I．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at something and focus on even the smallest fault. It’s like looking at the tiled (铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is 1 .

Once I heard a bald man said, “Whenever I enter a room, all I see is hair.” Once you’ve 2 what your missing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will 3 make you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different 4 , or forget about it and 5 the tiles in your life that are not missing.

We all know people who have had a relatively 6 life, yet are essentially unhappy, while people who have suffered a great deal generally remain happy.

The first 7 is gratitude. All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to 8 , but it’s truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

The second secret is awareness. We should 9 that happiness is a byproduct (副产品) of something else. The most obvious 10 are those pursuits ( 追求) that give our lives purpose---anything from studying insects to playing baseball. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are 11 to experience.

Finally, the belief that something permanent goes beyond us and that our 12 has some larger meaning can help us to feel happier. We need a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life. Whatever your philosophy is, it should 13 this truth: if you choose to find the 14 in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As for happiness itself, this 15 depends on your decision to make.

1. A. different B. short C. missing D. broken

A. imagined B. predicted C. assumed D. determined

A. really B. naturally C. hopefully D. completely

A. ceiling B. brick C. tile D. house

A. go on B. focus on C. put on D. rely on

A. easy B. difficult C. ordinary D. peaceful

A. factor B. secret C. rule D. key

A. upset B. quarrel C. depress D. complain

A. realize B. decide C. prove D. suppose

A. answers B. results C. sources D. goals

A. curious B. satisfied C. tentative D. likely

A. value B. existence C. survival D. destination

A. include B. tell C. absorb D. mean

A. worst B. positive C. disgusting D. negative

A. absolutely B. totally C. largely D. exactly

第二节 语法填空(共l0小题；每小题l.5分，满分l5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，井将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。

After graduation from college, I started to sell. Soon I discovered that the worried expression I 16 (wear)since childhood meant sure failure. I knew it wasn't going to be easy to change that expression on my face left by so many years of 17 （hard）.It called for a complete change in my view on life. Here is the method I tried.

Each morning during a fifteen-minute bath, I determined to cultivate a big, happy smile. I found out, however, that it couldn't be a 18 (force) smile developed just for the purpose of putting dollars in my pocket. It had to be 19 honest-to-goodness smile from down deep inside， an outward expression of happiness from within!

Let's see 20 starting off with a good fifteen-minute training of the smile muscles helped me during the day. 21 entering an office I would think of many things I had to be thankful for, work up a big smile and then enter. Seldom did it fail 22 (get) the same smile 23 return from the person I met. I also found that it pleased people when I passed them on the street to give them a cheerful smile.

Give every living soul you meet the best smile you have ever smiled in your life, 24 see how much better you feel and look. It's one of the best ways I know to stop worrying, and start living. When I began doing this, I found 25 more welcome everywhere.

II 阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A, B, C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Dear Michelle,

Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.

He consumes every waking minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.

His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.

I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!

A worried mother

Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl,

Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye Birdie"?

Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills. Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, nor should it be.

Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experience, there would be little of it.

Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with intelligence and you have given her good values.

When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visits the ones that are specifically designed for students at the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influence.

It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, there might be some adolescent wisdom in her behavior after all.

Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.

Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.

Michelle

26. From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter .

A. is being fooled by the boy B. has fallen behind in her studies

C. doesn't talk much with her mother D. has chosen which college to attend

27. According to Michelle, 17-year-old teenagers .

A. are too young to manage their life B. are old enough to live their own life

C. should have management before experience D. have reached the age of an adult

28. The underlined word "puppy-love" refer to .

A. false love B. foolish love C. pure love D. adolescent love

29. Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally .

A. come up with the right decision B. follow her boyfriend's advice

C. worry her parents for unconscious reasons D. influence her boyfriend's behavior

30. The best title for the passage would be .

A. College of kids' own choice B. How can I help my girl?

C. How to manage teenagers' life? D. A 17-year-old girl and her mother

B

It's really true what people say about English politeness: it's everywhere. When squeezing past someone in a narrow passage, people say "sorry". When getting off a bus, English passengers say "thank you" rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others is sometimes unavoidable, and the bus driver is only doing his job. I used to think the same way, without questioning it, until I started traveling to the British Isles, and here are some more polite ways of interacting (交往) with people in UK.

People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time. When people buy something in a shop, customers and retail assistants in most cases thank each other twice or more. In Germany, it would be exceptional to hear more than one thank you in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, as opposite to Germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough.

31. What is the author's attitude towards English politeness?

A. He thinks it is artificial. B. He thinks little of it.

C. He appreciates it very much. D. He thinks it goes too far.

32. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The author think it's unnecessary to say "thank you" to the bus driver.

B. In Germany, employers often say "thank you" to employees for their job.

C. German men never treat a woman to dinner.

D. Germans think it is unnecessary to thank workers because payment is enough.

33. We can learn from the last paragraph that Scottish men _______.

A. are more likely to be involved in a fighting B. are as generous as English men

C. treat women in a polite way D. are unwilling to spend money for women

34. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. English drivers often say "thank you" to passengers when they get off the bus.

B. In Germany, passengers sometimes say "thank you" to bus drivers.

C. English people try to avoid criticizing others in the daily life.

D. Germans are more considerate and polite than Englishmen.

35. The author develops the text through the method of

A. making comparisons B. telling stories

C. giving comments D. giving reasons/examples

C

Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children．In spite of the hopeless condition, two of the children, Albrecht Durer and Albert, had a dream．They both wanted to pursue their talent for art．After many long discussions, the two boys finally worked out an agreement．They would toss a coin．The