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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　Columnist Dave Barry says this about his father:"My dad would try anything - carpentry(木匠活),electrical wiring,roofing and so on.From watching him,I learned a lesson that still 36 to my life today:no matter how difficult a task may seem, 37 you're not afraid to try it,you can do it."

　　I learned from my parents the value of "going for it"." 38 ventured(冒险),nothing lost" is the motto of too many of us.Many people are so afraid to 39 that they never venture beyond the familiar."Better to be safe than sorry",has 40 too many people in the cocoon(保护膜) of their 41 zones.

　　A delightful 42 tells that Col.Robert Johnson of Salem,New Jersey,announced that he would take a 43 risk.He let the town know that he would 44 a wolf peach on the steps of the country courthouse at noon on September 26,1820. "Why would he take such a chance?" asked the 45 people.

　　Scientists and doctors had long declared the wolf peach to be 46 .If the wolf peach was too ripe and warmed by the sun,they told him he would be exposing himself to brain fever.Should he somehow 47 the experience,the skin of the 48 would stick to the lining of his stomach(他的胃黏膜) and 49 cause cancer.

　　Nearly 2,000 people 50 the square to see Col.Johnson eat the "poisonous" peach - now known as the tomato.

　　Col.Johnson believed his 51 was small,but it must be take if the 52 about the peach were to be 53 .Who has accompished anything worthwhile 54 taking a risk?

　　Much like the tortoise it makes 55 only when it sticks its neck out.

　　36.A.refers         B.applies       C.tends          D.leads

　　37.A.if            B.since         C.although       D.unless

　　38.A.Anything      B.Something    C.Nothing        D.Everything

　　39.A.fail           B.win          C.succeed        D.leave

　　40.A.turned        B.trapped       C.forbidden      D.orced

　　41.A.comfortable    B.miserable     C.surprising     D.unimportant

　　42.A.novel         B.message      C.joke          D.story

　　43.A.private        B.public       C.secret        D.national

　　44.A.buy          B.sell          C.eat           D.cut

　　45.A.puzzled       B.disappointed   C.angry        D.happy

　　46.A.delicious       B.smelly        C.salty        D.poisonous

　　47.A.enjoy         B.survive         C.understand  D.know

　　48.A.wolf         B.seed           C.peach      D.body

　　49.A.eventually     B.firstly          C.lately       D.hardly

　　50.A.reached      B.decorated         C.surrounded  D.crowded

　　51.A.audience     B.risk            C.fruit        D.size

　　52.A.myths        B.ingredients    C.truths         D.prices

　　53.A.changed      B.adopted        C.removed      D.grasped

　　54.A.without      B.for            C.with         D.except

　　55.A.sense        B.trouble         C.room        D.progress

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　John Blanchard was at Grand Central Station,looking for the girl whose heart he knew,but whose face he didn't,the girl with the 36 .
　　His interest in her had begun 13 months before in a Florida 37 .He was reading a book there and was attracted by the 38 on the margins left by a reader named Miss Hollis Maynell.He 39 to find her address and wrote her a letter 40 himself.The next day he was shipped overseas for 41 in the army in World War Ⅱ.
　　During the next 13 months the two grew to know each other throught the 42 .When he returned,they decided their first 43 -7 pm at Grand Gentral Station. "Youll 44 me," she wrote,"by the red rose I'll be 45 on my coat."
　　A young girl in a green suit was coming 46 Blanchard.She was so beautiful that he started fixing his eyes upon her,entirely 47 to notice that she was not wearing a rose.Just then,he saw Hollis Maynell,who was 48 just behind the girl.She was a woman well past 40,with 49 hair under a worn hat.
　　Blanchard felt 50 .But he didn't hesitate.He said to 51 ,"I'm Lieutenant(中尉) John Blanchard,and you must be Miss Maynell.I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to 52 ?"
　　"I don't 53 what this is about,son," she said,"but the young lady 54 asked me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner,I should tell you that she is 55 you in the big restaurant across the street!"
　　You can hardly imagine how happy Lieutenant John Blanchard felt at the moment!　
　　36.A.book B.hat C.rose D.letter
　　37.A.library B.restaurant C.post office D.station
　　38.A.trails B.notes C.signs D.marks
　　39.A.attempted B.stopped C.intended D.managed
　　40.A.introducing B.displaying C.acknowledging D.claiming
　　41.A.business B.work C.service D.research
　　42.A.ship B.mail C.line D.telegraphy
　　43.A.greeting B.interview C.meeting D.talk
　　44.A.memorize B.impress C.run into D.recognize
　　45.A.putting B.carrying C.fixing D.wearing
　　46.A.toward B.over C.from D.off
　　47.A.refusing B.forgetting C.stopping D.managing
　　48.A.standing B.wandering C.chasing D.hurrying
　　49.A.lighening B.darkening C.graying D.thickning
　　50.A.excited B.shy C.embarrassed D.disappointed
　　51.A.the girl B.the woman C.himself D.the passer - by
　　52.A.dinner B.my house C.the hotel D.the train
　　53.A.guess B.believe C.know D.like
　　54.A.under a worn hat B.in the green suit C.with gray hair D.standing behind
　　55.A.preparing for B.looking for C.teating D.waiting for

