as a writer. I was sure he would be able to 41 my poem.
At almost 7 o’clock my father burst in. He seemed upset. He circled the dining-room table, complaining about his employees.
Suddenly he paused and 42 his plate. “What is this?” He was reaching for my poem.
“Ben, Buddy has written his first poem!” my mother began. “And it’s beautiful, absolutely amaz?”
“If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide for myself.” Father said. I 43 my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of 44 .“I think it’s terrible,” he said. I couldn’t look up. My eyes were getting 45 .“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs encouragement.”
“I don’t know why.” My father held his 46 . “Isn’t there enough awful poetry in the world already?”
I couldn’t 47 it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I 48 myself on the bed and cried the worst of the 49 out of me. That may have been the end of the story, but not of its 50 for me. I realized how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, “I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who drove me to hear with “I think it’s 51 .”
Every one of us needs that mother force, from which all 52 flows; and yet the mother force alone is incomplete. It needs the balance of the force that 53 , “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”
Those 54 voices of my childhood ring in my ears through the years, like two opposing winds blowing me. Between the two poles of 55 and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true course．
36．A. typically 37．A. something 38．A. demonstrate 39．A. waiting 40．A. gradually 41．A. appreciate 42．A. stared at 43．A. shook 44．A. decision 45．A. dark 46．A. tongue 47．A. tolerate
B. proudly B. describe B. praying B. confidently B. revise B. glanced at B. lowered B. excitement B. wide B. position B. contain
C. anxiously C. recite C. preparing C. desperately C. read C. glared at C. raised C. meditation C. wet C. interest C. control
D. honestly D. nothing D. illustrate D. planning D. casually D. polish D. looked at D. turned D. devotion D. bright D. ground D. approve
B. obviously C. definitely
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48．A. placed 49．A. confusion 50．A. challenge significance 51．A. elegant controversial 52．A. failure improvement 53．A. cautions 54．A. inspiring conflicting
B. threw B. pressure B. development B. awful B. limit B. misleads B. warning
C. spread D. kept C. disappointment D. tiredness C. difficulty
D.
C. brilliant D. C. creation C. orders
D.
D. foresees
C. discouraging D. C. distrust D. disapproval
55．A. confirmation B. restriction
第三部分：阅读题解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的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】
STUDY CENTER COURSES From Paragraph to essay Of particular relevance to students who wish to improve their organizational skills and who feel that their final product is never clear enough. Thursday 10:00—12:00 Kiran Singh 第 6 页 共 16 页
Source Material How do you gather information for a project or paper? A practical course which looks at sources of information and how to use cataloguing systems. Monday 10:00—11:00 Kiran Singh Express Yourself An advanced course suitable for students who are about to step into organizations where they may have to voice their opinions often. Monday 12:00—2:00 Dave Parrin Media Use Open to all students ,this course focuses on the many ways we can benefit from the radio and television. Group projects form part of course. Tuesday 9:00—11:00 Steve Ansell The Short Story A research into the world of popular writers. One story is selected for adaptation into a short play and group performance. Pre-arranged groups welcome. Thursday 11:00—1:30 Mrs Owen Caught for Speeding Open to all students. Simple eye exercises to help you with speed reading. How to be selective on the page. Using headings, topic sentences and paragraphs for easy access. Wednesday 11:00—1:00 Mrs Owen Tense about Tenses For those who worry about their use of words—a look at tenses and other aspects of the language through poetry and song. Good voice helps but not a must. Saturday 10:00—12:00 Steve Ansell 56．If a student takes the course The Short Story, he can’t take .
A. From Paragraph to Essay C. Source Material A. From Paragraph to Essay C. Caught for Speeding
B. Tense about Tenses D. Media Use B. The Short Story
D.
Express
57．Which of the courses can develop the students’ team work?
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Yourself
【B】
Last week, we explained that the planet Mars has passed “opposition. ”It passed a point opposite the Sun. This week, we tell about the planet’s surprising motion(运动)among the stars.
For thousands of years, people have recognized that planets travel among the stars. The planets generally follow the path taken by the Sun through the sky. The Sun’s path is called the ecliptic. The groups of stars along the ecliptic are called the Zodiac.
The motion of the planets can be confusing at times. Everyone knows the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west. But this is caused by the turning motion of the Earth. Planets generally move from west to east.
However, Mars will appear to move backward for about two months this year. This happens because the Earth is overtaking Mars on its way around the Sun. Mars began its backward, or westward, motion on May 11th, It will start moving eastward again on July 19th.
Mars’ apparent motion has been a mystery to astronomers for hundreds of years. Most early theories of the solar system argued that the Sun and planets turned around the Earth. But the sudden westward motion of Mars presented a problem. Why would Mars move west for two months when it nears “opposition”?
In 1543, a Polish church worker named Nicolas Copernicus published a different theory. His theory said the Earth and planets moved around the Sun in perfectly circular orbits. Copernicus’ theory was simpler. But his Sun – centered system still did not explain the observed motion of Mars very well.
Finally, a German mathematician named Johannes Kepler published a complete theory of the motion of the planets in 1619. He had carefully studied the motion of Mars for many years.
Johannes Kepler discovered that the planets do not move in circular orbits around the sun. Instead, they travel in flattened orbits called ellipses. Mars’ elliptical orbit is the cause of its unusual brightening this year and its apparent large size.
During the next several weeks, you can see for yourself why the mysterious motion of Mars has caused so many people to wonder. 58. From the passage we can learn that .
A. the sun and planets generally travel westward B. Kepler studied the orbit of the planets in 1619 C. Copernicus’ theory well explained the motion of Mars
D. the Earth’s turning motion causes the sun to rise in the east A. It is overtaking the earth.
B. It follows the path of the sun.
59. Why does Mars appear to be bigger and brighter when it passes “opposition”?
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