第两节完型填空二 （共8小题，每小题1.5分，满分12分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所空之处填写适当的单词，每空仅限填一词。。
Old English is very different __48__ the English we speak nowadays. In fact, it is certain that we would not be __49__ to understand it if we heard it today. __50__ the 10th century, Old English was the official language of England. The language __51__ of an Anglo-Saxon base plus words from the languages of Denmark and Norway. When we speak English today, we sometimes find __52__ hard to decide which words or phrases to use. This is __53__ many pairs of words and phrases have similar meanings in English, for __54__, pick up and lift up. These kinds of pairs developed because each word or phrase came from a __55__ language. Pick came from Anglo-Saxon, and lift from Norse.
In the first week after arriving in the new city for further study, I fell and broke my leg. I was really ___36___by the kindness of my new roommate. “We are family now,” she said when she __37__me lying in my bed with a swollen leg, unable to move. She took me to ___38__ by taxi to get my leg examined. The driver was so___39__ that we arrived there very quickly. After that, my __40___continued helping me though I told her I could do things on my own.
So many blessing I had never expected came to me when I was alone and helpless. Bus drivers picked me up from anywhere they saw me. Many people __41__ the door for me. Such things were small but __42___ for a person on walking sticks.
___43___for people’s kindness, I did whatever I could to make people laugh. I made many jokes about my two sticks and the bad fall. And I tried not to __44__ a single time about what had happened. I also tried to be kind to other students who were injured. I took time to __45__ with a girl in a wheelchair who always ate lunch alone.
I soon realized that pain can be__46__ by mental strength. I could see that although I was using physical sticks, there were hundreds of mental sticks I could depend on. I also saw that sometimes ____47____ situation can be good. There are choices to discover great kindness in the world.
A．touched B．saved C．cured D．supported
A．heard B．left C．found D．viewed
A．hotel B．hospital C．playground D．library
A．patient B．angry C．kind D．brave
A．driver B．doctor C．family D．roommate
A．cleaned B．moved C．opened D．decorated
A．hard B．impossible C．different D．useless
A．In turn B．In reply C．In return D．In addition
A．complain B．advise C．miss D．enjoy
A．study B．discuss C．practise D．chat
A．reduced B．gained C．caused D．limited
A．busy B．unpleasant C．puzzled D．tiring
Since I moved to Seattle, there’s no farm whose name has come up more than Quillisascut. Quillisascut is a cheese company, 36 what they call “traditional farmstead cheese’’, but it’s also a school. 37 completing a five-day “Introduction to Farming” workshop at Quillisascut, I understand why this farm school is so 38 . I hope that you can one day visit it, too.
At Quillisascut, mornings begin at 5:30 am with 39 and milking the goats. The morning’s 40 is made into cheese in the afternoon. Cheese making requires many steps. The process can take one day to several months, 41 the type of cheese being made.
During our workshop, we were lucky enough to have the farm’s chefs 42 meals of grains and beans from neighboring farms and herbs from the garden. All of the foods used for cooking are either grown there or 43 sourced.
Any 44 from meals is made into compost(堆肥). It is 45 onto the farm’s land, transforming Quillisascut’s soil 46 fertile salad bars for the goats. In addition to sunlight, rain, and compost, the goat farm 47 seeding and reseeding.
When I know where my food came from, who 48 it, and the complex process it took to get to my 49 , food does more than fuel my body. It also heats my 50 . I wonder how different our food and healthcare systems would look like if all people learnt firsthand about the 51 and tears involved in bringing food to the table.
If every food production operation 52 the public onto its ground, it is possible that our country’s food system would look very different; and our country’s connection with food could 53 . But for now, Quillisascut and other educational farms are making a(an) 54 , carrying out the goal “to make the world a more 55 place”.
A．displaying B．selling C．advertising D．designing
A．Until B．Unless C．After D．If
A．beloved B．interested C．moved D．excited
A．observing B．feeding C．introducing D．finding
A．goat B．milk C．choice D．meat
A．putting on B．taking on C．focusing on D．depending on
A．describe B．check C．cook D．heat
A．regionally B．comfortably C．formally D．positively
A．leftover B．makeup C．food D．drink
A．passed B．based C．worked D．spread
A．with B．of C．as D．into
A．avoids B．protests C．requires D．promotes
A．tasted B．measured C．grew D．learnt
A．car B．wallet C．wall D．plate
A．soul B．face C．hand D．dream
A．seed B．sweat C．money D．imagination
A．welcomed B．persuaded C．demanded D．suggested
A．break B．settle C．begin D．deepen
A．performance B．difference C．expression D．impression
A．famous B．curious C．beautiful D．traditional
Before India gained independence (独立), a few young men from the villages wanted to free India from the foreign rule; they wanted the British to quit India. They needed material wealth to 36 the British out of India, so they started collecting 37 in the Indian villages.
One day, they got encouraged to collect 38 things as well. They went from door to door carrying a huge bag, which gradually was 39 with money and gifts. As they went, a one-legged beggar kept 40 them. The young men did not mind.
At the 41 of the day, they entered a house to see 42 they had collected. The beggar also wanted to enter, but since he was not a member of the group, they did not 43 him in. The beggar said to them: “I walked such a 44 distance right behind you. You want freedom; I also want freedom. India is not only your motherland. It is also my motherland.”
