Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not young, have patience and try to understand me.If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have 41 .Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
If, when I 42 to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times, do not interrupt me, listen to me.When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story 43 you get to sleep.
When I do not want to have a shower, 44 shame me nor scold me.Remember when I had to chase(追逐) you 45 thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bathe.
When you see my ignorance on new technologies, give me the necessary time 46 do not look at me with your mocking (嘲讽的) smile.I taught you how to do so many things: to eat well, to dress well, to confront(勇敢面对) life.
When at some moment I 47 the memory or the thread of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember.And if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not the 48 , but surely to be with you and to 49 you listening to me.
If 50 , I do not want to eat, do not __51__ me.I know well when I need to and when not.
When my tired 52 do not allow me to walk, give me your hand---the same way 53 I did when you gave your 54 steps.
And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more, that I want to die, do not get angry.Some day you 55 understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.Some day you will discover that, 56 my mistakes, I always wanted the best thing for you and 57 I tried to prepare the way for you.
You must not feel sad or angry for seeing me 58 you.You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I 59 it when you started living.
Help me to walk; help me to 60 my way with love and patience.I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, son.
Your father
41.A.patience B.love C.care D.concern
42.A.tell B.speak C.say D.shout
43.A.when B.as C.after D.until
44.A.neither B.either C.both D.all
45.A.for B.as C.with D.on
46.A.and B.or C.but D.so
47.A.forget B.remove C.lose D.remind
48.A.company B.conversation C.health D.life
49.A.let B.have C.set D.make
50.A.never B.seldom C.hardly D.ever
51.A.force B.forgive C.beg D.allow
52.A.legs B.foot C.body D.shoes
53.A.which B.why C.that D.where
54.A.latest B.first C.quick D.slow
55.A.should B.must C.will D.need
56.A.although B.though C.as D.despite
57.A.that B.who C.what D.but
58.A.close B.near C.in front of D.besides
59.A.did B.helped C.walked D.understood
60.A.live B.end C.prepare D.walk
41-45 ABDAC 46-50 ACBBD 51-55 AACBC 56-60 DABAB
Inequality between men and women results in poorer health for children and greater poverty for the family, ___50___ a new study. The UN agency Unicef found that in places where women are excluded from family___51___, children are more___52___to suffer from malnutrition.(营养不良) There would be 13 million ___53___ malnourished children in South Asia if women had an ___54___ say in the family, Unicef said.
Unicef ___55___ family decision-making in 30 countries around the world. Their chief finding is that ___56___ between men and women is vital to___57___ poverty and improving health, especially that of children, in developing countries. The ___58___ are contained in the agency's latest report. This report___59___ to a greater lack of ___60___ for girls and women in education and work which contributes to inferior position and poverty. Where men control the household, less money is spent on health care and food for the family, which ___61___ poorer health for the children.
An increase in ___62___ and income-earning opportunities for women would increase their ___63___ power, the report said. For example, the agency found that ___64___ has the greater share of household income and property decides whether those resources will be used for family needs.
50. A. devoted to | B. according to | C. thanks to | D. with regard to |
51. A. decisions | B. agreement | C. circle | D. history |
52. A. vital | B. used | C. possible | D. likely |
53. A. more | B. few | C. fewer | D. least |
54. A. equal | B. right | C. superior | D. smart |
55. A. found | B. considered | C. released | D. surveyed |
56. A. relationship | B. equality | C. income | D. friendship |
57. A. growing | B. urban | C. local | D. reducing |
58. A. conclusions | B. reasons | C. keys | D. notes |
59. A. points | B. indicates | C. shows | D. suggests |
60. A. money | B. care | C. opportunities | D. help |
61. A. costs | B. makes | C. cares for | D. results in |
62. A. health | B. employment | C. wealth | D. movement |
63. A. female | B. strong | C. household | D. social |
64. A. whatever | B. whoever | C. whichever | D. however |
One day an out of work mime (哑剧演员) was visiting the zoo and attempted to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he started to draw a 50 , a zoo keeper grabbed him and dragged him into his office. The zoo keeper explained to the mime that the zoo’s most popular attraction, a gorilla, had died suddenly and the keeper feared that 51 at the zoo would fall off.
