On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets   21  and the subway system almost came to a stop.

Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were  22  to go home. Some battled to  23  a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the   24  bravely, walking miles to get to work.

I   25  to be one of people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most  26  had stopped. After making my way  27  crowds of people. I finally found a subway line that was   28  . Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to   29  the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the   30  . So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train  31  my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I got to my office, I was   32  through, exhausted and  33  .

My co-workers and I spend most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm, I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer  34  I received an email from Garth, my Director.

I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and   35  reported to work. It is always reassuring（令人欣慰）, at times like these, when employees so clearly show their  36  to their jobs. Thank you.

Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that  37  message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of   38  can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic  39  had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately   40  me and put a smile back on my face.

1.A．break          B．flood          C．sink            D．crash

2.A．forced         B．refused          C．adjusted        D．gathered

3.A．order           B．pay             C．take           D．search

4.A．climate       B．scenery          C．storm                 D．burden

5.A．used            B．promised       C．deserved       D．happened

6.A．practice      B．routine           C．process          D．service

7.A．to            B．through          C．over           D．for

8.A．operating   B．cycling             C．turning           D．rushing

9.A．check          B．carry          C．find            D．board

10.A．street       B．ground           C．floor           D．platform

11.A．paused     B．crossed          C．reached         D．parked

12.A．wet           B．weak         C．sick            D．hurt

13.A．ashamed   B．discouraged       C．surprised       D．puzzled

14.A．while         B．when         C．where             D．after

15.A．hardly       B．casually          C．absolutely        D．eventually

16.A．devotion   B．donation         C．connection         D．reaction

17.A．accurate       B．urgent            C．brief           D．humorous

18.A．promise         B．appreciate              C．advice             D．guidance

19.A．troubles        B．signals            C．rules          D．sings

20.A．corrected      B．supported     C．amazed          D．refreshed

 

第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I have experienced many different types of teachers and from each of them. I have drawn out characteristics to form the __21__ teacher. The person has no age or sex requirements __22__ this person must be pleasant to look at. I don’t believe teachers have to be beautiful but they have to keep __23__ well groomed. I have had a teacher who didn’t keep herself well groomed; the other students and I found her __24__ quite distracting. I believe that a teacher should wear the clothes he or she likes, but not things that are shocking or totally __25__. I find that students spend more time __26__ than they do listening.

This person should know his or her __27__ in detail. He or she must also possess a certain __28__ for it to get the students enthusiastic. He or she must be able to make lessons __29__ and pick out little details that relate it to the students. A teacher who just relays facts __30__ to be boring . A student can pick out facts from a textbook; it is the teacher who is to tie the subject together in an interesting fashion.                      

21. A. real            B. beautiful         C. ideal              D. pleasant

22. A. but             B. because          C. since            D. although

23. A students          B. colleagues        C. principals       D. themselves

24. A. method        B. appearance          C. speech           D. manner

25. A. strange          B. new                     C. expensive      D. cheap

26. A. playing        B. writing          C. copying         D. staring

27. A. students        B. time                     C. subject          D. character

28. A. idea            B. attitude          C. love              D. question

29. A. serious          B. humorous          C. intensive       D. funny

30. A. tends          B. fails                     C. avoids          D. pretends

 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Having said goodbye to his parents, Alvin, with his wife and one-year-old son, set off back home.  16 excited, Alvin and Clare talked and laughed happily. And even little Alax  17 from time to time. The family were  18 from trip．

   But about three hours later things began to   19  . It was starting to snow. Alvin sped up the car,   20 to arrive home before dark. But it was too dangerous to drive fast now. Because it was snowing more and more heavily. So Alvin had to   21 down. The snow on the   22 was getting deeper and deeper until it was hard to   23 on it. Their car slipped (滑落) off the way and got stuck in the deep snow   24 the engine refused to start again．

“The snow doesn’t seem to   25  . Shall we stay in the car waiting to be frozen to death or walk ahead through the snow?” Alvin asked. Clare said she  26  to walk． So they got out of the car with their son and began walking. But   27  was to come. Soon they lost their  28 and had to walk aimlessly on and on．

Night came. They were not afraid of the dark. But they were  29  that poor Alax would die of cold. However, their faith to keep Alax   30 made them filled with courage, warmth and strength. They  31 and rested in turn and then continued their walk. They had countless falls but each time true love encouraged them to rise to their   32  again．

One, two, three, … seven days passed. On the eighth day,   33   at last came from Alvin’s parents, the police and local people. But the young   34  had to have their feet cut off because of the bad frost-bites(冻伤). Fortunately, there was  35  seriously wrong with little Alax．

1. A．Still           B．Even           C．Yet            D．Ever

2. A．cried           B．jumped         C．smiled         D．sang

3. A．taking          B．having         C．enjoying       D．starting

4. A．work            B．change         C．come           D．finish

5. A．phoning         B．deciding       C．thinking       D．hoping

6. A．get             B．slow           C．go             D．look

7.A．land             B．highway        C．fields        D．car

8. A．walk            B．sit            C．stay           D．wait

9. A．and             B．but            C．or             D．for

10. A．fall           B．end            C．continue      D．melt

11. A．liked          B．preferred      C．decided        D．wished

12. A．better         B．something      C．nothing        D．worse

13. A．hope           B．luck           C．way            D．money

14. A．certain        B．afraid         C．sorry          D．sure

15. A．happy          B．silent         C．alive          D．dead

16. A．slept          B．walked         C．watched        D．ate

17. A．heads          B．eyes           C．hands          D．feet

18. A．danger         B．help           C．luck           D．news

19. A．husband        B．wife           C．couple         D．baby

20. A．everything     B．anything       C．something      D．nothing

 

