John, a famous musician, took his priceless antique violin and played it in the crowded subway station. The music from the violin was delicately streaming throughout the whole station. However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly appreciating the charming music. A three-year-old kid was so fascinated by the music that he forgot everything around. John only got 52 dollars for his work that day.

     However, in normal days, when John is about to hold a concert, one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars and it is extremely hard to buy a ticket even at such a high price. Therefore, later, many passers-by in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such a valuable but cheap music feast.

     I have a very busy friend who had totally changed after knowing that his wife came down with incurable illness. He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day. Nonetheless, his wife still did not manage to conquer the illness and passed away after three months. After that, he often sighed miserably that due to his past busy life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife. But now, it is impossible to make up for it.

     It is no use crying over spilt milk. We have missed a lot of precious things in our life without knowing to cherish them.

    Actually, I also missed something precious before. The reason why we would have missed those precious things is less than simple: we had thought that we could still own them tomorrow.

     Nevertheless, tomorrow is actually by no means reliable. There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people’s lives, they have only done two things: waiting and regretting. The result is that they were always too late to cherish what they had before they lost it. We would often claim to do something when we grow up, or when we have money or when we become old, etc. However, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer realize our wish, because we have lost it by then.

1.The reason why people often regret may be that _______.

A. they are too busy to notice the beautiful things

B. they are too careless to cherish precious things

C. they are lazy to observe the surroundings

D. they think that it’s none of their business

2.The idea the author would like to get across to us seems that _______.

A. actions speak louder than words

B. a bad beginning makes a bad ending

C. the lost will never come back

D. each day brings its own bread

3.What method does the author employ to support his opinion？

A. By listing data.                          B. By comparing the details .

C. By explaining the procedures .                   D. By taking examples.

4.How do we understand the underlined parts “waiting and regretting”?

A. Many people will not cherish what they have until they lost them.

B. Many people cannot do well until they get older.

C. Many people know what they are doing.

D. Many people regret for what they don’t possess.

One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods __ __ she realized that she was lost.

Sitting on a rock and ____ what to do, she began crying. After a while, she____ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. ____ it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and ____ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the ____. Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a ____.

The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy ____ that his Mistress（女主人）was in danger. He jumped ____ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn't find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a ____ scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He ____ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking ____ into the air, the dog ____ through the woods until he found the ____ . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his ____ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He ____ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was ____.

    When she opened her eyes and       her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “You     me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of        . That night Laddy had a Hero's supper: a huge meal of steak.

1.A. before              B. since            C. while           D. as

2.A. wondering          B. forgetting    C. remembering      D. regretting

3.A. preferred           B. expected             C. failed            D. decided

4.A. When                            B. Until         C. If          D. Because

5.A. carelessly          B. cautiously    C. hopelessly   D. unwillingly

6.A. trees                    B. bushes                  C. woods                   D. grasses

7.A. stream                 B. rock                       C. tree                       D. house

8.A. found                            B. sensed                  C. heard          D. smelt

9.A. at                               B. through                 C. in                      D. onto

10.A. terrible            B. strange                  C. pleasant               D. familiar

11.A. missed               B. discovered  C. followed              D. ignored

12.A. calmly                B. loudly               C. merrily             D. gently

13.A. searched          B. wandered               C. looked          D. traveled

14.A.window              B. girl                             C. house                         D. hero

15.A. satisfaction       B. disappointment  C. embarrassment  D. delight

16.A. jumped           B. climbed                   C. walked             D. flew

17.A. awake               B. abandoned      C. available          D. asleep

18.A. spotted           B. watched               C. observed          D. saw

19.A. disturbed                 B. comforted            C. rescued                 D. scared

