If your father never says to you “I love you” when you are a child, it 36 to be more and more difficult for him to say the words as he grows 37
I do not 38 hearing the words from my father when I was growing up. 39 , I could not recall(回忆) when I had 40 said those words to him either.
One day, I decided to _41_ the ice and make the first 42_ . So in our next phone conversation I gathered all my _ 43 and let out the words in a low voice, “Dad… I love you!”
There was a 44 at the other end and he awkwardly 45 _, “Well, same back at you!”
I was unexpectedly 46 and my voice was raised, “Dad, I know you love me, and I know when you are ready, you will say what you want to say.”
Fifteen minutes later my mother called and 47 asked, “Paul, is everything okay?”
A few weeks later, Dad 48 our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was so moved that tears were rolling down my cheeks as I finally “__49 ” the love. As I sat there in tears I realized that this 50 moment had taken our father-and-son relationship to a new 51 .Shortly afterwards, my father narrowly 52 death following heart surgery（外科手术）. Many times __53 , I have 54 if I had not taken the first step and Dad not 55 the surgery, I would have never “heard” the love.
| 小题1: | | A．works out | B．breaks out | C．comes out | D．turns out |
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| 小题2: | | A．wiser | B．busier | C．weaker | D．older |
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| 小题3: | | A．remember | B．enjoy | C．mind | D．regret |
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| 小题4: | | A．Truthfully | B．Fortunately | C．Naturally | D．Obviously |
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| 小题5: | | A．only | B．last | C．never | D．first |
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| 小题6: | | A．melt | B．break | C．strike | D．build |
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| 小题7: | | A．complaint | B．promise | C．move | D．impression |
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| 小题8: | | A．strength | B．ideas | C．words | D．attention |
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| 小题9: | | A．sigh | B．silence | C．voice | D．cry |
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| 小题10: | | A．refused | B．shouted | C．replied | D．explained |
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| 小题11: | | A．touched | B．frightened | C．shocked | D．annoyed |
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| 小题12: | | A．excitedly | B．nervously | C．willingly | D．sadly |
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| 小题13: | | A．continued | B．checked | C．ended | D．interrupted |
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| 小题14: | | A．accepted | B．expected | C．learned | D．heard |
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| 小题15: | | A．quiet | B．difficult | C．special | D．different |
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| 小题16: | | A．level | B．idea | C．world | D．end |
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| 小题17: | | A．managed | B．escaped | C．avoided | D．faced |
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| 小题18: | | A．then | B．ago | C．before | D．since |
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| 小题19: | | A．realized | B．found | C．doubted | D．wondered |
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| 小题20: | | A．challenged | B．experienced | C．survived | D．received |
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文章大意：多年来，父子二人从未用语言表达过心中的爱。最终，作者鼓起勇气，在电 话中向父亲倾诉了自己的心声。父亲同样道出了内心深处的爱。作者听后潸然泪下。小题1:D 句意为：想让父亲说出“我爱你”将更加困难。
小题1:D 此处与前面的when you are a child 相呼应，表示的是“随着父亲年龄的增 长”。
小题1:A 上一段是作者的亲身体会和感情，再结合下文的“make the first(move)”可推断 作者不“记得”自己成长过程中听到父亲说过这样的话。
小题1:A 作者的父亲从未对作者说过“我爱你”，而作者也不曾向自己的父亲表白过， 所以用A 项，表示“说实话，如实地”；B、C、D 三项分别表示“幸运地”；“自然地”；“明显地”，均不符合语境。
小题1:C 作者也无法回忆自己曾向父亲说过那些话。once 表示“曾经”。
小题1:B break the ice 表示“打破沉默，打破僵局，着手做事”。作者打算打破僵局，首先向父亲表达自己心中的爱。
