姓名： 班级： 学号： 一、完形填空（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分） As parents of a daughter born with cerebral palsy (大脑性瘫痪), we were ____1____ to try any suggestion that could help her condition. One day, we ____2____ to a village for treatment and underestimated (低估) how long the trip would take. Between delays and a quick meal, we had ____3____ made any progress when we had a flat tire. I got the ____4____ wheel out but realized it was punctured (穿孔) as well. Fortunately, there were a couple of ____5____ where I sought help. I ____6____ a middle-aged man and explained my situation to him. He said he knew a repair centre nearby and gently added, “ Ask your family to wait at the shops. The roads are ____7____ . ” He noticed that our 12-year old daughter couldn’t ____8____ and called a woman to help. Sensing my fear at leaving them alone, he ____9____ to get the puncture fixed. Waiting for what felt like hours, I ____10____ if he would return. The woman told us that he would be back soon. Two hours later, we finally heard the sound of a bike. “ The shop is actually 15 kms away. We didn’t tell you, because that would have ____11____ your worry, ” said our savior (救星). He put the ____12____ in place. I took out a 50 dollar note to pay him but he ____13____ . “ Thank you, brother, ” was all I could say. Choked with ____14____ at his kindness, I didn’t even ____15____ to ask his name. 1. A. unwilling B. annoyed C. quick D. bored 2. A. drove B. rode C. hiked D. marched 3. A. hardly B. finally C. frequently D. carefully 4. A. abandoned B. spare C. old D. wasted 5. A. shops B. restaurants C. banks D. farms 6. A. passed down B. ran after C. came across D. talked with 7. A. warm B. quiet C. safe D. dangerous 8. A. speak B. eat C. walk D. swim 9. A. prepared B. hoped C. managed D. volunteered 10. A. wondered B. imagined C. promised D. expected 11. A. eased B. added C. lightened D. increased 12. A. bike B. money C. wheel D. car 13. A. watched B. refused C. waited D. accepted 14. A. regret B. admiration C. thankfulness D. amazement 15. A. decide B. need C. hope D. remember 二、 阅读理解（共8小题，每题3分，满分24分） A Born in Ayrshire, in 1759 to William Burness, a poor farmer, Robert Burns was the eldest of seven children. He spent his youth working on his father's farm, but in spite of poverty he also read a lot—at the insistence of his father, who employed a teacher for Robert and his younger brother Gilbert. At 15 Robert was the principal worker on the farm and this encouraged him to start writing. It was at this age that Robert wrote his first poem Handsome Nell. When his father died in 1784, Robert and his brother became partners on the farm. However, Robert was more interested in the romantic nature of poetry than the hard work of farming. However, at the point of giving up farming, his first collection Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect was published and received much praise from critics. This, together with pride of being a pa ... ...
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