One misfortune led to another, and that’s how Alexandra came to live with my family. Within days, she packed and   36   her family behind to live with us. She walked into our house as a   37   ,nervous and uncomfortable, smiling   38   but finally feeling safe. At first, she spent most of her time in her room, only showing her face at dinner tine. But each night she became more a   39   of our family.

Soon enough, I met the real Alexandra, a   40   girl who jumped at unexpected noises, had an unforgettable laugh, and was somewhat misunderstood. She   41   right in with the weird mix of my family, bringing her own sparkle （活力）to our   42  . After a while, I became very   43   to her. We painted each other’s nails and texted inside jokes only a few feet away from   44  . She would even tease me like an older sister. I admired her because she opened up to us   45   she had suffered so much. Through it all she was still the   46   person she had always been.

She was not with us very long; she had dreams yet to realize. Her ambition was   47  , and she decided a local college was   48   she would study English and Secondary Education. Because of my family she was able to follow through with her   49  .

Without her, the house is quieter, lonelier, and   50   something. She showed me things no other person could, lessons that cannot be taught but only understood through an   51   like this.

As I   52   back on the shadow she left, I question whether I could endure what she had. People say that what my family did for her was a great act of unconditional   53   and sacrifice, but in my eyes what she did for me was even greater. Though she is not   54   to me, she is a person I will always remember, not as an adopted sister but as a do   55   one.

36．A．left                        B．put                        C．kept                      D．moved

37．A．loser                            B．fool                        C．stranger                D．trouble-maker

38．A．willingly                 B．occasionally          C．broadly                 D．falsely

39．A．piece                           B．kind                       C．role                       D．part

40．A．pretty                    B．sweet                           C．worried                  D．confident

41．A．joined                   B．matched                C．set                        D．fit

42．A．combination          B．conversation         C．tradition                D．expectation

43．A．friendly                 B．modest                  C．close                            D．innocent

44．A．one another          B．us                          C．them                            D．her

45．A．ever since                    B．as if                       C．as far as               D．even though

46．A．only                      B．same                            C．likely                            D．other

47．A．engineering          B．acting                    C．teaching                D．learning

48．A．when                            B．which                     C．whether                 D．where

49．A．goals                           B．opinions                C．manners               D．habits

50．A．covering               B．missing                  C．holding                  D．destroying

51．A．opportunity           B．adventure                    C．experience                   D．explanation

52．A．bring                            B．call                        C．feel                       D．look

53．A．love                      B．happiness                    C．help                      D．dignity

54．A．familiar                  B．related                  C．exposed                D．ordinary

55．A．last                       B．full                         C．real                       D．moral

One day my math teacher asked me to help him save back-up copies of his work in the computer. I then realized I was able to 36 the grades for all of his classes. I showed him how to copy files from one disk to another and he 37 me.

A few days later be asked me to help him again, because he  38 how to do it. When I began to show this to him, some students in my class  39 and began to talk among themselves  40 . Later that day, at lunch time, I was  41 by several of them.

“Hey, could you help us change our grades in math? We’ll 42 you…”

I could not believe what I was hearing．I could get some reward for something very  43 ．" All right．I'll do it．" The next day my math teacher  44 me to help him out．When he was not paying attention, I began to change their grades from F's to A's．

I soon became very  45  among my friends．They began to treat me like a god with a magical 46 ．I began to change the grades of students．Word  47  quickly and I became very rich．

Everything was going fine  48  I was called into the headmaster's office．When I got there, my teacher was mad, and the headmaster had an angry  49  in his eyes．"I have known you for three years now．I don't want to 50  what your teacher said, but I'm afraid that I must．He has too much  51  , " he said．" Do you have anything to say  52  yourself?" he asked．

"No．" I said finally．I did not realize how serious my actions had been．I had violated the   53 of my teacher, and the headmaster．And there was no way  54 ．I was forced to leave my school．

That was a good  55 for me．

1.A．access           B．submit         C．change         D．mark

2.A．congratulated                      B．admired        C．thanked    D．accepted

3.A．doubted          B．remembered     C．reminded       D．forgot

4.A．recognised                         B．noticed        C．complained D．identified

5.A．tentatively      B．quietly        C．sincerely      D．angrily

6.A．appointed                          B．approved       C．approached D．appreciated

7.A．pay              B．praise         C．donate         D．inspire

8.A．familiar                           B．simple         C．interesting    D．pleasant

