The simplest way to say it is this ： I believe in my mother. My began when I was just a kid. I becoming a doctor.
My mother was a domestic (佣人）. Through her work, she observed that people spent a lot more time reading than they watching television. She announced that my brother and I watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week.
With our free time, we each had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a . My mother was illiterate.
When I entered high school I was a(n) ，but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a Cstudent. One night my mother came home from her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said，"Okay, I'll give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy food and pay the bills. With everything ，you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want. "I was very with that arrangement, but once I got through allocating(分配）money, there was left. I realized my mother was a financial gen-ius to be able to our heads and any kind of food on the table， buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me any-where. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my and became an A-student again, and eventually I my dream and became a doctor.
My story is really my mother's story—a woman with formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. There is no job than parenting. This I believe.
A．belief B．work C．education D．promise
A．majored in B．got used to C．dreamed of D．got tired of
A．lazy B．easy-going C．successful D．reliable
A．spent B．paid C．took D．did
A．could only B．could not C．must not D．should often
A．read to B．present C．teach D．explain to
A．joke B．means C．tool D．trick
A．A-student B．B-student C．C-student D．D-student
A．get rid of B．hang out with C．break away from D．keep in touch with
A．making B．stopping C．doing D．getting
A．your brother B．yourself C．your sister D．the family
A．left over B．paid off C．used up D．carried out
A．angry B．pleased C．disappointed D．bored
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．put an idea into B．give an impression on C．have a roof over D．have eyes in the back of
A．let alone B．let out C．let in D．leave alone
A．guys B．mother C．studies D．play
A．made B．fulfilled C．changed D．tried
A．little B．much C．few D．high
A．more interesting B．less important C．more important D．less interesting
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，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Have you heard of “Green hotels”? 36 you stay at a green hotel, you help reduce the unfriendly 37 that hotel has on the environment.
“Green hotels” include any hotels, motels, and inns that use energy and other resources 38 environmentally (环境) responsible ways. These green hotels take advantage of (利用) 39 resources when possible, make effective 40 of resources that can’t be reused, and 41 that many byproducts(副产品)are reused or recycled.
__42 2.6 million hotel rooms are rented in the United States daily. 43 , an astonishing number of hotel 44 need clothes washed, meals prepared, fresh water for showers and toilets, and energy for lights, heating, and cooling. Thus, there is a great _45 for green hotel practices(做法).
46 a guest of a green hotel, you will receive quality service 47 knowing you are helping the environment. Hotels also realize cost savings when they 48 green hotel practices, which they can then use to 49 guest services.
Some green hotels are already making a big 50 . For example;
1. By switching to more energy-effective 51 , the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City has saved 1.2 million kilowatt hours per year.
2. One hotel reduced water use by 2 million gallons per year when it 52 a chef (厨师)who was improperly defrosting(解冻)food by running water over it.
3. The Fairmont Acapulco Princess and Fairmont Pierre Marques filter(过滤器) and treat
53 and reuse it to water their golf courses.
These and other green hotels are 54 responsible steps, but many others have not yet accepted the green hotel challenge. You can help by supporting green hotel practices every time you 55 .
36. A. When B. Before C. Unless D. Although
37. A. pollution B. cost C. effect D. step
38. A. with B. through C. by D. in
39. A. wasted B. reused C. limited D. lost
40. A. time B. space C. use D. usage
41. A. make sure B. make up C. make fun D. make room
42. A. Much more B. Over C. More D. Above
43. A. Besides B. As a result C. In the end D. As a matter of fact
44. A. professors B. waiters C. door-keepers D. guests
45. A. need B. necessity C. require D. request
46. A. With B. To C. As D. By
47. A. before B. at C. in D. while
48. A. get B. accept C. receive D. take
49. A. change B. improve C. make D. lift
50. A. act B. face C. control D. difference
51. A. lighting B. line C. action D. management
52. A. used B. found C. fired D. questioned
53. A. wastewood B. wasteland C. wastepaper D. wastewater
54. A. making B. taking C. borrowing D. getting
55. A. walk B. journey C. play D. travel
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，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Positive Thought—A Strong Tool of Success
Once upon a time there was a bunch of tiny frogs that arranged a running competition. The 36 was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had 37 around the tower to see the race and 38 on the competitors.
