Money was a constant source of tension and stress when I was growing up. My parents were , well-educated and hard-working, but they lived from paycheck to paycheck. When I was 13, they split up. Then my mom to raise three kids, often relying on free lunch tickets and food stamps. As my mother retirement age, she was filled with over the fact that she hadn’t saved enough for her golden retirement years, she often sighed. My father had always been to work—we had always he’d work less and spend more time with us . But he is just a workaholic(工作狂).
My parents were trying so hard to make ends meet, so I couldn’t become a on them. As a result, I college and spent the next couple of years drifting from one minimum wage job to another. I my broken-down car, went to work on foot, reduced my by sharing a one-bedroom apartment with three other women, and got free food during Happy Hour at our local bar. I learned to do whatever it took to .
One night, while I was working at a donut shop and 34 coffee for a homeless customer, I . that I was one paycheck away from being homeless myself. That was my wake-up . Motivated by fear of an uncertain , I opened the Yellow Pages(电话黄页), . professional dog trainers and negotiated an unpaid apprenticeship(学徒工作). Less than a year later, I was by a dog trainer, and I loved the work. A couple of years later, I started my own dog-training school, which luckily turned out to be . My efforts paid off.
Though I didn’t have rich parents to rely on, I discovered the power of asking for what I want.
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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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Although my father wasn't a doctor, he made his own brand of "house calls"． I followed him as he 36 a plate of my mother's home cooking to an elderly man named Frank 37 all major holidays, and when Frank was 38 ． As far as I know, their only 39 was that Frank was an occasional 40 at Dad's small gas station． Frank's home was a two-room house on the rough side of town with a rotten front porch（门廊） that you could fall through if you weren't 41 ． Through his caring 42 , my father was teaching me to be a doctor, 43 neither of us knew it at the time．
When I was 13, my father 44 lung cancer． He brought home a 45 the doctor drew showing 46 his cancer was and told me that he was going to 47 ．
The big green oxygen tank with plastic tubing 48 a central feature （特征） of our living room next to his easy chair． Several months passed and his condition 49 ． He asked me to 50 my mother when he was gone． He said, "I love you, son．" That night he died．
When you're 13 and your father dies, you have some 51 to make． You can use the circumstance as a （n） 52 for letting your behavior and grades go down drain, or you can honor his memory and try to do something 53 with yourself． I 54 my energy on my school work and my goal of becoming a 55 ． ．
A．lent B．brought C．bought D．showed
A．for B．in C．at D．on
A．happy B．well C．sick D．homesick
A．function B．connection C．information D．instruction
A．patient B．doctor C．customer D．passenger
A．careful B．strong C．reasonable D．punctual
A．words B．attitude C．attention D．appearance
A．and B．because C．although D．as
A．developed B．found C．constructed D．recovered
A．photo B．diagram C．report D．film
A．where B．how C．which D．what
A．rest B．retire C．die D．leave
A．decorated B．remained C．equipped D．became
A．worsened B．decreased C．increased D．bettered
A．take care of B．make friends with C．make up for D．look into
A．mistakes B．friends C．choices D．changes
A．reason B．guide C．cause D．excuse
A．positive B．active C．productive D．motive
A．attracted B．consumed C．focused D．depended
A．doctor B．driver C．teacher D．nurse
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，然后从下列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。
Recently, my husband and I had the opportunity to do something good for two people who were complete strangers to us. It made us feel so good to be able to do it that I thought I should 21 . We were traveling down to Mexico for Thanksgiving week with our family. 22 we were sitting in the 23 first two seats in the first row of first class waiting for the plane to take off, I 24 heard one of the flight attendants(空乘) telling 25 that there was a couple sitting in the 26 of the plane who had just been married the previous day and were 27 off on their honeymoon. They had 28 their flight eight months in 29 but, owing to some schedule changes, had not been ab
le to get 30 together, and no one else on the plane was 31 to move and the bride was in 32 .
