I watch her and her mother decorate her college dormitory room. Everything is in place organized and arranged. Her room nicely accommodates not only her clothes and bric-a-brac(小摆设), but her ___36___ as well. I begin to accept that her room at home is no longer hers. It is now ours, our room for her when she ___37___.

I ___38___ myself thinking of when I held her in the cradle of my arm, in the chair alongside my wife's hospital bed. One day old. So ___39___, so beautiful, so perfect, so ___40___ dependent on her new, ___41___ parents. Time marches relentlessly(不停地).

She looks up now, catching me ___42___ at her, causing her to say to her mother." Mom, Dad's looking at me ___43____”.

The last few days, I touch her arm, her face--- ___44___ that when my wife and I return home, she will not be ___45___ us. I have so much to say, but no ___46___ with which to say it.

My ___47___ changed from the day I drove this child home from the hospital. I saw myself ___48___ that day, and it has led to a lot of places that I would never have found on my own.

She says, “It'll be all right, Dad. I'll be home from school ___49___.” I tell her she will have a great year but I say little else. I am afraid somehow to speak and I only hold on to our good-bye hug a little longer, a little ___50___.

I gaze into her eyes and ___51___to go. My wife's eyes follow her as she leaves us. ___52___ do not. Maybe if I don't look, I can imagine that she really hasn't ___53___ ; I know that what she is embarking upon(开始) is exciting and wonderful. I remember what the world looked like to me ___54___ everything was new.

As I walk to the car with my wife at my side, my eyes are wet, my heart is sore, and I realize that my life is ___55___ forever.

1.                A．sister's         B．teachers'        C．mother's  D．roommates'

 

2.                A．lives           B．visits           C．separates D．graduates

 

3.                A．force          B．leave           C．find  D．have

 

4.                A．small           B．big            C．funny    D．strong

 

5.                A．severely        B．totally          C．slightly   D．strictly

 

6.                A．innocent        B．casual          C．qualified  D．inexperienced

 

7.                A．laughing        B．staring          C．glaring   D．looking

 

8.                A．funny          B．frightening      C．kind D．sad

 

9.                A．expecting       B．imaging         C．knowing  D．doubting

 

10.               A．for            B．with           C．within D．along

 

11.               A．sentence       B．quotes         C．saying D．words

 

12.               A．day            B．career         C．life   D．age

 

13.               A．easily          B．carefully        C．differently D．seriously

 

14.               A．quick          B．soon           C．fast   D．rapidly

 

15.               A．gentler         B．softer          C．tighter    D．warmly

 

16.               A．start           B．turn           C．run   D．wonder

 

17.               A．Hers           B．My wife's       C．Mine D．Ours

 

18.               A．gone          B．grown          C．born  D．found

 

19.               A．although        B．where         C．when D．why

 

20.               A．destroyed      B．beginning       C．ended D．changing

 

 

I watch her and her mother decorate her college dormitory room. Everything is in place organized and arranged. Her room nicely accommodates not only her clothes and bric-a-brac(小摆设), but her ___36___ as well. I begin to accept that her room at home is no longer hers. It is now ours, our room for her when she ___37___.

I ___38___ myself thinking of when I held her in the cradle of my arm, in the chair alongside my wife's hospital bed. One day old. So ___39___, so beautiful, so perfect, so ___40___ dependent on her new, ___41___ parents. Time marches relentlessly(不停地).

She looks up now, catching me ___42___ at her, causing her to say to her mother." Mom, Dad's looking at me ___43____”.

The last few days, I touch her arm, her face--- ___44___ that when my wife and I return home, she will not be ___45___ us. I have so much to say, but no ___46___ with which to say it.

My ___47___ changed from the day I drove this child home from the hospital. I saw myself ___48___ that day, and it has led to a lot of places that I would never have found on my own.

She says, “It'll be all right, Dad. I'll be home from school ___49___.” I tell her she will have a great year but I say little else. I am afraid somehow to speak and I only hold on to our good-bye hug a little longer, a little ___50___.

I gaze into her eyes and ___51___to go. My wife's eyes follow her as she leaves us. ___52___ do not. Maybe if I don't look, I can imagine that she really hasn't ___53___ ; I know that what she is embarking upon(开始) is exciting and wonderful. I remember what the world looked like to me ___54___ everything was new.

As I walk to the car with my wife at my side, my eyes are wet, my heart is sore, and I realize that my life is ___55___ forever.

1.                A．sister's         B．teachers'        C．mother's  D．roommates'

 

2.                A．lives           B．visits           C．separates D．graduates

 

3.                A．force          B．leave           C．find  D．have

 

4.                A．small           B．big            C．funny    D．strong

 

5.                A．severely        B．totally          C．slightly   D．strictly

 

6.                A．innocent        B．casual          C．qualified  D．inexperienced

 

7.                A．laughing        B．staring          C．glaring   D．looking

 

8.A funny        B. frightening     C. kind            D. sad

9.                A．expecting       B．imaging         C．knowing  D．doubting

 

10.               A．for            B．with           C．within D．along

 

11.               A．sentence       B．quotes         C．saying D．words

 

12.               A．day            B．career         C．life   D．age

 

13.               A．easily          B．carefully        C．differently D．seriously

 

14.               A．quick          B．soon           C．fast   D．rapidly

 

15.               A．gentler         B．softer          C．tighter    D．warmly

 

16.               A．start           B．turn           C．run   D．wonder

 

17.               A．Hers           B．My wife's       C．Mine D．Ours

 

18.               A．gone          B．grown          C．born  D．found

 

