完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分）
In 1932, my father had to declare bankruptcy (破产). He was ashamed of it, but it came about because of his 36 heart.
He had been in the milk business and every day he 37 milk to many homes. His route（线路）included many people 38 worked at the local steel company. Dad 39 delivering milk even when his customers were unable to 40 him.
After the bankruptcy, he started selling hamburgers from a 41 building he and his brothers had built. That was the 42 of the Poplar Inn, named 43 the row of poplar trees（杨树）nearby. My mother was a good cook, and soon many dishes were 44 to the menu. Later, another two buildings were built and the Poplar Inn 45 much larger.
On Saturdays, Mother would spend the whole day in the kitchen 46 for parties. During dinner, my sister Phyllis and I helped 47 customers. Phyllis would dance, and I would sing the latest songs. Square dances were 48 then and many adults would dance. As the evening went 49 , and children became bored with watching their parents 50 , they were often taken to our bedrooms.
Since Dad had a big heart, it was not 51 for him to help others without asking for payment. Every time my father made a loan (借出的贷款), he 52 out a card, but he never tried to 53 those debts. Finally, he destroyed the cards — therefore there were no 54 at all.
The Poplar Inn was 55 around 1953 to make way for a new highway. But if I stood there now, instead of hearing traffic, I think I’d hear music and the sound of people laughing.
36. A. warm B. stupid C. ugly D. powerful
37. A. bought B. took C. presented D. fetched
38. A. who B. which C. whom D. what
39. A. stopped B. recommended C. kept D. advised
40. A. aid B. pay C. employ D. inform
41. A. small B. huge C. convenient D. single
42. A. history B. story C. end D. beginning
43. A. after B. with C. at D. to
44. A. devoted B. contributed C. added D. related
45. A. went B. became C. appeared D. changed
46. A. preparing B. sending C. standing D. searching
47. A. predict B. disappoint C. concern D. entertain
48. A. important B. curious C. popular D. meaningful
49. A. away B. on C. up D. down
50. A. dance B. sing C. play D. drink
51. A. common B. unknown C. patient D. unusual
52. A. filled B. carried C. picked D. stood
53. A. throw B. collect C. form D. complete
54. A. affairs B. dialogues C. debts D. problems
55. A. set aside B. brought in C. pulled down D. put together
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Billy, a hard – working student, is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a part – time job that ________ him up every morning at five o’clock, when most people are still ________ asleep. He is a newspaper boy.
Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5:15 to go to the ________ where the newspapers always are. The newspapers were ________to the corner by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon to ________them.
In the winter it is still dark ________ he gets up every day, but during the rest of the year it is ________ . Billy must send the newspapers to the houses of people on his ________ in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each paper on the porch (门廊) where it will be ________ from wind and rain or snow. Sometimes his customers give him tips, ________ him very excited.
Billy earns about $ 70 per month through hard ________ , and he is saving some of the money to go to ________ where he has always been longing to go. Besides that, he ________ the rest of the earnings on records and clothes. Once a month, he has to collect the ________ at night since many of the people work during the day. That is when he is ________ so that he is full of excitement. Luckily, he gets ________ supported by his family. Sometimes, when Billy is sick, his brother offers to deliver the newspapers for him. Once, his father was too ________ to help him.
Billy has seventy customers now, but he doesn’t feel ________ about the number.
He dreams that he will get ________ customers as possible some day. ________ , he might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy. He wants to win a trip to Europe, but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.
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完形填空
Burned Toast
When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made dinner after a long, hard day at________.
On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember__________ to see if anyone noticed! __________ all my dad did was reach for his toast, ________ at my mom and ask me how my day was at school. . . I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember__________him spread butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite!
When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom __________ to my dad for burning the toast. And I'II never________what he said: “Honey, I love burned toast.” Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he really __________ his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said," Your Momma put_________ a hard day at work today and she's really _________. And besides, a burned toast never ________anyone! "
__________is full of imperfect things... and imperfect people. I'm not the best at anything, and I forget_________ and anniversaries just like everyone else. But what I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's _________---and choosing to__________ each other's differences---is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and________relationship where a burned toast isn't a deal-breaker!
