阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中，选出最佳选项。
The Parking-Lot Sweeper
Both my parents came from towns in Mexico. I was born in E1 Paso, Texas, and when I was four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles.
Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and sisters how we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities. They us with the ideas of family, faith and love.
I got my first job when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist. He space in a little shopping center and gave his shop the flowery name of Mr. Ben’s Coiffure. The owner of the shopping center my Dad’s payment for cleaning the parking lot three a week, which getting up at 3 a.m. Mom and I helped dustbin and pick up rubbish by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I sleep in the car on the way home.I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have a lifetime. I obtained discipline（自律）and the importance of work, and learned at a(n) age the importance of balancing life’s competing interests——in my , school, homework and a job. This helped during my school years, when I worked 40 hours at a fast-food restaurant while taking a full of college preparation courses.
The hard work off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard. , I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly（州议会）. In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have forgotten those nights in the parking lot. The experience taught me that there is value in all work and that if people are working to for themselves and their families, that is we should honor.
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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Two old beggars were sitting on a busy corner. They watched helplessly as scores of people walked by, some purposely ___36___ them and others too caught up in their own cares to even notice their __37__. Every so often, a __38__woman or a small child would drop a few coins in the __39__ which lay in front of them.
As the crowd began to die down, they started to __40_ their things and head for their evening shelters. Just as they were getting ready to leave, they noticed a man walking toward them. He was obviously a _ 41 man ----they could tell that from his finely tailored business suit.
The first beggar whispered to the second with _____, “ He’s coming our way!”
The two tried not to look ___43____ at the man as he stepped closer to them, but they couldn’t ___44___ gazing up with anticipation (期待) as he reached into his pocket and took something out.
“Trunk” was the only sound they heard __45___ what looked like a piece of hard _46__, wrapped in tissue paper hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man __47__ and continued on his way, not making a backward glance.
“How insulting (侮辱人的)!” said the first beggar. “He could have __48___ left us a few coins or a spare bill, but he mocks (嘲弄) us with a piece of rock candy. Who does he think we are ----__49___? There’s no way we can even eat this ---------we have no __50___.” He picked up the object and threw it into the gutter(排水沟).
“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” the _51_beggar thought. “I can’t chew it, but I can suck on it for while, and the sugary juices will stay in my _52__ for a long time. How nice of that man to offer me something so sweet.”
With that, he _53_ the white tissue paper, but to his _54__, there was no hard rock candy inside. _55_, into his fell a shiny white pearl worth thousands of dollars.
| 36. |
A. aiding |
B. abusing |
C. abandoning |
D. ignoring |
| 37. |
A. existence |
B. situation |
C. appearance |
D. expressing |
| 38. |
A. young |
B. kind-hearted |
C. beautiful |
D. police |
| 39. |
A. hats |
B. hands |
C. pockets |
D. bowls |
| 40. |
A. give up |
B. cover up |
C. pack up |
D. build up |
| 41. |
A. healthy |
B. wealthy |
C. kind |
D. generous |
| 42. |
A. confusion |
B. determination |
C. excitement |
D. amazement |
| 43. |
A. calmly |
B. happily |
C. sadly |
D. directly |
| 44. |
A. help |
B. avoid |
C. stop |
D. prevent |
| 45. |
A. because |
B. as |
C. since |
D. though |
| 46. |
A. cake |
B. candy |
C. coin |
D. bill |
| 47. |
A. quit |
B. declined |
C. turned |
D. resigned |
| 48. |
A. easily |
B. hardly |
C. suddenly |
D. finally |
| 49. |
A. students |
B. children |
C. adults |
D. old men |
| 50. |
A. hands |
B. teeth |
C. bowls |
D. money |
| 51. |
A. angry |
B. second |
C. old |
D. wise |
| 52. |
A. pocket |
B. hand |
C. mouth |
D. hat |
| 53. |
A. threw |
B. undertook |
C. unfolded |
D. wrapped |
| 54. |
A. satisfaction |
B. surprise |
C. horror |
D. disappointment |
| 55. |
A. However |
B. Fortunately |
C. Therefore |
D. Instead |
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
During my second year of college, I was looking around for a place to live. One Sunday after church, the pastor(牧师) told me to stay in his daughter’s room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year.
