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。

  36   We are learning from life constantly, as long as we recognise and accept those lessons. When you choose to be a student of life, you open yourself to limitless opportunities.

Explore the world. Don’t limit yourself to your hometown or to the city you got your first job.   37  It doesn’t have to be just one town or one apartment complex. Backpacking may not be for everyone, but it’s not the only way you can see the world. Travelling doesn’t just have to be going overseas but also dropping by many states. Culture exists not just in a country but even in small communities.

Acquire new life skills. Maybe it’s time that you finally learn how to fix a broken faucet or even fix the faulty light in your bathroom. You can finally cross out your bucket list items that have been there forever. Learn how to drive a car or ride a bike. There are definitely things you don’t know how to do, and you have a lifetime ahead of you to learn.   38  

Be cultured. Watch as many movies and read as many books as possible. And it doesn’t mean that you only watch the ones with high ratings from critics. Books and movies are the fruit of the writers’ or the makers’ life experiences and understanding of their surroundings. Movies and books are a good look into how people interpret the world.

  39   For some individuals, to grow older means to keep your circle of friends down to a few, but that shouldn’t stop you from meeting new people. Widen your circle by allowing people into your life and letting them get to know you. Widening your circle to people from all walks of life gives you a bigger and better perspective of the world. 

Do many first's. When was the last time you did something for the first time?   40   It can be as simple as watching a movie alone or as big as trying bungee jumping. Doing something for the first time doesn’t need to have a life-changing effect. It can be a simple realization that apparently, going to a film screening by yourself isn’t so bad. 

So, there are so much more to learn, especially now that we’re virtually connected to everyone in the world. As a student of life, it’s really up to you to use all your resources and make it into something enriching.

A. Widen your circle.

B. Entertain yourself. 

C. If you can’t think of the answer, maybe you need to go out and try something new.

D. Go beyond the place you consider home, because home can be many places. 

E. You don’t always need a profound realization for everything you do. 

F. Lessons are not limited to our academic studies.

G. It’s never too late to start learning something new.

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）

Late one night, a thief crept into a wealthy merchant’s house. He was a young thief, without experience. In fact, this was his first professional   41  . So he had   42  everything carefully.

All went marvelously well at first. He found, as he   43  , an unlatched window and got into the room easily. But, stepping his way through the   44   room, he stubbed (碰到) his bare   45   against a table leg. Choking (抑制) back a cry of pain, terrified of waking the merchant, he hit   46   on the forehead and called himself a fool. He had   47   to bring a light.

In the darkness,   48  , he was able to see an oil lamp on the table, and lit it, then he gave a   49   of relief. As he   50   the lamp, a small spider came out from under its   51  .

“Thank you for saving my life,” said the spider. “Before he went to bed, the merchant set this lamp down on top of me so I couldn’t escape. If you hadn’t come along, I wouldn’t have   52   the night;   53  , I’d have extremely uncomfortable situation for a long time.”

“You have saved a life and shown compassion (同情), ”the spider went on,   54   the impatient thief said he had not   55   to do so. “   56   yet, you have done so without the   57   thought or hope of reward. You have gained more merits (优点) than you could possibly imagine.”

“But you’re only a spider,” said the thief.

“And you’re only a man.” said the spider. “My dear thief, when you understand that   58   is life, whether on eight legs or   59  , you will have understood much. Your deed,   60  , has got rid of the bad things from your heart. Go from here with a fresh spirit. And good luck to you.”

The thief did so and never thought to steal again.

41. A. job B. mistake C. appearance D. finding

42. A. explained B. planned C. managed D. imagined

43. A. expected B. remembered C. reminded D. meant

44. A. dull B. dark C. sitting D. terrible

45. A. head B. shoulder C. hand D. toe

46. A. the merchant B. the spider C. the thief D. himself

47. A. remembered B. forgot C. avoided D. happened

48. A. when B. however C. so that D. but

49. A. applause B. cry C. sigh D. laugh

50. A. woke up B. laid down C. picked up D. turned over

51. A. base B. cap C. cover D. foot

52. A. spent B. lasted C. hated D. worried

53. A. in time B. however C. anyhow D. indeed

54. A. so B. although C. so that D. as if

55. A. said B. led C. cared D. intended

56. A. Worse B. Better C. Natural D. Lucky

57. A. hopeful B. least C. ordinary D. most

58. A. man B. spider C. life D. chance

59. A. three B. a hundred C. a dozen D. two

60. A. in no case B. at ease C. in any case D. without delay
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