III.完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
Learn to Express Thanks
“Exposed to strong sunshine and heavy winds, postmen are the most handsome.”
“Thank you, dear postmen.”
Many Teens readers write letters with such words on the envelopes. Once they are 36 , editors are always 37 by their sincere gratitude
(感激的心情) to ordinary people.
38 gratitude is an important form of good 39 .In western countries, people often write a note to thank those who 40 them. Nowadays more and more people in China have found it’s high time to cultivate(培养) a thankful 41 for the good others do.
Everyone likes to get praised and appreciated. Gratitude is 42 of virtues, which lets
others smile and makes the 43 more beautiful. You just need several 44 to write down a thank-you note, but it could bring much joy to the 45 .
We live in a society 46 we enjoy the different services of others. But none of them should be taken fo
r granted. Gratitude is also a kind of attitude in life. In developing gratitude for
every 47 –for the simple joys, and even for the 48 time—we come to 49 enjoy and appreciate life. Then we are able to see the 50 around us.
Try to write a thank-you letter to your parents for working hard to 51 you a happy life. Be grateful to your 52 because of their help with your studies and character building.
Say thanks to your friends who 53 both your happiness and sorrow and spend a few minutes 54 you go to sleep giving thanks for all that you have.
We are sure it will bring them much joy and add 55 into your own life as well.
36. A. said B.closed C. opened D. invited
37. A. surprised B. interested C. moved D. thanked
38. A. Having B. Expressing C. Taking D. Enjoying
39. A. manners B. uses C. ways D. things
40. A. helps B. has ever helped C. is helping D. have ever helped
41. A. feeling B. heart C. word D. mind
42. A. the good B. the smallest C. the greatest D. good one
43. A. world B. school C. community D. crowd
44. A. times B. words C. pieces D. minutes
45. A. performer B. receiver C. speaker D. doer
46. A. which B. when C. how D. where
47. A. time B. day C. moment D. form
48. A. managing B. challenging C. changing D. developing
49. A. simply B. truly C. hardly D. ably
50. A. truth B. reality C. experience D. magic
51. A. offer B. make C. feed D. put
52.A. classmates B. parents C. teachers D. friends
53.A. gave B. shared C. appreciated D. formed
54. A. after B. as C. before D. while
55.A. color B. taste C. means D. Reflection
One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face first into the mud. David her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom？” , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a 40 danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked .
One day, David's teacher announced a homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
“ the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.
“No, Mom, I make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father as Susan used it to walk 50 feet above the . Happily Susan cried out, “It !”
In July 1999, David was national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his is becoming well accepted.
A．dropped B．touched C．lay D．fell
A．rushed to B．stood by C．looked at D．ran around
A．Firmly B．Easily C．Shakily D．Quickly
A．frequently B．slowly C．freely D．heavily
A．hiding B．possible C．certainly D．waiting
A．method B．trouble C．disease D．hope
A．little B．few C．much D．more
A．useful B．strange C．special D．common
A．invention B．appearance C．experience D．experiment
A．reminded B．encouraged C．hit D．occurred
A．fastened B．fixed C．stuck D．tied
A．So B．And C．But D．For
A．would B．might C．did D．need
A．pen B．hand C．nail D．cane
A．helped B．supported C．noticed D．watched
A．ice B．street C．yard D．square
A．helps B．operates C．succeeds D．works
A．praised B．received C．won D．declared
A．more slowly B．more clearly C．more carefully D．faster
A．cane B．speech C．mother D．story
阅读下面短文，从短文后面各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My husband used to be a workaholic(工作狂)．Nothing seemed to be more ____ to him than his work，not even his family.
He usually ____at 6 o’clock，and our ____ and I were still asleep then，and then left ____ having breakfast. I asked him to have breakfast ____，but he said it’s a waste of ____.I didn’t know what kept him so____.He even couldn’t finish all his work in the office. He came back at ten at night. However，I never expected that he would give me a kiss.____he got home，he would start to____.The kids had already been in bed，of course.
“Mom，where is Dad？Why I ____ see him？”the kids often asked.
“Well，Dad has to work. He is busy，”I always____like this. As time went by，they didn’t ask where their dad was again. Perhaps they had____that they had a dad. However，the situation changed several months ago.
Jenny，our daughter，suddenly became____.I sent her to the hospital.The____told me that she was seriously ill and that she was calling____all the time. Tears burst into my eyes when I____that.I finally called my ____and told him about that. Half an hour later，he came to the hospital and held Jenny’s little hands.
He____another job two weeks later.
“I just wanted to make as much___as possible for you and our kids. But now，I just want to____as much time as possible with you and the kids，”he said and that’s what he is doing now.
A．possible B．interesting C．important D．relaxing
A．sat down B．got up C．stoop up D．came up
A．kids B．pets C．neighbors D．parents
A．on B．with C．without D．after
A．in the office B．on the way C．in school D．at home
A．money B．time C．energy D．food
A．tired B．busy C．fast D．excited
A．As soon as B．In the end C．Long before D．Long after
A．eat B．sleep C．work D．write
A．often B．never C．sometimes D．cheated
A．shouted B．asked C．replied D．cheated
A．thought B．forgotten C．ignored D．minded
A．fine B．worse C．ill D．angry
A．teacher B．boss C．officer D．doctor
A．mom B．sir C．dad D．madam
A．noticed B．realized C．heard D．felt
A．mother B．child C．brother D．husband
A．money B．happiness C．value D．laughter
A．spend B．make C．set D．steal
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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My ears are recently full of praising words from my friends such as, “ Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool that I can’t help falling in love with him!” or “What perfect skills he has!” Yeah,—I ______ to some degree, though I sometimes do want to______ them how much they know about Beckham, apart from his______ and how much they know about football apart from______ goals. It seems funny that we are______ about things, with which we are unfamiliar or about which we are______, but we all, my friends as well as I, consider this one of life’s______.
