第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55题各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D中),选出最佳选项。
During a recent vacation(假期) I visited Dusseldorf, a city in the former West Germany. The nine-day trip left a deep impression on me. I arrived at Dusseldorf airport at six. It was already dark outside. The first thing I needed to do was to find a place to___36___. I decided to telephone the youth hotel. But to use the ___37___ I needed some coins. I asked a lady for ___38___. To my surprise, she ___39___ me three coins to use. But all the phones in the___40___ needed phone cards. And phone cards could only be ___41___ at post-office during the daytime. I was afraid I ___42___ be able to call the hotel. An old gentleman helped me. He couldn’t speak English but___43___ that I needed to make a phone call. He showed me where the ___44___ was and inserted (插入) his phone card. I called the youth hotel and found a place to stay that night. The kindness of___45___ made me feel that I was not far from ___46___. And my first day in Germany wasn’t as___47___ as I expected.
Whenever I went, I asked people for ___48___. It surprised me that almost every young German could speak English ___49___. Older Germans ___50___ speak English very well, but they would try to help me whenever they could. One middle-aged man I___51___ directions even drove me to the place I was looking for. My experience in Germany completely changed my ___52___ of Germans. Before, I thought they were unfriendly to foreigners. In many World War Ⅱ films Germans are ___53___. But things changed ___54___. And the people couldn’t be ___55___
friendly.
36.A. live B. stay C. work D. visit
37.A. hotel B. taxi C. phone D. money
38.A. help B. advice C. the telephone D. the youth hotel
39.A. lent B. shared C. borrowed D. gave
40.A. station B. airport C. hotel D. Germany
41.A. bought B. found C. used D. called
42.A. couldn’t B. should C. wouldn’t D. will
43.A. mistook B. heard C. wondered D. understood
44.A. phone B. hotel C. card D. post - office
45.A. lady B. old man C. help D. the German people
46.A. Germany B. home C. the hotel D. them
47.A. unforgetable B. interesting C. bad D. good
48.A. directions B. advice C. English D. way
49.A. often B. fluently C. a little D. much
50.A. could also B. couldn’t C. can D. did
51.A. didn’t B. lost C. asked for D. showed
52.A. love B. life C. impression D. interest
53.A. friendly B. enemy C. bad manners D. unfriendly
54.A. by then B. since then C. later D. before
55.A. still B. much C. too D. more
Edie was nine years old, and she was tinier than other children of her age. One day, she ran home crying loudly, because she was 36 by the three new girls of her school. They picked her as the object of their 37 and threatened to beat her up. Edie’s mother held her 38 and comforted (安慰)her. She 39 the next day that the girls had been troublemakers at several other schools and they were being given one more 40 at a new beginning.
Edie’s _41 said ,“Be kind to your enemies, Edie.”She _42 said, “When the girls 43 to threatened you next time ,tell them you want to be their friend.”“Are you 44 enough to do that?”Edie’s mother asked. The 45 girl answered, “Yes, Mom, I’ll try.”
Every day, the girls pushed Edie and called her names and 46 to get in a poke(戳) or two. Each time, Edie looked up at them and said, “ I’d really like to be your 47 .”But it seemed that this wasn’t working.
Then one day the following week, Edie ran home as 48 as she could , shouting ,“Mom, guess what happened today ! Just like I 49 did, I said I’d really like to be their friend, and one of the 50 said ,‘Okay, Edie, we 51 and we’ll be your friends’”A short time later, Edie sat at a table with them and 52 their tutor (私人教师).
Towards the end of the school year, 53 Edie’s parents went to school for a parent-teacher conference, the teacher told 54 ,“Because of Edie’s kindness, those girls have completed 55 and are model students in the class.”
