. ---- Do you know our hometown at all?

   ---- No, this is the first time I ____ here.

A. was   B. have been   C. came    D. am coming

The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath the long branches of an old willow tree.   31   at life, I have a good reason to frown, for the world was intent on   32   me down.

And if that weren't enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath   33  me, all tired from play. He stood   34   in front of me with his head tilted down and said with great excitement, "Look what I found!" In his hand was a   35  . What a pitiful sight, its petals were all worn - not enough rain, or too little light. Wanting him to take his dead flower away and go off to play, I   36   a small smile and then looked away.

But instead of   37   , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and   38   loudly with certainty, "It sure smells pretty and it must be beautiful, too. That's why I picked it; here, it's for you." The weed before me was dying or dead, not vibrant of   39  , orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I  40  for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need." Again,  41   placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then  42  I noticed for the very first time that the boy could not see: he was  43 .

I heard my voice trembling. Tears shone like the sun as I thanked him for picking the very best one. "You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, not realizing the  44  he'd had on my day. I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a  45   woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he 46  my self-indulged plight(困境)? Perhaps he'd been  47  with true sight from his heart by God.

Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. For all of those times I myself had been blind. I decided to see beauty, and  48  every second that belongs to mine.  49  I held that dead flower up to my nose and breathed in the  50  of a beautiful rose , I smiled as that young boy. Another flower in his hand was about to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.

His parents wouldn’t let him marry anyone ______ family was poor.

A. of whom   B. whom   C. of whose   D. whose

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;

 For Senior 3 students, choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time in their entire school lives. This is also true for an American girl 21  Melanie.

Melanie’s dad, James Porter, who is the chief of police for a Chicago suburb, wants Melanie to 22 nearby Northwestern University, where she’s 23 been accepted. But Melanie, 17,really wants to go to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C, where she’s been wait-listed.

When she gets an unexpected 24 from Georgetown University, she decides to 25 a road trip with a few 26 female friends. Melanie believes it is her first step 27 adulthood.

But 28 the fact that this trip is “girls only”, James isn’t 29 with the prospect(期望) of his little princess 30 the world without him. He wants to protect her, so he joins the girls and hopes he can convince Melanie to go to Northwestern. 31 Melanie’s father only has the best of 32 , his presence 33 an endless series of comic encounters（遭遇）.

After following their faulty device  34  into the backwoods (偏远地区), James and Melanie  35  Melanie’s little brother and his pet pig have been hiding in the spare compartment (隔间). What should be a simple change  36  the expensive car rolling down a mountain, forcing them to hike to a nearby hotel…

All these disasters add spice to their trip while along the way a father and a daughter  37  get the chance to really  38  each other.

All parents,  39  they have college students or not, can relate to the bittersweet realization that their kids are growing up.  40  what Melanie and James have done, we all can find the delicate (脆弱的) balance between staying connected and letting go.

A．named   B．naming   C．namely   D．names

A．join    B．send C．attend   D．pass

A．still   B．always   C．yet  D．already

A．appointment B．interview    C．visit    D．meeting

A．provide B．offer    C．take D．hold

A．closing B．close    C．closed   D．closely

A．toward  B．for  C．during   D．with

A．though  B．in spite C．once D．despite

A．satisfying  B．successful   C．comfortable  D．meaningful

A．seeking B．examining    C．searching    D．exploring

A．Since   B．Because  C．While    D．When

A．intentions  B．attempts C．efforts  D．planning

A．comes about B．leads to C．calls in D．turns out

A．lately  B．late C．deeply   D．deep

A．discover    B．invent   C．recognize    D．realize

A．succeeds in B．brings in    C．results from D．certainly

A．hopefully   B．finally  C．firstly  D．certainly

A．agree to    B．speak to C．talk to  D．turn to

A．whether B．if   C．what D．why

A．As  B．Like C．For  D．Except

Ballet is highly technical and it       professional dancers years to train.

A.takes          B.achieves        C.deserves         D.needs

The incomes of skilled workers went up.       , unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.

    A．Moreover B．Therefore         C．Meanwhile         D．Otherwise

Perhaps a parent’s most important contribution toward raising a trustful child is to develop a relationship founded on trust. A child of any age will feel proud and grown-up if parents frequently show their trust. In court a defendant(被告) is innocent until proved guilty. But in the family, a teenager “defendant” is too often assumed guilty.

Even when the child is caught in a complete lie, this should not be the end of trust. A parent can tell a child that a single lie is forgivable. Yet it should be clear that if lies continue, the child, like the boy who cried wolf, will suffer loss of trust.

When my wife and I discovered that our son Tom, then 13, had lied about throwing a party while we were away, we grounded him for a month. We also told Tom that we could no longer trust him, and we could not allow him to stay alone overnight again. This loss of freedom was an important lesson; he learned how hard it is to live with people when they don’t trust him. As a result, now more than three years later we can again trust Tom to stay alone overnight.

Parents must always remember there is no easy answer to this universal problem of lying. We can set a good example, allow for privacy, monitor friendship, develop trust and punish wrong doing, but still we discover our child has lied to us. Finally that’s why there is a need for trust on both sides of a parent-child relationship. Lying destroys closeness and friendship. For that reason, parents should always try to give a child the feeling that they can be trusted with the truth. Parents may start with a child’s trust, but as the child grows older, parents must earn it.

When the writer and his wife discovered that their son had lied, they _________.

A. took all his freedom from him

B. decided never to trust him again

C. forbade him to stay alone overnight

D. arranged him to stay at home.

We can infer from the passage that very often ________.

A. parents don’t trust their child as they should

B. defendants are usually proved not guilty in court

C. parents have too much trust in their child

D. some children are founded guilty in court

According to the passage, the writer believes that _____________.

A. parents shouldn’t punish their children even if they lie

B. it is not easy to deal with the problem of lying as parents

C. there are effective ways to prevent children from lying

D. children will stop telling lies as they grow up

从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

erupt   A. bury     B. August      C. button            D. pollute

loss             A. post           B. associate     C. profit                D. accustom

sword       A. highway     B. answer      C. work                 D. sweat

pleasure       A. league     B. ocean         C. break                D. breakfast

watched       A. cheated     B. recognized  C. practiced       D. whispered

— Do you know Jim quarreled with his mother?

— I don’t know. _____.

       A. Nor don’t I care   B. Nor do I care      C. I don’t care neither           D. I don’t care also 

Part of the reason Charles Dickens loved his own novel, David Copperfield, was _____ it was rather closely modeled on his own life.

A. what             B. that         C. why          D. whether