40.A.put on weight B.gain weight C.lose weight D.take my weight

41.A.Gradually B.Finally C.Rarely D.Approximately

42.A.satisfaction B.devotion C.decoration D.caution

43.A.understood B.clarified C.defeated D.overcome

44.A.tough B.difficult C.easy D.reasonable

45.A.gain B.accept C.accomplish D.admire

46.A.founded B.produced C.constructed D.developed

47.A.happiness B.experiences C.difficulties D.pressures

48.A.emphasis B.conflicts C.factors D.powers

49.A.While B.As C.Because D.If

50.A.devoted B.determined C.commanded D.forced

51.A.appreciation B.qualification C.inspiration D.destination

52.A.Open up B.Make up C.Come to D.Come into

53.A.reject B.deliver C.abandon D.use

54.A.anywhere B.everywhere C.nowhere D.somewhere

55.A.advise B.attempt C.request D.persuade

第三部分 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

I was 15 months old, a happy carefree (无忧无虑的) kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. My mom found a doctor who knew that if the eye were removed, my face would look ugly, so my scarred (有疤痕的), sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me.

Sometimes people asked me embarrassing questions. When kids played games, I was always the “monster”. I grew up imagining that everyone looked down on me.

Yet Mom would say to me, “Hold your head up high and face the world.” I began to rely on that saying.

As a child, I thought Mom meant, “Be careful or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking.” As a teenager, I usually looked down to hide my shame (羞愧). But I found that when I held my head up high, people liked me.

In high school I even became the class president, but on the inside I still felt like a freak (怪物). All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mom and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside.”

When I met the man who became my husband, we looked each other straight in the eye, and he told me I was beautiful inside and out.

My mom’s love was the spark (火花) that gave me confidence. I had faced hardships, and learned not only to appreciate myself but to have deep compassion (怜悯) for others.

“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. Each of my children has felt its invitation. I say it to my children. The gift my mom gave me lives on in another generation.

56. Why did the author’s mother tell her to hold her head up high and face the world?

A. Because her mother wanted to show sympathy for her.

B. Because her mother wanted her to be confident.

C. Because her mother didn’t want her to be seen as a “monster”.

D. Because her mother thought the author looked prettier when she did that.

57. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

A. The author managed to get over her disability in high school.

B. The author gave her children encouragement and love, as her mother had given her.

C. The author was always confident after the accident.

D. In high school the author was chosen to be president of the student’s union.

58. The underlined sentence “Each of my children has felt its invitation.” means her children ________.

A. each received an invitation from her mother

B. didn’t quite understand the meaning of her words.

C. faced the same difficulty as their mother.

D. benefited from their mother’s words.

59. Which would be the best title for the article?

A. My mom’s gift to me B. How I found my life-partner

C. My terrible childhood accident D. Disability is no shame

B

Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10-15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day — which really for handwriting is pretty much.

Many adults remember learning that way — by copying letters over and over again. Today’s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.

Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency — writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.

But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.

But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive(草体字), which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.

60. We can learn ________ from Paragraph 1.

A. teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in teaching job

B. most teachers prefer to teach handwriting

C. teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting

D. a keyboard has taken the place of the handwriting entirely

61. Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA?

A. The students are taught by practicing a long period.

B. The letters are repeated many times.

C. Handwriting includes two skills.

D. To write in cursive is taught first.

62. The best title for the passage is ________.

A. How to improve handwriting in school

B. Right or wrong: the death of handwriting

C. Handwriting involves two skills

D. Handwriting lessons are on the way out

63. The author’s attitude towards whether still to learn handwriting in school is________.

A. negative B. objective C. critical D. optimistic

C

Can dogs and cats live in perfect harmony in the same home? People who are thinking about adopting a dog as a friend for their cats are worried that they will fight. A recent research has found a new recipe of success. According to the study, if the cat is adopted before the dog, and if they are introduced when still young (less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs), it is highly probable that the two pets will get along swimmingly. Two-thirds of the homes interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog.

However, it wasn’t all sweetness and light. There was a reported coldness between the cat and dog in 25% of the homes, while aggression and fighting were observed in 10% of the homes. One reason for this is probably that some of their body signals were just opposite. For example, when a cat turns its head away it signals aggression, while a dog doing the same signals submission(恭维).

In homes with cats and dogs living peacefully, researchers observed a surprising behavior. They are learning how to talk each other’s language. It is a surprise that cats can learn how to talk ‘dog’, and dogs can learn how to talk ‘cat’.

What’s interesting is that both cats and dogs have appeared to develop their intelligence. They can learn to read each other’s body signals, suggesting that the two may have more in common than we preciously suspected. Once familiar with each other’s presence and body language, cats and dogs can play together, greet each other nose to nose, and enjoy sleeping together in the sofa. They can easily share the same water bowl and in some cases groom(梳理) each other.

The significance of this research on cats and dogs may go beyond pets—to people who don’t get along, including neighbors, colleagues at work, and even world superpowers. If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance.

64. The underlined word swimmingly in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to______.

A. early B. sweetly C. quickly D. smoothly

65. Some cats and dogs may fight when_________.

A. they are cold to each other

B. they look away from each other

C. they misunderstand each other’s signals

D. they are introduced at an early age

66. It is suggested in paragraph 4 that cats and dogs_______.

A. have common interests

B. are less different than we thought

C. have a common body language

D. are less intelligent than we expected

67. What can we human beings learn from cats and dogs?

A. We should learn to live in harmony

B. We should knows more about animals

C. We should live in peace with animals

D. We should learn more body languages

D

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