Excuse me, I want to borrow a book that gives a detailed______ of Alice Munro, who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature.

A. account         B. imagination   C. reference     D. impression

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案填写在本题下面的横线上。选项中有两项为多余的选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

    Alice’s mother is very ill. She wishes to take a few days off from school so she goes to her teacher, Mr Green.

―Excuse me, Mr Green．I’d like to take a few days off．

―_______

―My mother’s ill．I have to take care of her．

―Oh dear! I’m sorry to hear that．_______

―No, thank you．My mother has caught a bad cold．She has a high fever and coughs day and night．The doctor says my mother has to be in hospital for a few days．I’d like to be with her．

―I understand．________

―I hope to be back next Wednesday．

―That’s all right．________

―Thank you , Mr Green．That’s very kind of you．I’ll write it immediately．

―_______I’ll certainly help you with them when you get back．

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced  16   for a few days. I was  17   to wait tables on my own. All went   18   that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily  19   the tables not far from the kitchen.  20  , I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays(托盘).

         Before I knew it, the   21   was full of people. I moved slowly,   22   every step. I remember how  23   I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was   24   on. It had nice handles, which made it  25   to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to   26   I was a natural at this job.

         Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved   27   you work. It seems your tray stand has been very   28   to you, but we are getting ready to   29   now, and my wife needs her  30   back.”

         At first his  31   did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker(助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was   32  . I wanted to get into a hole and   33  .

         Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just   34  . I have learned to be more   35   and not to be too sure of myself.

1.A. manager                       B. assistant                           C. cook                                  D. waitress

2.A. promised            B. invited                              C. advised                   D. allowed

3.A. well                      B. quickly                    C. safely                           D. wrong

4.A. left                                 B. shown                               C. brought                            D. given

5.A. However             B. Therefore                        C. Otherwise                 D. Finally

6.A. kitchen                         B. street                                C. restaurant                  D. table

7.A. taking                            B. changing                          C. minding                            D. saving

8.A. angry              B. happy                                 C. sad                                    D. calm

9.A. fixed              B. trained                                 C. loaded                        D. waited

10.A. slower                  B. lighter                                  C. quieter                       D. easier

11.A. believe                 B. agree                              C. regret                     D. pretend

12.A. letting                   B. making                            C. watching                     D. having

13.A. useful                   B. familiar                           C. unusual              D. interesting

14.A. rest             B. order                              C. eat                     D. leave

15.A. bag              B. tray                        C. walker                        D. coat

16.A. message                     B. praise                               C. idea                             D. need

17.A. cold                   B. full of joy                          C. pale                                   D. on fire

18.A. lie                                B. defend                             C. hide                             D. stay

19.A. repeated          B. discovered                      C. corrected                   D. described

20.A. patient                        B. careful                       C. honest                            D. practical

Feeling exhausted and hopeless, I began walking to my car. Every step seemed tiring, and every step was another to survive. As I looked up into the sky I thought about how my grandmother had left me, and my anger began to return. I was annoyed by the loss, and my belief in God was beginning to fade. I couldn’t understand why these things happened. So as I stood in a public parking lot a million questions formed in my mind. Why did this happen to me? Aren’t we supposed to get signs from the people that pass on? Why did I not feel her presence anymore? Is there a heaven?

         Suddenly, a woman driving right by my side rolled down her window and distracted my unanswered thoughts. “Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me,” she said loudly. Thinking she was going to ask for my parking spot, I simply pointed to my car. The thought of having to say where my car was seemed like too much to bear. “No, excuse me,” she said again.

         At this point, I felt I had no choice but to see what this annoying lady wanted. As I got closer, I was startled—was this my grandmother’s nurse, Adu, who lived with her during her final months? I soon realized that she wasn’t, although the resemblance was unusual. Then, I realized that this Adu was searching for something in her bag. Surprisingly, I was overcome by a sense of relief that led me to be patient the entire time the lady was searching. Others would be nervous by a stranger reaching in their bag, but I wasn’t. She finally reached to the very bottom of her bag and handed me a three-page booklet. “It looks like you need this,” she said calmly with a warm smile on her face.

         I looked down at the mysterious and obviously used booklet and on the front cover in big bold letters read “What Hope for Dead Loved Ones?”

         It took me only a few seconds to comprehend the exchange with this woman, but by the time I looked up, she was gone.

         I walked slowly into my car holding the tiny little book that was given to me with fear that it would fly away in the wind. I didn’t know what it was exactly, but I knew that if my grandmother had anything to do with that I didn’t want to let it go.

         I felt a sense of relaxation as I opened the first page. It explained how people pass on, but their spirit remains with us. This was the first time since my grandma had passed that I felt her with me, just like I had wanted. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but I did know that I finally felt happiness from the surprising change in events.

         I couldn’t, and still can’t, believe what had happened to me on that day. I don’t remember the specific details that you usually hear about like what the person was wearing, the time of day, or even the weather, but it doesn’t matter. It was a random day in November when my life turned back around and I began to feel hope again. It was real. It was a miracle. And, I’ll remember it for the rest of my life.

1.The author refused to say anything to the woman but just pointed to her own car at first mainly because ______.

A. the author did not know the woman

B. the woman interrupted the author’s thoughts

C. the author thought she wanted to use the vacant parking space

D. the author was too weak to say anything

2.What can we learn about the author’s grandmother?

A. She often made the author angry.  B. She left nothing to the author.

C. She was kind to the author.         D. She lost faith in God.

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The author and the woman became good friends later.

B. The woman turned out to be the author’s grandmother’s nurse.

C. The author knows the specific details about this experience.

D. The author was very grateful to the unknown woman.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Miracle at the Parking Lot       B. What Hope for Dead Loved Ones?

C. True Love for My Grandmother   D. Adu, My Grandmother’s Nurse

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）
【小题1】He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his ________ and went away.
【小题2】A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that ______would try to steal the diamonds.
【小题3】 Nearly everybody enters for “The Nicest Garden _____” each year, but Joe wins every time.
【小题4】 It was the last day of the year and a large_______ of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.
【小题5】 Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has __________ to our family for a long time.
【小题6】It is worth your time and patience to get out of the h___________ of smoking.
【小题7】The__________ (政府) should take measures to improve the living conditions of the people.
【小题8】They have planned a tight s_________ of travel, so they need an early start.
【小题9】Excuse me, what is the f___________ to Paris? Is $ 10 enough?
【小题10】The plane was then flying at an a___________ of 8000 feet.