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请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It is believed that mother’s love is the greatest love in the world. It starts even before a child is born. For me, mother’s love is hard to ______ because it is always expressed through daily tiny things.
When I was three years old, my mom began to teach me to write Chinese characters(汉字). It took a long period of time ______ them but mom was very patient. That was ______ I learned many characters before school. Without doubt, I have received the best preschool education from my mom.
Being a middle school teen several years ______， I thought I should be allowed to make my own decisions. However, mom still acted like a “leader” who always told me what to do. I ______ her whenever I thought she had no point. I did quite well in my studies and came top in the class. My mom kept saying that my ______ was not good enough instead of giving me prizes. I couldn’t understand why she did this ______ I went to the best high school I had dreamed of.
During my college time in Tianjin, I could seldom be with her. Like most people, I hardly paid attention to the fact that my mom was getting ______ day by day. She was already 50 years old when I graduated.
In 2011, I took up the job as an English teacher and got paid for the first time in my life. Just when I realized that it was time to repay(报答) my mom, she was found to have a cancer all of a sudden. My father and I did the best we could to save her life but we ______. She died peacefully after half a year’s fight against the illness. Knowing her death, I cried all day, regretting not taking good care of her.
Repaying your ______ is not something you can do only when you get a job. Start to repay them now by getting good grades in your study, helping with housework or buying them gifts with your pocket money. Don’t wait until it is too late.
1.A. notice B. imagine C. influence
2.A. to enjoy B. to memorize C. to mention
3.A. why B. when C. where
4.A. later B. long C. ago
5.A. went along with B. talked back to C. got on with
6.A. school B. plan C. grade
7.A. before B. until C. as
8.A. older B. busier C. quieter
9.A. hurried B. failed C. succeeded
10.A. parents B. friends C. teachers
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，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。
A boy and a girl were playing together. The boy had a lot of small glass ______. The girl had some candies with her. The boy told the girl that he would________her all his balls in exchange for (交换) her candies. The girl thought that was a good______.
But the boy didn’t give_______of his balls to the girl. He kept the biggest and the______ball in his pocket and gave the others to the girl. ________the girl gave him all her candies.
That night, the girl had a _______sleep, but the boy didn’t sleep well. He kept thinking whether the girl had _______some candies from him.
You think in the way you do things. If you don' t give your hundred percent(百分之百) in a relationship, you’ll _____ keep thinking if the other person has given his or her hundred percent. This is true for any relationship.
Give your hundred percent to everything you do and you’ll find that you can always_______a lot of happiness.
1.A. balls B. cups C. bottles
2.A. lend B. buy C. give
3.A. answer B. idea C. reason
4.A. all B. most C. some
5.A. ugliest B. cheapest C. prettiest
6.A. But B. So C. Or
7.A. bad B. good C. light
8.A. borrowed B. stolen C. hidden
9.A. always B. never C. seldom
10.A. lose B. get C. want
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入短文相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A young couple bought a big house from two old sisters. The sisters lived there for 30 years. The house was very nice and the couple bought it at a _______ price. So the couple was very excited.
However, winter was not far away at that time. The couple was _______ worried about how they would keep the old house warm. The house didn’t have any fireplaces or heaters.
At first, they planned to buy some heaters for the long cold winter. But soon, they thought that if the old sisters could stay warm and comfortable in the old house during the winter in the past, so _______ they. At last, they just _______ to wait for winter to come and did not make any preparations.
Winter _______ and temperatures soon dropped _______ zero. The large house became freezing cold. Frost（霜）covered the insides of _______ walls. Life inside the house became miserable（痛苦的）.
Finally, the husband couldn’t stand it anymore and called the old sisters to ask them how they _______ to keep the house warm during the winter.
_______ speaking to them on the phone, the husband spoke to his wife, “For the last 30 years, the sisters have spent every winter on ________ in Thailand.”
“Oh, my god!” cried his wife.
1.A.cheap B.small C.low
2.A.little B.a little bit C.a bit of
3.A.could B.did C.had
4.A.refused B.decided C.considered
5.A.arrived B.got C.reached
6.A.into B.behind C.below
7.A.their B.its C.theirs
8.A.managed B.planned C.offered
9.A.Before B.Without C.After
10.A.vacation B.risk C.pity
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能填入短文相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Now”, Mrs. White said, smiling, “Let’s discover our professions(职业).” The class seemed greatly surprised. Our professions? We are only 13 and 14 years old. The teacher must be______. “Yes, you will be searching for your future professions. Each of you will have to______ someone in your field, including an oral report.”
