阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-45各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
I don’t think there is any one being as interested in food as I. We lived on a farm in Lincolnshire and had a good    36  . She made fantastic English food; her roast beef was out of this world. I used to love going down to the     37 _  and watching her work, and I learned a lot from her. I realized that I wanted to be a cook when I was about 12. When other boys  __ 38   to do sports after school, I helped with cooking at home. By the time I was 15, I had   _39   to be a cook. However, I knew my parents wouldn’t allow me to be a cook. I had to tell them about it    40.
I told them that I wanted to do a cookery course for fun, and stayed for a month in a hotel in Torquay. I enjoyed it so much that I couldn’t put off telling my parents any longer,   41  I brought the subject up one night over dinner.  42  there was silence, and then my father asked me why. I explained that cooking was   43  painting a picture or writing a book. Every meal was a work of creation. I could see that my father disagreed, but he was not   44 . He just looked at me and smiled. My mother kissed me. And now I have my own restaurant, and it goes well. I can see they are   45 me. However, my grandfather thinks I’m mad to give up farming.

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C, and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
When I was little, my family used to move frequently. Before I could even get acquainted with my schoolmates, my family was on the move again. I became very  36 because of this.
But a girl with dark skin and ling shiny hair changed me. Here best characteristics are her openness and   37 . She is always smiling, like a beautiful sunflower following the sun. without doubt I enjoyed being with her and soon we became good friends. As time went by, I   38 became a happy girl. But this joyful period didn’t last long. We were admitted to different colleges. I felt like I had gone back to my always-on-the-move childhood. I felt  39 and helpless and I was afraid that I would  40 her as my best friend. She stayed calm and said to me :“Rain, you can achiever more than I do, so  1 to your dreams and make a big effort! Real friendship doesn’t fade and we will be best friends forever.” Maybe she didn’t realize what a great  42 she was to me at that time.
However, it turned out that my concerns were well-founded（有根据的）. I felt that the   43 between us was getting bigger and bigger. One day, she sent me a text message happily telling me that she had fallen in love with a handsome boy in her class.
I felt happy for her, but at the same time I was secretly worried about our friendship. I   44 her several times intending to tell her to think easefully about her relationship with the boy, but I got no more messages from her. I felt sad that perhaps our friendship would not   45 . I had almost given up hope until she visited me at my campus a week later. She looked   46 but was wearing the most beautiful smile. She gave me a big hug and said: “I’m sorry. I want to be myself and your friend forever!” We cried together, ignoring the people walking past. She told me her sad story, and we knew we had gone back to how it was before.
Now I firmly believer that distance and time can’t   47 you from a friend. If you care enough about each other, friendship never fades.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the  21  day, and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked  22  , but I couldn't find 23  of my husband's socks though I had looked 24  for it.
The next morning, I got ready for 25   as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them and told them   26  we were going to do  27  .
When I turned  28   to write on the blackboard, the class burst out 29  . They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was  30   the headmaster would be in to see all this.
I asked the class to  31  , but the 32 I talked, the more they laughed. So I thought I had better pay  33   attention to them and continue to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they laughed even more.
Before long, the teacher who had the room next to   34   came to see 35   all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started  36  , too.
"Good  Heavens ! "I said. "Will   37  please tell me what is so  38 ?"
"Oh, God," said the teacher, " you have a brown 39 stuck to the back of your shirt. "
So that's   40   I found my husband's missing sock.
"Oh, well," I said to the class, "let's just say  you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity(静电)."