The race began. Honestly, no one in the crowd really 39 that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. You heard 40 such as, “They will 41 make it to the top. Or: Not a chance that they will 42 . The tower is too high!”
The tiny frogs began falling, 43 , except for those, who in fresh tempo (速度) were climbing higher and higher. The crowd 44 to yell (大叫), “It’s too difficult!!! No one will make 45 !” More tiny frogs got tired and gave up, but one continued higher and higher and higher. This one wouldn’t give up!
At the end, 46 else had given up 47 the tower, except for one tiny frog. After a big 48 , he was the only one who reached the top! Then all the other tiny frogs 49 wanted to know how this frog 50 to do it.
A competitor asked the tiny frog 51 he had found the 52 to succeed and reach the goal. It turned out…that the winner was 53 !!!!
Never listen to other people’s tendencies to be 54 or pessimistic (悲观的) because they take your most 55 dreams and wishes away from you—the ones you have in your heart! You should always be positive and above all be deaf when people tell you that you cannot fulfill your dreams!
36. A. dream B. end C. result D. goal
37. A. prepared B. gathered C. started D. hidden
38. A. cheer B. depend C. call D. turn
39. A. doubted B. hoped C. believed D. predicted
40. A. statements B. lines C. orders D congratulations
41. A. finally B. sometimes C. always D. never
42. A. fail B. succeed C. fight D. follow
43. A. one by one B. hand in hand C. year after year D. up and down
44. A. stopped B. wished C. continued D. forgot
45. A. that B. them C. one D. it
46. A. nobody B. everyone C. something D. a few
47. A. climbing B. building C. painting D. examining
48. A. rest B. decision C. effort D. difference
49. A. politely B. carefully C. naturally D. seriously
50. A. pretended B. tried C. happened D. managed
51. A. why B. how C. when D. whether
52. A. strength B. power C. secret D. bravery
53. A. blind B. disabled C. dead D. deaf
54. A. positive B. negative C. common D. active
55. A. interesting B. dangerous C. wonderful D. frightening
第三部分：完形填空
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。
One day I took a bus with my girlfriend. It was so____36____ that we stood for several stops until a vacant seat was ____37_____ for her.
Then a pretty girl rushed towards me, saying, “Hi, where are you going?” I was so struck by the stranger that I had a hard time trying to ____38____ her. Clearly she had taken me ____39____ somebody else. I returned her greeting with politeness, ____40____ to give explanation to my girl later.
Noticing my dialogue with somebody else, my girl ____41____ her eyes and found she was pretty. She asked jealously, “Who’s she?” The pretty girl, quite ____42____ of the situation, spoke out first, “Hi, let me ____43____ myself. I’ m Nancy, used to be ____44____. Very glad to meet you.” She behaved very ____45____.
But I was ____46____ to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors. I was worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend ____47____ the pretty girl again turned to me, “Will you give me your cell phone number so that we ____48____ keep contacts(联系) later?”I had to submit to her ____49____.
Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop.
A minute later I got a short ____50____ on my phone—from a stranger. My girlfriend ____51____ my phone and read the note. It was from the girl, who said, “Just now, two thieves tried to ____52____ your pocket. I had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention. I should have left at the ____53____ stop but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also ____54____ to leave at the same stop. Because of the ____55____ I delayed my departure. Now you’ ll understand all I have done to you. Wish you luck.”
