完形填空

　　It was the one-and-a-half weeks since Sonya and I began our“silence marathon”.

　　Sonya had a huge effect on clothes my friends and I wore. We'd always have to __1__ with her to see how we looked. Her cruel words often __2__ all my self-confidence（自信心）for the day-- and then she would then tell me that she should be my __3__ consultant（顾问）.

　　Well, on this particular day I made one single, __4__ comment about her clothes,“I like those shoes, but they don't __5__ your sweater.”I said. Her eyes started to burn __6__ they were on fire.

　　After that, every time I walked past her, I could smell her perfume-- it was the __7__ I had given her for her birthday. It drove me mad, but I managed to __8__ my angry feelings towards her and kept walking on by.

　　I developed some very useful __9__ to make her think about me. One time __10__ still sticks in my mind. It was during the break and I was trying to ignore（忽略）my deskmate's bad __11__ when he told me about the onion chips he had for lunch. The story wasn't at all humorous __12__ I giggled（哈哈地笑）just so she could see me laughing.

　　Then, one maths lesson, the room was so __13__ I could hear my heart beating in my chest. And my nose __14__ the perfume again. I really don't __15__ feeling anything. I looked down at my hand and wondered why it was __16__. I looked up and she was sitting there, beautiful as ever.

　　I__17__ my courage to say“I'm sorry.”But all that came out was a trembling voice and something like,“Hi.”And I guess she was __18__ too, because when she said“Hi”back, it sounded just like __19__ And this was the start of our new fashion and feeling-conscious __20__.

III．完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，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've been writing a book, John. Do you think anyone would be interested in   36   it?" said the old lady.

John took over the   37   from her shaking hand and   38   her in a chair. He remembered her rich   39   in the early days of the Old West. He looked through the papers. "It's good, Grandma." He said gently. Then realizing that she couldn't hear him, he shouted   40   her ears. “I think it's very good. I'll   41   it to a publisher."

Ten days later, he reported that the   42   had had time to read only a few pages. But he was so   43   that he had sent $100 for an option（版权）.   44   money would be given as an advance（先付）.

One morning, three months after her 100th birthday, Grandma didn't get up. The doctor told her that she couldn't   45   more than a few days.  She was   46   to go, but she first wanted her book to be in print. John promised that she   47   get the book very soon.

Grandma   48   on until the day the book came into her hands, with the title and her name on the cover. Though she couldn't see it, she could   49   it. She   50   felt her name with her fingers, tears in her eyes. Two hours later, she died   51  , still holding her book.

Her granddaughter took up the book and opened it. "Why, it's just blank（空白的）pages!" she cried in   52   John's face turned red. Then the girl understood. There never was a book. Grandma couldn't   53   the little bell when the typewriter came to the end of the line. She would keep on working, not knowing the whole sentences and sometimes the paragraphs were   54  . John did not tell her, for he couldn't take away her only   55  . It was John himself who had written the letters and sold his car to pay the advance.

36．A．buying           B．publishing        C．reading           D．lending

37．A．papers          B．newspaper      C．book           D．magazine

38．A．sat               B．put               C．placed            D．seated

39．A．lives             B．experiences      C．thoughts         D．family

40．A．onto             B．inside           C．into            D．on

41．A．throw              B．put               C．send              D．lift

42．A．publisher        B．officer          C．doctor          D．teacher

43．A．interested        B．angry          C．frustrated        D．gentle

44．A．Little            B．Much           C．Enough           D．More

45．A．die               B．stay              C．last              D．remain

46．A．worried           B．anxious            C．ready            D．eager

47．A．must            B．would          C．could           D．might

48．A．did               B．took             C．made              D．lived

49．A．read             B．smell            C．Hear              D．touch

50．A．proudly           B．quickly            C．carefully         D．slowly

51．A．angrily          B．peacefully      C．willing          D．quickly

52．A．anger                  B．joy               C．surprise           D．tears

53．A．see               B．smell            C．Hear               D．taste

54．A．missing           B．finished           C．completed          D．ended

55．A．hope            B．book            C．life              D．paper

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分 30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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
Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen   36  his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but   37  for a glance.
One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden,   38   in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he   39  the old gardener was blind.40  , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t  41 in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you  42  reasons. First I was a   43  when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can   44  them. Third，I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s  45  .
“Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man   46  .
“Yeah, it’s   47 that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never   48  them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good  49  . In the meantime, it also   50  a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The old man’s  51  astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and  52  them as a link of minds so as to make   53  enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness？
I believe every flower has   54  with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though   55  to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.

完形填空（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21~40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选 出最佳选项。