34. --The weather has been very hot and dry.

    --Yes. If it had rained even a drop, things would be much better now! And my vegetables   .

      A. wouldn't die                  B. didn't die

      C. hadn't died                   D. wouldn't have died

 35. First impressions are the most lasting. After all, you never get __ second chance to make __

first impression.

       A. a; the         B. the; the     C. a; a            D. the; a

第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题l.5分，共30分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。

       I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors. Almost instantly I loved her. She had an Unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking,   36   she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.

       Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my   37  . She wanted to know how I thought we should   38   things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew   39   about stage design! But I slowly began to respond to her   40  . It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to   41   them. She trusted me to complete things, so I completed them perfectly. She loved how   42   I was, so I began to show up to paint more and more. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.

       Mrs. Neidl's   43   that year was, "Try it. We can always paint over it   44  !"I began to take   45  . I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing--only things to be   46   upon. I learned to dip my brush into the paint and   47   create something.

       The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was   48   in the program

as "Student Art Assistant" because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that yea r that I   49   I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design.

       Being on that stage-design team   50   Mrs. Neidl changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more competent than I had thought, but I also   51   a strong interest and a world I hadn't known existed. She taught me not to   52   what people think I should do: She taught me to take chances and not be   53  . Mrs. Neidl was my comforter when I was upset. Her   54   in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined   55  .

36. A. and           B. yet            C. so             D. for

37. A. opinion       B. impression     C. information     D. intention

38. A. make         B. keep           C. handle         D. change

39. A. anything       B. something      C. everything      D. nothing

40. A. questions      B. comments      C. explanations    D. remarks

41. A. hold          B. follow         C. eva luate        D. form

42. A. happy         B. lively          C. reliable        D. punctual

43. A. message       B. motto          C. saying         D. suggestion

44. A. again         B. more          C. instead         D. later

45. A. steps          B. control         C. charge         D. risks

46. A. improved      B. acted          C. looked         D. reflected

47. A. easily         B. carefully       C. confidently     D. proudly

48. A. introduced     B. recognized     C. identified      D. considered

49. A. confirmed     B. decided        C. realized        D. acknowledged

50. A. with          B. below         C. of             D. by

51. A. developed     B. discovered     C. took           D. fostered

52. A. accept        B. care           C. judge          D. wonder

53. A. bored         B. lazy           C. sad            D. afraid

54. A. trust          B. patience       C. curiosity       Do interest

55. A. accessible     B. enjoyable      C. possible        D. favorable

第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，40分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，共30分)

    阅读下列短文，从每题所给的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。

A

Goldie's Secret

       She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way, not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. "We're moving house.'; "No space for her any more with the baby coming." "We never really wanted her, but what could we have done? She was a present." People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.

       I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given

her a more creative name. She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner's. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. Always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.

       That's why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually I couldn't hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.

       By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie. But when I saw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them. "We didn't know what had happened to her," said the woman at the door. "I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared." "She must have tried to come back to them and got lost," added a boy from behind her. '

       I must admit I do miss Goldie, but I've