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，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
There is one thing better than making a new friend, and that is keeping an old one.
——Elmer G Letterman
Two years ago my family moved. The day we left, my best friend and I cried together in my 36 bedroom for hours. I was miserable during the five-hour car ride to my new house. Life was 37 ．
On the first day of school, I called my best friend to tell her how it had gone. Then on Halloween, I sent her a letter and a picture of my new friends and me．
Finally, she wrote me a letter. It wasn’t 38 a letter—a piece of paper saying, “Best friends forever”．
When I finally got her e-mail address, I e-mailed her the 39 letter I have ever written. After the third e-mail with no 40 , my messages grew shorter and shorter. 41 each passing day, my 42 grew．I never received a reply from her．
Mom said that I 43 try calling my other friends, and that I didn’t need to always call her. 44 my best friend, the girl that I had known from my childhood?
My first 45 was automatic．“No way!” But after five more e-mail messages, I started to consider what my mom had 46 ．Every night for about a week, I stayed up in bed, 47 , “Should I keep trying or．．．?”
The way I looked at it was that: if I’m her best friend, she’d 48 a minute to push a few buttons on the phone, or type a short “hello” on the computer. To me, keeping in touch is part of being a friend and it is important. To her, it really didn’t seem to 49 ．
After two years of 50 , I finally got a phone call from her—my best friend. It was a big 51 ．She told me how sorry she was for not writing, and about how busy she had been. I forgot about everything that had happened and how annoyed I had been with her．I 52 her．I guess keeping in touch just isn’t her 53 ．
I have realized true friends never really lose their special 54 ．Even after two years, it felt like we had just talked yesterday.
Now she and I write regularly—or at least she tries to, 55 she tries hard.
What more could a friend ask for?
36．A．cold B．empty C．small D．dirty
37．A．uneasy B．uncertain C．uninteresting D．unbearable
38．A．just B．only C．even D．hardly
39．A．longest B．best C．simplest D．funniest
40．A．return B．information C．message D．response
41．A．On B．For C．With D．As
42．A．patience B．anger C．worry D．curiosity
43．A．must B．had to C．would D．could
44．A．Put away B．Leave out C．Give up D．Cut off
45．A．reaction B．opinion C．thought D．impression
46．A．reminded B．offered C．stated D．suggested
47．A．asking B．thinking C．whispering D．struggling
48．A．save B．spend C．take D．waste
49．A．matter B．care C．value D．mind
50．A．disappointment B．fear C．silence D．regret
51．A．step B．surprise C．advance D．change
52．A．ignored B．accepted C．criticized D．forgave
53．A．style B．hobby C．idea D．nature
54．A．way B．connection C．heart D．image
55．A．but B．so C．and D．though
“A” for Attitude
English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my teacher me to give spelling tests to the class. I had a time of my junior year. Mrs Alexander me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected work. Every student received a "C" or "D" grade the first quarter. But English was still my favorite subject.
I graduated from high school, early and had children. about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I wrote long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an "A" student. I up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor's office, explaining that I had always be at English, and recommending that I did not deserve a '"D" from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The advisor was but unable to change a（an） . Reading through my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to them or hide them. I was not an "A" student in high school English! Somehow, I had myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an average student with an "A" or "B" but mostly "C” S.
Had I lived up to those grades and myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently sought my writing career. Had I my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of failure to enthusiasm and damage my creativity. Instead, I my younger self as an "A" English student, except for that undeserved "D".
A．scolded B．allowed C．ordered D．reminded
A．bad B．complex C．terrible D．wonderful
A．approved B．appointed C．expected D．urged
A．flexible B．creative C．disappointing D．controversial
A．college-level B．based C．difficult D．easy
A．married B．worked C．succeeded D．progressed
A．Sad B．Confident C．Anxious D．Curious
A．added B．lived C．grew D．went
A．counted B．remembered C．approached D．discovered
A．brought B．turned C．held D．kept
A．nervous B．excelled C．poor D．terrible
A．impolite B．impatient C．inexperienced D．sympathetic
A．grade B．figure C．paper D．entry
A．tear B．fire C．cry D．escape
A．warned B．reminded C．informed D．convinced
A．average B．enthusiastic C．outstanding D．occasional
A．considered B．defined C．reflected D．described
A．abandoned B．given C．believed in D．doubted
A．change B．risk C．defeat D．reminded
A．looked B．viewed C．sang D．criticized
When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a . We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish was , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would every bit of the food on their plates.
As I was hungry, my local colleague much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of unconsumed(没吃光的) food left. When we were the restaurant, we someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were about us wasting so much food.
“We for our food; it is none of your how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry and one of them made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro . The officer told us in a stern(严厉的) voice, “Order you can consume. Money is yours, the resources belong to the society. You have no wasting them.” Our faces turned red. We all agreed with him in our colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly to the officer.
My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all it to remind us that we should never be .
A．restaurant B．company C．family D．bank
A．cooked B．served C．gathered D．missed
A．desert B．refuse C．oppose D．finish
A．kept B．sold C．ordered D．made
A．save B．spend C．divide D．find
A．reaching B．passing C．leaving D．seeing
A．appointed B．knew C．realized D．heard
A．curious B．unhappy C．nervous D．optimistic
A．paid B．asked C．applied D．accounted
A．business B．matter C．mind D．question
A．excitedly B．immediately C．passively D．regularly
A．rags B．fashion C．uniform D．dream
A．award B．fine C．food D．souvenir
A．how B．what C．it D．that
A．or B．but C．and D．so
A．ability B．problem C．power D．reason
A．words B．faces C．hearts D．ears
A．accused B．apologized C．admitted D．approved
A．stuck B．threw C．broke D．kept
A．hopeful B．grateful C．wasteful D．merciful
It is nice to know what the weather will be like when we plan a trip. Do you know anything about the history of weather? Don’t look at the sky. Don’t look for old weather reports. Looking at the tree rings is more important. Correct weather reports date back only one century, but some trees can provide an exact record of weather even further back.
