第二节：阅读下列材料, 从所给的六个选项(A、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ、Ｅ、和F) 中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
It was coming up on Mother’s Day, and John usually tried to make it “back home”, but this year he was just too tired. He was in a small town just outside of Little Rock when he drove by a flower shop. He said to himself. “I know what I will do, I’ll send Mom some roses.”
He went into the small shop and saw a young boy talking to the clerk. “How many roses can I get for six dollars, ma’am?” The boy asked. The clerk was trying to explain that roses were expensive. Maybe the young man would be happy with carnations.
“No. I have to have roses,” he said. “My Mom was sick so much last year and I didn’t get to spend much time with her. I want to get something special. It has to be red roses, because that’s her favourite.”
The clerk looked up at John and was just shaking her head. Something inside of John was touched by the boy’s voice. He wanted to get those roses so bad. John had been blessed in his business, and he looked at the clerk and silently mouthed that he would pay for the boy’s roses.
The clerk looked at the young man and said, “Okay, I will give you a dozen red roses for your six dollars.” The young man almost jumped into the air. He took the flowers and ran from the store. It was worth the extra thirty-five dollars just to see that kind of excitement.
John ordered his own flowers and had the clerk to be sure that delivery would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her. As he drove away from the shop, he was feeling very good. He caught a light about two blocks from the shop. As he waited at the light, he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk. He watched him cross the street and enter a park through two huge gates. Suddenly, he realized it wasn't a park. It was a cemetery(墓地). He saw the young man stop by a small monument and go to his knees. He carefully laid the roses on the grave and began to cry.
As he cried, John heard the young man speak, “Mommy, oh Mommy, why didn’t I tell you how much I love you. Why didn’t I tell you one more time? Jesus, please, find my Mommy. Tell my Mommy I love her."
John turned, tears in his eyes, and walked back to his car. He drove quickly to the flower shop and told her he would take the flowers personally. He wanted to be sure and tell his Mother one more time just how much he loved her.
1. How much money did the young man’s flowers altogether cost?
A. 41 dollars B. 6 dollars C. 35 dollars D.29 dollars
2. What’s the main reason that John helped the young man pay the roses?
A. Because he had a lot of money.
B. Because they are good friends.
C. Because he was moved by what the young man said.
D. Because he likes to help others.
3. According to the passage, which sentence is true?
A. The young man’s mother has passed away.
B. The young man often tells his mother that he loves her.
C. John often goes home to visit his mother.
D. John doesn’t love his mother.
4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. He will have the flowers delivered to his mother.
B. He will send the flowers to his mother himself.
He decided to buy more flowers.
He will not buy the flowers.
第二节：完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
I have a friend named Monty Roberts who possesses a horse ranch (大牧场). He was the son of a horse trainer who would go from ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually 21 . When he was a senior, he was 22 to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he 23 .
“That night he wrote a seven –page paper, describing his goal of someday 24 a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail. He put his 25 into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he 26 his paper back. On the front page was a large F with a 27 that read, “See me after class.” The boy went to see the teacher after class.
The teacher said, “This is a(n) 28 dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. Owning a horse ranch 29 a lot of money. There’s no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “ 30 you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will
31 your grade.”
The boy went home and thought about it 32 and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is very important 33 for you.” Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the 34 paper. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my 35 .”
Sitting in the middle of his 200-acre horse ranch, he told me he 36 had that school paper. He added, “Two summers ago that same schoolteacher 37 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was 38 of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dream. Fortunately you had 39 enough not give up yours.”
Don’t let anyone 40 your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
21. A. started B. interrupted C. made D. ended
22. A. taught B. guided C. asked D. forced
23. A. grew up B. brought up C. took up D. went up
24. A. working B. making C. owing D. owning
25. A. action B. heart C. explanation D. words
26. A. received B. accepted C. returned D. offered
27. A. note B. letter C. saying D. information
28. A. unusual B. unique C. unnatural D. unrealistic
29. A. raises B. makes C. requires D. saves
30. A. Although B. If C. When D. While
31. A. reconsider B. award C. recover D. acknowledge
32. A. soon B. wide C. long D. enough
33. A. composition B. decision C. lesson D. grade
34. A. rewritten B. vivid C. same D. printed
35. A. dream B. word C. promise D. impression
36. A. even B. rather C. ever D. still
37. A. fetched B. brought C. assess D. recite
38. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
39. A. opportunity B. occasion C. courage D. intelligence
40. A. starve B. accuse C. submit D. steal
Wouldn’t it be _______ for you to pick me up at four o’clock and take me to the airport?
A. appropriate B. universal C. handy D. convenient
They had planned to go for a picnic, but because of the rain they had to stay home_______.
A. instead B. really C. however D. though
. Many people are quite at a loss as to what to do _______ a real fire.
A. in honor of B. in need of C. in case of D. in form of
---- I haven’t got the ticket for the opening ceremony of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
---- Don’t worry. It’ll be broadcast_______ on April 30. Don’t miss it.
A. lively B. alive C. live D. living
