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I never got along well with Dad. But when he was dying, I set off for Nebraska to be with him and my family. I stopped for the night at a hotel with a pool, hoping a swim would relax me.
The pool area was empty as I walked into the still water. A man in a bathing suit appeared. He sat on the edge of the pool with his legs moving up and down in the water. He had dark hair and deep brown eyes and smiled. ‘Where are you going?’ he asked. When I told him something about my father, he asked how we got along. I tried to change the subject, but then for some reason, I told him everything.
Finally the man said, ‘Even with all the trouble, remember, your father still loves you.’ All at once, warm and clear childhood memories came flooding back: Dad running alongside my wobbling (摇摆的) bicycle, the proud hug he gave me at my high school graduation, his laugh when I caught him off guard with a tickle(挠痒). ‘Yes, I know he does love me,’ I heard myself say. And for the first time these years I believed it. The man left, leaving me alone with my comforting thoughts.
Back in my room, as I went to bed, I decided it was time to forgive(原谅) my father. Then I wished he’d forgiven me too. The phone bell woke me up at 3 a.m. My sister’s voice sent a shock (寒战) through me: Dad had just died. I had wanted to see him and make peace. But as my sadness grew, I remembered that the man by the pool had already brought Dad and me together.
64. From the passage we learn that the author __________.
A. didn’t know his father was seriously ill        B. always thought highly of his father
C. lived in Nebraska far away from his family       D. was going to see his father
65. When the author was in the swimming pool, __________.
A. many other people were there, too
B. he talked a lot with the man by the pool
C. he greeted the man by the pool first
D. the man by the pool told him everything about his family
66. What made the author change his original(原始的)idea about his father?
A. That he was made to think of the fact that his father loved him.
B. That the man by the pool mentioned(提及) his interesting childhood.
C. That he remembered his father had taught him to ride a bike.
D. That he knew his father would leave him forever.
67. In the last paragraph, the author was sad that he __________.
A. hadn’t accepted the kind stranger’s advice
B. had no chance to make peace with his father
C. hadn’t respected his father when he was young
D. hadn’t stayed with his father before. 
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:B
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Celebrities (Famous people) have joined college students around China in the latest government activities to protect the environment. The Great Wall was the focus of attention, with a clean-up of the surrounding area, and tree planting. The volunteers hope their actions can raise public awareness about environmental protection.
Lots of famous people take part in the activities. Familiar faces including film star Jackie Chan and TV host Yang Lan from Hong Kong were at the Great Wall. Over 200 college students joined them. They’re all volunteers for a government sponsored (主办) environmental protection program.
A latest government report warns, China’s fragile (易脆的) environment and limited resources could hardly support economic development in the next five to ten years. However, Chinese citizens have long neglected environmental protection. Organizers hope these young people will influence people around.
Pan Yue, vice minister of State Environmental Protection Administration,said, “The government can only make policy. But environmental protection also depends on public participation (参与). Public figures, ordinary people and the government should all join hands, thus we can make a beautiful and friendly environment.”
Around the country, over 10,000 college students joined their peers in Beijing ---- planting trees, raising awareness about water protection and cleaning rubbish from rivers.
From CCTV. com 13-28-2004 09:41
68.The underlined word “focus” in the first paragraph means ______.
A. the places of interesting           B. old wall  
C. activity                           D. meeting or centre point of light or others
69. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Recycling             B. Water conservation      
C. Planting trees         D. Government officers
70. Which of the following statements is right?
A. College students get paid in planting trees.
B. Environmental protection depends on public participation.
C. Chinese citizens pay much attention to environmental protection.
D. China’s environment is in good condition
71. Which is the best title of the passage?
A. How to plant trees             B. College students work at the Great Wall
C. Environmental protection       D. Volunteers protect environment   
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第二节完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Better urban life
For many young people, the dream of a lifetime is to travel the world, explore different cultures and landscapes, taste new foods and flavors(口味), and listen to the distinctive sounds of international music and languages. Unfortunately, 36______ young people have the money or freedom to make this dream come true. 37______ if you can’t go out into the world, surely 38______ best is to let the world come to you. And this year’s Shanghai World Expo is exactly 39______ that’s happening.
From May 1 to October 31, there will be 194 40______ and 50 international organizations on display at the 5-square-km Expo site. Seventy million domestic and international visitors are 41______ to visit it by the end October. So, if you can go, you’ll be 42______ by people with a wide range of backgrounds, nations, and cultures. You may find that you can learn 43______ much from striking up a conversation with a 44_____ as you can at an exhibition or performance.
The Expo’s theme(主题) is “Better City, Better Life”. The United Nations estimates(估计) that, this year, 55 percent of the people will live in city 45_______. This causes a dilemma for the world’s 46______: How can they accommodate such a large number of people in a 47______way? Can they remain places of natural beauty and cultural importance? Young people will have the opportunity to take part in forums to discuss themes 48______ new technology, green energy and conservation etc.
A trip to the Expo is guaranteed to be much less 49______ than a trip around the world. Still, the costs can 50______. However, young people can save money by purchasing group or student tickets, which may be available at 51______ rates. Many of the participating pavilions(参展场馆) offer free sample and treats for the visitors. 52______ handing out free chocolates, the Belgian pavilion will 53______ a free diamond each week to a visitor who can answer questions related to Belgium.
