第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

“Dad, I’m sure I can do it well this time, I promise.” I said to myself and went up to the stage and began my play ...

Finally I __36__ from my piano and took a bow to the people in the hall. There was a __37__ and then loud applause (掌声) burst out. I knew I __38__ it. Tears filled my eyes. Then I __39__ three years ago right here when it was my turn to play. I __40__ the hall and saw my dad. He sat at the end of a __41__ with a serious face.

Suddenly I became __42__. I had practiced my piece for months, __43__ then it seemed there was something wrong with my fingers. I forced out some __44__ tune and left the stage in tears. I __45__.

On the way home my father didn’t say even a word. He just __46__ the car in silence. I didn’t say anything either. What could I say, really, after what I’d done? I knew how __47__ Dad worked to earn enough money __48__ my piano. That time he was __49__ to come to a competition(比赛), but I let him down.

I didn’t remember how we got home. Dad never said a word the entire way home, and he never __50__ one of my competitions again. I never got over the hurt of having __51__ the person I most wanted to make proud. I’d __52__ more than my competition that afternoon. I felt as if I’d lost the key to my father’s heart, and he died before I could __53__ it again.

“God, why didn’t you give me a __54__ to make it up to him?” I’d often asked.

I won first prize in the contest now. How I wish my father could share the __55__ moment with me!

36.   A. dropped     B. rose       C. turned         D. slid

37.   A. silence    B. noise      C. laughter        D. shout

38.   A. got        B. missed          C. made         D. caught

39. A. thought      B. realized      C. understood     D. remembered

40.   A. looked up   B. looked around    C. looked out  D. looked over

41.   A. seat       B. row       C. group         D. team

42.   A. nervous      B. excited       C. sick           D. tried

43    A. and       B. though      C. but            D. so

44.   A. soft       B. moving      C. nice           D. terrible

45.   A. succeeded   B. won       C. failed         D. disappeared

46.   A. drove     B. started     C. washed          D. repaired

47.   A. quickly      B. hard       C. warmly         D. happily

48.   A. on         B. in              C. for             D. with

49.   A. sad        B. happy     C. able           D. unable

50.   A. attended     B. noticed       C. heard         D. cared

51.   A. pleased      B. surprised    C. disappointed      D. satisfied

52.   A. felt        B. lost        C. made         D. learned

53.   A. open      B. close      C. forget         D. find

54.   A. piano     B. duty       C. chance              D. contest

55.   A. exciting     B. surprising   C. interesting     D. relaxing

 

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

“Dad, I’m sure I can do it well this time, I promise.” I said to myself and went up to the stage and began my play ...

Finally I __36__ from my piano and took a bow to the people in the hall. There was a __37__ and then loud applause (掌声) burst out. I knew I __38__ it. Tears filled my eyes. Then I __39__ three years ago right here when it was my turn to play. I __40__ the hall and saw my dad. He sat at the end of a __41__ with a serious face.

Suddenly I became __42__. I had practiced my piece for months, __43__ then it seemed there was something wrong with my fingers. I forced out some __44__ tune and left the stage in tears. I __45__.

On the way home my father didn’t say even a word. He just __46__ the car in silence. I didn’t say anything either. What could I say, really, after what I’d done? I knew how __47__ Dad worked to earn enough money __48__ my piano. That time he was __49__ to come to a competition(比赛), but I let him down.

I didn’t remember how we got home. Dad never said a word the entire way home, and he never __50__ one of my competitions again. I never got over the hurt of having __51__ the person I most wanted to make proud. I’d __52__ more than my competition that afternoon. I felt as if I’d lost the key to my father’s heart, and he died before I could __53__ it again.

“God, why didn’t you give me a __54__ to make it up to him?” I’d often asked.

 I won first prize in the contest now. How I wish my father could share the __55__ moment with me!

