短文改错：

For 72 years, Lisa Gumpel kept a secret . “For a long time, I was determined not to tell anyone about it,” said Gumpel, 85 years old,  31  finally settled in Minnesota after the war and now lives in the Twin Cities.
She told people that she and her two sisters were among 669 Jewish children  32  (save) by a kind man to escape from the Nazi concentration camp in 1939. Their rescuer was  33  British businessman named Nicholas Winton, who also kept the story to  34  until his wife found a list of the children’s names.
Gumpel was shocked in 1988 when the  35  (true) about Winton’s one-man rescue operation finally came out. “Nobody knew that he actually did all  36  himself,” she said. “He worked so hard to save lives.”
Winton still doesn’t think that he’s a hero, arguing that his life was never  37  danger and that he was doing  38  he feels every person should do.
A party was held for him and the people he’d saved. Gumpel was  39  (excite) when she finally met him. “He still  40  (treat) us all like we’re his kids,” she said with a warm smile on the face.

单词拼写  （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

  根据句意填入适当形式的词，首字母或中文已给出。 

1._ If you go to New York, you can enjoy the beauty of the S______ of Liberty by yourself.

2._ While traveling, we often find many r_________ paintings on the walls of temples.

3._The first living ______________(生物) sent into space was a dog named Laika.

4._. Both sides are trying to find a peaceful s___________ to the nuclear problem.

5._ Look! The excellent dancer is dancing ______________(优雅地) on the stage.

6._The world-famous artist’s works are on _______________(展览) here.

7._ He worked so hard that e_______________ he made himself ill.

8._ It was our ____________ (祖先) who invented the paper-making, the compass and so on.

9._ They give 10% d________________ for cash payment.

10._ At the crossing of the street you can find the ____________ (农业的) Bank of China.

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55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。并将答案写在答题卡上。
John Henry was a young man, and he was one of the best steel-drivers in the country,He cjould work for hours without missing a beat, People said he worked so fast that his  36    moved
Like lightening
One day,a salesman came to the work area with a new   37    machine by powered steam, He said it could drill holes    38   than twelve men working together, The railroad company  39 to buy the machine if it worked as well as the salesman said.
The supervisor(监工头) said,”I have the best steel-driver in the   40     , He can beat more than twenty men working together,”The salesman   41    the statements. He said the company could have the machine without cost   42    he was faster, The supervisor told John about it and said “How about a   43    ?” John Henry looked at the machine and saw   44    of the future, He saw machines taking   45    of America’s best laborers, He saw himself and friends   46   and standing by a road ,asking for food, He saw men losing their families and their    47    as human beings , John Henry told the supervisor he would never let the machine take his job, His friends all cheered.
The competition began, John Henry  48   his hammer and started working. At first, the steam-powered drill worked two times faster than he did,    49     he started working with a hammer in each hand. He worked faster and faster. In the mountain , the dust was so    50   that most men would have had trouble   51    . After a while , the machine was pulled from the tunnel , It had broken down, . But John Henry   52    working faster and faster. At last he became weak ,and his heart    53    . John Henry fell to the ground .”I beat them,” Then he took his 54    breath.
Soon, the steam drill and other machines replaced the steel-drivers ,.Many   55   left their families, looking for work, They took the only jobs they could find, As they worked, some sang about John Henry,
36.A  broom,           B  hammer          C hand         D sleeve
37.A washing            B drilling             C sewing        D flying
38. A quickly            B slower              C faster         D fast
39. A managed         B allowed             C refused       D planned
40 A family             B class               C film           D country
41. A doubted          B hated               C disagreed      D decided
42. A when             B if                   C unless          D despite
43. A lesson             B race                C unless         D despite
44.A images            B faces                C plans          D signs
45. A the place         B the room             C the space       D the air
46. A excited         B unemployed          C moved         D encouraged
47. A food             B rights              C wages       D houses
48.A touched           B kicked              C kissed        D stamped
49. A Otherwise         B But               C Then          D However
50. A thin               B big               C high          D thick
51. A laughing          B talking             C breathing      D singing
52.A stopped           B kept                C enjoyed       D suggested
53. A burst              B worked            C ran           D lived
54.A  own              B deep              C best          D last
55. A laborers          B women             C villagers       D salesmen

–Do you know Henry didn’t win that speech contest？

--_________? I thought for sure he would. He worked so hard on it.