I have no idea ______ it is that makes him puzzled.

A. how     B. what   C.  why    D. which

The fact that many college graduates get lower pay than some workers has ______ a heated discussion.

A. set out    B. set about   C. set up   D. set off

Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas , wind and other forms of ______.

A. power   B. force    C. energy   D. strength

---How well did John do in the match?

   --Wonderful. I think we can’t have a ______ player in our football team.

A. good         B. well          C. better        D. best

The atmosphere of the earth ______ us from the strong sun light.

A. prevents        B. keeps             C. stops            D. protects

Students  ______ remain in their seats until all the exam papers have been collected.

A. must            B. shall              C. may              D. can

Americans eat____ vegetables per person today as they did in 1990.

A. more than twice                    B. as twice as many 

C. twice as many as   D. more than twice as many

The children were warned of not being too _______ about things you are not supposed to know.

    A．strange  B．amusing  C．curious  D．satisfied

Don’t you think that______________ is no use promising without doing?

   A. this           B. that         C. it        D. what

完形填空（共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从34-- 53各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项

I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be _34_ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d  35  ?” Just when I started to  36  that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 37 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of  38  that I would no longer have to be embarrassed(尴尬) when I returned to school. I wasn’t  39  . Somebody had thought  40  of me to bring me a gift.

      Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my  41  Christmas there special and memorable, I  42  remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of  43  for as many children as I could possibly reach.

      So I 44  a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,  45  with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were  46  . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I   47  them that they couldn’t open their presents  48 every child had come forward. Finally the  49 they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles  50  up the room. The  51 in the room was obvious, and 52  wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew  53  that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. 

1.  A. sending        B. receiving        C. making      D. exchanging

2.  A. found         B. prepared         C. got         D. expected

3.  A. doubt         B. hope            C. suggest      D. accept

4. A. broke in       B. settled down      C. turned up    D. turned in

5.  A. relief         B. loss             C. achievement  D. sadness

6.  A. remembered    B. loved           C. forgotten     D. affected   

7.  A. highly         B. little           C. poorly       D. enough

8. A. present        B. first            C. recent       D. former

9.  A. hardly        B. immediately      C. regularly     D. sometimes

10. A. strength       B. independence    C. importance    D. safety

11.  A. kept up with    B. caught up with   C. came up with  D. put up with

12.  A. none          B. few            C. some        D. each

13. A. fine           B. special         C. helpful       D. useful

14.  A. reminded      B. insisted         C. proved       D. promised

15. A. after          B. until           C. when        D. since

16. A. chance        B. gift            C. moment      D. reward

17. A. lit            B. took           C. burned       D. cheered

18. A. atmosphere    B. pity            C. calmness     D. joy

19.  A. it            B. such           C. something    D. everybody

20.  A. by           B. till             C. for         D. from