To be 36, I really didn’t want to stay with “the pastor’s family”. He told me how much the 37would be---a very low figure that 38 one home-cooked meal a day. I thought about the 39 and decided to move in.
At the end of the term I had planned to find40 living place, since the daughter was to 41 home. To my delight, they 42that I share a room with their son. I seemed to have been adopted into their 43 ----their people became my people. I 44 accepted the offer.
As I emptied the daughter’s bedroom, I thought it might be 45 to have a little sister to look after. But when I later met my new sister, I 46 that she was more independent than I first 47 .
We finally fell in love, 48 , and have looked after each other for many years. There have been times that life turned out more 49 than either of us could have known. But we have always been able to go 50largely because we knew that we are deeply51.
It isn’t about marriage… It’s about 52 . It’s about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as 53 as family. It’s about anybody who can say, “I’ll be 54----you can count on me. I’ll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me.
Is there somebody you can depend on? And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is 55 to look after, and when someone is looking after us.
36. A. honest B. surprised C. friendly D. pleased
37. A. price B. rent C. money D. pay
38. A. had B. included C. made D. contained
39. A. idea B. plan C. service D. offer
40. A. same B. different C. another D. extra
41. A. return B. go C. get D. leave
42. A. ordered B. agreed C. arranged D. suggested
43. A. house B. family C. group D. friend
44. A. happily B. sorrowfully C. evidently D. efficiently
45. A. bad B. exciting C. nice D. strange
46. A. realizedB. thoughtC. knewD. doubted
47. A. sawB. told C. imagined D. believed
48. A. separatedB. partedC. left D. married
49. A. smoothB. challenging C. exciting D. different
50. A. backwardB. eastward C. forward D. westward
51. A. hatedB. caredC. felt D. liked
52. A. friendshipB. relationC. love D. family
53. A. closeB. goodC. far D. long
54. A. away
B. out C. in D. around
55. A. nobodyB. somebody C. anybody D. everybody
第二节：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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. 36 man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was n
ext to the room's only 37 . The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
They talked for hours 38 . Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up, he 39 pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The ot
her man felt his world would be 40 and enlivened by all the wonderful world outside.
The window overlooked a 41 with a lovely lake. Ducks played on the water while children 42 their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm in flowers. A fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the 43 .
As the man by the window described all this in delicate 44 , the other man would close his eyes and 45 the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade 46 . 47 the other man couldn't hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window pictured it with 48 words.
Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the nurse arrived, 49 to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and had the body taken away.
The other man asked to be 50 next to the window. Painfully, he sat up to take his first look at the world outside. 51 , he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.
He slowly turn to look out the window. It faced a blank wall.
The man asked the nurse what could have 5
2 his roommate to describe such wonderful things outside. The nurse 53 that the man was blind. "Perhaps he just wanted to 54 you."
Shared grief is half the sorrow, 55 happiness when shared, is doubled.
36. A. The one B. One C. Another C. This
37. A. entrance B. exit C. passage D. window
38. A. on end B. in vain C. at ease D. after all
39. A. would B. should C. might D. could
40. A. shortened B. deepened C. broadened D. sharpened 
41. A. courtyard B. market C. wood D. park
42. A. flew B. designed C. sailed D. swapped
43. A. distance B. way C. process D. course
44. A. effect B. particular C. detail D. relief
45. A. expose B. imagine C. realize D. spot
46. A. passing away B. passing by C. passing down D. passing out
47. A. Because B. As C. Once D. Although
48. A. descriptive B. productive C. sensitive D. tentative
49. A. strangely B. surprisingly C. sceptically D. only
50. A. substituted B. offered C. switched D. organized
51. A. Willingly B. Finally C. Generously D. Occasionally
52. A. sacrificed B. referred C. motivated D. intended
53. A. responded B. respected C. requested D. resisted
54. A. recover B. defend C. observe D. encourage
55. A. or B. but C. so D. and
第二节完形填空（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last night, I was about to pull out of the parking lot when I noticed a hitchhiker (搭便车的人). I know that picking up a hitchhiker can be 36 , but I want a try, as they may have a sincere need to reach their 37 . I rolled down my window and called the man to my car. I asked him where he was
38 and he told me that he needed a ride to his doctor’s office which would 39 in 15 minutes.
