阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour heavily. When it became lighter. I decided to  16  the rain to get my car. which was parked at my office three streets away.

My friends  17  that I shouldn't go,  18  I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I told them that I'd be very  19 . One of them wanted to come with me but I  20  that she should stay with another friend who needed  21  with her baby.

I walked out of the hotel and started making my  22  to the car. At the traffic junction (交叉路口), a car  23  and the passenger got off with an umbrella.  24  I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he'd accompany me to my  25 . I was very embarrassed and  26 , but he was very persistent (坚持的).

During our walk, he kept telling me to walk  27 , as the ground was wet. When we got to the car park. I thanked him and we  28 . I did not get his name and may not even  29  him now. Did he purposely stop for me? I'll never know.

So how did I pay it  30 ? I was at home when I  31  two Indian construction workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction site near my home, which was a long walk. I went out and  32  them an umbrella. The two men were wet through. They were  33   by my gesture, and I told them they should take the umbrella and keep it. They were very  34  and like me, probably wondered why a stranger was  35  such kindness.

A. carry B. keep     C. brave       D. collect

A. guessed                B. argued     C. complained    D. promised

A. because   B. though C. unless     D. if

A. cheerful   B. hopeful      C. careful          D. regretful

A. learned   B. insisted      C. begged          D. worried

A. help   B. advice  C. food            D. shelter

A. call     B. change C. way             D. choice

A. disappeared B. left  C. started          D. stopped

A. Before     B. Since    C. When     D. For

A. home     B. station C. hotel            D. destination

A. agreed    B. declined     C. smiled           D. cried

A. slowly   B. quickly C. heavily          D. gracefully

A. waited   B. ran C. parted           D. rested

A. like B. spot     C. thank     D. recognize

A. up    B. off  C. forward        D. out

A. noticed B. imagined    C. invited          D. heard

A. made     B. passed C. bought          D. sold

A. disturbed    B. impressed  C. encouraged     D. surprised

A. scared    B. grateful      C. sad              D. anxious

A. appreciating     B. repaying    C. accepting     D. offering

第二节：完形填空(共20小题, 每小题 1分, 满分20分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从16—35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Nancy had got a secretary’s job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very   16    . She got up very early and arrived at the   17  at twenty to eight. She   18   the door open and found nobody there. “I am the   19   to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was surprised to 20  a large bunch of flowers on it. They were fresh. She   21   the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh，how lovely!” Nancy  22   joyfully. She then looked round for a   23   to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the   24   first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.
The day passed very   25   and Nancy did everything with great interest and   26   . For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she  27   herself in her work.
Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a (n) __28 _bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones.
The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it   29   and this time she began to think of ways to find out the   30   On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to   31   a plan to the general manager’s office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary’s desk waiting for his   32   . She happened to see on the desk a big note book   33 “Records of manager’s meetings”, and glanced at the   34   pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words: “In order to keep the secretaries   35  , the company has decided that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary’s desk.”
Later, she was told that their manager was a business management psychologist.
16. A. depressed        B. encouraged     C. excited           D. surprised
17. A. office             B. workshop          C. classroom         D. bookshop
18. A. forced                  B. pushed              C. turned               D. knocked
19. A. last                B. second                     C. third                 D. first
20. A. uncover                 B. smell                C. find                  D. pick
21. A. packed up       B. threw away        C. stared at            D. took up
22. A. cried                  B. laughed             C. wept             D. replied
23. A. jar                            B. box                   C. bottle                  D. vase
24. A. happy                 B. very                 C. funny            D. quite
25. A. slowly                B. normally       C. quickly         D. hardly
26. A. wisdom             B. bravery            C. sadness          D. enthusiasm
27. A. buried                B. dressed              C. devoted             D. seated
28. A. old                     B. red                   C. blue              D. new
29. A. special                B. angry                C. strange              D. difficult
30. A. sender                B. receiver             C. manager            D. waiter
31. A. send for                     B. hand out            C. try out              D. hand in
32. A. orders                B. instructions        C. gifts                  D. receipts
33. A. marked               B. written             C. printed                 D. signed
34. A. closed                B. damaged           C. pinned                 D. half-opened
35. A. at home                     B. on time             C. in high spirits    D. in low spirits