【小题6】

A．which B．what C．how D．why

【小题12】

A．better B．quicker C． less D．more

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30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。
Wouldn't it be great if we didn't have to remember passwords (密码) ever again？If we could just sit in front of our computers and be   21   logged in (登录? Crave mentions how NECSoft BiodeLogon system uses face recognition technology to log you on to Windows, rather than using a  22 All you need is a webcam and your pretty face to   23  your PC. No more 24  , confusing passwords to remember or change every few months.
After doing a little research, I found this type of  25  already available to consumers via a relatively   26  application called FaceCode. The  27 requires the use of a webcam to recog- nize and log PC users into their systems. You can add as many  28 as you want, provided they each have a Windows account. If the system   29  to recognize your  30 , you can recall the Windows user name and password by using a hot-key combination.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Teaching my first child, Danae, to share her toys was the biggest challenge. To   36  this, we started inviting other children to play, which could help Danae discover that it’s   37  to share with others – a lesson I needed to   38  myself as well, as it   39 .
One evening Danac had   40 a friend, Natalie, to play with her. Their favorite was a children’s   41  game called Go Fish. That evening,   42  Natalie left, Danae came to me and said, “Mommy, I’d like to give these to Natalie tomorrow. They’re her favorites.”
She help up three cards from the Go Fish game. I tried to   43  that I didn’t want her to give them away because then our   44  wouldn’t be complete. “But I really want her to have them!” Danae   45 . I thought perhaps she didn’t understand that when she gave something away, it was gone   46 . So I tried again, saying, “  47  you give the cards to her, you can’t   48 them back tomorrow.”
A look of   49  came over Danae’s face. For a moment I was happy that she seemed to   50 . But then she smiled and said. “Well, that’s okay, I want her to have them anyway.”
What could I say to that? I sat   51  for a moment and then I realized I had been trying for so long to   52  her to share. Did it   53  that our Go Fish set would be   54 ? What mattered was that my daughter was learning the   55  of giving, that she was thinking about others instead of herself, and that she was trying to make her friends happy. Isn’t that what life is all about?

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。
Recently I gave my adult students homework．It was to "go to someone you love and tell them you love them．It has to be someone you have   25  said those words to before or at least haven't   26  those words with for a long time．"
Since most of the men were over 35 and were raised in the   27  of men that were taught   28  feelings is not "manly", this was very   29  homework for some．
In our next   30  , I asked if someone wanted to share his story with us．I fully   31 one of the women to volunteer, as was   32  the case, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand．As he   33  out of his chair （all 1．85 metres of him）, he began by saying, "Dennis, I was quite   34  with you last week when you gave us this homework．   35  were you to tell me to do something that personal? But as I began driving home my heart started talking to me, telling me that I knew   36  who I needed to say 'I love you' to．"
"My father and I had a severe   37  five years ago, and since then we had  38 seeing each other unless we had to at Christmas．But even then, we hardly   39  to each other．So last Tuesday I drove to my parents' house after work and said, "Dad, I just    40 to tell you that I love you. '"
"Dad reached out and    41   me and said, 'I love you too, son, but I've never been able to say it．' Two days after my visit, my dad had a heart attack and I don't know if he will  42   it．So, I'm here to tell all of you that my    43   in this is: Don't wait to do the things    44    it is too late．Take the time to do what you need to do and do it now!"

【小题1】

A．ever B．always C．never D．even

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，然后从所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
There once was a little boy who wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he   36   his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of root beer and he started his   37.
When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was   38   in the park just staring at some pigeons（鸽子）. The boy sat down next to her and opened his  39_. He was about to take drink from his root beer when he noticed that the old lady looked   40  ,so he offered her a Twinkie . She   41    accepted it and smiled at him. Her   42   was so pretty that he boy wanted to see it   43   , so he offered her a root beer. Once again she smiled at him. The boy was   44   !
They sat there all   45   eating and smiling, but they never said a word .
As it grew dark , the boy realized how   46   he was and he got up to leave , but before he had gone more than a few steps , he   47   around , ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug . She gave him her  48   smile ever .
When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was   49  by the look of joy on his face .
She asked him, “What did you do today that made you so happy?”
He replied, “I had   50   with God. ” But before his mother could respond, he added, “You know  51  ? She’s got the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen!”
Meanwhile, the old woman , also radiant（容光焕发的）with   52   , returned to her home .
Her son was shocked by the look of   53   on her face and he asked, “Mother, what did you do today that made you so happy?”
She replied, “I   54   Twinkies in the park with God.” But before her son responded, she added, “You know, he’s much   55  than I expected.”
36．A．packed     B．carried     C．delivered D．arranged
37．A．game       B．journey  C．car    D．work
38．A．standing   B．playing    C．sitting       D．waiting
39．A．suitcase    B．bag   C．beer  D．map
40．A．worried    B．pale C．hungry     D．poor
41．A．willingly  B．joyfully   C．respectfully      D．gratefully
42．A．face  B．skirt  C．smile D．ring
43．A．again B．often C．further      D．soon
44．A．satisfied    B．delighted C．moved      D．shocked
45．A．morning   B．day   C．night D．afternoon
46．A．happy       B．tired  C．bored       D．thirsty
47．A．turned      B．looked     C．walked     D．jumped
48．A．commonest      B．biggest     C．weakest    D．trickiest
49．A．surprised  B．terrified   C．impressed D．attracted
50．A．a talk       B．a walk    C．fun    D．lunch
51．A．why  B．who C．what  D．where
52．A．joy    B．fear C．anger D．content
53．A．victory     B．regret       C．peace D．surprise
54．A．sold  B．baked      C．drank       D．ate
55．A．nobler      B．taller       C．wiser D．younger

