I was a publishing director and was looking forward to embracing a new day of work, as always，that morning．
I would always turn to the crossword, but that day it didn't 31 I'd been doing it for 30 odd years, but trying to read this one was like treading through syrup（糖漿）: 32 slow and hard． I thought I must be tired． I said to my assistant． The 33 colleague contacted my wife, Beth, and she drove me straight to hospital． There, confirmation came that I'd had a stroke in the part of my brain that 34 communication． I was now in a condition that means it's difficult or 35 to receive and produce language． It was the only time I 36 ．
I was back at home a week later, and my goal was to get better and 37 Work in a couple of months． The way to 38 my language ability was rough． I'd look at simple pictures and try to describe them as my mind 39 round and round in the darkness, looking for words．
As the months passed it became 40 that I wasn't going to be able to go back to my old job． For 25 years, I had 41 myself as a publisher． I was used to a busy day of meetings． I enjoyed colleagues and the 42 I'd had． I didn’t feel ready to say goodbye to my old self． There were times when I felt incredibly 43 ．
In the darkest months, I devoted myself to 44 ． I couldn't manage novels or newspapers, 45 I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines less overwhelming． My speech came back, and I learned how to read again, though much more slowly． I also learned the 46 to keep up． I allowed myself to slow down, and started to enjoy it．
47 , I rid of my old skin． I grieved the past, its passing and its absence, and started to 48 it． Now, 10 years later, I look after my grandson a day a week, and my relationship with my family is deeper than ever． If you'd asked me 15 years ago to 49 the importance of the things in my life I might have said work, but now I'm no longer a high-achieving publisher． I'm a 50 man．
1. A．wear off B．make any sense C．count up D．pay off
2. A．temporarily B．scarcely C．incredibly D．savagely
3. A．curious B．reserved C．rigid D．concerned
4. A．calls for B．deals with C．suffers from D．responds to
5. A．practical B．a(chǎn)bsurd C．impossible D．innocent
6. A．prayed B．cried C．failed D．withdrew
7. A．contribute to B．a(chǎn)gree to C．return to D．a(chǎn)ppeal to
8. A．obtaining B．rebuilding C．revealing D．improving
9. A．slipped B．doubted C．wandered D．reckoned
10. A．messy B．flexible C．straightforward D．self-evident
11. A．informed B．estimated C．reflected D．defined
12. A．extinction B．reward C．a(chǎn)genda D．status
13. A．a(chǎn)ngry B．a(chǎn)cute C．prejudiced D．merciless
14. A．speaking B．trying C．writing D．managing
15. A．since B．until C．SO D．a(chǎn)s
16. A．favor B．patience C．coincidence D．comfort
17. A．Gradually B．Hopefully C．Narrowly D．Annually
18. A．keep up with B．come to terms with C．get around to D．live up to
19. A．a(chǎn)rrange B．compare C．rank D．declare
20. A．genius B．community C．dignity D．family
