完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

Two days before Thanksgiving, I was trying to open my mouth wide enough for a mirror and a roll of steel wire. Metal braces (牙齒矯正器)had been on my   31  for weeks, but this was the day for the wire to be adjusted. Only those who have had braces will understand the terrible   32  of being “wired”. For the next 24 hours, it felt like every tooth was being   33  slowly by a giant clawhammer (拔釘錘).  34  drinking water caused pain.

By Thanksgiving Day, I had got used to it.   35  I didn’t use my teeth, the pain was bearable. But this was a day when teeth had to   36  longer than usual. We were   37  at my grandparents’ house with relatives. The house was filled with so many pleasant   38  that we could hardly resist the food. When grandma said, “Dinner is ready!” all the kids   39  to be first in line. I was so excited that I    40  the braces in my mouth and   41  my way up to the head of the line.

I piled my plate high with my favorite corn-on-the-cob(玉米棒子)and   42  my mouth to enjoy it. The pain was   43 . I felt I would never be able to eat again. I put my plate away and ran outside in   44 .

Grandma then took my plate to the   45 . She cut all the corn off that cob and rescued me from my   46 . She handed me my plate piled high with corn. “Thanks,” I said   47 . Then I looked up and   48  a strange light in her eye, a light that is still   49  to me after more than fifty years. That was the Thanksgiving when I discovered something more   50  than good food.

5.As long as                  B.Even though                     C.In case                      D.As though

10.A thought of             B.got out of                 C.complained about       D.forgot about

第二節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

　  閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Once upon a time there was a group of tiny frogs that held a running competition. The 36 was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had  37  around the tower to see the race and cheer on the  38 .

The race began,  39 , no one in the crowd really  40  that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. You heard  41  such as, “They will never  42  it to the top.” or “There is no  43  that they will succeed. The tower is too high!”

The tiny frogs began  44 , one by one, except for those who were climbing  45  in different paces.

The crowd continued to yell, “It’s too difficult!  46  will make it!”

47  tiny frogs got tired and gave up,  48  one continued higher and higher.

49 , everyone else had given up climbing the tower, except for one tiny frog. After a lot of  50 , he was the only one who reached the top! Then all the other tiny frogs  51  wanted to know how this one frog  52  to do it?

A competitor asked the tiny frog how he had found the  53  to succeed and reach the goal. It turned out that the winner was  54 !

Never listen to other people’s tendencies to be negative or pessimistic…because they  55  your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you--- the one you have in your heart!

36. A. wish          B. goal         C. plan         D. idea

37. A. looked       B. walked     C. turned      D. gathered

38. A. competitors        B. holders   C. actors      D. performers

39. A. Generally  B. Probably         C. Actually    D. Basically

40. A. wondered  B. believed          C. guessed     D. hoped

41. A. statements    B. conclusions    C. arguments        D. explanations

42. A. achieve      B. spot   C. encourage D. make

43. A. problem   B. chance     C. doubt       D. favor

44. A. giving up  B. cheering up     C. escaping  D. settling down

45. A. faster and faster             B. higher and higher  

C. farther and farther           D. stronger and stronger

46. A. No one    B. Everyone        C. Anyone     D. Someone

47. A. Fewer       B. Less         C. More        D. Larger  

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

49. A. At the same time   B. At each time       C. At no time       D. In the end

50. A. step   B. attempt   C. effort       D. jump

51. A. naturally    B. weightlessly   C. sadly        D. strangely

52. A. managed    B. planed     C. intended  D. started  

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

54. A. deaf    B. violent     C. foolish      D. religious

55. A. send          B. pass         C. keep         D. take 

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從16-35各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從16-35各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
It was 4 o’clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just   16   in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)   17   and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was   18  .
The doctor described the   19  , which caused the burns. At 6 a.m, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they   20   the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline(petrol). The flames    21   my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.
22  , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and   23   him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in   24   to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars(傷疤).
After he   25   from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months   26   it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch very   27   scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not   28   it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”
I   29   this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to   30   and returned to school with his head held high--- glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not   31  , so he made the   32   to give up any plastic surgery we all have “scars” that we believe   33   people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same   34   standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value   35    yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
16. A. brought        B. given               C. turned              D. showed
17. A. doctor         B. hospital       C. aircraft              D. ambulance
18. A. serious         B. terrible       C. dangerous           D. important
19. A. event          B. process       C. reason              D. accident
20. A. got            B. lit            C. burned   　　     D. moved
21. A. took           B. held  　　         C. caught 　　　　      D. attracted
22. A. Fortunately      B. Surprisingly   C. Happily             D. Slowly
23. A. pushed         B. threw         C. dropped            D. rolled
24. A. shape           B. place         C. fact                D. time
25. A. benefited        B. recovered      C. suffered             D. relaxed
26. A. if                   B. while               C. because             D. although
27. A. normal        B. violent              C. obvious             D. popular
28. A. mention         B notice         C. 1augh              D. hide
29. A. sent           B. kept          C. handed                 D. passed
30. A. heart           B. life           C. practice             D. considerate
31. A. grow          B. matter         C. exist               D. appear
32. A. mistake        B. effort          C. decision           D. request
33. A. invite          B. cause          C. allow             D. remind
34. A. false          B. strict          C. moral             D. general
35. A by              B. over           C. beyond          D. within

