第三节 完型填空(共20小题，30分)

　　 Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia (栀子花) was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it. 　21　 　to the flower shop were always useless – it was a cash 　22　 . After a while I stopped trying to 　23　 who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flower. But I never 　24　 imagining who the sender might be. Some of my 　25　 moments were spent daydreaming about it.

My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n)　 26　 kindness who might be showing 　27　 . Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was 　28　 a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man 　29　 the street whose mail I helped to get during the 　30　 so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy step. 　31　 a teenager, though, I had more fun guessing that it might be a 　32　 who had noticed me 　33　 I didn’t know him.

One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was　 34　 some of the most important events in my life. I became completely 　35　 in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I 　36　 the dance and the dress for it. The next day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t　 37　 　if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.

She wanted her children to feel 　38　 and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a　　 magic in the world and 　39　 　in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-loveable, 　40　 and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died.

21．A．Calls　 　　　　　　　 B．Quarrels 　　　　　　 C．Messages　　　　　　 D．Letters

22．A．service 　　　　　　　 B．deal　　　　 　　　 C．bargain　　 　　　　 D．offer

23．A．recognize　 　　　　 B．imagine　 　　　　　 C．wonder　 　　　　　　 D．discover

24．A．failed　　 　　　　　 B．stopped　 　　　　　　 C．succeeded 　　　　　 D．enjoyed

25．A．saddest　　 　　　　 B．painful　　 　　　 C．happiest　　 　　　 D．loneliest

26．A．special　　　 　　　 B．common　　 　　 C．valuable　 　　　　 D．important

27．A．concern 　　　　　　 B．attitude　　 　　　 C．interest　　　 　 D．appreciation

28．A．repairing　　　 B．washing　　 　　　 C．unloading　 　　　 D．starting

29．A．across　　 　　　　 B．through　　 　　　 C．from　　　 　　　 D．onto

30．A．spring　　　 　　 B．summer　　 　　　 C．autumn　 　　　　　 D．winter

31．A．As　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Like　　　　　　　　　　 C．Be　　　　　　　　　　　 D．With

32．A．friend　　　 　　　 B．superman　 　　　 C．teacher　　　 　　 D．boy

33．A．as if　　　 　　　　 B．even though　 　 C．in case　　　　 　 D．so that

34．A．considering　 　　　 B．expecting　　 　　 C．missing　 　　　　　　 D．preparing

35．A．disappointed 　　　 B．uninterested 　　　 C．discouraged　　 　 D．concentrated

36．A．forgot　　　　 B．lost　　　 　　　　　 C．hated　　　　 　　 D．expected

37．A．wonder　　　 　　 B．believe　　 　　　 C．care　　　 　　　　 D．know

38．A．contented　　 　 B．respected　　 　　 C．thanked　　　 　 D．loved

39．A．trouble　　 　　　 B．beauty　 　　　　　　 C．difficulty　　 　　 D．love

40．A．strong　　　 　　 B．beautiful　　 　　 C．smelly　　　 　　 D．lucky

20．--- Haven you written these letters?

　　 --- No, 　　　　time to do any other work yet.

　　　 A．hardly I have had　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．hardly have I had

　　　 C．I have had hardly　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．I hardly have had

19．　　　 into account, the bachelor decided to accept the job.

　　　 A．Taking everything　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Everything taking

　　　 C．With everything taking　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．While everything was taken

18．The time he has devoted in the past ten years 　　　　the disabled is now considered 　　　

of great value.

　　　 A．to help; being　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．to helping; to be

　　　 C．to help; to be　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．helping; being

17．Mother made a commitment 　　　　I passed the examinations, she would buy me a mobile phone.

　　　 A．that　　　　　　　　　　 B．if that　　　　　　　　 C．that if　　　　　　　　 D．if

16．We have to 　　　the wheat as soon as possible because a storm is on the way.

　　　 A．get hold of　　　　　 B．get across　　　　　　 C．get through　　　　　 D．get in

15．The city is no longer 　　　　　used to be.

　　　 A．that it　　　　　　　　 B．what it　　　　　　　　 C．what　　　　　　　　　 D．the one that

14．--- Each of the students working hard at their lessons 　　　　the book.

　　 --- So have I.

　　　 A．is reading　　　　　　 B．has read　　　　　　　 C．read　　　　　　　　　　 D．reads

13．It’s quite obvious that the aging population in China will cause 　　　heavy pressure on 　　　

whole society in the future.

　　　 A．a; 不填　　　　　　　 B．不填；不填　　　　 C．the; a　　　　　　　　　 D．a; the

12．Nobody believed his reason 　　　　being absent 　　　　　the class that he had to meet his uncle at the airport.

　　　 A．of; for　　　　　　　　 B．for; from　　　　　　 C．of; from　　　　　　　 D．for; at