完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Two days before Thanksgiving, I was trying to open my mouth wide enough for a mirror and a roll of steel wire. Metal braces (牙齿矫正器)had been on my 31 for weeks, but this was the day for the wire to be adjusted. Only those who have had braces will understand the terrible 32 of being “wired”. For the next 24 hours, it felt like every tooth was being 33 slowly by a giant clawhammer (拔钉锤). 34 drinking water caused pain.
By Thanksgiving Day, I had got used to it. 35 I didn’t use my teeth, the pain was bearable. But this was a day when teeth had to 36 longer than usual. We were 37 at my grandparents’ house with relatives. The house was filled with so many pleasant 38 that we could hardly resist the food. When grandma said, “Dinner is ready!” all the kids 39 to be first in line. I was so excited that I 40 the braces in my mouth and 41 my way up to the head of the line.
I piled my plate high with my favorite corn-on-the-cob(玉米棒子)and 42 my mouth to enjoy it. The pain was 43 . I felt I would never be able to eat again. I put my plate away and ran outside in 44 .
Grandma then took my plate to the 45 . She cut all the corn off that cob and rescued me from my 46 . She handed me my plate piled high with corn. “Thanks,” I said 47 . Then I looked up and 48 a strange light in her eye, a light that is still 49 to me after more than fifty years. That was the Thanksgiving when I discovered something more 50 than good food.
A．tongue B．hands C．teeth D．head
A．subject B．situation C．chance D．production
A．pushed B．planted C．opened D．pulled
A．Still B．So C．Even D．Yet
A．play B．work C．hurt D．shake
A．mixed B．called C．gathered D．surrounded
A．experiences B．words C．colours D．smells
A．rushed B．started C．stepped D．walked
A．forced B．created C．led D．gave
A．narrowed B．opened C．cleaned D．shut
A．normal B．violent C．regretful D．common
A．time B．anger C．surprise D．tears
A．kitchen B．bedroom C．clinic D．restaurant
A．fear B．loneliness C．pain D．interest
A．sadly B．kindly C．shyly D．gratefully
A．checked B．passed C．caught D．filled
A．attractive B．mysterious C．natural D．untrue
A．important B．popular C．useful D．expensive
As the plane circled over the airport, everyone guessed that something was wrong. The plane was moving unsteadily (不稳定地) through the , and the passengers were suddenly threw forward. At that moment, the air hostess (空姐) appeared.
She looked very pale（苍白的）, but was quite . Speaking quickly but almost in a whisper, she told everyone that the pilot was badly ill and asked if any of the passengers knew about machines or at least knew how to drive a car. After a moment a man got up and followed the hostess into the pilot’s room. Moving the pilot aside, the man his seat and listen carefully to the orders were being sent by radio from the airport below. The plane was now dangerously to the ground, but it soon began to climb. The man had to circle the airport several times in order to become familiar _ the controls. But the danger had not yet passed. The terrible moment came when he had to . Following orders, the man controlled the plane to the airfield. It shook greatly as it touched the ground and then moved rapidly the field, but after a long run it stopped safely. Outside a lot of people, who had been watching anxiously, ran forward to congratulate the “pilot” on an excellent landing.
A．airport B．heaven C．air D．cloud
A．natural B．calm C．worried D．excited
A．anything B．something C．nothing D．all this
A．thought B．quiet C．darkness D．silence
A．took B．sat C．placed D．stood
A．they B．that C．these D．this
A．up B．over C．close D．downstairs
A．to B．with C．for D．about
A．land B．drive C．rise D．set
A．above B．onto C．around D．across
Every country has its own culture.
Even though each country uses doors. Doors many have_ __functions and purposes which lead to ___ _ differences.
When I first came to America, I noticed that a public building had two different__ ___ and they had distinct(不同的) functions. You have to push the door with the word “PUSH” to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word “PULL” to_____the building. This was new to me, because we use the ___ __ door in south Korea. For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed.
