I was a publishing director and was looking forward to embracing a new day of work, as always，that morning．
I would always turn to the crossword, but that day it didn't 31 I'd been doing it for 30 odd years, but trying to read this one was like treading through syrup（糖浆）: 32 slow and hard． I thought I must be tired． I said to my assistant． The 33 colleague contacted my wife, Beth, and she drove me straight to hospital． There, confirmation came that I'd had a stroke in the part of my brain that 34 communication． I was now in a condition that means it's difficult or 35 to receive and produce language． It was the only time I 36 ．
I was back at home a week later, and my goal was to get better and 37 Work in a couple of months． The way to 38 my language ability was rough． I'd look at simple pictures and try to describe them as my mind 39 round and round in the darkness, looking for words．
As the months passed it became 40 that I wasn't going to be able to go back to my old job． For 25 years, I had 41 myself as a publisher． I was used to a busy day of meetings． I enjoyed colleagues and the 42 I'd had． I didn’t feel ready to say goodbye to my old self． There were times when I felt incredibly 43 ．
In the darkest months, I devoted myself to 44 ． I couldn't manage novels or newspapers, 45 I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines less overwhelming． My speech came back, and I learned how to read again, though much more slowly． I also learned the 46 to keep up． I allowed myself to slow down, and started to enjoy it．
47 , I rid of my old skin． I grieved the past, its passing and its absence, and started to 48 it． Now, 10 years later, I look after my grandson a day a week, and my relationship with my family is deeper than ever． If you'd asked me 15 years ago to 49 the importance of the things in my life I might have said work, but now I'm no longer a high-achieving publisher． I'm a 50 man．
1. A．wear off B．make any sense C．count up D．pay off
2. A．temporarily B．scarcely C．incredibly D．savagely
3. A．curious B．reserved C．rigid D．concerned
4. A．calls for B．deals with C．suffers from D．responds to
5. A．practical B．absurd C．impossible D．innocent
6. A．prayed B．cried C．failed D．withdrew
7. A．contribute to B．agree to C．return to D．appeal to
8. A．obtaining B．rebuilding C．revealing D．improving
9. A．slipped B．doubted C．wandered D．reckoned
10. A．messy B．flexible C．straightforward D．self-evident
11. A．informed B．estimated C．reflected D．defined
12. A．extinction B．reward C．agenda D．status
13. A．angry B．acute C．prejudiced D．merciless
14. A．speaking B．trying C．writing D．managing
15. A．since B．until C．SO D．as
16. A．favor B．patience C．coincidence D．comfort
17. A．Gradually B．Hopefully C．Narrowly D．Annually
18. A．keep up with B．come to terms with C．get around to D．live up to
19. A．arrange B．compare C．rank D．declare
20. A．genius B．community C．dignity D．family
1.B
2.C
3.D
4.B
5.C
6.B
7.C
8.B
9.C
10.D
11.D
12.D
13.A
14.B
15.C
16.B
17.A
18.B
19.C
20.D
【解析】
试题分析：文章讲诉了一名出版总监患了失语症，但通过自己的努力逐渐恢复，并发现人生有比工作更重要的事情--家庭。
1.考查词组：A． wear off磨掉B． make any sense有意义C． count up加起来D． pay off还清，有回报，但那天的情况一点也不合乎常理。选B
2.考查副词：A． temporarily暂时的B． scarcely几乎不C． incredibly 难以置信的，D． savagely野蛮地，难以置信的缓慢和艰难。选C。
3.考查形容词：A． curious 好奇的B． reserved 保留的C． rigid僵硬的 D． concerned关心的，担心我的同事联系了我妻子，选D
4.考查词组：A． calls for需要，照顾B． deals with处理 C． suffers from 遭遇D． responds to回应，证实了我大脑中负责语言沟通的那一部分中风了。选B。
5.考查形容词：A． practical实用的，B． absurd荒唐的；可笑的C． impossible 不可能的，D． innocent天真的，无辜的，这种情况意味着我会难以或者几乎无法接收或说出任何语言，选C
6.考查动词：A． prayed祈祷B． cried 哭C． failed失败 D． withdrew撤回，这是我唯一一次哭的时候。选B。
7.考查词组：A． contribute to 有助于B． agree to同意C． return to回到D． appeal to吸引，我的目标是好起来，回去上班。选C。
8.考查动词：A． obtaining获得B． rebuilding重建C． revealing揭示D． improving改善，重建语言能力的过程很难。选B
9.考查动词：A． slipped滑倒B． doubted怀疑C． wandered 徘徊，走神D． reckoned测算，估计，我的思想会走神。选C
10.考查形容词：A． messy混乱B． flexible灵活的C． straightforward 直率的 D． self-evident不言而喻的，几个月过去了，很明显我不能回去上班了。选D
11.考查动词：A． informed 通知B． estimated估计C． reflected反映D． defined定义，我把自己定义为出版总监，选D
12.A． extinction熄灭B． reward回报C． agenda 日程安排D． status地位，身份，我喜欢同事和自己的身份。选D
13.考查形容词：A． angry 生气的B． acute敏捷的C． prejudiced 有偏见的， D． merciless毫不怜悯的，有很多次我感到非常生气。选A
14.考查动词：A． speaking说话B． trying 尝试C． writing写D． managing管理，我尽量地努力。选B
15.考查连词：A． since自从B． until直到C． SO因此D． as因为，当…,我不能看小说和报纸，因此我尝试看诗歌，选C
16.考查名词：A． favor恩惠B． patience 耐心C． coincidence巧合；一致D． comfort安慰，我学会了坚持的耐心。选B
17.考查副词：A． Gradually逐渐的B．Hopefully有希望的C． Narrowly勉强的，D． Annually一年一度的，逐渐的，我褪去以前的身份。选A