A.frightened B.encouraged C.cheated D.saved
A.shame B.surprise C.anger D.fear
A.suddenly B.unwillingly C.curiously D.softly
A.expressed B.admitted C.learned D.believed
A.time B.chance C.lesson D.trouble
A.sister B.father C.mother D.teacher
A.again B.also C.once D.just
A.start B.agree C.refuse D.forget
A.kind B.brave C.strong D.clever
A.weak B.foolish C.selfish D.tiny
A.chose B.promised C.volunteered D.tried
A.friend B.classmate C.enemy D.neighbor
A.fast B.carefully C.late D.safely
A.never B.seldom C.always D.often
A.boys B.students C.players D.girls
A.grow older B.give up C.set off D.become worse
A.became B.helped C.invited D.found
A.if B.when C.because D.before
A.her B.him C.us D.them
A.stayed up B.broken down C.turned around D.fallen behind
By the third year of teaching I’d begun to expect Christmas break more for the school holiday and less for the excitement of the children. I was teaching fourth grade and my students had made me 36 . I just had to get through one of the hardest days of the school year.
The morning bell rang. I walked 37 through the cold into the overly heated school building. Twenty-two smiling faces 38 me at the school bus stop. I forced myself to 39 their smiles. Back into the classroom, they 40 , comparing plans for the 41 . I had to remove one student from each arm 42 I could take a seat at my desk for my morning duties. Before I could find my roll book(点名册) my desk was covered with 43 and gifts followed by a 44 of “Merry Christmas” wishes.
“Oh, thank you,” I must have 45a million times. Each gift was truly special to me, except my 46 mood. It was kind of them to 47 me. After a while, I heard a small nervous 48 say my name. I looked up to see Brandon standing 49 by my desk, holding a small, round gift. “This is for you.”
“Thank you, Sweetheart.” I laid it on my desk with the others.
“Um, could you 50 it now?”
I gently tore at the paper and tape. “ 51 ,” he said, “it’s breakable.” Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament(装饰物), complete with a hook already 52 . It dawned on me what he had done. Then a nearby student said that he just pulled that off his own tree. I tried to keep my 53 back.
Later that day, I sat 54 the ornament in my hands. Was I really so important to this child that he had searched for something to give me? Now every year as I 55 pull a green Christmas ball from my ornament box, I remember the deep influence my students have on me.
A.excited B.tired C.amazed D.relaxed
A.eagerly B.aimlessly C.gently D.heavily
A.watched B.greeted C.delighted D.warned
A.return B.forget C.ignore D.refuse
A.calmed B.settled C.chatted D.argued
A.study B.weekend C.vacation D.lesson
A.before B.when C.after D.because
A.letters B.books C.chalks D.cards
A.knowledge B.collection C.series D.bunch
A.confirmed B.assessed C.responded D.explained
A.pleased B.low C.thrilled D.angry
A.talk about B.think of C.turn to D.connect with
A.call B.sound C.shout D.voice
A.shyly B.bravely C.rudely D.sadly
A.classify B.collect C.open D.check
A.Careful B.Dangerous C.Patient D.Hasty
A.exposed B.adapted C.adjusted D.attached
A.trees B.hooks C.gifts D.tears
A.looking into B.turning over C.giving away D.packing up
A.anxiously B.hurriedly C.delicately D.casually
I had spent over five exhausting(令人疲乏不堪的) years on my essay for my Ph. D(哲学学士). and was anxiously preparing for my oral boards which were to be held in California, and I had 36a flight through Minneapolis, where I was to change 37 . My flight was very late, and I was soon in an all—out run to 38 my flight. I had to stop to catch my 39 on a moving sidewalk when I 40a woman in her fifties 41 with a carry-on bag.
I don’t know 42 , but I looked at her face and blurted out, “Are you going on flight 567 to California?”
She responded, “Yes.”
“So am I ,” I responded.“Give me your bag. I’ll run 43 and tell them to wait for you.” I took her bag and started running again. I 44 onto the plane and told a flight attendant that one more passenger was behind me and to please 45 the plane for her. I 46 myself with her bag, and a few moments later she arrived and was the last person on the plane 47 they closed the doors and 48 . After the plane leveled off, I 49 the bag to her, and she smiled at me and thanked me.
I didn’t sleep a wink in the hotel and arrived at the 50 at seven o’clock in the morning. The51 kept me waiting for an hour in a room. I walked into the boardroom and was initially frightened by all the 52in their robes. As I slowly 53 at the faces of all the board members, I noticed the bright face of a woman. She gave me a smile 54a young schoolgirl. It was the same woman whose bag I had carried ahead the night before. 55 , whenever I made a mistake on any questions, she did a great job of relaxing me.
