She was depressed and felt totally　　　  about the future.

A.hopeful　　　　B.hopeless　　　　C.anxious　　　　D.unfortunate

完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s ___35___, she said she would go. This ___36___ be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he felt ___37___of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕)that  ___38___nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to ___39___why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were ___40___by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬)and ___41___ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within ___42___of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked___43___, “How did you get the scar on your face?”

The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was___44___afraid to go in because the fire was___45___, so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked___46___ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched the burned side of her face. This scar will be___47___, but to this day, I have never ___48___what I did.

At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great___49___of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.

1.                A．enjoyment      B．disappointment   C．surprise  D．excitement

2.                A．would          B．could          C．should   D．must

3.                A．sick            B．ashamed        C．afraid    D．tired

4.                A．included        B．passed         C．covered  D．shaded

5.                A．talk about       B．think about      C．care about D．hear about

6.                A．impressed      B．surprised       C．excited   D．comforted

7.                A．hid            B．protected       C．separated D．escaped

8.                A．understanding   B．reminding       C．hearing   D．learning

9.                A．carefully        B．seriously        C．nervously D．anxiously

10.               A．so             B．much          C．quite D．too

11.               A．out of control    B．under control    C．in control  D．over control

12.               A．helpless        B．hopeless        C．senseless  D．useless

13.               A．ugly           B．lasting          C．serious    D．frightening

14.               A．forgot          B．recognized      C．considered D．regretted

15.               A．honor          B．sense          C．happiness  D．pride

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。
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.    ------ Eleanor Roosevelt
My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural disasters. When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with __36__ in spite of the terrible surroundings. The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land, __37__ great losses.
For the __38__ I felt sorry especially, but I __39__ to be hopeless. I decided that where I was, I could do __40__ to help them. I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who __41__ my knock, “I know that you are __42__ and give the birds that come to your yard a little __43__. Please consider me your bird. Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your __44__. I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the __45__ children.”
No one seemed to __46__ giving me a handful of rice, even __47__ they had little themselves. On Sunday, I would go to the __48__ and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to __49__ to the children.
One day, I came to a house that had __50__ to give. I told my story and asked if I could be their bird. The woman called her daughters, and __51__ gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for __52__ and rice from the other “bird feeders”, and they gave them to me. Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even __53__ only this small way. The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to it for food and clothing.
“Consider me your bird.” My __54__ idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was __55__ some peace.

_______ , and he felt hopeless.

   A. Because Charles was sentenced to death      

 B. As Charles was sentenced to death

   C. Sentenced to death               

D. Charles was sentenced to death

A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn't move. What was the  36  was that he found himself unable to ask for help ------ his mobile phone went out of   37__ as a result of exhausted battery. Nothing could be done but  38__ in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the  39 of rescue.

It is almost  40__ that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his  41_ ,“First of all I checked up my  42  condition and found myself not in fatal danger. As there was no  43  to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from  44  . In this way I fell lightly asleep. ”

His story put an end to my regret for the  45  of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men  46  to explore a mountain cave and got lost.  47_ to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of  48  . Finally they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the  49  people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the  50  of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to  51   themselves, they would probably sense a faint light glimmering ( 闪烁 ) far away.

Don't you think that you can compare it with  52  itself ? When you meet with difficulties in life, you are   53  in darkness. Mind you it's unclear yet and you needn't put up struggle  54  . It seems to be a negative attitude,  55    a person who can afford to do so must have foresight as well as great courage in the first place.   

1.                A．hopeless        B．worst          C．more D．best

2.                A．service         B．way            C．order    D．work

3.                A．cry            B．lie             C．wait D．sleep

4.                A．delay          B．success         C．team D．arrival

5.                A．untrue         B．unimaginable    C．true D．useless

6.                A．plan           B．decision        C．explanation    D．excuse

7.                A．physical        B．mental         C．working  D．medical

8.                A．method        B．way            C．alternative D．strength

9.                A．rotting         B．spreading       C．hurting   D．bleeding

10.               A．loss           B．failure         C．disappointment D．sadness

11.               A．had           B．managed       C．tried  D．succeeded

12.               A．Willing         B．Unable         C．Determined    D．Deciding

13.               A．hearing        B．sight           C．feeling    D．direction

14.               A．rescue         B．village          C．local  D．brave

15.               A．end           B．top            C．opening   D．side

16.               A．save           B．help           C．stop  D．calm

17.               A．adventure      B．work           C．life   D．Mankind

18.               A．lost            B．gone           C．losing     D．missing

19.               A．really          B．immediately     C．carefully   D．hopefully

20.               A．and           B．so             C．but   D．while