第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A young school teacher had a dream that an angel appeared to him and said, “You will be given a child who will grow up to become a world   36 . How will you prepare her so that she will realize her intelligence, grow in confidence, develop both her confidence and sensitivity, be open-minded, yet   37  in character? In short, what kind of education will you   38  so that she can become one of the world's truly great leaders?”
The young teacher    39  in a cold sweat. It had never occurred to him before ---any one of his present or future students could be the person   40 in his dream. Was he preparing them to rise to any position which they may   41 ? He thought, “How might my   42  change if I knew that one of my students were this person?” He   43 began to formulate (规划;想出)a plan in his mind.
This student would   44  experience as well as instruction. She would need to know how to solve problems of various kinds. She would need to know the value of lifelong learning in order to keep a curious and   45  mind.
His teaching  46 . Every young person who walked through his   47 became, for him, a future world leader. He saw each one, not   48  they were, but as they could be. He   49  the best from his students, yet tempered（使缓和）it with pity. He taught each one as if the future of the       50  depended on his instruction.
After many years, a woman he knew   51  to a position of world fame. He realized that she must   52  have been the girl described in his dream. Only she was not one of his   53 , but rather his daughter. For of all the   54  teachers in her life, her father was the best.
Where and how you will   55  this child is a mystery. But believe that one child's future may depend upon the influence only you can provide, and something remarkable will happen.
36. A. leader                  B. destroyer                   C. rescuer                D.protector
37. A. bad                     B. weak                        C. special                 D. strong
38. A. afford                  B. provide                     C. receive                D. have 
39. A. awaken                 B. feared                       C. awoke                 D. stood
40. A. described       B. appeared                    C. imagined               D. lived 
41. A. buy                     B. send                        C. make                  D. desire
42. A. performance           B. teaching                     C. acting                  D. learning 
43. A. gradually              B. gladly                       C. suddenly               D. finally  
44. A. like                    B. have                        C. need             D. mean
45. A. actual                   B. dependent               C. absent            D. active 
46. A. worked                 B. changed                    C. developed              D. finished
47. A. classroom               B. office                       C. house                  D. mind
48. A. like                    B. unlike               C. likely                 D. as
49. A. begged                  B. expected                    C. forced                 D. learned 
50. A. world                   B. school                      C. class                   D. family 
51. A. appeared                B. stood                       C. rose                    D. raised 
52. A. completely              B. nearly                      C. hardly                  D. surely
53. A. children                 B. students                    C. friends                 D.followers
54. A. male                    B. wise                 C. various                 D. language
55. A. raise                    C. help                        C. love                    D. meet

The differences between men and women's friendships
Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles (困扰) old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa and talking?
What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that women have so much to share.
Betty shrugs. Talk? We're friends.
Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men. Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to a female friend.
"In general," writes Rubin in her new book, "women's friendships with each other lie on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities.”
“ Men keep their innermost(内心深处的) feelings to themselves. " Rubin writes, " Whereas(然而) a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage. However, a man by society doesn’t complain about his marriage trouble. it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa. "
【小题1】What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that ________.

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，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Staring at a computer semen，Patty Hall noticed all e-mail from Christopher Mutuku，a driver she knew when volunteering in Kenya．People in his village of Kathmlgu were  36 ，he wrote．”The river has dried up and there is no water．Do you know anyone who can raise  37 to build a dam(坝)?”
Imagining a huge expensive concrete dam，Hall   38  ．At 57 ，she was about to retire．after  35 years of  39 ．Much as she wanted to help Kenya, she didn’t want to get  40  in a time-consuming project like this．She knew, 41 ，that the lack of clean water was a life-and-death problem in rural villages．Animals contaminated(污染)the rivers，the main  42  of drinking water．In summer，the rivers dried up completely．
“How much would it  43 ．”she wrote to Mutuku．”About $7,000，”he answered．
That might be doable(可做的)，she  44 ．
Hall showed her students slides of Kenyan mud huts(棚屋)and asked them to  45  living without running water．She shared photos of young girls carrying h11ge containers of  46 on their backs. The girls were  47  to attend school because they spent most of their day walking  48 four miles to and from rivers，springs，orthe well in a nearby village．
49  to help，the ClaSS decided on a name—H2O for Life—and set to work．Students  50  H2O for Life wristbands(手带)，holiday crafts and African-themed note cards．A student pianist held a  51 that brought in $400．A group of girls sold valentines(情人节卡)and collected $300．
In just six months，the kids  52  over $12，000．
Later, Hall flew to Kenya and visited Kathungu．The villagers held a  53  to welcome her and then showed her the dam that traps and filters(过滤)water so that it's  54 and drinkable all the year round．
Since that first e-mail，H2O for Life has  55  to 14 schools and raised $130,000 to bring clean water to communities in Africa and Central America．
36．A．anxious    B．diligent      C．stressful    D．desperate
37．A．money     B．awareness    C．material    D．contribution
38．A．delayed    B．puzzled      C．hesitated    D．quitted
39．A．working    B．teaching     C．serving    D．volunteering
40．A．involved    B．committed    C. buried     D．occupied
41．A．therefore    B．moreover     C．instead    D．however
42．A．resource    B．source        C．origin     D．root
43．A．pay        B．spend         C．cost      D．need
44．A．wondered    B．decided      C．convinced  D．expected
45．A．think       B．balance       C．predict     D．imagine
46．A．water       B．food         C．crop       D．drink
47．A．unlucky     B．unwilling     C．unable     D．unskillful
48．A．far         B．above        C．beyond     D．some
49．A．Likely      B．Eager        C．Fond      D．Active
50．A．sold        B．bought       C．wore      D．offered
51．A．party       B．contest       C．concert     D．exhibition
52．A．loaned     B．raised        C．donated     D．contributed
53．A．opening     B．greeting      C．celebration   D．reception
54．A．available    B．accessible    C．adaptable     D．acceptable
55．A．extended    B．spread       C．expanded     D．Intended

