---I am afraid I don’t quite follow you .

---Let me make it ______. We do not want you here .

  A. plain  B. absolute   C. original  D. moral

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
Just ten years ago, I sat across the desk from a doctor with a serious look. “Yes,” he said, “there is a serious injury in the left lung…” I listened, too  21  to speak, as he continued, “You’ll have to  22  work at once and go to bed. Later on, we’ll see.” He gave no definite promise of recovery.
Feeling like a man who has suddenly been placed under  23  of death. In the next three days, I   24  my affairs; then I went home, got into bed, and set my watch to tick off not the minutes,   25  the months. Two and a half years and many crashed hopes later, I left my bed and began the long  26  back. It was another year before I made it.
I speak of this experience because these years that passed so  27  taught me what to believe and what to  28 . They said to me: Take time,   29  time takes you. I realize now that this world I’m living in is not my oyster（牡蛎）to be opened but my opportunity to be  30  . To me, each day is such a   31 gift. The sun comes up and presents me with 24 brand new, wonderful hours—not to pass, but to  32  .
I’ve learned to  33  those little but all-important things I never thought I had the time to notice before: the play of light on  34  water, the music of the wind in my favorite pine tree. I seem now to see and hear and feel with some of the recovered  35   of childhood. I recall the touch of the springy earth under my feet the day I first stepped upon it after the years in bed. It was like  36  one’s citizenship in a world one had nearly lost.   37  ,I sit back and say to myself, let me make a   38  of this moment I’m living right now. All this, I owe to that long time spent on the deadlines of life. Wiser people come to this awareness  39  having to acquire it the hard way. But I wasn’t wise enough. I’m   40  now, a little, and happier.
21．A．frightened     B．embarrassed     C．shocked      D．confused
22．A．pick up        B．give up        C．take up       D．keep up
23．A．sentence      B．shadow        C．pressure      D．trial
24．A．figured out      B．looked after     C．cleared up    D．concentrated on
25．A．or            B．and          C．nor          D．but
26．A．jump         B．walk         C．rush        D．climb
27．A．quickly        B．slowly         C．quietly        D．easily
28．A．expect         B．desire          C．obtain         D．value
29．A．before         B．after         C．until        D．when
30．A．picked         B．accepted      C．grasped       D．quitted
31．A．precious      B．potential      C．pleasant      D．permanent
32．A．spend          B．fill           C．employ       D．kill
33．A．observe       B．appreciate     C．ignore        D．respect
34．A．falling         B．rolling         C．running      D．pouring
35．A．Ignorance     B．absence       C．Carelessness  D．freshness
36．A．regaining     B．requiring     C．rebuilding    D．recovering
37．A．Regularly     B．Immediately     C．Frequently   D．Continuously
38．A．copy         B．note         C．study        D．summary
39．A．beyond        B．by            C．without       D．through
40．A．better              B．stronger       C．wiser        D．Healthier

He says the problem with teachers is, “What will a kid learn from someone who chose to become a teacher?” He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s true what they say about teachers: Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.
I decide to bite my tongue instead of biting his and stop myself from reminding the other dinner guests that it’s also true what they say about lawyers－that they make money from the misfortune of others.
“I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor,” he says to me.” Be honest. What do you make?”
I wish he hadn’t asked me to be honest, because now I have to teach him a lesson.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I can make a C+feel like a great achievement and an A-feel like a failure.
How dare you waste my time with anything less than your very best?
I make parents tremble in fear when I call them:
I hope I haven’t called at a bad time.
I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said today.
Billy said, “Leave the kid alone. I still cry sometimes, don’t you?”
And it was the bravest act I have ever seen.
I make parents see their children for who they are and what they can be.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids wonder.
I make them question.
I make them criticise.
I make them think.
I make them apologise and mean it.
I make them write, write, write.
And then I make them read.
I teach them to solve math problems that they once thought impossible.
I make them understand that if you have brains then you follow your heart and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you teach them a lesson.
Let me make this simple for you, so you know what I say is true:
I make a great difference! What about you?
【小题1】What is the tone of the passage?

Ladies and Gentlemen：

Welcomed to the West Lake. First of all, let me make a brief introduction for it .

    The West Lake like a shining pearl lying in the west of Hangzhou City. Surrounded by hill on the three sides, it is famous for it beautiful scenery, a plenty of historic sites and a variety of local products. Legend has it that the West Lake was a jewel falling from heaven when geologists insist this place had been a shallow sea gulf before it became that it is today. In any case, the West Lake inspired poets and painters for centuries. Enjoy your trip. Thank you !

He says the problem with teachers is, “What will a kid learn from someone who chose to become a teacher?” He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s true what they say about teachers: Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.

I decide to bite my tongue instead of biting his and stop myself from reminding the other dinner guests that it’s also true what they say about lawyers－that they make money from the misfortune of others.

“I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor,” he says to me.” Be honest. What do you make?”

I wish he hadn’t asked me to be honest, because now I have to teach him a lesson.

You want to know what I make?

I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.

I can make a C+feel like a great achievement and an A-feel like a failure.

How dare you waste my time with anything less than your very best?

I make parents tremble in fear when I call them:

I hope I haven’t called at a bad time.

I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said today.

Billy said, “Leave the kid alone. I still cry sometimes, don’t you?”

And it was the bravest act I have ever seen.

I make parents see their children for who they are and what they can be.

You want to know what I make?

I make kids wonder.

I make them question.

I make them criticise.

I make them think.

I make them apologise and mean it.

I make them write, write, write.

And then I make them read.

I teach them to solve math problems that they once thought impossible.

I make them understand that if you have brains then you follow your heart and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you teach them a lesson.

Let me make this simple for you, so you know what I say is true:

I make a great difference! What about you?

1.What is the tone of the passage?

A．Upset and disappointed.                  B．Cheerful and positive.

C．Angry and proud.                       D．Humorous and light-hearted.

2.What do we know about the man that the author is speaking to?

A．He dislikes lawyers.                      B．He is actually a lawyer.

C．He is respectful to teachers.               D．He is in the author’s home.

3.What’s the best title of this passage?

A．Requirements of a Good Teacher           B．An Argument Between Two Guests.

C．A Dinner Conversation                   D．What Teachers Make

4.The underlined phrase “bite my tongue” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to       .

A．stop myself saying what I really think         B．say something that is wrong

C．speak out honestly but carelessly           D．keep silent about myself