第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)）

    根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项（选项中有两项为

多余选项），并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

    Life comes in a package, which includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, hope and despair. Life is a learning process(过程）.   36 

    Happiness achieved by bringing a smile on another face gives a certain level of fulfillment(实现).  37   Sorrow is basically due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. But these things are temporary（暂时的）

      38   It helps us to succeed and teaches us to survive and shows us an exact way, while success brings in money, fame, pride and self—respect. The only way to express our thanks for our success, achievements and happiness is to be respectful to the failure.

    Hope is what keeps life going.   39  ． Hope builds in patience.

      40    . Life also teaches us not to regret over yesterday, because it has passed and is beyond our control. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dull. So the only alternative is to work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.

 A. Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night, there is a day.

 B. With each passing day we learn to deal with various situations.

 C. Different people have different attitudes towards success and failure.

 D. Hope makes us dream.

 E. Failure is the path to success.

 F. Never stop doing whatever you are fond of.

 G. Only when we are in sorrow can we realize the true worth of happiness.

第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30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。

                    Don’t Wait Until Flowers Fade(凋谢）

     Each spring brings a new blossom（花） of wildflowers in the ditches (路沟) along the highway I travel daily to work.

    There is one  41     blue flower that has always   42    my eye. I’ve noticed that it blooms（开花） only in the morning hours, and the afternoon sun is too warm   43    it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful   44   .

   This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the       ___45___window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look   46    in that bed alongside   47    wildflowers. 

    Everyday I drove   48    the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes    49    ...” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband  50    gave me a folding shovel(铁锹) one year to be used for that   51   purpose.

   One day on my way home from work, I was   52    to see that the highway department had moved the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you   53    too long. You   54    it when you first saw them blooming this spring.”

    A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor(脑瘤晚期). She is 20 years older than my husband and   55   , because of age and distance, we haven’t been as   56   as we all would have liked. 

    I had to see the   57    between the pretty blue flowers and the  58    between my husband’s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some valuable   59    that will bloom every year for us.

    And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet(打赌） I'll stop and   60     them to my wildflower garden

41．A．sweet            B．interesting       C．different      D．particular

42．A．fascinated        B．struck           C．caught      D．charm

43．A．for             B.to               C．with     D．on

44．A．plants         B．flowers       C．ones     D．wilds

45．A．open             B．main hall       C．front     D．kitchen

46．A．great             B．well           C．horrible     D．ugly

47．A．Many            B．various       C．other     D．colorful

48．A．passed         B．past           C．pass     D．pasted

49．A．damaged         B．ready           C．dirty     D．smelly

50．A．Ever            B．once           C．Never      D．even

51．A．obvious          B．temporary       C．unfinished D. last

52．A．annoying         B．saddened        C．interested D．helpless

53．A．wasted         B．ignored       C．thought     D．waited

54．A．would have done                   B．need have done 

    C．should have done                 D．muse have done

55．A．unconsciously    B．fortunately     C．unfortunately   D．consciously

56．A．close            B．closely         C．closed       D．near

57．A．connection       B．difference      C．meaning       D．significance

58．A．friendship        B．relationship    C．support       D．relative

59．A．trees            B．memories      C．species      D．roses

60．A．dig            B．rescue         C．transmit      D．transplant(移植）
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