Each day in her class, Mrs. White reminded us about this. Finally, I ______print journalism. This meant I had to go to interview a newspaper reporter. I was quite nervous. I sat down in front of him hardly able to ______. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?” I shook my head. “How about some_______?”I shook my head again.
Finally, I thought he realized I felt______, and I got my first big tip as a journalist. “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 from memory in class. I got an A on the entire project.
Years later, I was in college looking around for a new job with no success. Then I ______ Mrs. White. And I called my parents. They didn't______me. They just reminded me how competitive(竞争的) the field was and how I had run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. And it gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was going on.
I get asked all the ______:“How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was this teacher…”I started out. I just hope I can have the chance to______her. She was a teacher who really changed my life.
1.A. active B. mad C. sad D. creative
2.A. interview B. describe C. admire D. face
3.A. considered B. enjoyed C. expected D. picked
4.A. speak B. answer C. request D. show
5.A. news B. newspaper C. advice D. paper
6.A. impolite B. thankful C. upset D. amazed
7.A. called B. remembered C. reminded D. mailed
8.A. answer B. support C. stop D. allow
9.A. morning B. day C. afternoon D. time
10.A. support B. treat C. thank D. admire
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请阅读下面短文， 理解其大意， 然后从每小题所给的 A、 B、 C 三个选项中，选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day, while walking through the woods, a nice old man found a cocoon (茧) of a butterfly.
He took it home.
A few days later, a small opening ______. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to ______ its body through that little hole.
Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared that it could go no ______.
Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and ______ the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then got out of the cocoon easily.
But it had a swollen (肿胀) body and small, shriveled (皱的) wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected it ______ enlarge its wings and reduce its body. ______happened! In fact, it was never able to fly.
In the man’s kindness, he did not understand that the butterfly required the struggles to get ______ the tiny opening. It would be ready for fight if it can force fluid (液体) from the body into its wings. Only in that way did it achieve its ______ from the small cocoon finally.
Sometimes difficulties are ______ what we need in our life. ______ life is always a bed of roses, it would make us weak. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly.
1.A.produced B.fell C.appeared
2.A.complete B.force C.spread
3.A.faster B.better C.farther
4.A.cut off B.took off C.put off
5.A.should B.would C.might
6.A.Either B.None C.Neither
7.A.into B.through C.against
8.A.ability B.energy C.freedom
9.A.hardly B.exactly C.clearly
10.A.If B.When C.Though
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能填入短文相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Whitney didn't have many friends. She was shy and 1. . She never wanted to be popular, but she did want to have someone to share 2. and laugh with.
Then it was time for her to go to college in another town. And she had to 3. with someone she didn’t know. She had no idea whether she could make friends in that new environment.
But something happened during the first class. And it 4. Whitney's life. The teacher asked everyone to 5. a little about themselves. Whitney told everyone where she came from and some simple information. The last 6. for each student was - "What is your goal for this term?" 7. of the students said it was to get good grades, pass the tests or something similar. But Whitney said something 8. . She said that her goal was to make just one good friend.
When most of the students sat quietly, one student came to Whitney. She reached out her hand and introduced herself. She asked 9. she could be Whitney’s friend. Whitney was surprised and happy. She 10. and reached her hand out, too.
Their friendship lasted all through the college.
11.A. careless B. quiet C. noisy D. weak
12.A. marks B. friends C. tests D. secrets
13.A. quarrels B. debate C. live D. discuss
14.A. changed B. controlled C. destroyed D. blocked
15.A. remember B. share C. recite D. write
16.A. require B. decision C. competition D. question
17.A. Most B. Few C. All D. None
18.A. interesting B. different C. similar D. strange
19.A. how B. why C. whether D. where
20.A. smiled B. watched C. rushed D. turned
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
Manyue is a 3-year-old girl. Her father AIDS(艾滋病) and died. Her mother also fell sick with the same illness. One day, Grandpa Wang took Manyue to the to see her mother, who looked pale and tired. She said, “My dear child, I’m going to you soon and stay with your father.” “Can I go with you?” Manyue asked. Mum said , “Your father is too far away and you’re too young to go there, we will come back to see you on the night with a full moon.”