1.B
2.C
3.D
4.B
5.C
6.B
7.C
8.B
9.C
10.D
11.D
12.D
13.A
14.B
15.C
16.B
17.A
18.B
19.C
20.D
【解析】
試題分析：文章講訴了一名出版總監(jiān)患了失語癥，但通過自己的努力逐漸恢復，并發(fā)現(xiàn)人生有比工作更重要的事情--家庭。
1.考查詞組：A． wear off磨掉B． make any sense有意義C． count up加起來D． pay off還清，有回報，但那天的情況一點也不合乎常理。選B
2.考查副詞：A． temporarily暫時的B． scarcely幾乎不C． incredibly 難以置信的，D． savagely野蠻地，難以置信的緩慢和艱難。選C。
3.考查形容詞：A． curious 好奇的B． reserved 保留的C． rigid僵硬的 D． concerned關心的，擔心我的同事聯(lián)系了我妻子，選D
4.考查詞組：A． calls for需要，照顧B． deals with處理 C． suffers from 遭遇D． responds to回應，證實了我大腦中負責語言溝通的那一部分中風了。選B。
5.考查形容詞：A． practical實用的，B． absurd荒唐的；可笑的C． impossible 不可能的，D． innocent天真的，無辜的，這種情況意味著我會難以或者幾乎無法接收或說出任何語言，選C
6.考查動詞：A． prayed祈禱B． cried 哭C． failed失敗 D． withdrew撤回，這是我唯一一次哭的時候。選B。
7.考查詞組：A． contribute to 有助于B． agree to同意C． return to回到D． appeal to吸引，我的目標是好起來，回去上班。選C。
8.考查動詞：A． obtaining獲得B． rebuilding重建C． revealing揭示D． improving改善，重建語言能力的過程很難。選B
9.考查動詞：A． slipped滑倒B． doubted懷疑C． wandered 徘徊，走神D． reckoned測算，估計，我的思想會走神。選C
10.考查形容詞：A． messy混亂B． flexible靈活的C． straightforward 直率的 D． self-evident不言而喻的，幾個月過去了，很明顯我不能回去上班了。選D
11.考查動詞：A． informed 通知B． estimated估計C． reflected反映D． defined定義，我把自己定義為出版總監(jiān)，選D
12.A． extinction熄滅B． reward回報C． agenda 日程安排D． status地位，身份，我喜歡同事和自己的身份。選D
13.考查形容詞：A． angry 生氣的B． acute敏捷的C． prejudiced 有偏見的， D． merciless毫不憐憫的，有很多次我感到非常生氣。選A
14.考查動詞：A． speaking說話B． trying 嘗試C． writing寫D． managing管理，我盡量地努力。選B
15.考查連詞：A． since自從B． until直到C． SO因此D． as因為，當…,我不能看小說和報紙，因此我嘗試看詩歌，選C
16.考查名詞：A． favor恩惠B． patience 耐心C． coincidence巧合；一致D． comfort安慰，我學會了堅持的耐心。選B
17.考查副詞：A． Gradually逐漸的B．Hopefully有希望的C． Narrowly勉強的，D． Annually一年一度的，逐漸的，我褪去以前的身份。選A
18.考查詞組：A． keep up with 跟上B．come to terms with和…一致C．get around to 四處走動D． live up to符合，達到，我開始和它保持一致。選B
19.考查動詞：A． arrange安排B． compare 比較C． rank 排名D． declare宣布，如果15年前讓我排列一生中最重要的東西，選C
20.考查名詞：A． genius天才B． community社區(qū)C． dignity尊嚴D． family家庭，現(xiàn)在我是家庭婦男。選D
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點評：文章故事線條清晰通過對話展現(xiàn)故事情節(jié)，側重通過上下文信息考查考生的綜合運用英語的能力，注重語篇的理解，學生平時要培養(yǎng)自己駕馭語篇的能力，培養(yǎng)自己根據(jù)語篇綜合運用英語的能力，也注重對詞義的辨析和語法的正確使用。
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She told me of my grandfather's devotion to his own children, and how difficult it was for him to send his daughter to America for her education, fearing that same separation. He gave my mother all that he could give — nineteen years of love and fifty years of savings. I learned how my mother, through means only available in this country, would finally be able to unite my great-grandmother with my grandfather again. The dragon curled around the vase, connecting the separate vines. For a fleeting second, I felt it was present in my mother's room. It was all very strange, yet very clear. I began to understand that this trip to China was not just for me; it was for my mother, and her father, and his mother. Now, I had not only a future, but more significantly, a past. I saw the world with new eyes.
