Today I felt very uncomfortable studying English as usual．My eyes were   36  and my mind was confused．I buried my head deep in the great pile of books．Many vocabulary words   37  my mind．As more and more entered，I   38  focus，and my   39  became crazy．The clock hands were pointing at twelve. I always   40  the time when I study．Without any fruitful results，I felt more   41  and tired．I   42  up and walked to the living room just to take a little break．  43  that would make me feel better．The street lamps looked like stars outside the window．A few scattered(分散的)branches   44  shadows on the French window．Something seemed more   45  and quiet than before．I walked to the   46  slowly，and let my face press against it，  47  very carefully…oh my God!!…It’s snow! It was very bright and covered up the whole   48  while I was studying English painfully, so white and so quiet．At this moment, I was so   49  that I felt like I might burst into tears．The snow was like a spring   50  into my heart，and my eyes were shining with it．All my pain and tiredness   51  at this moment，as the snow dropped into my heart．
I quickly became calm again as the excitement went away．I sat on the bed silently，and drew the   52  to one side to let the white house and white tree stay just beside my bed．I thought this must be a(n)   53  from God，because I liked snow so much．  54  I was weakest and most helpless in this world，nothing could inspire me but   55 ．I should inspire myself from such a beautiful scene．

【小题1】 A．closed B．tired C．shining D．weeping

【小题2】 A．left B．confused C．filled D．impressed

【小题3】 A．lost B．got C．realized D．changed

【小题4】 A．thoughts B．feeling C．words D．concept

【小题5】 A．waste B．limit C．remember D．forget

【小题6】 A．flexible B．guilty C．unhappy D．curious

【小题7】 A．stood B．turned C．checked D．hurried

【小题8】 A．Sure B．Maybe C．Immediately D．Always

【小题9】 A．shook B．cast C．like D．printed

【小题10】 A．disappointing B．frightening C．bright D．light

【小题11】 A．shadow B．lamp C．branch D．window

【小题12】 A．looking B．thinking C．moving D．cleaning

【小题13】 A．night B．house C．world D．mind

【小题14】 A．disturbed B．excited C．surprised D．bored

【小题15】 A．pouring B．delivering C．drilling D．rising

【小题16】 A．occurred B．arose C．escaped D．disappeared

【小题17】 A．bed B．curtain C．desk D．book

【小题18】 A．anger B．smile C．gift D．punishment

【小题19】 A．As usual B．As a result C．At last D．At a time

【小题20】 A．snow B．God C．white D．beauty

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21～30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。
Recently divorced in my 30s, I had no job and was on my way downtown on a rainy day to go to the employment offices. I had no umbrella, for my old one had   21  apart, and I couldn’t afford another one.
I sat down in the streetcar — there against the   22  was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle inlaid with gold and bright enamel(珐琅). I had never seen anything so lovely. I
  23  the handle and saw a name on it. The   24  procedure would have been to turn in the umbrella to the conductor, but I decided to take it and find the   25  myself.
I got off the streetcar in a downpour and   26  opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a telephone book for the   27  on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered. Yes, she said in   28 , that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her as a birthday present, but it’d been   29  from her locker at school years before.
She was so excited that I forgot I was looking for a job and went   30  to her house. She took the umbrella, her eyes filled with tears. I was only too happy to see her get back the lost umbrella, and get a job she offered me.
21．A．taken                      B．torn                        C．broken                    D．fallen
22．A．seat                        B．door                       C．engine                    D．floor
23．A．watched                  B．shook                     C．examined                D．tested
24．A．usual                      B．ordinary                 C．normal                   D．odd
25．A．thief                       B．owner                     C．robber                    D．keeper
26．A．hopefully                B．helpfully                 C．carefully                 D．slowly
27．A．name                      B．number                   C．address                   D．brand
28．A．happiness                B．disappointment        C．laughter                  D．surprise
29．A．robbed                   B．stolen                     C．taken                      D．hidden
30．A．simply                    B．calmly                    C．directly                   D．suddenly