完形填空（共20 小题, 每小题 1 分, 满分20 分）
Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Here is the story of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo (柔道) __36__ the fact that he had lost his left arm in a car accident.
The boy began __37__ with an old Japanese judo the sensei (师傅). The boy was __38__ well, but he couldn’t understand __39__, after three months of training the sensei had taught him only one move.
“but this is the only move you’ll ever __40__ to know,” the sensei told him.
Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy __41__ training.
Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament (循环赛). __42__ himself, the boy easily won his __43__ two matches. The third match proved to be more __44__, but after some time, the boy __45__ used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the __46__.
This time, his competition was bigger, stronger, and more __47__. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the judge called a time-out. He was about to __48__ the match when the sensei intervened (阻止).
“No,” the sensei __49__, “Let him continue.” Soon after the match started again, his competitor made a __50__ mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his __51__ to attack him. The boy had won the match and the tournament.
On the way home, the boy summoned(鼓起) the __52__ to ask the sensei how he could win the tournament with only one move.
“You won __53__ two reasons,” the sensei answered. “First, you’ve almost learned one of the most difficult __54__ in all of judo. And second, the only known defense for that move is for your competitor to grab your __55__ arm.”
36. A. against                B. without                 C. except                  D. despite
37. A. work                  B. lessons                  C. school                  D. activity
38. A. doing             B. going            C. getting           D. learning
39. A. what                   B. when                    C. why                     D. how
40. A. manage           B. try                 C. come            D. need
41. A. kept              B. stopped         C. risked            D. delayed
42. A. Entertaining     B. Enjoying        C. Satisfying       D. Surprising
43. A. other           B. first            C. another         D. every
44. A. simple                B. difficult                C. exciting                D. interesting
45. A. completely          B. skillfully               C. secretly                 D. reasonably
46. A. forces                 B. difficulties            C. finals                    D. rounds
47. A. experienced         B. learned                 C. cruel                    D. powerful
48. A. continue             B. control                 C. start                     D. stop
49. A. insisted               B. protected              C. promised              D. replied
50. A. curious         B. funny           C. serious          D. slight
51. A. strength              B. skill                     C. arm                      D. move
52. A. power                 B. courage                C. memory                D. chance
53. A. for                     B. with                     C. on                        D. about
54. A. kicks                  B. jumps                   C. throws                  D. movements
55. A. only           B. either           C. right             D. left

Our plan was to drive into Cambridge, catch the 7:34 train to Liverpool Street Station, then to separate and meet again for lunch. We should have arrived at Liverpool at 9:19, but due to a typical London fog, the train had to move along so slowly that it was not until 10:30 that it got there. In spite of our late arrival, Joan, my wife’s sister, decided that she would go to see the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London while we went shopping. It was only after her sister had disappeared into the fog that my wife realized that we hadn’t decided where we should meet for lunch. Since I had our three tickets for the concert in my pocket, this was indeed a problem. There seemed to be nothing we could do except taking a taxi to the Tower of London, and try to find her there. Needless to say, we didn’t find her.
It was now one o’clock, and the concert began at 2:30. “Perhaps she will think of waiting outside the concert hall,” suggested my wife hopefully. By this time the fog was so thick that road traffic had to stop, and the only way to get there was by underground railway. Hand in hand we felt our way along the road to where we thought the nearest station should be. An hour later we were still trying to find it. Just as I was about to lose my temper completely when we met a blind man tapping his way confidently through the fog. With his help we found Tower Hill tube station just fifty yards down the road.
By now it was far too late even to try to get to the concert hall before the performance began at 2:30, so we decided to return to Cambridge. It took seven long hours instead of the usual two to make that journey. Nor were we able to get any food and drink on the train. Tired and hungry we finally reached home at ten, opening the door to the sound of the telephone bell. It was Joan; she had seen the Crown Jewels, had managed to get another ticket for concert, and had had a wonderful dinner at a restaurant near the hotel where she decided to stay for the night. Now she was ringing to discover whether we had had an equally successful day.
【小题1】 Why was Joan separated from her sister and her brother-in-law?