He offered the mime a job to 52 the gorilla until they could get another one. The mime53 .
So the next morning the mime put on the gorilla suit and entered the cage before the crowd came. He discovered that it was a 54 job. He could sleep if he wanted, play and 55 people and he drew bigger crowds than he ever had as a mime. 56 , eventually the crowds got tired of him and he got tired of just swinging on tails. He 57 to notice that the people were paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbed to the top of his cage, crawled across a partition (隔墙), and dangled (悬荡) from the top to the lion’s cage. Of course, this made the lion very angry, but the crowd 58 it.
At the end of the day the zoo keeper came and gave the mime a 59 for being such an attraction. Well, this went on for some time, the mime kept 60 the lion, the crowds grew larger, and his salary kept going up. Then one terrible day when he was dangling over the angry lion he slipped and fell. The mime was 61 .
The lion gathered itself and prepared to pounce (猛扑). The mime was so scared that he began to run round and round the cage with the lion close 62 . Finally, the mime started screaming and yelling, “Help me, help me!”, but the lion was quick and pounced. The mime soon found himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion said, “ 63 you fool! Do you want to get us both 64 ?”
50. A. ticket | B. profit | C. crowd | D. lesson |
51. A. reputation | B. cost | C. confidence | D. attendance |
52. A. take care of | B. dress up as | C. make up for | D. keep up with |
53. A. declined | B. hesitated | C. accepted | D. doubted |
54. A. great | B. demanding | C. meaningless | D. busy |
55. A. make fun of | B. communicate with | C. cooperate with | D. take advantage of |
56. A. Surprisingly | B. However | C. Therefore | D. Additionally |
57. A. failed | B. refused | C. managed | D. began |
58. A. loved | B. feared | C. forgot | D. excused |
59. A. warning | B. direction | C. raise | D. punishment |
60. A. fighting | B. insulting | C. boring | D. frightening |
61. A. caught | B. attacked | C. terrified | D. offended |
62. A. behind | B. ahead | C. beyond | D. aside |
63. A. Hurry up | B. Get up | C. Wake up | D. Shut up |
64. A. helped | B. killed | C. favored | D. fired |
Cash is no longer king as far as most Australians and South Koreans are concerned as more than eight in ten pay less often in cash today than they did five years ago, according to a survey released on Monday. 50 , 69 percent of Americans surveyed use less cash than five years ago, 51 in Asia the figures were generally 52 , with
Shuan Ghaidan, MasterCard’s Asia Pacific head of product sales and delivery, said one 53 for the 54 use of cash in Australia was the growing 55 of debit cards (借记卡), while in South Korea contactless payment on mobile phones had been popular. Credit cards 56 be used for higher value transactions, he said. Besides young people, for whom 57 cards are usually their first card, he said the debit card is also 58 by some older people “who don’t want credit any more, don’t want to 59 debt any more.”
The global 60 has been rocked in the past year by a credit crisis 61 US mortgage loan defaults (次级房贷问题).
The 62 noted that nearly nine in ten Australians and New Zealanders said they
63 carrying large amounts of cash, compared with six in ten Singaporeans or 80 percent of Americans.
MasterCard said it 64 7,000 interviews across 12 countries, including
50. A. On the contrary | B. In comparison | C. In addition | D. By turn |
51. A. as | B. yet | C. while | D. when |
52. A. higher | B. lower | C. shocking | D. notable |
53. A. reason | B. cause | C. result | D. case |
54. A. declining | B. sensible | C. full | D. good |
55. A. development | B. involvement | C. recycling | D. popularity |
56. A. designed to | B. used to | C. were used to | D. tended to |
57. A. post | B. ID | C. debit | D. credit |
58. A. agreed | B. proved | C. honored | D. preferred |
59. A. fall into | B. take into | C. break into | D. put into |
60. A. economy | B. weather | C. population | D. environment |
61. A. leading to | B. resulting from | C. bringing about | D. resulting in |
62. A. experiment | B. survey | C. examination | D. competition |
63. A. disliked | B. preferred | C. favored | D. enjoyed |
64. A. invented | B. published | C. conducted | D. carried |
At the age of 2, Tai Lihua lost her hearing after a fever. She did not realize she was 50 from other children until she was 7 when she was sent to a 51 school for the deaf and mute.