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项的标号涂黑。

It was the afternoon of December 24,and as the newest doctor in our office, I had to work．

The only thing that   36    my day was the beautifully decorated Christmas tree in our waiting room and a    37    sent to me by a fellow I was dating---a dozen red roses．

As I cleaning my office, our nurse came and said a lady in the front office was 38     to talk to me ． As I stepped out, I  39    a young , tired-looking woman with a baby in her arms,    40   ，she explained that her husband－a prisoner in a nearby prison－was my next   41   ． She told me she wasn’t  42   to visit him in prison and that he had never seen his son． She  43    me to let them stay in the waiting room as long as possible ． Since my   44   wasn’t full, I agreed．

     A short time later, her husband arrived with two armed guards．The woman’s tired face   45  when her husband took a seat beside her． I kept peeking(窥视)out to watch them laugh, cry, and  46     their child．

     After almost an hour, I called the  47     into the office ． He seemed like a gentle and humble(恭顺的)man, I tried to make him as    48    as possible．

     At the end．, I wished him a merry Christmas－a(n)   49    thing to say to a prisoner． He smiled and thanked me． He also said he felt  50    because he had nothing to give his wife for Christmas． On hearing this, I got a wonderful      51    

I’ll never forget the   51   on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful  53    I’m not sure who experienced the most   54   －the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the  55   to share in this special moment．

