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41～60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Dear Seth,

You’re only three years old, and at this point you are not able to understand this letter today. But someday, when you _36_, I hope you will find something _37_ in what I share with you.

   Life can be _38_. There will be people in your life who won't be very nice. They'll  39_ you because you're different, _40_ for no good reason. You will also face heartbreak and might be_41_ by those you love . I hope you don't have to face this too much, but such things_42_ .

Be open to life anyway. You'll find cruelty and _43_ in your journey through life，but don't let that _44_ you from new things. Don't retreat (退却) from life, and don't _45_ or wall yourself off. Be open to new things, new experiences, and new people. You will _46_ many times, but if you allow that to keep you from trying, you will _47_ many chances. Do remember failure is a stepping stone to _48_.

You will meet many people who will try to do _49_ than you, in school, in college, and at work. They’ll try to have nicer cars, bigger houses, nicer clothes, cooler gadgets. To _50_, life is a competition.

Here’s a secret: life isn’t a competition. It’s a _51_. If you always try your best to _52_ others, you’re wasting your life. Learn to enjoy your life _53_ and you will make it a journey of _54_, of learning, of continual improvement, and of love.

Finally, know that I love you and always will. You are _55_ a really wonderful journey, and I will be there for you.

Love,

Your Dad

36. A  grow up     B  show up    C  cheer up   D  calm down

37. A  familiar      B valuable      C  normal     D  interesting

38. A  unkind       B  peaceful    C  equal D  simple

39. A  end up with       B. get on well with C  laugh at    D  look after

40. A  if B  but   C  so     D  or

41. A  hurt    B  found       C  accepted   D  impressed

42. A  matter B  work C  disappear  D  happen

43. A  luck    B  pain  C  difference D  hope

44. A  protect       B  encourage C  stop   D  choose

45. A  forgive       B  struggle    C  compete    D  hide

46. A  leave   B  prepare    C  escape      D  fall

47. A  enjoy  B  try    C  miss  D  meet

48. A  success       B  life    C  action       D  sorrow

49. A  earlier B  better       C  less   D  faster

50. A  you     B  me    C  him   D  them

516. A  challenge  B  drama       C  journey     D  dream

52. A  change       B  pardon      C  follow      D  beat

53. A  somewhere B  instead      C  afterwards D  though

54. A  cruelty       B  danger      C  happiness  D  quietness

55. A  starting       B  destroying C  recreating D  replacing

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第二节: 完形填空 (满分20分)

Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to   41   with you.

I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the high way at 85 mph   42   we realized we were   43   . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand new $ 20 bill. I was so   44   because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on   45   seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line.

  46   , I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I   47   I had not actually handed my money to the cashier. I had just  48   out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible. 

My conscience(良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn’t   49   over it. I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and   50   for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I

  51   to forgive myself the pleasure of an ice cream for   52   that someone would say, “Hey, Jeff, why don’t you use the change   53   the pizza instead of that nice, new $ 20 bill?” I was not so    54   of my cash now.

For the next two years, whenever I was   55   of the “pizza incident,” I would say to myself, “Don’t think about it.”

I have learned two things from this   56   . Maybe I was a fool for   57    in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a   58   pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will   59   up with you.

This reflects the saying, “A coward (懦夫) dies a thousand times, a hero dies once.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that accident at least a thousand times. If I had been a   60   and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.

41.   A. say                          B. spare                        C. share                       D. explain

42.   A. as                            B. while                       C. however                  D. when

43.   A. lost                          B. tired                        C. hungry                    D. anxious

44.   A. excited                     B. worried                    C. satisfied                   D. encouraged

45.   A. rest                          B. food                        C. travel                       D. drink

46.   A. Unluckily                B. Finally                     C. Immediately             D. Actually

47. A. forgot                      B. recognized               C. noticed                    D. realized

48. A. walked                     B. left                          C. worked                    D. found

49.   A. look                        B. get                           C. turn                         D. think

50.   A. ask                          B. pay                          C. apologize                 D. send

51.   A. refused                    B. wanted                     C. hoped                      D. meant

52.   A. hope                        B. surprise                    C. anger                       D. fear

53.   A. into                         B. with                         C. for                           D. from

54.   A. sure                         B. upset                        C. proud                       D. pleased

55.   A. asked                       B. reminded                  C. thought                   D. told

56.   A. experience                B. experiment               C. story                        D. mistake

57.   A. turning                    B. taking                      C. handing                   D. giving

58. A. free                         B. cheap                       C. plain                        D. oily

59.   A. make                       B. wake                        C. catch                        D. put

60.   A. coward                    B. fool                         C. loser                        D. hero