【正文】 What are parents usually worried about if their children take a gap year? A. They worry that their children will miss their friends. B. They are worried about their children39。s pany do? A. It helps the students plan their gap year. B. It helps students travel around. C. It offers jobs to students. 第二部分：閱讀理解 （共兩節(jié)，滿分 30分） 第一節(jié)：（共 10 小題，每小題 2分，滿分 20分） 閱讀下面兩篇短文，從每小題后所給的 A、 B、 C、 D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 A I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on and with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves, most of my childhood was spent on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives (觀點(diǎn) ) by creating worlds we could step into, take part in and live in. With this unshakable belief, I, at fourteen, decided to bee a writer. Here too, reading became useful. Every writer starts off knowing that he has something to say, but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and discovering which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it reshapes his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, because only through reading other people’s writing can one discover what works, what doesn’t and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what voice he has. Now I am in college, and have e to realize how important it is to read fiction (文學(xué)作品 )． As a law student, my reading is in fact limited to subject matter— the volume (量 ) of what I have to read for classes every week means there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it all the clearer to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called life. Reading fiction reminds me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the fort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn39。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。s disease (早老性癡呆癥 ), according to a recent study. 33____ Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There39。t worry if your schedule isn39。 In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty （貧困） , and only the rich could manage without great __36__ . Three of those rich men and their servants were __37__ together on a road when they came to a very __38__ village. The first could not stand seeing the poverty, __39__ he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四輪載重馬車 ) and shared __40__ out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left. The second rich man ,seeing the __41__ situation, stopped for a short time and gave __42__ all his food and drink, since he __43__ see that money would be of little __44__ to them. He made sure that they each __45__ their fair share and would have enough food to __46__ for some time. Then, he left. The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, __47__ and went straight through the __48__ without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and mented(評(píng)論 ) with each other __49__ the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was __50__ that they themselves had been there to offer help. However, three days later, they __51__ the third rich man, who was ing in the opposite direction. He was __52__ travelling quickly, but his wagons, __53__ the gold and valuables they had been __54__, were now full of farming tools and bags of __55__. He was rushing back to help them out of poverty. 36. A. loss B. expectations C. success D. problems 37. A. standing B. travelling C. gathering D. running 38. A. faraway B. poor C. different D. ancient 39. A. unless B. because C. so D. if 40. A. them B. anything C. nothing D. those 41. A. curious B. worrying C. dangerous D. puzzling 42. A. the villagers B. his servants C. the others D. the rest 43. A. could B. might C. should D. must 44. A. interest B. concern C. use D. attraction 45. A. returned B. gained C. offered D. received 46. A. remain B. last C. supply D. share 47. A. turned back B. set out C. showed off D. speeded 48. A. village B. land C. field D. road 49. A. whether B. how C. where D. when 50. A. good B. certain C. true D. strange 51. A. weled B. met C. accepted D. persuaded 52. A. still B. already C. always D. indeed 53. A. except B. instead of C. apart from D. along with 54. A. loading B. treasuring C. carrying D. earning 55. A. food B. jewels C. money D. seeds 第二節(jié) 英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共 10小題；每小題 1分，滿分 10分） 閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（ 1個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。 刪除：把多余的詞作斜線（ \）劃掉。 注意： 1．每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞； 2．只允許修改 10 處 (從第 11處起不計(jì)分 ) One afternoon, when I was on my way home, the weather changed suddenly. Darker clouds were gathering. I began to feel worried so I didn39。s