9.A．forced           B．advised        C．encouraged     D．got

10.A．optimistic                        B．popular        C．sensitive  D．grateful

11.A．energy          B．strength       C．right          D．power

12.A．escaped                           B．slipped        C．spread     D．enlarged

13.A．until           B．since          C．as             D．after

14.A．sight                             B．look           C．light      D．feeling

15.A．believe         B．ignore         C．oppose         D．influence

16.A．experience                        B．pressure       C．confidence D．evidence

17.A．to              B．by             C．for            D．of

18.A．intention                         B．honor          C．promise    D．trust

19.A．away            B．off            C．back           D．down

20.A．lesson    B．skill    C．story    D．example

 

It is three in the morning on a Tuesday, and I’m walking toward table eighteen, the one I call home. I pass the waiters, give a brief nod to the  1.  and take my seat. I  2.  the “usual,” water and peanut butter pie. Yes, I’m at an all-night diner.

I start to take out my books,  3. full well that I will be  4. on the same page of Socrates that I’ve been on for the better part of the semester. Of course, it’s   5.  —for my group that is. I wait for the empty chairs around me to be   6.  .

Just as the Muzak songs start to repeat themselves, Shana and Jenny walk in. I am   7.   with the usual big hugs and smiles. 8. , the diner stops being a twenty-for-hour restaurant with bad service and becomes my place—my home   9. the prisonlike dorm room. For the next couple of hours, we will joke about people we know, talk about books, reflect on the meaning of life, quote movies and  10. new private jokes. Table number eighteen is our  11.  home.

During my senior year of college, I started going to the diner for a temporary escape from a dorm room that felt like it was closing in on me. Not to 12.  the phones, the stereo and the computer. How could anyone seriously  13.   to have good study habits? Some friends of mine told me about the place; they went there to study, and they really liked it.

So I tried it. It felt remarkably freeing. I start going there every night (except weekends, of course), and, believe me it was not because the pies were   14.  great either. Maybe it would force me to open my books and my  15.  would improve. Right? Well….

But that’s not the   16. . I mean, anyone who has gone to college knows that it’s not only about forcing yourself to wake up at 7:45 A.M. (after you had gone to sleep two hours earlier) to listen to a professor spoon-feeding you information  17. the significance of the Battle of Hastings. It is  18. about finding a little haven where you can create what will be the most important thing in your life—yourself. At a school of thirty-five thousand people, I found a small place that was as   19. to me as my Social Security number.

Through laughter, tears, learning, growing and the   20. free ice cream, we found a sanctuary. A place where we could be ourselves.

21.               A．friends         B．strangers       C．regulars   D．waiters

 

22.               A．make          B．take           C．bring D．order

 

23.               A．remembering    B．knowing        C．deciding   D．learning

 

24.               A．stuck          B．focused .       C．fixed D．turned

 

25.               A．certain         B．early           C．late  D．clear

 

26.               A．washed        B．cleaned        C．filled D．covered

 

27.               A．armed         B．satisfied        C．occupied  D．greeted

 

28.               A．Finally         B．Suddenly       C．Actually   D．Particularly

 

29.               A．away from      B．similar to       C．apart from D．close to

 

30.               A．create         B．play           C．write D．hear

 

31.               A．inner          B．outer          C．warmer   D．smaller

 

32.               A．answer         B．talk            C．mention   D．mend

 

33.               A．choose         B．determine      C．pretend   D．expect

 

34.               A．pretty          B．that           C．too   D．rather

 

35.               A．health         B．friendship       C．conditions D．grades

 

36.               A．place          B．benefit         C．point D．view

 

37.               A．relate          B．requiring       C．reflecting  D．regarding

 

38.               A．also           B．still            C． more D．even

 

39.               A．available        B．beneficial       C．familiar    D．encouraging

 

40.               A．special         B．occasional      C．unusual   D．natural

 

 

完形填空（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36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。   

Year after year my brothers, sister and I would lie in bed awake on Christmas morning. We were just  36    to hear my father’s voice saying it was all right to    37    . Usually I was the first one jumped out of bed. I can still    38    my growing eagerness(渴望) for the    39    every year.

Even now as I    40    the boxes of Christmas decorations(装饰品) I can see the familiar ones: the presents with our birth years on them, our five stockings, four for the    41    , one for the dog. It used to be easy for us to    42    when to put up the decorations. But now since we all have    43    and social lives, it is usually a hurried activity.

As we get older, the season almost brings a    44    to a little place in our hearts. The worst was year after my grandparents had    45    . We couldn’t go to their house to celebrate the holiday anymore.    46    , we just had a get-together in my house. Now when I    47    to it, I miss the special    48    my grandfather gave me for Christmas. I even miss him    49    me “Jessie”, even though I can’t    50    when people call me that.

