阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第31至第40小题所给的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。

One day an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. Immediately my mind traveled back many years.

I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of   31       on my shoulder. Finally, I came to that Company, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had taken me there to   __32 _ his workers whether they wanted any magazines.

Shaking off the rain, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he led me over to the fire place. Noticing the   33   in the top of my shoe, he said, “Come with me!” Then, he took me to a shoe store. Inside, a salesman   34   me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had ever seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up in   35  . “We’d like a pair of   36   socks, too.” Mr. Rader said.

Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a   37  , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately(深情地), “Jimmy, I want you to   38   I love you.”

I said good-bye, and for the first time I sensed that somehow things would be   39  . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a   40  .

31. A. newspapers                B. magazines                C. books                       D. tools

32. A. tell                                B. say                          C. answer                      D. ask

33. A. dirt                           B. water                       C. hole                      D. mud

34. A. bought                          B. fitted                       C. sold                        D. comforted

35. A. it                           B. them                      C. one                         D. this

36. A. new                          B. old                          C. big                       D. small

37. A. pen                           B. paper                             C. card                        D. notebook

38. A. admit                     B. know                             C. consider                  D. express

39. A. mistaken                   B. right                       C. all right                   D. possible

40. A. rule                          B. cake                        C. thing                        D. difference

One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”

I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, 21 you can just wait until we make a quick 22 at the grocery store. I have something 23 to show you. ”

At grocery store, we 24 some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “It’s time to 25 your question.” I put one apple of each 26 on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a 27 look on his face. 

   “People are like apples. They come in all 28 colors, shapes and sizes. On the 29,  some of the apples may not 30 look as the others. ” As I was talking, Adam was 31 each one carefully. 

Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, 32 them back on the table, but 33 a different place. 

   “Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”

He said, “I 34 tell. They all look same now. ” “Take a bite of 35. See if that helps you 36 which one is which. ”

He took 37, and then a huge smile came across his face. . ”People are 38 like apples! They are all different, but once you 39 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”

He totally 40 it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else. 

1.. A. although   B. so            C. because           D. if        

2.. A. stop               B. star         C. turn       D. stay

3.. A. expressive B. encouraging C. informative    D. interesting

4.. A. bought     B. counted       C. saw            D. collected

5.. A. check             B. mention      C. answer          D. improve

6.. A. size              B. type         C. shape     D. class

7.. A. worried   B. satisfy       C. proud           D. curious

8.. A. ordinary  B. normal       C. different        D. regular

9.. A. outside   B. whole        C. table           D. inside

10.. A. still        B. even         C. only           D. ever

11.. A. examining  B. measuring    C. drawing         D. packing

12.. A. keeping  B. placing      C. pulling          D. giving

13.. A. on         B. toward          C. for          D. in

14.. A. mustn’t B. can’t            C. shouldn’t   D. needn’t

15.. A. each one B. each other        C. the other  D. one another

16.. A. admit B. consider             C. decide        D. believe

17.. A. big bites  B. deep breaths C. a firm hold    D. close look

18.. A. just       B. always          C. merely        D. seldom

19.. A. put away B. get down          C. hand out      D. take off

20.. A. made       B. took            C. got            D. did

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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Nick was not the kind of boy I had expected to spend my summer with. I was hoping to have a   21   the summer before my busy senior year, but my mother asked me to do her a  22  . One of her colleagues needed a full-time   23  . “You planned to volunteer at the local hospital, why not volunteer to   24   Nick instead?” Then she told me that this six-year-old boy was not a   25   child.

Nick was a lovely little boy who suffered from many disorders. Normal day-care centers would not   26   him. As a baby, he had serious ear infections which left him with equilibrium (平衡) problems. He couldn’t   27   or run properly. I was hesitating (犹豫)   28   I was to take the job when my mother   29  , “Don’t you want to be a nurse in the future? I doubt if you even have the   30  .”

Then I told her I was   31  for the job.

The day started at 7:00 a.m. Nick was my wake-up call! With so much energy and very little   32  , he was quite a mix.