18.考查词组：A． keep up with 跟上B．come to terms with和…一致C．get around to 四处走动D． live up to符合，达到，我开始和它保持一致。选B
19.考查动词：A． arrange安排B． compare 比较C． rank 排名D． declare宣布，如果15年前让我排列一生中最重要的东西，选C
20.考查名词：A． genius天才B． community社区C． dignity尊严D． family家庭，现在我是家庭妇男。选D
考点：考查故事类短文
点评：文章故事线条清晰通过对话展现故事情节，侧重通过上下文信息考查考生的综合运用英语的能力，注重语篇的理解，学生平时要培养自己驾驭语篇的能力，培养自己根据语篇综合运用英语的能力，也注重对词义的辨析和语法的正确使用。
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“I was only thirteen when four of my team members and I were chosen by my swim coach to train with the Chinese National Team. The following piece shows how that experience has influenced me.”
The night before I left for China, my mother called me into her room. I entered not knowing what to expect. I sat down at the end of her very neatly-made bed, opposite the bedroom table on which she kept a Ming-style vase illustrated in great detail. She told me that my great-grandmother was still living in the surroundings of Beijing. Her name was Ren Li Ling and she was 97 years old. This was the first time I had ever heard of her.
The dragon on the vase snaked through the flowers and vines（藤蔓）as my mother said, “Pu Pu, look at me. You need to hear this so that when you go to China you will understand. You must keep this knowledge in your heart.”
She told me a story about my grandfather, Ren Li Ling's son, who left Beijing to go to college in Taiwan. She told me how the Chinese civil war kept him away from his mother for fifty years, so neither of them even knew that the other was alive. No one from Taiwan could visit, write, or call anyone in mainland. All lines of communication were cut off.
She told me of my grandfather's devotion to his own children, and how difficult it was for him to send his daughter to America for her education, fearing that same separation. He gave my mother all that he could give — nineteen years of love and fifty years of savings. I learned how my mother, through means only available in this country, would finally be able to unite my great-grandmother with my grandfather again. The dragon curled around the vase, connecting the separate vines. For a fleeting second, I felt it was present in my mother's room. It was all very strange, yet very clear. I began to understand that this trip to China was not just for me; it was for my mother, and her father, and his mother. Now, I had not only a future, but more significantly, a past. I saw the world with new eyes.
And so I went to China and met my great-grandmother. My great-aunt picked me up at the training center, and we rode in a taxi through the crowded city. The noise of the taxi and the city united into a deep roar. We finally stopped in front of a narrow street lined on either side with small one-level houses. As we made our way to a house like all the others, I drew the stares of many people in the street. My great-aunt led me through a rotting（朽烂的）doorway into a room with a furnace（炉子）, table, and a rocking chair where an old woman wearing gloves sat facing the doorway, covered with a worn brown blanket. I walked over and immediately embraced this frail woman as if I had known her all my life. My limited, broken Chinese wasn't up to expressing my complicated feelings. And even though I couldn't completely understand what she was saying in her thick Beijing accent, I knew — the same way I knew what my mother had been trying to tell me before I left. Her joy shone through her toothless smile. She wouldn't let go of my hand. I haltingly（结结巴巴地）asked her how she had managed to live such a long life. She answered in words I will never forget, “Hope has kept me alive. I have lived this long because I wanted to see my son before I died.”
My fellow team members must have wondered how two people separated by three generations could be so close. Before this trip, I would have wondered the same thing. And even now, I can't quite explain it. We were as different as two people can be; some 85 years and 8,000 miles apart. We came from two entirely different cultures; yet we were connected by a common heritage(传统).
I stayed for dinner which was cooked in a black iron wok（锅）over the furnace. The meal was lavish（过分丰盛的）, prepared in my honor. As I began to eat, with my great-grandmother beside me, I felt the dragon was present. But this time, the feeling didn't pass; the dragon had become a part of me.
My great-grandmother passed away last year at the age of 100. With her highest hopes and wildest dreams fulfilled, I know she died happy.