36.   A. dropped     B. rose        C. turned          D. slid

37.   A. silence     B. noise       C. laughter         D. shout

38.   A. got         B. missed           C. made          D. caught

39. A. thought      B. realized      C. understood     D. remembered

40.   A. looked up   B. looked around    C. looked out  D. looked over

41.   A. seat        B. row        C. group          D. team

42.   A. nervous      B. excited       C. sick            D. tried

43    A. and       B. though      C. but             D. so

44.   A. soft        B. moving      C. nice            D. terrible

45.   A. succeeded   B. won        C. failed          D. disappeared

46.   A. drove      B. started     C. washed           D. repaired

47.   A. quickly      B. hard        C. warmly          D. happily

48.   A. on          B. in               C. for              D. with

49.   A. sad         B. happy     C. able            D. unable

50.   A. attended     B. noticed       C. heard          D. cared

51.   A. pleased      B. surprised    C. disappointed      D. satisfied

52.   A. felt         B. lost         C. made          D. learned

53.   A. open       B. close       C. forget         D. find

54.   A. piano      B. duty        C. chance               D. contest

55.   A. exciting     B. surprising   C. interesting      D. relaxing

Condoleezza Rice is used to standing out. It is not only because she holds the position as U.S. Secretary of State. Her youth, gender and skin color have 　36　 a lot of attention throughout her political career.

Condoleezza Rice,　37　 as Condi to her close friends, was born in 1954 in Birmingham. During 1950s,blacks were not treated as 　38　 citizens in the south. Although slavery was　39　 in 1865,the southern states passed their own laws to continue the 　40　of blacks and whites. Despite the discrimination 　41　 black people, her parents told her she could become? 42　 she wanted. They taught her to believe that great things were 　43　 for her.

Rice was a gifted student with a 　44　 for the piano and she entered college at the age of 15 with the 　45　 of becoming a concert pianist. Along the way she was　46　 by political? scientist Josef Korbel, the father of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Rice 　47　 her plans and studied international politics, and in the 1980s she was teaching at Stanford University,　48　 her career developed quickly. She　49　 on George H. Bush's national security council(顾问) in 1989.Later she 　50　 to Stanford, and became its youngest, first female and first 　51　 provost after two years.

In 2001,Rice re-entered the political world,　52　 George W. Bush's national security advisor. She has drawn international 　53　 in this position, and has been the most powerful national security advisors in American 　54　.

She held this position until 2005,when 　55　 Secretary of State.

36.A. directed B. turned C. paid    D. attracted?

37.A. known   B. Considered C. Seen   D. accepted?

38.A. respectful     B. equal  C. different     D. noble?

39.A. finished B. Stopped     C. Prevented   D. ended?

40.A. difference     B. disagreement     C. separation   D. division?

41.A. against  B. to              C. with    D. towards?

42.A. whoever       B. whomever  C. whatever    D. whichever?

43.A. desiring B. waiting      C. preparing   D. longing?

44.A. talent    B. interest       C. hobby D. favourite?

45.A. purpose B. goal    C. intention    D. attention?

46.A. effected B. affected      C. impressed   D. influenced?

47.A. changed B. postponed   C. cancelled    D. exchanged?

48.A. which    B. where C. when  D. that?

49.A. acted     B. waited C. served D. called?

50.A. paid a visit    B. showed concern C. attended     D. returned?

51.A. black     B. white  C. capable      D. efficient?

52.A. turning  B. holding      C. becoming   D. taking?

53.A. praise    B. approval     C. criticism     D. attention?

54.A. politics  B. history       C. culture              D. government?

55.A. elected  B. invited       C. appointed   D. succeeded??

阅读理解

The Musical Heart

　　This is the story of a small boy, who lived a long time ago in Germany . His name was George Frederick Handle .

　　As a very young boy, he loved music most. But his father didn't allow him to play any music.

　　Then one day he waited until he was all alone at home. Quickly he ran to his hiding place, he and a friend carried a small piano into the house. He decided to put it in his hiding place. There no one could see it.

　　That night, when everyone else wag asleep, he went to his hiding place. The moon was shining through a broken window. He sat on a box and began to play the piano. At that moment he knew he could only be happy playing music the rest of his life.