At the park, when he saw all the other children play on the jungle gym and swings (秋千)， the boy’s face   33   up — How he wished he belonged to the group of his age! You would think it would be   34   to get a child to go down a slide (滑梯). Believe me, it wasn’t !  It took time, a lot of time. But with patience and support, Nick took one step up the slide each day. We worked together to face his   35   and gradually he got closer to taking the slide of his life.

Halfway through the summer, he   36   it to the top of the slide. With my arms   37    him tightly, we flew down the slide! I waited for his reaction. After realizing that he was safe and sound, he gave me a big   38   and asked, “May I go down again, alone?”

I had never been happier in my life when I saw this little child climb the ladder and enjoy what other children   39   for granted.

This   40   child taught me that being a nurse means respect, kindness and patience.

21. A. grade                    B. course                   C. project                  D. relaxation

22. A. service         B. favour               C. business              D. trade

23. A. nurse            B. waitress              C. guard                 D. guide

24. A. protect          B. defend               C. attend               D. comfort

25. A. normal                B. naughty              C. clever             D. happy

26. A. admit            B. receive              C. accept              D. adopt

27. A. speak           B. play                   C. stand               D. walk

28. A. if                  B. what                C. why              D. where

29. A. suggested         B. argued               C. challenged          D. commented

30. A. energy           B. courage              C. faith                           D. time

31. A. eager            B. sorry                C. grateful            D. ready

32. A. awareness        B. balance               C. knowledge         D. control

33. A. delighted       B. cheered               C. lit                D. shut

34. A. difficult        B. simple               C. interesting          D. terrible

35. A. fears            B. worries              C. chances            D. situations

36. A. climbed          B. got                        C. managed           D. made

37. A. taking          B. holding              C. bringing          D. greeting

38. A. kiss            B. clap                 C. welcome           D. surprise

39. A. play            B. do                  C. take              D. enjoy

40. A. miserable        B. smart                C. brave             D. special

It was Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’ll   1    that Sunday in 2000 was bittersweet for me. As a single mother I   2    to think of my shortcomings — how many evenings I couldn’t spend with my children, and how many things I couldn’t   3    my waitress’ salary to buy.

But what   4    kids I had! My daughter Maria was a senior in college, and Denny was home visiting from his freshman year at Harvard University. They were   5    impolite enough to complain, but there was so much more I   6    I had done for them. I just hoped they   7  .

As I walked into the   8    quietly to start breakfast, I was greeted by a vase   9    a dozen red roses! When had Denny possibly slipped down to leave them? But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly   10    of an eighteen-year-old. It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago. It   11  :

She took a day off from her busy   12    to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5 hours just to get there, and they had to be there early   13    he could see his hero take batting practice.   14    their arrival, she took her hard-earned money to buy an overpriced T-shirt on which was   15    his hero making a diving catch. After the game, of course he had to   16    his hero’s signature, so she stayed with the little boy    17    one in the morning…

   It took me long enough to   18    it, but I finally know who the   19    hero is. Mom, I love you!

   And suddenly, it was a   20    Mother’s Day, after all.

1. A. admit                 B. adopt                    C. deny                    D. refuse

2. A. intended             B. liked                      C. tended                     D. hesitated

3. A. stress                B. spare                     C. strengthen                   D. spend

4. A. poor                  B. great                     C. faithless                   D. pretty

5. A. merely               B. usually                  C. never                       D. often

6. A. wished              B. hoped                 C. expected                  D. desired

7. A. supported           B. understood             C. approved                 D. disgusted

8. A. 1iving-room         B. kitchen                  C. bed loom                 D. study

9. A. including            B. containing             C. possessing                   D. pinning

10. A. handwriting      B. description             C. tone                        D. scratch

11. A. wrote               B. recorded                C. memorized               D. read

12. A. event               B. content             C. schedule                  D. circumstance

13. A. or                    B. for                        C. but                          D. so

14. A. At                    B. In                         C. On                          D. By

15. A. impressed        B. printed                      C. presented                 D. pressed

16. A. buy                 B. abandon                C. get                          D. swap

17. A. before              B. until                      C. after                        D. when

18. A. see                         B. hear                      C. realize                     D. tell

19. A. actual              B. true                       C. imaginary             D. visual

20. A. sad                  B. bitter                     C. happy                      D. exciting