40 he got in he told me that the person who was supposed to drive him there didn’t appear. He continued to tell me that he is a 41 and goes out to sea for weeks at a time. H
e needs to take
42 for his nerves, 43which, he told me, it would be impossible for him to work.
With some 44 driving we managed to get there in about ten minutes. I told him I would wait and bring him back. He 45 me and said he should be back only in fifteen minutes.
Shortly after, he came back to tell me that the doctor was still with other 46 and it was going to take a while 47 . I told him that I was going to grab a coffee while I 48 . But it ended up taking about forty-five minutes, 49 we had a bit more time than 50 .
Afterwards he got back in my car and tried his hardest to 51 for keeping me waiting so long. I tried my best to make him feel at 52 and drove him back to where I had picked him up. Again he 53 his thanks and we said our good-byes.
I feel that the universe or God always 54 us with what we need. Maybe God did put him in my path. In his case it was a 55 , in mine the opportunity to help someone else.
36. A. pleasing B. helpful C. dangerous D. surprising
37. A. home B. destination C. office D. clinic[
38. A. coming B. leaving C. living D. heading
39. A. close B. open C. end D. stay
40. A. Once B. Since C. Before D. While
41. A. doctor B. salesman C. fisherman D. postman
42. A. rest B. medicine C. temperature D. advice
43. A. without B. with C. of D. for
44. A. careful B
. exciting C. quick D. relaxing
45. A. praised B. thanked C. encouraged D. refused
46. A. relatives B. patients C. guests D. nurses
47. A. later B. sooner C. faster D. longer
48. A. waited B. visited C. examined D. drove
49. A. turning up B. taking out C. making up D. turning out
50. A. promised B. suggested C. limited D. expected
51. A. explain B. excuse C. apologize D. forgive
52. A. rest B. safety C. ease D. sorrow
53. A. expressed B. supplied C. announced D. exchanged
54. A. offers B. provides C. combines D. connects
55. A. car B. treatment C. gift D. Ride
第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文中所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was going home to India last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from China.
When India had not 36 its markets to the world, I carried suitcase loads of dark glasses and jeans. 37 , we can get all these anywhere in India now.
Still, her answer 38 me: “Green tea.” As long as I can remember she didn’t even drink 39 tea. I dutifully bought a big packet of Longjing and 40 home to hear the story. My mother and her brother, both 41 newspaper readers, believed that Chinese green tea was the wonder 42for all illnesses.
43 the turn of the century, China was not really familiar to the 44Indian. It was a strange country. Now every town of 45 size seems to have a “China Market”. And everyone is talking about China. How things 46 ! And how soon! The government of India has planned to send a team to 47to see how things are done. A minister once said that India must open the doors for more foreign investment and such a step 48 “work wonders as it did for China”.
But it’s a 49 street. I just heard about a thousand Shenzhen office workers who have gone to Rangalore to 50 in software. Meanwhile, all the IT majors are setting up a strong presence in China. 51that trade , which was only in the millions just ten years ago, 52 hit about US$20 billion for last year and US$25 billion by 2009, a goal 53 by both governments. No wonder, my colleague wrote some weeks ago about this 54the Sino-Indian(中印)century as the two countries started on January 1 the Sino-Indian Friendship Year.
But what is still a 55 to me is my mother drinking Chinese tea.
36. A. set up B. opened up C. built up D. closed down
37. A. Unfortunately B. Especially C. Narrowly D. Thankfully
38. A. surprised B. frightened C. scared D. shocked
39. A. Chinese B. Indian C. foreign D. green
40. A. left B. stayed C. headed D. walked
41. A. seldom B. particular C. clever D. regular
42. A. drug B. method C. way D. food
43. A. Since B. At C. From D. With
44. A. usual B. major C. average D. most
45. A. some B. any C. all D. either
46. A. make B. prepare C. happen D. change
47. A. China B. India C. America D. Japan
48. A. ought to B. need C. would D. had to
49. A. one-way B. two-way C. three-way D. no-way
50. A. travel B. work C. employ D. train
51. A. No wonder B. No doubt C. No problem D. No reason
52. A. is forced to B. is wanted to C. is expected to D. is inspired to
53. A. reached B. liked C. achieved D. set
54. A. being B. is C. was D. be
55. A. pleasure B. fact C. wonder D. Comfort
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