To a little girl who once 52 a beautiful voice, this 53 was almost fatal. She was driven into a deep depression and spent all her time alone. But a music class at the special school totally changed her life.
“Our teacher 54 a drum on the floor and I could feel rhythmic vibration (震动) passing under my feet over the floor,” Tai said when remembering her childhood.
She was totally fascinated by the vibration and bent 55 the floor to press her face and hands and even her 56 body to the floor to feel the vibration and rhythm. Dance and rhythm have become her lifelong friends since then. In the following years, whenever she saw dance performances on TV, Tai would like to press her face 57 to the loudspeaker to feel the rhythms of different beats.
When she was 15, she was 58 by the China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe (剧团), an unofficial troupe for special art founded in 1987. She was chosen as a dancer and began to receive 59 dance training. Tai made dance her form of expression through 60 and hard work.
“The only way for me to learn dancing is to remember, repeat, and remember again, 61 I can feel that a band is alongside me and can play music for me at any time,” said Tai. In her eyes, dance is visible and colorful music and a beautiful language to express her inner world.
The persistence and hard work 62 . She became one of the best dancers of the troupe. Along with other members, she has visited over 50 countries and performed in all the world’s leading theaters, 63 New York’s Carnegie Hall and
50. | A. unusual | B. different | C. uncommon | D. unique |
51. | A. special | B. primary | C. peculiar | D. music |
52. | A. produced | B. occupied | C. owned | D. formed |
53. | A. ambition | B. realization | C. recognition | D. intention |
54. | A. hit | B. knocked | C. struck | D. beat |
55. | A. toward | B. above | C. on | D. over |
56. | A. entire | B. all | C. whole | D. total |
57. | A. roughly | B. toughly | C. closely | D. nearly |
58. | A. selected | B. elected | C. invited | D. touched |
59. | A. national | B. traditional | C. educational | D. professional |
60. | A. strong will | B. born gift | C. unfortunate fate | D. colorful music |
61. | A. while | B. until | C. as soon as | D. as long as |
62. | A. turn off | B. put off | C. took off | D. paid off |
63. | A. included | B. containing | C. just like | D. such as |
64. | A. posted | B. published | C. performed | D. staged |
On the morning of January 1 two European cities woke up as European Capital of Culture for 2009. The residents of Linz, the third largest city of Austria, and Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania(立陶宛), were given the __50__ by the European Union. The title offers the two cities the chance to improve their fortunes by showing the rest of Europe how exciting they are __51__.
The cities of Linz and
No Austrian city has changed as __56__ as
Vilnius, like
To mark winning the European Capital of Culture title, the Lithuanian city held an enormous 2009 New Year’s Eve __64__. It included a light show said to have been “visible from outer space”, an achievement
50. A. honor | B. title | C. winner | D. name |
51. A. commonly | B. capably | C. culturally | D. commercially |
52. A. potential | B. likely | C. probable | D. possible |
53. A. while | B. since | C. though | D. if |
54. A. natural | B. arts | C. historic | D. agricultural |
55. A. describe | B. define | C. deserve | D. determine |
56. A. incredibly | B. differently | C. dramatically | D. impressively |
57. A. independent | B. inevitable | C. interesting | D. industrial |
58. A. lively | B. lovely | C. living | D. alive |
59. A. focus | B. highlight | C. represent | D. find |
60. A. suffered | B. enjoyed | C. seen | D. changed |
61. A. Presently | B. Primarily | C. Properly | D. Previously |
62. A. With | B. Beyond | C. Despite | D. Within |
63. A. keeps | B. remains | C. continues | D. lies |
64. A. celebration | B. decoration | C. demonstration | D. position |