I turned to my husband and told him what I heard. We 33 agreed and I called the flight attendant 34 to tell her that we’d be happy to give up our seats to this couple. The flight attendant seemed amazed and said “Really? Are you sure?” We said “Absolutely !”
So, we 35 to the back of the plane in separate seats. The flight attendants were extremely 36 and took good care of us even though we were no longer sitting in first 37 , and we both made friends with the people sitting around us, who, as it 38 didn’t know why the young woman was crying or that they were newly married, and had a great flight. I had to go back to the front of the plane to 39 up a forgotten item at one point during the flight and 40 that the couple were sitting very close together, happily enjoy
ing champagne. It really made my day and Thanksgiving week get off to such a wonderful start !
A．share B．show C．say D．prove
A．Since B．After C．Before D．Though
A．quite B．same C．very D．just
A．carelessly B．accidentally C．happily D．sadly
A．others B．us C．them D．everyone
A．front B．middle C．head D．back
A．getting B．heading C．taking D．hurrying
A．fixed B．booked C．checked D．got
A．air B．time C．church D．advance
A．seats C．food D．tickets
A．interested B．willing C．eager D．friendly
A．comfort B．surprise C．tears D．fear
A．immediately B．differently C．finally D．unbelievably
A．up B．off C．over D．out
A．left B．looked C．returned D．moved
A．beautiful B．careful C．thoughtful D．grateful
A．class B．flight C．seat D．plane
A．went on B．turned out C．got along D．took off
A．pick B．give C．clean D．look
A．told B．informed C．observed D．heard
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，然后从下列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。
Every year on my birthday, a white gardenia (栀子花) was 31 to my house. But no card or note came with it. Calls to the flower shop were always 32 －it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to 33 the sender’s identity and just 34 in the beauty and heady perfume of that one magical，perfect white flower lying in 35 pink paper．
But I never stopped 36 who the giver might be．My mother 37 to these imaginations．She asked me if there was someone for whom I had done a special 38 who might be showing appreciation．I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I fell in love with or one who had 39 me even though I didn’t know him．
One month 40 my high-school graduation．my father died．My feelings 41 from sorrow to fear and 42 ：my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life．I became completely 43 in my coming graduation，the senior-class pl
ay and the ball．But my mother would not hear of my 44 any of those things．Mother and I had gone shopping and found an impressive dress，but it was the 45 size．When my father died，I forgot about the dress．
The day before my ball，I found that dress——in the right size——over the living room sofa．It was 46 to me so lovingly．I didn’t 47 if I had a new dress or not．But my mother did．She wanted her children to feel 48 ，filled with a sense that there was a beauty even in the face of 49 ．In truth，my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia——lovely，strong and perfect——with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery．
My mother died ten days after l was married．The following year the gardenia stopped 50 ．
A．delivered B．taken D．given
A．helpful B．useless C．hopeful D．useful
A．realize B．check C．discover D．recognize
A．pleasant B．pleasing C．satisfied D．delighted
A．tough B．soft C．light D．hard
A．remembering B．imagining C．recalling D．considering
A．asked B．preferred C．contributed D．refer
A．job B．thing C．happiness D．kindness
A．watched B．noticed C．hated D．observed
A．before B．later C．ago D．after
A．differed B．suffered C．judged D．ranged
A．happiness B．depressing C．anger D．shock
A．interested B．unhappy C．disappointing D．uninterested
A．disappearing B．losing C．lost D．lacking
A．false B．proper C．right D．wrong
A．presented B．introduced C．awarded D．provided
A．wonder B．desire C．care D．doubt
A．loved B．respected C．honored D．loving
A．difficulty B．hardship C．sorrow D．sorry
A．appearing B．following C．presenting D．coming
完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。
David, my neighbor, has two young kids who are five and seven. One day he was 36 his seven-year-old son Kelly how to push the lawn mower(割草机) around the yard. As he was telling him how to turn the mower 37 , his wife, Jan, called to him to ask a question. As David answered the question, Kelly pushed the lawn mower 38 through the flower bed at the edge of the lawn — 39 a two-foot wide path leveled to the ground!