If you’re planning to head to the Shanghai Expo between May and October, don’t forget to 54______ a camera, a notebook, and an open mind. For nearly 6 months, representatives of the world are coming together to 55______ their best and latest ideas for the future. It’s certain to be a memorable experience.
36. A. some                  B. many                       C. few                   D. several
37. A. For                    B. But                          C. However           D. Still
38. A. first                    B. second                            C. far                    D. rather
39. A. where          B. how                         C. why                  D. when
40. A. places          B. governments             C. cities                 D. countries
41. A. determined   B. devoted                    C. expected            D. wanted
42. A. interviewed  B. surrounded               C. met               D. bothered
43. A. as                B. so                            C. that                   D. too
44. A. Chinese              B. foreigner                 C. stranger             D. friend
45. A. settings        B. chambers                  C. areas                 D. services
46. A. organizations       B. counties                   C. areas                 D. cities
47. A. correct         B. considerable             C. continuous        D. significant
48. A. like                    B. as                            C. with                  D. in
49. A. cheap                 B. expensive                 C. high                  D. low
50. A. get up          B. stay up                     C. add up                     D. turn up
51. A. reduced              B. varied                      C. listed                D. announced
52. A. Except for          B. regardless of             C. In addition to     D. Instead of
53. A. set out         B. give away                 C. put away           D. give off
54. A. bring                  B. carry                        C. fetch                 D. take
55. A. learn           B. study                       C. share                 D. absorb
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 Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.
  I am one of those unfortunate people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.
  I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you can not possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.
  If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.
  Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decide it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.
  Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.
  60. What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?
     A. He will direct the right way to the person willingly.
     B. He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town.
     C. He will give the very person long list of direction.
     D. He is going to show the man an opposite direction.
  61. Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?
     A. Because of his poor sense of direction.
     B. Because he always forget the way to home.
     C. Because he did not have any friend.
     D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way.
  62. How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?
     A. He felt strange.                              B. He felt embarrassed.
     C. He felt very sad.                                   D. He felt astonished.
  63. Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?
     A. Someone we don’t know.                 B. The writer did it for himself.
     C. The secretary did so.                        D. A warm-hearted old lady did it.
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 “It hurts me more than you,” and “This is for your own good.” These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.
That was before we entered the permissive(自由的) period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy on us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.
  Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students—“so passive”—and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to children’s passivity. “We’re not training kids to work any more.” says Klompus. “We’re talking about a generation of kids who’ve never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them, Instead of saying ‘go and look it up’, you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”
  Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It’s time to take the car away, to turn TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it’s for their own good. It’s time to start telling them no again.
67.To such children as described in the passage __________.
A. neither is easy to say yes or say no
B. it is easier to say no than to say yes
C. it is easier to say yes than no
D. neither is difficult to say yes or say no
68.We learn from the passage that the author’s mother used to lay emphasis on(强调;重视) ________.
A. natural development   B. education at school  C. learning Latin   D. discipline
69.By “permissive period in education” the author means a time ________.
A. when everything can be taught at school
B. when children are permitted to receive education
C. when children are allowed to do what they wish to
D. when every child can be educated
70.The main idea of the passage is that _______.
A. It’s time to be more strict with our kids
B. parents should always set a good example to their kids
C. parents should leave their children alone
D. kids should have more activities at school
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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,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and  32  to let the angels stay in the guest home of their large house.  33 , the angels were given a space in the cold basement (地下室). As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a  34  in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked  35 , the older angel replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the  36  came to rest at the house of a very  37 , but very hospitable (好客的) farmer and his wife. After  38  the little food they had, they let the angels sleep in their  39  where they could have a good night’s rest.
When the sun  40  the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in  41 , for their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field. The younger angel was very  42  and asked the older angel, “How could you have let this happen? The first man had everything,  43  you helped him,” she accused (责备) “The  44  family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let their cow  45 .” “Things aren’t always what they seem”, the  46  angel replied.
“When we stayed in the basement of the large house, I  47  there was gold stored in that hole in the wall.  48  the owner only cared about money and was unwilling to share, I sealed (封住) the wall so  49  wouldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came  50  his wife. I told him to take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they  51 .”
32. A. refused                      B. agreed                      C. decided                    D. accepted
33.A. Thus                          B. Therefore                 C. However                 D. Instead
34. A. spot                           B. space                       C. picture                            D. hole
35. A. why                          B. how                         C. when                       D. where
36. A. team                          B. pair                         C. family                      D. group
37. A. rich                           B. healthy                     C. poor                        D. wealthy
38. A. preparing                   B. showing                   C. giving                      D. sharing
39. A. basement                   B. bed                          C. yard                         D. cupboard
40. A. came down                B. came in                   C. came up                  D. came out
41. A. tears                          B. whispers                   C. fear                     D. excitement
42. A. calm                      B. happy                      C. sad                          D. angry
43. A. and                           B. yet                           C. so                          D. or
44. A. former                       B. first                         C. second                     D. latter
45. A. die                                   B. go                           C. survive                     D. disappear
46. A. older                         B. younger                   C. better                             D. worse
47. A. heard                         B. noticed                     C. recognized                D. watched
48. A. Although                   B. After                        C. Since                       D. Before
49. A. she                            B. you                          C. I                              D. he
50. A. for                                   B. about                       C. in                           D. with
51. A. look                          B. seem                        C. feel                          D. sound
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