请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。
There are a few memories from our childhood that will stay with us forever. A few that seemed so    36   at the time may cause us to smile years later.
One such memory is a phone call I    37   when I was about three or four years old. My mother had entered a contest on a local    38   show. Entrants（参加者）were to tell an interesting story about their    39  . Winners would receive a phone call from Mrs. Santa Claus（女圣诞老人）! Mrs. Claus would award（奖励） the lucky child free    40   of a local store.
Well, the call came. My mother talked to Mrs. Claus and then    41   the phone to me. I didn’t    42   the fact that many people were listening to our conversation. However, the fact that this lady had a    43   connection to Santa, that was important.
I didn’t know it yet, but my mother had    44   the attention of the contest judges by telling about the time I had    45   a wall with crayons（蜡笔）. Even I knew that this was not the kind of    46   that Santa would approve.
Suddenly, in a very pleasant tone（语气）of    47  , Mrs. Santa Claus asked me about my art work. I    48   that this lady was the real Mrs. Claus, not a radio station actress standing in for her.
I    49   down the phone and ran crying from the room. My crime（罪行）had not    50   unpunished. Santa would    51   know that I’d been bad!
It turned out that I did get a    52   present from the radio station and its sponsor（赞助商）. And I guess Santa didn’t find out about the wall. Maybe he did and was in a    53   mood. In any case, my Christmas presents did not    54   a piece of coal（煤）.
I wonder what Santa has in    55   for this year. Hopefully my wife hasn’t written Mrs. Claus any letters.

小题1:	A．nice B．important C．impossible D．terrible

小题2:	A．received B．made C．gave D．showed

小题3:	A．TV B．literature C．radio D．gift

小题4:	A．parents B．child C．husbands D．teacher

小题5:	A．gifts B．money C．books D．pens

小题6:	A．offered B．brought C．showed D．handed

小题7:	A．doubt B．guess C．know D．believe

小题8:	A．false B．direct C．weak D．wrong

小题9:	A．put B．paid C．caught D．taken

小题10:

A．decorated B．made C．draw D．painted

小题11:

A．idea B．action C．behaviour D．plan

小题12:

A．sound B．noise C．laugh D．voice

小题13:

A．wondered B．believed C．reported D．supposed

小题14:

A．put B．took C．knocked D．threw

小题15:

A．met B．gone C．changed D．got

小题16:

A．surely B．possibly C．impossibly D．happily

小题17:

A．nice B．bad C．terrible D．cheap

小题18:

A．satisfying B．surprising C．forgiving D．frightening

小题19:

A．invent B．leave C．include D．exist

小题20:

A．thought B．mind C．fact D．public

My life as a ‘runner’ began by running in a playground near my home in order to lose weight about 2 years ago. As time went by, I found myself so good at running that sometimes, I even forgot how many rounds I ran around the playground.
Thanks to all this practice, I was able to win the 5^th place in short course marathon game at ‘BASF Yeosu Site Athletic Competition’ held in October 2002. This event inspired（鼓舞）me to take part in public short-course marathon games such as 10km, 20km and half-course competitions. Finally, in May 2003, I was able to complete a full course （路线） marathon for the first time of my life. My next challenge was the Boston Marathon race, which is the world's oldest and most famous marathon races. To qualify for the Boston Marathon, one should meet the designated time standard of their age group at a certified marathon. So I took part in ChunCheon Marathon in Korea. I had to finish the full coursewithin 3 hours and 30 minutes to meet the time standard for my age group (45 to 49 years old). But to my pleasant surprise, I recorded 3 hours 22 minutes, which is 25 minute faster than my previous best record!
In April 2004, I was finally able to go to Boston. I was very pleased and proud because I could play a role to promote BASF all across the world through this sport. And it really happened! When I ran in the Boston Marathon wearing BASF logo（标记）, people along the streets rooted for me shouting ‘BASF! BASF!’. I was very touched and so proud of my company. Of course I completed the full course successfully. After the game, I was interviewed by Korean local newspapers and had an opportunity to appear on several TV shows, which helped me to promote BASF in the community.
小题1:The author first began running in order to ______.

