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。
When you concentrate, you focus on one thing and get other thoughts out of your mind. You concentrate on schoolwork, on sports, or on some music which requires serious ________effort. The point is that you think of only one________at a time, do it and leave it behind you.
________to concentrate is important. Any adult will tell you they________have at least a dozen things on their minds. When they must complete a project by a certain day and hour, they concentrate on it and________several people into a work team. This________a clear focus on the work—and on getting others to do their________.
Adults have a(n)________life which may include a husband or a wife, children, and all the work of running a household. Supper must be________and the broken back staircase must be fixed before someone gets________. If a child is sick, he or she must go to the________.
With all these things on their minds, how do adults________the day? They know they cannot fight all their battles at one time, so they concentrate on the most ________task, get it done, and go onto the next.
The martial arts (武术)________ you this kind of concentration. To do a movement________, you must watch and imitate the master. Since you do not always get things right the first time, you must figure out your________and correct it. The instructor is there to________, but you are still responsible for your personal progress. As you move up in rank (等级), more and more is demanded of you. The________are increasingly complex. You have ________time in class and want to get the most from it. But since you have learned to concentrate on________movements and get them right, you confidently accept—and meet—these greater challenges.
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As I got up today, I smelt fresh coffee. I woke up to a cup of it with some biscuits on my bedside table. This reminded me of , the old school and college days, when mom used to wake me up by serving a cup of coffee. The taste is still so in my memories.
A thought hit me, "I was in bed, so who prepared this coffee for me? Is it a dream?"
I pinched（掐）myself, ouch... that hurt, which meant I was not . I walked out of the room with the cup of coffee, my roommate. I asked him whether he prepared that for me, and the answer was YES.
I was relaxed somehow my heart wanted him to say NO, because I wanted to be in a that my mom prepared it for me. The whole reminded me of mom and I her at that moment.
On my way to my office, I was thinking about those days when mom used to cook my meal. I could not any single day when I slept without food. But now, I no longer the food mom cooked.
This very thought tears to my eyes and I decided to call up mom. I reached the office and gave her a call.
The first thing she asked was, "Is everything all right?" I was . And I thought, "How the time has ."
When I was with her, I used to call her after every hour when I was out with my friends. In those days she asked me what was wrong, as she knew that it was my habit. My call at this point of the day to her meant that I was in .
Time has changed, she is still the same, and it is who have changed.
A．drink B．find C．prepare D．cook
A．home B．comfort C．warmth D．kitchen
A．smelling B．cooking C．steaming D．pouring
A．deep B．heavy C．fresh D．recent
A．funny B．possible C．realistic D．sudden
A．thinking B．dreaming C．working D．reacting
A．in place of B．in favor of C．in search of D．in case of
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．sense B．relief C．sorrow D．belief
A．scene B．loss C．care D．matter
A．hated B．expected C．missed D．questioned
A．last B．every C．tasty D．complete
A．check B．count C．remember D．cover
A．pack B．finish C．imagine D．enjoy
A．brought B．caused C．pushed D．raised
A．careless B．speechless C．rootless D．homeless
A．influenced B．passed C．flied D．changed
A．never B．still C．often D．almost
A．peace B．surprise C．trouble D．progress
A．my roommate B．she C．the situation D．I
完形填空（共1小题）
My daughter is a single parent．She works hard to ______ for herself and her three young sons．She budgets carefully and ______ to plan for the little luxuries (奢侈品) and treats that others take for granted．When her eldest son, David, wanted a ______ so that he could do an after-school newspaper delivery job, she ______ and soon, he was the proud ______ of a good second-hand bike.
One afternoon, my daughter asked David to go to a local shop．He rode his bicycle, ______ foolishly left it outside the shop without ______ it up．When David came out of the shop, it was______．He walked home in ______ and then, together with his frustrated mother, went to the local police station to report the ______.