　　He played on and on, and he filled his house with his music. “George!” cried his father, “What are you doing? Stop that playing now! ”

　　The music stopped. George had tears in his eyes. Then he turned to his father and said, “Papa, you must understand I love music. It is my whole life.”

　　“Now listen to me, you foolish boy,” said Mr. Handle, “I want you to be a rich man. I want you to work hard. 1 don't want you to be a poor man all your life. You must leave music and become a doctor. Don't let me see you at the piano again.”

　　One day George found his way to church. He went straight to the organ(管风琴)and began to play it . He was only seven years old then. The story of his music spread in his town.

　　When the Duke heard the story, he said, “This boy must have the best music teacher. ” So George began to take music lessons.

　　George's teacher was very good. He taught George well and helped him write his own music. George became famous when he was eleven years old. Now his music is played all over the world.

1．Why didn't George listen to his father?

[　　]

A．He deeply loved music .

B．He didn't think his father was right.

C．He didn't want to go to school.

D．Music could make him rich.

2．What did George's father want him to be?

[　　]

A．A businessman.

B．A teacher.

C．A doctor.

D．A musician.

3．“Duke” is probably ________.

[　　]

A．a doctor

B．a nobleman

C．a good music teacher

D．a shop manager

4．The title “The Musical Heart” means ________.

[　　]

A．George began to play the piano when he was very young.

B．George played the piano pretty well .

C．George was a good music teacher.

D．George regarded music as his life and put his heart into it.

    I must have been about fourteen then, and I put away the incident from my mind with the

easy carelessness of  youth. But the words, Carl Walter spoke that day, came back to me years

later, and ever since have been of great value to me.

Carl Walter was my piano teacher. During one of my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing. I said three or four hours a day.

"Do you practice in long stretches, an hour at a time?"

"I try to."

"Well, don't," he exclaimed. "When you grow up, time won't come in long stretches.    Practice in minutes, whenever you can find them five or ten before school, after lunch, between household tasks. Spread the practice through the day, and piano-playing will become a part of your life."

When I was teaching at Columbia, I wanted to write, but class periods, theme-reading, and committee meetings filled my days and evenings. For two years I got practically nothing down on paper, and my excuse was that I had no time. Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said. During the next week I conducted an experiment. Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied, I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so. To my astonishment, at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript ready for revision, later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal method. Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever, in every day there were idle moments which could be caught and put to use. I even took up piano--playing again, finding that the small intervals of the day provided sufficient time for both writing and piano practice.

There is an important trick in this time--using formula: you must get into your work quickly. If you have but five minutes for writing, you can't afford to waste four chewing your pencil. You must make your mental preparations beforehand, and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes. Fortunately, rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize.

I admit I have never learnt how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes. But life can be counted on to supply interruptions. Carl Walter has had a tremendous influence on my life. To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge（投入）in without delay.

56．The meaning of “stretch” in the underlined part is the same as that in sentence “        ”.

      A．The forests in the north of the province stretch for hundreds of miles.

       B．Bob worked as a government official for a stretch of over twenty years.

       C．My family wasn’t wealthy by any stretch of the imagination.

       D．During his senior year his earnings far enough to buy an old car.

57．Which of the following statements is true?

　　A．The writer didn’t completely take the teacher’s words to heart at first.

　　B．Carl Walter has had a great influence on the writer's life since he became a student.

　　C．The writer owes great thanks to his teacher for teaching him to work in long stretches.

　　D．Rapid concentration is actually more difficult than most people imagine.

58．We can infer that the writer             . 

       A．has new books published each year however busy his teaching is

      B．is always tired of interruptions in life because his teaching schedule is always heavy

      C．has formed a bad habit of chewing a pencil while writing his novels

       D．can find sufficient time for mental preparations beforehand, so he's devoted to work   instantly

59．What is the best title of this passage?

       A．Concentrate on Your Work           B．A Little at a Time

       C．How I Became a Writer           D．Good Advice Is Most Valuable