My mother passed away when I was ten, and as I looked 40 ______I could see how much of a family man my dad was. He went to work every morning and 41______ to his family every evening. He 42______ food, clothing, warmth ，and protection. He was a faithful father.
Setting the baby down ,I dialed the 43 ______ number. I had just realized the 44 ______ of the ordinary—the daily life going on around us that we often took for granted, and that it needed to be 45______
“Hi ，Dad. ” I said, 46______ back tears.
“Hey, Bud- How are you? ” 47______ was in his voice.:
“ Fine, Fm just calling to say. ,, thank you. ” I got it out before my throat 48______ too much for me to speak. \
— For getting up and going to work every morning of ray life. Now that I have my' own 49______ and I see my husband doing the same ，I just wanted to thank you for being 50______ ”
There was 51______ for a moment as my dad composed himself ，and with a small . .52______ in his voice he said, “You’re welcome, Bud. ”
I don’t remember much of the rest of the call, 53______ that moment of revelation (显露） about my father, I will never forget. There are those who are known for their heroic 54 ______，and also
those who are known for their fortunes and fame ，but it is the 55 ______everyday fathers who are the true heroes. I’m thankful that my father was one of them. 36.A, use
B. line
C order D. fashion
C. imagining
D. praying
37.A. thinking B. dreaming
38. A. conversations 39. A. baby 40. A. out 41. A. moved 42. A. provided
B. struggles B. husband B away B. returned B. collected
C. incidents C. mother C. back C. escaped C. sought
D. memories D. father D. around D. walked D. bought
43. A. popular 44. A. difference 45. A. recognized 46. A. sending 47. A. Sympathy 48. A. cleared 49. A. child 50. A. inspiring 51. A. peace 52. A. tremble 53. A. and 54. A. ideas 55. A. outstanding
B ? relative B. significance B. arranged B. pushing B。Stress B. hurt B. duty B. faithful B. calm B. hesitation B. but B. deeds B. patient
C. regular C. balance C. reduced C. holding C. Doubt C ached C. plan C. considerate
C. silence C. passion C. or C. remarks C. ordinary
D. familiar D. absence D. achieved D. putting D. Concern D. tightened
D. career D. admirable
D. rest D. sigh D. nor D. words D. honest
第三部分：阅读理解（共两节5 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
One day, I received a call from a colleague. He was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physical problem ，while the student claimed a perfect score. I was elected as their arbiter( 仲裁人).I read the examination problem： “Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer(气压
计).” The student had answered： “Take the barometer to the top of the building，attach a long rope to it，lower it to the street，and then bring it up, measuring the length of the rope. The length of it is the height of the building. ”
The student had really answered the question completely ，but the answer didn’t confirm his competence in physics. I suggested the student try again. I gave him six minutes to answer the question, warning that the answer should show some knowledge of physics. Five minutes later, he said he had many answers and clashed off one, which read： “Take the barometer to the top of the building and lean over the edge of the roof. Drop the barometer, timing its fall with a stopwatch. Then, use the physical formula (公式）to calculate the height of the building. ”
At this point, my colleague had to accept it, and then the student made almost full marks. I couldn’t help asking the student what the other answers were. He listed many others ，and then added5 “Probably the best is to take the barometer to the. administrator and said to him，' Sir, here is a fine barometer. If you tell me the height of the building, I will give it to you.，”
Then, I asked the student if he really did not know the conventional answer to this question. He admitted that he did ，but said that he was fed up with high school and college instructors trying to teach him how to think.
The name of the student was Bohr who later was famous all over ,the world. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922.
56.The student got a zero at the beginning because_______. A. the teacher wasn’t satisfied with him B. his answer wasn't complete or correct
C. the teacher cliclnt fully understand his answer D. his answer didn’t show his knowledge of physics 57.We know from the passage that______ A. the student knew the expected answer B. the administrator told Bohr the height C. the author preferred Bohr s last answer D. the teacher was a very stubborn person 58.We can learn from the passage that______. A. instructors can teach students how to think
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B.arbiters can help students to get high scores C. students should be given more freedom in thinking D. teachers should make students use physical formulas 59. What was Bohr’s attitude toward his schooling? A. Optimistic.
B. Critical.
C. Approving.
D. Ambiguous.
B
Your Car Is Ready for Take-off
The flying car has been talked about for many years，but now it appears that the idea is about to become a reality.
An international company has built a two-seater plane that, at the touch of a button ，transforms into a car perfectly suitable for driving on public roads. It has been designed so that the wings fold up automatically； and it takes just 15 seconds to switch between flying and driving. With its wings fully open and the propeller(螺旋桨）spinning, it can take off from any airfield.
Flying cars are quicker than traditional ones for travelling from city to city，and they can run on ordinary fuel. Another big advantage is that they are cool ，like something you would see in an action film. At the moment 9 however, the flying car’s wheels are illegal to leave the ground. That is not because of technical reasons or problems with the design. It is because the various road and aircraft authorities simply cannot agree on whether it is a car or a plane.
“The government and the authorities have never thought seriously about a flying car, says Alan Price ，the president of the company that has developed it. “I wanted a car that could fly and drive ，but it is difficult to find an organization prepared to insure the vehicle against accidents.
Nevertheless ? the company hopes to produce and deliver its first flying car soon. The company already has orders for 40 of them. The majority the potential customers are older and some are retired。There have even been orders from some people who have no pilot's license.
The flying car will cost around $ 200.000. “For an airplane ， thats a very reasonable price， but for a car, It's quite expensive，” explains Alan. “But it just is not possible to make a $ 10，000 flying car yet. ”
This latest means of transport will not become a mass-market item in the near future，
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