We could extend this to any___________. In fact, understanding is the_________ of any relationship, whether it is a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!
"Don't put the key to your___________in someone else's pocket---keep it in your own.”
So please pass me a toast, and yes, a__________ one will be fine!
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完形填空
Pooja Dhingra should have been a lawyer. But while studying ________ at university in Mumbai, she decided to quit her major and to something more ________ .
Remembering helping her mother in the ________ during her childhood, she decided to work with food instead of legal cases. So she ________ her parents to let her go to study cooking. One day, her friends took her to one of the best macaron（杏仁小圆饼）shops in Paris.
After just one ________, Ms Dhingra determined that when she ________ to Mumbai she would open her own macaron store, the first of its kind in India. Upon graduation, she started ________ macarons in her parents' kitchen, but it was a complete ________ .The hot and wet weather in Mumbai made it ________ to make delicious cakes. After 60 failed ________,she finally got an ideal recipe. ________ being both young and female meant she faced additional ________ ."The biggest problem was to get people to take you ________．”she tells us. "For example, ________ I had to buy machinery, I would have to ask my father to make these calls for me. " However, she ________ opened her first shop in 2010. To ________ sales in a city where very few people knew what a macaron was, Ms Dhingra ________ free samples to customers. The cakes were immediately popular, and sales soon took off thanks to the ________ evaluation. .
Now, Ms Dhingra is the ________ of three busy macaron shops. She has planned to ________ her business across the country. One newspaper article called her " the macaron queen of India" .
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完形填空,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。
Looking back on the barbeque that day I hosted, I can’t help thinking that things didn’t go as well as planned. Recalling my own____ may help you avoid making the same mistakes.
I asked a few friends____ the barbeque. The weather was ____ for the whole weekend and there is nothing better than eating food outdoors. ____I ‘d be the one doing the cooking, it was going to give a chance to ____my barbeque skills. On the morning of the actual day, I visited the____ to pick up the essentials, which ____meant beer, wine, sausages, burgers some bread rolls. My ____was that these things would ensure a great barbeque ____. Once people arrived, we all soon started drinking and ____. Although I soon realized I forgot to purchase any soft drinks, all seemed to be going ____.
At this point, a vegetarian friend asked what he would ____ . It was then that it hit me!. I realized that I had assumed that ____wouldn’t be meat eater. The foolish assumption could have been ____if I had thought about these things earlier. Thinking that I let a guest stay hungry, I__ that food that was already cooking. Before I knew it, I had some burnt sausages and burgers for everyone else. ____my friends were very understanding about the whole situation.
____this experience, I realized that I was____. In the future to avoid making the same mistakes, we should ensure that we put plenty of effort into the____ and we should spend more time considering what will happen. There is no doubt that doing so is ____to host a successful event.
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完型填空
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn’t think there would be any , sighing about having to be on duty on Christmas. Just then five bodies at my desk, a pale woman and four children.
“Are you all ?” I asked doubtfully. “Yes,” she said weakly and lowered her head.
But when it came to of their problems, things got a little strange. They all claimed to have headaches, but the headaches weren’t accompanied(陪伴) by the body language of holding the head or trying to keep it still.
Something was wrong. Our hospital policy, , was not to turn away any patient. I explained it might be a little while a doctor saw her. She responded immediately, even a bit “Take your time,” and then added, “It’s warm in here.”
Out of curiosity, I checked their registration form. No address—they were . I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a family of five in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining of Christmas day, turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there’s a emergency. But this was a Christmas emergency.
We were all a free meal in the hospital dining hall on Christmas Day, so we took back that meal and prepared a big dinner for our .We needed presents. We from different departments candies, fruits and other things that could be presents. As seriously as we met the needs of the patients that came to us that day, our team worked to meet the needs, ________ the expectation, of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas.
, as the family walked to the door to leave, the mother came back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”
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