第二节完形填空(共20小题。每小题1．5分。满分30分)

    阅读下面一篇文章，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选

项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A couple of years ago, I went to a lady's house to buy some vitamins. Upon entering the house, I   36   that there was an electronic keyboard on a stand, leaning   37   the wall. Being a piano music lover and   38  , I asked if the woman played. She nodded and added that she had been   39   lessons--at age 54! I told her that it was very   40   that she was pursuing (追求) her   41   to play the piano.

Then she asked me the same question.  

"I have been playing for 8 years now," I answered.

    "Then you must play a song for me before you leave," she requested.

     I    42   she was kidding and I simply smiled. At the end of the   43   of the vitamins, she 44    me of our musical "  45  ". She then showed me to an old upright piano in the living room and asked me to play a song for her. I thought    46    and decided to play David Lanz's "Return to the Heart", since she had so much passion for    47   , and it was my soul-searching song.

     I played the song to the best of my    48  , and with my emotions pouring into it as possible. She loved it.   49   I was about to step out of the door, I heard a weak voice calling out, "Young man!"

     I turned around. And there was an old lady    50    one little step at a time with the help of another woman. "I wanted to come out to   51   you for the beautiful song that you played. I have been very sick, and it's very hard for me to    52    my bed, but I really wanted to thank you for the song. It made me feel good..." she said. With that, she turned around and walked   53   back to her room.

I was deeply touched by her   54   and felt a deeper understanding for the song. It served its purpose beautifully, returning to one's   55   for peace and joy.

36. A. observed             B. watched            C. noticed           D. caught

37. A. on                B. at                       C. over               D. against

38. A. player             B. learner                   C. composer         D. starter

39. A. giving              B. attending                 C. teaching          D. learning

40. A. interesting         B. exciting             C. aggressive        D. impressive

41. A. passion           B. interest              C. hobbies             D. emotions

42. A. found            B. felt                 C. hoped            D. thought

43. A. charge           B. purchase               C. bargain             D. obtaining

44. A. warned          B. required               C. asked              D. reminded

45. A. deal             B. contract               C. discussion           D. debate

46. A. for the moment    B. at the moment         C. for a moment       D. at a moment

47. A. music           B. me                    C. the piano           D. vitamins

48. A. knowledge       B. attitude                  C. mind               D. ability

49. A. Since           B. As                     C. While            D. Because

50. A. taking          B. making                 C. having             D. moving

51. A. thank           B. praise                  C. admire             D. respect

52. A. get on          B. get up                          C. get off               D. get down

53. A. quickly         B. calmly                         C. happily           D. slowly

54. A. approval        B. appreciation              C. joy                D. thanks

55. A. heart          B. world                 C. soul               D. Dream

第二节完形填空(共20小题。每小题1．5分。满分30分)

    阅读下面一篇文章，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选

项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A couple of years ago, I went to a lady's house to buy some vitamins. Upon entering the house, I   36   that there was an electronic keyboard on a stand, leaning   37   the wall. Being a piano music lover and   38  , I asked if the woman played. She nodded and added that she had been   39   lessons--at age 54! I told her that it was very   40   that she was pursuing (追求) her   41   to play the piano.

Then she asked me the same question.  

"I have been playing for 8 years now," I answered.

    "Then you must play a song for me before you leave," she requested.

     I    42   she was kidding and I simply smiled. At the end of the   43   of the vitamins, she 44    me of our musical "  45  ". She then showed me to an old upright piano in the living room and asked me to play a song for her. I thought    46    and decided to play David Lanz's "Return to the Heart", since she had so much passion for    47   , and it was my soul-searching song.

     I played the song to the best of my    48  , and with my emotions pouring into it as possible. She loved it.   49   I was about to step out of the door, I heard a weak voice calling out, "Young man!"

     I turned around. And there was an old lady    50    one little step at a time with the help of another woman. "I wanted to come out to   51   you for the beautiful song that you played. I have been very sick, and it's very hard for me to    52    my bed, but I really wanted to thank you for the song. It made me feel good..." she said. With that, she turned around and walked   53   back to her room.

I was deeply touched by her   54   and felt a deeper understanding for the song. It served its purpose beautifully, returning to one's   55   for peace and joy.

36. A. observed             B. watched            C. noticed           D. caught

37. A. on                B. at                       C. over               D. against

38. A. player             B. learner                   C. composer         D. starter

39. A. giving              B. attending                 C. teaching          D. learning

40. A. interesting         B. exciting             C. aggressive        D. impressive

41. A. passion           B. interest              C. hobbies             D. emotions

42. A. found            B. felt                 C. hoped            D. thought

43. A. charge           B. purchase               C. bargain             D. obtaining

44. A. warned          B. required               C. asked              D. reminded

45. A. deal             B. contract               C. discussion           D. debate

46. A. for the moment    B. at the moment         C. for a moment       D. at a moment

47. A. music           B. me                    C. the piano           D. vitamins

48. A. knowledge       B. attitude                  C. mind               D. ability

49. A. Since           B. As                     C. While            D. Because

50. A. taking          B. making                 C. having             D. moving

51. A. thank           B. praise                  C. admire             D. respect

52. A. get on          B. get up                          C. get off               D. get down

53. A. quickly         B. calmly                         C. happily           D. slowly

54. A. approval        B. appreciation              C. joy                D. thanks

55. A. heart          B. world                 C. soul               D. dream

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　　Some plays are so successful that they run(连续上演) for years on end. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines(台词) night after night. One would expect them to know their parts by heart and heart and never have cause to falter(结结巴巴地说). Yet this is not always the case.

　　A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast(选……扮演角色) in the role of an aristocrat(贵族) who had been imprisoned(使监禁)in the Bastille for twenty yeas. In the last act, a gaoler (看守监狱者) would always come on to the stage with a letter he would hand to the prisoner. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it should he written out in full.

　　One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and reveatled the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the cell and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellowactor(搭档) had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting(眯着眼看) his eyes, he said:“The light is dim. Read the letter to me.”And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied:“The light is indeed dim, sire. I must get my glases.”With this , he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat's amusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.

1．The play in which the two actors took part ________.

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A．had had a highly successful run of twenty years

B．was about the plight(困境) of a nobleman

C．ended with the imprisoment of aristocrat

D．had been performed so often that audiences were bored by it

2．When the aristocrat was presented with a blank sheet of paper ________.

A．he improvised(临时准备) the words which he had forgotten

B．the gaoler was eagerly waiting to take the aristocrat's part

C．he preteneded that the light was not good enough for him to read by

D．he asked the gaoler to fetch him some glasses

3．The gaoler decided to ________ his colleague(同事).

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4．The gaoler ran off the stage because ________.

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A．he went to get his glasses

B．he has made a mistake by taking a black letter

C．he was angry

D．he went to get the usual copy of the letter