第三节．完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)
阅读下面的短文，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。     
Greg Mortenson is a mountaineer. In 1993, he   21   but failed to reach K2, one of the most forbidding of the Himalyayan  22  . He staggered(蹒跚) into a tiny village of Korphe in Pakistan, barely alive. The   23   villagers cared for him and fed him back to health. The __24   they showed to a stranger moved Mortenson, and filled him with a' desire to 25   it.
Looking around, he saw that the poor villagers had actually nothing. 26   , he could see the desire of the villagers to   27   their community. For example, they dreamed of 28   for their children. The children received schooling two days a week from a teacher they   29   with another village, because they couldn't   30   to hire one alone. Naturally, the village had no schoolhouse. Moretenson thought it was by building a school   31   he could best express his   32   for their kindness to him. He left,   33   he would return with necessary materials.
However, things didn't go  34   as he had expected. He was a nurse by profession, and wasn't  well   35    It was a struggle for him to raise the $10,000 or so needed to buy the building materials.    36   problems, including his then Cultural   37   of the area led to a series of frustrations. But with his efforts and cooperation of the villagers, he eventually overcame the __ 38  . He fulfilled his promise.
After that he wanted to return to America,build a career and start a family. However, it ba-came clear that a school for Korphe was just the start. There were so many other villagers in Pa-kistan that had the similar needs. The more   39   he became, the more he came to understand the area and the more he realized how important education was. The   40   was that, in the pe-riod of over a decade, 55 schools were built.
21. A. approached     B. paused           C. hesitated          D. attempted
22. A. peaks          B. levels            C. hills              D. slopes
23. A. cold           B. mean             C. kind              D. tiny
24. A. bravery        Ｂ. ability            C.poverty           D.generosity
25. A. receive        B. repay              C. respect         D. recycle
26. A. Besides        B. However         C. Therefore          D. Moreover
27. A. develop        B. visit              C. design            D. increase
28. A. career         B. development      C. education         D. health
29. A. traded          B. worked           C. communicated    D. shared
30. A. help            B. manage           C. decide            D. afford
31. A. that             B. which            C. what              D. if
32. A. sympathy        B. gratitude          C. attitude           D. anger
33. A. adding          B. promising         C. demanding        D. warning
34. A. smoothly        B. badly             C. closely            D. properly
35. A. dressed          B. received           C. respected          D. paid
36. A. Some             B. Others            C. Other             D. Another
37. A. interaction       B. ignorance         C. background       D. difference
38. A. difficulities       B. fears            C. temptations(诱惑)D, shortcomings
39. A. interested        B. rooted            C. involved          D. lost
40. A. result            B. idea              C. cause             D. report

第三节．完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)

阅读下面的短文，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。     

Greg Mortenson is a mountaineer. In 1993, he   21   but failed to reach K2, one of the most forbidding of the Himalyayan  22  . He staggered(蹒跚) into a tiny village of Korphe in Pakistan, barely alive. The   23   villagers cared for him and fed him back to health. The __24   they showed to a stranger moved Mortenson, and filled him with a' desire to 25   it.

Looking around, he saw that the poor villagers had actually nothing. 26   , he could see the desire of the villagers to   27   their community. For example, they dreamed of 28   for their children. The children received schooling two days a week from a teacher they   29   with another village, because they couldn't   30   to hire one alone. Naturally, the village had no schoolhouse. Moretenson thought it was by building a school   31   he could best express his   32   for their kindness to him. He left,   33   he would return with necessary materials.

However, things didn't go  34   as he had expected. He was a nurse by profession, and wasn't  well   35    It was a struggle for him to raise the $10,000 or so needed to buy the building materials.    36   problems, including his then Cultural   37   of the area led to a series of frustrations. But with his efforts and cooperation of the villagers, he eventually overcame the __ 38  . He fulfilled his promise.

After that he wanted to return to America,build a career and start a family. However, it ba-came clear that a school for Korphe was just the start. There were so many other villagers in Pa-kistan that had the similar needs. The more   39   he became, the more he came to understand the area and the more he realized how important education was. The   40   was that, in the pe-riod of over a decade, 55 schools were built.

