第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题l 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。

Recently，I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive，the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight 2l     before setting down. High desert winds had   22   the airport to close all but one runway. He said that we would be   23   L the city for a few minutes waiting t0  24    We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts fastened  25   there might be a few bumps(颠簸)．We11，that few minutes turned into about  four—five minutes，including a ride that would make a roller coaster(过山车)  26  by comparison

The movement was so fierce that several passengers felt  27   and had to use airsickness bags. As you might guess，that’s not good thing to have happen in a(n) 28    space because it only 29    to increase the discomfort of the situation.

  About twenty minutes into the adventure，the entire airplane became very 30 .

There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be 31   noticed．Every passenger simply held on for dear life …except one. A  32  was having a good time! With each bump of the33!he would let out a giggle(咯咯的笑)of delight As I observed this，I 34     that he didn’t know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his    35 He neither thought about the past nor about the future Those are what we grown—ups have learned from  36   .He was 37  the ride  because had not yet been taught to fear it. Having  understood this，I took a deep breath and   38  back into my seat，pretending I was   39   on a roller coaster. I smiled for the rest of the flight. I even  40    to  giggle once or twice ,much to the chagrin(随恼)of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag.

21. A. mistake      B. delay        C. change          D. wind

22. A. forced       B. warned      C. swept            D. reminded

23. A. watching     B. visiting      C. circling          D. crossing

24. A. arrive       B. enter         C. stop            D. land

25. A. if           B. though       C. because         D. while

26. A. light        B. pale          C. easy            D. quick

27. A. sick         B. nervous      C. angry           D. afraid

28. A. empty       B. narrow       C. secret           D. open

29. A. happens      B. continues     C. fails            D. serves

30. A. quiet        B. hot           C.  dirty          D.  crowded

31. A. partly        B.  gradually    C. shortly          D. clearly

32. A. pilot         B. baby         C.  guard          D.  man

33. A. seats        B.  passengers    C. flight           D. airplane

34. A. realized      B.  hoped       C.  agreed         D.  insisted

35. A. health       B. safety         C.joy              D. future

36. A. teachers      B. books        C.  experience      D.  practice

37. A. learning      B.  taking       C.  missing        D.  enjoying

38. A. sat          B. lay           C. went            D. rode

39. A. nearly       B.  finally       C.  really          D.  suddenly

40. A. attempted     B.  managed     C.  wanted        D.  decided

—Here’s your change.

——_______________

A. Thank you.       B. Don’t mention it.   C. No problem       D. With pleasure.

 As a child, Jack studied in a village school，__________is named after his grandfather．

    A which    B where    C what    D.that

B

When you’re lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses(压力) of the world seem a million miles away. Hey, stop! This is no vacation-you have to finish something!

Here lies the problem for travel writer and tood critic(评论家),Edie Jarolim “I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things,” Jarolim said. Now you can read her travel advice everywhere in Arts and Antiques, in Brides, or in one of her there books, The Complate Idiot’s Travel Guide to Mexican Beach Resarts.

……writing began some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada, she took a

Test Frommer’s travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommer’s, Jarolim worked

for a while at Rough Guides in London, then Fodor’s, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U.S. that she moved there.

Now as a travel writer, she spends one-third of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spent completing her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arigona.

As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information. Sure, it’s great to write about a tourist attraction, but you’d better get the local(当地的)museum hours correct or you could really ruin someone’s vacation.

46. Which country does Jarolim live in now?

A．Mexico    B．The U.S.    C．The U.K.    D．Canada

47. What is most difficrlt for Jarolim?

A．Working in different places to collect information

B．Checking all the facts to be written in the guides

C．Finishing her work as soon as possible

D．Passing a test to write travel guides

48. What do we know about Jarllim from the text?

A．She is successful in her job

B．She finds her life full of stresses

 C．She spends half of her time traveling

D．She is especially interested in museums

49. What would be the best title for the text?

A．Adventures in Travel Writing

B．Working as a Food Critic

C．Travel Guides on the Market

D．Vacationing for a Living

ours

A、outside       B、cousins      C、nervous            D、clocks

In china, the number of cities is increasing ________development is recognized across the world.

Drunk driving, which was once a       occurrence, is now under control.

A. general      B. frequent     C. normal       D. particular

It is illegal for a public official to ask people for gifts or money          favors to them.

    A. in preference to         B. in place of

    C. in agreement with       D. in exchange for

. It is the test system, _____ the teachers, that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students nowadays.

A. other than           B. or rather             C. rather than               D. more than

请仔细阅读下列短文并改正其中的10个错误。

Recently, students in our class have had a discussion on whether space is worthy exploring.

  30% of us thinks space exploration is not worthwhile. They think space is so far away from us and our daily life. And the money spending on space exploration can be used to solve the earth problems such as starvation and pollution.

  In the other hand, 70% think that space worth exploring because we have benefited a lot for it, such as using satellites for communication and to weather forecast. What’s more, with further space research, we may solve the population problem by moving to other planets one day. Also, space research will enable us to find new sources to solve the problem of energetic shortages on the earth.