The following story is from my friend, Peter. His job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier（边境） to make sure that they were not smuggling （走私）anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming ____ the hill towards the frontier, ____ a bike with a pile of goods of old straw（稻草）on it. When the bike ____ the frontier, Peter would stop the man and ____ him take the straw off and untie（解开） it. Then he would examine the straw very ____ to see ____ he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets ____ he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always ____ to find gold or other valuable things that ____ in the straw, he never found ____. He was sure the man was ____ something, but he was not ____ to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked ____ the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets ____ usual, he ___ to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things ____ this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today’s my ____day on the job. Tomorrow I’m going to ____. I promise I shall not tell ____ if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for ____. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”
A．up B．down C．to D．towards
A．filling B．pulling C．pushing D．carrying
A．arrived B．reached C．came D．appeared
A．ask B．order C．let D．call
A．carefully B．quickly C．silently D．horribly
A．That B．where C．how D．whether
A．before B．after C．first D．so
A．lucky B．hoping C．thinking D．wondering
A．had been hidden B．hidden C．hiding D．were hidden
A．Nothing B．something C．everything D．anything
A．taking B．smuggling C．stealing D．pushing
A．possible B．strong C．able D．clever
A．through B．thoroughly C．upon D．up
A．like B．more C．then D．as
A．told B．cried C．ordered D．said
A．cross B．past C．across D．into
A．first B．last C．second D．third
A．die B．back C．leave D．return
A．everyone B．anyone C．no one D．someone
A．sometimes B．some times C．sometime D．some time
完形填空：（每个小题1分，共20分）
One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I 21 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, 22 he knew me. The man had a newspaper 23 in front of him, which he was 24 to read , but I could 25 that he was keeping an eye on me . when the waiter brought my 26 the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the 27 way in which the waiter and I 28 each other. He seemed even more puzzled as 29 went on and it became 30 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the 31 . When he came out , he paid his bill and 32 without another glance in my direction .
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 33 . “Well,” he said , “that man was a detective (侦探) . He 34 you here because he though you were the man he 35 .” “What ?” I said , showing my 36 . The owner continued , “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I 37 say he looked very much like you ! Of course , since we know you , we told him that he had made a 38 .” “Well , it’s really 39 I came to a restaurant where I’m known ,” I said . “ 40 , I might have been in trouble .”
A．knew B．understood C．noticed D．recognized
A．since B．even if C．though D．as if
A．flat B．open C．cut D．fixed
A．hoping B．thinking C．pretending D．continuing
A．see B．find C．guess D．learn
A．menu B．bill C．paper D．food
A．direct B．familiar C．strange D．funny
A．chatted with B．looked at C．laughed at D．talked about
A．the waiter B．time C．I D．the dinner
A．true B．hopeful C．clear D．possible
A．restaurant B．washroom C．office D．kitchen
A．left B．acted C．sat down D．calmed down
A．wanted B．tried C．ordered D．wished
A．met B．caught C．followed D．discovered
A．was to beat B．was dealing with C．was to meet D．was looking for
A．care B．surprise C．worry D．regret
A．must B．can C．need D．may
A．discovery B．mistake C．decision D．fortune
A．a pity B．natural C．a chance D．lucky
A．Thus B．However C．Otherwise D．Therefore
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 future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ------ Eleanor Roosevelt
My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural disasters. When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with __36__ in spite of the terrible surroundings. The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land, __37__ great losses.
For the __38__ I felt sorry especially, but I __39__ to be hopeless. I decided that where I was, I could do __40__ to help them. I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who __41__ my knock, “I know that you are __42__ and give the birds that come to your yard a little __43__. Please consider me your bird. Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your __44__. I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the __45__ children.”
No one seemed to __46__ giving me a handful of rice, even __47__ they had little themselves. On Sunday, I would go to the __48__ and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to __49__ to the children.
One day, I came to a house that had __50__ to give. I told my story and asked if I could be their bird. The woman called her daughters, and __51__ gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for __52__ and rice from the other “bird feeders”, and they gave them to me. Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even __53__ only this small way. The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to it for food and clothing.
“Consider me your bird.” My __54__ idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was __55__ some peace.
A．sorrow B．hope C．comfort D．happiness
A．suffered B．survived C．covered D．made
A．farmers B．citizens C．villagers D．children
A．wanted B．failed C．refused D．stopped
A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
A．said B．replied C．answered D．spoke
A．glad B．kind C．rich D．friendly
A．water B．money C．nest D．rice
A．kitchen B．room C．door D．garden
A．brave B．hungry C．promising D．nervous
A．mind B．escape C．practice D．enjoy
A．so B．that C．as D．when
A．village B．hometown C．temple D．house
A．give in B．give up C．give away D．give over
A．much B．little C．many D．few
A．every B．each C．neither D．none
A．help B．advice C．food D．change
A．by B．with C．on D．in
A．clever B．childish C．foolish D．effective
A．creating B．mending C．developing D．managing
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
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。
When I was in seventh grade, I was a candy striper(志愿做护士助手的小姑娘) at a local hospital in my town. Most of the 41 I spent there was with Mr Gillespie. He never had any 42 , and nobody seemed to care about his 43 .