A．build up his strength	B．prepare for a marathon race
C．lose weight	D．train for a sport meet

小题2: From the passage we can learn that BASF is ______.

A．a company	B．a book
C．a piece of sports equipment	D．a city

小题3:We learn from the passage that the author is NOW______.

A．in his thirties	B．in his late forties
C．in his twenties	D．in his fifties

小题4:According to the passage, the author first took part in a full course marathon in ______.

A．2002

B．2003

C．2004

D．2005

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从每题所给的 A , B , C , D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
It was a winter afternoon．Some friends and l were eating at a restaurant and talking．We talked and talked and soon   36  became the topic．Suddenly I   37  upon an idea．“Wouldn’t it be fun to go swimming ? Others go   38  in winter，but why couldn’t we ?   39  , we could be healthier if we did．”I told them about this , and they all said it was a good idea   40 .
Early the next morning , we four were standing at the bus stop，with bags in our hands  41   
for a bus to take us to the  42 ．The sky was clear；the sun was shining，but it was very cold all the same．  43 0ur heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us wall．We all felt we should go ___44__ but no one wanted to speak out .
We soon reached the sands．There was nobody there，but we were not discouraged．Instead we were   45  that we were the only ones that dared to challenge the weather．  46  we changed our clothes quickly．
But things were not going so  47 ．The freezing sea wind was blowing．We left very cold and  48 all over．At last we made up our minds to   49 into the water．We put our feet in first,   __50__ to take them back very quickly．The water was unbelievably cold．
Then I suggested we all jump in．We all went back ten steps .  I gave the  51 ，and we all rushed forward and jumped in．I shall never forget the moment I was in the water. I was up __52__and rushed again to the shore．So it was with my friends．We   53  0ur clothes as quickly as possible．
On the way back home，we talked about this unforgettable   54 ．The four of us did not __55____ school for the following three days．We all suffered a lot from a very bad cold，but we thought it was all worth it．

小题1:	A．films B．music C．sports D．plays

小题2:	A．caught B．fell C．came D．hit

小题3:	A．swimming B．skating C．skiing D．camping

小题4:	A．Specially B．Besides C．Really D．Clearly

小题5:	A．indeed B．surely C．certainly D．truly

小题6:	A．1ooking B．searching C．waiting D．asking

小题7:	A．river B．lake C．pool D．sands

小题8:	A．Even B．Yet C．If D．And

小题9:	A．ahead B．forward C．away D．back

小题10:

A．excited B．happy C．proud D．lonely

小题11:

A．So B．However C．Still D．Or

小题12:

A．wrong B．right C．bad D．smooth

小题13:

A．walked B．changed C．trembled D．hid

小题14:

A．go B．drop C．fun D．rush

小题15:

A．just B．then C．only D．but

小题16:

A．message B．order C．mark D．information

小题17:

A．slowly B．nervously C．happily D．immediately

小题18:

A．had on B．put on C．wore D．dressed

小题19:

A．1ife B．experiment C．chance D．experience

小题20:

A．attend B．reach C．enter D．go

Here is a question I have often asked at dinner parties:
You're on an island with only one other person, your best friend. He's dying of cancer. In his final days, he tells you, "I have 100,000 dollars in a bank back home. When I die, make sure my son goes to medical school." Then he dies. But his son is a no-good playboy who has no interest in going to medical school and will waste that money away in a very short time. But your son is entering college, and he is willing to become a doctor. Which one do you give the money to for medical school?
I've asked this question of everyone from the president of a famous university to an ordinary young soldier, and it has never failed to get a discussion going. Everyone has an opinion, most of them different, but all of them correct. Sometimes this one topic lasts the whole evening.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE to the passage?

A．Only the clever people can answer the question rightly.

B．Some people refuse to answer such a silly question.

C．Everyone at the dinner party seems to be interested in the question.

D．Most of the people have the same answer.

小题2:What the writer often says at dinner parties is _______.

