第二节：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，然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The Price of a Dream
I grew up poor—living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was 16 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 17 a dream.
My dream was 18 . By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and 19 anything that moved on the football field.
I was also 20 . My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me 21 to believe in myself. He 22 me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular 23 with Coach John changed my life forever.
A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for a new bike, new clothes and the 24 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 25 up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was 26 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He shouted. “Your 27 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head 28 , trying to think of the right 29 that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 30 in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.
“Well,” he asked, “is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That simple question made 31 for me the difference between 32 something at once and having a 33 . I decided myself to play sports that summer and the ___34 year after I finished high school, I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 35 a $ 20,000 contract. Finally, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
16. A. happy B. polite C. shy D. honest
17. A. live B. have C. make D. need
18. A. athletics B. music C. business D. money
19. A. kick B. play C. pass D. hit
20. A. right B. popular C. lucky D. honest
21. A. how B. why C. when D. whether
22. A. gave B. taught C. brought D. asked
23. A. accident B. matter C. problem D. experience
24. A. aim B. idea C. start D. purpose
25. A. keep B. end C. give D. pick
26. A. mad B. mournful C. frightened D. shameful
27. A. living B. playing C. working D. dreaming
28. A. moving B. nodding C. shaking D. hanging
29. A. answers B. excuses C. words D. ways
30. A. sadness B. regret C. hopelessness D. disappointment
31. A. direct B. clear C. straight D. bare
32. A. wanting B. changing C. dreaming D. enjoying
33. A. wish B. goal C. score D. desire
34. A. following B. same C. previous D. very
35. A. charged B. got C. offered D. presented
第二节完型填空（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，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
When I was about 12, I suddenly developed a great passion (strong feeling) for writing poetry. I gave up all my other hobbies, such as 36 stamps, and spent all my 37 time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of writing poetry on every possible time soon got me 38 trouble at school. If a lesson didn’t interest me, I 39 take out my notebook and start 40 poems in class. Of course I 41 this very cautiously, but it was not 42 I got caught. One day while I was 43 writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up to 44 the teacher standing over me, fuming with anger because I was not 45 attention. He tore the poem up, with a 46 not to waste time in his lesson.
47 I felt certain that I had written a good poem , 48 that evening I wrote it out again from 49．Not long after, I read 50 a poetry contest and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, long after I had given up 51, I got a letter informing me that I had won first 52．Everyone at school was very surprised, 53 the geography teacher, who 54 me more carefully than ever. He 55 that I not write poetry in his class!
36．A．gathering B．collecting C．keepingD．picking
37．A．spare B．important C．extra D．other
38．A．with B．to C．into D．on
39．A．might B．ought to C．shouldD．would
40．A．writing B．reading C．reciting D．enjoying
41．A．made B．got C．opened D．did
42．A．long ago B．long before C．soon after D．soon before
43．A．happy B．angry C．busy D．sad
44．A．find B．warn C．ask D．answer
45．A．calling B．devoting C．giving D．paying
46．A．noticeB．lookC．warning D．word
47．A．At the same B．All the sameC．At the time D．The same as
48．A．so B．and C．as D．since
49．A．brain B．memory C．mind D．reciting
50．A．through B．courage C．hope D．wish
52．A．victory B．position C．prize D．gift
53．A．expect B．besides C．as well as D．especially
54．A．guarded B．watched C．observed D．inspected
55．A．suggested B．requested C．promised D．insisted
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a child, I was afraid of everything. At the age of 8, I even became 36 of getting Halloween candy. 37 , on October 31, my twin brother and I went out and 38 to every house in the neighborhood. Most of the houses only had a few steps to the door. It was easy. However, when we 39 one of the bigger houses with 10 tall steps 40 to the front door, which were known to have the best candy, my fear 41 me. My brother was already up the stairs, while I stood 42 at the bottom.
It was 43 that I’d be able to climb all that way, for I was afraid that I might fall over in the dark and 44 my bag of candy. I might 45 my clothes on something. I wanted the candy, but there was no 46 I would go up those stairs to get it. I failed. I lost more than just candy. I lost my 47 .
Fear of the unknown 48 me for a long time. After six years in nursing, I was 49 with the career I had chosen. I faced a 50 : step out into the unknown or 51 the rest of my life at the bottom of those steps, never 52 the best candy.
Finally, with only $100 in my savings account, I started my own business. Whenever I would lose a client (客户), the old fears 53 . However, I’d tasted the candy, and now I don’t 54 when I face difficulties. I believe that, though 55 things can happen when we step out, worse things happen when we don’t.