 

第三节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21至40各个题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day a young man called Jim was told to take the  21  examination the next day. He was   22   so much that he couldn’t get to sleep. He wouldn’t join the army because he was in love with a beautiful girl. “If only I could find a   23   to make the doctor believe there is something    24  with my body,” he thought and thought. Suddenly, a good idea crossed his mind.

The next morning Jim got to the   25   on time and was led into a large room. He hurriedly found a seat to sit down and took out an out-of-date newspaper,   26   to read it. Soon it was his turn to be examined. When he came up to the doctor, the old man took a quick and sharp look at him. Then in a   27   he ordered Jim to take off his clothes, go straight to a corner and sit down on a chair there. No sooner had he seated himself on the chair than he heard the doctor murmuring to his assistant: “Finished! The boy is  28   up to the standard.”

“How can you draw such a   29   like that before you give me a  30  check? Jim shouted at the doctor.

“Don’t be impetuous(冲动), young man! Put on your clothes, and then I’ll  31   it to you,” the doctor said   32  .“You said we didn’t examine you carefully, but I don’t think it

33   for us to do that. When I told you in a low voice to take off your clothes, you did it as I told you. It shows you have good  34  . When you were asked to go and sit on the chair, you did so, too. It shows you can see any subject within a certain distance.   35  , you were found reading the newspaper just now, and we are certain you are a man of intelligence.

36 , you’re perfect in mind and body.” 

Half a year later, Jim was killed on the battlefield. At the news his girlfriend nearly went

37  . She kept weeping. “Don’t be like that, my dear.” It was an old man’s  38   voice. “Your Jim died a real man. He   39  his life to the people all over the world. It is right that we should be proud of him…” Saying this, the old man, her father, was choked(哽咽). His only   40   was that he had never had Jim know who he was. This old man was the medical officer who had given Jim the health check.  

21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

A. blood A. excited A. way A. new A. hospital A. beginning A. hurry A. hardly A. information A. quick A. give A. calmly A. necessary A. eyes A. So A. In short A. angry A. kind A. spent A. dream

B. intelligent B. troubled B. person B. good B. camp B. pretending B. breath B. never B. suggestion B. slow B. explain B. coldly B. honest B. ears B. Therefore B. In word B. bad B. loud B. saved B. regret

C. physical C. frightened C. problem C. right C. office C. deciding C. whisper C. not C. decision C. careful C. say C. happily C. good C. head C. Besides C. In the end C. excited C. low C. devoted C. hope

D. ability D. delighted D. question D. wrong D. army D. wanting D. flash D. quite   D. conclusion D. careless D. bring D. quietly D. right D. body D. However D. In total D. mad D. sad D. killed D. wish

 

 

Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant(移植)her life was in constant   21  . 

  Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very   22  : finding a donor heart that   23  Maria’s blood type could take years.   24  , Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept   25   hospitals all over the country.

  Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble   26  from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a   27  of the hospital, crying.

“Are you okay?” a man asked.            

Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her   28  . This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t   29  it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to   30  something from herself. Could her   31  go to Carmen’s mother?

After reviewing the data, doctors   32  Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect   33  for Carmen’s mother. They were able to   34  the transplant.

That cold night, when Cheryl was   35  dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was   36   for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange   37  as they hugged and cried.

On New Year’s Eve, Carmen attended Cheryl’s   38  with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”

One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria   39  with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was   40  in another loving mother’s chest.

1.A. change                B. danger               C. disorder                   D. pain

2.A. small                    B. distant                      C. hard                         D. precious 

3.A. matched           B. replaced               C. controlled            D. cooperated

4.A. Certainly            B. Otherwise               C. However                  D. So

5.A. finding                  B. phoning                   C. touring                     D. interrupting

6.A. rolling                B. running                    C. walking                   D. jumping

7.A. corner                  B. bed                         C. man                        D. nurse

8.A. mother            B. story                C. error               D. dream

9.A. put                       B. support                    C. pass                         D. make 

10.A. save                        B. recycle                     C. donate                      D. separate

11.A. heart                       B. brain                        C. husband                   D. spirit                            

12.A. informed            B. warned                    C. congratulated           D. reminded

13.A. copy                       B. fit                           C. variation                  D. baby

14.A. give up                   B. carry out                 C. search after              D. put off

15.A. noticed                   B. predicted                  C. found                      D. declared

16.A. praying        B. begging            C. decorating           D. singing

17.A. belief                  B. love                         C. bond                        D. relief

18.A. funeral                B. operation                  C. performance             D. anniversary

19.A. passed away         B. woke up                  C. left behind                D. dressed up

20.A. active            B. alive               C. necessary                D. changeable