第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
While we were riding the old German bus in Albania, a gypsy (吉普赛人) girl got on. She was about seven years old. Most gypsy children had a 21 look in their eyes. They were hardened by the world and by 22 they had experienced. The gypsies 23 in slums (贫民窟). The children begged on the streets or did other work so that their parents could 24 to buy wine. Every time we saw these 25 , we could always see the dead look in their eyes. But not this 26 . She was cheerful and had a beautiful smile on her face. As soon as she 27 , she started talking to us. Her name was Angela and she was on her 28 to visit her grandfather in a nearby slum village. I 29 my purse for something nice to give her. 30 , all I had with me was gum. She eagerly put a 31 in her mouth, and then closed her eyes a little while because the 32 was mint-flavored (薄荷味). It seemed like she had 33 tasted it before. She 34 in a funny way and the other people on the bus were all amused by what she did. When the bus 35 , she picked up the big bag she was carrying, 36 and jumped out of the bus.
She is out of my life, but not out of my 37 . This girl deserved so much more than her 38 surroundings, yet she didn’t let any of them get herself 39 . I pray I will 40 her again someday, so that I can give her that hug which I should have given her that day on the bus!
21. A. worried B. happy C. dead D. curious
22. A. which B. this C. that D. what
23. A. lived B. played C. worked D. studied
24. A. manage B. try C. have D. afford
25. A. children B. adults C. beggars D. passers-by
26. A. day B. girl C. place D. story
27. A. sat down B. crowded in C. moved off D. laid down
28. A. bus B. car C. way D. taxi
29. A. searched B. examined C. touched D. found
30. A. Fortunately B. Sadly C. Surprisingly D. Clearly
31. A. little B. block C. piece D. set
32. A. smell B. sweet C. sugar D. gum
33. A. ever B. never C. always D. often
34. A. laughed B. shouted C. cried D. complained
35. A. pulled through B. pulled in C. pulled down D. pulled back
36. A. sighed B. bent C. nodded D. waved
37. A. feeling B. dream C. mind D. eyesight
38. A. poor B. warm C. comfortable D. rich
39. A. off B. up C. away D. down
40. A. help B. meet C. invite D. thank
Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A., B, C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.
Girls are born to imagine, particularly those at the age of seventeen or eighteen. , I was one of them and sometimes I would go to extremes. I mean I tended to imagine too much. That was exactly what happened this time, me great embarrassment.
I was waiting for my train home at the station when a boy at my side. His beautifully-curved face, his fashionable clothing and everything else about him, was so that I just couldn’t help looking at him. What was more exciting was that , he was also stealing some at me, which made me blush(脸红) to the ends of my ears! Still, I tried to be calm and that nothing had happened. However, once again when our eyes met, I could hear my heart beating. I lowered my head to escape his eyes, but my thoroughly red face had made known .
To my pleasant surprise, my imagination came true this time, as the handsome guy was drawing near! “Oh, please! Don’t .” Look at me. I am so sweaty and sloppy(不整洁的). Please don’t ask for my telephone number. You know I will give it to you without , and that is so unladylike.
I was still struggling when he stood right in front of me. “Excuse me…” he said with a slight hesitation. His voice was so nice, but I wish I had not it. “I am sorry, but could you please give me my back? Yours is over there.” Oh my God! Nothing could have been more when I handed his bag back to him, as shame almost brought me to tears.
From that , I drew a big lesson: never imagine too much if someone just gives you a few glances.
A．Generally B．Finally C．Undoubtedly D．Recently
A．causing B．leading C．taking D．helping
A．made up B．grew up C．turned up D．rose up
A．attractive B．gentle C．ugly D．rude
A．opinions B．sounds C．smiles D．glances
A．knew B．pretende C．performed D．acted
A．nothing B．everything C．anything D．none
A．arrive B．shout C．approach D．stand
A．hesitation B．concern C．words D．enthusiasm
A．heard B．seen C．smelt D．found
A．luggage B．bag C．cup D．glasses
A．embarrassing B．wonderful C．sorrowful D．disappointing
It is three in the morning on a Tuesday, and I’m walking toward table eighteen, the one I call home. I pass the waiters, give a brief nod to the and take my seat. I the “usual,” water and peanut butter pie. Yes, I’m at an all-night diner.