19.               A．although        B．where         C．when D．why

 

20.               A．destroyed      B．beginning       C．ended D．changing

 

 

完形填空：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案．

(A)

　A class of small boys in a German school had been making a lot of noise, so their teacher decided 　1　． He kept them in the classroom after the other boys 　2　and told them to add all the numbers from 1 to 100 together．

　The boys sadly 　3　their exercise books and began to write the numbers down—all of them 　4　one boy, who had been in that school only for a few days． This boy looked out of the window for a few moments, wrote a number in his exercise book and 　5　his hand．

　“May I go home when I've found the answer, sir? ” he asked．

　“Yes, you may, ” answered the teacher．

　“Well, I've found it, sir” said the boy．

　The teacher and the other boys were all very surprised．

　“　 6　,” said the teacher．

　The boy brought it． It was quite correct, so the teacher had to let the boy go home． The next morning, the 　7　teacher asked the new boy how he had found the answer so quickly．

　　　“Well, sir, ” he said, “I thought that there 　8　the answer, and I found one, you see, If you add 100 to 1, you get 101, and if you add 99 to 2, you also get 101, 98 to 3 is 101 too, and if you go on until you reach 51 and 50, you have 101 fifty times, which is 5050． ”

　After this, the teacher gave the boy 　9　the other boys in the class． His name was Karl Friedrich Gauss, and when he 　10　, he became a famous professor of mathematics．

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

1． A． to frighten all of them	B． to beat them one by 　　 one．
C． to punish them	D． to praise all of them	[　　]
2． A． had gone	B． had been
C． went	D． had been away	[　　]
3． A． took down	B． took off
C． took away	D． took out	[　　]
4． A． except for	B． except
C． except that	D． besides	[　　]
5． A． put out	B． put down
C． put up	D． put aside	[　　]
6． A． Carry directly it to me	B． Bring it here
C． Take it back to me	D． Fetch it for me	[　　]
7． A． surprised	B． surprising
C． satisfying	D． pleased	[　　]
8． A． should be a rapid method of finding
B． might be a quick way of finding
C． couldn't be a fast way to find
D． must be a quickly method to find		[　　]
9． A． the same work as	B． as different a work as
C． different work from	D． no difference work from	[　　]
10．A． grew bigger	B． grown up
C． grew taller	D． grew up	[　　]

(B)

　　 　On October 21st of 1833, Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden． His father was an engineer, and at that time he was 　11　explosives (炸药)． When Alfred was 　12　to go to university, his father sent him to the United States to study mechanical engineering (机械工程学)．

　　　When he left university, he started a factory with his brother to make a new and very powerful explosive． At first the factory 　13　, but one day there was a terrible explosion (爆炸) in the factory． It killed several workmen and Alfred's brother． Alfred himself was not there that day．

　　　Alfred 　14　after his brother's death, but he did not stop working; he moved his factory onto a boat, and took it a few miles out to sea． “If 　15　,” he said to himself, “I will be killed, but 　16　will be hurt． ” He was not killed 　17　, but made a new and much safer explosive． He called it dynamite (甘油炸药)．

　This was the time, in 　18　of the nineteenth century, when many modern roads and the first railways and tunnels 　19　in Europe． Everybody wanted to use Nobel's new dynamite． He soon became very rich．

　　　But Nobel's dynamite was not always used for making roads; it was also 　20　making war． “It's Nobel's fault (错误), ” many people said, “It's his dynamite they're using to make war． ” It was true; it was his dynamite; but was it his fault?

　One day, in 1891, Nobel opened a newspaper and read the story of his own death! It was 　21　, of course, and at first he laughed; but he did not laugh then he saw the things the newspaper 　22　him, “A very bad man, ” they said, “…terrible…wanted to destroy the world with his dynamite…”

　Poor Alfred Nobel! He decided to leave Paris, and went to live in Italy． There he 　23　in a big house, working and studying every hour of the day．

　　　In 1896, Alfred Nobel died． But that was 　24　his name． When he died, he left a lot of 　25　five Nobel Prizes． These are given every year for important work in five different fields, One prize is for chemistry, another for physics and another for medicine; there is also one for literature (文学); and the fifth one, the most important one for Alfred Nobel, is the Nobel Peace Prize．

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

11．A． working for	B． working on
C． working as	D． working in	[　　]
12．A． old enough	B． enough old
C． big enough	D． enough big	[　　]
13．A． went from bad to worse	B． went from good to better
C． went very well	D． went nothing to him	[　　]
14．A． felt very afraid of it	B． felt sorry for it
C． was quite happy	D． was terribly unhappy	[　　]
15．A． anything goes right there
B． nothing seems to happen there
C． something goes wrong here
D． everything comes badly here		[　　]
16．A． other people	B． everybody
C． somebody else	D． nobody else	[　　]
17．A． after all	B． on the end
C． at most	D． at least	[　　]
18．A． a second half	B． the second half
C． a half second	D． the half second	[　　]
19．A． were building	B． had been built
C． were being built	D． had built	[　　]
20．A． prepared for	B． willing to
C． using as	D． used for	[　　]
21．A． complete wrong	B． completely wrong
C． complete wrongly	D． completely wrongly	[　　]
22．A． saying about	B． said to
C． said about	D． saying to	[　　]
23．A． lived alone	B． lived lonely
C． lived sad	D． lived happy	[　　]
24．A． just the beginning to	B． not the end of
C． meaning nothing for	D． really the end of	[　　]
25．A． troubles to	B． debts to
C． money for	D． sorry for	[　　]