A．not a true story	B．a true story
C．a strange story	D．just a joke

小题3:Why does the writer often ask people such a question? Because ______.

A．he wants to find the answer for a research

B．he is interested in such a question

C．he likes to make fun of people at parties

D．he wants to offer people a topic in which everyone could say something

小题4:Which of the following decisions is most likely NOT correct?

A．You give the money to your friend's son.

B．You give the money to your son for medical school.

C．You keep the money for your future medical care.

D．You keep the money for your friend's son.

The World's Largest Insect
This giant insect can be used as a toy.
A child ties one end of a string to a stick and the other end around the "neck" of an insect. Holding the stick, the child lets the insect go. With a loud whirring sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the child's head. The child laughs as the stick jumps around. The child is African, and the toy is the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world.
The Goliath is a true insect because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts. Like all beetles, it has two pairs of wings. The front pair are thick and stiff and protect the back pair, which are soft. It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies. To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel.
African children often use the Goliath beetle as a toy. Although it is over 15 centimeters long, it is quite harmless.
小题1:The African Goliath beetle is _______. 

A．the world's largest insect

B．a toy used in many parts of the world

C．the only insect found in Africa

D．the world's smallest insect

小题2:What made the whirring sound that the child heard?

A．The curved string.	B．The beetle's soft wings.
C．The beetle's six legs.	D．The beetle's body.

小题3: We know the Goliath beetle is a true insect because it _______. 

A．makes a whirring sound when it flies	B．has both soft and hard wings
C．has six legs and a body with three parts	D．can fly

小题4:When flying, the Goliath steers by_______. 

A．turning its soft back wings

B．twisting and turning its hard front wings

C．twisting and turning its legs

D．twisting and turning its whole body

Swedish master medical photographer Lennart Nilsson is a pioneer in medical photography．In association with researchers and with the help of advanced, specially designed equipment, he has documented the inside of man down to the level of a cell with his camera.
Born in Strängnäs, a satellite city of Stockholm, in 1922, Nilsson got his first camera from his father when he was 11 years old．From the early stage, he has been interested in looking at ants and taking photos of them.Throughout the years, he has devoted special attention to capturing the creation of a human being, from conception to birth.
In 2006 when his photo book Life was published in both Swedish and English, he was invited to give a lecture at the Stockholm bookstore．He vividly described to the public how he took the photos so that the development process of the embryo can be understood better．Finally when he was signing his name in the book, I asked him what made him so passionate about working on this, he stopped writing and thought for a second, “I think it is the respect for life,” Nilsson said.
Nilsson began his career as a photographic journalist in the middle of the 1940s and published a number of photo-essays in Swedish and foreign magazines, including "Polar Bear Hunting in Spitzbergen" (1947) and Midwife.
“When I went to the professor to take the embryo photo, I was looking around and then I saw something which was unbelievable, it was a tiny human embryo lies in a very special place, a 10-20 millimeter embryo with hands, arms and eyes, and I got a shock,” Nilsson said.
Nilsson began experimenting with new photographic techniques in the mid-1950s to report on the world of ants and life in the sea．His revealing macro-studies were published in his book on ants, Myror (1959), and in the Life in the Sea (1959), and in Close to Nature (1984)．In the 1960s special designed, very slim endoscopes (内窥镜))made it possible for him to photograph the blood vessels and the cavities (空洞) of the body with the necessary depth of field and, in 1970, he used a scanning electron microscope for the first time, he was also considered the pioneer for three dimension digital pictures of the body organs.
After his photographs of human embryo were published, he was encouraged to continue photographing the origins of human being.
Nilsson is very modest and sincere．At age of nearly 88, he is still cooperating with colleagues in Karolinska Institute where the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is selected every year.
“He can forget all the other things when he is working and he is still working diligently,” Mrs Nilsson told People’s Daily Online.
小题1:Why does Nilsson want to document the creation of a human being?

A．Because he is a pioneer in medical photography.

B．Because he has been interested in taking photos.

C．Because he thinks it a way to show respect for life.