Imagine their ______ when they arrived at the station: a car parked out front had David’s bike wedged (挤进) in its boot (汽车后部的行李箱)．The ______ told them how he’d seen a group of kids ______ the bike once my grandson had gone inside the shop.
The driver – in his late teens himself – had called out to them to “leave that bike ______!” Despite this, one member of the group ______ on the bicycle and rode it away while the others followed．Not to be ______, the teen got in his car, drove after them and ______ that they give the stolen bike back.
He was happy to be able to ______ it to my grandson together with a lecture (echoed by the policeman and his mother) about the silliness of _____ to use the bike lock．______, in all the excitement, he slipped away, without even giving them his name or telephone number.
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I have learned a lot from being a taxi driver. I’ve been in the for many years, and I know there is a lot about it that is not so . Taxi drivers have to be tough to the New York traffic eight hours a day. Because taxi drivers are tough, people get the wrong that they are bad. However, you can read in the almost every week that taxi drivers the things people left in their cabs. If they weren’t , you wouldn’t read those moving stories in the papers.
In 1913, I bought my own cab. It was difficult at that time so I had part of my money for something unexpected. I did pretty well, in those days. Once in Brooklyn, I found a in my cab. I remembered helping a lady with a lot of baggage that day, so I went back to where I had her off. It took me almost two days to find her so as to the ring. I didn’t get as much as “ ”. Still, I felt good because I had done what was right.
People ask me about the . As far as I know, everyone will give you something. You know most Americans are pretty . I always try to be nice to everyone, whether they tip or not. In all my years of driving a cab, I have never had any with the public. I try to others the way I want to be treated. I have been trying this for a long time, and the longer I try, the it gets. Up till now, I still hold the view that is one of the greatest qualities of people.
A．project B．department C．business D．organization
A．good B．helpful C．bad D．advisable
A．cut B．fight C．avoid D．enjoy
A．fact B．truth C．theory D．impression
A．book B．magazine C．newspaper D．advertisement
A．take out B．bring in C．set aside D．turn in
A．funny B．nice C．polite D．wise
A．left behind B．kept back C．put away D．given away
A．even B．yet C．still D．just
A．bag B．dress C．diamond D．ring
A．seen B．dropped C．knocked D．set
A．buy B．return C．repair D．find
A．Thank you B．I’m sorry C．It doesn’t matter D．With pleasure
A．roads B．passengers C．places D．tips
A．actually B．certainly C．gradually D．especially
A．successful B．generous C．serious D．independent
A．agreement B．connection C．trouble D．relationship
A．pay B．follow C．treat D．entertain
A．easier B．harder C．smaller D．clearer
A．curiosity B．confidence C．modesty D．Honesty
Old friends
They finish your sentences, they remember the cat that ran away when you were twelve, and they tell you the truth when you’ve had a bad haircut. But mostly, they are always there for you — whether it’s in person or ________late night phone calls — in good times and________. But as the years pass, it becomes increasingly________to see each other, to make new memories.________, my high school friends and I promised long ago not to let this happen. We promised to have reunions.
A few months ago, we met up for a two-day________in the American Southwest. We grew up together in Maine and have said for years that we should have a(n)________event, yet it’s often put off or________due to schedule conflicts(冲突). Not this year.
The weekend ________long talks by the pool, wonderful meals, and a hike that brought the entire group to________ . Not tears of sadness or anger, but an outpouring of emotion over the complete wonderment that we can be this close — twelve years after graduation — with such physical________between us. It’s heartbreaking that we can’t spend our days together in the same neighborhood, walking the same streets, reading the same newspaper at the same coffee shop. But that’s________. Grown-up life.
Most________ is the group’s adaptability to one another. The time we spend ________is non-existent. No need to get reacquainted (重新熟悉), we jump back in the saddle (车座) and it’s as comfortable as ever. Old friends — friends with an ever-present ________of support and sisterhood, friends that know each other innately (天生地) — are hard to come by and yet we remain as ________today as we were, years ago, giggling(咯咯笑) in the back row of Mr. McKechnie’s 9th grade math class.
