ast two hours every week to spend with their children.
 A．set about B．set out C．set aside  D．set off
31．—The boy cares too much about himself
—Yes, he’s never interested in what          is doing.
 A．anyone else B．someone else C．no one else D．other people
32．—What was the 15th Asian Games’ opening ceremony like?
—Wonderful, It’s years          I enjoyed myself so much.
 A．after B．since C．before D．when
33．As darkness          ,I made my way over to the city park          on Park Street.
 A．fell; locating B．falling; located C．falling; locating D．fell; located
34．China has just released globally bilingual Chinese – English books, “Library of Chinese Classics”, to better          Chinese culture to the outside.
 A．introduce B．promote C．spread D．deepen
35．You          pay too much attention to your English learning, at it is so important.
 A．should B．must C．cannot D．needn’t
第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
When I was younger, I thought that boys and grown men should’ t cry . Tears were a sign of being weak, which a man isn’t   36  to be .
However, just last June, I   37  that courage isn’t all about trying to keep all the pain inside and trying to hide the   38  .
My 18-year-old sister had eloped（私奔）and then I saw how   39  my father’s heart was. We were used to seeing him as a（an）  40  father.
For three days he wouldn’t talk. He would just sit quietly outside our house in the   41  . On the fourth night, I sat beside him and asked him to tell me what he felt about   42  .
It had been years since I laid my hand on my father’s shoulder as we have drifted（疏远）further and further apart while I was   43  . That night though, I sensed my father trying to   44  his pain and I wanted him to be able to let it out. We had all cried over what happened except him.
The simple  45  and my words, “Dad, it’s not your fault.’ broke my father’s   46  . In the darkness, he began to cry. I   47  his shoulders shaking as he whispered, “  48  did I go wrong? All I ever wanted was for my children to grow up  49  . Why couldn’t your sister wait?”
I understood then why he  50  to be in the dark,  51  being there, he had hoped not to spare his  52  a father’s pain. His tears,  53  we hadn’t seen them before that night, were there all the same.
I saw his   54  , that night when my father cried with my hand on his shoulder, and   55  his pain.
36．A．supposed B．likely C．suitable D．glad
37．A．believed B．wondered C．discovered D．cared
38．A．secrets B．tears C．opinions D．qualities
39．A．weak B．sweet C．warm D．simple
40．A．hard-working B．easy—going C．kind-hearted D．strong-willed
41．A．room B．dark C．garden D．eye
42．A．something B．nothing C．anything D．everything
43．A．running away B．giving in C．growing up D．turning round
44．A．forget B．control C．reduce D．prove
45．A．touch B．idea C．thought D．feeling
46．A．heart B．mind C．dam D．memory
47．A．noticed B．felt C．heard D．imagined
48．A．How B．What C．When D．Where
49．A．quickly B．naturally C．happily D．right
50．A．preferred B．managed C．used D．agreed
51．A．For B．On C．By D．Of
52．A．family B．children C．function D．experience
53．A．if B．because C．until D．though
54．A．condition B．pain C．courage D．trouble
55．A．remembered B．understood C．touched D．respected
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
As the basic building materials of communication, words communicate meaning, but as we have seen, the meanings of words are very much influenced by culture. Meaning is in the person, not in the word, as each person is the product of a particular culture that passes on shared and appropriate meanings. Thus, if we want to learn to communicate well in a foreign language, we must understand the culture that gives that language meaning. Culture gives meaning and provides the context for communication, and the ability to communicate allows us to act out our cultural values and to share our language and our culture.
But our own native language and culture are so much a part of us that we take them for granted. When we travel to another country, it’s as if we carry along with our passports, we view the new environment using our own culture as the standard, and although not purposely , our ways of thinking and acting often get in the way of our understanding other languages and cultures. The ability and willingness to change lenses (视角) when we look at a different culture is both the cure and the prevention for such cultural blindness. Studying a new language provides us the opportunity to practise changing lenses when we also learn the context or the culture to which it belongs.
56．The main idea of the first paragraph is that      &n