______ the interview in Boston lasted so long, I missed my c

A.I alone in the house

B.I alone had a house

C.I had the entire house to myself

D.I got a house to myself

Though I am always free on Sundays. I seldom watch television. _________.

A． So does my sister

B． My sister doesn't

C． My sister is too

D． Nor does my sister

A、anything

B、everything

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

I was successful at my job. I worked very hard, but it21 me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle. I’d worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director.22, one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was 23 explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there 24 they talked on and all I could think was, “I’ve 25.” I’d been so well respected

26I was of no value.

For six weeks, I was in a very 27 place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸). I could 28 things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive (积极的) in everything 29 me.

Then, in late June, my youngest son’s football team made the city cup final. The year before, he’d been very sad when I 30 the same final, so he was 31 when I told him I’d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me 32 him on was unbelievable, From then on, I spent the summer enjoying my some and their passions (激情). I attended match after match and performances of my elder son’s band—I 33 went to another city to watch him play. These moments were so 34. My life had been so much devoted to 35 for so long, and I felt 36 that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.

37 , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose ----- I was someone’s mum! I felt a sense of being 38 Again. Now I feel more positive about my professional 39and I’m getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job made me realize just how 40 it is to achieve real balance in life.

21. A. promised B. afforded C. showed D. left

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members __36___ the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of __37___. Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would __38_ all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be __39___ —so I thought. I waited baskstage all __40__ in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies __41__ that my class was next.

My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the __42___. All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. I really was an __43__ move. I was concentrating so much __44___ the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look __45__ I was going. I missed my partner’s box altogether and __46__. There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles(咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the ___47___ rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not ___48___.” I did my best to follow her ___49___ as I continued with the routine.

When the curtain dropped, so did my __50___ for the evening. I ___51___ bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could __52__ me down.

Recently I realized I had been a __53__ that night. I was ___54___, but I fought the urge to run off the stage. __55___, I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.

36________

A. filled

B. visited

C. attended

D. decorated

A. have missed track

B. have kept track

C. have lost track

D. have a track

听力原文：M: So, Jane, how long have you been an author?

W: Well, Tom, I didn't start writing until I was in my thirtieth, and I'm over seventy now. So goodness, I must have been writing for about forty years.

How long has the woman been an author?

A．About 30 years.

B．About 40 years.

C．About 60 years.

D．About 70 years.

A、on

B、up

C、in

D、off

37． —I’ve given all my pocket money to the people in Yushu．

—_________I hope they can get over the difficulties they are meeting．

A． So am I

B． So have I

C． So I have

D． So I am

--My mother is preparing my favorite dishes, Go with me and have a taste, okay?

--_______. And I’ll be glad to meet your parents.

A．I think soB．I’d love toC．I’m sureD．I hope so