The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams．---Eleanor Roosevelt

My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural

I felt sorry especially for the  3  , but I   4   to be hopeless .I decided that where I was, I could do   5   to help them．I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who 6  my knock, “I know that you are   7  and give the birds that come to your yard a little 8  ．Please consider me your bird．Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your 9   ．I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the  10  children.”

No one seemed to  11  giving me a handful of rice ,even  12  they had little themselves .On Sunday ,I would go to the  13   and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to  14 to the children．

One day ,I came to a house that had  15  to give．I told my story and asked if I could be their bird．The woman called her daughters, and  16  gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for  17  and rice from the other “ bird feeders”, and they gave them to me．Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even  18  only this small way．The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to them for food and clothing.

“Consider me your bird.” My  19  idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was  20  some peace．

1．A．sorrow              B．hope               C．comfort          D．happiness

2．A．suffered           B．survived         C．covered          D．made

3．A．peasants          B．citizens          C．villagers           D．children

4．A．wanted           B．failed            C．refused            D．stopped

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

6．A．said               B．replied            C．answered         D．spoke

7．A．glad              B．kind             C．rich              D．friendly

8．A．water             B．money           C．nest             D．rice

9．A．temple            B．room            C．door             D．garden

10．A．brave           B．hungry           C．promising         D．nervous

11．A．mind            B．escape           C．practice           D．enjoy

12．A．where         B．that             C．so              D．when

13．A．village           B．hometown       C．temple           D．house

14．A．give in         B．give up          C．give away         D．give out

15．A．much           B．little              C．many           D．few

16．A．every           B．each            C．neither            D．none

17．A．help             B．clothing          C．food             D．change

18．A．by            B．with           C．on              D．in

19．A．foolish          B．childish          C．clever            D．useful

20．A．creating         B．mending          C．developing         D．managing

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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams．---Eleanor Roosevelt

My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural

disasters．When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with  21  in spite of the terrible surroundings．The families living here ,who tried to make their living from the land,   22  great losses.

I felt sorry especially for the  23  , but I   24   to be hopeless .I decided that where I was, I could do   25   to help them．I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who 26  my knock, “I know that you are   27  and give the birds that come to your yard a little 28 ．Please consider me your bird．Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your 29  ．I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the  30  children.”

No one seemed to  31  giving me a handful of rice ,even  32  they had little themselves .On Sunday ,I would go to the   33   and give my handfuls of rice  to the monks to  34 to the children．

One day ,I came to a house that had  35  to give．I told my story and asked if I could be their bird．The woman called her daughters, and  36  gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for  37  and rice from the other “ bird feeders”, and they gave them to me．Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even  38  only this small way．The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to them for food and clothing.

“Consider me your bird.” My  39  idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was  40  some peace．                         

21．A．sorrow           B．hope             C．comfort      D．happiness

22．A．suffered               B．survived           C．covered      D．made

23．A．peasants           B．citizens             C．villagers      D．children

24．A．wanted            B．failed              C．refused       D．stopped

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

26．A．said               B．replied            C．answered     D．spoke

27．A．glad               B．kind                  C．rich         D．friendly

28．A．water              B．money            C．nest         D．rice

29．A．temple             B．room              C．door         D．garden

30．A．brave              B．hungry             C．promising    D．nervous

31．A．mind              B．escape             C．practice       D．enjoy

32．A．where             B．that               C．so           D．when

33．A．village             B．hometown          C．temple       D．house

34．A．give in            B．give up            C．give away    D．give out

35．A．much              B．little               C．many        D．few

36．A．every              B．each               C．neither       D．none

37．A．help               B．clothing            C．food         D．change

38．A．by                B．with              C．on           D．in

39．A．foolish            B．childish            C．clever        D．useful

40．A．creating            B．mending            C．developing    D．managing

The three biggest lies in America are : (1) “The check is in the mail.” (2) “Of course I’ll respect you in the morning .” (3) “It was a computer error.”

Of these three little white lies , the worst of the lot by far is the third . It’s the only one that can never be true . Today , if a bank statement cheats you out of $ 900 that way , you know what the clerk is sure to say : “It was a computer error .” Nonsense . The computer is reporting nothing more than what the clerk typed into it .

The most annoying case of all is when the computerized cash register in the grocery store shows that an item costs more than it actually does . If the innocent buyer points out the mistake, the checker , bagger and manager all come together and offer the familiar explanation : “It was a computer error .”

It wasn’t, of course . That high-tech cash register is really nothing more than an electric eye . The eye reads the Universal Product Code―that ribbon of black and white lines on the package ―and then checks the code against a price list stored in memory . If the price list is right , you’ll be charged accurately .

Grocery stores update the price list each day―that is , somebody sits at a keyboard and types in the prices . If the price they type in is too high , there are only two explanations : carelessness or dishonesty . But somehow “a computer error” is supposed to excuse everything .

One reason we let people hide behind a computer is the common misunderstanding that huge , modern computers are “electric brains” with “artificial intelligence.” At some point there might be a machine with intelligence , but none exists today . The smartest computer on earth right now is no more “intelligent” than your average screwdriver (螺丝刀). At this point in the development of computers  the only thing any machine can do is what a human has instructed it to do .

72．We are told that a high-tech cash register is really just        .

       A．a simple adding machine

       B．an electric instrument of sight

       C．a way to keep employees honest

       D．an expensive piece of window dressing

73．Grocery store price lists are updated by        .

       A．an employee                                       B．a telephone receiver

       C．an adding machine                              D．a typewriter

74．According to the passage , which of the following statements is true ?

       A．That high-tech cash register is anything but an electric eye .

       B．The grocery stores update the price list every other day .

       C．There is no machine with intelligence today.

       D．There are four biggest lies in America .

75．Which of the following describes the main idea of the passage ?

       A．Computers are stupid and inefficient .

       B．Computer errors are basically human errors .

       C．Computers can help department stores update the price list .

       D．Supermarket price errors are often made through dishonesty .