第二节　完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Tina and Thomas Sjogren were the fourth people to reach the earth's poles. Years ago, the couple were  16    across the North Atlantic on their way to Europe. Tina looked out of her window and was  17   by the vast amount of space in Greenland. “The sky outside the window burst into different  18  and auroras (极光) flew all around us. I   19   what it would be like to step down there and start walking  20  , all alone in such a place. ”She thought, “If this is what Iceland and Greenland are like, how   21   then must the Arctic be?” She turned to her husband,   22  him awake and said, "Honey, let' s go to the Poles !"
Tina’s   23   would not be their first adventure. They had already climbed Mount Qomolangma. The pair soon made a   24   to visit both the North and South Poles on skis,
Traveling   25  
On February 2, 2002, they reached the South Pole. Their journey 26   2,000 kilometres. After just 35 days of recovery and preparation, they   27  again. "You are so    28      after the long expedition to the South Pole, so you don' t know if you could do   29   right away."
On May 29　, after traveling for the whole morning, as the couple watched with weak    30     , the numbers on their GPS showed that their goal had   31 been achieved. They had made it.
Without the    32    of dogs or supplies dropped from planes, it was only their strength and willpower that   33   them to ski and swim their way. They got valuable experience but that did not come without a    34   If you go on an adventure, there's always the risk of something going wrong.    35   , you will learn from it.
16. A. flying           B. exploring           C. swimming           D. sailing
17. A. frightened       B. bored               C. amazed             D. amused
18. A. shapes           B. colors               C. sounds               D. waves
19. A. remembered     B. wondered           C. enjoyed             D. doubted
20. A. carefully         B. quickly              C. aimlessly             D. freely
21. A. cold            B, bright              C. wonderful          D. terrible
22. A. shook           B. knocked            C. kept                D. beat
23. A. idea             B. advice               C. order                D. offer
24. A. suggestion       B. plan                C. proposal             D. change
25. A. non-stop         B. unsupported         C. unreturned          D. unprepared
26. A. covered          B. included            C. lasted                D. crossed
27. A. broke down      B. settled down         C. set out               D. came back
28. A. excited          B. disappointed        C. confused            D. tired
29. A. more          B. another              C. one                  D. others
30. A. torchlight       B. sunlight            C. breath              D. eyesight
31. A. surprisingly     B. luckily             C. accidentally         D. eventually
32. A. reward           B. burden              C. help                 D. company
33. A. attracted        B. allowed             C. taught               D. forced
34. A. price            B. success             C. mistake             D. change
35. A.Therefore         B. Instead          C. Otherwise         D.However

　完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Tina and Thomas Sjogren were the fourth people to reach the earth's poles. Years ago, the couple were  16    across the North Atlantic on their way to Europe. Tina looked out of her window and was   17   by the vast amount of space in Greenland. “The sky outside the window burst into different   18  and auroras (极光) flew all around us. I   19   what it would be like to step down there and start walking   20   , all alone in such a place. ”She thought, “If this is what Iceland and Greenland are like, how   21   then must the Arctic be?” She turned to her husband,   22   him awake and said, "Honey, let' s go to the Poles !"

Tina’s   23   would not be their first adventure. They had already climbed Mount Qomolangma. The pair soon made a   24    to visit both the North and South Poles on skis, Traveling   25 

    On February 2, 2002, they reached the South Pole. Their journey 26   2,000 kilometres. After just 35 days of recovery and preparation, they   27   again. "You are so    28      after the long expedition to the South Pole, so you don' t know if you could do   29    right away."

On May 29　, after traveling for the whole morning, as the couple watched with weak    30     , the numbers on their GPS showed that their goal had   31  been achieved. They had made it.

    Without the    32    of dogs or supplies dropped from planes, it was only their strength and willpower that   33    them to ski and swim their way. They got valuable experience but that did not come without a    34   If you go on an adventure, there's always the risk of something going wrong.    35    , you will learn from it.

16. A. flying           B. exploring           C. swimming           D. sailing

17. A. frightened       B. bored               C. amazed             D. amused

18. A. shapes           B. colors               C. sounds               D. waves

19. A. remembered     B. wondered           C. enjoyed             D. doubted

20. A. carefully         B. quickly              C. aimlessly             D. freely

21. A. cold            B, bright              C. wonderful           D. terrible

22. A. shook           B. knocked            C. kept                D. beat

23. A. idea             B. advice               C. order                D. offer

24. A. suggestion       B. plan                C. proposal             D. change

25. A. non-stop         B. unsupported         C. unreturned          D. unprepared

26. A. covered          B. included            C. lasted                D. crossed

27. A. broke down      B. settled down         C. set out               D. came back

28. A. excited          B. disappointed        C. confused            D. tired

29. A. more             B. another              C. one                  D. others

30. A. torchlight       B. sunlight            C. breath              D. eyesight

31. A. surprisingly      B. luckily             C. accidentally         D. eventually

32. A. reward           B. burden              C. help                 D. company

33. A. attracted        B. allowed             C. taught               D. forced

34. A. price            B. success             C. mistake             D. change

35. A.Therefore         B. Instead          C. Otherwise         D.However

“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”

　 “I often check my e?mail forty times a day.”

　 “I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”

　 “I spend more time in chat rooms than with my real?life friends.”

　 Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction called Internet addiction.Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week.The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug use.People lose control of the time they spend on the Internet.

　 For example，one college student was missing for several days.His friends were worried，and they called the police.The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.

　 Studies show that about 6% to 10% of Internet users become addicted.And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them.They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.

　 Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms：

　 ?You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.

　 ?You can’t wait for your next online time.

　 ?You plan to spend a short time online，but then you spend several hours.

　 ?You go out with your friends less and less.

1.What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

　 A.How to become an Internet addict.

　 B.What an Internet addict usually does.

　 C.Where to find an Internet addict.

　 D.Why to write this passage.

2.How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?

　 A.It is something like keeping drugs.

　 B.It is a way of producing drugs.

　 C.It is like taking drugs.

　 D.It is terrible to imagine.

3.Why do people worry about the teens?

　 A.Because the teens are wasting too much money.

　 B.Because they used to work on the Internet.

　 C.Because the playing field of the teens will disappear.

　 D.Because more and more of the teens will become addicted to the Internet.

4.The example in the passage shows that 　　　　.

　 A.Internet problems are more serious among college students

　 B.Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

　 C.some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

　 D.the police often help to find those Internet addicts

5.What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?

　 A.Don’t be addicted to the Internet.

　 B.Go to family activities more often.

　 C.Do things as you have planned.

　 D.Stay with your parents as often as possible.

—Can you show me Mr.Jaffer’s office，please?

—　　　 .But I don ’t know if he is in at the moment.

A.Thanks　　　　 B.Go on　　　　　 C.Sure　　　 D.You are welcome