第一節(jié)：完形填空（共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1～15各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中選取出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Nick sat in my classroom after school, five years ago, wanting help on a research paper that stood between him and graduation. An  1 student at the school, he felt much worried about his assignment.
Many  2 find themselves in the same position: A child feels lost with  3 and turns to you for help . Not wanting the child to   4  , some parents step in and take over. I could easily tell the  5  between a parent’s writing style and the sudent’s style on homework.
Parents often have purposes, but the result can be harmful. They’re cheating their kids out of the very   6   they want them to get Allowing children to master a skill 7 lifelong gains.
Some ways to help without hurting:
Be a model learner. If your child sees you _8_ papers, magazines or literature, he’ll be _9 motivated to learn.
Ask _10_ needs to be done, and look over completed assignments. This shows that you  __11 them to do the work and consider it important enough to review.
If you’re  _12 that he or she is falling behind , talk with the teacher about it  ___13 doing the work yourself.
Nick made it through fine. I didn’t write her paper. Nor did his mother, instead, we guided him together. At_ 14_ , we are very happy to see him collect his diploma. But _15__ was prouder than Nick. He knew what he had done.
1.A.average      B. excellent    C. open-minded    D. absent-minded
2.A.children     B. teachers     C. parents        D. researchers
3.A.school       B. homework     C. research       D. classroom
4.A.study        B. graduate     C. succeed        D. fail
5.A.difference   B. similarity   C. comparison     D. distance
6.A.homework     B. purpose      C. education      D. school
7.A.results in   B. comes from   C. makes up       D. takes over
8.A.writing      B. reading      C. collecting     D. making
9.A.not          B. more         C. no longer      D. much
10.A.who          B. what         C. why            D. how
11.A.teach        B. allow        C. expect         D. force
12.A.sure         B anxious       C. worried        D. happy
13.A.rather than  B. instead of   C. except for     D. as well as
14.A.classroom    B. home         C. graduation     D. presentation
15.A.everyone     B. someone      C. anyone         D. no one

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1—15各題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

The subject of what separates art and design has been debated for a long time. Artists and designers both create visual works using a/an   1   knowledge background, but their reasons for doing so are   2   different. Some designers consider themselves artists, but few artists consider themselves   3  .

So what exactly is the difference between art and design? Perhaps the most fundamental difference that we can all agree on is their   4  . Typically, the process of creating a work of art starts with nothing, a blank sheet of paper. A   5   of art is born from a view or value that the artist holds within himself or herself. They create the art to share that feeling with others, to   6 

the viewers to relate to it, learn from it or be   7   by it. The most renowned and successful art today is something that establishes the strongest   8   connection between the artist and their

  9  .

By contrast, when a designer sets out to   10   a new piece, they almost always have a

  11   starting point, whether a message, an image, an idea or an action. The designer’s job isn’t to invent something   12  , but to communicate something that already exists, for a purpose. That purpose is almost always to motivate the audience to do something: buy a product, use a

  13  , visit a location, or learn certain information. The most   14   designs are those that most effectively   15   their message and motivate their consumers to carry out a task.

A. unique            B. separate             C. shared                      D. accepted

A. entirely          B. occasionally       C. hardly                      D. unnecessarily

A. inventors B. designers           C. writers                            D. viewers

A. purpose         B. product             C. interest                     D. cost

A. love               B. type                  C. part                         D. work

A. stop               B. allow                C. require                            D. move

A. understood      B. fooled               C. inspired                    D. discouraged

A. political          B. social                C. physical                   D. emotional

A. supporters       B. audiences          C. buyers                      D. enemies

A. sell                B. imagine             C. create                       D. draw

A. fixed              B. good                 C. strange                     D. positive

A. surprising              B. special                     C. creative                    D. new

A. phone             B. service                     C. language                  D. name

A. important              B. creative             C. successful                 D. unusual

A. learn                     B. receive              C. confuse                    D. communicate

I was in a terrible mood. Two of my friends had gone to the movies the night before and hadn’t invited me. I was in my room thinking of ways to make them sorry when my father came in. “Want to go for a ride, today, Beck? It’s a beautiful day.”

“No! Leave me alone!” Those were the last words I said to him that morning.

    My friends called and invited me to go to the mall with them a few hours later. I forgot to be mad at them and when I came home to find a note on the table. My mother put it where I would be sure to see it. “Dad has had an accident. Please meet us at Highland Park Hospital”.

