Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought  31 . It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇迹).
This farmhouse had been  32  too long. It needed a family. Zigfried’s  33  made a noise. He realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿), grabbed a  34  from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike’s.
Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for the little mouse  35  the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried  36  when he thought of it. He looked around cautiously as he 37  into the room where grain was stored and was quite  38  as he filled his bag with wheat. He was turning to leave when suddenly he  39  a hot breath about his ear. His heart beat  40  , and without thinking he started to run and luckily  41  the cat’s paws (爪子).
The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a  42  family would be moving into the farmhouse soon. Zigfried’s granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to  43 with him. He hoped that the family would come before his granny came. Before long, a car came  44  the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.
Zigfried’s Christmas miracle did arrive!
The house came  45  the next few days. Zigfried  46  every single hour of them.  47 , the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a  48  smile at the door of his home, he heard the  49 of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The  50  froze on his face； his mouth fell wide open. After a long while, he at last found his voice: “Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?”

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在在错的词下划一横线， 并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

  注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

             2. 只允许修改10处, 多者 ( 从第11处起 ) 不计分。

例如：It was very nice to get your invitation to spend ∧ weekend with you. Luckily I

                                         the

was completely free then, so I’ll to say “yes”. I’ll arrive in Bristol at around 8 pm in Friday.

am                                                               on

After shopping, Mother and I went to a restaurant for lunch. I notice Mother looking at a

nearby table occupy by an elderly woman and young couple. They are silently, and it was clearly

that things were not going well. As we left, Mother stopped on their table. “Excuse me,” she said,

put her arm around the unhappy old woman. “You remind me so many of my mother. May I hug ”

(拥抱) you?” The woman smiled happily as she accepted to it. After we left, I said, “That was

very nice of you, Mother. So I didn’t think she looked like Grandma.” “Neither did me.” said 

Mother cheerfully.

第二节 完型填空（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41—60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项的标号涂黑。

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced 41   for a few days. I was   42   to wait tables on my own. All went   43  that first week. When Saturday night came,  I was luckily   44    the tables not far from the kitchen.   45  , I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays(托盘).

            Before I knew it, the   46   was full of people. I moved slowly,   47   every step. I remember how   48   I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was   49   on. It had nice handles, which made it   50   to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to   51   I was a natural at this job.

            Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved   52   you work. It seems your tray stand has been very   53   to you, but we are getting ready to   54   now, and my wife needs her   55   back.”

           At first his   56   did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker(助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was   57 . I wanted to get into a hole and   58  .

           Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just    59  . I have learned to be more   60   and not to be too sure of myself.

41. A. manager                      B. assistant               C. cook                        D. waitress

42. A. promised                 B. invited                    C. allowed                  D. advised

43. A. well                           B. quickly          C. safely                     D. wrong

44. A. left                                      B. given                      C. brought                 D. shown

45. A. Therefore                B. However               C. Otherwise             D. Finally

46. A. kitchen                     B. street                     C. restaurant            D. table

47. A. minding              B. changing               C. taking                     D. saving

48. A. angry                        B. calm                        C. sad                          D. happy

49. A. fixed                          B. trained                            C. loaded                    D. waited

50. A. slower                      B. lighter                    C. quieter                            D. easier

51. A. believe                     B. agree                     C. regret                    D. pretend

52. A. letting                      B. making                   C. watching               D. having

53. A. useful                       B. familiar                  C. unusual                  D. interesting

54. A. rest                      B. order                      C. eat                          D. leave

55. A. bag                     B. walker                    C. tray                         D. coat

56. A. idea                           B. praise                     C. message               D. need

57. A. cold                           B. full of joy                C. pale                        D. on fire

58. A. lie                              B. hide                        C. defend                   D. stay

59. A. repeated                     B. discovered            C. corrected              D. described

60. A. clever          B. patient                            C. honest                   D. practical

阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从1—20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。
After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced  1  for a few days, I was   2  to wait tables on my own. All went  3  that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily  4  the tables not far from the kitchen.   5  , I still felt a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘)。
Before I knew it, the  6 was full of people. I moved slowly,   7 every step. I remember how  8  I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables, it looked different from the one I was  9  on. It had nice handles (手柄)，which made it  10   to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to  11  I was a natural at this job.
Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved __12 you work. It seems your tray stand has been very  13  to you, but we are getting ready to  14  now, and my wife needs her  15 back.”
At first his   16 did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker (助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was  17 . I wanted to get into a hole and  18 .
Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just   19  , I have learned to be more  20 and not to be too sure of myself.