D．Because he wished to win a Nobel Prize.

小题2:What can we learn from the passage?

A．Nilsson was the only expert in medical photography.

B．Nilsson’s camera is specially designed.

C．Nilsson’s photo book Life is better received than his other books.

D．Nilsson has always been working alone．

小题3:How many books written by Nilsson are mentioned in this passage?

A．3．

B．4.

C．5.

D．6.

小题4:Which of the following word can Not be used to describe Nilsson?

A．Passionate.

B．Devoted.

C．Forgetful.

D．Dillgent.

小题5:What can be the title for the passage?

A．Nilsson, a pioneer medical photographer.

B．Nilsson, a pioneer medical publisher

C．Nilsson, a person of rich experience

D．Nilsson, a talented photographer

阅读下面短文，将标有A~F的段落或句子插入文章中题号为1~5的恰当位置，使全篇文章意义完整，结构连贯。注意：1)有一个选项是多余的；2)如选E请填涂AB；选F请填涂CD.
Freezing can keep food fresh and safe to eat. Freezing lowers the food temperature below zero degree Celsius. That is the point where water turns to ice.  小题1: , it is important to lower the temperature to between minus fifteen and minus twenty degrees Celsius as quickly as possible. The faster the freezing process is, the fresher the taste of the food.
Fruits and vegetables can be spread out inside the freezer. Once the food is frozen,   小题2: . Fruits are usually not cooked before they are frozen. This allows them to keep their fresh taste. The simplest way to prepare fruits is to cut them up and place them in a container inside the freeze before putting it in the container. This will keep it from sticking to the container. This is called the “dry pack” method.
 小题3: , The fruit is prepared along with some of its liquid or juice. You can ad some sugar to fruits that are naturally juicy. The sugar sweetens the fruit and brings out its natural juices.
 小题4: . Blanching means placing the vegetables in boiling water for a few minutes and then quickly placing them into very cold water. Blanching slows down the natural chemical aging process. All extra water should be removed before placing the vegetables into containers and freezing.   小题5: .

A．it should be placed in containers and then stored at a temperature of about minus twenty degrees Celsius

B．Vegetables are either cooked or blanched before freezing

C．To start the freezing process

D．To keep them fresh for a long time

E. The second way is the “wet pack” method
F. Most foods can be stored frozen for up to one year

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
There is a beautiful story about a child playing with a vase his mother had left on the table for a few moments. When the mother turned   16  the sound of her son’s crying she saw that his  17   was in the vase and was apparently stuck. She   18  to help him and pulled and pulled until the child cried out   19 . But the hand was stuck fast（牢固地）. How would they get it out? The father suggested   20  the vase but it was quite valuable and the child’s hand might be cut in the   21 _. Yet he knew that if all else   22  there would be no other alternative.
So he said to the boy, “Now, let’s make one more   23 . Open your hand and stretch your   24  out straight, as I’m doing, and then pull!” “  25  Dad,” said the boy, “if I do that I’ll   26  my penny!”
The boy had had a coin in his hand   27  and was holding it   28 in his tight little fist. And he wasn’t   29  to open his hand and lose it. But  30  he opened his hand it came out of the vase easily.
The father said to the boy, “What are you holding onto so tightly as to hinder (阻碍) your walk with God? That vase can be  31  to the entrance to the Kingdom of God. It is narrow yet quite  32   to pass in, but first you must open your hand to God and   33  earthly（世俗的）things to fall. If we keep our fists   34  and hold fast to what we have and keep it for ourselves, we will be unable to   35  hold of the hand of God. Open your hand to the hand of God and you will see great things take place.”

