40. A. aim B. joke C. nod D. stare

　　41. A. cared about B. laughed at C. argued with D. asked after

　　42. A. right now B. from now C. at times D. in time

　　43. A. decision B. permission C. information D. preparation

　　44. A. repeated B. reviewed C. spelled D. kept

　　45. A. farm B. stand C. pond D. market

　　46. A. guessed B. forgot C. doubted D. ignored

　　47. A. by B. as C. with D. from

　　48. A. second B. effort C. desire D. movement

　　49. A. forcing B. allowing C. persuading D. leading

　　50. A. bright B. blank C. pale D. red

　　51. A. open-mouthed B. tongue-tied C. empty-handed D. broken-hearted

　　52. A. service B. home C. risk D. root

　　53. A. trade B. deed C. challenge D. incident

　　54. A. it B. us C. me D. them

　　55. A. thrown B. lost C. divided D. reflected

第三节 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

My father died when I was nine months old, making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen. While I was growing up, we lived a very hard life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would change my life, "Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it."

　　 At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I wanted to badly enough. She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later I returned to school-walking on my own!

When the Great Depression(大萧条)hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support the both of us. At that moment, I was determined never to be poor again.