C. promise me the moon D. fly off the handle
第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，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。
My parents passed away ten years ago and I miss them terribly. But I know they are with me every day in what they taught me and in the 41 they gave me. Every morning my father’s message to me was: “Remember that 42 you walk out of this door, you carry responsibility, the good name of this family, the hopes and dreams of your mom and dad. My mother often urged me to 43 the high standards she set for me.
When I was in high school, I played in a rock band with friends in my class. We were devoted and practiced constantly. We moved past the guys–in–a–garage stage and 44 to be pretty good, doing getting–paid gigs (演奏会) most weekends, which made me 45 . At that time, though part of me was 46 up in that band, another part of me was the oldest son in the Clark family, 47 of my origin and a dedicated student busy applying to colleges. Without even telling my parents, I applied to Harvard. I didn’t think I had much chance of getting in, 48 I wanted to try. So I was riding around being Mr Cool Rock Musician half of the time, and the other half I was focused on family and 49 goals. I was running on parallel 50 .
When the group won a city wide Battle of the Bands, things heated up. My band mates had stars in their eyes – we might be able to make it big. However, I began to feel 51 . I realized I was on quite different tracks: I 52 was becoming two people, 53 identities back and forth depending on who I was with. I had to make an option. As I considered my 54 , my parents’ words were right there, helping me to see that my dreams weren’t about signing a record deal, letting my hair grow, and living in a tour bus. So I 55 out. My bandmasters were 56 . They thought I was crazy to withdraw 57 the peak of real success. But however successful that band got, I knew it wasn’t in line with my 58 , with my feeling of what I was 59 to do, with who I was – it simply wasn’t me.
In that instant and in many others throughout my life, my parent’s advice has helped me recenter and 60 . I could remember who I was – the hopes and dreams
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I carried. 41. A. property 42. A. when 43. A. come up with 44. A. got 45. A. lost 46. A. wrapped 47. A. scared 48. A. if 49. A. economic 50. A. tracks 51. A. confident 52. A. exactly 53. A. switching 54. A. conditions 55. A. gave 56. A. disturbed 57. A. in 58. A. goals 59. A. meant 60. A. recall
第三部分阅读理解(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。
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Some say every day miracles are predestined (注定的)---- All that’s necessary is readiness, the right circumstance for the appointed meeting. And it can happen anywhere.
In 1999, 11-year-old Kevin Stephan was a bat boy for his younger brother's Little League team in Lancaster, New York. It was an early evening in late July. Kevin was standing on the grass away from the plate, where another youngster was warming up
B. advice B. before B. stand up to B. failed
C. guide C. while C. live up to C. hoped
D. aid D. since
D. keep pace with D. attempted D. thrilled D. offered D. ashamed D. yet D. literary D. directions D. uncomfortable D. fortunately D. seeking D. health D. dropped D. tolerant D. at
D. consideration D. aimed D. reunite
B. disappointed C. confused B. centred B. proud B. unless B. political B. ways B. optimistic B. actually B. acting B. choices B. looked B. cool B. to B. interests B. demanded B. refocus
C. spent C. guilty C. until C. academic C. processes C. cheerful C. eventually C. discovering C. competence C. called C. shocked C. by
C. personality C. forced C. rebuild
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for the next game. Swinging his bat back and forth, and giving it all the power an elementary school kid could give, the boy brought the bat back hard and hit Kevin in the chest. His heart stopped.
When Kevin fell to the ground, the mother of one of the players rushed out of the stands to his aid. Penny Brown hadn't planned to be there that day, but at the last minute, she had changed her shift (轮班) at the hospital, and she was given the night off. Penny bent over the senseless boy, his face already starting to turn blue, and giving CPR, breathing into his mouth and giving chest compressions (按压). And he came to life.
After his recovery, he became a volunteer junior firefighter, learning some of the emergency first-aid techniques that had saved his life. He studied hard in school and was saving money for college by working as a dishwasher in a local restaurant in his spare time.