I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him,__44__anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, 45 he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏) of my hand. Mr Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).
I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr Gillespie was 46 . I didn’t have the 47 to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might 48 me he had died.
Several 49 later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face. When I 50 who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was 51 ! I built up the courage to ask him if his name was Mr Gillespie. With a(n) 52 look on his face, he replied yes. I 53 how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever 54 .
He began to tell me how, 55 he lay there comatose, he could hear me talking to him and could 56 me holding his hand the whole time. Mr Gillespie 57 believed that it was my voice and 58 that had kept him alive.
Although I haven’t 59 him since, he fills my heart with 60 every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death.
A．money B．energy C．time D．effort
A．visitors B．relatives C．patients D．problems
A．interest B．requirement C．condition D．thought
A．talking about B．looking for C．pointing out D．helping out
A．so B．even though C．yet D．as if
A．dead B．mad C．gone D．excited
A．right B．chance C．courage D．time
A．cheat B．tell C．remind D．warn
A．days B．weeks C．months D．years
A．realized B．wondered C．heard D．asked
A．great B．alive C．successful D．lucky
A．happy B．uncertain C．nervous D．proud
A．apologized B．remembered C．explained D．told
A．dreamed B．shown C．wanted D．received
A．because B．if C．unless D．as
A．notice B．feel C．imagine D．appreciate
A．hardly B．rightly C．firmly D．wrongly
A．humour B．worry C．touch D．treatment
A．forgotten B．called C．missed D．seen
A．joy B．regret C．respect D．honour
完形填空(共20小題；每小題I. 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，选出可以填入空内处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was walking home from the village, where he had 21 to buy what he needed 22 his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to 23 ,when he would bring out his gold. Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was 24 for him. And it would 25 him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it 26 over the fire. The door key was needed to hold it safe in place, but Cass was not at all 27 about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door 28 . He could not imagine that a thief would 29 his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry (釆石场).
When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice 30 anything was different. He 31 his wet coat, and pushed the meat 32 the fire. 33 he was warm again, he began to think about his gold. It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at. 34 he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.
But when he 35 the floorboards near the loom (织布机)，and saw the 36 hole ,he did not understand 37 . His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was 38 ！ He put his hands to his head and tried to think. Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He 39 every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth 一 his gold had been 40 ！
A．arrived B．been C．left D．gone
A．to B．in C．for D．with
A．holiday B．home C．supper-time D．meat
A．ordinary B．unusuall C．normal D．common
A．boiling B．cooking C．smoking D．making
A．interesting B．worried C．interested D．worrying
A．unlocked B．uncovered C．discovered D．locked
A．go B．lead C．find D．lose
A．whether B．that C．because D．as
A．turned off B．threw into C．threw off D．got off
A．away from B．farther on C．on to D．closer to
A．As soon as B．As well as C．As far as D．As long as
A．But B．As C．So D．For
A．took down B．took off C．took over D．took up
A．dark B．empty C．small D．deep
A．at last B．at once C．at most D．at least
A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．searched B．gathered C．researched D．found
A．Gone B．missing C．lost D．stolen
完形填空(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel. Life seemed ___21___. The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their ____22___ for granted, just as he used to himself. Now, however, he felt ____23____ —and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his ___24___.
Seeking more personally satisfying ___25___, he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate（命运）played a cruel ___26__ on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was __27___ to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to ___28____ the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only __29___. Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated（带插图的）books.
According to Jimmy, you are what you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world sometimes seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
This idea can be __30___ in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel before making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is ___31___.
Though the world may make us feel small, we must be __32___. Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the “small people” in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are __33___ for us.
In spite of his new ___34___ and wealth, Jimmy prefers working __35__ at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could offer.
A．unhappy B．unusual C．unfair D．uneasy
A．health B．wealth C．happiness D．illnesses
A．ashamed B．disappointed C．helpless D．endless
A．crying B．painting C．imagination D．consideration
A．home B．condition C．situation D．work
A．game B．trick C．role D．part
A．unable B．impossible C．uncomfortable D．difficult
A．understand B．face C．refuse D．recognize
A．failures B．efforts C．choices D．interests
A．found B．drawn C．written D．accepted
A．powerful B．hopeful C．useful D．successful
A．great B．strong C．brave D．equal
A．scientific B．basic C．right D．simple
A．product B．fame C．name D．job
A．rapidly B．separately C．slowly D．quietly
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