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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done in my study while she    36    to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I   37  . But then it got a little too   38   and I shouted, “What are you doing?” No response, I repeated my question and heard her say, “Oh … nothing.” Nothing?

     I got up from my desk and ran out into the living room, whereupon I saw her running across the hall. I followed her as her little behind made a quick   39   into the bedroom. I was approaching her! She took   40     for the bathroom. Bad move.I had her   41   ! I told her to turn around. She refused. I pulled out my big, mean,   42   Daddy voice, “Young lady, I said turn around!”

      43  , she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was  44  with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard  45  voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you … you should know … How many times have you been  46  …What a bad thing to do …”It was just a matter of my picking out which old  47  I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But  48  I could let loose, I looked down at the sweatshirt my wife had put on her only an hour  49  . In big  50  it said, “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL(天使)!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and,  51  seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, I saw a little angel full of  52  that I had come dangerously close to  53 . “Sweetheart, let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how  54  you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t miss the chance to prove what a perfect little angel  55  had given me.

36.   A.happened    B.liked    C.appeared     D.pretended

37.   A.did      B.worked out    C.figured  D.won

38.   A.long    B.quiet         C.calm      D.strange

39.   A.way     B.turn     C.change D.progress

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

41.   A.followed     B.scolded       C.cornered      D.frightened

42.   A.kind    B. authoritative      C.inviting       D.fatherly

43.   A.Slowly B.Quickly       C.Angrily       D.Unfortunately

44.   A.filled   B.marked       C.printed D.covered

45.   A.every   B.such     C.any      D.one

46.   A.told     B.beaten  C.frightened   D.forbidden

47.   A.reports B.notice  C.advice  D.message

48.   A.as B.when   C.until    D.before

49.   A.before  B.ago      C.earlier  D.later

50.   A.signs    B.letters  C.messages     D.figures

51.   A.because of   B.instead of    C.in spite of    D.as a result of

52.   A.sadness       B.worth   C.tears    D.tricks

53.   A.preventing   B.getting rid of      C.destroying   D.doing wrong on

54.   A.dirty    B.ugly     C.special D.silly

55.   A.my wife                B.my daughter      C.it                D.he

It all began as we were standing in front of the bathroom mirror, while I fixed Amanda's blonde hair. I said, “I love you, Amanda.” “And, I love you,” she replied. “Well, I love you more.” Her eyes lit up as she recognized the cue (暗示) for the start of another “I love you more” match. “Nuh-uh,” she laughed. “I love you the most.” “I love you bigger than a volcano!” I countered---a favorite family phrase in these battles of love. “But, Mom, I love you from here to China.” A country she’s learning about from our new neighbors up the street.

We volleyed back and forth a few favorite lines. “I love you more than peanut butter.” “Well, I love you more than television.” “I even love you more than bubble gum.” It was my turn again, and I made the move that usually brought victory. “I love you bigger than the universe!” On this day, however, Amanda was not going to give up. I could see she was thinking. “Mom,” she said in a quiet voice, “I love you more than myself.”

I stopped, surprised by her sincerity. Here I thought I knew more than she did. I thought I knew at least everything that she knew. But I didn’t know this. My four-year-old daughter knows more about love than her 28-year-old mom.

61. From the passage, we can know the two people _____________.

    A. often quarreled with each other              B. felt bored about the real life

    C. were fixing each other’s hair                  D. loved each other deeply

62. Which is the best title for this passage?

A. I Love You More                                  B. My Daughter Grows Up

C. Parents’ Love                                        D. Children’s Love

My 10-year-old Donna said, “Mom, I made a new friend at school today. Can she come over tomorrow?” Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell.
“Sure, honey, that sounds great.” I said, thinking back to my own best friend, Lillian. We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights, New York. We met at the age of 10, too. Like my daughter, I was shy, but Lillian drew me out. She was one of the friendliest people in school, with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile.
In senior high school, Lillian went on a trip to Florida. This was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days. “I’ll be back soon.” she told me. But three days later, Lillian’s sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn’t come out any more. Soon, my family moved to New Jersey. Whenever I thought of her, tears came into my eyes.
The next day Donna brought her new friend home. “Hi, Mrs. Loggia.” the little girl said. Her hair was so shiny and black and she shot me a big smile. “My name is Laura.”
My daughter’s new friend was so much like Lillian. I was still puzzled (迷惑) when Laura’s mom came to pick her up later that afternoon. I opened the door to let her in. “Judy!” she cried. “It’s me, Lillian’s sister, from Washington Heights.” Yes, my daughter’s friend looked familiar. She was Lillian’s niece.
【小题1】The underlined words in the first paragraph “to bring her out of her shell” mean ___________.

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的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。
Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me $ 12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office, “you sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me $12.”
Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for Mary 22nd.” The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sunburned,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”
“Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!” “That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”
“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”
Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, Madam.” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?” “Err. Well--,” the woman looked at the child. “I mean, she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”
“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs…, let me see…$ 13. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe(欠) $ 1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”
The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.
56. The woman was angry because__________.
A. she couldn’t use the ticket for her round trip
B. she spent more money than she had expected
C. she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned
D. Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey where there was no sailing
57. Harry was worried because________.
A. the woman was angry with him               B. he had not done his work properly
C. the Jersey timetable(时间表) was wrong        D. the little girl didn’t have a return ticket
58. Harry started talking to the little girl_________.
A. because he was in difficulty and didn’t know what to do
B. because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl
C. because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice
D. when she suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl
59. When Harry said, “The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”he meant that________.
A. they must follow it without choice, even though the fault was his
B. he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn’t want to
C. the woman had to pay him $1.50 and the railway would pay her for the hotel
D. she should pay $ 1.50, but he had made a mistake, she could go without paying
60. The woman left the office without saying anything because________.
A. she wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket
B. she was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man
C. she was moved by Harry’s kindness
D. she knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted(坚持)

Having returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. “The railway owes me ￡12,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office . “You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡12.”

       Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. “Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”

       The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sun burnt,” he said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”

       “Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!”

       “That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet .Of course, she’s only three…”

       “I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”

       Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?”

       “Er, well—” the woman looked at the child. “I mean… she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.”

       “A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs …let me see…￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe ￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…”

       The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.  

Harry was worried because ___     .

       A．the woman was angry with him      B．he had not done his work properly

       C．the Jersey timetable was wrong      D．the little girl didn’t have a return ticket

Harry started talking to the little girl       .

       A．because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do

       B．because he had a little girl about the same age as this girl

       C．because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice

       D．when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl

When Harry said, “The law is the law, but since the fault was mine…” he meant that        .

A．they must follow it without other choice ,even though the fault was his

B．he had to be strict with the woman because of the law ,although he didn’t want to

C．the woman had to pay him ￡1.50 and the railway would pay her for the hotel

D．she should pay ￡1.50, but he had made a mistake, she could go without paying

How did the woman feel when she left the office?

    A. angry       B. peaceful     C. embarrassed    D. nervous