I start to take out my books, full well that I will be on the same page of Socrates that I’ve been on for the better part of the semester. Of course, it’s —for my group that is. I wait for the empty chairs around me to be .
Just as the Muzak songs start to repeat themselves, Shana and Jenny walk in. I am with the usual big hugs and smiles. , the diner stops being a twenty-for-hour restaurant with bad service and becomes my place—my home the prisonlike dorm room. For the next couple of hours, we will joke about people we know, talk about books, reflect on the meaning of life, quote movies and new private jokes. Table number eighteen is our home.
During my senior year of college, I started going to the diner for a temporary escape from a dorm room that felt like it was closing in on me. Not to the phones, the stereo and the computer. How could anyone seriously to have good study habits? Some friends of mine told me about the place; they went there to study, and they really liked it.
So I tried it. It felt remarkably freeing. I start going there every night (except weekends, of course), and, believe me it was not because the pies were great either. Maybe it would force me to open my books and my would improve. Right? Well….
But that’s not the . I mean, anyone who has gone to college knows that it’s not only about forcing yourself to wake up at 7:45 A.M. (after you had gone to sleep two hours earlier) to listen to a professor spoon-feeding you information the significance of the Battle of Hastings. It is about finding a little haven where you can create what will be the most important thing in your life—yourself. At a school of thirty-five thousand people, I found a small place that was as to me as my Social Security number.
Through laughter, tears, learning, growing and the free ice cream, we found a sanctuary. A place where we could be ourselves.
A．friends B．strangers C．regulars D．waiters
A．make B．take C．bring D．order
A．remembering B．knowing C．deciding D．learning
A．stuck B．focused . C．fixed D．turned
A．certain B．early C．late D．clear
A．washed B．cleaned C．filled D．covered
A．armed B．satisfied C．occupied D．greeted
A．Finally B．Suddenly C．Actually D．Particularly
A．away from B．similar to C．apart from D．close to
A．create B．play C．write D．hear
A．inner B．outer C．warmer D．smaller
A．answer B．talk C．mention D．mend
A．choose B．determine C．pretend D．expect
A．pretty B．that C．too D．rather
A．health B．friendship C．conditions D．grades
A．place B．benefit C．point D．view
A．relate B．requiring C．reflecting D．regarding
A．also B．still C． more D．even
A．available B．beneficial C．familiar D．encouraging
A．special B．occasional C．unusual D．natural
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list : I was very thin; I wasn’t a student; I talked too much; I was too , always feeling superior to(胜过) others, and so on. I tried to hear all as long as I could. , I became very angry. I ran to my father with in my eyes.
He listened to me , and then he asked,“Are the things she says true or not? Janet, don’t you ever wonder you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s . Go and a list of everything she said and mark the points that are . Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I didhe told me. To my great , I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t (like being very thin),but a good number I could--- and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I went to a fairly picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He to take it.“That’s just for you,” he said，“You know than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to , not just close your ears in anger, feeling when something said about you is true, you will find it of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your affairs. Don’t shut your . Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has always to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
A．collected B．added C．grew D．continued
A．good B．bad C．short D．greedy
A．silly B．friendly C．dull D．proud
A．In other words B．Above all C．As a result D．At last
A．tears B．happiness C．promises D．wishes
A．coldly B．quietly C．eagerly D．happily
A．who B．how C．what D．that
A．excuse B．opinion C．talk D．advice
A．take B．make C．create D．receive
A．wrong B．correct C．big D．true
A．as B．so C．before D．till
A．joy B．pleasure C．surprise D．anger
A．say B．like C．do D．change
A．wonderful B．clear C．interesting D．beautiful
A．promised B．refused C．expected D．agreed
A．wider B．higher C．better D．worse
A．listen B．stand C．speak D．share
A．hurt B．sad C．shy D．excited
A．words B．mouths C．eyes D．ears
A．returned B．gone C．appeared D．happened
Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ______ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed (赐福) with the dear mother who is still alive. I ______ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ______ . As I grow older and wiser, I realize ______ an extraordinary person she is. How ______ that I am unable to speak these words in her ______ , but they flow easily from my pen.
