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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a torrential downpour. The rain caused the streets to ____ and the subway system almost came to a stop.
Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were ____ to go home. Some battled to ____ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the ____ bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I ____ to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most ____ had stopped. After making my way ____ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was ___. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to ____ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the ____. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like an forever, the train ____ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was ____ through, exhausted and ___.
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer ____ I received an email from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and ____ reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their ____ to their jobs. Thank you.
Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that ____ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of ____ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic ____ had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately____ me and put a smile back on my face.
A．break B．flood C．sink D．crash
A．forced B．refused C．adjusted D．gathered
A．order B．pay C．call D．search
A．weather B．scenery C．storm D．burden
A．used B．promised C．deserved D．happened
A．practice B．demand C．process D．service
A．to B．through C．over D．for
A．operating B．cycling C．turning D．rushing
A．check B．carry C．find D．board
A．street B．ground C．floor D．platform
A．paused B．crossed C．reached D．parked
A．wet B．weak C．sick D．hurt
A．ashamed B．discouraged C．surprised D．puzzled
A．while B．when C．where D．after
A．hardly B．casually C．absolutely D．finally
A．devotion B．reaction C．investigation D．relation
A．accurate B．vital C．brief D．humorous
A．promise B．appreciatio C．advice D．guidance
A．troubles B．signals C．rules D．signs
A．corrected B．supported C．amazed D．refreshed
完型填空（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，并在答题卡上涂黑。
It was only a few weeks after my surgery. I went to Dr. Belt’s office for a 36 . it was just after my first chemotherapy treatment（化疗）. My scar was still very tender. 37 , I was taken to an examination room to have my blood 38 , again – a terrifying process for me, since I’m so frightened of 39 .
I lay down on the 40 . Then Ramina entered the room. Her 41 smile was familiar, and 42 in contrast to my fears. I’d first seen her in the office a few weeks earlier. She wasn’t my 43 on that day, but I remember her because she was laughing. What could she 44 find to laugh about at a time like this? So I decided she wasn’t 45 enough about the whole thing.
But this day was 46 . Ramona had taken my blood before. She 47 my fear of needles, and she kindly 48 the medical equipment under a magazine. As we opened the layers of bandage, the 49 scar on my chest could be seen.
She gently 50 over and ran her hand across the scar, 51 the smoothness of the healing skin. I began to cry gently and quietly. She brought her warm eyes to mine and said, “You haven’t 52 it et, have you?” And I said, “No.”
I continued to cry gently. In 53 tones she said, “This is part of your body. This is you. It’s okay to touch it.” But I couldn’t. So she touched it for me. The 54 . The healing wound. And beneath it, she touched my heart.
That night as I lay down, I gently placed my hand on my chest and I left it there 55 I fell asleep. I knew I wasn’t alone.
A．prescription B．discussion C．conversation D．checkup
A．At once B．As usual C．In fact D．In addition
A．drawn B．mixed C．corrected D．chcaned
A．doctors B．nurses C．blood D．needles
A．operation table B．office floor C．examining bed D．test bed
A．warm B．bitter C．shy D．weak
A．worked out B．stood out C．found out D．gave out
A．girl B．partner C．nurse D．companion
A．accidentally B．particularly C．possibly D．actually
A．serious B．curious C．worried D．nervous
A．difficult B．different C．pleasant D．common
A．talked about B．got around C．knew about D．put away
A．found B．replaced C．showed D．hid
A．old B．fresh C．worn D．fine
A．came B．went C．searched D．reached
A．examining B．covering C．pressing D．removing
A．watched B．discovered C．touched D．unfolded
A．tough B．soft C．cold D．strict
A．bandage B．soul C．pain D．scar
A．until B．after C．since D．when
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep？ Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a(an) 1 bed for you. Hiroyuki's bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it 2 .
The bed 3 an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays 4 music or other pleasant sounds. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispers in a sweet 5 , "Wake up, darling, please." A few minutes later, a second recording 6 . The sound recording can be loud music or 7 sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss shouts, "Wake up immediately, 8 you'll be late!"
If you don't get up 9 the second recording, you will be sorry! A mechanical
"foot" is in the bed. The mechanical foot kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits a few 10 minutes. What! You're still in bed! Slowly the 11 of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. 12 the bed is vertical(垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed and 13
Hiroyuki made his bed because he wanted to 14 a contest. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once every two years Honda has a contest for its 200,000 employees---"All-Honda Idea Contest", The employees think of new ideas. If their ideas win, the employees win 15 . Hiroyuki Sugiyama won a lot of money for his bed.