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| A．prepare him for the trip and warn him against possible problems |
| B．remind him of his origin |
| C．a(chǎn)sk him to look for his great-grandmother |
| D．share with him the story of her childhood |
| A．the vase with the dragon on it is very valuable and beautiful |
| B．it stands for the blood running in every Chinese |
| C．it is a sign of the writer’s devotion to his birthplace |
| D．the writer’s mother hoped the writer would be as strong as a dragon |
| A．13 | B．16 | C．19 | D．20 |
| A．The writer’s grandfather was afraid of a war when sending his daughter to America. |
| B．The hope to see her son again kept the writer’s great-grandmother alive for this long. |
| C．It was within the writer’s expectation that he could be so close to his great-grandmother. |
| D．The writer’s great-grandmother was reunited with her son before she died. |
| A．We Share the Same Heritage. |
| B．Love from My Great-grandmother. |
| C．A Story from My Mother. |
| D．An Unforgettable Training Trip. |
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The dragon on the vase snaked through the flowers and vines（藤蔓）as my mother said, “Pu Pu, look at me. You need to hear this so that when you go to China you will understand. You must keep this knowledge in your heart.”
She told me a story about my grandfather, Ren Li Ling's son, who left Beijing to go to college in Taiwan. She told me how the Chinese civil war kept him away from his mother for fifty years, so neither of them even knew that the other was alive. No one from Taiwan could visit, write, or call anyone in mainland. All lines of communication were cut off.
She told me of my grandfather's devotion to his own children, and how difficult it was for him to send his daughter to America for her education, fearing that same separation. He gave my mother all that he could give — nineteen years of love and fifty years of savings. I learned how my mother, through means only available in this country, would finally be able to unite my great-grandmother with my grandfather again. The dragon curled around the vase, connecting the separate vines. For a fleeting second, I felt it was present in my mother's room. It was all very strange, yet very clear. I began to understand that this trip to China was not just for me; it was for my mother, and her father, and his mother. Now, I had not only a future, but more significantly, a past. I saw the world with new eyes.
And so I went to China and met my great-grandmother. My great-aunt picked me up at the training center, and we rode in a taxi through the crowded city. The noise of the taxi and the city united into a deep roar. We finally stopped in front of a narrow street lined on either side with small one-level houses. As we made our way to a house like all the others, I drew the stares of many people in the street. My great-aunt led me through a rotting（朽爛的）doorway into a room with a furnace（爐子）, table, and a rocking chair where an old woman wearing gloves sat facing the doorway, covered with a worn brown blanket. I walked over and immediately embraced this frail woman as if I had known her all my life. My limited, broken Chinese wasn't up to expressing my complicated feelings. And even though I couldn't completely understand what she was saying in her thick Beijing accent, I knew — the same way I knew what my mother had been trying to tell me before I left. Her joy shone through her toothless smile. She wouldn't let go of my hand. I haltingly（結結巴巴地）asked her how she had managed to live such a long life. She answered in words I will never forget, “Hope has kept me alive. I have lived this long because I wanted to see my son before I died.”
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I stayed for dinner which was cooked in a black iron wok（鍋）over the furnace. The meal was lavish（過分豐盛的）, prepared in my honor. As I began to eat, with my great-grandmother beside me, I felt the dragon was present. But this time, the feeling didn't pass; the dragon had become a part of me.
My great-grandmother passed away last year at the age of 100. With her highest hopes and wildest dreams fulfilled, I know she died happy.
1. The writer’s mother called him into her room to ___________________.
A．prepare him for the trip and warn him against possible problems
B．remind him of his origin
C．a(chǎn)sk him to look for his great-grandmother
D．share with him the story of her childhood
2. The dragon is mentioned several times in the passage because __________________.
A．the vase with the dragon on it is very valuable and beautiful
B．it stands for the blood running in every Chinese
C．it is a sign of the writer’s devotion to his birthplace
D．the writer’s mother hoped the writer would be as strong as a dragon
3. How old was the writer’s mother when she was sent to America for her education.
A．13 B．16 C．19 D．20
4.Which of the following can be inferred from the text?
A．The writer’s grandfather was afraid of a war when sending his daughter to America.
B．The hope to see her son again kept the writer’s great-grandmother alive for this long.
C．It was within the writer’s expectation that he could be so close to his great-grandmother.
D．The writer’s great-grandmother was reunited with her son before she died.
5.Which is the best title for the text?
A．We Share the Same Heritage.
B．Love from My Great-grandmother.
C．A Story from My Mother.
D．An Unforgettable Training Trip.
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