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.
Football is, I suppose, the most popular games in England. One had only to go to one of the important   31  to see this. One can see kinds of people there, shouting and   32  for one side or the other.
One of the most   33  thing about football in England to a stranger is the __34__ knowledge of the game which even the   35  seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in   36  of the important teams. He   37  photos of them and knows the result of large numbers of matches. He will tell you   38  he expects will win such and such a match,
  39 his opinion is usually as   40  as that of men three or four times his   41 .
Most schools in England take   42  seriously—much more seriously than nearly all the schools in other countries,   43 lessons are all important and games are left for one’s own arrangements（安排）. In England, it is believed that   44  is not only a matter of filling a boy’s mind with facts in the   45 ; it also means character training; and one of the   46 ways of training character is by means of games,   47 team games, where the boy has to learn to   48  with others for his team, instead of working just for himself alone. The school therefore arranges games and matches for its   49 . Football is a good team game and it is good exercise for   50 .

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
This is a true story. Rex White lived in a  36  some distance from the coast, so he   37   to drive to Lytham and leave his car in a car park beside the river. Then he  38  row out to the pilot boat, and wait for the  39   ship that it was his duty to guide.
Early one morning, Mr. White   40   to Lytham from a night on duty, only to   41 he couldn't start his car. He had driven from his village the evening before and left his car in the car park   42  . Now with his work finished; how he   43   to drive home to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and a warm bed!   44  , no matter what he did, he could not get the engine to start.
It was a cold and windy night; there was no garage   45   to which he could turn for help. He was just about to   46 , and spend the rest of the night in his car,  when a bright idea 47   him.  He pushed his car round so that it was facing in the   48   of the wind, opened ail four doors,   49   it along a short way, and then jumped in. The doors acted like 50, and in no time the wind had taken him  51   out of the car park and away down the beach road. When he   52  the starter-switch once more,  the engine roared to   53  immediately.  All he had to do then was to stop the car and shut the   54  .
He went to bed later than usual,   55   he did not go without his cup of hot chocolate. Mr. White was not a seaman for nothing.
36. A. city               B. town            C. village                  D. family
37. A. decided            B. had             C. managed                  D. asked
38. A. could              B. should           C. would                   D. might
39. A. old                B. foreign          C. big                     D. particular
40. A. returned             B. got              C. went                   D. walked
41. A. accept             B.  tell           C. find                    D. remember
42. A. once more      B. as usual         C. at last               D. as well
43. A. prepared             B. supposed          C. hurried             D. desired
44. A. Sadly            B. Surprisingly    C. Naturally           D. Finally
45. A. inside              B. around           C. away                    D. ahead
46. A. shout at             B. break down    C. give out            D. give up
47. A. knocked             B. beat          C. kicked                  D. struck
48. A. position             B. direction           C. speed                   D. strength
49. A. pulled             B. rode             C. pushed                  D. followed
50. A. brakes             B. engines          C. energies                 D. batteries
51. A. nearly             B. right             C. almost                  D. hardly
52. A. opened             B. checked          C. tried                    D. provided
53. A. effect              B. way             C. use                     D. life
54. A. windows            B. doors            C. lights                   D. systems
55. A. but                    B. or               C. and                    D. so

读下面短文，从短文后面各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every summer a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the    26        are in seasonal work, mainly connected with wourism and    27         
The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the     28    of travel. You can pick grapes on farms in France, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are  29    jobs in hotels and restaurants.
But it is not easy now to find work. “    30   you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few openings,” says Althea Ellis, an adviser in     31       for students.
“If you work with a family in Italy, you’ll have to speak Italian. When you wash dishes in a restaurant in Pairs, the owner will expect you to speak   32    . British students only have a language     33     for jobs in the USA and Australia.”
    34     enjoys the experience. Sarah James was employed to help forty American children in Europe. The two teachers with the children had never been     35     .One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill and was      36      home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the      37      they made, and what’s worse, Sarah herself was robbed on her only    38    evening of the entire trip. “ I did visit a lot of new places,” she says,“ but it wasn’t worth it. The pay was     39     and it really was a 24-hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!”
“The troubles is, students expect to have a(n)     40    time of it.” Althea Ellis points out. “After all, they see it as a    41     .In practice,     42      ,you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual (临时的) work. You’ll have a job when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. In the other words, you’ll work if it’s convenient for the company that     43    you. But you have      44    employment rights. As soon as the holiday season      45     ,they’ll get rid of you.”