第三部分： 完形填空( 共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)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

It’s known that the 62-year-old Jim Bevier has a great passion. This former FedEx pilot wasn’t __36__ on his horse farm, teaching his grandkids to __37__. In his spare time, Bevier helps distribute(分配) __38__ for blindness around the globe.

Bevier now is a volunteer pilot for Orbis, a nonprofit organization which has fought blindness for over 25 years. One of _39___ weapons is the Flying Eye Hospital, an old-fashioned DC-10 aircraft. Bevier’s task is to land this giant sight-saving bird on runways that are _40___ not designed for it. “It’s not _41___ flying for FedEx,” says Bevier. “We have to __42__ the runway is long enough, figure out the fuel load, and find the __43__ place to park in case of accidents.”

Once he gets the _44___ to its destination, the aircraft becomes a place for local _45___ to get training, so they can treat certain conditions and _46___ blindness for people. The plane stays on location for weeks. _47___ Bevier is free to return home, he likes to stay and _48___ those who arrive for medical checks. “I’m glad to see them get on the airplane and come out the next day, and they can __49__.” Bevier says. Many walk on dirt roads for miles; many are blind children.

__50__, the volunteer doctors can’t handle all the patients. “A Vietnamese boy was ever _51___ away.” Bevier says. A pilot’s job involves hours and hours of boredom, so you learn to keep your __52__ under control. But when the poor boy didn’t get better, I __53__ down.” he admits.

Boring __54__ the job may be, Bevier isn’t looking into retirement anytime soon. “I don’t play golf, and I tell my kids not to buy me tennis shoes,” he says. “But I __55__ of my grandchildren back home, and all I want is for those kids to be able to see their own grandparents for the first time.”

36.A.anxious   B.proud      C.satisfied        D.active

37.  A.ride      B.drive       C.work          D.study

38.  A.signs     B.cures       C.funds          D.ways

39.  A.his       B.her        C.ours           D.its

40.  A.similarly  B.certainly    C.differently      D.exactly

41.  A.beyond   B.on          C.like           D.within

42.  A.refer to   B.work out     C.make sure      D.give up

43.  A.safest    B.largest       C.wildest         D.farthest

44. A.shop     B.hotel        C.restaurant       D.hospital

45.  A.villagers  B.patients      C.friends         D.doctors

46.  A.prevent   B.restrict       C.warn          D.stop

47.  A.While    B.Once        C.Unless         D.If

48.  A.examine  B.consider      C.meet          D.ignore

49.  A.walk     B.see          C.leave          D.concern

50.  A.Therefore  B.Besides       C.Somehow     D.However

51. A.put      B.turned        C.given         D.thrown

52.  A.efforts    B.advantages    C.plans         D.feelings

53.  A.settled    B.knocked      C.broke         D.held

54.  A.although  B.as           C.despite        D.in spite of

55.  A.think     B.dream C.hear          D.talk

第四部分：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)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

Father’s Garden

My father was always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled(翻耕的) soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.

As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden. I remember Dad pushing the tiller(耕作机) ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow corn, and our favorite—red tomatoes.

As I grew into a teenager, I didn’t get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.

But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes.

For the first few years after he died, I couldn’t even bear to look at anyone’s garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the corner of my eye and I had to smile. It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.

56. Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?

A. He wanted to be a garden-crazy like h is father.

B. He loved being in the garden with his father.

C. The garden was full of his favorite food.

D. The garden was just freshly tilled.

57. When all the kids started their own families, the author’s father _____.

A. stopped his gardening.             B. turned to other hobbies.

C. devoted more to gardening.         D. focused on planting tomatoes

58. What happened to the garden when the author’ s father was seriously ill?

A. There was a great harvest.           B. The garden was almost deserted.

C. No plant grew in the garden at all.    D. The author’s son took charge of the garden.

59. Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes?

A. He wanted to honor his father.        B. His son liked the fields of tomatoes.

C. He only knew how to grow tomatoes.  D. He thought tomatoes were easy to manage.

B

Sure. you know their names, possibly better t han you know the name of the street you live on. When the need comes, these names roll off our tongues like they were our own brothers. I am writing about the famous Webster’s Dictionary and Roget’s Thesaurus.

When it refers to Webster’s Dictionary, Many people can respond immediately: Noah Webster. We are aware that he is the father of the dictionary. But who was he? What did he do for a living? When did he live?

Noah was born in 1758, graduated from Yale University in 1778. and later graduated from law school. He produced the first American dictionary in 1806 and published his important work An American Dictionary of the English Language in l828. His interests led him to be a lexicographer (词典编纂者), textbook editor, author, Bible translator and spelling reformer. He also produced a large number of writings in medicine, mythology (神话), and the relationship of European and Asian languages. In addition, he founded the first New York daily newspaper in 1793. He died in 1843.

