第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager     36    him , then watched him cleaning the floor as a     37  .
"You are    38  ." he said. Give me your e-mail address   39    I'll send you the application to   40   , as well as the date when you may start.
The man replied, "But I don't have a computer, neither an e-mail".
"I'm sorry"', said the HR manager."    41   you don't have an email, that    42   you do not exist. And anyone who doesn't exist cannot have the job."
The man left the office,    43  . He didn't know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10kg tomato crate（柳条箱）. He then sold the tomatoes in a door-to-door round. In less than two hours, he     44    doubling his capital. He   45    the operation three times, and returned home with $60. The man realized that he can   46    in this way, and started to go earlier every day, and return late.    47  , his money doubled or tripled（增至三倍） every day.    48   , he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet （车队）of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the     49   food retailers（零售商） in the US.
He started to plan his family's   50   , and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker（经纪人）, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was    51  , the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, "I don't have an e-mail." The broker said    52  , "You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded in building an empire. Can you    53   what you    54    have been if you had an e-mail?!!"
The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be a(n)   55   at Microsoft!"
36.A. introduced           B. interviewed              C. examined             D. invited
37.A. game                   B. test               C. favour               D. reward
38.A. employed            B. received              C. fired                      D. checked
39.A. or                             B. so                 C. and                   D. but
40.A. put up                B. make up             C. take in                     D. fill in
41.A. If                 B. Although             C. Though               D. Even though
42.A. means             B. suggests              C. reminds                D. explains
43.A. excited           B. frustrated         C. amazed              D. satisfied
44.A. tried                        B. attempted            C. succeeded            D. failed
45.A. realized          B. contacted          C. reviewed             D. repeated
46.A. contribute         B. donate              C. survive              D. react
47.A. Instead           B. Otherwise            C. Thus                 D. But
48.A. Shortly               B. Regularly             C. Occasionally          D. Naturally
49.A. fastest          B. biggest            C. oldest                D. highest
50.A. health                    B. fortune            C. success               D. future
51.A. interrupted      B. recovered          C. continued                      D. concluded
52.A. curiously            B. happily              C. nervously               D. patiently
53.A. believe            B. imagine           C. predict                       D. indicate
54.A. could           B. should               C. must                 D. need
55.A. manager            B. boss                C. office boy                      D. political leader

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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When my son was 11 years old, he got a small job helping out with a traveling carnival in our town. He didn't come home at lunch time, phoning  36  to tell me he was fine and had found a few days' work  37  out at an exhibit. However, after he finished work he  38  for supper as usual.
I asked him how he had  39  at lunch and he told me he had made some new  40  at the carnival, some young men who were twin brothers, and their mom and dad. They had  41  him a few dollars and invited him for lunch  42  for helping them set up their exhibit and wanted him to  43   the next day to help with other chores (杂务).
I was glad he had found new friends but a little  44  about the type of people who might be traveling in a carnival. "Oh, Mum, these are just  45  everyday people like anyone else. They  46   work at a carnival instead of in a store or something". "Come down tomorrow and  47  them yourself," he said.
So the next day I went to the carnival and to the exhibit he had  48  me to. The twin brothers   _49  out to be Siamese (连体的) twins, joined at the chest. He hadn't thought this  50  was noteworthy enough to mention. When I brought it to him, he said, "yes, I  51  that too. Do you know that their mum has to make all their clothes  52  it's so difficult to find anything to fit them? They're also really good  53  . Today, Joe, one on the fight, made me spaghetti (意大利面条) for lunch. "
What others see first in a person is not what a child considers  54  . Where I saw Siamese twins, he saw people having difficulty buying clothes that fit, and young men who were good cooks. It was a   _55  I have thought about many times over the years.
36. A. instead                B. even              C. also              D. besides
37. A. helping             B. helping                    C. taking             D. showing
38. A. did up                       B. gave up                    C. took up                    D. turned up
39. A. sought                       B. managed                  C. worked                    D. acted
40. A. clothes                       B. friends                            C. choices                     D. differences
41. A. paid                          B. charged                    C. lent                          D. owed
42. A. by chance                  B. in return                   C. by turns                   D. in advance
43. A. return                        B. promise                    C. consider                   D. decide
44. A. excited                      B. regretful                   C. worried                    D. optimistic
45. A. humorous                  B. obvious                    C. particular                 D. normal
46. A. just                           B. never                       C. hardly                      D. always
47. A. teach                         B. meet                        C. affect                       D. join
48. A. ordered                      B. directed                    C. forced                      D. persuaded
49. A. worked                      B. left                          C. came                        D. turned
50. A. expression                  B. change                            C. fact                          D. idea
51. A understood                  B. made                       C. noticed                     D. formed
52. A. before                       B. if                             C. after                        D. because
53. A. cooks                        B. doctors                     C. artists                       D. singers
54. A. necessary                   B. important                 C. impossible                D. unlucky
55. A. lesson                        B. festival                     C. task                         D. match

