t Joshua's class pictures were not yet up and I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture 47 leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was 48 for me to know that he was able to draw a picture and have it 49 with those of the other children.

Well, when I returned to 50 the kids, you can image my 51 when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class! Proud and excited, he told everyone, “I won the contest! I 52 it! ”

CJ kept insisting that she had won too and it was certainly a 53 feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that his sister had not. After that I decided to keep my expectations 54 . It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them. Why should Joshua be any 55 ?

36. A. inspiring B. frustrating C. encouraging D. exciting

37. A. expectation B. love C. education D. instruction

38. A. suggested B. hoped C. persuaded D. advised

39. A, Luckily B. Unfortunately C. Naturally D. Generally

40. A. due lo B. as long as C. so far as D. in case

41. A. However B. Besides C. Thus D. Therefore

42. A. charged B. prepared C. engaged D. ran

43. A. familiar B. similar C. friendly D. close

44. A. host B. teacher C. headmaster D. judge

45. A. effect B. way C. force D. struggle

46. A. where B. as C. when D. that

47. A. after B. during C. before D. once

48. A. excited B. enough C. amazing D. pleased

49. A. displayed B. hanged C. taken D. replaced

50. A. take up B. keep up C. get up D. pick up

51. A. surprise B. expectation C. joy D. amusement

52. A. got B. drew C. made D. defeated

53. A. special B. extraordinary C. curious D. mixing

54. A. on B. high C. great D. easy

55. A. difficult B. upset C. disappointed D. different

第三部分：阅读理解 (共20小题;每小题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

A smart phone (智能手机) is a mobile phone built on a mobile operating system, with more advanced computing abilities than a common phone. The first smart phones enabled the users to send and receive emails. Later models added the function of portable media players, pocket video cameras, and GPS navigation (导航) units to form one multi-use device. Many modem smart phones also include touchscreens and web browsers (浏览器) that display web pages.

A recent report says we spend an average of two hours and 40 minutes each day looking at a smart phone. That doesn’t mean making calls, but playing phone games and browsing the Web.

Nowadays we always find people checking emails in a restaurant, taking a picture of the food when it arrives, or checking a message during a conversation instead of traditional communication. It’s no secret that our lives are being affected by our smart phones obsession.

However, this phenomenon has never been presented so vividly as in the short YouTube film I Forgot My Phone. Despite only being online for a few days, it's already been viewed more than 10.5 million times. Whether it will be screened in the cinema remains to be seen.

Ironically, YouTube’s data show that the site gets a billion views per day from mobile devices, so a lot of those people watched it on their phones.

The short film, written by and starring actress Charlene Deguzman, shows groups of people in various social situations, the majority of whom are absorbed in their phones instead of the world around them. To a certain extent, we all do it.

56. People prefer a smart phone to a common one, because the latter only can help us ______.

A. check emails B. send messages C. find the destination D. watch a video

57. The underlined word “obsession” in the third paragraph most probably means “______