完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入的空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A group of graduates, successful in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about   36   in work and life.

    Before offering his guests   37  , the professor went to the kitchen and   38   with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups -- porcelain（瓷）, plastic, glass, crystal, some   39   and cheap, some exquisite（精致的）and   40  -- telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you   41  , all the nice-looking expensive cups were   42   up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is   __43  for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the   44   of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself   45   no quality to the coffee. In most cases   46   is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you   47   wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously   48   for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other’s cups.

Now consider this:   49   is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to   50   life, and the type of cup we have does not define（规定）, nor change the   51   of life we live. Sometimes, by   52   only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has offered us.

God brews（酿造）the coffee, not the cups. Enjoy your coffee!

    “The   53   people don’t have the best of everything: They just   54   the best of everything.”

    Live simply. Love   55  . Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

1.A. difficulties       B. stress       C. sadness          D. hate

2.A. coffee          B. tea             C. gift             D. cups

3. A. packed         B. rushed          C. fetched          D. returned

4.A. good-looking     B. ugly-looking   C. plain-looking   D. nice-looking

5. A. expensive        B. bright        C. excellent        D. comfortable

6. A. suspected        B. noticed       C. ignored          D. appreciated

7. A. filled         B. brought         C. taken            D. used

8. A. normal         B. careful         C. polite           D. rode

9. A. share          B. access          C. entrance         D. source

10.A. puts           B. adds            C. attaches         D. ties

11.A. this           B. which           C. it               D. one

12.A. really         B. generally       C. possibly         D. precisely

13.A. looked         B. searched        C. applied          D. went

14.A. Peace          B. Joy             C. Chance           D. Life

15. A. refer         B. reflect         C. contain          D. support

16.A. quality        B. quantity        C. character        D. value

17.A. keeping        B. basing          C. concentrating    D. depending

18.A. coolest        B. craziest        C. happiest         D. saddest

19.A. make           B. use             C. accept           D. put

20. A. nervously       B. secretly      C. generously       D. curiously

 

 

In most people’s opinion, the tiger is not an animal that we would ordinarily think of as being chicken. However, one tiger, which lives in an English zoo, turned out to be more cowardly( 胆小的) than his keepers could ever have imagined.
Tanvir, a two-year-old Bengal tiger, got stuck at the top of a new 5m-high activity tower in the zoo, after climbing it for the first time.
The wooden tower had been designed to provide mental exercise for Tanvir by testing his ability of dealing with troublesome situations, but after climbing it in just a few seconds, he lost his courage when it came to coming back down. Tanvir went on to spend nearly two days at the top of the tower trying to collect the courage to attempt to get down.
A spokesperson for the zoo said that several days before Tanvir had taken half an hour to get down a lower tower only 1.5m high, and the taller tower had clearly been too much challenging for him.
“Every time he got to the edge, he looked out, put a paw over, and thought, ‘no, I cannot make it!’”laughed Samantha Cordrey, Tanvir’s keeper. In the end Tanvir’s hunger defeated his fear, and after almost 48 hours he made his way down. Burying himself in a big meal just like a hungry pig, Tanvir seemed to forget such a shameful experience for a while.
It appears that his experience would not be the worst in Tanvir’s life if he continued to act like a chicken. It is not known whether he will take courage to go back up his exercise tower again.
The whole episode(插曲) only serves to show the difficulties faced by zoo staff in creating environments that will improve animals’ living ability in enclosed space.
【小题1】When speaking of Tanvir’s shameful experience, Samantha Cordrey might feel it was_____.

A．funny

B．surprising

C．exciting

D．unbelievable

【小题2】What made Tanvir get down the 5m-high activity tower at last?

A．The coldness of the weather.	B．The direction from his keepers.
C．The sufferings of being hungry	D．The fear of being alone

【小题3】 Why does the author say “this experience would not be the worst in Tanvir’s life if…”(Paragraph 6)?

A．Because Tanvir’s keepers will design more difficult exercise for him.

B．Because Tanvir is so cowardly that he has little courage to meet greater challenges.

C．Because Tanvir’s bad health will bring him much trouble in practice.

D．Because Tanvir is always careless and often causes trouble by accident.

【小题4】 The zoo designed the 5m-high activity tower to______.

