I was sitting in the surgical waiting area at the hospital waiting for word of my wife's operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends, who were ___36___ waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing.
There was a young boy sitting quietly in the ___37___ . He held a small box of ___38___ in one hand and a tablet(寫字板) in the other. Every so often he'd place the tablet on his lap and draw something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost ___39___ . And there was a strange silence.
"Daddy, when is Mommy going home?" the young boy asked, breaking the ___40___.
"Tomorrow." his father replied. The boy picked up his crayons and ___41___ something on the tablet.
I ___42___ him as he moved his feet back and forth, looking up at the ceiling and then toward the sunshine-filled window. "When's ___43___, Daddy?" he asked. His father ___44___ him over to sit by him. "Come, ___45___ here next to me," he said with a gentle tone in his voice.
___46___ his things, the little boy walked slowly to his father's side from the corner.The man ___47___ out and held his son by his shoulder.
"There are three days in life. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. One is over and done, one we live in, the other we ___48___ . We can't live in yesterday, but if we are happy enough today, we will be even happier tomorrow," he said in an attempt to ___49___ the boy.
The little boy looked at him for a moment and said, "If Mommy is going home tomorrow, I'll be ___50___. So, I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy."
Now hanging on every word of this ___51___ , I leaned forward to hear his response. It was ___52___.
"Son, the one great thing about today is once it ___53___, it is already almost tomorrow."
I thought about how ___54___ it was. Even in my adult life, I still live waiting for what tomorrow may ___55___. Now I know that it is already "almost tomorrow".
小題1:
A．eagerlyB．patientlyC．happilyD．curiously
小題2:
A．chairB．cornerC．distanceD．shadow
小題3:
A．giftsB．toysC．chalksD．crayons
小題4:
A．darkB．fullC．emptyD．clean
小題5:
A．promiseB．ruleC．recordD．silence
小題6:
A．wroteB．drewC．printedD．carved
小題7:
A．followedB．foundC．watchedD．caught
小題8:
A．todayB．yesterdayC．futureD．tomorrow
小題9:
A．knockedB．orderedC．calledD．pulled
小題10:
A．standB．sitC．lieD．sleep
小題11:
A．gatheringB．forgettingC．savingD．choosing
小題12:
A．gotB．tookC．setD．reached
小題13:
A．spendB．wasteC．killD．expect
小題14:
A．frighten B．satisfyC．persuadeD．warn
小題15:
A．happierB．calmerC．smarterD．sadder
小題16:
A．storyB．a(chǎn)rgumentC．conversationD．discussion
小題17:
A．humorousB．sillyC．positiveD．perfect
小題18:
A．endsB．startsC．passesD．lasts
小題19:
A．meaningfulB．importantC．interestingD．fantastic
小題20:
A．happenB．comeC．bringD．need

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:D
小題6:B
小題7:C
小題8:D
小題9:C
小題10:B
小題11:A
小題12:D
小題13:D
小題14:B
小題15:A
小題16:C
小題17:D
小題18:B
小題19:A
小題20:C