小题1:	A．in B．at C．from D．on

小题2:	A．foot B．hair C．hand D．head

小题3:	A．tried B．refused C．completed D．separated

小题4:	A．in fun B．in general C．with fear D．in pain

小题5:	A．abandoning B．selling C．burning D．breaking

小题6:	A．time B．state C．process D．record

小题7:	A．failed B．lost C．impressed D．tried

小题8:	A．chance B．choice C．try D．force

小题9:	A．lip B．fingers C．nails D．thumb

小题10:

A．But B．And C．Though D．When

小题11:

A．touch B．hit C．employ D．lose

小题12:

A．all the time B．in time C．at one time D．for some time

小题13:

A．apparently B．securely C．stupidly D．normally

小题14:

A．hesitated B．accepted C．excited D．prepared

小题15:

A．yet B．since C．once D．although

小题16:

A．seemed B．compared C．looked D．related

小题17:

A．difficult B．safe C．easy D．quiet

小题18:

A．allow B．admit C．forbid D．make

小题19:

A．open B．urgent C．closed D．intended

小题20:

A．bring B．take C．have D．come

第二节 完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)  
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—50各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was interested to read a newspaper article about a new concept in old people’s homes in France. The idea is simple   41  revolutionary -- combining a residential （住宅的）home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building. The children and the residents eat lunch together and   42   activities such as music, painting, gardening, and   43   for the pets which the residents are encouraged to keep. In the afternoons, the residents enjoy reading or telling stories to the children, and   44   a child is feeling sad or tired, there is always somebody attending to (照顾) him. There are trips out and birthday parties, too.
The   45   are enormous for everyone concerned. The children are happy because they get a lot more individual   46   and respond well because someone has time for them. They also learn that old people are not “different” or “frightening” in   47   way. And of course, they see illness and death and learn to   48   them. The residents are happy because they feel   49   and needed. They are more active and more interested in life when the children are around and they take more interest in their appearance, too. And the staff（全体职员） are happy because they see an improvement in the   50   and psychological health of the residents and have an army of assistants to help with the children.
41. A. or            B. so            C. nor               D. but
42. A. share          B. examine       C. control            D. engage
43. A. asking          B. sending        C. caring              D. looking
44. A. though         B. because        C. unless               D. if
45. A. advantages       B. actions         C. difficulties            D. comforts
46. A. though               B. attention        C. rest                 D. freedom
47. A. no             B. any                C. another             D. the
48. A. value                B. admit         C. accept              D. overcome
49. A. useful         B. faithful         C. powerful            D. skillful
50. A. normal               B. public         C. economic          D. physical

I didn’t realize how short I was until I started school. There, a few kids picked on(欺负)me, calling me names. Then I knew. After that, I began to hate the first day of school each year. I didn’t know who was new and would stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs. Some of the kids would point and say, “Look at that kid. Look at her.”
As time went on, I just tried to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life. I was determined to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. My friends became increasingly protective. They’d help me up the bus steps. If people were cruel, they would take them aside and correct them.
What I lacked in height, I made up for in personality----my ability to laugh, even at myself. For example, one time I was reaching into the washing machine at my parents’ house to grab the wet clothes. I fell all the way in and yell for Mother, who was sitting nearby reading the paper. Watching feet flying everywhere, she laughed quietly and said, “I should leave you in there.” I laughed with her.
I’m 47 now, and the stares have not decreased as I’ve grown older. People ask my friends if I live in a dollhouse. They look in disbelief when they see me get out of my car on the driver’s side. During those times, I try to keep a good attitude. When people are rude, I remind myself, “Look what else I have----a great family, nice friends…”
小题1:What is the main idea of the second and third paragraphs?

A．How the writer changed her disadvantage to advantage.

B．The writer’s friends and mother loved her deeply.

C．The writer had many friends helping her.

D．The writer had the ability to laugh.

小题2:By saying “the stares have not decreased” in the last paragraph, the author suggests that____.

A．she is able to live a happy life like a normal person

B．she isn’t afraid of being noticed by others any more

C．some people still don’t treat her as a normal person

D．more and more people treat her with respect now

小题3:How is the author feeling now about her situation?

A．Quite optimistic.

B．Very satisfied.

C．Deeply upset.

D．Rather anxious.

小题4: We can infer that the author believes that_________.

A．society should help the disabled as much as possible

B．only your parents and friends can help you

C．what people say about you is none of your business

D．all people should be treated with respect