III. 完形填空 (共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 9:30.
The nurse had him take a 26 in the waiting area, 27 him it would be at least 40 minutes 28 someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided. Since I was not busy—my patient didn’t 29 at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he 30 to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his 31 . He told me that she had been there for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be worried if he was a bit late. He replied that she 32 knew who he was，that she had not been able to 33 him for five years now. I was 34 , and asked him，“And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said ,“She doesn’t know me but I know who she is.” I had to hold back 35 as he left.
Now I 36 that in marriages，true love is 37 of all. That is, the happiest people don’t 38 have the best of everything; they just 39 the best of everything they have. 40 isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
26. A. breath B. test C. seat D. break
27. A. persuading B. promising C. understanding D. telling
28. A. if B. before C. since D. after
29. A. turn up B. show off C. come on D. go away
30. A. needed B. forgot C. agreed D. happened
31. A. daughter B. wife C. mother D. sister
32. A. so far B. neither C. no longer D. already
33. A. recognize B. answer C. believe D. expect
34. A. moved B. disappointed C. surprised D. satisfied
35. A. curiosity B. tears C. words D. judgment
36. A. realize B. suggest C. hope D. prove
37. A. agreement B. expression C. acceptance D. exhibition
38. A. necessarily B. completely C. naturally D. frequently
39. A. learn B. make C. favor D. try
40. A. Adventure B. Beauty C. Trust D. Life
完形填空,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。
People say one man's trash (垃圾) is another man's treasure. That ________ comes to my mind as I looked through the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother ________ in 1996. My father left the house________ my sister and me when he died a few months ago.
After Dad was ________, we looked around the house ________ we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we felt so ________all the stuff left. Like so many of their generation, my parents ________ everything. And like many in my generation, we faced anxious ________ about what to abandon and what to keep.
As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every ________ my parents ever saw, I also ________ many hidden treasures. Mom's pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, ________her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War II veteran (退伍兵) and a world traveler,________ everything --- from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the ________. The letters he wrote during the war ________ his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I ________ our old kitchen table, which brought back ________ of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.
I'm realizing all these things ________my parents' life journey. Each time I go to the ________ , I find something that reminded me of my childhood or teaches me something about my parents I________ knew. ________ , from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.
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完形填空
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。
We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are ________ , one by one. “There is my grandmother's house,” I say, ________ across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lisa, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) ________ memory for me. Lisa was one of the mobile children, ________ from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of ________ , and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors ________ for 200 years.
We soon ________ by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories ________ back, swift as the tide (潮水).
Suddenly, I long to walk again in the ________ where I was once so gloriously a child. It still ________ a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk ________ the rooms in memory. Here, my mother ________ in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family ________ into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being ________ them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lisa ________ attentively as I talk and then says, “So this is where I ________ ; where I belong.”
She has ________ her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human ________ . To be rooted is “to have an origin”. We need ________ origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the ________ of “I”. We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
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完型填空
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000 m race. My ________ was to pass out water to the runners. I remember being so excited to see all the different kinds of ________ who passed by and ________a cup of water. The next year I signed up for the race and gave it a ________.
The first 10,000 m race was quite an experience. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. At times, I didn’t ________if I could finish.
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me very , and I felt embarrassed that I was 50 years younger than him and I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt ________ for a second.
But then I ________ something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had________ capacities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my________ was only to finish.
After a minute, it ________me that this was a lesson I could draw from . I learned ________ about myself in that moment. I turned my________into inspiration.
I decided that I would not________ running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and________properly and one day I would be one of those 70-year-olds who were still running. As I ________the finishing line, I was proud of my ________.
In life we all have those moments when we________ ourselves to others. It’s only________ . Don’t allow those moments to weaken you. Turn them into ________ and let them inspire you. Use them to show you what is possible.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If you want to learn a new language, the very first thing to think about is why. Do you need it for a ________reason, such as your job or your studies? ________ perhaps you’re interested in the ________, films or music of a different country and you know it will help a lot to have a ________ of the language.
Most people learn best using a variety of ________, but traditional classes are an ideal (理想的) start for many people. They ________ an environment where you can practice under the ________ of someone who’s good at the language. We all lead ________ lives and learning a language takes ________ . You will have more success if you study regularly, so try to develop a ________ . It doesn’t matter if you haven’t got long. Becoming fluent in a language will take years, but knowing about it takes ________ .
Many people start learning a language and soon give up. “I’m too ________, ” they say. Yes, children do learn languages more ________ than adults，but research has shown that you can learn a language at any ________ . And learning is good for the health of your brain too. I’ve also heard people ________ about the mistakes they make when ________ . Well, relax and laugh about your mistakes ________ you’re much less likely to make them again.
Learning a new language is never ________ . But with some work and devotion, you’ll make progress. And you’ll be ________ by the positive reaction of some people when you say just a few words in ________ own language. Good luck!
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完型填空
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。
Carl Kenton is a wealthy businessman. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he ________ his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his ________ expensive “school” fee. He always owes his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before ________, he bought a Rolex watch with the ________ made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be ________ down for inspection. Glen knew that carrying the ________ goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying________ for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a ________ fake(假货). When he was________of his “smarts”, immediately, ________ the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which ________ nearly 100,000, into pieces at hearing Glen’s words. Glen was ________ . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined ________. For many times of entry-exit ________ he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and________him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if ________ reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be charged according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after ________ the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep ________ on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of ________ , which he would ________ as the secret of his success forever.
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