試題分析：明天是什么？本文通過一位父親對(duì)兒子的問題做出了精彩的回答：明天就是我們期待的事物。
小題1:A 副詞辨析。A急切地B耐心地C快樂地D好奇地；人們都在急切地等待愛人的消息。
小題2:B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)47空前from the corner說明男孩站在角落里。
小題3:D 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)41空前的up his crayons說明他手里拿的是畫筆。
小題4:C 形容詞辨析。A黑色B充滿C空的D干凈的；等候室里幾乎沒有人都空了。
小題5:D 名詞辨析。A諾言B規(guī)則C記錄D安靜；男孩的話搭配了這安靜。
小題6:B 上下文串聯(lián)。前文提到他手里拿著畫筆，那么可以用畫筆來(lái)畫東西。
小題7:C 動(dòng)詞辨析。A跟隨B發(fā)現(xiàn)C注視D抓��；當(dāng)他前前后后地走動(dòng)的時(shí)候我注視著他。
小題8:D 上下文串聯(lián)。上文父親告訴他：媽媽明天會(huì)回來(lái)？小男孩就問：什么是明天？
小題9:C 短語(yǔ)辨析。Call sb over把某人叫過來(lái)。父親聽了這個(gè)問題吧兒子叫了過來(lái)。
小題10:B 動(dòng)詞辨析。A站立B坐C躺D睡；父親讓兒子坐在他旁邊。
小題11:A 動(dòng)詞辨析。A收集B忘記C節(jié)約D選擇；兒子收好自己的東西，坐了過來(lái)。
小題12:D 固定詞組。Reach out伸出手來(lái)。父親伸出手來(lái)抱住了自己的兒子。
小題13:D 動(dòng)詞辨析。A花費(fèi)B浪費(fèi)C殺死D期待；本句話是解釋明天的，明天就是我們期待的。
小題14:B 動(dòng)詞辨析。A使…害怕B使…滿意C說服D警告；父親希望自己的回答能讓兒子滿意。
小題15:A 形容詞辨析。A更開心B更鎮(zhèn)定C更聰明D更難過；如果媽媽明天回家，我會(huì)更開心。
小題16:C 上下文串聯(lián)。父子之間進(jìn)行的是一次對(duì)話，我從這詞對(duì)話里學(xué)到了很多。
小題17:D 形容詞辨析。A幽默的B愚蠢的C積極的D完美的；作者認(rèn)為父親的回答是完美的。
小題18:C 動(dòng)詞辨析。A結(jié)束B開始C通過D持續(xù)；關(guān)于今天的一個(gè)偉大的事情就是，一旦今天過去了，就變成了明天。
小題19:A 形容詞辨析。A有意義的B重要的C有趣的D精彩的；我認(rèn)為父親的回答很有意義。
小題20:C 動(dòng)詞辨析。A發(fā)生B來(lái)C帶來(lái)D需要；我還在等待明天會(huì)給我們帶來(lái)什么樣的事物。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文用父子之間的對(duì)話告訴我們明天是什么�？忌鷳�(yīng)充分利用段首句提供的信息，去挖掘文章的思路，尋找文章的脈絡(luò)與線索。要求考生具有扎實(shí)的英語(yǔ)詞組、短語(yǔ)、習(xí)慣用法等英語(yǔ)搭配的知識(shí)，這對(duì)于理解文章的邏輯關(guān)系特別有利。文章的邏輯關(guān)系不外乎列舉、原因、結(jié)果、讓步、對(duì)照、補(bǔ)充、目的、條件等關(guān)系。解題時(shí)應(yīng)聯(lián)系上下文尋找相關(guān)線索，如某一個(gè)詞的原詞、指代詞、同義詞、近義詞、上義詞、下義詞和概括詞等。但由于我們?cè)谧鲱}時(shí)不可能總是重復(fù)地閱讀文章，因此，在做完形填空時(shí)要培養(yǎng)一種捕捉并記憶相關(guān)信息的能力。
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My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in values（價(jià)值觀念） that helped me grow into an adult.
Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game, it was Steve who asked me what happened. When I explained that my baseball had soared through Mrs. Holt’s basement window, breaking the glass with a crash, Steve encouraged me to admit to her. Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs. Holt, I offered to pay for the window from my pocket money if she would return my ball.
I also learned from Steve that personal property（財(cái)產(chǎn)） is a sacred（神圣的） thing. After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else in spite of the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much I’d hate to lose to someone else the small dog my father made with a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, Mrs. David, and still remembered the smell of her perfume (香水) as she patted me on the shoulder.
Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most unforgetful in my mind. When I was twelve I killed an old brown sparrow(麻雀)in the yard with a BB gun. Excited, I screamed at Steve to come and take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and stared at the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes firm, “The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is when it hurts you first, and then you think a long, long time.” I really felt terrible then, but that moment stands out as the most important lesson my brother taught me.
小題1:What is the passage mainly about?
A．The relationship between Mark and Steve.
B．The important lessons Mark learned in school.
C．Steve’s important role in Mark’s growth stage.
D．Mark and Steve’s respect for living things.
小題2:When Mark admitted his mistakes to Mrs. Holt, he ____.
A．was surprised B．felt frightened
C．was light-heartedD．cried before her
小題3:From the third paragraph, we can know that Mark _____.
A．had a shiny silver pen B．respected his teacher
C．hated his father very much D．once owned a small wooden dog
小題4:To Mark, which is the most important lesson Steve taught him?
A．Respecting life.B．Being responsible for one’s behavior.
C．Being honest.D．Respecting others’ property

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The First Day at My Senior High School
Today is September1,2012.It is the first day of my senior high school.Everything in the school is new to me.
The school is very modern. The gate of the school is artistic(藝術(shù)的). When you go through the main gate,you can see a high stadium (體育場(chǎng))on the left side of the road, which has a 400-meter runaway and a soccer field with green grass. Buildings are tall and beautiful. The library is the most attractive building on the right side of the main road. There are many green trees and colorful flowers on both sides of the roads. The classrooms are amazing. They are big, clean and bright. In each classroom, there is a computer and a big screen,through which our teachers can show us tests,photos, and so on.
In my class, there are 60 students. We don’t know each other, but we are all friendly.Everyone has a smile on his/her face. When we meet, we always say “Hello”to each other.
Most of our teachers are young. Some students think young teachers cannot teach well, but I do not think so. In my opinion,young teachers are very energetic and easy to make friends with. What’s more, they may have a lot of new teaching methods.
I love my new school very much. I hope, in my new school, I can learn more from my teachers and make progress together with my classmates.
小題1:The writer’s new school is a very _________one.  
A．strangeB．modernC．a(chǎn)rtisticD．a(chǎn)mazing
小題2:according to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?　
A．Green trees and colorful flowers are planted on either side of the roads.
B．The library is on the right of the main road, while the stadium is on the left.　
C．The soccer field is outside of the school yard.
D．The classrooms are big, clean and bright.
小題3:The writer thinks differently from other students about _________in the school.
A．teaching methodsB．classesC．young teachersD．buildings
小題4:From the passage, we can know that _______.
A．The writer’s new school is the best school.
B．All students in this school like old teachers.　
C．Students say Hello to each other to introduce themselves.
D．The writer loves his new school at first sight.

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