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面的短文，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。

When I was 14, my family went on our first trip to the United States. My uncle moved there several years ago to work in the    36    industry in California.

Although we flew several times before. this trip seemed really    37   because I had never been to America before. However, to our disappointment, the ride was    38    this time. People smoked and the air quality was very poor.

Moreover, it was    39    to see American money—it was very ugly and boring, all green and white, but what it could ___40   —freedom, Hollywood—was    41    . I didn’t see any movie stars in fur coats    42    their lovely dogs, either. I   43   , “Is this California？Where are the beaches, the sun and the blonde girls? ”   44    a land of dark-haired people, seeing blondes was    45    one of the extremely    46    parts of the trip. However, I was rather disappointed.    47    , the weather was really foggy, the city looked kind of old and the traffic was lerrible.

We droved north to Sonoma where my    48    had his house. The wine industry to a     49    can be both extremely boring and endless exciting. It was great to see my cousins and they    50    that they would take me out when the weather was nicer. We rode for miles and miles and played in the hills where no one could    51    us.

By the time we     52    to see the city of San Francisco all my bad thoughts had been    53   . I was having so much fun with my cousins that I wanted to move there.

I saw neither blonde girls nor   54    on that trip, but I met a lot of nice People and    55   that wherever you live it’s always a nice place if you like the people there. I hope I can travel back to California soon.

36．A．clothing              B．wine                      C．service                    D．travel

37．A．interesting                     B．fearful                    C．boring                    D．common

38．A．lovely                    B．smooth                   C．expensive                D．terrible

39．A．surprising               B．helpful                   C．disappointing          D．meaningful

40．A．impress                  B．change                    C．realize                    D．buy

41．A．frightening             B．moving                   C．exciting               D．depressing

42．A．walking                  B．marching                C．approaching            D．fighting

43．A．explained                B．complained             C．wondered                D．announced

44．A．Rounding up           B．Looking through      C．Resulting from        D．Coming from

45．A．impossibly              B．surely                     C．seriously                 D．fortunately

46．A．beneficial               B．wonderful               C．effective                 D．ordinary

47．A．After all               B．As a result          C．First of all              D．Worse still

48．A．uncle                      B．father                            C．brother                   D．friend

49．A．native                 B．child                      C．cousin                D．worker

50．A．imagined                B．promised                C．believed                  D．appealed

51．A．hate                       B．help                     C．bother                    D．miss

52．A．spread out               B．held back                C．turned up                D．got around

53．A．turned down           B．given away             C．washed away           D．put forward

54．A．beaches                  B．cities                     C．planes                     D．hills

55．A．appreciated             B．identified                C．realized                  D．imagined

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

    从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

    On his way to the airport one afternoon，Phillip asked the driver to wait outside the bank while he collected some traveler’s checks．

    The plane was to  36  at 5：30．From the bank，there was still a  37  journey to the airport38  Phillip merely enjoyed the scene along the way．Shortly before arriving，he began  39  the things he would need for the  40 ：tickets，money，the address of his hotel，traveler’s checks…Just a moment! How about his passport? Phillip went through his pockets．He suddenly  41  that He must have left his passport  42  ．

