No sooner _____ themselves in their seats in the theatre _____ the curtain went up.

  A. they have settled; before        B. had they settled; than

  C. have they settled; when         D. they had settled; than

Tom was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career
made him a depressed man, often complaining that others had been playing tricks on him. One day he told his wife he was so   16  with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to    17   city. It was in the evening of aweekend when Tom and his wife were busy   18  up their new home
   19 the light suddenly went out. So they had to  20  work. Tom was regretful to have forgotten bringing along candles and had to wait   21 in a low mood. Just then he heard slight, hesitant knocks on his door that sounded clear in the   22 night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom had no   23 in the new city.
And this was the moment he especially disliked being disturbed.   24 , he went reluctantly to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have   25  ? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door violently. “What a nuisance!” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down   26  the neighbor came to   27  things.” After a while, the door was knocked   28 . He opened it and found the same girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She   29  me here to give you these.” Tom was very   30  by what he saw. When he became fully aware, he said, “Thank you and your  31  . God bless you!”
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his   32 in life. It
was his  33 and harshness(刻薄)with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was   34   nobody else but himself, for he had fallen for his unsympathetic   35 .

 No sooner had he got home than he ____his coat and sat down at the table.

A. threw off  B. threw out  C. threw about  D. threw sway

She ＿＿＿＿＿ to the office than she got down to writing the report.

A  has no sooner got            B. had hardly got

C  .no sooner got               D. had no sooner got

完形填空（共20小题，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和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。

  In my second year of high school, the class was to run the mile. I will always  36    

that day because due to the  37 from medical operation on my   38 , for two years I had not worn shorts. I was afraid of being laughed at. Yet that day, it didn’t   39   . I was ready   40  , heart and mind. I had   41   got to the starting line than I heard the loud   42  . “How ugly!” I blocked it out.

  Then the coach shouted, “Ready. Go!” I jetted out of there like a  43   , faster than anyone else for the first 20 feet. I knew   44   about speed then, but it was OK because I was   45   to finish first. As I started the third lap (圈), only a few of my classmates were left on the track, and I began limping (跛行). By the time I hit the fourth lap, I was   46  . Then it hit me. I realized that nobody had   47  . Everyone had already finished,   48  . As I ran that last lap, I cried.  49  12 minutes 42 seconds after starting I crossed the finish line. I   50  to the ground and shed oceans.

  Suddenly my coach ran up to me and picked me up, saying, “You did it. Manuel! Son, you FINISHED!” He looked at me   51   in the eyes, waving a piece of paper in his hand. It was my   52   for the day, which I had given to him before class. He read it   53  to everyone. It simply said, “I, Manuel, will finish the mile run tomorrow, come what may.”

  My heart   54  with a smile on my face. My classmates cheered. It was then that I   55  winning isn’t always finishing first. Sometimes winning is just finishing.

1.A. remind       B. remember      C. realize        D. repay

2.A. doctor       B. reason         C. mark          D. effect

3.A. hand        B. back           C. forehead       D. leg

4.A. matter       B. appear         C. hurt           D. wound

5.A. success      B. failure         C. shoes          D. shorts

6.A. no matter    B. no longer       C. no sooner       D. no more

7.A. cry         B. whisper        C. voice           D. laughter

8. A. horse       B. player         C. runner          D. plane

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

10.A. decided     B. determined     C. excited         D. encouraged

11.A. lucky       B. lonely         C. afraid          D. alone

12.A. given up     B. given away    C. given out        D. given in

13.A. yet         B. instead        C. rather           D. still

14.A. Since       B. Until          C. Before          D. After

15. A. came       B. ran            C. fell             D. escaped

16. A. specially   B. directly         C. actively          D. carefully

17.A. goal       B. fault           C. shame           D. pity

18. A. loudly     B. aloud           C. even            D. ever

19. A. fell       B. bent            C. lifted            D. broke

20.A. recognized   B. told           C. remembered       D. realized