45 , the young men got mad and told the beggar to go away. Then one of the men felt 46 for him, so they decided to 47 him the things they had collected. 48 the beggar was looking at the gifts in their bag, most of them were showing no 49 for him. Then suddenly the beggar opened up the bag that he had been carrying. It 50 a few coins and some rice. He threw all the contents into their bag at once.
At the 51 of this, immediately all the members of the revolutionary group started dropping 52 of gratitude (感激), because he had 53 all that he had to their cause. On that day, they had gone to visit so many rich families, who had given them next to 54 ; but this beggar had given them everything that he had! They were deeply 55 by the beggar’s contribution.
A．drive B．grow C．help D．pick
A．food B．money C．papers D．seeds
A．military B．material C．mysterious D．cultural
A．tired B．satisfied C．filled D．covered
A．following B．cheating C．calling D．beating
A．beginning B．end C．front D．middle
A．how B．what C．where D．when
A．stop B．drop C．allow D．promise
A．short B．near C．long D．little
A．At last B．At first C．At a time D．In that case
A．necessary B．patient C．thankful D．sorry
A．trouble B．serve C．show D．excite
A．Since B．While C．If D．Although
A．interest B．courage C．respect D．disappointment
A．included B．consisted C．held D．contained
A．thought B．sight C．sound D．moment
A．laughter B．difference C．truth D．tears
A．taken B．given C．wasted D．lost
A．something B．nothing C．everything D．anything
A．moved B．removed C．excited D．surprised
Charlie was a rich boy who had more toys than you could imagine. His family had a lot of money, and 1 he liked something, they would buy it for him. Then, he had no idea what things cost, and wouldn't 2 to take care of what he had. Nor did he realise how difficult it was for other children to get toys like the ones he had.
A time came, though, when he was 3 used to all his toys and various stuff that he began to want something 4 . One of his uncles found a fine horse and he gave it to Charlie. Charlie was very 5 at having a horse. He had never got something like that before.
However, he 6 the horse just as badly as he did all his other toys, and it soon started looking 7 . For the first time in his life Charlie became truly 8 . He loved the horse, and the fact that his family had offered to exchange it for a new one meant nothing to him. One day, while in the countryside, he saw a girl with a horse. The girl looked very poor, but the horse seemed happy and looked great.
Wondering how she had 9 this, Charlie secretly followed her, watching everything she did. First he followed them through the forest, where he saw that she never used the whip, and never 10 the horse. Then they came to the stable, and 11 they arrived the girl fed and watered the horse. Then she carefully groomed (照顾) it. Charlie was surprised. This was the 12 of what Charlie had done to his horse.
Charlie wanted to 13 and become like the girl. As no one had shown him how to do this, he 14 to her and asked her to teach him how to look after his horse. After her initial surprise, she happily 15 . With her he learned how to 16 care and effort into things. He learned that he could be much 17 with only a few special things that you truly 18 , than with thousands of toys that were only good for a short time and were then 19 aside. When the horse finally 20 all its strength and health, Charlie was happy that his effort had been worthwhile.
A．whichever B．whenever C．whatever D．however
A．refuse B．bother C．obey D．hesitate
A．so B．as C．quite D．very
A．usual B．different C．right D．expensive
A．excited B．interested C．annoyed D．hopeful
A．operated B．commanded C．trained D．treated
A．tired B．puzzled C．grateful D．sick
A．worried B．patient C．ashamed D．doubtful
A．controlled B．learned C．managed D．prepared
A．scratched B．hit C．broke D．damaged
A．even if B．every time C．now that D．soon after
A．glory B．devotion C．opposite D．assumption
A．change B．continue C．inspect D．overcome
A．got over B．turned over C．took over D．went over
A．agreed B．received C．adopted D．responded
A．give B．put C．spend D．take
A．stringer B．higher C．happier D．smarter
A．cared for B．cut down C．poured into D．looked up
A．picked B．dropped C．passed D．thrown
A．relieved B．recovered C．lost D．grasped
Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trams, or even cars can be a terrible trouble — especially when they are insects. As for this, there is a great 1 between human beings and insects. The 2 take every possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly 3 attention to themselves.
We can only show mercy to the 4 man who had to stop his car soon after setting out from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the
5 of the car, he naturally got out to examine the wheels carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he 6 his way. Again the noise began, 7 and became even louder. Quickly turning his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great 8 cloud following the car. When he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of bees 9 .
On learning this, the man drove away as quickly as possible. After an hour's 10 driving, he arrived safely in London, where he parked his car outside a 11 and went in. It was not long before a customer who had seen him arrive 12in to inform him that his car was 13 with bees. The poor driver was 14 that the best way should be to call a 15 .In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger hidden near the wheels at the back of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this unexpected gift, the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousands of followers home in a large box.
A．connection B．difference C．communication D．similarity
A．passengers B．insects C．former D．first
A．give B．keep C．pay D．draw
A．unfortunate B．careless C．unpleasant D．hopeless
A．front B．back C．left D．right
A．drove B．continued C．pushed D．forced
A．normally B．gently C．quietly D．immediately
A．black B．beautiful C．white D．colorful
A．below B．ahead C．nearby D．behind
A．boring B．careful C．exciting D．hard
A．hotel B．museum C．hospital D．school
A．broke B．moved C．hurried D．dropped
A．crowded B．covered C．filled D．equipped
A．advised B．required C．ordered D．requested
A．bee-keeper B．policeman C．waiter D．repairman