完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5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、D）中，选出可以填入空白的最佳答案。

Listening is powerful medicine.

This is a very good lesson that no one can imagine it takes a(n)    16   about 18 seconds to    17     a patient, which is her unforgettable experience for all her life.

It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I    18    her room in a hurry and stood at the doorway. She was an older woman, sitting at the edge of the bed,    19    to put socks on her swollen feet. I stepped in, spoke quickly to the nurse,    20   her chart, noting she was in stable   21      . I was almost in the clear.

I stood against the bed looking down at her. She asked if I could help put on her socks.   22     , I started a conversation like this: "How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high, but they're better today. The nurse   23   you're anxious to see your   24   who's visiting you today. It's nice to have family visit from far away. I bet you really   25      forward to seeing him."

She    26   me with a serious and firm voice. "Stop talking！Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not your story."

I was surprised and   27   . I sat down quietly. I helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him within five years. She believed that the stress of this   28   greatly to her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head “No” and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to    29   .

Each   30    is different. Some are detailed; others are unclear. Some have a beginning, middle and end. Others wander   31   a clear conclusion. Some are true; others are completely not.    32   what really matters to the storyteller is that the story should be    33   --- without interruption or   34   .

Listening to someone's story is a key to healing. After that I often thought of what that woman taught me, and I often   35   myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down，opening up my ears and truly listening.

A. physicist      B. physician            C. nurse            D. dentist

A. understand         B. recognize            C. interrupt        D. know

A. entered        B. passed           C. left             D. approached

A. continuing     B. learning             C. pretending       D. struggling

A. tested         B. checked          C. designed         D. looked

A. level          B. condition            C. position         D. period

A. So             B. Otherwise            C. Instead      D. Moreover

A. told          B. showed           C. mentioned        D. announced

A. son            B. husband          C. brother      D. nephew

A. look           B. wished           C. hoped            D. wanted

A. bothered       B. influenced           C. stopped      D. puzzled

A. disappointed   B. bored               C. excited      D. embarrassed

A. attached        B. contributed      C. devoted      D. owed

A. sit             B. wait                 C. listen           D. comfort

A. feeling             B. case                 C. life             D. story

A. without        B. to               C. for          D. at

A. And            B. Yet              C. So           D. Then

A. read           B. written          C. repeated         D. heard

A. judgment        B. curiosity            C. encouragement    D. attraction

A. convinced      B. informed             C. reminded         D. warned

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题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。

If you have a watch, don't repair it! I know it   36  . Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch   37   perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to   38   it up. Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to   39   by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said: "The regulator (校准器) is to be pushed up   40   your watch is four minutes   41  ."

I tried to stop him, tried to   42   him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.

My beautiful watch began to gain time. It   43   faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it   44   all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.

What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately   45   he asked me to come in a week's time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to   46   down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners.

Now I went to   47   watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he  48 it to pieces and said that he could finish this work   49   three or four days. I could do nothing but   50  . That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.

So I kept   51   my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.

And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not   52   the time by my watch. The thing was getting   53  . My watch had   54   two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred. At last I decided to buy   55   watch, which I did.

36．A．for reality      B．for truth       C．for certain    D．for certainty

37．A．kept          B．told           C．observed            D．struck

38．A．turn          B．wind          C．pick          D．put

39．A．be turned      B．be taken        C．be put        D．be set

40．A．as          B．as if     C．when      D．if

41．A．fast         B．slowly         C．faster        D．slow

42．A．get                 B．persuade        C．make        D．explain

43．A．gained       B．lost        C．went          D．won

44．A．had remained         B．had left         C．had stayed    D．had fallen

45．A．however     B．and            C．but                 D．therefore

46．A．go          B．walk           C．slow                D．take

47．A．the third     B．the second      C．the first      D．the fourth

48．A．broke         B．took           C．tore          D．cut

49．A．after          B．before          C．over                D．in

50．A．to agree       B．agree          C．agreeing             D．agreed 

51．A．taking       B．bringing        C．carrying             D．fetching

52．A．recognize      B．tell            C．know        D．understand

53．A．seriously     B．pleasant       C．badly       D．serious

54．A．spent      B．took        C．cost        D．paid

55．A．another  B．the other        C．one   D．one more

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。
It is not so much what happens to each of us that determines our quality of life, but rather our reaction to what happens. Though we may have no     36   in unexpected events that happen to us, we most certainly have choice in   37   we interpret what happens, and in what we choose to do about it. These choices make all the   38  in how we experience our world and very much determine our    39    of life.
Neither does what we own    40   a major role in quality of life. One person with all the money and possessions in the world may have a   41   life, while another in the lowest income classes may    42  love their life. It is what we do with what we own that   43   our level of satisfaction and joy in life. It's not what you    44    or what happens to you in life that    45   , but rather what you do with it.
Every    46   something is happening in our lives. And every moment we    47    or a judgment about what happens. By choosing to become more   48  of how we react to what happens, we can   49  towards what we really want in our lives.   50    following habitual, reactive patterns which   51  more of the same, we can recognize and  52  our old habits to move powerfully in the   53   of creating the life we really want. Yet to do this, we must first find the    54 to look at some of the disempowering, often unconscious   55  which get in the way and don't serve to increase our quality of life. But by continually reminding ourselves of our intention to be creators, we can transform our life.
36．A．need               B．courage          C．choice             D．necessity
37．A．what               B．whether           C．that                 D．how
38．A．difference        B．troubles           C．decisions          D．measures
39．A．type                B．quality             C．amount            D．level
40．A．take                B．play                C．make               D．get
41．A．miserable         B．accessible         C．acceptable        D．adaptable 
42．A．practically         B．privately      C．absolutely       D．adequately
43．A．creates             B．investigates      C．affects             D．handles
44．A．lack                B．need                C．reserve           D．possess 
45．A．means            B．exists              C．works             D．matters
46．A．time                B．period             C．date                 D．moment
47．A．make a mistake                                   B．make a discovery
C．make a decision                           D．make a fortune
48．A．conscious         B．sensitive         C．reasonable        D．active
49．A．alter               B．shift                C．differ                    D．distinguish
50．A．Other than              B．Rather than      C．As well as        D．According to
51．A．lead to             B．lie in               C．call for            D．appeal to
52．A．transplant     B．transform     C．transport      D． transmit
53．A．edge                B．way                 C．direction          D．center
54．A．hope               B．interest            C．chance             D．courage
55．A．patterns           B．frames             C．landscape         D．Examples

