A. No problem B. With pleasure C. Forget it D. My pleasure
第二节 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Old friends
They finish your sentences, they remember the cat that ran away when you were
twelve, and they tell you the truth when you’ve had a bad haircut. But mostly, they are always there for you — whether it’s in person or 36 late night phone calls — in good times and 37 . But as the years pass, it becomes increasingly 38 to see each other, to make new memories. 39 , my high school friends and I promised long ago not to let this happen. We promised to have reunions.
A few months ago, we met up for a two-day 40 in the American Southwest. We grew up together in Maine and have said for years that we should have a(n) 41 event, yet it’s often put off or 42 due to schedule conflicts. Not this year.
The weekend 43 long talks by the pool, wonderful meals, and a hike that brought the entire group to 44 . Not tears of sadness or anger, but an outpouring of emotion over the complete wonderment that we can be this close — twelve years after graduation — with such physical 45 between us. It’s heartbreaking that we can’t spend our days together in the same neighborhood, walking the same streets, reading the same newspaper at the same coffee shop. But that’s 46 . Grown-up life.
Most 47 is the group’s adaptability to one another. The time we spend 48 is non-existent. No need to get reacquainted (重新熟悉), we jump back in the saddle (车座) and it’s as comfortable as ever. Old friends — friends with an ever-present 49 of support and sisterhood, friends that know each other innately (天生地) — are hard to come by and yet we remain as 50 today as we were, years ago, giggling (咯咯地笑) in the back row of Mr. McKechnie’s 9th grade math class.
Life today, 51 , is no math class. Our world is full of 52 , full of fear.
Yet it 53 me — now, more than ever — how important it is that we stay 54 .
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We may have questions about our future, but we have true faith in our past, and though this 55 of friends has come to a close, we are already drawing up plans for the next one. 36. A. at 37. A. bad 38. A. smooth 39. A. Fortunately
B. through B. convenient B. unpopular B. Obviously
C. in C. happy C. difficult C. Importantly
D. above D. lucky D. easy D.
Accidentally
40. A . party 41. A. unusual 42. A. damaged 43. A. consisted of 44. A. happiness 45. A. distance 46. A. truth 47. A. amazing 48. A. together
B. meeting B. annual B. destroyed B. made up B. excitement B. difference B. theory
C. weekend C. excited C. cancelled C. aimed at C. sadness C. contact C. life
D. weekday D. important D. changed D. resulted in D. tears D. condition D. fact D. confusing D. apart D. duty D. regretful D. somehow D. hopes D. warns D. in touch D. party
B. disappointing C. embarrassing B. away
C. off C. idea C. relaxed C. besides C. confidence C. persuades C. in person
49. A. imagination B. sense 50. A. close 51. A. however 52. A. doubt 53. A. informs 54. A. in charge 55. A. contact
B. interested B. therefore B. chances B. reminds B. in brief
B. conversation C. reunion
第三部分：阅读理解（共15题，每题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
TEACH DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN QUITO IN ECUADOR
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Teach in nice and beautiful Ecuador（厄瓜多尔）! The government school we work with has about 200 pupils aged from 5 to 14 years old. The children come from many different economic backgrounds and family situations. Some of the children are supported by the upper-class employers of their parents; others cannot attend school every day as they sell something in the streets for parts of the week.
This school really needs volunteers and you’ll be greatly appreciated. You’ll work with disadvantaged children who will benefit greatly from your help! You will be able to teach English and many other subjects—IT, sports, music, art, drama, anything you have a good knowledge in! Please let us know if you have a special interest and we will do our best to tailor-make (定制) your project! SUMMARY FACTFILE
Price: From ￡775, excluding flights
Duration: From 2 weeks to 6 months subject to visa requirements Start Dates: All year round—you choose your start and finish dates
Requirements: At least aged 17, no qualifications necessary, but you’ll have to be enthusiastic. You’ll need to know a little Spanish to do this project, but if you have no knowledge of Spanish at all, you can combine your project with 1-week intensive (强化的) Spanish course in Quito before starting your project. WAHT YOU’LL GAIN FROM DOING THIS PROJECT:
? An exciting, never-to-be-forgotten adventure in the fascinating culture of Ecuador ? The great satisfaction of helping disadvantaged children and adults and knowing that you made a difference to them
? New skills, more confidence, a greater understanding of a different culture, invaluable personal and professional development
? An entry on your CV that makes you stand head and shoulders above others in the
job market
? And best of all...an unforgettable experience!
56. A member to be admitted into the project should ________. A. know English and Spanish well B. have college certificates
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C. be over 17 with enthusiasm D. afford a holiday of one year
57. This passage is written with the purpose of ________. A. providing information on the job market
B. telling the readers where to camp C. calling in some voluntary teachers
D. introducing how to join a tailor-made profession
B
A U.S. dad quit his job, giving up a massive salary, after his 10-year-old daughter gave him a 22-point list outlining all the events he missed so far during the year. As the CEO of the $2 trillion global investment fund PIMCO, Mohamed El-Erian shocked the finance industry when he quit in January.
El-Erian said it was about a year ago when he was repeatedly asking his daughter to brush her teeth, but she wasn’t listening. When he asked her why, she responded with a list of 22 milestones he had missed: like the first day of school and the first soccer game of the season.
“And the school year wasn’t yet over,” El-Erian wrote. “I felt awful and got defensive: I had a good excuse for each missed event! Travel, important meetings, and urgent phone call, sudden to-dos. But it dawned on me that I was missing an infinitely more important point. My work-life balance had gotten out of whack, and the imbalance was hurting my very special relationship with my daughter. I was not making enough time for her.” El-Erian explained he was struggling with the same thing so many parents do—work-life balance.
Dads who are quitting their profit-making jobs to improve work-life balance is a subject that is getting more traction as some high-profile executive have recently written about their experiences.
Last month, former MongoDB CEO Max Schireson wrote a blog post for Time about his decision to step down from the company’s top job. He wrote that he struggled to make time for his three children because he was flying around half a million
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