小题1:C 由本段第二句内容可知，由于作者和父亲都从未向对方说过“我爱你”，所以作者决定先采取“行动”，主动向父亲表达。文章结尾处“taken the first step”也有暗示。move 表示“行动；步骤”。
小题1:A 多年来作者和父亲之间从未向对方表达过自己的爱意，而作者又决定首先打 破僵局，由此可推知作者需要鼓足所有的“勇气”说出那些话。此外，句中的in a low voice以及引号中的省略号也是线索提示。
小题1:B 作者的父亲多年来从未向孩子表达过心中的爱，而孩子突然间倾诉了自己的 心声，作为长辈的他自然一时难以反应过来，所以是“沉默”。D 项在文章中没有信息支持。
小题1:C 双方通过电话交谈，既然孩子表达了自己的心声，父亲自然要进行“回答”。 本句的意思是他笨拙地回答。其余选项在文章中没有信息支持。
小题1:A 作者鼓足勇气向父亲说出“我爱你”后，想不到父亲竟然笨拙地说出了“same back at ”，因此意想不到地“感动”。后三项分别表示“恐惧的”；“震惊的”；“烦恼的”，都不符合语境。
小题1:B 根据本句后半部分引号中的内容可知，作者的母亲担心发生了什么事情，所以“紧张地”询问。
小题1:C 在几周以后的电话交谈中，作者的父亲对作者说出“我爱你”后“结束”了交谈。conclude...with...表示“以……结束”。
小题1:D 作者终于在电话中“听”到了父亲对自己的爱，无比感动，泪水滚滚滑落。 文章最后一句也是线索提示。
小题1:C 多年来父子之间从未向对方表露过爱意，如今埋在心底多年的话终于得以表 达，对作者而言，显然是“一个特殊”的时刻。
小题1:A 在彼此表达过心中的爱后，父子之间的关系上升到了一个新的“水平”。
小题1:B 此后不久，作者的父亲在做了心脏手术后九死一生，“摆脱”了死神的魔掌。
小题1:D 本句的时态是现在完成时，由此可判断用since，意思是“自从”那以后，作者思想翻腾了许多次。
小题1:D 从那以后，作者不止一次地“琢磨”，如果自己当时不主动表达感情，并且父亲没有从手术中活下来，自己将永远无法听到父亲的爱。前两项的意思基本相同，可排除。doubt 用于肯定句时，与 if/whether 连用表示对后面的内容的怀疑，显然不符合所给语境。realize 表示“意识到”。
小题1:C 上一句提到作者的父亲在心脏手术中幸存下来。此句是虚拟语气，意思是假如当时他没有在手术中“幸存”下来，作者将永远听不到父亲的爱。 |
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When I was fourteen I was hit by a car and I felt almost senseless from the waist down．I spent the next four years 36 a back support．I began running seven days a week to 37 my muscles （肌肉）．It was exhausting but I 38 before I graduated from high school．
When I was thirty-one, I was in 39 car accident in which my legs were seriously injured．The 40 told me that their goal was to get me to walk "__41 " but that I would never run again．Stubborn and _42_ , however, I set out to rebuild my leg muscles to support my knees through my own personalized 43 program． The fact was that it took me two years to learn how to walk and nine and a half years to run again．
While on one of my runs, a 44 thought entered my mind: what 45 I could run the LA Marathon? I wanted to know what it felt like to _46 the prized finish line, even if it 47 I had to crawl（爬） across it．I had only four months to get ready．I spent almost all my time training as if my very 48 depended on it——actually, it did．I 49 that if I didn’t train to my fullest, my body would 50 and the doctors’ diagnosis （诊断） would win．I wasn’t about to let that happen．I had a dream: I would run the LA Marathon to achieve one of my life’s greatest 51 ．I trained eight times a week, seven days a week —twice on Wednesdays．
Finally, my hard efforts 52 ．I crossed the finish line of the LA Marathon, strong and solid．
I’m often asked why I run, to which I always 53 ,"I run because I can．" I 54 myself that the aches and pains I experience while training and racing are 55 , compared to the suffering those whom I admire must bear．This is why I run．
小题1:A, dressing B．wearing C．designing D．decorating
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小题9:A．suitable B．reasonable C silly D．crazy
| 小题10: | | A．if | B．whether | C．unless | D．once |
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| 小题11: | | A．skip | B．slip | C．complete | D．cross |
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| 小题12: | | A．meant | B．proved | C．agreed | D．explained |
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| 小题13: | | A．patience | B．existence | C．appearance | D．absence |
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| 小题14: | | A．suggested | B．knew | C．noticed | D．declared |
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| 小题15: | | A．look out | B．come out | C．break down | D．fall down |
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| 小题16: | | A．promises | B．reputations | C．goals | D．levels |
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| 小题17: | | A．worked out | B．turned out | C．paid back | D．paid off |
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My friend John always has something to tell me. He knows so much that 21 men have to have older and more worldly wise men to tell them, 22 , who to trust, how to care for others and how to live life 23 the fullest.