20.A. pain              B. shock                   C. sorrow            D.relief

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，从每题所给的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。
In a small open courtyard, outside a school building, there were flowers here and there. In the sunshine, a  36  was lying on the grass, reading a book with  37  concentration. Near her, another child was carefully watering the flowers, while a third was  38 with his back against a tree and had a  39  on his knees. He appeared to be drawing or writing something on it. He was _40  in his task, like the first child.
_41  the building, there were pleasant carpeted areas. Many children were busy with their tasks in a variety of  42  , while teachers wandered among them, talking to them,  43  them, and encouraging their efforts.
_44  I watched this scene on a morning in May years ago, it  45  to me that a visitor here would  46  have thought be had entered a formal school. He would have been even more  47  if he had been told that the children he was  48 came from different kinds of academic levels.
That  49 has been staying with me ever since. I have been  50 about some problems. Why in many schools are our children  51 asked to acquire skills in a way  52  from a real-life context(情境)? Why does a  53 school child so often become a defeated school failure?
Developmental psychologist Margaret Donald once said,”  54 of the intellectual framework (知识框架) on which we  55 our teaching is misleading.” In my opinion, a child learns everything in human situation. And if every child could learn in the same way as the children in the school I visited, they would develop better.
36. A. gardener          B. child             C. teacher              D. visitor
37. A. poor            B. little              C. complete             D. slight
38. A. sitting           B. standing           C. sleeping               D. listening
39. A. toy             B. pencil             C. flower               D. notebook
40. A. laid             B. set                C. defeated               D. lost
41. A. Over            B. Above             C. Inside                D. Outside
42. A. ways           B. ideas              C. opinions                 D. views
43. A. referring to      B. smiling at            C. pointing to             D. staring at
44. A. Unless          B. As                   C. Until                 D. Before
45. A. happened        B. went                 C. occurred              D. got
46. A. already        B. never                 C. rather                 D. ever
47. A. satisfied      B. disappointed            C. delighted               D. surprised
48. A. helping      B. teaching                 C. encouraging            D. observing
49. A. scene       B. sign                     C. look              D. semen
50. A. dreaming       B. regretting                C. wondering              D. joking
51. A. seldom     B. hardly                    C. often                      D. badly
52. A. taken      B. prevented               C. learned                   D. separated
53. A. slow      B. lively                      C. lucky                  D. friendly
54. A. Much      B. Any                        C. Little            D. None
55. A. turn      B. feed                       C. draw                      D. base

When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter(收容所), he did not expect much.  Yet right from the start, eight years ago, there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat. He  36 her Inky.

 “ I grew up on a hundred-acre（亩） farm and had only cats  37   playmates”, Kruger, the seventy-year-old man says. “My hearing was damaged by the    38   of farm equipment, so I learned to connect with   39.They react to what they see and what you do.”

    Inky was a gentle cat,   40     the house with five other cats.  But on a January night in 2009, Inky did 41      that would set her apart from 42     cats forever.

 Kruger had gone down to the basement to 43      the wood stove for the night. When he was finished, he 44     to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so, he slipped and    45    his back against an old shelf.  The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.

    46     in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger felt      47     going into shock（休克）.  He shouted for help,       48       his wife, Brenda, was asleep in their bedroom at the opposite end of the house.  49       Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.

    “Go and get Brenda,” Kruger said to Inky.

     Inky 50       to the bedroom door and scratched     51      until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the 52      Brenda found her husband 53      the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “I spent six months   54   there,” says Kruger . “Although I became lame , I was blessed.” Since the accident, Inky has   55 left Kruger’s side.       

36. A.  gave        B.  chose       C.  named       D. remembered

37. A.  like         B.  as          C.  except       D. among

38. A.  sound       B.  alarm       C. noise          D. voice

39. A.  animals      B.  friends     C. farmers        D. neighbors

40. A.  sharing      B.  visiting     C. dividing        D. discovering

41. A.  anything     B.  nothing     C. something      D. everything

42. A.  familiar      B.  lovely     C. ordinary        D. outstanding

43. A.  shut out      B.  shut off    C. shut down      D. shut up

44. A.  marched     B.  flew       C. struggled       D. climbed

45. A.  bent         B.  hit        C. shook         D. pulled

46. A.  Falling      B.  Lying      C. Appearing      D. Thinking

47. A.  it   B. itself      C. him            D. himself

48. A.  and         B.  but         C. or            D. so

49. A.  Thus        B.  Otherwise     C. Then         D. Rather

50. A.  walked      B.  ran          C. returned      D. withdrew

51. A.  rapidly      B.  rudely     C. madly         D. urgently

52. A.  bedroom     B.  basement     C yard           D. house

53. A. at the bottom of       B.  in the middle of

   C. at the top of        D. in the front of

54. A. regretting  B.  resting       C. relaxing     D. recovering

55. A.  never          B.  ever        C. still     D. already

He _______ more visits to his parents.He has been regretting not doing so since they passed away.

A. should pay?

B. would pay?

C. should have paid?

D. would have paid?