第三节完形填空（共20小题，计分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21￣40各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
Louise was 72 years old and she lived by herself．The first thing she noticed when she came downstairs that Sunday morning was that her 21 window was open. In fact，it was so wide open that she had 22 closing it．Then she realized that things were not in their proper 23 ．Finally，when she found her empty 24 on the kitchen table，she realized the awful 25 ．At first, she didn’t know what to do．Then she dec
ided to 26 her son，Derek．
Derek’s wife Sybil answered the phone，“It's your mother，”she 27 him coldly．Louise told 
Derek about the open window，about things being in the wrong places and about the 28 missing from her purse．
“All right，”said Derek，“Don’t 29 anything．I'll be 30 in half an hour.”
Louise 31 and made herself a pot of tea and some toast．Then she went from room to room wondering 32 anything else was missing．
When Derek arrived，he was content to 33 her looking so calm．“Have you rung the 34 ?”he asked.“No? Then I’ll do that straight away．”So he rang the police．
As it was Sunday， 35 the only detectives were out．However，the police were polite，but vague(含糊的)．“We’ll send 36 round as soon as possible，”they said.
Derek telephoned his wife．“I'm not sure when I'll be home，love．”he told her,“I’ve got to 37 for the police．”While Derek and his mother waited，Derek 38 the catches(挂钩) on the windows and locks on the doors．All of them were old and some of the catches hardly 39 at all．Derek felt 40 ．His mother was an old woman，after all．“I'll have to change all these，”he told her．
21．A．kitchen B．bedroom C．washroom D．bathroom
22．A．strength B．trouble C．reason D．puzzle
23．A．positions B．situations C．directions D．Places
24．A．purse B．vase C．pot D．envelope
25．A．mistake B．message C．news D．truth
26．A．visit B．ask C．ring D．punish
27．A．invited B．informed C．stated 
D．scolded
28．A．money B．coin C．note D．bill
29．A．say B．move C．touch D．prepare
30．A．round B．here C．off D．away
31．A．sighed B．relaxed C．whispered D．hurried
32．A．how B．why C．if D．where
33．A．realize B．find C．know D．sense
34．A．hospital B．neighbour C．police D．friend
35．A．generally B．luckily C．considerably D．unfortunately
36．A．someone B．anyone C．everyone D．none
37．A．hope B．ask C．wait D．call
38．A．tested B．repaired C．fixed D．examined
39．A．locked B．worked C．helped D．opened
40．A．excited B．silly C．worried D．guilty
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。
Joan and Natty were two young mothers who lived across the street from each other.From their living room windows，each woman was able to the activities of the other woman’s family.
One day，Joan said that she’d been watching what in Natty’s front garden and that she envied her.“I don’t know what you ，” Natty said with a look on her face.
“Well，I often see your husband out in the front garden mowing the lawn(修剪草坪)，and I my husband would do the thing，” Joan said.“Your garden is beautiful！”
Natty and then made her confession(坦白)．“I have been doing the same thing，Joan，” she said.“I watch your in your front garden—and I have you！” Joan shook her head with disbelief.“What do you mean？” she asked.
Natty replied，“I see your husband playing ball with your son so .How I wish Keith，my husband，would do the same thing！He wants our boys in the when he mows.Be honest，Joan.Would you rather have your husband with your son than have a beautiful lawn？”
“I had not that before，Natty. you’re right Natty.I may have tall grass，but Eric，my husband，is about playing with little Johnny，” Joan concluded.
Very often we are blind to our own blessings that are so to others.Let us the habit of concentrating on our several blessings rather than about what we have.
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The two teachers were sitting in the teacher’s room．For a moment there was ．Then one of them, Miss Smith said “I’m afraid I’d have to him．”
“Now, Alice,” said her friend Mrs．Jackson, “is he such a terrible student?”