Roget's Thesaurus, it gives us the chance to learn about Roget, the man-Peter Mark Roget, And who? What? When?

Englishman Peter Roget, MD, was born in 1779. He studied medicine and mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. He is considered as the creator of the first-ever thesaurus (同义词典). It has been called one of the three most important books ever printed, along with the Bible and Webster s Dictionary. He began his work Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1805 but did not publish it until 1852-47 years later. In his lifetime, he became a famous lecturer and writer on anatomy(解剖学 ), geology(地质学), bees，and more . When Roget died in 1869 at age 90, his son, John , took over the Thesaurus arid he gradually expanded.

So now you know the two famous books. Not e nough information? As well-known humorist James Thurber suggested in the title of his 1941 magazine short story about baseball, You Could Look It Up!

60. The author states that "these names roll off our tongues" in order to show that people______.

A. will learn from the two writers          B. have ignored the two writers

C. are familiar with the names             D. know a lot about the two

61.According to the text. Noah Webster and Peter Roget are alike because they both______.

A. had many interests   B. studied medicine   C. were professors  D. liked baseball

62. The purpose of the last paragraph is to_______.

A. attract more readers                     B. come to a conclusion

C. encourage further research                D. provide background information

C

Dear John,

My name is Amber and I want to share my story with you because what you've shared about life and positive energy has changed my life. This past year has been one of the hardest for me. I felt I was stuck in a position that had nothing to do with what I wanted to do with my life. In January, after two years of being together, my boyfriend left me.

I read your blog every morning as I drink my coffee at work, but it wasn't until this March that I told myself "no more negativit y" as you taught readers in your blog.

Since then I've got into new habits at work to keep my energy positive. When people walk in the front door, I'm the first face they see, so I smile big when I say "good morning" to them, especially on Mondays. Instead of waiting for someone to ask me for help, I offer it with an open mind. The CEO noticed my change and offered me the executive assistant position that I wanted.

One of the bigges t things I've taken to heart from your blog is changing my opinions on my job. Yes, it was not an important position, but when I was passionate (热情的) about it, I could make my life fulfilling.

All in all, I have to thank you somehow for having the passion to help others because it truly is inspiring to me. So thank you so much, John. My life has changed because your words pointed me in the right direction, Take care!

Sincerely ,

Amber

63. Amber wrote the letter mainly to______

A. introduc e herself to John           B. talk about her bad year

C. ask for some advice                D. express her thanks

64. We can infer from the passage that Amber______

A. didn't like her boyfriend           B. spent a lot of time online

C. wasn't satisfied with her job         D. received very good education

65. What is implied about John in the letter?

A. He is a very famous writer.

B. He used to live a very negative life.

C. He doesn't like sharing his life stories.

D. He likes helping others through writing positive blogs.

66. What does Amber's change tell us?

A. Practice makes perfect.             B. Bad luck doesn't exist long.

C. A positive attitude is rewarding.      D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D

Why do we laugh and get amusement from so many different things，from puns (双关语) to pratfalls? Why are some things funny to some people and not to others? How is that while a successful joke can cause pleasure，a sick one can cause serious harm?

Over the centuries，various scholars have attempted to produce a universally agreed-upon theory of humor.Plato and Aristotle introduced the superiority(优越感) theory，the idea that people laugh at the misfortune of others.Their theory seems to explain teasing，but it doesn’t work well for knock-knock jokes.Sigmund Freud argued for his relief theory，the concept that humor is a way for people to  release psychological tension and reveal their inner fears and desires.His theory works well for dirty jokes，less well for most puns.

The majority of humor experts today agree with the incongruity(不一致) theory，the idea that humor arises when there’s a gap between what people expect to happen and what actually happens.Incongruity has a lot going for it — jokes with unexpected funny lines，for example，fit well.But scientists have found that in comedy，unexpectedness is overvalued.

With the goal of developing a new，more satisfactory explanation，I produced “the gentle violation(违背)theory”，the idea that humor arises when something seems wrong or threatening，but is actually OK or safe.A dirty joke，for example，trades on mor al or social violations，but it’s only going to get a laugh if the person listening is open enough to consider the subject OK to talk about.Similarly，puns can be seen as language violations that still make grammatical sense.

And while most humor theories have struggled to account for tickling (挠痒痒)，or just avoided the phenomenon altogether，my theory accounts for even this kind of laughter.Tickling involves violating(违背) someone’s physical space in a gentle way.People can’t tickle themselves — because it isn’ t a violation.