At the age of 13，I visited a doctor with my parents. As I sat in the examining chair，the doctor looked into my 　31　.“She did inherit (继承) it，”he said with coldness.“You need to be prepared. There is no 　32　 for this disease.”
My father 　33　a gene which，in most cases，results in blindness. I’d inherited the gene. He gradually 　34　 his eyesight and so did I. At last we were both 　35　 blind—he was fifty-seven years old，　36　 I was only twenty-eight.
My world 　37　 as the darkness fell，　38　 the dreams my husband and I had for us and for our three little boys. But 　39　 I tried to find some hope and 　40　，my eyes were opened to a new realization.
My father had 　41　 me not just failing eyesight，but an example of 　42　 in the face of hardships as well. We were all living in Bolivia in 1964 when he decided to 　43　 the family to America. He worked tirelessly to 　44 the right of living in the US.
Alone in the States，he 　45　 his helplessness and lack of fluency in English. He managed to rent a small apartment，and nine months later，sent airline tickets for my mom，my brother and me.
Decades later，　46 an American citizen，I look back at what he'd shown me. He set an example proving that determination is important to success. His 　47　 taught me valuable lessons for my own path in the darkness.
I did the same as I stepped into a 　48　 world. I fulfilled (完成) my own 　49　 as a wife，mom，Sunday school teacher and Spanish interpreter. What I inherited from my father helped me to 50　 my life in a whole new light.

完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）

     阅读下面的短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“Now ,”Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions .”

The class seems to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be  _36 _. “Yes, you will all be searching for your future   37  . Each of you will have to   38  someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”

Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This _39_ I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him_40_ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”I shook my head.

“How about some   41_ ?”I shook my head again .

Finally , I thought he realized I was   42 , and I got my first big tip as a  43  : “Never,never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into. ”After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from   44   in class. I got an A on the entire project.

Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I _45 _Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t __46__me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and   47   all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. _48__gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was   49 .

    For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, __50 __ stories from murders to airplane crashes and   51  choosing my strongest area.  52 _ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been __53__Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.

    I get  54  all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”

    “Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could  55 her.

1.A. good           B. mad              C. careless         D. curious

2.A. university     B. family           C. professions      D. life

3.A. interview      B. find out         C. admire       D. learn from

4.A. expressed      B. ordered      C. expected         D. meant

5.A. hardly         B. nearly       C. naturally            D. eagerly

6.A. drink          B. newspapers       C. preparations     D. paper

7.A. satisfied      B. comfortable      C. terrified        D. sorry

8.A. student        B. journalist           C. teacher          D. writer

9.A. research       B. books        C. imagination      D. memory

10.A. called            B. recognized   C. remembered       D. visited

11.A. answer            B. promise          C. stop         D. persuade

12.A. how           B. whether          C. why              D. when

13.A. It    B. Virginia DeView  C. My parents       D. My oral report

14.A. breaking in   B. getting down     C. falling off  D. going on

15.A. making up     B. listening to C. covering     D. writing

16.A. of course     B. finally      C. doubtfully   D. in all

17.A. When  B. As long as           C. Once             D. On condition

18.A. for           B. with             C. of               D. to

19.A. hurt          B. excited          C. disappointed     D. asked

20.A. respect           B. support          C. thank                D. favor       

It was one of those cold winter nights in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco . I was driving an eyesore（丑陋的东西）that could only be  36  as a “ car ” by someone who was either a shameless liar or a good friend .
It was  37  to drive the car because you had to keep your fingers and toes crossed to keep the engine running . I tried to imagine I was driving a huge clumsy  38  ; that way I didn’t  39  the slow speed .
That night I must have uncrossed my fingers to scratch something . The car  40  in the middle of a four-lane stretch of Oak Street . I  41  for a place to turn off（拐弯）, but the street was lined with parked cars .
There I sat , in  42  traffic , as tons of vehicles screamed by . In my rearview mirror（后视镜）I saw a car  43  behind me . I knew what was coming . Soon the horn would start and someone would be  44  at me . But I was  45  .
A stranger got out of the car and came to my  46  . He asked , “ Do you want a  47  ?”
I was surprised but  48  . And then he  49  to his car and two teens piled out to help push my car . When I was  50  delivered to a side street , they got back into their car and rejoined the sea of  51  . I didn’t get to  52  them .
Over the years I’ve realized something about the  53  who stopped to help . I’ve noticed that every time I’m in  54  , he appears . The one true thing in this world is an unasked  55  provided by a stranger .