38. A. nervous                     B. excited                    C. thankful                   D. frightened

37. A. man                   B. boy                          C. son                          D. friend

36. A. avoid                 B. save                        C. help                        D. pull

35. A. thought              B. looked                     C. wished                     D. felt

34. A. once                  B. just                         C. often                       D. sometimes

33. A. want                  B. follow                     C. understand                D. know

32. ? Your sweater is very nice. ________ it ________ comfortable?

   ? Yes. It’s made of cotton.

   A. Is, felt                B. Was, felt           C. Does, feel          D. Did, feel

（二）完形填空 （共12分，每小题1分）

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项。

   I was living in New York when my father called. He was working in the city and suggested we meet for dinner. But more pleasing and surprising to me was the way we had the dinner. For this time he didn’t spend the whole time giving advice I didn’t    33  . He talked with me.

    I walked him to the bus station. While we were waiting, he stood against the wall. My father had    34    been a strong and heavy man. Now I saw how thin and weak he was. He then told me something that surprised me. He said he still    35  , inside his head, like a young man, and couldn’t believe he’d passed sixty.

   “You don’t know, at your age, how fast time goes,” he said, “If I never really talked with you boys as much as I’d have liked to, it was because there was so little time and so much I had to teach you. I just didn’t want you to make all the mistakes I had made. I wanted to    36    you from some of the troubles I had.”

   I wanted to say, “Thank you, Dad, for telling me that.” I knew at last I was a    37    to my father. We could talk with each other. But I was too    38    by the evening to say how I was feeling.

   It was the last    39    we ever had.

   I was in Florida on a business trip when I    40    home. Dad had a stroke (中风) last night, after coming home from work. He’d always said he wanted to work till the day he died. He got his wish. My wish, for another talk with my father, would go unfulfilled (未完成的).

   I now know things I didn’t know    41    my father was alive. Time does go really fast. There is so much to teach my boy and so little time: I’ve    42  him change from baby to child to boy in less time certainly than I took. I know the temptation (引诱) always to be telling him things, the things he’ll    43    to survive (生存), to be a good person.

   But I remember my father’s final lesson. My boy will learn by what I am and what I do far more than by what I tell him.

   When Eric, aged eight, says, “Dad, can we talk?” I    44    my book and say, “Sure.” I think for a second he wants my advice about something, but then I remember. He doesn’t want advice. He just wants to talk.

31. ? Your idea sounds good, but I’m afraid it won’t ____ in the match against such a strong team.

   ? Don’t worry. I’m sure we’ll win.

   A. make                  B. play                  C. use                   D. work

30. ? Would you mind ________ the dictionary on the floor for me? I have no hands for it.

   ? Of course not.

   A. putting up           B. to put up           C. picking up         D. to pick up

29. ? Excuse me, could you tell me ________?

   ? Sure. It’s far from here and you should take a bus.

   A. where the Water Cube is                   B. where is the Water Cube

   C. where the Water Cube was                     D. where was the Water Cube