【小题1】 The writer’s mother called him into her room to ___________________.
| A．prepare him for the trip and warn him against possible problems |
| B．remind him of his origin |
| C．ask him to look for his great-grandmother |
| D．share with him the story of her childhood |
| A．the vase with the dragon on it is very valuable and beautiful |
| B．it stands for the blood running in every Chinese |
| C．it is a sign of the writer’s devotion to his birthplace |
| D．the writer’s mother hoped the writer would be as strong as a dragon |
| A．13 | B．16 | C．19 | D．20 |
| A．The writer’s grandfather was afraid of a war when sending his daughter to America. |
| B．The hope to see her son again kept the writer’s great-grandmother alive for this long. |
| C．It was within the writer’s expectation that he could be so close to his great-grandmother. |
| D．The writer’s great-grandmother was reunited with her son before she died. |
| A．We Share the Same Heritage. |
| B．Love from My Great-grandmother. |
| C．A Story from My Mother. |
| D．An Unforgettable Training Trip. |
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“I was only thirteen when four of my team members and I were chosen by my swim coach to train with the Chinese National Team. The following piece shows how that experience has influenced me.”
The night before I left for China, my mother called me into her room. I entered not knowing what to expect. I sat down at the end of her very neatly-made bed, opposite the bedroom table on which she kept a Ming-style vase illustrated in great detail. She told me that my great-grandmother was still living in the surroundings of Beijing. Her name was Ren Li Ling and she was 97 years old. This was the first time I had ever heard of her.
The dragon on the vase snaked through the flowers and vines（藤蔓）as my mother said, “Pu Pu, look at me. You need to hear this so that when you go to China you will understand. You must keep this knowledge in your heart.”
She told me a story about my grandfather, Ren Li Ling's son, who left Beijing to go to college in Taiwan. She told me how the Chinese civil war kept him away from his mother for fifty years, so neither of them even knew that the other was alive. No one from Taiwan could visit, write, or call anyone in mainland. All lines of communication were cut off.
She told me of my grandfather's devotion to his own children, and how difficult it was for him to send his daughter to America for her education, fearing that same separation. He gave my mother all that he could give — nineteen years of love and fifty years of savings. I learned how my mother, through means only available in this country, would finally be able to unite my great-grandmother with my grandfather again. The dragon curled around the vase, connecting the separate vines. For a fleeting second, I felt it was present in my mother's room. It was all very strange, yet very clear. I began to understand that this trip to China was not just for me; it was for my mother, and her father, and his mother. Now, I had not only a future, but more significantly, a past. I saw the world with new eyes.
And so I went to China and met my great-grandmother. My great-aunt picked me up at the training center, and we rode in a taxi through the crowded city. The noise of the taxi and the city united into a deep roar. We finally stopped in front of a narrow street lined on either side with small one-level houses. As we made our way to a house like all the others, I drew the stares of many people in the street. My great-aunt led me through a rotting（朽烂的）doorway into a room with a furnace（炉子）, table, and a rocking chair where an old woman wearing gloves sat facing the doorway, covered with a worn brown blanket. I walked over and immediately embraced this frail woman as if I had known her all my life. My limited, broken Chinese wasn't up to expressing my complicated feelings. And even though I couldn't completely understand what she was saying in her thick Beijing accent, I knew — the same way I knew what my mother had been trying to tell me before I left. Her joy shone through her toothless smile. She wouldn't let go of my hand. I haltingly（结结巴巴地）asked her how she had managed to live such a long life. She answered in words I will never forget, “Hope has kept me alive. I have lived this long because I wanted to see my son before I died.”
My fellow team members must have wondered how two people separated by three generations could be so close. Before this trip, I would have wondered the same thing. And even now, I can't quite explain it. We were as different as two people can be; some 85 years and 8,000 miles apart. We came from two entirely different cultures; yet we were connected by a common heritage(传统).
I stayed for dinner which was cooked in a black iron wok（锅）over the furnace. The meal was lavish（过分丰盛的）, prepared in my honor. As I began to eat, with my great-grandmother beside me, I felt the dragon was present. But this time, the feeling didn't pass; the dragon had become a part of me.
My great-grandmother passed away last year at the age of 100. With her highest hopes and wildest dreams fulfilled, I know she died happy.
1. The writer’s mother called him into her room to ___________________.
A．prepare him for the trip and warn him against possible problems
B．remind him of his origin
C．ask him to look for his great-grandmother
D．share with him the story of her childhood
2. The dragon is mentioned several times in the passage because __________________.
A．the vase with the dragon on it is very valuable and beautiful
B．it stands for the blood running in every Chinese
C．it is a sign of the writer’s devotion to his birthplace
D．the writer’s mother hoped the writer would be as strong as a dragon
3. How old was the writer’s mother when she was sent to America for her education.
A．13 B．16 C．19 D．20
4.Which of the following can be inferred from the text?
A．The writer’s grandfather was afraid of a war when sending his daughter to America.
B．The hope to see her son again kept the writer’s great-grandmother alive for this long.
C．It was within the writer’s expectation that he could be so close to his great-grandmother.
D．The writer’s great-grandmother was reunited with her son before she died.
5.Which is the best title for the text?
A．We Share the Same Heritage.
B．Love from My Great-grandmother.
C．A Story from My Mother.
D．An Unforgettable Training Trip.
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