A.prepared B.caught C.scheduled预定的 D.ordered安排好的;
A.trains B.buses C.planes D.directions
A.catch B.run C.get D.hold
A.flight B.breath C.bag D.companions
A.greeted B.met C.noticed D.seek
A.walking B.struggle C.carrying D.running
A.how B.why C.what D.where
A.before B.immediately C.fast D.ahead
A.raced B.got C.solved D.opened
A.leave B.hold C.remain D.reserve
A.found B.took C.seated D.occupied
A.after B.when C.while D.before
A.left out B.run away C.took off D.carried away
A.presented B.preserved C.proved D.showed
A.place B.university C.palace D.city
A.meeting B.board C.essay D.argument
A.professors B.ladies C.staffs D.teachers
A.stared B.watched C.glanced D.looked
A.like B.as C.of D.from
A.Needless to say B.No matter how C.What’s more D.In the end
I can still remember when I met my best friend.She had just moved into the neighborhood and her grandmother brought her down to 11 me.I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother, 12 to look at each other.Soon we lost the 13 and started playing with each other.
In the 7th grade,I first lost touch with her.She was 14 family problems and I deserted her to be with the "cooler people" because they knew she had been a 15 person.None of my new friends liked her as much as I did because they knew she had 16 .However,every summer we could always sit at each other’s house and watch soap operas,and talk about all the boys we liked.
It was last year when I noticed the problem.I guess I was too devoted in high school to 17 she needed someone there for her.Anyway,she made a new best friend and so did I.Then 1 didn’t know why,but she started cutting herself!
She then was diagnosed(诊断)with clinical(临床的)depression.At first,1 was very 18 ,but we still stayed in 19 .I wanted to be there for her since her new best friend basically 20 her and people were calling her 21 ,and I knew I still cared about her like a sister.
Yesterday she came to me and said:“I never knew what a best friend was until you were the only person that would stop me cutting.I 22 you so much,and you didn’t even know you were 23 me.”
We both cried.And I guess a kind of 24 from my life so far is never to give up on your friends.Even if they aren’t as cool as others,or people think they are crazy,they need someone there.If you desert them,you will only be 25 yourself. So if a friend needs you, and you care for them, you can never desert them.
A.follow B.meet C.join D.support
A.scared B.annoyed C.worried D.delighted
A.temper B.interest C.confidence D.shyness
A.taking up B.getting through C.going through D.making up
A.happier B.cooler C.stronger D.cleverer
A.problems B.shortcomings C.partners D.disabilities
A.admit B.accept C.consider D.realize
A.calm B.considerate C.upset D.helpful
A.place B.touch C.control D.mood
A.confused B.bothered C.reminded D.deserted
A.crazy B.stubborn C.clumsy D.stupid
A.expect B.influence C.appreciate D.demand
A.urging B.blaming C.helping D.hurting
A.honour B.favour C.pleasure D.lesson
A.innocent B.successful C.guilty D.reliable
One evening, Mr. Green was driving his car along a lonely country road. He had _36__ $10 000 from the bank in town. Suddenly a man in rags stopped him and asked for a lift. Mr Green told him to 37 and continued his way. 38 he talked to the man, he __39__ that he had just broken out of prison. Mr. Green was very afraid at the __40__ of the money. Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a __41__ idea. He put on speed and42as quickly as possible. Then he found the police-car running __43__ him. After a mile or so, the police-car passed him and44him to stop. A policeman came up. Mr. Green had hoped to tell him about the trouble but the man put a gun to Mr. Green’s ___45__.
The policeman said he wanted Mr. Green’s name and _46__ and Mr. Green obeyed. The policeman wrote it down in his notebook and put it in his _47___. “You _48__ appear at the police station”. He said. Then he talked to Mr. Green about __49 driving. Mr. Green started up his car again. He had 50 all hope of his £10,000, but as he reached a more lonely part, the robber said he wanted to ___51__. Mr. Green stopped and the man said. “__52__. You’ve been __53__ to me. This is what I can do in __54__.” And he handed Mr. Green the policeman’s __55__, which was stolen while the policeman was talking to Mr. Green.