阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（ABCD）中，选出可以填入空白的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
In order to separate loving parents from their freshman sons, Morehouse College in Atlanta has held a/an ___36_____"Parting Ceremony."
When University of Minnesota freshmen ____37_____ at the end of this month, parental separation will be a little trickier: mothers and fathers will be ___38_____ to a reception elsewhere ___39_____ students can meet their roommates and talk about dorm room space -- _____40_____ adult breaking in.
In the latest wave in which superinvolved parents ____41_____ their children to college, universities are ____42_____activities ____43_____to speed the separation. In the age of MSN and twice-daily texts home, ___44______colleges are urging "sticky parents" to leave sooner so students can ___45____independence.
Grinnell College here, like others, has found it ____46____ to make it clear when parents _____47__ say goodbye. After computer printers and bags had been carried to dorm rooms, everyone gathered in the gymnasium, students on one side, _____48____on the other.
Shortly____49______, mothers and fathers were urged to leave campus.
Moving their students in usually takes a few hours. Moving on? Most deans can tell _____50_____of parents who hang around campus for days. At Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y. "We recognize it's a ____51______ day for families," Beverly Low, the dean(学监) of first-year students said.___52___, during various parent meetings on Colgate's move-in day, Ms. Low and other officials plan to tell the parents ____53_____ that "activities for the class of freshmen begin at 4 on time, so parents should leave before 4." she said.
Formal departure ceremonies are unusual __54___ growing in popularity, said Joyce Holl, head of the National Orientation Directors Association. A more common method is for colleges to limit the hour for last hugs.____55_____, the parents of Princeton freshmen learn from the move-in schedule, "the rest events are intended for students only."
【小题1】A  formal                 B  informal                 C  casual              D  grand  
【小题2】A  move out              B  move in                  C  move around    D  graduate
【小题3】A  sent                     B  driven                    C  invited             D  called on
【小题4】A  so                        B  but                         C  still                 D  yet
【小题5】A  with                     B  as                           C  where              D  without 
【小题6】A  rescue                  B  deliver                    C  bring               D  release
【小题7】A  running out          B  taking out               C  carrying out     D  picking out
【小题8】A  wanted                 B  meant                     C  devoted           D  prepared
【小题9】A  in which               B  which                     C  how                D  where  
【小题10】A  form                  B  create                     C  increase           D  develop
【小题11】A  necessary            B  unimportant            C  useless             D  difficult  
【小题12】A  will                    B  need                       C  must                D  would  
【小题13】A  teachers              B  police                     C  professors        D  parents
【小题14】A  before                B  after                       C  later                D  passed
【小题15】A  news                  B  comments               C  stories             D  shadows
【小题16】A  little                   B  huge                       C  long                D  large  
【小题17】A  Still                   B  Therefore                C  Thus                D  Whereas
【小题18】A  rudely                B  directly                   C  conveniently    D  hardly   
【小题19】A  and                    B  but                         C  however          D  so
【小题20】A  For the time beingB  For a long time      C  For example     D  For a change

完型填空。从题后所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中选出符合题意的最佳选项。
Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very 1__ with everything he had. However, when he found his elder brother was __2__ than him, he felt disappointed. So he 3__ hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to __4___ some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money, he started __5_for land.
He6__ that on the neighboring land, there were some nomads living there. He bought some gifts and went to ___7_ their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the 8__ of his visit. The head welcomed him, accepted the gifts and agreed to his 9_ to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land _10__ giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could _11 by walking through the land before sunset. He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the 12_____, he could have it.
The farmer became very 13___when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of _14__ without paying anything. He came __15 the next morning and started running, not walking, 16_ he could cover the largest area. To reach his goal, he neither ate food, nor drank water, nor had any rest. He just continued___17_. Without eating, or drinking, or resting he just got very 18__.When he came back to the head in the evening, he 19__ right on the spot. Sadly his son buried him in a piece of land about 6×4feet.
Don’t be greedy or you will __20 everything finally.

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项

Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading? More and more　 36　 and parents have noticed another kind of pollution, which came from the printed papers　 37　 on streets. These printed things　 38　 newspapers but have hardly anything to do with　 39　 , you can only find reading materials badly made up there—— some are too strange for anyone to 40 ; others are frightening stories of something　 41 ．However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such　42　 reading, which 43   them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares（恶梦）and immoral（邪恶的）ideas in 44  . Homework was left　 45　 ; daily games lost.

　　These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers,　 46　 they are, we never know, are　 47　their silent money.

　　The sheep - skinned wolf’s story seems to have been forgotten once again. Why not　 48　 this kind of thing? Yes, both teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers.　 49 　, the more you want to forbid it, the more they want to have a look at it.　 50 　 you may even find out several children, driven by the curious nature,　 51 　 one patched paper, which has traveled from hand to hand.

　　It really does 52 　 to our society. It has already formed a sort of moral pollution. The 53　 teachers and parents need more powerful support in their protection of the young generation. At the same time the young　 54　 need more interesting books to help them　 55　 those ugly papers.

　　36．A. writers     B. readers    C. students      D. teachers

　　37．A. sold        B. printed     C. put          D. found

　　38．A. work out   B. look like    C. act as        D. depend on

　　39．A. them       B. children     C. young people  D. it

　　40．A. think　     B. believe      C. know        D. understand

　　41．A. still worse  B. even better   C. very good   D. more important

　　42．A. wonderful  B. interesting   C. useful        D. poisonous

　　43．A. spends     B. costs        C. pays         D. takes

　　44．A. sight       B. common     C. return       D. use

　　45．A. unknown  B. much       C. less        D. undone

　　46．A. what       B. whoever    C. whatever     D. who

　　47．A. making     B. spending     C. wasting      D. using

　　48．A. forbid     B. separate      C. leave        D.forget

　　49．A. Luckily    B. Unfortunately C. Badly        D. Happily

　　50．A. Always    B. Hardly      C. Sometimes   D. Seldom

　　51．A. share      B. get          C. hold        D. take

　　52．A. good       B. favor        C. wrong      D. harm

　　53．A. puzzled     B. surprised     C. disappointed  D. worried

　　54．A. teachers     B. parents     C. readers       D. writers

　　55．A. come into   B. break down   C. get rid of     D. get of

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。   
On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to   16  and the subway system almost came to a stop.
Unfortunately, this happened during the morning   17  hour. Many people who were going to work were   18  to go home. Some battled to   19  a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others   20  the storm bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I happened to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most   21  had stopped. After making my way through crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was   22 . Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to   23  the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the   24 . So I took the train going in the   25  direction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train   26  my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was   27  through, exhausted and discouraged.
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was about to   28  off my computer when I received an email from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the   29  and eventually reported to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰的), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their attention and devotion to their   30 . Thank you.
【小题1】.

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

The Science Museum, ________we visited during a recent trip to Britain, is one of London's tourist attractions.

1. A.
   which
2. B.
   what
3. C.
   that
4. D.
   where