第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分， 满分20分）

阅读下面的短文，从短文所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

    A ___21___ came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to ___22___ that shirt away, but gave it to her ___23___.” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

    I ___24___ the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her ___25___, “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s ___26___ was something greater.

    The next morning she ___27___ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to ___28___ a university.

     After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are ___29___, aren’t you? I think I have a ___30___ for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of___31___.” Mom accepted the opportunity very ___32___.

    For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling ___33___. Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal ___34___ in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you ___35___ the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working ___36___ over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you ___37___ be the teacher of this class.”

    My mom spent more than 20 years there. ___38___ her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the ___39___ comment made in the classroom that day when I was in my high school. Mom showed me how to handle ___40___ situations and never give up.

21. A. noise      B. voice    C. sound  D. tune

22. A. get          B. take     C. carry    D. throw

23. A. otherwise      B. anyhow        C. instead         D. actually

24. A. settled   B. pushed         C. picked  D. put

25. A. teacher B. employer     C. director        D. adviser

26. A. purpose B. encouragement              C. process        D. victory

27. A. went      B. met      C. worked         D. stayed

28. A. visit        B. continue       C. attend D. prepare

29. A. serious  B. fortunate     C. careful D. responsible

30. A. career    B. duty     C. position        D. part

31. A. learning B. judging        C. obeying        D. imagining

32. A. patiently         B. eagerly         C. successfully D. skillfully

33. A. upset     B. frightened   C. guilty   D. ashamed

34. A. looked up       B went up         C. took up         D. showed up

35. A. believe   B. protect         C. treat    D. receive

36. A. spirit      B. intention      C. idea      D. attempt

37. A. must      B. would  C. might   D. should

38. A. At  B. During C. On        D. With

39. A. worthless       B. thoughtless C. hopeless      D. helpless

40. A. challenging    B. different       C. dangerous   D. strange

The first day of university our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a  11  ,little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that  12 her entire being.

She said, “Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and enthusiastically  13  , “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant  14 . “Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.

She  15  replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”

“No seriously,” I asked. I was  16   what may have motivated her to be taking on this  17  at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a   18   and now I’m getting one!” she told me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she  19  made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention bestowed upon her from the other   20  . She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow    21   because we stop playing.

There are only four  22  to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your  23 ,you die.

Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or  24  . The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in  25 . Have no regrets.”