第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑。
Cats have no emotions . At least, that's what my husband once claimed. I   21   that my two cats experience emotions. They feel anger, fear, and   22  . He agreed with me, but   23  his opinion that cats don't feel love.  24  , my tuxedo cat, Sebastian, would teach him otherwise.
When my next-door neighbour moved in, he had a she cat named Juliet. She was an indoor lady, always watching   25   through the window.
Then one day when I   26   my cat to the backyard for his playtime, Sebastian   27   Juliet gazing at him behind the window. It soon became   28  that they were attracted by each other. So every day thereafter, whenever I let Sebastian out, he would rush   29__to the backyard next-door and they would sit gazing   30   at each other through the screen, she inside, and he outside. Even my husband watched   31 , and he would murmur, "But cats can't feel love... can they?"
Five months later, my neighbour had to   32   because of work. My heart sank. I wondered how Sebastian would   33   to Juliet's leaving.
For months after Juliet moved away and the new neighbour moved in, I often   34   Sebastian sitting by Juliet's window, looking into the apartment   35   his lady. The new neighbour didn't mind having the "Peeping Sebastian" after I   36  his reason for being there.
Sebastian   37   the small area outside that window as his territory.  Other male cats were allowed in the   38  , but not near Juliet's window, which he guarded until his   39 .
Even now, when my husband and I walk through the backyard and see that window, he   40   me of the lesson Sebastian taught him... that cats do indeed fall in love.
21. A. argued                B. quarreled                  C. suggested                 D. discussed
22. A. energy                B. power                  C. strength                    D. happiness
23. A. referred to          B. prepared for                C. stuck to                    D. approved of
24. A. Therefore           B. However                  C. Besides                    D. Meanwhile
25. A. the environment  B. the sky                        C. her owner                 D. her boyfriend
26. A. forbade               B. prevented                 C. accompanied             D. left
27. A. called attention to       B. caught sight of       C. took charge of          D. paid a visit to
28. A. ambitious            B. doubtful                   C. skeptical                   D. obvious
29. A. secretly               B. straight                    C. quietly                            D. worriedly
30. A. lovingly                 B. angrily                            C. hungrily                   D. greedily
31. A. in trouble            B. in sorrow                 C. in amazement           D. in horror
32. A. settle                  B. travel                       C. apologize                 D. move
33. A. react                   B. reply                        C. reduce                      D. replace
34 A. took                    B. caught                      C. met                          D. sensed
35. A. in place of          B. on the basis of          C. in search of                     D. on account of
36. A. explained            B. requested                  C. blamed                     D. asked
37. A. discovered          B. reformed                  C. preserved                 D. marked
38. A. street                  B. backyard                  C. window                    D. village
39. A. birthday                     B. departure                  C. death                       D. arrival
40. A. reminds                     B. informs                    C. tells                         D. Accuses

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

As I hurried to the kitchen, my dad came in. “Something ____16 ____good,” he said. Following his nose, he ____17____in his chair at the table.

       After dinner I helped with dishes and watched the news. They ____18____ a homeless family with children who’d been forced out of a ____19____ due to overcrowding. That story stuck in my mind the rest of the night. ____20____when I went to bed, I kept thinking about those ____21____chidren.

       I glanced around my room and ____22____my old computer. Here I am worried about getting a new computer ____23____ that family is living on the street in the middle of winter. How could I be so ____24____?

       That night, I prayed for that family and also that if I had won, for God to show me how to ____25____the money and prize wisely.

       The next week seemed to drag as we ____26____ to hear about the contest for the Instant Game Winner from my ____27____a bag of chocolate. Finally, I believed that it was exactly what my mom and dad had thought—a ____28____. Yet I still couldn’t help thinking about the ____ 29____and how God would want me to use it.

       “It’s for real!” My dad ____30____one night after hanging up the phone. “You did win,” he said with a smile. “They’re flying the four of us to Los Angeles in April to ____31____the prize.”

       After a group hug, I caught my breath and thanked God. I realize now that ____32____do affect my everyday life. And that’s why I ____33____to give my parents the Beetle until I’m 18, ____34____$18,000 with my sister for our college fund and give $2,000 to a local ____35____shelter—to help families like the one I saw on television. That’s one sweet choice!

16. A. tastes                  B. feels                        C. touches                    D. smells

17. A. sat down             B. got up                      C. put down                  D. set up

18. A. supported           B. stood                       C. showed                    D. stayed

19. A. school                B. shelter                      C. shoulder                   D. sight

20. A. Even                  B. Once                        C. So                           D. Again

21. A. tiresome             B. stupid                      C. lovely                      D. diligent

22. A. stared at              B. stepped into              C. left for                            D. looked after

23. A. while                  B. before                      C. after                        D. since

24. A. proud                 B. wise                         C. selfish                      D. lovely

25. A. make                  B. use                          C. get                           D. earn

26. A. happened            B. moved                            C. began                       D. waited

27. A. buying                B. selling                      C. forgetting                 D. remembering

28. A. question              B. trouble                            C. difficulty                  D. trick

29. A. computer            B. money                            C. chocolate                  D. television

30. A. permitted            B. promised                  C. announced                D. answered

31. A. offer                  B. supply                      C. receive                     D. refuse

32. A. dishes                 B. families                    C. worries                    D. choices

33. A. decided               B. came                        C. explained                 D. wrote

34. A. take                    B. cost                         C. give                         D. share

35. A. homeless             B. happy                      C. hopeless                   D. sick

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour heavily. When it became lighter. I decided to  16  the rain to get my car. which was parked at my office three streets away.

My friends  17  that I shouldn't go,  18  I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I told them that I'd be very  19 . One of them wanted to come with me but I  20  that she should stay with another friend who needed  21  with her baby.

I walked out of the hotel and started making my  22  to the car. At the traffic junction (交叉路口), a car  23  and the passenger got off with an umbrella.  24  I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he'd accompany me to my  25 . I was very embarrassed and  26 , but he was very persistent (坚持的).

During our walk, he kept telling me to walk  27 , as the ground was wet. When we got to the car park. I thanked him and we  28 . I did not get his name and may not even  29  him now. Did he purposely stop for me? I'll never know.

So how did I pay it  30 ? I was at home when I  31  two Indian construction workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction site near my home, which was a long walk. I went out and  32  them an umbrella. The two men were wet through. They were  33   by my gesture, and I told them they should take the umbrella and keep it. They were very  34  and like me, probably wondered why a stranger was  35  such kindness.