第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的第四个选项（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。

One very cool day in the spring of the year, my father, who was a farmer, was ploughing, and I, nine years old, was   36   the horse．I didn't do the   37   very well as it was rather cold．It was a little   38   than I could do to manage the task．

"Dad," said I, "how long   39   I stay in field?"

"About an hour，" he answered．

    An hour   40   a great while and I said, "I   41   I could go home now-my   42   aches."

    "I am very sorry," said my father, "but can't you   43   till it is time to go home for dinner?"

    "I think not－my headache is getting to be pretty   44  ."

    "Well," said he,   45   me off the horse, doubting my disease was rather in my heart than my head, "you may go home．I don't want you to work   46   you are sick．Go straight home, and tell your mother that I say you must take a large bowl of rhubarb(大黄)．Tell her that I think it will   47   you much!"

    There was no choice．I went home, of course, and I had to offer the   48   to my mother．I told her,   49  , that I thought my head was better,   50   not to take the terrible   51  ．But it was of no use and it was too late．She understood my case as   52   as my father did．She knew well enough my   53   was laziness．So she prepared a large bowl of rhubarb and I had to swallow all of it．Dear me! How bitter it was! I am sure I would rather ride the horse all day than to be doctored in that way．Since then I never told another   54  .

    Honesty is the best policy．  55   it, though there is another and a better reason．

36．A feeding       B．riding      C．handling   D．controlling

37．A adventure   B．situation   C．career       D．task

38．A less     B．better       C．more D．rather

39．A must   B．can   C．should      D．would

40．A seemed       B．kept C．waited     D．equaled

41．A think   B．wish        C．believe     D．plan

42．A hand   B．leg   C．head        D．heart

43．A argue B．develop    C．work D．stay

44．A serious       B．normal     C．simple     D．pleasant

45．A putting       B．taking      C．falling     D．seeing

46．A because      B．if     C．before      D．unless

47．A make   B．protect     C．devote     D．benefit

48．A news   B．excitement       C．match       D．message

49．A but      B．and   C．however   D．then

50．A hoping       B．deciding   C．considering      D．expressing

51．A drink   B．medicine C．juice  D．soup

52．A soon    B．long        C．well D．total

53．A opinion      B．similarity        C．difficulty        D．disease

54．A lie       B．speech     C．story D．joke

55．A Bring in     B．Watch out C．Depend on       D．Get away from

Very often, we have small medical problems that aren’t serious enough to require a visit to the doctor’s office. Problems, such as a sore throat or a stomachache, can often be taken care of with medicines available on drug stores. However, many people prefer to treat slight medical problems at home instead of going to a doctor.

For a sore throat, it’s certainly easy to stop by a local drug store and pick up a pack of lozenges(含片). But some people prefer to make special drinks, such as warm milk with honey, or lemon juice and honey. Other people like to wash out their mouths with warm, salty water.

Stomachaches can be treated with medicines that are available at local drug stores, but many people first try drinking soda(苏打水) to settle their stomachs. Another more natural treatment is peppermint(薄荷) tea.

Besides the various cold medicines available, many people treat their colds by having a bowl of homemade chicken soup. Others like to drink hot water with lemon and honey before they go to bed.

Many books offer helpful suggestions for the treatment of small medical problems at home and provide useful information about first-aid. In case of a bee sting(蜇伤), for example, they advise that you put mud or a piece of potato directly on the sting or a little vinegar on the skin so the sting will disappear.

Modern medicine has progressed greatly in the past few years, but there are still times when it’s very convenient to rely on good old home treatment.

41. The underlined word “sore” in the first paragraph probably means ___.

 A. nice  B. clear  C. sweet  D. painful

42. When having a sore throat, you could drink ___ to stop it.

 A. chicken soup  B. a little vinegar  C. milk with honey  D. a bottle of soda

43.You can drink peppermint tea when you have a ___.

 A. bad cold  B. headache  C. toothache  D. stomachache

44. For bee sting, it’s a good idea to know ____.

 A. some home treatment     B. different medicines 

C. some famous doctors      D. modern medicine

45. It can be inferred from the passage that ___.

A. home treatment doesn’t work when we have small medical problems

 B. some old home treatment is as useful as treatment in hospitals

 C. we have to visit a doctor when having small medical problems

 D. people always go to drug stores to solve small medical problems

One very cool day in the spring of the year, my father, who was a farmer, was ploughing, and I, nine years old, was   1   the horse．I didn't do the  2   very well as it was rather cold．It was a little   3   than I could do to manage the task．

"Dad," said I, "how long   4   I stay in field?"

"About an hour，" he answered．

    An hour  5   a great while and I said, "I  6   I could go home now-my   7   aches."

    "I am very sorry," said my father, "but can't you   8  till it is time to go home for dinner?"

    "I think not－my headache is getting to be pretty   9  ."

    "Well," said he,   10   me off the horse, doubting my disease was rather in my heart than my head, "you may go home．I don't want you to work  11  you are sick．Go straight home, and tell your mother that I say you must take a large bowl of rhubarb（大黄）．Tell her that I think it will   12   you much!"

    There was no choice．I went home, of course, and I had to offer the   13   to my mother．I told her,   14 , that I thought my head was better,   15   not to take the terrible   16  ．But it was of no use and it was too late．She understood my case as   17   as my father did．She knew well enough my   18   was laziness．So she prepared a large bowl of rhubarb and I had to swallow all of it．Dear me! How bitter it was! I am sure I would rather ride the horse all day than to be doctored in that way．Since then I never told another   19  .

    Honesty is the best policy． 20   it, though there is another and a better reason．

1．A feeding                    B．riding                 C．handling              D．controlling

2．A adventure                B．situation              C．career                 D．task

3．A less                        B．better                 C．more                   D．rather

4．A must                       B．can                    C．should                 D．would

5．A seemed                   B．kept                   C．waited                D．equaled

6．A think                       B．wish                   C．believe                D．plan

7．A hand                       B．leg                     C．head                   D．heart

8．A argue                      B．develop               C．work                  D．stay

9．A serious                    B．normal                C．simple                D．pleasant

10．A putting                  B．taking                 C．falling                 D．seeing

11．A because                 B．if                       C．before                D．unless

12．A make                    B．protect               C．devote                D．benefit

13．A news                    B．excitement           C．match                 D．message

14．A but                       B．and                    C．however             D．then

15．A hoping                  B．deciding              C．considering          D．expressing

16．A drink                     B．medicine             C．juice                   D．soup

17．A soon                     B．long                   C．well                   D．total

18．A opinion                  B．similarity             C．difficulty            D．disease

19．A lie                         B．speech                C．story                   D．joke

20．A Bring in                 B．Watch out            C．Depend on           D．Get away from