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，撑握其大意，然后从31—50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I believe listening is powerful Medicine.

Studies have shown it takes a(n) __31__ about 18 seconds to __32__ a patient after he begins talking.

It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I __33__ her room in a hurry and stood at the doorway. She was an older woman, sitting at the edge of the bed, __34__ to put socks on her swollen feet. I stepped in, spoke quickly to the nurse, __35__ her chart noting she was in stable __36__. I was almost in the clear.

I stood against the bed looking down at her. She asked if I could help put on her socks. __37__, I started a monologue that went something like this: "How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high but they're better today. The nurse __38__ you're anxious to see your __39__ who's visiting you today. It's nice to have family visit from far away. I bet you really __40__ forward to seeing him."

She __41__ me with a serious, authoritative voice. "Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not your story."

I was surprised and __42__. I sat down. I helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him in five years. She believed that the stress of this __43__ greatly to her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head no and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to __44__.

Each __45__ is different. Some are detailed; others are unclear. Some have a beginning, middle and end. Others wander __46__ a clear conclusion. Some are true; others not. __47__ what really matters to the storyteller is that the story is __48__-— without interruption, assumption or __49__.

Listening to someone's story is key to healing and diagnosis. I often thought of what that woman taught me, and I often __50__ myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening.

31. A. physicist            B. physician          C. expert               D. dentist

32. A. understand      B. recognize         C. interrupt           D. know

33. A. entered                 B. passed                     C. left                  D. approached

34. A. continuing      B. learning                  C. pretending               D. struggling

35. A. observed            B. scanned               C. designed           D. evaluated

36. A. level                  B. condition          C. position            D. period

37. A. Therefore           B. Otherwise         C. Instead             D. Moreover

38. A. indicated            B. responded         C. mentioned               D. announced

39. A. son                    B. husband                   C. brother             D. nephew

40. A. look                  B. tolerate                    C. chant         D. clarify

41. A. bothered            B. influenced                      C. stopped            D. puzzled

42. A. disappointed       B. scared                    C. thrilled             D. embarrassed

43. A. attached             B. contributed              C. devoted            D. owed

44. A. sit                        B. wait                        C. listen                D. comfort

45. A. feeling                      B. case                        C. life                  D. story

46. A. without              B. to                           C. for                   D. at

47. A. And                   B. Yet                         C. So                   D. Then

48. A. read                   B. written                    C. repeated           D. heard

49. A. judgment           B. acknowledgement      C. encouragement   D. commitment

50. A. convinced          B. informed                 C. reminded          D. Warned

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。

It is not so much what happens to each of us that determines our quality of life, but rather our reaction to what happens. Though we may have no     36    in unexpected events that happen to us, we most certainly have choice in   37   we interpret what happens, and in what we choose to do about it. These choices make all the   38   in how we experience our world and very much determine our    39     of life.

Neither does what we own    40    a major role in quality of life. One person with all the money and possessions in the world may have a   41   life, while another in the lowest income classes may    42   love their life. It is what we do with what we own that   43   our level of satisfaction and joy in life. It's not what you    44    or what happens to you in life that    45    , but rather what you do with it.

Every    46    something is happening in our lives. And every moment we    47    or a judgment about what happens. By choosing to become more   48   of how we react to what happens, we can   49   towards what we really want in our lives.   50    following habitual, reactive patterns which   51   more of the same, we can recognize and  52   our old habits to move powerfully in the   53   of creating the life we really want. Yet to do this, we must first find the    54  to look at some of the disempowering, often unconscious   55   which get in the way and don't serve to increase our quality of life. But by continually reminding ourselves of our intention to be creators, we can transform our life.

36．A．need                B．courage           C．choice             D．necessity

37．A．what               B．whether           C．that                 D．how

38．A．difference        B．troubles           C．decisions          D．measures

39．A．type                B．quality             C．amount            D．level

40．A．take                B．play                C．make               D．get

41．A．miserable         B．accessible         C．acceptable        D．adaptable 

42．A．practically           B．privately      C．absolutely       D．adequately

43．A．creates             B．investigates      C．affects             D．handles

44．A．lack                B．need                C．reserve            D．possess 

45．A．means             B．exists               C．works              D．matters

46．A．time                B．period             C．date                 D．moment

47．A．make a mistake                                   B．make a discovery

    C．make a decision                            D．make a fortune

48．A．conscious         B．sensitive          C．reasonable        D．active

49．A．alter                B．shift                C．differ                     D．distinguish

50．A．Other than              B．Rather than      C．As well as        D．According to

51．A．lead to             B．lie in               C．call for            D．appeal to

52．A．transplant     B．transform      C．transport       D． transmit

53．A．edge                B．way                 C．direction          D．center

54．A．hope               B．interest            C．chance             D．courage

55．A．patterns           B．frames             C．landscape         D．Examples