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36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I had a very special teacher many years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his 36 , she shared her insights(顿悟) with the students. When the class was nearly over, she 37 and said, “I would like to 38 with all of you a thought that has 39 to do with class, but which I feel is very 40 .
“Each of us is put here on the 41 to learn, share, love and appreciate ourselves. None of us knows when this 42 will end. At any moment it can be 43 . Perhaps this is life’s way of telling us that we must make good 44 of every day.” Her eyes beginning to 45 ,she went on saying, “So I would like you all to 46 me. From now on, on your way home, find something 47 to notice. It doesn’t have to be something you see- it could be scent(香味) of fresh bread, or it could be the 48 of the wind slightly rustling(发出沙沙声) the leaves.”
“Please look for these things, and 49 them. The little things we are put here on the earth to enjoy. They are 50 observing , for at any time they can all be taken away.”
The class was totally quiet. We all picked up our books and went out of the room 51 . That afternoon, on my way home I noticed 52 things than before. Every time I think of that teacher and remember what a(n) 53 she made on all of us, I try to 54 all of those things that sometimes we all ignore. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, 55 the things we didn’t do.
36. A. disease B. death C. arrival D. appearance
37. A. paused B. continued C. focused D. broke
38. A. argue B. communicate C. share D. whisper
39. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
40. A. improper B. important C. attractive D. unbelievable
41. A. earth B. farm C. road D. ground
42. A. disaster B. schedule C. experience D. custom
43. A. put away B. gone out C. handed out D. taken away
44. A. fun B. difference C. sense D. use
45. A. smile B. shut C. water D. glare
46. A. permit B. promise C. forgive D. respect
47. A. strange B. beautiful C. powerful D. different
48. A. signal B. sound C. action D. direction
49. A. support B. receive C. remember D. value
50. A. easy B. harmful C. worth D. puzzling
51. A. silently B. curiously C. slowly D. secretly
52. A. more B. smaller C. fewer D. larger
53. A. result B. chance C. pain D. impression
54. A. produce B. taste C. appreciate D. change
55. A. or B. and C. for D. but
I can still remember it as it was yesterday. I was a college freshman and had _______ up most of the night, laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first _______ of the day, my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a _______. A few minutes nap(瞌睡) time before class wouldn’t _______, I thought.
BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my _______ beating wildly trying to find the cause of the ________. My young professor was looking back at me with a boyish smile on his face. He had ________ dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!”, he said, still ________. “I am glad to see everyone is _______. Now let’s get started.”
For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the _______ of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. It was instead from the _______ discussion he led. With knowledge and good _______ he made the material come _______. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he _______ with were contagious(富有感染力的). I ______ the classroom not only ______ awake, but a little smarter and a little better as well.
I learned something far more important than not _______ in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it with _______. What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk your way through _______ then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too ______ not to live it well.
A．took B．divided C．stayed D．put
A．teacher B．test C．task D．class
A．platform B．pillow C．carpet D．wall
A．lose B．help C．last D．hurt
A．heart B．mind C．thought D．head
A．trouble B．noise C．failure D．incident
A．angrily B．carelessly C．intentionally D．accidentally
A．smiling B．talking C．complaining D．shouting
A．active B．curious C．present D．awake
A．voice B．shock C．interruption D．blow
A．fascinating B．convincing C．puzzling D．encouraging
A．point B．sense C．humor D．look
A．strange B．natural C．true D．alive
A．taught B．spread C．combined D．started
A．decorated B．filled C．left D．entered
A．high B．wide C．narrow D．widely
A．discussing B．speaking C．cheating D．sleeping
A．joy B．speed C．aim D．determination
A．work B．life C．journey D．college
A．hard B．complex C．short D．Simple
When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn’t work out, you’ll have something to rely on.” Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, “the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course,” she recalls.
The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom. “I don’t know how to use a computer,” she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. “I felt there was a need for a book like this,” she says. “I didn’t want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we’re self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease.”
But she hasn’t always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up－again－and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. “Everybody on earth can ask, ‘why me?’ about something or other,” she insists. “It doesn’t do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I’ve come to realize the importance of that as I’ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”
Why did Mary feel regretful?
A．She didn’t achieve her ambition. B．She didn’t take care of her mother. C．She didn’t complete her high school. D．She didn’t follow her mother’s advice.
A．had two books published B．received many career awards C．knew how to use a computer D．supported the JDRF by writing
A．living with diabetes B．successful show business C．service for an organization D．remembrance of her mother
A．lost control of herself B．began a balanced diet C．tried to get a treatment D．behaved in an adult way
A．Mary feels pity for herself. B．Mary has recovered from her disease. C．Mary wants to help others as much as possible. D．Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.
Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are . This is not the worst boy at all, the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a(n) between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more and my brother and I could be better .
