完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分,30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I used to love to watch my high school track team train — especially the long-distance runners. But that year, my eyes were __16 __to a girl whose running style was all wrong. She ran with her arms tucked(塞进) close to her body, bouncing(蹦) up and down in a way that must have driven her__17 __crazy. My athletic mind laughed at her strange style, and I began to think __18 __her as “the Bouncer”.

In early May, my high school __19__ a big sports meeting. A large group of athletes joined in the two-mile running race — including the Bouncer. As the race progressed, she quickly fell far __20__ the pack and every runner lapped her at least once before it was over. But she just kept running, __21___ up and down — and always wearing the same smile.

“That poor kid,” I thought. “There was nothing to be __22__ by finishing so far behind the pack. Why didn’t she just __23__?” Still, she never stopped, and her smile never changed.

But a short while later, something __24__ began to happen. As she entered the home stretch(终点直道), a cheer began to rise, growing louder with each step the Bouncer took toward the finish line until, finally, every person in the stands stood and cheered __25 __the fate(命运) of the whole race depended on this one lone girl, bouncing toward the finish line.

The Bouncer just ___26 __to run exactly as she’d been doing from the beginning. As she crossed the finish line, the teacher walked out onto the __27__and held her arms tightly.

I’ve seen hundreds of races since that day, and I’ve seen thousands of runners __28___ the finish line. But I’ve never seen anything that showed the true spirit of __29__ as I watched on that warm spring day so long ago, when I saw a race won by a girl I had __30 __called the Bouncer

1.A. drawn             B. shut                       C. put             D. fixed

2.A. teamates         B. coaches                    C. parents       D. classmates

3.A. up                B. over                       C. of              D. about

4.A. hosted            B. formed                    C. organized       D. ran

5.A. over              B. away                      C. behind        D. off

6.A. rushing            B. dashing                    C. jumping         D. bouncing

7.A. admired           B. enjoyed                   C. accepted          D. gained

8.A. give in         B. give up            C. drop off       D. drop out

9.A. strange         B. funny                      C. special          D. similar

10.A. even after      B. just as                    C. as if                 D. even if

11.A. promised       B. expected                C. wanted          D. continued

12.A. track             B. path                        C. line               D. field

13.A. meet                  B. cross                        C. reach              D. hit

14.A. love                B. victory                     C. sport                D. race

15.A. bitterly              B. interestingly         C. strangely             D. laughingly

My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the  _36 day, and I washed a lot of things.  Everything worked  37 ,  but I couldn’t find  38  of my husband’s socks though I had looked  39  for it.
The next morning, I got ready for   40  as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them and told them   41  we were going to do   42 .
When I turned  43  to write on the blackboard, the class burst out  44  . They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was  45_ the headmaster would be in to see all this.
I asked the class to  46 ,  but the  47  I talked ,  the more they laughed.  So I thought I had better pay   48  attention to them and continue to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they laughed even more.
Before long, the teacher who had the room next to   49   came to see   50  all the laughter was about.  When he came in, he started  51 , too. “ Good Heavens!” I said . “ Will  52  please tell me what is so _ 53  ? ” “ Oh, God, ” said the teacher. “ You have a brown   54  stuck (沾) to the back of your shirt. ” So that’s   55  I found my husband’s missing sock. “ Oh, well, ” I said to the class, “ Let’s just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity (静电).”

