第三节：完形填空(共20小题；每题1.5分,满分30分)

　It was a half-mile walk from our small house to the beach road, where the　 21　　 would be waiting for us. But that morning Janet was much worse. She couldn’t make that　 22　 . And I couldn’t carry her. The path to the beach was steep(陡峭)and narrow and　 23　 at the water’s edge.

　I was a stranger far from home. I didn’t know　 24　 to turn for help. But I needed it badly. I hurried down to the beach and I found help. Four fishermen were about to go out for their morning　　　 　　25　 . I told them about my sick little sister. Could they help me get her down the　 26　 ? I hardly got the words out of my mouth　 27　 they dragged their boat back onto the sand. They climbed the hill with me. One looked at Janet and they　 28　 their heads. They talked softly to one another. “　 29　 sick to sit in a chair,” one said.

　“Better carry her　 30　 in bed,” said another.

　An iron cot(儿童床) 31　 along the cliff ! I was frightened. How could they do it?

　32　 the men told me not to worry. “Truly easy, truly　 33　 ” they said.

　They tied a rope to each leg of the cot. Each of them threw a rope　 34　 his shoulder and held the end in one hand. I understood what they meant to do.　 35　 they carried the cot down the path, they would use the ropes to keep the cot level. But　 36　 one of the men slipped and lost his balance? What would happen to him ---to the others---to　 37　 ? The men just smiled at my alarm. “That　 38　 will make us even more careful,” they said.

　The men went down the path. Every　 39　 was a careful one. Always the cot was level, with never a bump. When they reached the beach road, they quietly lifted Janet into the taxi.　 40　 , they stretched her out on the back seat.

　We made the morning train for Tokyo. And there an ambulance was waiting to take Janet to the hospital. The doctor told me that I had got my little girl there just in time.

21．A．doctors 　　　 B．taxi C．boat 　　 D．fishermen

　22．A．time 　　 B．trouble 　 C．request 　　　 D．walk　

　23．A．only 　　 B．much 　　 C．right 　　　 D．straight

　24．A．how 　　 B．what 　　 C．where 　 D．when

　25．A．catch B．train C．exercises 　　 D．help

　26．A．road 　 B．way 　　　 C．path 　　 D．drive

　27．A．when 　 B．while 　　 C．after 　　 D．before

　28．A．shook 　 B．nodded 　　　 C．held up 　　　 D．dropped

　29．A．Very 　　 B．Too　 C．So　　 D．Truly

　30．A．sitting 　 B．lying 　　　 C．kneeling 　　　 D．standing

　31．A．took　　　 B．brought 　　　 C．lifted 　　 D．carried

　32．A．And 　　 B．But C．Then 　　 D．So

　33．A．interesting B．exciting 　　　 C．dangerous 　 D．safe

　34．A．over 　　 B．on 　 C．through 　　　 D．across

　35．A．As　 B．Because 　　　 C．Before 　 D．Since

　36．A．how about 　　　 B．as if 　　　 C．what if D．what about

　37．A．me 　　　 B．Janet 　　 C．themselves D．the-cot

　38．A．chance 　　 B．beach 　 C．taxi 　　　 D．time

　39．A．walk 　 B．step 　　　 C．foot 　　　 D．pace

　40．A．Anxiously 　 B．Quickly C．Nervously 　　 D．Carefully

20. He felt ______ as soon as he realized that he had asked a foolish question.

　A. bored　　 B. embarrassed　　 C. pleased　　 D. disappointed　

19. He began to take political science ______ only when he left school.

　A. strictly　　 B. truly　　 C. carefully　 D. seriously

18. It’s high time that you ______ all your efforts to your work.

　A. can devote　 B. devoted　　 C. will devote　　 D. has devoted