C
A young woman one day said something that hurt her best
friend of many years. She regretted it immediately and would like to do
anything to take the words back. What she had said hurt her friend so much that
her woman herself also felt very painful. To make up what she had done, she
went to an old wise man in the village and ask for advice.
The old man understood the young woman’s suffering. He
know he must help her. He knew he could never remove her pain, but he could
teach. And he also knew the result would depend only on her character.
“Tonight, take your beat feather pillows and put single
feather on the doorstep of each house in the village before the sun rises,” he
said.
The young woman hurried home to prepare for it , even
though the feather pillows were very dear to her. All night long ,she made her
efforts alone in the cold. Finally it got light and she places the last feather
on the step of the last house. Just as the sun rise, she returned to the old
man.
“Now ,” said the man, “ go back and refill your pillows
with the feathers you have put on the steps. Then everything will be as it was
before.”
“You know that’s impossible! The wind blew away each
feather as fast as I placed them on the doorsteps!” The young woman was
surprised.
“That’ s true,” said the old man.“ Each of your words is
like a feather in the wind. Once your words are spoken, no matter how much
effort you make and how sincere you are, you can never return them to your
mouth. Choose your words well and protect people you love from being hurt.”
16.The young woman suffered from ________ .
A. her friend’s advice
B. the old man’s advice
C. what she had
said
D. what her friend had said
17.According to Paragraph 2, the old man _______ .
A. could remove her pain
B. knew a lot about her character
C. refused to teach her
D. decided to help her learn something
18.When did the woman come back to the old man?
A. At sunrise
B. At midnight
C. In the
evening
D. In the afternoon
19.After the women came back to him, the old man advised
her to _______.
A. put the feathers back to the pillows
B. make some now pillows
C. take away the
feathers
D. Find more feathers
20.What can we learn from the story?
A. Taking one’ s advice before doing.
B. Thinking carefully before speaking.
C. Asking for advice when you have troubles.
D. Talking to people when you have troubles.
Ⅲ. 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
When I was in high school, the future seemed vary far
away. Now I’m 21 and I think about those
days a lot, I 22 things that I should
have done. I also remember things that benefited a lot.
I have only one 23 about
the time I spent in high school. I should have 24 more
advanced classes. For example, I had the opportunity to take and advanced
English class, but I 25 to take
the regular class. I made that decision because I didn’t want
to 26 too hard. I also wanted
to 27 more time playing with
my friends. Now I’m college and have to take more English classes. I wish I had
studied harder in high school!
I’m glad that I had an 28 to
take part in after-class activities. I was member of the football team. We
practice every day after school and had football 29 on
weekends. We 30 won several matches!
My 31 became my good friends. Now I
know that after-class activities are 32 because
we can learn about responsibility and teamwork.
Good and bad 33 area
part of everyone’s high school years. Is it possible to learn from these experiences?
I think it is because even the 34 ones
help to prepare us for the 35 .
21. A.strong
B. healthier
C. older
D. richer
22. A.remember
B. change
C. do
D. finish
23. A.joy
B. habit
C. fear
D. regret
24. A.given
B. taken
C. prepared
D. missed
25. A.decided
B. learned
C. forgot
D. happened
26. A.study
B. practice
C. fight
D. try
27. A.waste
B. lose
C. spend
D. arrange
28. A.approach
B. opportunity
C. award
D. excuse
29. A.meetings
B. discussions
C. matches
D. speeches
30. A.yet
B. forever
C. still
D. even
31. A.parents
B. teachers
C. workmates
D. teammates
32. A.important
B. useless
C. boring
D. colorful
33. A.games
B. memories
C. experiences
D. records
34. A.same
B. simple
C. easy
D. bad
35. A.world
B. future
C. work
D. society.
IV.语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Lucy is
the most creative person I know. At school, she 36 (creative) many interesting projects and won
some prizes, so her parents were very 37 (pride) of her. Now Lucy works as a 38 (write) for a TV show. Together with her
colleagues, she has to think of fresh ideas and come up with 39 (fun) dialogues for the actors on their show.
It is not 40 easy
job, but Lucy does it 41 (proper).
Lucy is very curious. She likes to travel and meet new people 42 have their own opinions that are different 43 hers. She often keeps a notebook in 44 (she)bag and writes down what she sees and
hears. I always enjoy 45 (talk)
with her.
书面表达 (满分15分)
46.假如你是李华，你和外国朋友Robert约定本周去看电影。由于今天下午你和同学打篮球时受了伤，医生告知腿断了，建议你卧床休息一段时间，因此不能赴约。请给Robert写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 告知不能赴约；
2. 说明不能赴约的理由；
3.希望下次再约。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已经给出，不算字数。