I am always eager to do experiments, especially chemistry ones. It's   _26_  to work with test tubes and beakers（烧杯） , even though sometimes my efforts end in__27___. Experiments were fun for me  __28  a recent accident.
The   29  happened when I was heating a big test tube with an alcohol burner（酒精灯） , chatting to my partner while waiting for__30____ changes. All of a sudden, the tube cracked. Even though I jumped from my seat when I heard the crack, the hair on my forehead was __31____ as I was leaning too close to the test tube.
  __32___ I had no time to be sad about my hair: the liquid in the test tube poured onto the table and caught fire. I'd never  33 _ anything so bad! My___34___went blank （空白）for a moment. Then I quickly covered the fire with a damp cloth to__35____.
The teacher told me that the test tube broke in half at the bottom because we didn't dry it properly before __36___ it.
We calmed down and did the experiment, again. But our hearts were still __37____ rapidly even after we walked out of the lab.
But my bad __38___ didn't end there! Since all __39     was focused on the flames while we were in the lab, I didn't see the liquid falling onto my trousers.
During the following class, I felt a __40___ in my leg. Soon it became more and more painful and I touched the area with my fingers,   _41_  to make things better. But to my great    42___ , the material of my trousers turned into powder! “Vitrio（硫酸）! ! !”The terrible word came into my mind. I rushed out right away to wash and examine my poor skin.  _43_  , it was not a serious injury.
After changing my __44____I sat down and told myself: danger is no joke! It's very important to have a serious___45___ in chemistry class. Doing scientific experiments as a learner is no laughing matter.

Sometimes things happen beyond expectation. A 10-year-old boy decided to study Judo（柔道） __36__ he had lost his left arm in a car accident. He began his __37__ with an old Japanese Judo teacher. He was doing well, but he could not __38__ why the teacher had taught him only one move for quite a long time.

“Sir,” the boy finally said, “I think I should __39__ more moves.”

“But this is the __40__ move you will ever need to know,” the master replied.

Not quite understanding, the boy kept __41__. Several months later, the teacher __42__ the boy to his first tournament（锦标赛）. __43__ himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more __44__. However, after some time, the opponent（对手） became impatient. The boy used his one move to __45__ the match. Now the boy was in the finals.

This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger and more __46__. Concerned that the boy might get __47__, the referee(裁判) wanted to stop the match.

“No,” the teacher __48__, “let him continue.”

Soon his opponent made a mistake. __49__ the boy used his move to attack him. The boy won the match and became the champion.

On the way home, the boy and the teacher __50__ every move in every match. Then the boy asked __51__was really on his mind. “How did I win the tournament __52__ only one move?”

“You won for two reasons,” the teacher answered. “First, you’ve __53__ one of the most difficult moves in Judo. And second, the only known __54__ for that move is to grasp your left arm. But you’ve lost it.” The boy’s biggest __55__ had become his biggest strength.

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked __36__ at me and said, “I love you.” I didn’t know what to say. __37__ several seconds all I could do was to stand there and __38__ down at him. My first thought was that he must need __39__ with his homework or he was trying to __40__ me for some news. Finally I asked, “What was that all about?”

“Nothing.” He said, “My teacher said we should __41__ our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s a(n) __42__.”

The next day I called his teacher to __43__ more about this “experiment” and how the other parents had __44__.

“Basically, most of the fathers had the __45__ reaction as you did.” The teacher said, “When I first __46__ we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.” “The __47__ is,” the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of __48__. It’s something all human beings __49__. What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too __50__ that we don’t all express those feelings. A boy should be __51__ to tell his dad that he loves him.”

The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how __52__ it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.

When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for __53__ second. And just __54__ he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, “Hey, I love you, too.”

I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time if my child says “I love you”, it would not take me a whole day to think of the right __55__.

1.A. down                 B. away             C. out                   D. up

2.A. After                  B. For              C. At                    D. On

3.A. glance                B. glare            C. stare                 D. watch

4. A. patience             B. time             C. help                   D. paper

5. A. report                B. prepare         C. answer                          D. apologize

6. A. help                 B. ask               C. tell                     D. make

7.A. thing                  B. experiment       C. word                   D. sentence

8. A. search for                  B. search                 C. find out                           D. find

9.A. said                  B. reacted       C. done                    D. explained

10.A. same               B. different        C. usual                    D. ordinary

11.A. allowed                B. agreed        C. suggested                        D. planned

12.A. point               B. idea            C. way                     D. cause

13. A. body               B. health          C. life                       D. study

14.A. have                B. know         C. take                       D. require

15. A. bad                B. good           C. late                     D. early

16.A. fit                  B. ready         C. nice                      D. able

17.A. easy                B. much         C. often                     D. difficult

18.A. a much              B. a full           C. an exact                  D. an extra

19. A. before             B. after           C. because                          D. if

20. A. answer             B. key             C. reason                  D experiment