“That’s just the ,” the other woman replieD． “Tom is my best student．The problem is that he’s now so lazy that he never gets done．He hasn’t handed me of his homework for three weeks and I’d be surprised he did now．”
before had Mrs．Jackson seen Miss Smith look so unhappy．“Have you with him about it?” she askeD．
“Why should I? He knows he has to prepare his lessons and do his homework．I that clear the first day for class．When the course started , he did so that I considered asking the to give him a scholarship (奖学金)．But now he even in class! I’ve never seen such a in a student．”
“You should have a with him．Give him a chance to tell his side of story．”
Miss Smith spoke to Tom and all about it．He was studying all day and most of the night in a factory to pay for his education．Of course he was tired in the and sometimes could hardly keep ．Miss Smith soon arranged for him to have a and he was able to give up his and concentrate (集中精力) on his studies ．
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An old man wanted to retire because of his poor health．The was in deciding which son would take his place．As his children gathered to his birthday, the father announced his ．The old man took out two boxes and said to his two sons．“Each of you take one．I want each of you to it with what you believe to be the most thing for our successful business． your choices, I will decide who will take the business,” father saiD． The next days the families and employees could sense the spirit of between the boys.
It was January 1st and the family to celebrate again．“Please with me what’s in your box!” father saiD． The first son said, “It’s outside on the back of truck．The box you gave me was much too ” Father walked to the window and from that distance could see all．With a deep tone of , he asked the other son，“What do you have to give?”The son his father the box．The old man looked inside and with great looked up at his son .“It’s !” father said .“Are you telling me that you have found nothing of value in our business?”
“On the contrary,” he saiD． “I could not place I found most valuable in a box．How does one measure the value of quality and honesty? What size box would the loyalty（忠诚） of our employees and customers? How big of a room would I need for our workers who have from our generous pay and health plan? Finally, father, the most valuable possessions（财富） I hold are the love of you and mother.”
It was what decision was made that day．There will come a time when each of us will be asked by our father to share what we value most．I hope your box is empty.
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Two old beggars (乞丐) were sitting on a busy street corner of a big city．They watched ____ as a lot of people walked by without looking at them．Sometimes, a kindhearted woman or a small child would ____ a few coins in the hats in front of them.
Today was not a ____ day for begging．The men were able to ____ enough for a big meal．As it was getting dark, they started to ____ their things.
Just as they were getting ready to leave, they ____ a man walking toward them．He was a ____ man — they could tell that from his fine clothes．The first beggar said to the second with ____, “He’s coming our way！” The man stopped, ____ into his pocket and took something out．What looked like a piece of hard ___, wrapped (包裹) in white paper, hit each of their waiting hats．The rich man turned and ____ his way.
“He could have easily left us a few ____ or a bill, but he laughed at us with a piece of rock candy,” said the first beggar．He looked at the offering ____．“There’s no way we can ____ this — we have no teeth.” With these words, he picked up the thing and threw it away．Then he collected his things and ____.
The second beggar wanted to do the same, ____ a second thought made him change his ____．“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” he thought．“How ____ of that man to offer me something so sweet!” With that, he opened the white paper．To his ____, there was no hard rock candy inside．____, a shiny white pearl (珍珠) worth thousands of dollars fell into his hand.
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I had arrived at the airport about 30 minutes before the check¬in.It had been very __ three days for me with lots of meetings.So I was glad to have the _ time to make a note of what I ___ to do the following day.But then came the ___ that my flight had to be ___ because there was a problem with the plane.
As I sat waiting for my _6 to be called，I reflected on my last meeting of the day.It was not a business meeting but rather a very enjoyable ____ with an old business friend I had not seen for over 12 years.Our lunch was spent recalling time gone by _ _filling each other in what had happened in our lives over the last 12 years.We both laughed and smiled as we recalled the good times and the great experiences we had ___ together.At the end of our time together，we both said how much we had _ it and that we must do it again.
It was great to have this additional time to replay in my __ all that we had talked about.I realized how important it was to have regular _ __ of the good times in our life.I was lucky enough to have had the chance to take a short __ and reflect on the good things that had happened in my life over the last 12 years.
It was somewhat like looking at an old photo album ____ in a cupboard in your house.There before your eyes are lots of wonderful __ __ that take you back to times and places，and most importantly to those people who are in the __ __.
My flight home was finally __ _three hours later.I smiled as I __ _ the plane and realized that I was not at all _ about the delay in the flight，as I had been able to spend the time __ on the good times from days gone by.
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