阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的（A、B、C和D）四个选项中，选出****选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　The Florida sun baked my shoulders as I worked along the I-595 freeway near Fort Lauderdale, picking up rubbish. I paused to  36  the sweat off  my forehead and look up at the cloudless blue sky."  37  can't it rain?" I thought. That would   38  things down.
　　I thought about my  39  , who were probably sitting in an air-conditioned  40  right now. I'd had some problems in school,   41  my parents decided to let me  42  full-time with my dad, We both worked for my uncle, who had taken  43  of a maintenance（道路养护）company. It was up to us to keep the roads  44  of rubbish. The job was  45  and dirty, especially on hot days  46  this. I wondered why I ever agreed to do it.
　　We continued our  47  route along the I-595,   48  for the overpass bridge. Then I noticed an area where some  49  were broken on the ground. It wasn't like that before.
　　"Dad! Pull over! I want to  50  something out."
　　I jumped off the truck and rushed to the bridge. Something was telling me to  51  …there wasn't much time.  52  I saw a Toyota that   53  upside down in the tree. Maybe it was a stolen car that somebody  54  there, I thought. Then, just at that   55  , I noticed something moving. It was a bloody leg poking out of the driver's side window!
　　"Help!" a lady moaned.
　　36． A．wipe        B．cut        C．put        D．send
　　37． A．When        B．How            C．Why             D．Where
　　38． A．turn        B．keep        C．make            D．cool
　　39． A．parents    B．school-times     C．friends        D．school yards
　　40． A．office      B．classroom        C．restaurant    D．living room
　　41． A．but        B．or        C．for            D．so
　　42． A．work        B．study    C．stay         D．spend
　　43． A．business    B．possession    C．position         D．place
　　44． A．away        B．from        C．far            D．clear
　　45． A．easy        B．lonely    C．smelly        D．noisy
　　46． A．for        B．like        C．after        D．as
　　47． A．regular    B．common    C．unusual    D．normal
　　48． A．reaching    B．going        C．looking    D．heading
　　49． A．cars        B．bottles        C．branches    D．glasses
　　50． A．check      B．help            C．take     D．bring
　　51． A．decide     B．hurry    C．consider     D．stop
　　52． A．Above     B．Behind    C．Ahead    D．Below
　　53． A．hung    B．trapped    C．caught    D．fell
　　54． A．stored     B．deserted    C．lost        D．hid
　　55． A．bridge     B．tree     C．moment    D．way
　　【参考答案】完形填空：

36-40 ACDCB   41-45 DABDC       46-50 BADCA   51-55 BDABC

完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出****选项。

As my 47th birthday was coming this year, I had to admit that I was a little sad. While I was looking back on the old days with __1__ and remembering every mistake that I had made every wrong path that I had taken, and every __2__ chance of growth that I had turned my back on, I felt __ 3__ and depressed.

   When the day finally arrived, though, I was moved by the __4__ I received. Gifts, cards, and birthday greetings from so many friends __5__ both my mailbox and my computer. My wonderful children took me out for dinner and then __6__ me with a homemade cake, a homemade card and a homemade gift, which were all wrapped lovingly. By the end of the day, my sadness had __7__   and my happiness had returned. I felt truly blessed arid I remembered that life is about the love you share, not the mistakes you __8__.

    I also realized that wanted to spend the rest of my life here becoming the person that God __9__ for me to be. I wanted to watch more sunrises, share more smiles, and __10__ more love. I wanted to make my life full of __11__ acts and enjoyable moments. I wanted to give my children wise words, kind thoughts, loving laughter and endless happiness. I wanted to hug them kindly and kiss them __12__. I wanted to help others whenever possible.

   You can become a better person, too. There is no __13__ adventure than to become the person God __4__ meant for you to be. There is nothing better than being a __15__ to everyone around you.