Soon after Manyue’s visit, her mother her journey to see her dad. Manyue began to live with Grandpa Wang. “The moon will come during the harvest (收获的季节) just like your mother said,” Grandpa Wang told her sadly.
the moon was full, Grandpa Wang and Manyue had their visitors from a . Manyue was shy in front of the strangers. Smiling kindly, a young lady said, “I’m going to be mother. Please come home with me. ” Then Manyue went to her new home. Now she lives in a tall building in the city. She’s happy now.
1.A. caught B. took C. brought D. received
2.A. school B. factory C. hospital D. shop
3.A. meet B. help C. call D. leave
4.A. loudly B. softly C. shyly D. proudly
5.A. or B. because C. if D. but
6.A. stopped B. repeated C. started D. refused
7.A. full B. lovely C. beautiful D. bright
8.A. Usually B. Immediately C. Impossibly D. Finally
9.A. town B. city C. village D. farm
10.A. your B. their C. his D. her
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能填入短文相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A long time ago, there lived a wise man named Zun-Nun in Egypt. A young man came to visit him and asked, “Teacher, why do you dress in 36 a way? Nowadays it’s necessary to dress neatly（整洁地）, isn’t it? Or how will people know you’re really a 37 and wise man?”
Zun-Nun smiled, took a ring from his finger and said, “Young friend, I’ll answer your question, 38 first do one thing for me. Take this ring to the market. Can you sell it for one chip of gold?”
When the young man looked at Zun-Nun’s dirty ring, he thought to 39 , “How will I sell it at that price?”
He 40 the ring to the vegetable, meat and fish traders and others in the market. But 41 was willing to pay a chip of gold.
He returned and told this to Zun-Nun. Zun-Nun said, “Now go to the gold shop and show the ring to the owner. Don’t give a 42 , just see how much he will pay.”
One hour 43 , the young man was back. “Teacher, people in the market really didn’t know the value of this ring. The gold shop owner 44 me 1,000 chips of gold.”
Zun-Nun smiled. “That’s the answer to your question, my friend. Someone can’t be valued only from his 45 . The ring was a gift from the emperor,” he said.
1. A. so B. such C. this D. that
2.A. special B. strange C. common D. stupid
3.A. until B. however C. though D. but
4.A. him B. it C. himself D. itself
5.A. gave B. showed C. sold D. provided
6.A. nobody B. neither C. anyone D. everyone
7.A. ring B. idea C. price D. reason
8.A. after B. before C. ago D. later
9.A. cost B. offered C. spent D. lent
10.A. words B. thoughts C. knowledge D. dress
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第二节 词语填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—45各小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该编号字母涂黑。
Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.” When I was a young boy, I was ______ shy to talk to anyone. My classmates often laughed at me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, ______ happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me to ______ it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak in front of all the teachers and students of my school!
“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to ______.”Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 ______. With my mother’s great love, I did ______ in the contest. I could hardly believe my ______ when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers ______ the teachers and students. Those classmates ______ once looked down on me, now all said “Congratulations!” to me. My mother hugged me and cried excitedly.
Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell ______ to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.
1.A. so B. too C. very
2.A. something B. nothing C. anything
3.A. join B. take part in C. make
4.A. win B. lose C. fight
5.A. times B. words C. sentences
6.A. good B. well C. bad
7.A. speech B. eyes C. ears
8.A. of B. from C. to
9.A. which B. who C. whom
10.A. me B. someone C. myself
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完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能填入短文相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with. Surely, there are times when we need to be . We don’t always want people around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a .
No two people are just the same. Sometimes friends don’t get along well . That doesn’t that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up and continue friends.
Sometimes friends move . Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much. But we can call them and write to them. It could be that we would even see them again. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to how much we like new people when we get to know them.
Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. Many places are after men and women who have been friendly to people in a town. Some libraries are named this way. So are some schools. We think of these people when we go to these places.
There’s more good news for people have friends. They live longer than people who don’t. Why? It could be that they are . Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself.
1.A. lonely B. alone C. happy D. nervous
2.A. friend B. home C. bother D. sister
3.A. say B. think C. mean D. suggest
4.A. to be B. not to be C. not being D. being
5.A. away B. on C. off D. to
6.A. find out B. look for C. search D. find
7.A. suggested B. named C. run D. visited
8.A. on B. of C. in D. at
9.A. which B. whose C. who D. where
10.A. healthy B. healthier C. happy D. Happier