It is natural that a tree would grow best in a climate with plenty of sunlight and rainfall. It is also expected that little sunlight or rainfall would reduce the growth of a tree. The change from a favorable to an unfavorable climate can be found out by the reading pattern of rings in a tree trunk. To find out the weather of ten years ago, you can count the rings of a tree trunk from the outside to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the other rings, then it is certain that plenty of sunny and rainy weather occurred. If the rings are close together, then the climate was bad for the tree.
Studying trees is important not only for the history of weather, but also for the history of man. In an area of New Mexico you can find only sand — no trees or people. However, many centuries ago a large population lived there. They left suddenly. Why?
A scientist studied the pattern of the rings of dead trees that had grown there. He made up his mind that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees. Trees were necessary to make fires and buildings. So, after the people destroyed the trees, they had to move.
In this example studying tree rings uncovered an exciting fact about the history of man.
We can find out the weather of five years ago by counting the rings of a tree trunk ____.
A．from the left to the right B．from the right to the left C．from the inside to the outside D．from the outside to the inside
A．bad B．sunny C．favorable D．rainy
A．why the people had to leave B．where the people had to go C．what the people had to eat D．how the people left
A．trees provided an exact record of weather for research B．trees could supply them with fruit and food to live on C．trees could supply them with shades D．trees were materials for fires and buildings
A．trees can’t live in the area without population B．that studying trees is important for the history of man and weather. C．what the real relation is between tree rings and the history of man and weather D．the history of man is important for the history of trees
Have you ever gone hungry? I did after a day of hard work. When I woke next morning, I was dying of ___. I seemed to have a hole instead of a ___. I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen! __, I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better ____ there than in any other hotel; and that was ___ I wanted just then.
The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared carefully for what I must . I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure ____the English for “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.
The waiter asked me I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a way. So I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was that English people didn’t understand their language. The waiter his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter--- enough to feed a small army--- and went away. But I was hungry, and I left . When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little , but you can never what a waiter’s face really shows. In another minute he brought___ tray with some bacon and some eggs. He__ have misunderstood me, but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language , so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.
Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way back slowly - at least five pounds . I never believed until then that any meal could me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).
A．hunger B．cold C．anger D．illness
A．stone B．head C．breast D．stomach
A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．So D．However
A．received B．fed C．cared D．eating
A．what B．just C．that D．why
A．English B．meal C．questions D．myself
A．say B．answer C．speak D．explain
A．that B．about C．of D．to
A．pronunciation B．meaning C．form D．spelling
A．something B．whether C．when D．what
A．surprised B．friendly C．puzzled D．touched
A．unbelievable B．true C．thought D．a pity
A．waved B．shook C．bowed D．patted
A．much B．a little C．nothing D．empty
A．pleasure B．surprise C．pride D．satisfaction
A．read B．look C．see D．think
A．other B．another C．more D．me
A．should B．might C．would D．must
A．lighter B．heavier C．weightier D．more
A．hurt B．fat C．defeat D．please
People on a college campus were more likely to give money to the March of Dimes if they were asked for a donation by a disabled woman in a wheelchair than if asked by a nondisabled woman. In another , subway riders in New York saw a man carrying a stick stumble（绊脚） and fall to the floor. Sometimes the victim had a large red birthmark on his ; sometimes he did not. In this situation, the victim was more likely to aid if his face was spotless than if he had an unattractive birthmark. In these and other research findings, two themes are : we are more willing to help people we like for some reason and people we think assistance.
In some situations, those who are physically attractive are more likely to receive aid. , in a field study researchers placed a completed application to graduate school in a telephone box at the airport. The application was ready to be , but had apparently been "lost". The photo attached to the application was sometimes that of a very person and sometimes that of a less attractive person. The measure of helping was whether the individual who found the envelope actually mailed it or not. Results showed that people were more likely to the application if the person in the photo was physically attractive.
The degree of between the potential helper and the person in need is also important. For example, people are more likely to help a stranger who is from the same country rather than a foreigner. In one study, shoppers on a busy street in Scotland were more likely to help a person wearing a(n) T-shirt than a person wearing a T-shirt printed with offensive words.
Whether a person receives help depends in part on the "worth" of the case. For example, shoppers in a supermarket were more likely to give someone. to buy milk rather than to buy cookies, probably because milk is thought more essential for than cookies. Passengers on a New York subway were more likely to help a man who fell to the ground if he appeared to be rather than drunk.
A．study B．way C．word D．college
A．hand B．arm C．face D．back
A．refuse B．beg C．lose D．receive
A．challenging B．recording C．understanding D．publishing
A．important B．possible C．amusing D．missing
A．seek B．deserve C．obtain D．accept
A．At first B．Above all C．In addition D．For example
A．printed B．mailed C．rewritten D．signed
A．talented B．good-looking C．helpful D．hard-working
A．send in B．throw away C．fill out D．turn down
A．similarity B．friendship C．cooperation D．contact
A．expensive B．plain C．cheap D．strange
A．time B．instructions C．money D．chances
A．shoppers B．research C．children D．health
A．talkative B．handsome C．calm D．sick