A．make Tanvir become brave

B．improve Tanvir’s performance skills

C．let tourists watch Tanvir better

D．improve Tanvir’s living ability

   WASHINGTON—A chaotic scene unfolded near the U S．Capitol（美国国会大厦）on Wednesday after police shot and killed an armed man in what authorities described as a rush hour traffic stop that turned deadly．

    U S．Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt．Kim Schneider said the unidentified 35-year-old man sped away in a white car after being stopped a few blocks from the Capitol．The man drove the wrong way down a street and crashed into a police car in a heavily guarded area about a block north of the Capitol grounds，striking two officers with his car along the way，she said．    Police then opened fire after seeing the man hold up his handgun and refuse to put it down，said Schneider，who described the melee（人群）as“very fast moving”．“The officers felt they were being threatened-they were in fear for their lives，”Schneider said．

    She did not know if the man ever fired at police．He was taken to a hospital，where he was pronounced dead．

    The officers who were hit——one of whom was on a motorcycle——had minor injuries，Schneider said．

    The late afternoon scare occurred as lawmakers were wrapping up a third day of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor．Police briefly closed up part of the Capiltol as a precaution，but the buildings were reopened about a half—hour later．Authorities said the shooting was not related to the Capitol．

    Carol Lanigan，of Toledo，Ohio，described how she save a white car come flying down the street with two police cars chasing it．She said she heard about four or five shots．

    “There were so many gunshots being fired，my family got down．”said Robert Drumm of Oklahoma，who was touring the nation’s capital with his family．

    Numerous emergency vehicles came together quickly on the area．

    Lanigan’s husband，Dale Lanigan，described a similar scene，saying that as the car sped past him the driver had one hand on the wheel and it looked like he was reaching for something．

What can be learned from the passage？

    A．Three police officers were hurt in the shooting．

    B．The shooting had something to do with the Capitol．

    C．The Capitol was unprotected when the gunshot happened．

    D．The gunshot case had nothing to do with the Capitol．

When the case happened，     ．

    A．CaroI Lanigan heard five shots exactly

    B．many emergency vehicles appeared in the area

    C．Robert Drumm stopped to tour the nation’s capital by himself

    D．Carol Lanigan didn’t come to the scene

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word“chaotic”？

    A．disordered       B．accessible       C．lifelike     D．arranged

Which of the following is the best title of the passage？

    A．A police accident near the U．S．Capitol

    B．Defend the U．S．Capitol

    C．Police chasing the peace breaker

    D．Armed man was shot near the Capitol by police

 

LONDON (Reuters) – Visitors to London always have to be on the look out for pickpockets, but now there’s a more positive phenomenon-put pockets．

Aware that people are suffering in the economic crisis, 20 former pickpockets have turned over a new leaf and are now searching London’s tourist sites slipping money back into pockets．

Anything from 5 pounds ($8) to 20 pound notes is being secretly put in unguarded pockets or open handbags in Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden and other busy spots．

The project, which runs until the end of August in London before being rolled out nationwide to major UK cities, is being funded by Talk Talk, which says it wants to brighten up people’s lives in unusual ways．

“It feels good to give something back for a change-and Britons certainly need it in the current economic climate,” said Chris Fitch, a former pickpocket who now heads Talk Talk’s put pocketing project．“Every time I put money back in someone’s pocket, I feel less guilty about the fact I spent many years taking it out．”

“The activity will avoid the City and Canary Wharf financial areas as we want to give the money to those who actually need it．” The put pockets have actually been told to avoid people that seem very well-off．

The put pockets are given a specific ID to show to public if caught in the act, and have plain-clothed guards who will explain the situation if spotted．

London’s police have been informed of the plan so put pocket aren’t arrested．The project will see at least 100,000 pounds given away．

1.All the following measures are taken to protect put pockets EXCEPT that________．

A．They are given a special ID．        B．Plain-clothes guards are around．

C．The police have been informed of the plan．  

D．They only work at tourist sites．

2.The put pocketing project was intended to ________．

A．give away 100,000 pounds           

B．make the former pickpockets feel less guilty

C．put money secretly in pockets           

D．make people feel better in bad times

3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the project?

A．The project is funded by Talk talk．   

B．The project will run until the end of August．

C．Chris Fitch now heads the put pocking project．             

D．The project doesn’t mean to give notes to wealthy people．

4.Which do you think can best describe what the passage is mainly about?

A．20 former pickpockets turn over a new leaf．

B．A put pocketing project is launched in London．

C．It is good to give something back for a change．

D．Visitors need not look out for pickpockets any more．