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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，掌握其大意，从每题所给的（A、B、C和D）四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the doorway, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he’d be flying to France to   36   a different life. I wanted to     37   him some words. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the    38   time I had had such moments.

         When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop. He asked, “What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?” Then he walked    39   the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. Ten years later, a similar   40   played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to give him   41   and confidence as he started his new life. Again, words   42    me.

         Now before him, I thought of those    43   opportunities. How many times have I let such moments   44   , only not to tell him what he has    45     to me. Or what he might    46   to face in the years ahead.

         What does it matter if a father never tells his son what he really thinks of him?    47    I knew it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always    48   never hearing him put his    49   into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so    50  to tell a son something from the heart?

       My mouth turned dry, but finally I said, “Daniel, if I could have picked, I would have picked you.” That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world   51   , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but I couldn't hear, for tears misted my eyes. All I was      52      of was the stubble(短须) on his chin as his face pressed    53    mine. What I had said to Daniel was short and    54  . It was nothing to others. However, it was    55   to me.

36. A. experience          B. spend                C. enjoy                D. shape

37. A. show          B. give          C. leave          D. instruct

38. A. last                    B. first          C. very                  D. next 

39. A. upward               B. into                  C. down                D. up

40. A. sign                    B. scene                C. scenery             D. sight

41. A. interest              B. instruction         C. courage             D. direction

42. A. failed          B. discouraged    C. struck           D. troubled

43. A. future          B. embarrassing    C. obvious       D. lost

44. A. last            B. pass          C. fly                    D. remain

45. A. counted                     B. mean                C. valued               D. earned

46. A. think                  B. want                 C. expect               D. wish

47. A. But                    B. And                  C. Instead        D. So

48. A. wondered            B. regretted           C. minded       D. tried

49. A. views                 B. actions                     C. feelings             D. attitudes

50. A. important            B. strange        C. hard          D. great

51. A. disappeared     B. changed       C. progressed         D. advanced

52. A. afraid            B. proud               C. aware            D. tired

53. A. by                 B. against          C. on                 D. with

54. A. simple         B. gentle          C. meaningful       D. moving

55. A. none          B. all            C. anything        D. everything

　Francis Bacon, one of the most important philosophers(哲人) of England, was born in London and educated at Cambridge University. When he was only 15, he went to France to work for the English ambassador (大使) . Two years later he went back to England to study law. At the age of twenty-three he was chosen to parliament (议会). His ideas about how scientists should study things in nature help to bring the modern way of thinking, called the scientific method.

　　One of the Bacon’s best-known books was his Essays. Each essay was a short piece of writing in which he tried to give a lesson by discussing sides of a subject such as studying, conversation, friends and healthy living. In many of his books, Bacon explained how scientists should study things as they really existed in nature and then tried to figure out what caused a particular thing to be as it was. Later, by doing experiments, the scientist could see that any one cause would always have the same result. This method, which is called inductive reasoning, is used by all the scientists today, but it was new in Bacon’s time.

5. According to the passage we know that ____.

　 A. Francis Bacon was the most important philosopher of England

　 B. Francis Bacon had good education

　C. Francis Bacon worked for a French ambassador at the age of 15

　　D. Francis Bacon stayed in France until he was 23

6. The underlined phrase “inductive reasoning” in the last paragraph means____.

　　A. to discover general laws from particular facts or examples

　　B. to reach a conclusion by reasoning from general laws to a particular case

　　C. to study things as they used to be

　　D. to study things in a particular way

7. Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. Bacon was a learned man.

　　B. Bacon did a lot of philosophy.

　　C. The inductive reasoning was widely used both today and in Bacon’s time.

　　D. Bacon gave scientists much useful advice.