完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选
择最佳选项。
Twelve-year-old Kitty O’Neil asked her coach, “Let me try.” She was already on the swim team, but this was different. One of the divers had not arrived, and Kitty needed much help. Her coach looked 36  at her. She had been practicing dives, but could she really stand up to the competition? Besides, 37  was completely deaf. Many people thought a person who was deaf wouldn’t be able to dive well. However, Kitty 38 , and she won first place at that swimming meet and went on to win the Junior Olympics in the area.
Kitty began diving with Dr. Sammy Lee, a famous coach and former Olympic diving champion. The teenager went to school in the morning and then spent most afternoons diving. It was 39  work, and Kitty often hit the water the wrong way. However, she was able to 40  practicing. While she was diving , Kitty won many gold medals, but she wanted 41 . Perhaps she learned something from her 42 . Kitty lost her hearing at the age of four months. Because she wanted Kitty to lead a normal life, Kitty’s mother went to college to 43  about teaching people who are deaf. Kitty’s mother finally started a school for those who are deaf.
Kitty’s life was 44  but normal, and as an athlete, Kitty was much bettter than others. When she gave up diving, she wanted danger and adventure. She raced cars, boats, and motorcycles. Many of these 45  usually require at least some hearing. For example many racers judge their speed by the sound of the engine. Kitty did it by  46 .
In 1972 she began to learn doing dangerous action for movies and television. Soon she became one of the   47  women in Hollywood. In 1976 Kitty O’Neil also became the fastest woman in the world in a rocket-powered car that went more than 512 miles per hour.

完型填空（共15小题，计15分）
Benjamin was  1 . He didn't know why. He was having a fever and tired and didn’t feel like eating. His stomach hurt from time to time. At first he paid very little  2 to it, thinking he would be all right in  3. But he didn't. After three weeks, he had to go to Dr. Barkley.
The doctor did a few  4 . Then he asked Benjamin if he had gone  5 and drunk dirty water. Benjamin said he hadn't been camping since he was a soldier in the army.
He asked if Benjamin had eaten at any fast food restaurants in the past month, or eaten from one of the  6 lunch trucks in the Los Angeles area. Benjamin said that he ate fast food or lunch truck food every day at noon.
“That’s probably the  7 of your illness. You have hepatitis(肝炎) A, and you most likely got it from a food worker who didn't wash his hands thoroughly after using the  8. It happens a lot.” “God! I'm not going to die, am I?”
The doctor told him not to   9 . A viral infection（病毒感染） that  10 the liver（肝脏）, hepatitis A kills only about 100 people every year in the US. He told Benjamin to see him every two weeks, and to be  11 to take three months  12 from work so that he could rest, rest, rest. There is no  13 to hepatitis A. You survive(存活), or you don’t.
“But there is one good thing about hepatitis A,” Dr. Barkley said. “  14 you get it, you’re immune（免疫） to it for the  15 of your life.”

完形填空
When I was in Grade Three, I was chosen to the heroine in the school play.
For weeks my mother helped me  1  my lines(台词), But once on stage.  Every word disappeared   2  my head.  My teacher asked me to change   3 and be the narrator.
Although I didn’t tell my mother  4 had happened that day, she   5 my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.
It was a lovely  6 day.  It was warm.  In the yard all the flowers came out.  We could see lots of dandelions dancing among the colorful flowers.  How beautiful they were! I watched my mother carelessly bend down by some flowers.  “I think I am going to   7 all the useless grass. ” She said.
“But I like dandelions,” I said, “All flowers are   8  — even dandelions”.
My mother looked at me   9 .  “Yes, every flower shines in its own way, doesn’t it?” she said.  I nodded.  “So that is  10  of people, too. ” She added.
She had guessed my   11 .  I started to cry and told her the truth.
“You will be a great narrator. ” She said.  Then she told me   12 I loved to read stories to her when I was in Grade 1.
Over the next few   13 I learned to take pride in the role.  The big day finally   14 .  A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me.  “Your mother asked me to give this to you,” she said, passing me a dandelion.  After the play, I took the flower home, laughing that I was perhaps   15 person who would keep such a common dandelion.

完形填空

When I was in Grade Three, I was chosen to the heroine in the school play.

For weeks my mother helped me  1  my lines(台词), But once on stage.  Every word disappeared   2  my head.  My teacher asked me to change   3 and be the narrator.

Although I didn’t tell my mother  4 had happened that day, she   5 my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard.

It was a lovely  6 day.  It was warm.  In the yard all the flowers came out.  We could see lots of dandelions dancing among the colorful flowers.  How beautiful they were! I watched my mother carelessly bend down by some flowers.  “I think I am going to   7 all the useless grass. ” She said.

“But I like dandelions,” I said, “All flowers are   8  — even dandelions”.

My mother looked at me   9 .  “Yes, every flower shines in its own way, doesn’t it?” she said.  I nodded.  “So that is  10  of people, too. ” She added.

She had guessed my   11 .  I started to cry and told her the truth.

“You will be a great narrator. ” She said.  Then she told me   12 I loved to read stories to her when I was in Grade 1.

Over the next few   13 I learned to take pride in the role.  The big day finally   14 .  A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me.  “Your mother asked me to give this to you,” she said, passing me a dandelion.  After the play, I took the flower home, laughing that I was perhaps   15 person who would keep such a common dandelion.

1.                A．write          B．practice        C．train D．provide

2.                A．from           B．in             C．on   D．over

3.                A．names         B．character       C．roles D．lines

4.                A．which          B．when          C．that  D．what

5.                A．sensed         B．touched        C．reached  D．heard

6.                A．spring          B．summer        C．autumn   D．winter

7.                A．use up         B．eat up          C．dig up    D．drink up

8.                A．perfect         B．lively           C．attractive D．natural

9.                A．sadly           B．carelessly       C．surprisingly    D．happily

10.               A．kind           B．good           C．true  D．suitable

11.               A．worry          B．stress          C．nervousness    D．pain

12.               A．how           B．how much      C．how many D．how long

13.               A．days           B．weeks          C．months    D．years

14.               A．went          B．came          C．ran   D．appeared

15.               A．the only        B．the best        C．the last    D．the worst