21. A. approached     B. paused           C. hesitated          D. attempted

22. A. peaks          B. levels            C. hills              D. slopes

23. A. cold           B. mean             C. kind              D. tiny

24. A. bravery        Ｂ. ability            C.poverty           D.generosity

25. A. receive        B. repay              C. respect         D. recycle

26. A. Besides        B. However         C. Therefore          D. Moreover

27. A. develop        B. visit              C. design            D. increase

28. A. career         B. development      C. education         D. health

29. A. traded          B. worked           C. communicated    D. shared

30. A. help            B. manage           C. decide            D. afford

31. A. that             B. which            C. what              D. if

32. A. sympathy        B. gratitude          C. attitude           D. anger

33. A. adding          B. promising         C. demanding        D. warning

34. A. smoothly        B. badly             C. closely            D. properly

35. A. dressed          B. received           C. respected          D. paid

36. A. Some             B. Others            C. Other             D. Another

37. A. interaction       B. ignorance         C. background       D. difference

38. A. difficulities       B. fears            C. temptations(诱惑)D, shortcomings

39. A. interested        B. rooted            C. involved          D. lost

40. A. result            B. idea              C. cause             D. report

第三节．完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)

  阅读下面的短文，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。     

Greg Mortenson is a mountaineer. In 1993, he   21   but failed to reach K2, one of the most forbidding of the Himalyayan  22  . He staggered(蹒跚) into a tiny village of Korphe in Pakistan, barely alive. The   23   villagers cared for him and fed him back to health. The __24   they showed to a stranger moved Mortenson, and filled him with a' desire to 25   it.

     Looking around, he saw that the poor villagers had actually nothing. 26   , he could see the desire of the villagers to   27   their community. For example, they dreamed of 28   for their children. The children received schooling two days a week from a teacher they   29   with another village, because they couldn't   30   to hire one alone. Naturally, the village had no schoolhouse. Moretenson thought it was by building a school   31   he could best express his   32   for their kindness to him. He left,   33   he would return with necessary materials.

 However, things didn't go  34   as he had expected. He was a nurse by profession, and wasn't  well   35    It was a struggle for him to raise the $10,000 or so needed to buy the building materials.    36   problems, including his then Cultural   37   of the area led to a series of frustrations. But with his efforts and cooperation of the villagers, he eventually overcame the __ 38  . He fulfilled his promise.

      After that he wanted to return to America,build a career and start a family. However, it ba-came clear that a school for Korphe was just the start. There were so many other villagers in Pa-kistan that had the similar needs. The more   39   he became, the more he came to understand the area and the more he realized how important education was. The   40   was that, in the pe-riod of over a decade, 55 schools were built.

 21. A. approached      B. paused           C. hesitated          D. attempted

 22. A. peaks           B. levels             C. hills              D. slopes

 23. A. cold            B. mean             C. kind              D. tiny

24. A. bravery         Ｂ. ability             C.poverty           D.generosity

 25. A. receive         B. repay              C. respect          D. recycle

 26. A. Besides         B. However          C. Therefore          D. Moreover

 27. A. develop         B. visit              C. design            D. increase

 28. A. career          B. development       C. education         D. health

 29. A. traded           B. worked           C. communicated     D. shared

 30. A. help             B. manage           C. decide            D. afford

 31. A. that              B. which            C. what              D. if

 32. A. sympathy         B. gratitude          C. attitude           D. anger

 33. A. adding           B. promising         C. demanding        D. warning

 34. A. smoothly         B. badly             C. closely            D. properly

 35. A. dressed           B. received           C. respected          D. paid

36. A. Some              B. Others            C. Other             D. Another

37. A. interaction        B. ignorance         C. background       D. difference

38. A. difficulities        B. fears             C. temptations(诱惑)D, shortcomings

39. A. interested         B. rooted            C. involved          D. lost

40. A. result             B. idea              C. cause             D. report

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断；如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）。如有错误，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错词下画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词

I began to learn English in reading and listening.            1._____________

My study were limited by the poor conditions.                  2.____________

As I paid more attention to read, I found that                    3.____________

it didn’t take me long at all remember a large                    4.____________

quantity of words and sentence structures. This                  5.____________

rapid increase in the number of words I know made              6.____________

it is possible for me to read books in English.                   7.____________

My reading ability was great improved.                      8. _____________

Now, I have come to know that things about the               9.____________

culture, society, history and people of America or England.     10._____________

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节：阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上。（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

A

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

41. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York.   b. Worked in a bank.        c. Travelled to Texas.

d. Was put in prison.    e. Had a newspaper job.      f. Learned to write stories.

A. e. c. f. b. d. a       B. e. b. d. c. a. f.        C. c. e. b. d. f. a    D. c. b. e. d. a f.

42. O. Henry went to prison because ___________.

A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B. people thought he had taken money that was not his

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners

D. he broke the law by not using his own name

43. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A. He was very good at learning.                     B. He was not serious about his work.

C. He was devoted to the poor.                  D. He was well-educated.

44. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

A. His life inside the prison.                  B. The newspaper articles he wrote.

C. His exciting early life as a boy.       D. The city and people of New York.