally C. Unfortunately D. Usually
A. that B. which C. all D. what
A. preparing B. making C. storing D. producing
A. locusts B. moths C. enemies D. butterflies.
A. tell B. suggest C. warn D. ask
完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。
Yang Yang was a native of Liaoning Province. When he was in Grade Two, his got worse. Later he was found to have sick changes to his retina (视网膜). At 15, he had to school because of his injured eyes.
“Though I my eyesight, I wanted very much to read and study, even if just for ,” Yang says. “My parents my eyes. They have read to me since my childhood.”
Yang the national college entrance exam and entered the Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, where he acupuncture (针灸). In 1999, Yang graduated from college and decided to go on for education.
Later Yang bought a special software (软件) which helped him to the Internet and send e-mails.With the software, Yang hoped to a postgraduate (研究生) degree. But he found that no Chinese offered such degrees specifically for sight-injured people. As the first step toward getting a post-graduate from a foreign university, Yang decided to take the TOEFL for the blind.
After English through computers,Yang took the test in Hong Kong, a mark of 97 out of 120. After taking part in video interviews and the necessary forms and papers, Yang was to the University of Southern California.
“Studying can help me my life. One can change one’s life through effort. I believe that with effort, a child can draw a world if you give him a pen and paper,” Yang says.
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完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。
Being positive is very important. So I often my son to be positive. But one day I was caught not doing what I often tell him to do.
My son is 7 years old and he was a show to be put on at his school. He was playing the role of an angel. On the evening before the show, he asked me, “Mom, can we angels?” As usual, I seized(抓住)the to teach him to be positive and I said, “Yes, but only those who are perfect, and think and talk positively can.” He asked, “You must have seen them then?”
I was for a few seconds, not knowing what to say. I was touched by his that his mother was a perfect person. He looked into my eyes, a positive answer. I chose to be with him and told him, “No. I’ve not been a good person all the time.” I was almost to admit this to him. I thought that his of a perfect mother would now surely be torn into pieces. But he it positively and said, “It’s all right. You know to try to be better from now on.” I smiled as I replied, “ That’s . Sometimes, we might make a , but when we do, we must always try to do better.”
My son’s struck me right in my heart and are always with me. I learned a good lesson that day “to always try to be better.” This will always me in all situations where I’ll need to be positive.
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。
A little boy wanted to meet God．He knew it was a long trip to the place where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with a bag of potato chips and a six-pack of beer and started his ．When he had gone three blocks, he met an old woman．She was sitting in the ，just staring at some pigeons(鸽子)．The boy sat down next to her and opened his suitcase．He was about to take a drink from his beer he noticed that the old lady looked , so he offered her some chips．
She them and smiled．Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it ，so he offered her some beer．Again, she smiled at him．The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling a word．
As evening came，the boy realized how he was and he got up to leave．But before he had gone more than a few steps，he turned ，ran back to the old woman, and gave her a ．She gave him her biggest smile ever．When the boy went back，his mother was surprised at his look．She asked him, "What made you so happy?" He replied, "I had lunch with ." But before his mother could respond, he added．"You know what? She's got the most beautiful smile I've ever !"
Meanwhile, the old woman returned home．Her son was at the look of peace on her face and asked, "Mother, what made you so happy?" She replied, "I ate chips in the park with God." , before her son responded, she added, "You know, he's much than I expected."
Too often we don't care too much about the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear or the smallest act of ，all of which have the potential(潜力)to turn a life around．People come into our lives for a season, or a lifetime．
Embrace(拥抱)all ! If you want to have lunch with God, bring ．
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。
One day, a woman from The Express News called. She said she wanted to work on a(n) on me. When she had finished me for the article, she asked, “What are you planning to do next?”
Well, at that , there was actually nothing I was planning on doing next, and what _ out for us was, “I’m thinking about the Guinness Book of World Records for Fastest-Talking Female.”
The newspaper article came out the next day, and the writer had my final remarks(评论)about trying to break the World’s Fastest-Talking Female record. At about 5:00 that afternoon, I got a from Larry King, asking me to go on the . They would me up at 8:00 — because they wanted me to do it that night!
I the phone for a while, and then I called Guinness to find out to break a fast-talking record. They told me I would have to recite something. I began . I was both and excited at the same time.
At 8:00, the car came. I practised the whole way there, and by the time I reached the ___ . I was tongue-tied. I asked the woman in charge, “What I don’t break the record?”
“Larry doesn’t if you break it or not,” she said. ” “He just cares that you try it on his show.” So I asked myself, “What’s the that can happen? I’ll look like a fool on television!” A thing, I told myself, I could live through that. And what if I break the record?
So I decided just to give it my best shot, and I did. I broke the record, becoming the World’s Fastest-Talking Female speaking 585 words in one minute!
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。
I still remember my first day in the U.S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very and it was snowing, but I was too excited to_. From the airport, my friend and I a taxi to my . On the way I saw the skyline（天际线） of Manhattan（曼哈顿） for the_time and I stared in surprise at the famous skyscrapers （摩天大厦）and their man-made . Helping me unpack（卸下包裹） at the hotel, my friend left and to return the next day.
my friend had left, I went to a near the hotel to get something to eat. Since（因为） I couldn’t speak a single of English, I couldn’t tell the what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some , but he didn’t understand me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I didn’t feel tired, so I to walk around the city. I wanted to see _on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.
When I to the hotel, I couldn’t fall asleep, lay and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to English.
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