Recently, John lost his 24 Janet. For eight years she fought against cancer, but in the end her sickness had the last 25 . One day John took out a folded piece of 26 from his wallet. He had found it, so he told me, when he 27 up some drawers at home.
It was a 28 love letter Janet had written. The note could look like a school girl’s scrawls(潦草地写，乱涂) about her dream guy. 29 the letter was written by a woman who had had seven children, a woman who fought for her life and who 30 only had a few months left to live.
It was 31 a beautiful recipe (处方，食谱) for how to keep a marriage together. Janet’s 32 of her husband begins like this, “Loved me. Took care of me. Worried about me.”
“Helped me when I was ill.” The next 33 reads. After that she turned 34 the paper and added “Warmth. Humor. Kindness. Thoughtfulness.” And then she writes about the husband she has 35 with and loved most in her life. “ 36 there when I needed you.” The last words she wrote 37 all the others. I can see her for me when she added thoughtfully “Good friend.”
I stand beside John now, and cannot pretend to know how it feels to lose someone who is as close to 38 as Janet was to him. I need to 39 what he has to say much more than he needs to talk.
“John,” I ask. “How do you stick together with someone through 38 years—not to mention the sickness? How do I know 40 I can bear to stand by my wife’s side if she becomes sick one day?”
“You can.” he says quietly, “ If you love her enough, you can.”
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| 小题6: | | A．handkerchief | B．cloth | C．leather | D．paper |
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| 小题7: | | A．fixed | B．looked | C．tidied | D．put |
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| 小题8: | | A．small | B．long | C．descriptive | D．talkative |
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| 小题10: | | A．probably | B．surely | C．certainly | D．definitely |
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| 小题11: | | A．only | B．firstly | C．lastly | D．also |
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| 小题12: | | A．imagination | B．description | C．dream | D．expectation |
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| 小题13: | | A．letter | B．note | C．line | D．paragraph |
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| 小题15: | | A．lived | B．dealt | C．quarreled | D．argued |
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| 小题16: | | A．Constantly | B．Always | C．Never | D．Seldom |
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A person named Bernard Jackson today is a free man, but he has many bitter memories. He spent five years in prison after a jury (陪审团)wrongly convicted (判处…有罪) him of raping two women. At Jackson’s trial, although two witnesses testified that Jackson was with them in another location at the time of the crime, he was convicted anyway. Why? The jury believed the testimony(证词)of the two victims, who positively identified Jackson as the man who had attacked them. The court eventually freed Jackson after the police found the real criminal.
Many factors influence the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. For instance, witnesses sometimes see photographs of several suspects before they try to identify the person they saw in a group of people. They can become confused by seeing many photographs of similar faces. The number of people in the group, and whether it is a person or a photograph, may also affect a witness’s decision. People sometimes have difficulty identifying people of other races. The questions the police ask witnesses also have an effect on them.
Many people believe that police officers are more reliable than ordinary people. Psychologists decided to test this idea, and they discovered that it is not true. Two psychologists showed a film of crimes to both police officers and civilians. The psychologists found no difference between the police and the civilians in correctly remembering the details of the crimes.
Despite all the possibilities for inaccuracy, courts cannot omit eyewitness testimony from a trial. American courts depend almost completely on eyewitness testimony to resolve(决定)court cases. Sometimes it is the only evidence to a crime, such as rape. Furthermore, eyewitness testimony is often correct. Although people do sometimes make mistakes, and convict innocent people, more importantly, eyewitness testimony has rightly convicted a larger number of guilty people.
