第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。
Think you can’t be happy? You’ll think again after reading this story.
Barbara Ann Kipfer hated her feet. They were too big and she always seemed to   36   over them when someone was   37   —usually a smart guy. Come to think of it, her teeth were too big, too. The other kids teased her because of the way she   38   and because she wanted to be a sportswriter some day. No matter what she did, she was teased for being “  39  .”
That’s   40   she started writing down things that she liked in a notebook. “It was like a friend, and it   41   me that there are good things,   42   everything around me is unpleasant,” she says. She copied the list over and over,   43   new things every day.
One day, she decided to   44   her list with some of the girls in her class, hoping they would think it was as much fun as she did. But   45  , they made her feel stupid again. “They laughed at me,” she remembers, “I was ashamed, and I   46   doing it.” Here comes the  47  part. When she was in 10th grade, Kipfer found her old notebook and decided to   48   where she left off. “It was like a diary, like a photograph of my life,” she says. She started writing to publishers, asking them if they’d be interested in printing her list as a book.
She kept writing to one company   49  , because she liked the types of books it printed. “He kept saying, ‘It’s just a list, what am I supposed to do with it?’” “You’re not   50   to do anything with it. It’s   51   supposed to remind people of something they did that was really  52  .”
Finally, the publisher   53   to turn Kipfer’s list into a book, which sold more than million copies! 14,000 Things to Be Happy About even   54   it to be New York Times Best Sellers list.   55   being a best-selling author, Kipfer also went to realize her dream of becoming a sports editor at the Chicago Tribune.
36. A. jump                         B. fall                          C. turn                         D. push
37. A. nearby                       B. around                            C. watching                  D. laughing
38. A. dressed                      B. lived                        C. thought                    D. looked
39. A. foolish                      B. special                            C. different                   D. shy
40. A. what                         B. when                       C. because                    D. where
41. A. reminded                   B. told                         C. persuaded                 D. helped
42. A. because                            B. but                          C. unless                      D. even though
43. A. adding                       B. finding                     C. making                    D. giving
44. A. talk                           B. discuss                     C. share                        D. write
45. A. then                          B. naturally                  C. further                            D. instead
46. A. continued                  B. stopped                    C. enjoyed                    D. hated
47. A. cool                          B. important                 C. exciting                    D. funny
48. A. find out                            B. pick up                    C. think of                    D. give up
49. A. in general                  B. at first                      C. in particular              D. at last
50. A. made                         B. going                       C. advised                    D. supposed
51. A. often                         B. just                          C. also                         D. always
52. A. excellent                    B. successful                 C. fun                          D. true
53. A. hoped                        B. agreed                      C. refused                     D. considered
54. A. made                         B. expected                  C. hoped                      D. helped
55. A. Without                            B. Instead of                 C. While                      D. Besides

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。

Think you can’t be happy? You’ll think again after reading this story.

Barbara Ann Kipfer hated her feet. They were too big and she always seemed to   36   over them when someone was   37   —usually a smart guy. Come to think of it, her teeth were too big, too. The other kids teased her because of the way she   38   and because she wanted to be a sportswriter some day. No matter what she did, she was teased for being “  39  .”

That’s   40   she started writing down things that she liked in a notebook. “It was like a friend, and it   41   me that there are good things,   42   everything around me is unpleasant,” she says. She copied the list over and over,   43   new things every day.

One day, she decided to   44   her list with some of the girls in her class, hoping they would think it was as much fun as she did. But   45  , they made her feel stupid again. “They laughed at me,” she remembers, “I was ashamed, and I   46   doing it.” Here comes the  47  part. When she was in 10th grade, Kipfer found her old notebook and decided to   48   where she left off. “It was like a diary, like a photograph of my life,” she says. She started writing to publishers, asking them if they’d be interested in printing her list as a book.

She kept writing to one company   49  , because she liked the types of books it printed. “He kept saying, ‘It’s just a list, what am I supposed to do with it?’” “You’re not   50   to do anything with it. It’s   51   supposed to remind people of something they did that was really  52  .”

Finally, the publisher   53   to turn Kipfer’s list into a book, which sold more than million copies! 14,000 Things to Be Happy About even   54   it to be New York Times Best Sellers list.   55   being a best-selling author, Kipfer also went to realize her dream of becoming a sports editor at the Chicago Tribune.