36．A．displeased        B．brightened        C．encouraged    D．surprised

37．A．letter            B．message          C．note          D．gift

38．A．anxious          B．afraid            C．pleased       D．likely

39．A．watch           B．met              C．noticed        D．received

40．A．Nervously 　     B．Excitedly         C．Happily        D．Carefully

41．A．prisoner         B．patient            C．customer       D．fellow

42．A．invited          B．satisfied           C．informed       D．allowed

43．A．told             B．advised            C．requested      D．forced

44．A．day            B．plan               C．appointment    D．schedule

45．A．lit up           B．went red            C．clouded over    D．turned pale

46．A．trick           B．share               C．fool           D．forget

47．A．guard          B．child               C．prisoner        D．visitor

48．A．comfortable     B．friendly            C．kind            D．well

49．A．easy           B．usual              C．difficult          D．important

50．A．happy          B．saddened           C．strange          D．nervous

51．A．opinion        B．message             C．promise          D．idea

52．A．look          B．surprise             C．misunderstanding  D．worry

53．A．cards         B．looks               C．roses             D．smiles

54．A．sadness       B．value               C．treasure           D．joy

55．A．right         B．opportunity           C．feeling           Ｄ．time

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　I was about six when I started doing gymnastice.I 36 going into the school's gymnasium full of equipment,with the other kids rushing in ,anxious to 37 ,and the scent in the air.
　　I realized I wanted to get 38 with gymnastics when I watched the Olympics.When I saw those 39 use their bodies to gracefully throw 40 up in the air ,I was filled with admiration:It seemed that they could fly and I 41 myself flying like them.And when I finally tried,the 42 I got for that one 43 in the air was freedom,freedom from everything.It was a 44 ,and it was addicting.
　　I was crazy when I was little.I was the boy parents didn't want their kids 45 for fear that they would 46 what I did and get hurt.Parents thought I was 47 because I would try tricks that others of my 48 wouldn't.Some of my coaches said kids as old as me don't have the courage and ability to achieve the tricks I could. What most people didn't 49 were the hours I put into learning those tricks.I practiced every step 50 until I put them together and my hard work would 51 something great.
　　This hard work once stopped when I 52 ,and started at a new school.Everything there was 53 ,but the giggeset change was a lack of a gymnastics gym.
　　Now I've restarted training in a team I can learn from.As a little kid I could only 54 wide-eyed as the gymnast flew high in the air. 55 I'm older,it's my time to fly.
　　36.A.regret      B.remember      C.considered     D.avoided
　　37.A.enter       B.leave         C.meet          D.learn
　　38.A.serious     B.careful        C.busy          D.interested
　　39.A.dancers     B.fans          C.athletes       D.winners
　　40.A.others      B.themselves     C.everything     D.each other
　　41.A.enjoyed     B.found         C.set           D.imagined
　　42.A.feeling      B.lesson        C.courage       D.instruction
　　43.A.second      B.effort         C.circle        D.stop
　　44.A.bore        B.panic         C.high         D.trouble
　　45.A.around      B.among        C.above        D.away from
　　46.A.study       B.envy          C.notice        D.copy
　　47.A.bad        B.crazy          C.excellent      D.dangerous
　　48.A.place      B.age            C.time          D.size
　　49.A.explain     B.understand     C.realize        D.experience
　　50.A.now and then B.all theh time    C.over and over   D.little by little
　　51.A.go through   B.belong to      C.turn into       D.give way to
　　52.A.moved      B.changed       C.failed         D.finished
　　53.A.all right     B.the same      C.terrible         D.different
　　54.A.practice      B.watch       C.sigh            D.sit
　　55.A.Simply because B.Even though  C.As soon as     D.Now that

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once upon a time there was a group of tiny frogs that held a running competition. The 36 was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had  37  around the tower to see the race and cheer on the  38 .
The race began,  39 , no one in the crowd really  40  that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. You heard  41  such as, “They will never  42  it to the top.” or “There is no  43  that they will succeed. The tower is too high!”
The tiny frogs began  44 , one by one, except for those who were climbing  45  in different paces.
The crowd continued to yell, “It’s too difficult!  46  will make it!”
47  tiny frogs got tired and gave up,  48  one continued higher and higher.
49 , everyone else had given up climbing the tower, except for one tiny frog. After a lot of  50 , he was the only one who reached the top! Then all the other tiny frogs  51  wanted to know how this one frog  52  to do it?
A competitor asked the tiny frog how he had found the  53  to succeed and reach the goal. It turned out that the winner was  54 !
Never listen to other people’s tendencies to be negative or pessimistic…because they  55  your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you--- the one you have in your heart!
36. A. wish         B. goal        C. plan        D. idea
37. A. looked      B. walked    C. turned     D. gathered
38. A. competitors        B. holders   C. actors     D. performers
39. A. Generally  B. Probably        C. Actually   D. Basically
40. A. wondered  B. believed         C. guessed    D. hoped
41. A. statements    B. conclusions    C. arguments       D. explanations
42. A. achieve     B. spot   C. encourage D. make
43. A. problem   B. chance    C. doubt      D. favor
44. A. giving up  B. cheering up    C. escaping  D. settling down
45. A. faster and faster             B. higher and higher  
C. farther and farther           D. stronger and stronger
46. A. No one    B. Everyone       C. Anyone    D. Someone
47. A. Fewer      B. Less        C. More       D. Larger  
48. A. and   B. but         C. so    D. or
49. A. At the same time   B. At each time      C. At no time      D. In the end
50. A. step   B. attempt   C. effort      D. jump
51. A. naturally   B. weightlessly   C. sadly       D. strangely
52. A. managed   B. planed    C. intended  D. started  
53. A. energy      B. force      C. strength   D. power
54. A. deaf   B. violent    C. foolish     D. religious
55. A. send         B. pass        C. keep        D. take