阅读下面短文，根据所给首字母提示及上下文，在短文的横线上写出该单词的完整形式。

There are some people who just can’t make up their m 1 n by themselves．They often ask the advice of their friends and then do the opposite（相反）of what their friends have said．

My brother，Mike，is such a person．He can never decide what to do and always asks my i2．I try to help him as well as I can．But he never t 3  my advice．Yesterday I answered his questions in a different way．“Look，”he said，s 4 me a letter．“What do you think I should do?”

The letter was an o 5 of a job．It seemed to be a good chance for a young doctor．Mike would be s 6 to Africa to work．The job would pay very well，and he would be able Io travel and visit many i 7  places．

“What do you think，Peter?” he asked．“Should I go? If I take the job，I’ll have to stay longer．But it will be a wonderful time for me．what should I do?”

“Don’t go．”I told him．“You would be u  8 ’’

“Don’t go?” he looked very surprised at my answer．

As you’ve probably g 9  Mike took the offer．I don’t know if he found that I r10wanted him to take the job．

根据所给的首字母和中文写出所缺单词的完整形式

1. As we can see in the diagram released by the government, the rapid growth of population has resulted in the e_____________（灭绝）of many wildlife species.

2. M____________（与此同时）, two other actors have carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees.

3. It has been proved that eating vegetables in childhood helps to p____________（保护）you against serious illness in later life.

4. Mr. Brown was forced to r____________（退休）from his position as a librarian because of his health condition.

5. The chairman a____________（宣布）that the competition had to stop because of the bad weather.

6. She will p____________（表演）in Moscow tomorrow to start the second stage of her world tour.

7. If you see him, please give my a____________（道歉）for not having written to him.

8. A mother shouldn’t show too much p____________(偏爱) to one of her children.

9. It was c____________(周到的，体贴的) of you not to play the piano while your mother had a bad headache.

10. I never t____________（信任）him because I always think of him as such a suspicious character.

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1—20题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。

While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had  1  finding the keyhole. When I  2  to open the door, I  3  around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was  4  installed... but no switch! 

Not discouraged easily, I remembered  5  a lamp by the bed when I deposited my luggage  6  in the day. I found the bed in the  7  and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing  8 ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the  9  to find another lamp. So I  10  my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no drawstring! I finally stumbled（跌跌撞撞地走）around  11  I found a desk lamp which actually  12 !

That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world  13  be and how   necessary light is! But even more necessary than  14  light is the light that shines from people --the light of  15  and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and  16  place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in  17   of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you  18  may be a beacon of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is  19  a candle in a forest remember -- there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to  20  the light of one small candle.

1. A. confidence  B. respect            C. adimiration       D. difficulty 

2. A. managed             B. failed               C. wished            D. meant

3. A. touched               B. felt                  C. sensed             D. looked  

4. A. already                B. never               C. still                  D. once 

5. A. equiping              B. producing        C. spotting           D. removing

6. A. later                   B. earlier              C. lower              D. upper

7. A. light            B. dark                C. room               D. corner 

8. A. happened             B. operated          C. fired                 D. developed

9. A. machine              B. street               C. room              D. car

10. A. wound              B. forced             C. made               D. lost

11. A. after                   B. until          C. while                D. since

12. A. helped               B. affected                 C. worked            D. inspired 

13. A. can                   B. shall                C. will                D. must

14. A. mental               B. psychological     C. electrical         D. physical  

15. A. existence           B. love                 C. truth                D. wisdom

16. A. lonely                 B. colourful           C. friendly            D. complex

17. A. short                 B. favour             C. face                       D. need   

18. A. make                 B. offer                C. take                 D. contribute

19. A. not more than    B. other than        C. no more than    D. rather than 

20. A. put out              B. give out           C. get over                 D. set up

The sun was shining when I got on No. 151 bus. We passengers sat jammed in heavy clothes. No one  36  . That’s one of the unwritten rules  37  we see the same faces every day, we prefer to  38  behind our newspapers. People who sit so close together are using them to keep  39  distance.

   As the bus came near the Mile, a  40  suddenly rang out, “Attention! This is your  41  speaking.” We looked at the back of the driver’s head. “Put your  42  down, all of you.” The papers came down. “Now, turn and  43  the person next to you.”

   Surprisingly we all did it. Still no one smiled. I faced an old woman. I saw her  44  every day. We waited for the next  45  from the driver. “Now repeat after me. Good morning, neighbor!”

   But our voices were a little  46  . For many of us, this was the  47  word we had spoken that day. When we said them together, like  48  to people beside us, we couldn’t help  49  . There was the feeling of relief. Moreover, there was the sense of ice being  50  . To say the three words was not so  51  after all.

   The bus driver said nothing more. He didn’t  52  to. Not a single newspaper went back up. I heard laughter, a  53  sound I had never heard before in this bus.

   When I  54  my stop, I said goodbye to my seatmate, and then  55  the bus. That day I was starting happily.

A. spoke         B. said          C. stood        D. told 

A. as            B. because       C. when        D. although

A. read          B. sit            C. talk         D. hide 

A. ours          B. your          C. their         D. its

A. call           B. noise         C. sound        D. voice

A. conductor      B. driver        C. neighbor      D. seatmate

A. papers        B. bags          C. books        D. clothes

A. see          B. meet           C. face         D. greet

A. still          B. nearly         C. even         D. hardly

A. turn         B. talk           C. order         D. remark

A. loud         B. neat          C. slow          D. weak

A. first         B. last           C. best          D. only

A. passengers    B. citizens        C. patients     D. school children

A. shouting      B. crying         C. smiling       D. wondering

A. formed       B. heated         C. broken        D. frozen

A. sad          B. hard           C. ordinary       D. shy

A. need         B. want           C. like          D. begin

A. different      B. warm          C. loud          D. happy

A. arrived       B. reached        C. left           D. found 

A. jumped off    B. left for         C. got on        D. waited for

Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family．Once I came out of the kitchen, complaining, "Mom, I can't peel potatoes．I have only one hand．"

Mom never looked up from sewing．"You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes," she told me．"And don't ever use that as an excuse for anything again!"

In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the monkey bars, swinging from one high steel bar to the next．When it was my turn, I shook my head．Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying．

That night I told Mom about it．She hugged me, and I saw her "we'll see about that" look． The next afternoon, she took me back to school．At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars．

"Now, pull up with your right arm," she advised．She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right hand until I could hook the bar with my other arm．Day after day we practiced, and she praised me for every rung （横档） I reached．I'd never forget the next time, crossing the rungs．I looked down at the kids who were standing with their mouths open．

One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing．I could hear Mom come into my room．"Mom," I said, weeping, "none of the girls would dance with me．"

For a long time, I didn't hear anything．Then she said, "Oh, honey, someday you'll be beating those boys off with a bat．" Her voice was soft and weak．I glanced at her to see tears running down her cheeks．Then I knew how much she suffered on my behalf．She had never let me see her tears．

Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom's attitude

when she made the child peel potatoes?

    A．Cruel．          B．Serious．   C．Strict．        D．Cold．

From the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train ____．

    A．the skill to circle round a bar

    B．the skill to throw and catch things

    C．the speed of one's hand movement

    D．the strength and skill to hang and swing

What does the sentence "I saw her 'we'll see about that' look" imply?

    A．Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it．

    B．What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity．

    C．Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher．

    D．The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up．

The most probable conclusion we can draw after reading the passage is ____．

    A．the last incident was sad enough to make Mom weep

    B．the child's experience reminded Mom of that of her own

    C．Mom could solve any problem except the one in the last paragraph

    D．in fact Mom suffered more in the process of the child's growth