When David turned back and saw what had happened, he began to lose 40 . David had put a lot of time and 41 into making those flower beds the 42 of the neighbourhood. As he began to 43 his voice to his son, Jan walked quickly over to him, put her hand on his shoulder and said, “David, please remember we are raising children, not 44 !”
Jan 45 me how important 46 is as a parent to remember our priorities (things that need attention before others). The window shattered(打碎) by a 47 , a lamp knocked over by a careless child, or a plate dropped in the kitchen are already 48 . The flowers are already dead. We must remember not to 49 to the destruction by breaking a child’s spirit and deadening his 50 .
A few weeks ago Mark Michaels, the owner of a store, and I were together 51 parenting. He told me while his family were out for dinner, his daughter knocked over her water glass. 52 the water was cleaned up without any blaming remarks from her parents, she looked up and said, “I 53 want to thank you for not being like other parents. Most of my friends’ parents 54 have shouted at them and given them a lecture about paying more attention. Thanks for not 55 that!”
A．teaching B．helping C．looking at D．asking
A．up B．around C．down D．over
A．nearly B．even C．almost D．right
A．leaving B．staying C．remaining D．finding
A．hope B．control C．mind D．heart
A．strength B．effort C．power D．courage
A．pride B．respect C．envy D．honor
A．rise B．expand C．improve D．raise
A．flowers B．trees C．grass D．vegetables
A．called B．reminded C．warned D．told
A．this B．that C．it D．one
A．mower B．baseball C．chair D．book
A．broken B．shabby C．torn D．worn
A．attend B．tend C．add D．see
A．happiness B．liveliness C．bravery D．humor
A．talking B．speaking C．telling D．discussing
A．Before B．After C．Until D．Since
A．really B．actually C．eventually D．especially
A．should B．need C．would D．must
A．saying B．doing C．thinking D．Showing
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。
Jerry is a restaurant manager who is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say.
One day I went up to Jerry and asked him, “I don’t get 36 ! You can’t be a __37__ person all of the time. How do you do it?” Jerry replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself you have two __38__ today. You can choose to be in a good mood 39 you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. It’s your choice __40__ you live life.”
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never __41__ to do in the restaurant business…. He __42__ the back door open one morning and was held up at __43__ point by three armed robbers. He was shot by them while trying to fight back. __44__, Jerry was found relatively quickly and __45 to the local trauma(外伤) center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released 46
the hospital with fragments of the bullets 47 in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the __48 . Jerry told me something happening in the ER( 急诊室). He said, “… the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the 49 on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really 50 . In their eyes, I 51 ‘he’s a dead man.’ I knew I needed to take 52 .” “What did you do?’ I asked. “Well, there was a nurse shouting questions at me,” said Jerry. “She asked 53 I was allergic to anything. ‘ Yes’ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘BULLETS!’ Over their 54 , I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead’.” Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, 55 , is everything.
A．that B．those C．one D．it
A．brave B．good C．positive D．bad
A．causes B．choices C．things D．goals
A．and B．or C．but D．then
A．how B．what C．that D．when
A．supposed B．expected C．encouraged D．suggested
A．came B．left C．broke D．knocked
A．sword B．stick C．arrow D．gun
A．Hopefully B．Delightedly C．Luckily D．Disappointedly
A．pushed B．rushed C．stepped D．followed
A．to B．towards C．from D．down
A．even B．ever C．once D．still
A．trouble B．accident C．difficulty D．trick
A．expressions B．smiles C．cries D．tears
A．attracted B．touched C．scared D．warned
A．mix B．hope C．ask D．read
A．care B．action C．turns D．apart
A．what B．that C．if D．why
A．laughter B．disappointment C．excitement D．joy
A．after all B．at all C．in all D．for all
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