二、完形填空。(10小题，每小题1分，共10分)

As two women walked into a New Jersey hospital, they laughed. It showed the love that had held them together   16   forty years as best friends. Although they were laughing, one of these ladies would soon put her life in danger   17   her best friend.

Patty Hurley and Eileen Riley met at high school and have been close friends ever since. But when Eileen,  18 nurse, became ill with kidney (肾) disease, she didn’t go runn ing to her friend — Patty came to help h er, after 19  Eileen was sick. “My kidneys are failing,” Eileen explained.

“Can I give you one of mine?”  20    the immediate reply.

The offer was so simple   21    Eileen thought she had heard wrong. But Patty repeated she was willing to help, and their journey to the operating table began.

Eileen always knew that her friend would help. She said  22 , “When Patty makes a promise, she keeps   23   .”

The operation went ahead in May, and both women are now very healthy and  24  than ever.

“There are no words to describe   25 amazing this woman is,” Eileen said afterwards. “She gave me my life.”

(   )16. A. in       B. for           C. since        D. with

(   )17. A. save     B. saved        C. saves      D. to save

(   )18. A. a       B. an          C. the          D. /

(   )19. A. hear      B. heard       C. hearing     D. to hear

(   )20. A. came    B. comes      C. come      D. coming

(   )21. A. as       B. which       C. that          D. until

(   )22. A. simple     B. simply      C. simpler      D. simplest

(   )23. A. it       B. them         C. its         D. ones

(   )2 4. A. closest    B. most close   C. closer        D. closely

(   )25. A. so        B. why        C. what         D. how

三、阅读理解。(20小题，每小题2分，共40分)

(A)

Spring Clean-up Day 2014，Rockland

What better way to welcome spring than by helping to clean up the town we all live in! Here in Rocklan we have a Spring Clean-up Day every year in April. The Clean-up Day 2014 will be April 20th.

It will start with a town clean-up at 8 o'clock in the morning, and a tree planting activity at the Rockland Park is to follow in the afternoon. One thousand young trees are sure to make the park greener and prettier.

We will divide the people coming to help into eight teams for eight different areas. As usual, we will provide gloves，rubbish bags and other cleaning tools. You will also get free lunches and T-shirts when the clean-up ends at noon. We are going to have a friendly competition to see which team can pick up the most rubbish.

Bring your kids with you. It is a great chance to teach them to care for the environment around us. We have free drinks and chocolate candies for the children at the park.

Meeting: At the gate of Rockland Park, the town hall at 330 Jones Street, or the comer of Palace Street and North Street.