1. A. expensive B. special C. valuable D. comfortable
2. A. works B. runs C. happens D. moves
3. A. is separated from B. is made up of C. is attached to D. is made into
4. A. loud B. classical C. pop D. soft
5. A. sound B. voice C. noise D. way
6. A. sends B. turns C. plays D. appears
7. A. pleasant B. interesting C. unpleasant D. funny
8. A. and B. but C. so D. or
9. A. after B. until C. since D. before
10. A. other B. another C. more D. one
11. A. end B. middle C. body D. top
12. A. However B. Finally C. Therefore D. Otherwise
13. A. angry B. work C. happy D. awake
14. A. win B. achieve C. gain D. defeat
15. A. praises B. contents C. prizes D. med
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“So teach him to close the door”, my daughter Emma responded after listening to me 36 , again, about the dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast of Buffalo January 37 air．
Teach a dog to close a door behind him? That has got to be a really, really 38 thing to do．But then she took it a step 39 ．“Come on Kolby”, she said, grabbing(抓住) some treats and 40 him in front of the open door．“Touch．” And “touch” he did, which moved the door to a 41 position．She 42 him with a treat, smiled, looked at me, and said “see!” And I saw and became 43 ．Over the last few days I have been consistent（一致的） with Kolby．Each time he comes in I 44 him back to the open door patiently and ask him to close．There have been 45 in the beginning, but lately more and more successes．
However, there remains much work to be done．I have to get him follow my hand signal again and again 46 he will close the door from a distance．But, I now realize, as long as you keep to the 47 , the task will be completed, and, with the way things are progressing, 48 quickly．
What a 49 treat to have a dog that can close the door after himself! Even more wonder can be found in the 50 I learned so clearly from both Emma and Kolby．
A wish is just a wish until you decide to take 51 ．Once you 52 the belief that it is “too hard”, then it remains “too hard ” and out of 53 ．Once you decide to accomplish a goal, and 54 that it is “easy”, then it becomes “easy” to do what needs to be done．Just 55 doing it．
A．complain B．scream C．worry D．scare
A．thin B．fresh C．dirty D．cold
A．last B．funny C．hard D．possible
A．again B．further C．deeper D．backward
A．pushing B．tying C．seating D．positioning
A．stopped B．fixed C．closed D．locked
A．rewarded B．provided C．offered D．thanked
A．persuaded B．convinced C．inspired D．puzzled
A．bring B．pull C．drag D．call
A．pleasures B．experiments C．failures D．pauses
A．in case B．even if C．as if D．so that
A．interest B．focus C．progress D．harmony
A．determined B．taught C．bought
A．wonderful B．small C．different D．simple
A．knowledge B．skills C．lessons D．experience
A．patience B．part C．delight D．action
A．hold on to B．pay attention to C．come up with D．get used to
A．date B．touch C．reach D．power
A．prove B．decide C．conclude D．realize
A．imagine. B．start C．keep D．enjoy
完形填空 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
I believe that small acts of kindness have the biggest influence on our lives. While on a vacation in Mexico with my family, I learned this valuable 36 . Our room was on the 8th floor of our hotel, so we would 37 the elevator every day. 38 other people use it ,too.
One afternoon I rode it alone. The bellboy greeted me and 39 the button for my floor.I smiled and took the elevator in 40 . The elevator stopped at the next floor, and an elderly maid 41 in with a large bundle of clean towels. I could tell she was 42 to carry the large load and was probably 43 from having worked all morning. I felt it was not my place to interfere（干涉）, so I 44 to do something to help. The bellboy, also sensing her 45 , took the heavy bundle from her arms.
The maid looked at the boy with 46 and then smiled gratefully to his 47 . They then began to speak in Spanish to each other. 48 I couldn’t understand what they were saying , I could tell by their 49 that the boy’s act of kindness had made her day. He could have ridden in silence like me. It wasn’t his 50 to help her ,but he did 51
After I came out of the elevator ,guilt overcame me as I 52 what I should have done in that situation. Why didn’t I take the towels? The boy wasn’t 53 of how his actions would affect all the people 54 his thoughtful deed. He probably doesn’t even 55 helping the woman in the elevator. To me , his small act of kindness made my day as well.
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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，然后从所给出的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
After listening to everyone’s concerns and problems, Professor Smith looked over at the hostess (主持人) and asked her if she could get a paper and pen for everyone in the room. She 36 a minute later, and brought some paper and pens.
“Do me a 37 ,” Professor Smith asked. “We’re going to try something and I 38 your cooperation. On the small piece of paper please 39 the 3 biggest problems you are facing in your personal life right now. Don’t write your name on it. We’ll keep it 40 .”
The group found the experiment 41 , not knowing what was to follow.
After everyone wrote down their problems, Professor Smith asked everyone to 42 their paper and put it in a small basket that was in the front of the room. There were 43 expressions throughout the room, 44 again, everyone cooperated, wanting to know what would 45 next.
Professor Smith shook the basket and then he 46 around the room and asked each person to 47 a paper from the basket. After he had done that, he sat back down and looked around the room.
“Friends, 48 the paper and read to yourself the problems that you 49 ,” Professor Smith said.
Then, Professor Smith 50 at the woman sitting on his left and asked, “Lisa, would you like to 51 your problems that you wrote down with those that you chose from the basket?”
“No,” Lisa said.
Next, Professor Smith asked the man sitting next to Lisa the 52 question. “Would you like to exchange the problems you wrote down with those that you chose from the basket?”
53 the reply was “No.”
Professor Smith went around the whole room. Everyone had a 54 to answer.
Surprisingly, the answers were all the same — no, no, no, no…. Some people said that “I can settle my own problems, but I can’t 55 what I chose out of the basket”. Some people said “Wow — these make my problems look like nothing.”
A．left B．returned C．answered D．finished
A．favor B．help C．prize D．reward
A．like B．wish C．ask D．need
A．put out B．wash away C．write down D．speak out
A．secret B．silence C．message D．future
A．encouraging B．interesting C．surprising D．boring
A．tear B．cut C．desert D．fold
A．frightened B．pleasant C．curious D．terrible
A．but B．so C．for D．and
A．say B．happen C．move D．adventure
A．jumped B．ran C．walked D．rushed
A．throw B．touch C．hold D．pick
A．unfold B．see C．search D．study
A．heard B．chose C．noticed D．feared
A．shouted B．wondered C．looked D．knocked
A．give B．accept C．understand D．exchange
A．same B．different C．easy D．strange
A．Immediately B．Again C．Surely D．Then
A．bravery B．fault C．chance D．power
A．struggle with B．show off C．throw away D．deal with
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