Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and ___37 thread and they 38 a look of ice crystal (冰晶 ) hanging from a winter's branch. 39 , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt.I ___40 with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of 41 !"

"I was inspired by that craftsman.Patches are supposed to be 42__ , but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife.

Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is 43 to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life.Since you can't 44 the existence of wound, you should not expect people's 45 by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful.

26.A.laughter B.cheers C.tears D.speech

27.A.made B.repaired C.decorated D.preserved

28.A.Anything B.Something C.Everything D.Nothing

29.A.trust B.inform C.appoint D.convince

30.A.annoyed B.confused C.disappointed D.discouraged

31.A.on purpose B.by accident C.in vain D.beyond control

32.A.neither B.any C.every D.each

33.A.remaining B.growing C.looking D.feeling

34.A.appreciate B.witness C.praise D.describe

35.A.delivered B.checked C.washed D.ironed

36.A.outside B.downtown C.home D.abroad

37.A.red B.white C.pink D.purple

38.A.took on B.put on C.decided on D.focused on

39.A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Anyway D.Besides

40.A.sighed B.signed C.greeted D.paused

41.A.cake B.art C.furniture D.jewellery

42.A.pretty B.attractive C.tough D.ugly

43.A.easy B.improper C.likely D.impossible

44.A.change B.imagine C.stand D.prove

45.A.respect B.friendship C.sympathy D.apology

第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

“The pen is more powerful than the sword(刀).” There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them.

She was born in the U.S.A. in 1811.One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freeing the enslaved race. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won.

This book that shook the world was called Uncle Tom's Cabin. There was time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child had read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting. The book has shown us how a warm-hearted writer can arouse (唤起) people's sympathies. The author herself had neither been to the Southern States nor been a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the book, which they said did not at all represent true state of affairs, but the Northern Americans were wildly excited over it and were so inspired by it that they were ready to go to war to set the slaves free.