American courts depend on the ability of the twelve jurors, and not the judges, to determine the accuracy of the witness’s testimony. It is their responsibility to decide if a certain witness could actually see, hear and remember what happened.
小题1:Bernard Jackson was found guilty and sentenced 5 years’ prison because________.| A．the victims insisted that he was the attacker | | B．he admitted the crime of raping two women | | C．the police discovered evidence leading to his guilt | | D．the eyewitness proved the victims’ testimony |
小题2: The following statements may be the reasons for why sometimes the eyewitness’ testimony is not accurate EXCEPT ________.| A．the eyewitness is confused by the police’s questions | | B．the eyewitness is shown photos of many similar faces | | C．the eyewitness lacks the professional help from police | | D．the eyewitness can’t identify people of other races clearly. |
小题3:An inaccurate eyewitness testimony may lead to________.| A．the misunderstanding of the case | | B．the disbelief in the court | | C．the disrespect for the eyewitness | | D．the conviction of an innocent person |
小题4:Eyewitness testimony is important because ___________.| A．it can be relied on to detect criminals in all cases. | | B．it is sometimes the only way to resolve court cases. | | C．it is sometimes the only clue for police investigation. | | D．it is more reliable than physical evidences to a crime. |
小题5: According to the text, we can infer that ________.| A．eyewitness testimony is valuable, though sometimes incorrect. | | B．police identification is more reliable than that of the ordinary people | | C．crime victims often fail to give positive identification of the suspects | | D．the jury relies on the judge than the eyewitness for a decision |
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When Mike told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which had just broken. There were pieces of me all over the tidy floor. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, 31 it was for the best, I could do better, it was his 32 and not mine. I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still hurt; perhaps one cannot 33 such pain.
He left and I tried to 34 my life. I filled the kettle (水壶), put it on to boil, took out my old red cup and 35 the coffee powder falling into the bone china. Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning, I 36 not to hear it. That’s what Mike’s leaving had been like, sudden and with a(n) 37 end. I would rather just 38 in uncertainty than have things finished. I laughed at myself. Just about a cup of coffee, I must be getting 39 .
And yet it was a young woman who 40 back at me from the mirror, a young woman full of 41 and hope, a young woman with bright eyes just waiting to see the world. 42 , there are more important things. More important than 43 , I insist to myself firmly. The lid goes back on the coffee just like closing on the whole Mike experience.
He didn’t 44 my dreams as I feared that night. 45 , I am flying far across fields and woods, 46 on those below me. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. I realize with some 47 that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a 48 , but there is someone out there who is my soul mate. I think about being a broken 49 again and realize that I have gathered myself back together, what Mike has is 50 a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has merely, a little piece of me.
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| A. announced
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| A. wander
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| C. breaking away
| D. getting over
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阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节：（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
 When she flew into Athens on an unseasonably cold day in September, she quickly realized that she hadn’t brought enough warm clothes. Walking through the streets of the Greek capital, she happened to see a nice coat in a shop window and went in to ask about the price. The coat was too expensive, but as Christine was about to leave the shop, the woman asked her where she was from. When Christine answered Australia, the woman agreed to reduce the price because she knew a nice girl from Australia called Elena. Christine then noticed a photo of a young man standing next to a motorbike. Her eyes opened wide with astonishment. It was Nicos! Indeed the young man was Nicos, and the woman in the shop was Maria. She had come to Athens from Santorini to look after the shop for a friend.
Sadly, the story has a tragic ending. Nicos had been killed in a motorcycle accident.
“I wanted to tell Elena,” said Maria. “But I didn’t know how. Now that I have met you, I know that it’s time to tell her.”
小题1:Elena went to Greece in order to visit .| A．her parents | B．Christine | C．Nicos. | D．her grandparents |
小题2:Why did Nicos stop writing to Elena?| A．He had moved away. | | B．His mother forbade him to do so. | | C．He h ad died in an accident. | | D．They had lost touch with each other. |
小题3:What can be inferred from the fact that Christine and Maria had a talk in the shop?| A．They two had planned the talk before. | B．They met each other accidentally. | | C．They were business partners. | D．They recognized each other. |
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