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，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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who possesses a horse ranch (大牧场). He was the son of a horse trainer who would go from ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually   21   . When he was a senior, he was   22    to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he   23   .

“That night he wrote a seven –page paper, describing his goal of someday    24    a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail. He put his    25    into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he    26    his paper back. On the front page was a large F with a    27    that read, “See me after class.” The boy went to see the teacher after class.

The teacher said, “This is a(n)    28    dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. Owning a horse ranch    29    a lot of money. There’s no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “    30    you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will

    31    your grade.”

The boy went home and thought about it    32    and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is very important    33    for you.” Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the    34   paper. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my    35   .”

Sitting in the middle of his 200-acre horse ranch, he told me he    36    had that school paper. He added, “Two summers ago that same schoolteacher    37    30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was    38    of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dream. Fortunately you had    39    enough not give up yours.”

Don’t let anyone   40    your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.

21.   A. started         B. interrupted C. made   D. ended

22.   A. taught B. guided C. asked   D. forced

23.   A. grew up        B. brought up  C. took up         D. went up

24.   A. working        B. making         C. owing          D. owning

25.   A. action  B. heart   C. explanation D. words

26.   A. received       B. accepted      C. returned      D. offered

27.   A. note     B. letter   C. saying  D. information

28.   A. unusual        B. unique C. unnatural     D. unrealistic

29.   A. raises  B. makes C. requires       D. saves

30.   A. Although      B. If  C. When   D. While

31.   A. reconsider   B. award  C. recover         D. acknowledge

32.   A. soon     B. wide     C. long      D. enough

33.   A. composition         B. decision        C. lesson  D. grade

34.   A. rewritten     B. vivid     C. same   D. printed

35.   A. dream B. word    C. promise        D. impression

36.   A. even     B. rather  C. ever     D. still

37.   A. fetched       B. brought        C. assess D. recite

38.   A. something   B. anything       C. nothing         D. everything

39.   A. opportunity B. occasion       C. courage        D. intelligence

40.   A. starve  B. accuse C. submit D. steal

A boy, about 10 years old, got to my clinic with his sick cat for cure. Thc cat was a tiny beautiful thing, about the boy's own   36  . I could see she was   37   very strong and lovely with the fur of a  38   and Tigress was her name. She  39  me with a friendly nub against my hand.

    I   40   her and found a tumor(????). She had no  41  of recovery. I looked at the fresh-faced boy and back at Tigress. I began to 42  pity on the boy. At such a young age, he had to face to part with his beloved one.

    I told him as 43 as I could what I had found, and what it meant. The boy's face twisted (???) and turned away. I sat down and 44  Tigress to give the boy some time to recover. I felt Tigress's old beautiful fur  45  we discussed the possible choice with him: I could give her an operation, which would be very   46   and would not make her live longer than a month, or an  injection and put her to sleep.

    After some time, the boy accepted the reality.  "I've seen her 47 recently, so I'd like her to die peacefully." I could see  how  48   it was costing him in making such a  49  .

    I asked if he wanted to take her home overnight to say goodbye. He said he just wanted to be 50   with her for a few minutes. I went to get the 51 which I would use to put her to sleep. I could not control the   52  streaming down my face.

     She fell asleep, her head   53   in his hand, lovely and quiet, but her owner now had all the  54  . "This is the finest   55   you could give. You bear the pain so that the loved one might rest." The boy nodded and he understood.

1. A. age           B. child            C. baby            D. size

2.A. always         B. now              C. once            D. often

3. A. tiger        B. animal           C. cat        D. dog

4.A. nodded         B. greeted          C. looked at      D. saw

5. A. saw           B. felt             C. rubbed          D. examined

6.A. desire         B wish              C. hope            D .choice

7.A. give           B. want             C. feel            D. take

8.A. possible       B. gently           C. long            D. soon

9.A. turned away    B. turned to        C. turned down     D. turned in

10.A. after         B. before           C. while           D. because

11.A. expensive     B. simple           C. cheap           D. quick

12.A. starve        B. change           C. play            D. suffer

13.A. long          B. often            C. much            D. soon

14.A. way           B. effort           C. leap            D. decision

15.A. lonely        B. alone            C. sad             D. glad

16.A. gift         B. knife            C. medicine        D. operation

17.A. tears         B. heart            C. feeling         D. emotion

18.A. shaking        B. nodding         C. turning          D. lying

19.A. relief         B. suffering       C. sleep            D. fun

20.A. gift              B. injection        C. examination      D. treatment

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，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，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who possesses a horse ranch (大牧场). He was the son of a horse trainer who would go from ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually   21   . When he was a senior, he was   22    to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he   23   .

“That night he wrote a seven –page paper, describing his goal of someday    24    a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail. He put his    25    into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he    26    his paper back. On the front page was a large F with a    27    that read, “See me after class.” The boy went to see the teacher after class.

The teacher said, “This is a(n)    28    dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. Owning a horse ranch    29    a lot of money. There’s no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “    30    you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will

    31    your grade.”

The boy went home and thought about it    32    and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is very important    33    for you.” Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the    34   paper. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my    35   .”

Sitting in the middle of his 200-acre horse ranch, he told me he    36    had that school paper. He added, “Two summers ago that same schoolteacher    37    30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was    38    of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dream. Fortunately you had    39    enough not give up yours.”

Don’t let anyone   40    your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.

21.   A. started       B. interrupted C. made  D. ended

22.   A. taught B. guided       C. asked  D. forced

23.   A. grew up     B. brought up C. took up      D. went up

24.   A. working     B. making      C. owing       D. owning

25.   A. action B. heart   C. explanation D. words

26.   A. received     B. accepted     C. returned     D. offered

27.   A. note    B. letter   C. saying D. information

28.   A. unusual      B. unique       C. unnatural    D. unrealistic

29.   A. raises  B. makes C. requires      D. saves

30.   A. Although    B. If       C. When  D. While

31.   A. reconsider  B. award C. recover      D. acknowledge

32.   A. soon   B. wide   C. long    D. enough

33.   A. composition      B. decision     C. lesson D. grade

34.   A. rewritten    B. vivid   C. same   D. printed

35.   A. dream B. word   C. promise      D. impression

36.   A. even   B. rather  C. ever    D. still

37.   A. fetched      B. brought      C. assess  D. recite

38.   A. something  B. anything     C. nothing      D. everything

39.   A. opportunity       B. occasion     C. courage      D. intelligence

40.   A. starve B. accuse C. submit       D. steal

 Doing volunteer work in your spare time will definitely _____ you a lot , as it can help you get to know society better .

   A. starve                B. balance          C. limit                   D. benefit