Life today,________, is no math class. Our world is full of________ , full of fear. Yet it ________ me — now, more than ever — how important it is that we stay________ . We may have questions about our future, but we have true faith in our past, and though this ________of friends has come to a close, we are already drawing up plans for the next one.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-20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。
I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest , my mother is telling me, “Don’t watch the when you say ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look the person in the , so he’ll know you it.”
My mother thus made the key point of a(n) apology: it must be direct. You must never to be doing something else. You do not a pile of letters while apologizing to a person in position after blaming（责备） him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your . You do not apologize to a hostess(女主人), whose guest of honor you treat , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad .
One of the important things you should do for an apology is readiness to the responsibility(责任) for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no for the other person to us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling about themselves. That, after all, is the of every apology. It little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault: answering for(对……负责) one’s encourages others to take their share of the blame.
A．provided B．mixed C．compared D．treated
A．dreams B．courses C．memories D．ideas
A．side B．ground C．wall D．bottom
A．mind B．soul C．face D．eye
A．imagine B．enjoy C．mean D．regret
A．useful B．successful C．equal D．basic
A．pretend B．forget C．refuse D．expect
A．hold on B．put away C．look through D．pick up
A．poorer B．weaker C．worse D．lower
A．fault B．reason C．result D．duty
A．cruelly B．freely C．roughly D．foolishly
A．manners B．excuses C．efforts D．roles
A．active B．effective C．extra D．easy
A．raise B．perform C．admit D．bear
A．situation B．need C．sign D．room
A．advise B．forgive C．warn D．blame
A．wiser B．warmer C．better D．cleverer
A．purpose B．method C．end D．advantage
A．cares B．matters C．depends D．remains
A．facts B．states C．rights D．actions
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The moment happened 30 years ago but it was still fresh in my memory. I was a college freshman and had ________ up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first ________ of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a ________ . A few minutes’ nap（小睡）time before class couldn’t ________ , I thought.
BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my ________ beating wildly trying to find the cause of the ________ . My young professor was looking at me with a boyish(孩子气的) smile on his face. He had ________ dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!”, he said still ________ . “I am glad to see everyone is ________. Now let’s get started. ”
For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the ________ of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. It was instead from the ________ discussion he led. With knowledge and good ________ he made the material come ________. His insight （洞察力）was full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he ________ with were contagious(有感染力的). I ________ the classroom not only wide awake, but a little ________ and a little better as well.
I learned something far more important than not ________in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life，do it well，do it with ________ . What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk(梦游)your way through ________ then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too________not to live it well.
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With the help of Gloria, his wife, Tom Peterson worked for many years to build a solid business selling television sets, stereo systems, and home appliances. Tom developed an excellent with their full satisfaction guarantee and friendly service. He was proud of his high percentage of repeat .
About five years ago, Tom was by the owners of a competing company, Stereo Super Stores. They wanted him to them out. The price was very attractive. Everything looked good. Before making his final Tom asked Gloria what she thought about the purchase. She told him that the numbers looked good it didn't feel to her. However, Tom was so self-confident and so convinced that this was a rare , he went ahead and made the . Within months he discovered that he had made a big . He had paid too much for a company. He tried as hard as he could to make it work out, but he couldn't turn things .He was forced into bankruptcy (破产). He was about to lose everything, including his business.
Tom was embarrassed, but he is a survivor. He looked at his situation. He decided to admit his mistake and, rather than getting stuck in lawsuits (诉讼), he would focus his on saving and rebuilding his original business. He saw also that he had made a mistake by not listening to his , and that he needed to learn from this . He dealt with the crisis in a way that delighted people, who in turn respect for him. Old customers poured into his store. He and Gloria to changes in retailing (零售) and have built an even better business than before.
In the business world, it is natural to gain and lose, of Peterson’s experience is an example. Only those who regard their mistakes as gifts and learn from them attract endless profits.
