第二节完型填空（共20小题，小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中选能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
In 1991, 1 spent five months in Niger．There were many things I found difficult about this place—the climate and beggars were my biggest complaints．One day, a friend and I 36 for neighbouring Burkina Faso to work in a health clinic．Arriving by taxi at our 37 in Burkina, we began to 38 ．I had a large backpack and a smaller daypack．With my daypack between my legs, I reached for my larger piece of 39 ．Out of the darkness, a motorbike with two men 40 slowly. Without warning, one of the men grabbed my daypack 41 the motorbike swept close by．Within seconds, the two were out of sight, 42 up by the night．The bag had everything 43 to me, my passport, money and an airline ticket．I was in deep trouble．All I wanted was to leave this hell．
Then, walking through Burkina's streets the following week, I was 44 rudely by an old woman who stretched her hand in my face．"Cadeau （gift）! Cadeau!" she 45 in French．
I'd had enough．I was sick and 46 of the country．I told her 47 in French, "Ihave no 'cadeau'．I have no money A thief stole all my money a week ago and now I can't 48 your country．I cannot give you anything．"
The beggar woman listened 49 and thought about my words．"Then I will give you a cadeau," she announced and 50 into the folds of her dress．Kindly, she placed an old, dark brown coin in my 51 ．I looked at it in 52 ．It was an extremely small amount of money—but for this woman, the coin 53 a meal．At that moment, I saw the beauty of the 54 of Burkina Faso, and appreciated the kindness of me 55 ．
36．A．went B．headed C．served D．worked
37．A．destination B．spot C．goal D．station
38．A．rest B．dine C．load D．unload
39．A．equipment B．furniture C．luggage D．medicine
40．A．rode B．drove C．approached D．left
41．A．because B．as C．until D．after
42．A．taken B．brought C．turned D．swallowed
43．A．memorable B．important C．beautiful D．wonderful
44．A．cheated B．charged C．stopped D．questioned
45．A．cried B．whispered C．threatened D．demanded
46．A．fond B．proud C．aware D．tired
47．A．pleasantly B．firmly C．actively D．bravely
48．A．get rid of B．take advantage of C．get out of D．take notice of
49．A．attentively B．anxiously C．curiously D．coldly
50．A．reached B．pulled C．looked D．came
51．A．pocket B．bag C．dress D．palm
52．A．fright B．disappointment C．shock D．satisfaction
53．A．bought B．meant C．ordered D．prepared
54．A．country B．society C．nature D．people
55．A．foreign B．poor C ．rich D．Female
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 . How will you prepare her so that she will realize her intelligence, develop both her confidence and sensitivity, be open-minded, yet
in character? In short, what kind of education will you
so that she can become one of the world's truly great leaders?"
The young teacher in a cold sweat. It had never occurred to him before-any one of his present or future students could be the person
in his dream. Was he preparing them to reach any position which they may
？ He thought，" How might my
change if I knew that one of my students were this person?" He
began to formulate （规划；想出）a plan in his mind.
This student would 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
mind.
His teaching . Every young person who walked through his
became, for him, a future world leader. He saw each one, not
they were, but he treated them as if they would be the world leaders. He
the best from his students, yet tempered （使缓和）it with pity. He taught each one as if the future of the
depended on his instruction.
After many years, a woman he knew to a position of world fame. He realized that she must
have been the girl de-scribed in his dream. Only she was not one of his
，but his daughter. For of all the
teachers in her life, her father was the best.
Where and how you will 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.
A. leader B. destroyer C. rescuer D. protector
A. bad B. weak C. special D. strong
A. afford B. provide C. receive D. have
A. shook B. feared C. awoke D. stood
A. described B. appeared C. imagined D. lived
A. buy B. send C. make D. desire
A. performance B. teaching C. acting D. learning
A. gradually B. gladly C. suddenly D. finally
A. like B. have C. need D. mean
A. actual B. dependent C. absent D. active
A. worked B. changed C. developed D. finished
A. classroom B. office C. house D. mind
A. like B. unlike C. likely D. as
A. begged B. expected C. forced D. learned
A. world B. school C. class D. family
A. appeared B. stood C. rose D. raised
A. completely B. nearly C. hardly D. surely
A. children B. students C. friends D. followers
A. male B. wise C. various D. language
A. raise B. help C. love D. meet
Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of ____ is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much. Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the __
