1.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that __1______ us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with __2______.When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two __3______. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing __4______ the challenge isn’t worth the __5______ and call it quits. Although there are __6______ times when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most __7______ all that is needed is __8______ and communication.When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how __9______ or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to __10_____ it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a __11______ for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. If you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.”rather than “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much __12______.In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for what they are: small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is __13______ to get over, and hurt only __14_______ to make us stronger. It’s all part of growing up, it __15______ to everyone, and some day you will look back to all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it makes me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”1．A．design B．promote C．direct D．shape2．A．confidence B．friendship C．pressure D．difficulty3．A．opportunities B．expectations C．choices D．aspects4．A．demanding B．deserving C．predicting D．presenting5．A．comment B．loss C．trouble D．expense6．A．seriously B．certainly C．scarcely D．closely7．A．cases B．fields C．parts D．areas8．A．assessment B．commitment C．encouragement D．adjustment9．A．doubtful B．shameful C．harmful D．painful10．A．keep B．control C．face D．catch11．A．space B．plan C．topic D．rate12．A．faster B．worse C．further D．slower13．A．unnecessary B．important C．impossible D．illegal14．A．serves B．means C．aims D．attempts15．A．opens B．appeals C．turns D．happens2.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was one of the happiest Saturday mornings I had spent with my daughter, Gigi. That was, until two strangers threw her into their car and sped away. It seemed like a bad dream.I could __11__ speak when the police questioned me.After that, the policeman asked me to go home to wait. My friend Gloria came to __12__me. She took my hand and gave me __13__. It was a picture of a little girl __14__asleep in her bed, standing by the bed was a tall, blond(金发的)__15__. We prayed and waited by the phone until sunset. The __16__ never rang.Suddenly，the front door swung open. I looked up and __17__. There stood Gigi. I cried, throwing my __18__ around her. Gigi said：“I was scared. We were going really fast on an old __19__ road I'd never seen before. But then a tall man walked out __20__ the car，and they ran off the road and hit a tree. Then the tall man __21__ the car door and pulled me out. He was really nice，and said I would be okay. I must have gone to __22__， because when I woke up it is in front of our house. He must have brought me home.” “But who...how did he know..., where to bring you？”My voice broke. Gigi __23__ her head. Just then Gigi noticed G loria's picture. “That's him！” she __24__ at the picture. “Mommy，that's the man who pulled me out of the car！” Gloria and I turned __25__. “Are you sure that's the man？” Gloria asked. “Yeah, that's him __26__ that he didn't have wings，and he was wearing bl ue jeans.”Later that night, the police found the__27__kidnappers. When questioned, the driver remembered turning away to __28__ hitting a tall blond man.Twenty years have gone by. We have never heard from any one claiming to have __29__Gigi. There have been no logical explanations for her __30__. But from that day on, I believe that all experiences, positive and negative, are given to us for our strengthening and learning.11．A. hardly B. hard C. fully D. full12．A. sympathize B. support C. comfort D. calm13．A. a map B. a picture C. a bag D. a book14．A. healthy B. sound C. reliable D. reasonable15．A. angel B. man C. maid D. servant16．A. phone B. door bell C. clock D. radio17．A. yelled B. screamed C. whistled D. whispered18．A. cheeks B. shoulders C. arms D. hands19．A. rocky B. smooth C. hard D. flat20．A. in back of B. at the bottom of C. on the top of D. in front of21．A. shut B. fastened C. opened D. loosened22．A. rest B. sleep C. break D. yawn23．A. shook B. nodded C. rolled D. trembled24．A. referred B. aimed C. pointed D. signaled25．A. sunburnt B. light C. weak D. pale26．A. rather than B. including C. except D. other than27．A. injured B. dead C. harmed D. hurt28．A. stop B. avoid C. forbid D. keep29．A. released B. relieved C. delivered D. rescued30．A. escape B. breakout C. disappearance D. flow3.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。