閱讀理解

　　Most people think of a camel as an obedient(馴服的)beast of burden, because it is best known for its ability to carry heavy loads across vast stretches of desert without requiring water. In reality, the camel is considerably more than just the Arabian equivalent(等同物)of the mule. It also possesses a great amount of intelligence and sensitivity(敏感).

　　The Arabs say that camels are so acutely aware of injustice (不公平)and ill-treatment that a camel owner who punishes one of the beasts too hard finds it difficult to escape the camel's revenge(報(bào)仇). Apparently, the animal will remember an injury and wait for an opportunity to get revenge.

　　In order to protect themselves from the vengeful(報(bào)仇的) beasts, Arabian camel drivers have learned to trick their camels into believing they have achieved revenge. When an Arab realizes that he has excited a camel's rage(憤怒), he places his own garments(外衣)on the ground in the animal's path. He arranges the clothing so that it appears to cover a man's body. When the camel recognizes its master's clothing on the ground, it seizes the pile with its teeth, shakes the garments angrily and steps on them in a rage again and again. In the end, after its anger has died away, the camel leaves, believing its revenge is completed. Only then does the owner of the garments come out of hiding, safe for the time being, thanks to this clever trick.

(1)Which of the following is mentioned in this passage?

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A．The camel never drinks water.

B．The camel is always violent.

C．The camel is very sensitive.

D．The camel is not used any more.

(2)From this passage we can conclude that ________.

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A．camels are generally kind towards their owners

B．camels are as stupid and sensitive as mules

C．camels don't see very well

D．camels try to punish people who ill-treat them

(3)The writer makes the camel's vengeful behavior clear to the readers by presenting

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A．a(chǎn) well-planned argument

B．a(chǎn) large variety of examples

C．some eyewitness accounts

D．a(chǎn) typical incident

(4)which of the following is TRUE?

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A．A man who punishes a camel too harshly has to play a clever trick on it.

B．a(chǎn) camel is very clever.

C．A camel is dangerous for its owner.

D．The camel tramples the garments violently in the face of the owner of the garments.

第二節(jié)完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
請閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36~55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將選項(xiàng)的標(biāo)號涂黑。
There once was a little boy who often lost his temper and ended up quarreling with his friends. In order to help the son, his Father gave him a bag of  36  and told him that every time he lost his temper and got mad at  37  , he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the little boy had  38  thirty nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks,   39  he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually became  40  .Three months later, the little boy discovered it was easier to  41  his temper than to hammer those nails into the fence.   42  the day came when the little boy did not lose his temper  43 .
He told his father about it and the father  44  that the little boy now pull out one nail  45  each day when he was able to control his temper. The day passed and the little boy was  46  able to tell his father that all the nails were  47  .
The father  48  his little boy by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the  49  in the fence. The fence will never be the  50  . When you say things in anger, they  51  a scar just like this one on the person to whom you lose your temper. You   52  put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t   53  how many times you say I’m sorry,   54  the wound is still there. A wound caused by words is as bad as a   55  one. the hurt and pain caused by the tongue are deeper than those caused by the hand.”
36．A．books       B．tools  C．nails  D．suggestions
37．A．somebody B．a(chǎn)nybody   C．everybody D．nobody
38．A．discovered       B．driven      C．pushed      D．pulled
39．A．till    B．unless       C．a(chǎn)s      D．a(chǎn)lthough
40．A．smaller     B．larger       C．easier       D．shorter
41．A．catch B．hold  C．break D．lose
42．A．And then  B．As with    C．Up to       D．From then on
43．A．a(chǎn)fter all    B．a(chǎn)t all C．in all D．a(chǎn)t once
44．A．desired     B．requested  C．intended   D．suggested
45．A．for    B．with  C．of     D．a(chǎn)t
46．A． eagerly    B．fortunately       C．finally      D．hardly
47．A．lost   B．returned    C．gone  D．spared
48．A．seized       B．showed     C．touched    D．took
49．A．nails  B．cuts   C．holes D．surface
50．A．one   B．best   C．same D．fence
51．A．run   B．leave C．lead   D．remain
52．A．can   B．will   C．should      D．need
53．A．change     B．matter      C．survive     D．disappear
54．A．but    B．or     C．so     D．for
55．A．physical    B．violent      C．terrible     D．Serious