A．popularity B．reputation C．cause D．foundation
A．customers B．assistants C．friends D．visitors
A．appointed B．approved C．approached D．appreciated
A．sell B．pay C．buy D．check
A．decision B．choice C．determination D．judgment
A．as though B．now that C．even though D．in case
A．terrible B．fair C．right D．attractive
A．possibility B．occasion C．event D．opportunity
A．profit B．purchase C．reservation D．appointment
A．difference B．discovery C．commitment D．mistake
A．dying B．controversial C．clumsy D．tiring
A．in B．around C．down D．up
A．original B．various C．unique D．precious
A．quietly B．loudly C．openly D．secretly
A．beliefs B．spirits C．attempts D．energies
A．producer B．wife C．relative D．adviser
A．experience B．enterprise C．process D．history
A．won B．showed C．achieved D．earned
A．belonged B．adapted C．adopted D．appealed
A．them B．what C．that D．which
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 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。
My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
The first two there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them. As we were on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them off at the walls or floor. However, one lady my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t like that. As we got with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got. she was singing, she was also out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my were to my students. People who worked at the care center could to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
Justin also the same lady. The difference between us is that he on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my to let you know that.” This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No can completely describe that touching moment...
It a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself to have witnessed his lesson.来
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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。
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. One day he asked God, “They tell me you are ________ me to the earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so ________ and helpless?”
God replied, “Among many angels（天使）, I ________ one for you. She will be waiting for you and will ________you. What’s more, your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s love and be ________.But here in heaven,I do nothing else but sing and smile!That’s enough for me.”
“And how am I going to be able to ________ when people talk to me?”the child ________ .“I don’t know the language.”
God answered gently,“Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet ________ , and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to ________.”
“I’ve heard that on the earth there are bad men, Who will ________me?”
“Your angel will shelter you even if it ________risking(冒险) her life!”
“But I will always be sad because I will not ________you any more,”the child continued. God smiled at him.“Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the________for you to come back to me, and as a matter of fact I will ________ be next to you.”
At that moment it was ________ in Heaven, but voices from the ________could be heard. The child ________he had to start on his journey very soon. He asked God one more question softly,“Oh God, if I am about to ________ now, please tell me my angel’s ________ .”
God touched the child on the shoulder and answered,“It’s easy to remember. You will simply call her ________ .”
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As I entered womanhood，mom told me that no matter what happened and no matter what I did，I could always come home. Because of what those words meant to me，I said the same thing to my .
My childhood was filled with —a lot of kisses，lots of hugs，and lots of spoken “I love you”．Because of what those meant to me，I my sons the same things.
My mom came from a family and had a difficult childhood，yet she never about how unlucky she was my mom，I saw love’s ability to forgive.
I saw my sweet mom love my Grandpa， he had abandoned her and my Grandma and failed to them with basic necessities；I never saw mom treat Grandpa any way but lovingly，even though he was far from . I learned how love behaves and forgives.
I watched my mom my 100yearold grandma who，in her blindness，deafness and feebleness(虚弱)，needed almost care. When I was in her home，I heard what I’ve heard all my life，“I love you，mom.” They would each other this at least five times a —when mom got Grandma up，made her comfortable in bed，or prepared her . And I would hear love’s when Grandma said，“And I love you too.”
Love forgives and not focusing on what has happened ，love’s focus is on what needs to be done and on doing it the we can.
My mom taught me to love；she told me to it on to my children，and she forgiveness herself.
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Not being sure where I want to start this, I will say that I lost my mom back in April of this year. She was ninety-two. , I was not expecting her to and I don’t think she was expecting it either. I was very close to my mom, being an only child. We did have on the surface, but we still had a close relationship those.