Things change, not always for the good,    51    not always for the bad either. And the things that don’t    52    have the most important meaning to us, and I am sure they will be there for the    53    of our lives. After all, every time I hear my father’s    54    “All right you guys, come on down, nice and slow” and we go down the stairs, first my brother, then me, then my sister, then my older brother, I still    55    the true Christmas spirit.

1.A．advising        B．starting          C．wishing           D．forgetting

2.A．come up         B．come down         C．come on           D．come out

3.A．discover        B．understand        C．receive           D．remember

4.A．year            B．season            C．habit             D．result

5.A．throw away B．set down               C．look through      D．give up

6.A．kids            B．girls             C．boys              D．babies

7.A．wonder          B．get               C．record            D．decide

8.A．toys            B．balls             C．jobs              D．candies

9.A．surprise        B．pain              C．joy        D．disappointment

10.A．died           B．failed            C．succeeded         D．married

11.A．Possibly       B．Indeed            C．Instead           D．Luckily

12.A．move back B．turn back              C．step back         D．think back

13.A．gifts          B．news              C．replies           D．tools

14.A．bringing       B．calling           C．telling           D．introducing

15.A．follow         B．listen            C．watch             D．stand

16.A．and            B．so                C．but               D．thus

17.A．change         B．grow              C．appear            D．happen

18.A．beginning B．rest                   C．truth             D．happiness

19.A．letters        B．dreams            C．promises          D．words

20.A．need           B．hate              C．feel              D．doubt

 

 (黑龙江省哈三中2009届高三三模)

One day, a young man was cleaning out his late grandfather’s belongings when he  36  a bright red envelope. Written on the  37  were the words, “To my grandson. ”   38  it was his grandfather’s handwriting, the boy opened the envelope. A letter inside read;

Dear Ronny,

Years ago you  39  to me for help. You said, “Grandpa, how is it that you’ve   40  so much in your life? You’re still full of  41  ,but I’m already  42  of struggling. How can I get that same enthusiasm that you’ve got?”

I didn’t know what to say to you then. But knowing my days are numbered, I figure that I   43  you an answer. So here is what I believe.

I think it has something to   44  with how a person looks at things. I call it “keeping your eyes wide open”.

First, realize that is filled with surprises, but many are good ones. If you don’ keep  45  for them, you’ll miss half the excitement. Expect to be excited  46  ,and you will be.

When you meet with  47  ,welcome them. They’ll leave you wiser, stronger, and more capable than you were the day before. When you make a mistake, be  48  for the things it taught you. Learn to use that lesson to help you reach your goals.

It’s also important to   49  exactly what you want . Then keep your mind focused on it , and be prepared to receive it.

As you grow with the years, you’ll be given bigger shoes to fill. So be ready for endings as well as challenging  50  .

Sometimes we have to be brave enough to move from the familiar to the unfamiliar. Life isn’t just reaching peaks. Part of it is moving from one  51  to the next. If you  52  too long in between, you might be tempted（诱惑）to   53  . Leave the past in the past. Climb the next mountain and enjoy the view.

Most important of all, never give up on yourself. The person that ends up a winner is the one who resolves（决心，决定）to   54  . Give life everything you’ve got, and life will give its best  55  to you.

Love always,

Grandpa

36. A. came out         B. came off               C. came across          D. came down

37. A. front               B. paper                    C. back                     D. cover

38. A. Realizing          B. Learning               C. Regarding             D. Recognizing

39. A. went               B. came                    C. asked                   D. returned

40. A. finished           B. achieved               C. contributed           D. known

41. A. power             B. energy                  C. magic                   D. confidence

42. A. lacking            B. bored                    C. tired                     D. impatient

43. A. have                B. get                       C. make                    D. owe

44. A. connect           B. deal                      C. make                    D. do

45. A. watching         B. looking                 C. finding                  D. preparing

46. A. once in a while B. all the time            C. at once                 D. right now

47. A. successes        B. worries                 C. differences            D. challenges

48. A. sad                 B. eager                    C. grateful                 D. excited

49. A. achieve            B. decide                   C. receive                 D. accept

50. A. shoes              B. difficulties             C. lives                     D. beginnings

51. A. side                 B. road                     C. peak                     D. way

52. A. walk               B. climb                    C. rest                      D. move

53. A. sleep               B. quit                      C. return                   D. continue

54. A. lose                 B. defeat                   C. beat                      D. win

55. A. away               B. out                       C. back                     D. over