第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

There was once a village with a very wise old man as their leader. The leader often gave meaningful guidance about 　　16　 　　to the villagers.

One day, he 　　17　 　all the men in the village before him. They all got a(n) 　　18　 　to have dinner together at the old man’s house. What was 　　19　 　was that the old man told each of them to bring a glass of wine with them. All the wine would then be poured into a big wine jug (壶), which would then be 　　20　 　together.

The day finally came and all of the invited villagers brought with them a glass of wine as 　　21　 . They could see a wine jug 　　22　 　there before they stepped in the old man’s house. One by one they 　　23　 　their wine into the jug, entered the house, 　　24　 　themselves and then started their 　　25　 　together. When the dinner was over, the old man asked them to drink the wine taken from the wine jug.

One by one they drank the wine, and on each face, a(n) 　　26　 　expression appeared right away. Then the old man asked, “How was the wine? Did it 　　27　 　fine?” One of them answered, “Oh, what I drank just now was not wine at all 　　28　 　more like plain water.”

How could it be like that? Everyone 　　29　 　thought in their heart, “I’ll just bring a glass of plain water with me. It won’t make any 　　30　 　anyway, since it will be 　　31　 　with all the good wine that others bring. Besides, nobody will know who has brought the plain water. 　　32　 , it won’t change very much the taste of the 　　33　 　wine others have brought.”

In our lives, we often think that whatever 　　34　 　deeds we do, it won’t make much difference to the 　　35　 . But imagine that everyone does it the same way. We are part of the change.

16. A. universe　　 B. life　　 　　　 C. journey　　 　 D. food　

17. A. gathered　 　　　 B. praised　　 　　 C. recognized　 　 D. cheated

18. A. message　 　　 B. opportunity 　 C. invitation 　　 D. advice

19. A. unbearable　 　 B. necessary　 　　 C. shocking　 　 D. interesting

20. A. bought　 　　　 B. produced　 　　 C. shared　　 　　 D. ordered

21. A. instructed　 　　 B. imagined　 　　 C. expected　 　　 D. reminded

22. A. still　　　 　　 B. already　　 　 C. instead　 　　　 D. even

23. A. drank　　　 　 B. made　　 　　　 C. poured　　 　　 D. developed

24. A. dressed　　 　　 B. seated　　 　 C. devoted　 　　 D. enjoyed

25. A. discussion　 　　 B. dinner　　 　　 C. meeting　 　　　 D. dream

26. A. delighted　 　 B. confused　 　 C. excited　 　　 D. annoyed

27. A. remain　　 　 B. smell　　 　　　 C. taste　　 　　　 D. appear　

28. A. but　　　 　　 B. though　　 　 C. unless　　 　　 D. because

29. A. silent　　 　　 B. asleep　　　 　 C. present　 　　 D. anxious

30. A. difference　 　　 B. sense　　　 　 C. excuse　 　　　 D. distance

31. A. drawn　　 　　 B. examined　 　 C. wrapped　 　　 D. mixed

32. A. In addition　 　 B. After all　　 　 C. At first　 　　 D. Before long

33. A. good　　　 　 B. cheap　　　 　 C. fresh　　 　　　 D. false　

34. A. unimportant　 B. regular　 　　　 C. unpleasant　 　 D. informal

35. A. family　　　 　 B. others　　 　 C. result　　 　　 D. whole

15. — Hi, Paul, you seem to have been doing much exercise in the gym all day.

　　 — Yeah, I love exercising. 　　　.

A. Practice makes perfect　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. Take life as it is　

C. Life means struggle　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. This is the life for me

14. Then Peter worked as a university teacher, 　　　made it possible for him to support a large family.

A. what　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. which　　　　　　　　　　　 C. who　　　　　　 　 D. that

13. The first thing he does every morning is to read through the job offers 　　　　in the newspapers.

A. advertised　 　　　　　 B. advertising　 　 　　　 C. to be advertised　　 　 D. being advertised

12. Radio equipment in the car makes faraway messages easy 　　　.

A. get　　　　　　　 　 B. to get　　　　　 　　 C. getting　　　　　 　 D. to be got

11. When my mother opened the door for me, the potatoes 　　　　in the kitchen.　

A. cook　　　　　 　　　 B. cooked　　　　 　　　 C. were cooking　　　 D. have been cooking

10. Jack said to his friend, “I can’t hear their words, but their looks tell me that they 　　　　about me.”

A. should have talked　　 B. must have talked　 　　 C. would be talking　 　　 D. might be talking

9. Immediately after 　　　　from college, John chose to work in a local supermarket.

A. to have graduated　 　 B. being graduating　 　 C. graduating　　　 　　 D. graduated

8. All added up, there are now only ten students in the mountain school, but ten years ago there were 　　　.

A. ten times more　　 B. ten times much　 　　　 C. more ten times　　 D. much ten times