36. A. afraid B. happy C. fond D. tired
37. A. Hardly B. Normally C. Certainly D. Approximately
38. A. pointed B. rushed C. moved D. traveled
39. A. knocked B. escaped C. reached D. entered
40. A. pointing B. belonging C. opening D. leading
41. A. encouraged B. spread C. prevented D. attracted
42. A. slightly B. frozen C. calmly D. happily
43. A. unlikely B. unlucky C. possible D. pitiful
44. A. fall B. drop C. forget D. lose
45. A. bury B. break C. tear D. catch
46. A. way B. need C. doubt D. wonder
47. A. bag B. life C. way D. confidence
48. A. amused B. controlled C. helped D. ruined
49. A. excited B. concerned C. impressive D. unsatisfied
50. A. difficulty B. cause C. fear D. choice
51. A. save B. spend C. change D. escape
52. A. presenting B. buying C. making D. tasting
53. A. disappeared B. warned C. returned D. reminded
54. A. fear B. cry C. fail D. complain
55. A. big B. fortunate C. bad D. small
第二部分语言知识及应用（共两节, 满分37.5分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30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。
Dreams are necessary in our life. We know that about 25% of our _ 21__ time is spent dreaming. This is true for everyone, whether you are the kind of person who ordinarily remembers your dreams or not. Often our dreams show us “the other side of the picture”, 22 us aware of the things we have failed to take conscious 23 of during the day. For instance, if you dream that your new boss, who seems gruff (语言粗暴的) and unfriendly during the working hours, is smiling at you and 24 you for your work, perhaps you have subliminally (下意识地) 25 up signals that day that his bark is worse than his bite.
All of us need dreams, and the 26 we are, the more necessary they appear to be. Babies spend 27 half their sleep in the dreaming phase. When adult subjects in an experiment were given drugs that eliminated（排除）their 28 for several nights, they became increasingly irritable（易怒的） and 29 , and often began having difficulty concentrating. Too much dreaming appears to have its drawbacks too. If you doze late on Sunday mornings, you often wake up feeling tired. The 30 is that the more you sleep, the longer your dreams become.
21. A. playing B. working C. sleeping D. resting
22. A. taking B. going C. bringing D. making
23. A. charge B. interest C. notice D. care
24. A. praising B. blaming C. criticizing D. celebrating
25. A. put B. picked C. looked D. took
26. A. bigger B. smaller C. older D. younger
27. A. rarely B. hardly C. nearly D. mostly
28. A. dreaming B. thinking C. acting D. supporting
29. A. anxious B. cheerful C. careful D. enthusiastic
30. A. cause B. reason C. excuse D. explanation
第二部分语言知识及应用（共两节, 满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30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。
The Guardian newspaper once printed a story about a man who tripped over his shoelace in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Falling down some steps, he ___21____ three priceless Qing Dynasty vases, which fell to the ground and broke into more than 400 pieces. He was sitting there in ___ 22___ when the museum staff arrived. Everyone stood around in silence --- only the man kept pointing to the ___23___, saying, “There it is! That’s what made me fall.”
Man has been blaming others at least since Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent(蛇). Roman emperors liked to kill ____ 24___ who brought bad news; and in the Middle Ages a prince would often be given a “whipping boy” --- an unlucky servant who could be ___25____ whenever his master had misbehaved. Today, you’ll see how blaming others has turned into big __26_____ business. In one famous case, McDonald’s was ordered to pay $2.7 million to a woman who ____27____ burned herself with hot coffee. Although the amount was later ___28_____ to $480,000, this case ____29___ businesses so much that they began to create 30 for their products that even an idiot（傻子）would understand. For example, “Hot coffee can be dangerous” (take away coffee cups) and “Don’t pour liquids into your television set” (instruction booklet).
21. A. broke down B. knocked over C. crashed into D. slid down
22. A. terror B. amazement C. sadness D. shock
23. A. shoelace B. vase C. steps D. pieces
24. A. servants B. ministers C. messengers D. slaves
25. A. killed B. sentenced C. rewarded D. beaten
26. A. legal B. public C. lawless D. legendary
27. A. deliberately B. accidentally C. carelessly D. attentively
28. A. increased B. reduced C. raised D. dropped
29. A. surprised B. excited C. inspired D. terrified
30. A. advertisements B. posters C. warnings D. instructions
第二部分语言知识及应用（共两节, 满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30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。
Secondhand smoke clearly kills people and the only way to control it is to ban smoking in all workplaces, US Surgeon-General Dr Richard Carmona said.
In 1964Surgeon General’s report first laid out the 21 of smoking. Years later, in another report Dr Richard Carmona 22 the effects of secondhand smoke and said no one should be forced to inhale it.
“Secondhand smoke causes early death and disease in children and in 23 who do not smoke,” the report reads. “Children 24 to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome（综合症）, acute respiratory（呼吸道） infections, and ear problems,” it adds.
Smoking by 25 causes respiratory symptoms and slows lung growth in their children. A 2005 report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 430 26 died every year in the United States from sudden infant death syndrome-all 27 by secondhand smoke.
States, 28 and other local authorities have battled over instituting（制定）smoking bans. Some 29 , especially bars and restaurants, have said they will lose business if smoking is completely banned. But the report said it is impossible to protect non-smokers even with designated smoking areas, and at least one report from California, which has strict bans, has shown no 30 on businesses.
21．A．advantages B．dangersC．poisons D．elements
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22．A．neglected B．gained C．detailed D．conquered
23．A．gentlemen B．mothers C．youngstersD．adults