36. A. jump                         B. fall                          C. turn                         D. push

37. A. nearby                       B. around                            C. watching                  D. laughing

38. A. dressed                      B. lived                        C. thought                    D. looked

39. A. foolish                      B. special                            C. different                   D. shy

40. A. what                         B. when                       C. because                    D. where

41. A. reminded                   B. told                         C. persuaded                 D. helped

42. A. because                            B. but                          C. unless                      D. even though

43. A. adding                       B. finding                     C. making                    D. giving

44. A. talk                           B. discuss                     C. share                        D. write

45. A. then                          B. naturally                  C. further                            D. instead

46. A. continued                  B. stopped                    C. enjoyed                    D. hated

47. A. cool                          B. important                 C. exciting                    D. funny

48. A. find out                            B. pick up                    C. think of                    D. give up

49. A. in general                  B. at first                      C. in particular              D. at last

50. A. made                         B. going                       C. advised                    D. supposed

51. A. often                         B. just                          C. also                         D. always

52. A. excellent                    B. successful                 C. fun                          D. true

53. A. hoped                        B. agreed                      C. refused                     D. considered

54. A. made                         B. expected                  C. hoped                      D. helped

55. A. Without                            B. Instead of                 C. While                      D. Besides

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。

Think you can’t be happy? You’ll think again after reading this story.

Barbara Ann Kipfer hated her feet. They were too big and she always seemed to   36   over them when someone was   37   —usually a smart guy. Come to think of it, her teeth were too big, too. The other kids teased her because of the way she   38   and because she wanted to be a sportswriter some day. No matter what she did, she was teased for being “  39  .”

That’s   40   she started writing down things that she liked in a notebook. “It was like a friend, and it   41   me that there are good things,   42   everything around me is unpleasant,” she says. She copied the list over and over,   43   new things every day.

One day, she decided to   44   her list with some of the girls in her class, hoping they would think it was as much fun as she did. But   45  , they made her feel stupid again. “They laughed at me,” she remembers, “I was ashamed, and I   46   doing it.” Here comes the  47  part. When she was in 10th grade, Kipfer found her old notebook and decided to   48   where she left off. “It was like a diary, like a photograph of my life,” she says. She started writing to publishers, asking them if they’d be interested in printing her list as a book.

She kept writing to one company   49  , because she liked the types of books it printed. “He kept saying, ‘It’s just a list, what am I supposed to do with it?’” “You’re not   50   to do anything with it. It’s   51   supposed to remind people of something they did that was really  52  .”

Finally, the publisher   53   to turn Kipfer’s list into a book, which sold more than million copies! 14,000 Things to Be Happy About even   54   it to be New York Times Best Sellers list.   55   being a best-selling author, Kipfer also went to realize her dream of becoming a sports editor at the Chicago Tribune.

36. A. jump                         B. fall                          C. turn                         D. push

37. A. nearby                       B. around                            C. watching                  D. laughing

38. A. dressed                      B. lived                        C. thought                    D. looked

39. A. foolish                      B. special                            C. different                   D. shy

40. A. what                         B. when                       C. because                    D. where

41. A. reminded                   B. told                         C. persuaded                 D. helped

42. A. because                            B. but                          C. unless                      D. even though

43. A. adding                       B. finding                     C. making                    D. giving

44. A. talk                           B. discuss                     C. share                        D. write

45. A. then                          B. naturally                  C. further                            D. instead

46. A. continued                  B. stopped                    C. enjoyed                    D. hated

47. A. cool                          B. important                 C. exciting                    D. funny

48. A. find out                            B. pick up                    C. think of                    D. give up

49. A. in general                  B. at first                      C. in particular              D. at last

50. A. made                         B. going                       C. advised                    D. supposed

51. A. often                         B. just                          C. also                         D. always

52. A. excellent                    B. successful                 C. fun                          D. true

53. A. hoped                        B. agreed                      C. refused                     D. considered

54. A. made                         B. expected                   C. hoped                      D. helped

55. A. Without                            B. Instead of                 C. While                      D. Besides

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
（A）
According to the dictionary definition of “create”, ordinary people are creative every day．To create means “to bring into being, to cause to exist”— something each of us does daily．
We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way．First this involves an awareness of our surroundings．It means using all of our senses to become aware of our world．This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture, as well as taste, when we plan a meal．Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss．
A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things．If we believe the expression, “There is nothing new under the sun,” the creativity is remaking or recombining the old in new ways．For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph．
A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to apply them to achieve some new results．To think up a new concept is one thing; to put the idea to work is another．
These three parts of creativity are involved in all the great works of genius, but they are also involved in many of our day-to-day activities．
56．Which of the following activities is NOT a creative one according to the passage?
A．To prepare a meal．                         B．To arrange the furniture in a peculiar way．
C．To buy some books from a bookstore．   D．To “write” a letter with the computer．
57．The author holds the opinion that ____．
A．creativity demands genius
B．creativity is connected with a deep insight （洞察力） to some extent
C．creativity is to create something new and concrete
D．to practise is the only way to cultivate one’s creativity
58．What does the author think about the relationship between a new thought and its being put into practice?
A．It’s more difficult to create a new thought than to apply it in practice．
B．To find a new thought will definitely lead to the production of a new thing．
C．One may come up with a new thought, but whether or not to put it into practice all depends．
D．A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor．
59．The best title for this passage is ____．
A．How to Cultivate One’s Creativity           B．What is Creativity?
C．The Importance of Creativity                D．Creativity——a Faraway Thing