Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it． From a distance，each horse looks like any horse． But if you get closer, you will   36  something quite interesting ——one of the horses is   37 ．
His owner has chosen not to have him put down（杀死）,   38   has made him a safe and comfortable barn（马棚） to    39  ．This is pretty amazing． But if you stand nearby and listen，you will hear the sound of a  40 ．It is coming from a smaller horse in the field．   41  to the horse is a small bell． It  42   the blind friend know where the other horse is，so he can   43  ．        
As you stand and watch these two friends you'll see that the horse with the bell is always  44 the blind horse，and that the blind horse will   45 for the bell and then slowly walk to where the other horse is，trusting he will not be led the  46  way．
When the horse with the bell returns to the shelter of the   47 each evening, he will stop  48  to look back，making sure that the blind friend isn't too   49 behind to hear the bell．
Like the owner of these two horses，the kind people around us do not  50 us away just because we are not perfect or because we have   51  ．Sometimes we are the blind horse，being   52  by the little ringing bell of those who come to  53 us． And we are the guide horse  54 other times, helping others to find their   55  ．

I could have easily gone through life without getting to know one of the most romantic feelings---love for a dog. For at least ten years my 1  had been suggesting that we get a dog. There were several reasons why the 2  came up. We had noticed that, on our block, couples with no children as a rule 3  one large or two small dogs. So we got one puppy (小狗) 4  we too had no children.
He flew into the house with the 5  of a Formula 1 (一级方程式赛车). In several minutes he ran over all the house, 6  from my shoulder onto the bed, and ended up in the 7  , where my wife washed him with 8  care. From that day on, the invisible（看不见的） 9  for the love of the new member of our household began at my home.
He seemed to 10  that at once. Most of the meals that my wife had 11  for him with greater care than those for me—he didn’t 12  look at them.
Every evening I went out walking with him. I could not know who was walking whom 13  one evening, when, tired from work, I 14  the walk. The dog was very angry and dragged me out.
Last night our dog pulled me by the ear with his teeth, 15  me up in my dream, and dragged me into the kitchen to make me turn off the 16  which had disturbed his sleep. I meekly（乖乖地）17  that I had forgotten to turn off the light, but that was not 18  . He looked at me like a teacher at a pupil who repeatedly makes 19 .
Now we finally know who’s the 20  at home, and for twenty years we had seriously argued whether it was my wife or I.

Basketball is a sport enjoyed by millions of people in at least 100 countries. It’s one of the  26  sports in the world. It began in 1891.
Dr. James A. Naismith, the father of basketball, was a teacher of YMCA training school. It trained the people to work in YMCAs. Officials at the school were   27  about the low attendance during the   28  months. They   29  that people didn’t attend then   30  the school did not have a good sports program in winter. So they asked Dr. Naismith for   31 . He came up with a new indoor game.
Naismith studied games being played at that time. He found that all the most   32  games used a ball. So a ball would be part of his new game, he decided. But   33  the ball or hitting it would be too   34 for indoors. So he put two   35  up on the poles. The players had to try to   36  a ball into them. Naismith then made thirteen   37  for the game. Twelve of them are still in   38  today. Just seven   39  after the game began professional basketball teams were   40 . And that’s how basketball was born.

A man found the cocoon (茧) of a moth (蛾). He took it home so that he could   1  the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small   2  appeared. He sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to   3  the body through that little hole. Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had   4  as far as it could and it could go no further. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and   5  the remaining bit of the cocoon. The   6  then came out easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven (无用的) wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and   7  to be able to support the   8  , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life   9  around with a swollen body and shriven wings. It was   10   able to fly.
What the man in his kindness didn’t   11  was that the small cocoon and the   12  of the moth to get through the   13  opening was a way to push fluid (液体)   14  the body of moth    15  its wings so that it would be ready to fly   16  it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and   17  would come only after the struggle. By taking the struggle away, he also took away the moth’s health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we were to   18  our lives without any difficulties, we would become disabled. We would not be as   19  as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance. Leave no room for    20  .

第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题l．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。
It was a busy morning，about 8:30,when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital。I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment(约会)at 9:30
The nurse had him take a   36     in the waiting area, 37 him it would be at least 40
minutes    38  someone would be able to see him。 I saw him   39  his watch and decided，since I was    40   busy—my patient didn’t   41  at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound .While taking care of his wound．I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment
The gentleman said no and told me that he   42  to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his  43  .。He told me that she had been   44  for a while and that she had a special disease。I asked if she would be    45  if he was a bit late. He replied that she   46  knew who he was，that she had not been able to  47  him for five years now. I was   48   ,and asked him，“And you  49  go every morning，even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said．“She doesn’tknowme butIknowwho sheis”I hadto holdback   50  as he left.
Now I   51   that in marriages，true love is   52  of all that is。The happiest people don’t   53  havethe best of everything；they just  54   thebest ofeverythingthey have。  55  isn’t  about how to live through the storm，but how to dance in the rain.
36 A breath        B.test         C seat          D break
37 A persuading    B promising    C understanding  D telling
38 A if            B before      C since        D after
39 A taking off     B．fixing      C looking at     D winding
40．A very       B also         C seldom        D not
41 A turn up       B show off     C come on       D go away
42 A needed       B forgot       C agreed         D happened
43 A daughter      B wife        C mother        D sister
44 A. late         B well        C around         D.there
45 A lonely       B worried      C doubtful       D hungry
46 A so far       B neither       C no longer      D already
47 A recognize    B answer       C believe        D expect
48 A moved      B disappointed    C surprised     D satisfied
49 A only        B.then         C.thus           D still
50A curiosity    B tears          C words         D judgment
51 A realize      B suggest       C hope          D prove
52 A agreement    B expression    C acceptance      D exhibition
53 A necessarily    B completely    C．naturally      D frequently
54 A. learn       B make        C.favor          D.try
55 A Adventure    B Beauty       C Trust          D Life