__ of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his __
_. Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he __
__ it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without __
__. When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter __
__ what happened to Persephone, she became so _
__ that she caused all plants to _
__ People were in __
__ of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow __
__ her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her. __
__, still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s __
_. She could go back to her mother if she had not __
__ anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter __
__ it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate(石榴) seeds in the underworld. When Zeus __
__ this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her __
__, but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld. And so it __
__ that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore __
__ not let the crops grow. That is __
_ we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is _
__, it is spring, and plants begin to grow again.
A. periods B. seasons C. time D. age
A. winner B. ruler C. advisor D. fighter
A. wife B. lover C. partner D. daughter
A. forbid B. forgive C. admit D. accept
A. arrangement B. warning C. reason D. permission
A. let out B. worked out C. thought out D. found out
A. excited B. tired C. angry D. serious
A. grow fast B. start growing C. stop growing D. grow slowly
A. danger B. hope C. turn D. case
A. since B. until C. after D. when
A. Persephone B. Zeus C. Demeter D. Hades
A. return B. change C. marriage D. journey
A. stolen B. found C. eaten D. heard
A. understood B. refused C. doubted D. accepted
A. discovered B. studied C. forgot D. prepared
A. daughter B. mother C. god D. ruler
A. works B. remains C. happens D. starts
A. should B. can C. dare D. will
A. where B. because C. why D. how
A. nice B. friendly C. fresh D. happy
A．237 Rockledge St. Syracuse, NY. 13224 B．404 Snow Road, Syracuse, NY. 13224 C．500 Park Drive, DeWitt, NY. 13214 D．19 South 8th St. NY. 13214
A．cook B．secretary C．salesperson D．veterinarian assistant
A．Martin’s Apparel B．East Side Management C．Wales Charter School D．Johnson Marks Animal Hospital
A．FRONT DESK CLERK B．TEACHER C．SECRETARY D．PAINTER
James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so____ that he didn’t know what to do with__
__. The person who had gone in _
__ him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. __
_ James. He felt _
__ that she had already got the _
_. The problem was that he wanted this job__
__. It meant __
__to him. He had__
_it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself__
_ brilliantly at the interview and _
__ the job immediately. But now here he was feeling__
__. He couldn’t __
__ all those things he had __
_ to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and __
__. But no---- he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t__
__like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very_
__ with herself. She smiled sympathetically(同情地) at James. At that moment James__
__ her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I’m sorry to have kept waiting.” James suddenly__
_that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs__
__ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrible as he felt.
A. healthy B. nervous C. careless D. confident
A. the managing director B. the woman C. himself D. the others
A. by B. with C. before D. after
A. Not like B. So did C. Do as D. Do like
A. doubtful B. sure C. angry D. astonishing
A. reward B. first C. prize D. job
A. hopelessly B. naturally C. easily D. so much
A. everything B. happiness C. difficulty D. nothing
A. looked for B. learned of C. thought about D. talked about
A. explaining B. performing C. answering D. writing
A. offered B. asked for C. being asked for D.being offered
A. crazy B. excited C. probable D. terrible
A. depend on B. afford C. believe in D. remember
A. kept B. being taught C. planned D. been supplied
A. leave B. go in C. prepare D. practice
A. take back B. put off C. give up D. put down
A. ugly B. pleased C. sad D. pretty
A. noticed B. loved C. missed D. hated
A. thought B. hoped C. wished D. regretted
A. shaking B. bending C. walking D. stopping
Like poorly managed stress, anger that isn’t handled in a healthy way can be not only uncomfortable, but even damaging to one’s health and personal life. Consider the following research on anger:
One study from the University of Washington School of Nursing studiedproblems in husbands and wives. Researchers cited(引用) previous evidence that anger problems and depressive symptoms have been linked to all major
of death, but found that wives specifically found a greater association between anger and
of depression,
men tended to instead experience an
between anger and health problems.
According to a study from Ohio State University, those who had less control over their anger to heal more slowly from wounds. Researchers gave blisters(起疱膏) to 98 participants and found that, after 8 days, those who had less control over their anger also tended to be
healers.
, those participants also tended to have more cortisol (a stress hormone) in their system during the blistering procedure,
that they may be more stressed by difficult situations as well.
study from Harvard School of Public Health studied hostility(敌对行为) in men and found that those with
rates of hostility not only had poorer pulmonary functioning (breathing problems), but experienced higher rates of decline as they aged.
Research with children and shows that anger
is important for the younger set as well. Findings showed that youth who cope inappropriately with their anger are at greater
for problem-ridden(受…支配的) interpersonal relationships. Their
is also at risk; those who cope poorly with anger tend to have more negative
when it comes to both mental and general health. This highlights the fact that anger management is an important skill to
early.
These are just a few of the many studies linking anger to and emotional health problems, from the obvious to the
. Because poorly managed anger presents such a significant problem in so many areas of life, it’s important to take steps toward learning and using healthy anger management techniques in daily life,
stress management techniques.
A. anger B. healthC. emotion D. spirit
A. causes B. effectsC. excuses D. factors
A. times B. resultsC. influencesD. symptoms
A. but B. ifC. while D. though
A. appreciation B. attention C. association D. attraction
A. prepared B. addicted C. accustomed D. tended
A. faster B. more C. slowerD. quicker
A. As well as B. In addition C. Except D. What’s worse
A. predicting B. promising C. expecting D. suggesting
A. Other B. More C. Another D. The other
A. higher B. lower C. thicker D. fewer
A. adults B. adolescents C. eldersD. citizens
A. development B. management C. argument D. engagement
A. chance B. choiceC. rate D. risk
A. body B. feeling C. healthD. emotion
A. outcomes B. meanings C. effects D. pains
A. recite B. learn C. understand D. explore
A. facial B. spiritual C. psychological D. physical
A. unperfected B. unexpected C. unprotected D. uncovered
A. along with B. along side C. as with D. for with