1.                A．strong          B．beautiful        C．wrinkled  D．charming

2.                A．surrounded with  B．lit up           C．covered  D．showed off

3.                A．responded      B．announced      C．agreed   D．allowed

4.                A．kiss            B．squeeze（紧抱） C．smile D．arm

5.                A．seriously        B．happily         C．jokingly   D．hopefully

6.                A．curious         B．eager          C．unsure   D．doubtful

7.                A．career         B．degree         C．hobby    D．challenge

8.                A．college education B．rich husband     C．good job  D．happy family

9.                A．frequently      B．seldom         C．easily D．often

10.               A．elderly         B．people         C．friends    D．students

11.               A．mature         B．weak          C．relaxed   D．old

12.               A．notes          B．suggestions      C．secrets    D．requirements

13.               A．courage        B．dreams         C．confidence D．friends

14.               A．ability          B．time           C．money    D．effort

15.               A．university       B．hope          C．trial  D．change

第二节　完形填空（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各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
When I was 16 years old，I made my first visit to Disneyland in America．It wasn't the first time I had been _16_．Like most English children I learned French 17_school and I had often been to France，so I  18_  speaking a foreign language to people who didn't understand _19  ．But  __20_ I went to America，I was really looking forward to _2l_ a nice easy holiday without any _22_ problems．
_23  wrong I was! The misunderstanding began _24_ the airport。I was looking for a _25_ telephone to give my friend Danny a _26_ and tell her that I had arrived．A  _27  old man saw me looking lost and asked _28_ he could help me.
“Yes，”I said，“I want to give my friend a ring．”“Well，that's nice，”he said，“Are you getting _29 ？ But aren't you a bit young?”“_30_ is talking about marriage?”I replied．“I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I've arrived．Can you tell me  31  there’s a phone box?”“Oh!”he said，“there's a phone downstairs．”
When at last we did meet up，Danny explained the misunderstanding to me．“Don't worry，”she said to me，“I had so many  _32  at first．There are lots of words which the Americans  _33_ differently in meaning from us British．You'll soon get used to  34  funny things they say．Most of the  _35_ , British and American people understand each other!”
16. A．out                   B．away              C．outside                 D．abroad
17. A．from              B．during            C．at                      D．after
18. A．get used to         B．was used to      C．used to                D．used
19. A．English        B．French          C．Russian               D．Latin
20. A．when             B．while               C．if                      D．for
21. A．buying             B．having         C．giving                  D．receiving
22. A．time              B．human         C．1anguage            D. money
23. A. Too                B. What a          C．What                  D．How
24. A．with              B. to                        C．over                         D．at
25. A．cheap             B．popular        C．public                  D．good
26. A. letter               B. ring                  C. news                     D. information
27．A. friendly            B. strange             C. stupid                      D. tough
28．A．how              B. if                     C. where                    D. what
29．A. to marry           B. to be married     C. marrying                 D. married
30．A．You              B．She             C．Who                   D．He
31．A．where          B．in which      C．over there            D．that
32. A．trouble           B．difficulties     C．things                  D．fun
33. A．write             B．speak           C．use                      D．read
34. A．every             B．these           C．some                    D．all the
35. A．chance                 B．situation          C．condition                      D．time

It was in the hospital that I first saw Tommy.
He must have been crying a lot __21_  his chest was still heaving（起伏）as I __22_  the bed. I knew he was trying to __23_  his tears. I felt helpless, unable to __24_  the pain from the little boy. Suddenly an idea hit me. I wanted to __25_  him the ancient Hawaiian wisdom. __26_  over, I whispered, “Tommy , did you know our Hawaiian Lizards（蜥蜴）grow their tails back and little boys can grow their  __27_  back too?” Tommy’s eyes grew wide with  __28_  .
“They can?” he asked, obviously  __29_  .
“Yes!” I answered with  __30_ . “Close your eyes,” I said. He nodded with his eyes closed  __31_  .
“Tell your finger every day how much you love it and you need it to  __32_  the phone and to write your homework in school.” I paused, __33_  his little face focused in deep __34_  . “Now say, grow for me, finger. I love you. I need you so much.” __35_  later, Tommy opened his eyes. I told him, “Your finger will be perfectly fine. Let’s __36_  until it completely recovers.”
A year later, Tommy came to say good-bye to me. His broken finger was just the same as any other finger should be. Only a(n) __37_   scar（伤疤）remained.
Tommy remains forever in my heart and  __38_   me of the possibility of miracle（奇迹）. From him, I have learnt to _39_  failure. He inspires me to improve myself and to remember the ancient __40_  : Everything is possible if you truly believe.
【小题1】

A．flow out

B．wipe out

C．hold up

D．hold back

第二部分：英语知识及运用（共两节，满分35分)

第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C和D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

When I was walking down the street the other day, I happened to ___21______ a small brown leather purse lying on the sidewalk. I picked it up and opened it to see if I could ___22___ the owner's name. There was nothing inside it ____23______ some change and an old photo ―― a picture of a woman and a young girl of about twelve years, who looked like the woman's daughter. I put the photo back and ____24______ the purse to the police station, where I ___25_______ it to the desk sergeant. ____26______ I left, the sergeant took down my name and address ___27_______ the owner might want to write and thank me.

That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. They ___28______ a young woman so that there would be four people at the table. Her face was familiar. I was ____29______ sure that we had not met before, but I could remember where I had seen her. In the course of conversation, however, the young woman happened to mention that she had lost her purse that afternoon. ___30______ I realized where I had seen her. She was the young girl in the photo, although she was now much older.

21. A. watch                 B. notice             C. discover                   D. find out

22. A. find                    B. learn                        C. discover                   D. work out

23. A. besides        B. except               C. except for                 D. in addition to

24. A. took                   B. brought                    C. fetched                     D. sent

25. A. offered        B. passed               C. handed                     D. returned

26. A. Before         B. When                C. While               D. As

27. A. although             B. in case                     C. for fear                    D. so that

28. A. have also invited                              B. also had invited

C. also invited                                     D. had also invited

29. A. well                   B. much                       C. quite                        D. very

30. A. All at once B. At once                    C. Immediately             D. All suddenly