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ______ hard work that go into ______ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ______ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ______ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ______ how wise her mother really is?
How does a ______ woman thank a mother for ______ to be a mother? For being ready ______ advice (when asked) or remaining _______ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ______ ? For being ______ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ______ and to help me live up to the example she has ______ . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ______ in mine.
A．as B．that C．until D．when
A．approve B．appreciate C．need D．resemble
A．do B．have C．did D．will
A．how B．that C．who D．what
A．absence B．presence C．appearance D．existence
A．common B．plain C．normal D．usual
A．raising B．rising C．developing D．training
A．childish B．energetic C．fearless D．moody
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．detects B．discovers C．recognizes D．realizes
A．pretty B．foolish C．green D．grown
A．failing B．intending C．continuing D．keeping
A．by B．with C．for D．on
A．silent B．quiet C．cool D．noiseless
A．dozen times B．a dozen of times C．dozens of times D．dozen of time
A．valuably B．essentially C．naturally D．virtually
A．devotes B．deserts C．deserves D．desires
A．set B．settled C．placed D．fixed
A．sees B．finds C．is D．looks
Once there was a very brilliant, creative and educated man. He gained much ____ while traveling throughout the world. Unfortunately he lost his legs and left arm in a tragic accident, leaving only a finger and thumb on his right hand. He became so ____ that he was afraid he would spend his life ____ and would no longer be able to use his life in a(n) ____ way.
One day, he remembered how he had always loved getting ____. He realized that he still had partial ____ of his right hand and could write with ____. Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement?”
He ____ where he could find those who could be encouraged if they read his letters. He thought of people in ____. Many of them had hope of regaining their ____. Others would keep feeling depressed and remain put away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to ____ them. So he wrote to a prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied that writing to the prisoners would be ____. However, it would be against prison rules for the prisoners to write back.
____ with the intention, the man began sending ____ messages of God’s love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, ____ his strength and ability to the limit. He poured his heart and soul into his words, ____ his experience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.
It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of any____. Frequently, he felt discouraged, wondering if anyone ____ read his letters. However, this was his ____ chance，so he determined to continue.
At last, he received a letter from the prison officer, which said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they almost fall to ____!”
We all have unique experiences, abilities and talents. We can discover ways to reach others in need of encouragement and strength.
A．wealth B．faith C．experience D．confidence
A．depressed B．embarrassed C．ashamed D．thrilled
A．writing B．suffering C．weeping D．wandering
A．abnormal B．regular C．comfortable D．meanin5gful
A．presents B．e-mails C．letters D．prizes
A．sense B．strength C．shape D．function
A．affection B．caution C．difficulty D．confidence
A．evaluated B．doubted C．assumed D．wondered
A．hospitals B．churches C．prisons D．charities
A．families B．letters C．freedom D．conscience
A．release B．reach C．defend D．know
A．acceptable B．reasonable C．prohibited D．considered
A．Faced B．Filled C．Satisfied D．Annoyed
A．holy B．daily C．one-way D．round-way
A．holding B．making C．doing D．testing
A．sharing B．learning C．gaining D．enriching
A．success B．reply C．help D．progress
A．curiously B．patiently C．carefully D．actually
A．only B．better C．extra D．lost
A．ruin B．pieces C．the ground D．the bottom