Kevin, now 17, was working in the kitchen when he heard people screaming, customers in confusion, employees rushing toward a table. He hurried into the main room and saw a woman there, her face turning blue, her hands at her throat. She was choking .
Quickly Kevin stepped behind her, wrapped his arms around her and clasped his hands. Then, using skills he'd first learned in Scouts, the food that was trapped in the woman's throat was freed. The color began to return to her face.
“The food was stuck. I couldn't breathe,” she said. She thought she was dying. “I was very frightened.”
Who was the woman? Penny Brown.
61. Kevin Stephan fell to the ground and fainted probably because ________. A. he stood close to the boy who was swinging his bat B. he suffered from heart attack all of a sudden C. he was too excited when watching the game D. he swung the bat too hard to keep his balance
62. Which of the following statements is True of Kevin Stephan?
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A. He was hit on the face by a boy and almost lost his life.
B. He was a volunteer junior firefighter, teaching the players first-aid skills. C. He worked part-time in a local restaurant to save money for college. D. He saved Penny Brown though he didn’t really know how to deal with food choke 63. Why did Penny Brown change her shift and was given the night off that night?
A. She was there to give her son directions. B. She volunteered to give medical services. C. She was a little worried about her son’s safety. D. She came to watch her son’s game and cheered him .
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Today is National Bike-to-Work Day. And on New York City’s jammed streets, people are cycling on hundreds of miles of new bike lanes. But New York’s widespread efforts to make streets safer for bikes have also left some locals complaining about the loss of parking spots and lanes for cars.
When the weather is good, Aaron Naparstek likes to pedal（用踏板踩）his two young kids to school on a special Dutch-made bicycle. Naparstek supports the new lane. Aaron: The bike lane on Prospect Park West is really introducing a lot of new people to the idea that it’s possible to use a bike in New York City for transportation or to travel around. This is what 21 century New York City looks like.
Prospect Park West is still a one-way road, but where it used to have three lanes of car traffic, now it has two, plus a protected bike lane. Supporters say that makes the road safer for everyone, including pedestrians, by slowing down cars and taking bikes off the sidewalk. But some longtime residents disagree. Lois Carswell is president of a group called Seniors for Safety. She says the two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents who are used to one-way traffic.
Lois: We wanted a lane — the right kind of lane that would keep everybody safe, that would keep the bikers safe. But we want it to be done the right way. And it has not been done the right way.
Craig Palmer builds bars and restaurants in Manhattan. I was interviewing him for a different story when he brought up the bike lanes all on his own.
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Craig: I think the biggest problem is that Bloomberg put all these bike lanes in. You took what used to be a full street and you’re shrinking it.
Then there are the Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who forced the city to remove a bike lane through their neighborhood. But polls show that the majority of New Yorkers support bike lanes by a margin of 56% to 39%. Bicycle advocate Caroline Samponaro of Transportation Alternatives calls that a mandate.
Caroline: If this was an election, we would have already had our victory. The public has spoken and they keep speaking. And I think, more importantly, the public is starting to vote with their pedals.
64. What does Aaron mean by saying “This is what 21 century New York City looks
like.”?
A. There are hundreds of miles of new bike lanes in 21 century New York City. B. Drivers slow down their cars and bikes are taken off the sidewalk in New York. C. Bikes are used as a means of transport in 21 century New York City. D. It’s possible to make the streets safe for pedestrians in New York. 65. According to the passage, which of the following CANNOT support the opponents of these new bike lanes?
A. Drivers lose parking spots and lanes for cars. B. The two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents.
C. We took what used to be a full street so the road is broader than before. D. The removal of one bike lane through a neighbourhood in Brooklyn was not supported by the majority of New Yorkers.
66. “A mandate” in Paragraph 8 was referred to a demand or command from ______. A. the authority government
67. What of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. Ride on National Bike-to-Work Day B. A New Bike Lane Appears in New York C. A Bike Lane Divides New Yorkers D. Who Wins an Election
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