Being newly married less than a year, and having moved a couple of times , I have had more changes recently in my life than at any other point of my fifty-four years. Stability is one of the gifts that Mom me and it had so many that I wasn’t aware of until now. My husband and I have made some to Mom’s home and will be moving at the end of next week. It is now our home, but it still has my heart in it. It’s where I grew up, and there are many that will live there with us. At the same time, I am looking forward to some very happy and memorable ones with my husband.
Mom such a big part in my life. Our lives were woven because she gave me her values which have become strongly in the woman I am today. I don’t have any children whom I could these on to. However, Mother’s values affect me every day with the I have with others, whether I know them or not. I hope Mom would be of who I am, what I’ve become because of her, and of I am going to live with my . She gave me everything I needed to know in life: respect others, and give help to others who it most. I love you, Mom, and I will never forget you.
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When I entered the classroom, our teacher announced we were going to have a math test. I took a look at the full of what looked like hieroglyphs(象形文字) to me and began to . I did the best that I could, and then left my to put my paper in a pile(摞) on the front desk with a(n) .
I returned to my seat and then an idea came to my mind. I where the teacher was before I made my . She was walking in the of the room with her back turned. I left my seat and went back to the pile of test papers already handed and when I picked up my paper I also the paper right below it before returning to my seat. When I looked at the paper I had taken, I discovered it was the work of the girl in our class. I copied her answers to my paper.
The next day the teacher handed back our papers turning them facedown on everyone’s desks. When I my paper over, I was to see an “F” on it. After class I went to the girl whose answers I had and said to her, “That math test was difficult. I it. I guess we need to study more.” Her was, “Not me, I got every question and got an A.”
The teacher knew. She never blamed me in front of the class and me to keep my dignity(尊严). I made a to myself never ever to cheat again. I would remember to always be in the things I do. I never forgot that teacher who failed me when, really, I had failed myself.
A．blackboard B．paper C．book D．picture
A．think B．cry C．worry D．sleep
A．seat B．classroom C．partner D．teacher
A．joy B．sigh C．idea D．problem
A．believed B．found C．ignored D．checked
A．research B．mind C．move D．comment
A．front B．middle C．back D．outside
A．out B．in C．over D．on
A．saw B．left C．remembered D．included
A．extra B．new C．clean D．difficult
A．tallest B．oldest C．prettiest D．smartest
A．got B．turned C．put D．took
A．shocked B．angry C．happy D．excited
A．copied B．read C．marked D．examined
A．knew B．made C．failed D．lost
A．reply B．attitude C．opinion D．purpose
A．ready B．right C．done D．good
A．told B．reminded C．allowed D．advised
A．speech B．joke C．wish D．promise
A．honest B．friendly C．careful D．Hopeful
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The purpose of a letter of application（应聘）is to help you to “sell” yourself. It should state_____ the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have _____. It should be simple, human, personal and brief without _____ out any necessary facts.
In writing a letter of application, keep in _____ that the things a possible employer is most _____to want to know about are your qualifications（素质）, your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. _____ the first few sentences fail to _____ the reader's attention, the rest of the letter may not be _____ at all. Try to key(重点说明) your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer, not ______ your own needs or desires. For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your _______in today's newspaper,” you might say “ I have made a careful _____ of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives ______ your product and why they like it.”
Try to _____generalities（笼统）. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now ______. College graduates looking for their first positions often ask “ What can I ______ in a letter? Employers want experience ――which, naturally, no _____ has.” The answer is that everything you have ever done is ______.
It is important to write a good strong closing remark for your letter._____ a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent ______ is to enclose (内附) a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it ______ for a possible employer to get in touch with you.
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A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day ________ I drove to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my stopped. It was out of gas on a ________ road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone ________ could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile ________ I finally found a house near the ________ . I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair ________ . She said, “I’ve been ________ for you here for a long time. Come in.________ is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t ________ what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You ________ tea,” said she.
I quickly ________ that my car was out of ________ , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept ________ me Alfred and talking about how long it had been ________she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I ________ .
_________, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my ________ , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t ________ anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and ________ came back because of the war.”
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