    What could he do? It was now five past four and there would be too little 43 to return for the passport．This was the 44 time he was representing his company for an important meeting 45  the manager of a French company in Paris the following morning Without a passport he would be 46  to board the plane At that moment，the taxi  47  outside the air terminal(候机楼)．Phillip got 48 ，took his suitcase and paid the driver．He then  49 a good deal of confusion(混乱)in the building．A  50  could be heard over the loudspeaker，“We very much  51  that because of a twenty—four—hour strike(罢工)of the airport staff，all flights for the rest of today have had to be called off” Passengers are  52  to get in touch with their travel agents or with this terminal foron tomorrow’s flights．Phillip was very glad to hear that．He would let his company know about this  54 and，thank goodness．he would have the opportunity of calling at the bank the next morning to  55 his passport．

36．A．check in            B．1ead off           C．take off           D．go up

37．A．1ong              B．short              C．pleasant          D．rough

38．A．as                B．so                 C．but             D．because

39．A．buying            B．taking              C．putting          D．checking

40．A．plane             B．trip                C．company         D．flight

41．A．realized           B．promised           C．recognized        D．suggested

42．A．at home          B．at the bank         C．at the office       D．in the taxi

43．A．time             B．chance              C．possibility        D．use

44．A．golden           B．1ast                 C．only            D．first

45．A．in               B．to                   C．at              D．with

46．A．sad              B．unable               C．nervous         D．Difficult

47．A．stopped           B．ran                 C．went            D．opened

48．A．off              B．back                C．out              D．away

49．A．started           B．caught               C．noticed          D．1eft

50．A speech            B．signal                C．call             D．voice

51．A．apologize        B．announce             C．worry           D．regret

52．A．advised          B．forced               C．allowed          D．persuaded

53．A ideas              B． plans              C．information        D．time

54．A．person           B．situation             C．place            D airport

55．A．return            B．show               C．recover           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。

I had a very special teacher many years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his  36 , she shared her insights(顿悟) with the students. When the class was nearly over, she  37  and said, “I would like to  38  with all of you a thought that has  39  to do with class, but which I feel is very  40 .

“Each of us is put here on the  41  to learn, share, love and appreciate ourselves. None of us knows when this  42  will end. At any moment it can be  43 . Perhaps this is life’s way of telling us that we must make good  44  of every day.” Her eyes beginning to  45 ,she went on saying, “So I would like you all to  46  me. From now on, on your way home, find something 47 to notice. It doesn’t have to be something you see- it could be  scent(香味) of fresh bread, or it could be the  48  of the wind slightly rustling(发出沙沙声) the leaves.”

“Please look for these things, and  49  them. The little things we are put here on the earth to enjoy. They are   50   observing , for at any time they can all be taken away.”

The class was totally quiet. We all picked up our books and went out of the room  51 . That afternoon, on my way home I noticed  52  things than before. Every time I think of that teacher and remember what a(n)  53  she made on all of us, I try to  54  all of those things that sometimes we all ignore. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret,  55  the things we didn’t do.

36. A. disease      B. death         C. arrival         D. appearance

37. A. paused      B. continued      C. focused       D. broke

38. A. argue       B. communicate   C. share          D. whisper

39. A. something   B. nothing        C. everything     D. anything

40. A. improper    B. important      C. attractive      D. unbelievable

41. A. earth       B. farm           C. road         D. ground

42. A. disaster     B. schedule       C. experience     D. custom

43. A. put away    B. gone out       C. handed out     D. taken away

44. A. fun        B. difference       C. sense         D. use

45. A. smile       B. shut           C. water         D. glare

46. A. permit      B. promise        C. forgive       D. respect

47. A. strange     B. beautiful        C. powerful      D. different

48. A. signal       B. sound         C. action         D. direction

49. A. support     B. receive         C. remember      D. value

50. A. easy        B. harmful         C. worth        D. puzzling

51. A. silently      B. curiously       C. slowly         D. secretly

52. A. more      B. smaller        C. fewer           D. larger

53. A. result      B. chance        C. pain            D. impression

54. A. produce    B. taste         C. appreciate       D. change

55. A. or         B. and          C. for             D. but