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I it had already improved our lives. I accepted her and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the beneficiary (受益者). My father became the man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
A．rushed B．sent C．carried D．introduced
A．distinguished B．favored C．mistaken D．rewarded
A．sooner B．later C．longer D．earlier
A．dragged B．shook C．raised D．bent
A．perfect B．right C．wrong D．impolite
A．but B．so C．and D．or
A．agreement B．friendship C．gap D．relationship
A．opinion B．image C．expectation D．mind
A．begged B．persuaded C．ordered D．invited
A．successful B．meaningful C．helpful D．useful
A．treated B．entertained C．educated D．respected
A．camera B．radio C．bicycle D．typewriter
A．considered B．suspected C．ignored D．appreciated
A．belief B．request C．criticism D．description
A．teaching B．writing C．studying D．reading
A．next B．same C．only D．real
A．cleverest B．wealthiest C．strongest D．healthiest
A．enthusiasm B．sympathy C．fortune D．confidence
A．deliberately B．happily C．traditionally D．constantly
A．win B．match C．reach D．doubt
Starting a new book is a risk, just like falling in love. You have to ____ to it. You open the pages knowing a little bit about it, maybe from the back or from a blurb（宣传信息）on the front. But who ____, right? Those bits and pieces aren’t always right.
Sometimes people ____ themselves as one thing and then when you get deep into it you realize that they’re something completely different. Either there was some good marketing ____ to a terrible book, or the story was only explained in a(n) ____ way and once you reach the middle of the book, you realize there’s so much more to this book than anyone could ever have told you.
You start off slow. The story is beginning to ____. You’re unsure. It’s a big commitment reading this tome(巨著). Maybe this book won’t be that great but you’ll feel ____ about putting it down. Maybe it’ll be so awful you’ll set it down immediately and never pick it up again. Or maybe you’ll come back to it some night, drunk or lonely—needing something to ____ the time, but it won’t be any better than it was when you first started reading it.
Maybe you’re ____. You’ve read tons of books before. Maybe you’ve taken some time off from reading because the last few books you read just weren’t ____ it. Do they even write new, great works of literature anymore? Maybe it’s a once in a lifetime feeling and you’re never going to find it again.
Or something ____ could happen. Maybe this will become your new favorite book. There’s always a possibility, right? That’s the ____ of risk. You ____ your time and your brain power in the words and what you get back is a new understanding and pure wonder.
How could someone possibly know you like this? Some stranger, some author, some character. It’s like they’re seeing inside your ____. This book existed inside some book store, on a shelf, maybe handled by other people and really it was just ____ for you to pick it up. It was waiting to speak to you. To say, “You are not ____.”
You just want more of the story. You want to keep reading, maybe everything this author has ever ____. You wish it would never end. The closer it gets to the smaller side of the pages, the ____ you read, wanting to savor(品味) it all. This book is now one of your favorites forever. You will always wish you could go back to ____ having read it and pick it up fresh again, but also you know you’re better for having this close, inside you, ____ your heart and mind.
Reading a book is just like falling in love. Once you get in deep enough, you know you could never put this book down.
A．contribute B．commit C．subscribe D．react
A．tells B．cares C．writes D．knows
A．advertise B．believe C．behave D．mistake
A．attached B．compared C．used D．related
A．artificial B．superficial C．theoretical D．confidential
A．repeat B．change C．conflict D．unfold
A．worried B．content C．guilty D．serious
A．fill B．spare C．save D．take
A．worn out B．run out C．given out D．made out
A．like B．worth C．beyond D．beneath
A．exciting B．familiar C．rare D．tough
A．price B．beauty C．danger D．style
A．balance B．waste C．harvest D．invest
A．soul B．book C．body D．eyes
A．asking B．looking C．standing D．waiting
A．alone B．yourself C．busy D．crazy
A．devoted B．agreed C．written D．enjoyed
A．slower B．faster C．more D．less
A．always B．ever C．once D．never
A．covering B．breaking C．separating D．blocking
Tears went out of my eyes when I talked to my parents on the phone. What were they doing when I them? This is what I want to know most. I had supper at five in the dining room. There is no need for me to cook and wash the dishes. , now it is the time for my parents. Dad works from seven in the morning to nine in the evening. , all of the housework is to my mum alone. She also has to work in the vineyard(葡萄园) her own job.
Every day she at 4 o’clock in the morning, and then works till dark. One day I called her at 7:30 in the evening. She told me she was in the vineyard and hadn’t had supper yet. Tears ran down my cheeks.
Dear mum, I’ll study hard in the university because I am your . I’ll look after myself because I am to you. I promise you so much but I want you to promise me you will tend yourself and Dad because you are like my blood. I cannot without you.
Mum has ever said that the happiest time for Dad and her is when my sister and I come home. We play cards in the room, watch TV or do else we like, with Dad and Mum delicious food in the kitchen. It is the happiest time for me. I could all the difficulties and unhappiness. The thing to do is to enjoy the time with my parents.
, sometimes, doesnt need many words. Love your parents as they love you. Give them a and tell them you them.
A．missed B．met C．called D．saw
A．However B．Indeed C．Instead D．Anyway
A．happiest B．busiest C．hardest D．easiest
A．Actually B．Therefore C．Generally D．Unfortunately
A．passed B．handed C．returned D．left
A．but B．except C．without D．besides
A．wakes up B．gets up C．comes home D．gets back
A．yet B．already C．even D．still
A．wish B．expectation C．hope D．desire
A．important B．necessary C．only D．single
A．just B．ever C．never D．seldom
A．work B．study C．play D．live
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．eating B．enjoying C．preparing D．having
A．too B．also C．either D．neither
A．avoid B．escape C．forget D．hide
A．very B．last C．only D．best
A．Rest B．Play C．Love D．Work
A．gift B．prize C．present D．call
A．remember B．miss C．enjoy D．have