--Which of the two films do you prefer?

   -- To tell you the truth,, I don’t like _________.

      A．neither of them              B．both of them          

       C．either of them       D．none of them

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1—20题各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最

佳选项。

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to __1__ in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the __2_ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too __3_ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 4__.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there __5__ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 6_ her head and continued to sew the quilt.

I was very worried because I thought I had _7_ her. I was _8__ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:

“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it __9_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt _10__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen __11, but it’s really there. Love is _12_.”

I listened carefully but I __13_ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly __14 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __15_. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father _16__ on the country road．

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

“Susan, don’t __17 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”__18_ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 19__. But from this experience, I understand that love is just __20__ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

1．A．keep fit                B．rise early             C．earn money         D．collect money

2．A．magic                  B．romantic             C．fantastic             D．attractive

3．A．simple                  B．easy                   C．relaxing              D．luxurious

4．A．the question          B．question              C．reach                 D．control

5．A．feeling                  B．love                    C．quarrel               D．smile

6．A．raised                   B．shook                 C．nodded               D．bowed

7．A．hurt                     B．injured                C．wounded            D．harmed

8．A．in great surprise                                    B．in a great embarrassment

       C．with deep depression                           D．at extreme sorrow

9．A．happens               B．comes about       C．appears              D．occurs

10．A．warm and soft    B．hot and hard        C．thin and cool        D．strong and durable

11．A．somewhere and sometime                    B．anywhere or anytime

       C．more or less                                       D．here and there

12．A．inside                 B．outside               C．faraway             D．nearby

13．A．could believe                                      B．couldn’t understand       

       C．wouldn’t recognize                              D．might know

14．A．got sick              B．got stuck            C．threw up             D．became disabled

15．A．quite healthy       B．very pale             C．fairly red             D．much surprised

16．A．jump high           B．go hurriedly        C．run fast              D．walk slowly

17．A．think about         B．talk with             C．worry about        D．laugh at

18．A．Reading              B．Seeing                C．Saying                D．Writing

19．A．fresh roses         B．gold ring            C．sweet kisses       D．beautiful jewelry

20．A．a thread         B．a needle           C．the cloth       D．the cotton

Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the 31          important thing in her life but, to tell you the   32           (true), she took lesson for years, practised every day,  33           in spite of all this, her voice didn't improve. Honestly, it didn’t get better, it just got  34           (loud).

Her teacher finally gave 35         and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to quit, and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her former teacher to attend.

The teacher was very worried about 36              to say after the performance. She knew it 37            be terrible and it was. She didn't want to tell a lie, but she didn’t want to hurt Alice’s feelings 38               . Finally, she got an idea and went backstage to greet her former pupil.

“Well”, said Alice, “what did you think of 39              performance?”

“My dear,” said the teacher, “you’ll 40         be better than you were tonight.”

 

 —What’s the noise?   —Oh, I forget to tell you. The new machine      .

A. has been tested           B. is tested             C. will be tested    D. is being tested

 

—Which of the two iPods do you prefer?

       —To tell you the truth, I don't like _____ of them．

       A．both       B．either              C．none      D．neither