We need these pleasures to______ our lives. But that doesn’t______ to craziness or nonsense. As an old saying goes: “ Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We______ not judge anything from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good______ and great contribution that make one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say______ about Beckham’s good looks.
If we close our eyes, falling in deep______, we can find that the things that move us to be really happy or sad have a______ meaning. If we don’t go deeper and are just satisfied with______ things, sooner or later we will find that we have not really gained anything because our first______ has blinded and misled us, and we’ll remain ignorant______ we realize that and make some changes.
It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is______ of great progress. If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it______ us, we will finally prove how much we have______ up, how much more sensible, mature , and intelligent we have become.
A．like B．agree C．hope D．think
A．ask B．tell C．teach D．doubt
A．skills B．fame C．teach D．appearance
A．kicking B．hitting C．scoring D．controlling
A．thankful B．crazy C．curious D．anxious
A．uncertain B．unhappy C．displeased D．careful
A．aims B．qualities C．pleasures D．truths
A．keep up B．brighten up C．find out D．brighten about
A．come B．increase C．amount D．rise
A．dared B．would C．could D．should
A．thinking B．character C．looks D．ability
A．more B．something C．less D．nothing
A．love B．sleep C．sense D．thought
A．clear B．puzzling C．moving D．valuable
A．material B．deep C．surface D．pleasant
A．conclusion B．experience C．lesson D．impression
A．since B．although C．unless D．before
A．sign B．cause C．value D．willingness
A．worries B．pains C．satisfies D．offers
A．given B．sent C．built D．grown
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago and suddenly her husband died of a heart attack. One day, about a week after her husband’s , the teacher said, “Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you a (n) in life that is unrelated to this class, but I feel it is very .”
“Each of us is put here on to learn, share, love and appreciate. None of us knows when this fantastic will end. It can be at any moment. Perhaps we must make the most out of every single .” Her eyes beginning to , she went on, “So I would like you all to make me a(n) . From now on, on your way, find something beautiful to . It doesn’t have to be something you see—it could be a sweet smell or it could be the sound of the leaves. Please look for these things, and cherish (珍视) them.”
The class was completely quiet. We all our books and got out of the classroom . That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from than I had that whole term. Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and what she had said, and I try to appreciate all of those things that we all ignore.
Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today. on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home tonight to an ice cream. For as we get , it is not the things we did that we often feel , but the things we didn’t do.
A．death B．illness C．news D．birthday
A．plan B．answer C．lesson D．suggestion
A．clear B．sweet C．different D．important
A．foot B．earth C．business D．holiday
A．game B．experience C．story D．party
A．taken away B．worked out C．put off D．held up
A．place B．word C．bill D．day
A．dry B．open C．water D．roll
A．exam B．promise C．date D．trip
A．notice B．eat C．learn D．carry
A．dead B．dirty C．growing D．falling
A．turned over B．brought in C．picked up D．passed on
A．carefully B．quietly C．patiently D．happily
A．school B．hospital C．factory D．church
A．hear B．write C．remember D．understand
A．finally B．never C．unusually D．sometimes
A．Walk B．Live C．Work D．Study
A．spare B．get C．make D．smell
A．closer B．taller C．older D．stronger
A．excited B．surprised C．proud D．sorry
My grandmother became a widow in 1970. Shortly after that, we went to the shelter to pick out a dog to keep her . Grandma decided on a little dog with a reddish-brown spot above each eye. these spots, the dog was named Penny.
Grandma and Penny quickly became very to each other, but that attachment grew much stronger about three years later Grandma had a stroke（中风）. Grandma could no longer , so when she came home from the hospital, she and Penny were companions.
After her stroke, it became a real for Grandma to let Penny in and out because was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. So a mechanism（机械装置）using a rope and pulley（滑轮）was from the door to a handle at the top of the stairs. Grandma just had to pull the handle to open and close the door. If the store was Penny’s favorite dog food, Grandma would make one of us Penny browned beef with potatoes in it. I can remember my grandmother by saying that she loved that dog better than she loved her family.
As the years passed, it was not for Grandma and Penny to separate each other. If Grandma went to take her nap（打盹）, Penny stayed by her side until she . As Penny aged, she could no longer jump up on the bed, so she on the rug （垫子）beside the bed. If Grandma went into the , Penny would walk along beside her, wait outside the door and accompany her to the bed or chair. Grandma never went anywhere without her _ companion by her side.
The time came when both my grandmother’s and Penny’s were failing fast. After fifteen years of loving companionship, Grandma and Penny passed away within a few hours of each other.
A．animal B．toy C．fish D．bird
A．business B．firm C．company D．friend
A．In spite of B．Because of C．Instead of D．In front of
A．linked B．fastened C．attached D．tied
A．before B．while C．until D．when
A．think B．speak C．work D．study
A．contrary B．content C．confident D．constant
A．problem B．question C．practice D．rule
A．the door B．Grandma C．the window D．Penny
A．repaired B．fixed C．bought D．loaded
A．out of B．ahead of C．away from D．apart from
A．show B．hand C．borrow D．cook
A．drawing attention to B．making use of C．breaking away from D．making fun of
A．necessary B．possible C．important D．convenient
A．recovered B．awoke C．slept D．screamed
A．rolled B．stood C．waited D．lay
A．reading room B．bedroom C．shop D．bathroom
A．back B．up C．off D．down
A．splendid B．remote C．faithful D．legal
A．smell B．health C．habit D．living