A few days after the interview, I received a letter       me admission to the university.

    A．offering    B．offered      C．having offered   D．to be offered

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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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My first full time job after high school was selling vacation packages via telephone for a well-known company.  One day, the dialer ____36____ me to a man who answered the phone and ____37_____ a bit out of breath.  I started with my normal pitch（推销）, and _____38____ to hear the normal, "I don't want any," and be hung up on.  

Instead he spoke in a low, weak voice and told me how he wished he could take a ____39_____ like the one I was offering, but couldn't ____40_____ he was dying of emphysema (肺气肿).  He ____41_____ how he was on oxygen, and it took almost all his ____42_____ just to get to the phone to answer the call.  I ____43_____, and my heart fell into my stomach.  He asked me if I smoked, which I did, and then begged me to stop.  He told me smoking is ____44_____ was killing him, and how horrible it was.  He told me to ____45_____ every day with my loved ones, and tell them all the time how much I love them. At this ____46_____, I was in tears, and couldn't control myself, and he could tell. 

After a few moments, I decided to write down his name and ____47_____, and just send him a card telling him that I ____48_____ his advice and that I would pray for him and his family.  Shortly after, I received a nice letter back from Frank, along with a picture of him and his wife.  We continued to write back and forth over the next few months or so, and became very ____49_____ of each other.  He was old enough to be my grandfather, and in many ways, I felt ____50_____ he was. 

It was about a year later I received a letter from his wife, and when I started to read it, my eyes were filled with tears.  She told me how Frank's ____51_____ with the disease had finally come to an end, and he ____52_____ shortly before Christmas.  She wanted to thank me for the letters I had written to Frank, and then explained how Frank touched many lives over the years.  At his ____53_____, to show just that, they read the 1st letter I had written to Frank to show how he ____54_____ a 19 year old he had ____55_____ even met. 

I will never forget how much that meant to me.

36. A. took                 B. connected             C. accompanied                 D. led

37. A. felt                            B. looked                    C. sounded                          D. proved

38. A. expecting       B. wondering            C. considering                    D. worrying

39. A. break               B. rest                         C. change                                     D. vacation

40. A. because                   B. though                            C. while                                D. before

41. A. described       B. exposed                 C. explained                        D. expressed

42. A. power             B. energy                   C. strength                         D. force

43. A. apologized     B. excused                 C. pardoned                        D. forgave

44. A. that                 B. what                       C. which                               D. how

45. A. take                 B. cost                        C. pay                                   D. spend 

46. A. point                B. case                        C. way                                  D. situation

47. A. number           B. hobby                     C. address                           D. whish

48. A. agreed            B. appreciated                   C. followed                          D. approved

49. A. interested      B. content                  C. fond                                 D. curious

50. A. if only              B. even if                    C. only if                               D. as if

51. A. battle              B. strike                      C. defense                           D. working

52. A. gave away     B. turned away         C. took away                      D. passed away

53. A. birthday                   B. funeral                            C. ceremony                       D. performance

54. A. changed                   B. improved               C. affected                          D. promoted

55. A. always            B. seldom                   C. ever                                 D. never

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站)about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

    I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

    I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

    Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery (电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars — was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

    “Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

    “Thank you” —two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

1.Why did the author plan to stop at Oklahoma City?

    (No more than 5 words)                                       (2 marks)

________________________________________________________________________________

2.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

    (No more than 10 words)                                      (2 marks)

________________________________________________________________________________

3.Why was the battery of the author’s car dead?

    (No more than 10 words)                                      (3 marks)

________________________________________________________________________________

4.What does the author tries to show by telling his own experiences?

    (No more than 12 words)                                      (3 marks)

________________________________________________________________________________

完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分, 满分20分)
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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My first full time job after high school was selling vacation packages via telephone for a well-known company.  One day, the dialer ____36____ me to a man who answered the phone and ____37_____ a bit out of breath.  I started with my normal pitch（推销）, and _____38____ to hear the normal, "I don't want any," and be hung up on.  
Instead he spoke in a low, weak voice and told me how he wished he could take a ____39_____ like the one I was offering, but couldn't ____40_____ he was dying of emphysema (肺气肿).  He ____41_____ how he was on oxygen, and it took almost all his ____42_____ just to get to the phone to answer the call.  I ____43_____, and my heart fell into my stomach.  He asked me if I smoked, which I did, and then begged me to stop.  He told me smoking is ____44_____ was killing him, and how horrible it was.  He told me to ____45_____ every day with my loved ones, and tell them all the time how much I love them. At this ____46_____, I was in tears, and couldn't control myself, and he could tell. 
After a few moments, I decided to write down his name and ____47_____, and just send him a card telling him that I ____48_____ his advice and that I would pray for him and his family.  Shortly after, I received a nice letter back from Frank, along with a picture of him and his wife.  We continued to write back and forth over the next few months or so, and became very ____49_____ of each other.  He was old enough to be my grandfather, and in many ways, I felt ____50_____ he was. 
It was about a year later I received a letter from his wife, and when I started to read it, my eyes were filled with tears.  She told me how Frank's ____51_____ with the disease had finally come to an end, and he ____52_____ shortly before Christmas.  She wanted to thank me for the letters I had written to Frank, and then explained how Frank touched many lives over the years.  At his ____53_____, to show just that, they read the 1st letter I had written to Frank to show how he ____54_____ a 19 year old he had ____55_____ even met. 
I will never forget how much that meant to me.
36. A. took                 B. connected             C. accompanied                 D. led
37. A. felt                            B. looked                    C. sounded                          D. proved
38. A. expecting       B. wondering            C. considering                    D. worrying
39. A. break               B. rest                         C. change                                     D. vacation
40. A. because                   B. though                            C. while                                D. before
41. A. described       B. exposed                 C. explained                        D. expressed
42. A. power             B. energy                   C. strength                         D. force
43. A. apologized     B. excused                 C. pardoned                        D. forgave
44. A. that                 B. what                       C. which                               D. how
45. A. take                 B. cost                        C. pay                                   D. spend 
46. A. point                B. case                        C. way                                  D. situation
47. A. number           B. hobby                     C. address                           D. whish
48. A. agreed            B. appreciated                   C. followed                          D. approved
49. A. interested      B. content                  C. fond                                 D. curious
50. A. if only              B. even if                    C. only if                               D. as if
51. A. battle              B. strike                      C. defense                           D. working
52. A. gave away     B. turned away         C. took away                      D. passed away
53. A. birthday                   B. funeral                            C. ceremony                       D. performance
54. A. changed                   B. improved               C. affected                          D. promoted
55. A. always            B. seldom                   C. ever                                 D. never

After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me. I was told it would mean a great deal to him, so I agreed.
During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy (肌肉萎缩症). When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to five, and then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dreams.
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weights with me. When we had finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I had won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”
Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:
Dear Dick,
My mum said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live any more, but I still smile as much as I can.
I told you someday that I would go to the Olympics and win a gold medal, but I know now I will never get to do that. However, I know I’m a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.
Your friend,
Matthew
【小题1】The boy looked forward to meeting the author because          .