36. A. tiring B. slow C. crowded D. messy
37. A. ready B. available C. special D. suitable
38. A. identify B. realize C. remind D. judge
39. A. on B. by C. with D. for
40. A. preferring B. planning C. managing D. promising
41. A. fixed B. Opened C. raised D. focused
42. A. proud B. careful C. afraid D. aware
43. A. explain B. enjoy C. introduce D. help
44. A. partners B. neighbors C. friends D. colleagues
45. A. naturally B. generously C. cautiously D. normally
46. A. in a hurry B. at a loss C. at ease D. in time
47. A. while B. before C. when D. until
48. A. would B. can C. should D. must
49. A. request B. question C. command D. opinion
50. A. suggestion B. warning C. notice D. message
51. A. removed B. seized C. found D. caught
52. A. steal B. reach C. get D. pick
53. A. terminal B. former C. previous D. latter
54. A. pretending B. intending C. demanding D. announcing
55. A. incident B. matter C. accident D. affair
第二部分完形填空
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。
I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman. It was hard to make a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out 36 he caught enough to feed the family. No just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad. When the weather was bad he would 37 me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing 38 . Older than it was, that truck, out of 39 , coughed all the way with loud noise and heavy smoke. As he would drive, I would fall down into the seat hoping to 40 . He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and 41 . Then he would lean over to give me a big kiss and tell me to be 42 . It was so 43 for me now. Here, I was 12 years old, and he would 44 me good-bye!
I remember 45 I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his 46 big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my 47 up and said, “No, Dad.”
It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this 48 look on his face. I said, “Dad, I’m too old for a goodbye kiss. I’m too old for any kind of kiss.” My father looked at me for the longest time. When 49 came into his eyes, he turned and 50 . “You’re right’ he said, “You’re a big boy…. 51 . I won’t kiss you anymore.” It wasn’t long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when 52 of the ships stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed.
You don’t know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek…. To touch his rough old face…, to 53 the ocean on him… to feel his arm around my neck. I 54 I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too 55 for a goodbye kiss.”
36. A. since B. when C. until D. before
37. A. take B. drive C. watch D. rush
38. A. business B. career C. project D. journey
39. A. preparation B. control C. distance D. condition
40. A. repair B. scream C. complaint D. disappear
41. A. laughing B. watching C. performing D. playing
42. A. a cute son B. a honest fisherman C. a good boy D. a quiet passenger
43. A. amazing B. surprising C. disappointing D. embarrassing
44. A. kiss B. say C. hug D. send
45. A. the day B. the way C. the order D. the action
46. A. usual B. common C. daily D. sweet
47. A. head B. hand C. cheek D. mouth
48. A. excited B. pleased C. terrified D. bored
49. A. lights B. apologies C. tears D. sorry
50. A. looked out B. looked up C. looked around D. look on
51. A. a partner B. a student C. a kid D. a man
52. A. all B. most C. some D. none
53. A. notice B. smell C. sense D. feel
54. A. realize B. regret C. wish D. hope
55. A. young B. old C. shy D. late
二、语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
仔细阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A, B, C和D 项中，选出最佳选项。
The date was like any other day in his life. After school Michael walked past the 21 on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes. And he felt 22 for himself. He really wanted to have them for his birthday.
He 23 walked away and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give 24 he liked if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home immediately, as he looked worried，his mother would 25 it. So he went to the park where he sat on the grass. Then he saw a boy in a wheelchair. He noticed that the boy 26 the wheel with his hands. Michael looked at him carefully and was 27 to see that the boy had no feet. He 28 his own feet. “It is much better to be without 29 than without feet.” He thought. There was no reason for him to feel so sorry and sad. He went away and 30 , thinking he was much luckier in life.
21. A. shop B. factory C. park D. house
22. A. curious B. sorry C. eager D. glad
23. A. sadly B. rapidly C. happily D. proudly
24. A. something B. all what C. nothing D. anything
25. A. notice B. find C. feel D. hate
26. A. drove B. moved C. pulled D. carried
27. A. frightened B. excited C. surprised D. delighted
28. A. looked out B. held out C. put down D. looked down
29. A. birthday B. shoes C. money D. wheelchair
30. A. smiled B. cried C. regretted D. explained
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