1. A. amazement                                 B. grat9tude

  C. regret                                            D. excitement

2. A. wrong                                            B. good

  C. difficult                                          D. impressive

3. A. guilty                   B. lucky

  C. satisfied                                        D. determined

4. A. email                                       B. letter   

C. gift                                D. love

5. A. filled                                               B. turned

  C. left                     D. controlled

6. A. shocked                                        B. surprised

  C. charged                                        D. equipped

7. A. started                                          B. deepened

  C. entered                                         D. disappeared

8. A. make                                             B. question

  C. imagine                                         D. admit

9. A. designed                    B. asked

  C. meant                                           D. demanded

10. A. fight                                             B. count

   C. keep                                            D. spread

11. A. rough                                          B. kind

   C. elegant                                       D. simple

12. A. gently                    B. reasonably

   C. carefully                                     D. rudely

13. A. worse                   B. greater

   C. stronger                                              D. brighter

14. A. originally                                    B. eagerly

   C. impatiently                 D. proudly

15. A. surrounding                    B. clipping

   C. suffering                   D. blessing

【参考答案】1-5 CBADA       6-10 BDACD     11-15 BABAD

完形填空

　　本文为夹叙夹议的记叙文。作者平日对自己的生活有点悲观，但是当作者庆祝47岁生日时，作者的人生观发生了巨变。作者决心积极地度过后半生，要做一个更好的人。

1. C。逻辑衔接题。由第一句的a little sad和本句的I was looking back on the old days with

    1    and remembering every mistake that I had made, every wrong path that I had taken可知，“我”在47岁生日来临之际，回忆往昔的错误和选择的错误道路时自己有点伤感、遗憾，故选C。

2. B。语义衔接题。由本句的every...chance of growth that I had turned my back on可知，“我”回想起曾经放弃的有利于成长的大好时机，故选B。

3. A。近义复现题。由本句的depressed可知，“我”对自己曾经放弃的有利于成长的大好时机感到内疚(guilty)和沮丧，故选A。

4. D。原词复现题。由本句的I was moved...greetings from so many friends和后文的all wrapped lovingly ... the love you share, not the mistakes you ...可知，“我”被来自家人和朋友的爱所感动。填love是原词复现，故选D。

5. A。逻辑衔接题。由空格前的Gifts, cards, and birthday greetings from so many friends可知，那么多朋友送来的礼物、贺卡、生日问候充满了“我”的邮箱和电脑，故选A。

6. B。逻辑推断题。由本句的My wonderful children took me out for dinner和with a homemade cake, a homemade card and a homemade gift, which were all wrapped lovingly可知，“我”的几个心灵手巧的(wonderful)孩子带我出去吃晚餐，然后用自己做的(homemade)蛋糕、卡片和礼物使我惊讶不已，因为这一切都是用他们的爱心包裹的，故选B。

7. D。语义正反对比题。由my sadness had 7 and my happiness had returned可知，“我”的悲伤已经“消失了(disappeared)”，幸福重新回来了(returned)，故选D。

8. A。语义衔接题。本句意为“生命是与你所分享的爱有关，而不是与你所犯的错误有关”，故选A。

9. C。原词复现题。与最后一段第二句to become the person God ...meant for you to be的meant是原词复现。“我”愿用余生使自己成为一个上帝想要“我”成为的人，故选C。

10. D。逻辑衔接题。从前半句话share more smiles及后文I wanted to make my life full of 11  acts and enjoyable moments可知这里要表达相近的意思，意思是作者想要传播更多的爱，故选D。

11. B。语义衔接题。由上句的share more smiles, and   10   more love和本句的enjoyable可知，“我”要使自己的生活充满善意的行为和愉快的时光。与下句的kind thoughts中的kind是原词复现，故选B。

12. A。语义衔接题。由本句的hug them kindly and kiss可知，“我”想和蔼地拥抱“我”的孩子们并温柔地亲吻他们，故选A。

13. B。语义衔接题。从下一句话There is nothing better than...可知这里是相同的结构和意思，故选B。

14. A。语义衔接题。由上下文可知，“做一个上帝最初想要你成为的那个人”是很有难度的，故选A。

15. D。语义衔接题。从上文become the person God 14 meant for you to be可知这里要选一个相近的意思，没有什么比做一个让你身边的人感到幸福的人更好的事了，故选D。