    When I reached the hospital, my mother came out and told me my father’s injuries were extensive. “Your father told the driver to leave him alone and just call 911, thank God! If he had moved Daddy, there’s no telling what might have happened. A broken rib（肋骨）might have pierced（穿透）a lung...”

My mother may have said more, but I didn’t hear. I didn’t hear anything except those terrible words: Leave me alone. My dad said them to save himself from being hurt more. How much had I hurt him when I hurled those words at him earlier in the day?

    It was several days later that he was finally able to have a conversation. I held his hand gently, afraid of hurting him.

    “Daddy… I am so sorry…”

“It’s okay, sweetheart. I’ll be okay. ”

    “No,” I said, “I mean about what I said to you that day. You know, that morning?”

    My father could no more tell a lie than he could fly. He looked at me and said. “Sweetheart, I don’t remember anything about that day, not before, during or after the accident. I remember kissing you goodnight the night before, though. ”He managed a weak smile.

    My English teacher once told me that words have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And we all have the power to choose our words. I intend to do that very carefully from now on.

The author was in bad mood that morning because _______.

    A. his father had a terrible accident

    B. he couldn’t drive to the mall with his friends

    C. his friends hadn’t invited him to the cinema

    D. his father didn’t allow him to go out with his friends

Why did the author say sorry to his father in the hospital?

    A. Because he didn’t go along with his father.

    B. Because he was rude to his father that morning.

    C. Because he failed to come earlier after the accident.

    D. Because he couldn’t look after his father in the hospital.

The reason why the author’s father said he forgot everything about that day is that _______.

    A. he had a poor memory B. he didn’t hear what his son said

    C. he just wanted to comfort his son    D. he lost his memory after the accident

What lesson did Beck learn from the matter?

    A. Don’t treat your parents badly.

    B. Don’t hurt others with rude words.

    C. Don’t move the injured in an accident.

    D. Don’t be angry with friends at small things.

Most glasses help people see better, but a new invention from Japan may soon improve language skills and       language barriers instead.

         High-tech Company NEC has       a device that it says will      users to communicate with people of different      .

         Shaped like a pair of eyeglasses      without the lenses(鏡片), the computer-assisted Tele Scouter would      a picture-forming device to present almost real-time translations directly onto the      retina（視網(wǎng)膜）. The text, provided      through voice recognition and      programs, would effectively provide movie-like “subtitles” (字幕)during a conversation between two people      the glasses.

         “You can keep the      flowing,” NEC market development official Takayuki Omino told reporters at Tokyo exposition      the device was on display. “This could also be used for talks     with secret information,” says Omino,       that there would be no need for translators.

         Each user’s      words would be      by microphone, translated, and be instantly      for conversation partners in      visual texts and as audio delivered through headphones.

         Users can still see their conversation partner’s face because the text is      onto only part of the retina—the first time such technology is used in a commercial product, according to NEC.

         The company plans to put the Tele Scouter in Japan in November next year,       at the beginning without the translation mode.

1.A. cut off                         B. cut up                          C. cut in                                  D. cut down

2.A. come across           B. come up with          C. come through                 D. come down

3.A. allow               B. promise                    C. force                                 D. leave

4.A. backgrounds                B. cultures                            C. languages                         D. customs

5.A. so                                   B. or                             C. but                                    D. while

6.A. admit                   B. adopt                           C. agree                                 D. adapt

7.A. designer’s           B. translator’s                      C. producer’s                       D. user’s  

8.A. instantly              B. strangely                          C. suddenly                          D. slowly

9.A. admission            B. translation                       C. preparation                     D. permission

10.A. bearing                       B. carrying                            C. wearing             D. taking

11.A. discussion                  B. argument                         C. conversation                   D. translation

12.A. where                         B. which                                C. why                                   D. how

13.A. connected                 B. satisfied                            C. joined                               D. covered

14.A. stating                   B. noticing                    C. realizing                           D. criticizing

15.A. spoken                  B. imagined                           C. written                             D. expected

16.A. made up           B. picked up                         C. turned up                        D. brought up

17.A. agreeable                  B. acceptable                       C. believable                        D. available

18.A. either                         B. neither                             C. none                                 D. both

19.A. placed                        B. got                                     C. passed                         D. knocked

20.A. therefore                   B. although                           C. however                     D. While