The way of using school bus doors was also ____ __ to me .I used to take the school bus to classes. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doors, ____who were getting off the bus should get off first, and students who were getting on should get on ___ . In South Korea, we do not need to wait for people to get off. One morning, I hurried to the bus, and when the bus doors opened, I___ ____tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me, I was totally__,and my face went red.
A．different B．important C．practical D．unusual
A．national B．embarrassing C．cultural D．amazing
A．exits B．entrances C．signs D．doors
A．enter B．leave C．open D．close
A．main B．same C．front D．back
A．annoying B．hard C．satisfying D．strange
A．parents B．students C．teachers D．drivers
A．sooner B．later C．faster D．earlier
A．politely B．patiently C．unconsciously D．slowly
A．embarrassed B．annoyed C．unsatisfied D．excited
— Have you ____ your brother to give up smoking?
— No. I talked to him yesterday but he would not listen.
A．persuaded B．advised C．promised D．suggested
I'd been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tire. So I had to stop and get the tools to the problem. It certainly wasn’t doing this with a white shirt and suit on.
Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled from behind me. A man got out and offered to me. Seeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos(纹身)on his arm, I became as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the . While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This had me.
Then, without , it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, getting us wet within seconds, I agreed. When I settle into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. “Are you all right?” She turned around to me. “Yes, I am.’’ I replied with much when seeing an old woman there. It must be his Mom, I thought. To my , the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you with the tire. ”“I am grateful for his help, ” I said. “Me, too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he at the church and tutored disadvantaged students.
The rain stopped and Jeff and I changed the tire. I tried to offer him money and of course he it. It was shameful that I judged people by the way they . As we shook hands I began to apologize for my . He said, ‘‘I experience that same often. People who look like me don’t do nice things. I thought about changing the way. But then I saw this as a chance to make a . So I’ll leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me. If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again, would you recognize Him by what He wore or by what He did?’’
A．fix B． find C． make D． avoid
A．wise B． useful C． lucky D． easy
A．on B． round C． up D． out
A．drive B． help C． carry D． lift
A．astonished B． disappointed C． frightened D． discouraged
A．as B．before C． when D． until
A．shirt B． suit C． expression D． tire
A．concerned B． embarrassed C． discouraged D． puzzled
A．knowing B． realizing C． warning D． waiting
A．directly B． happily C． unwillingly D． hurriedly
A．fear B． relief C． satisfaction D． excitement
A．regret B． amusement C． delight D． surprise
A．struggling B． repairing C． fighting D． working
A．volunteered B． performed C． grew D． studied
A．left B． kept C． ignored D． refused
A．behaved B． looked C． spoke D． thought
A．selfishness B． weakness C． stupidity D．disability
A．life B． reaction C． incident D． change
A．hardly B． finally C． actually D． probably
A．comparison B． start C． remark D． point
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A daughter to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know whether she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was fighting and struggling. It seemed that if one problem was solved a new one .
Her father, a cook, took her to the . He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a In one he placed , in the second eggs, and in the last ground（磨成粉的）coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
The daughter sucked her teeth and impatiently waited, what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he the burners. He the carrots and eggs out and placed them in a bowl! Then he the coffee into a cup. Turning to her, he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs and coffee," she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it After pulling off the , she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip（啜饮）the coffee. She smiled as she its rich aroma（芳香）.
"What does it mean, Father?" she asked.
He that each of them had the same adversity（厄运）, boiling water, but each reacted . The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but after being subjected to the boiling water, it and became weak. The egg had been , with its thin outer shell protecting its liquid inside, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique. After they were in the boiling water, they had the water.
"Which are you?" he asked his daughter.
When adversity knocks on your door, how do you ? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?
A．complained B．told C．reported D．discussed
A．boring with B．fed up C．tired of D．uncertain about
A．rose B．arose C．raised D．was happened
A．kitchen B．restaurant C．dinning room D．market
A．conclusion B．stop C．life D．boil
A．eggs B．carrots C．beans D．coffee
A．knowing B．understanding C．puzzling D．wondering
A．turned on B．turned off C．turned in D．turned up
A．came B．gave C．fished D．figured
A．poured B．painted C．packed D．picked
A．watch B．smell C．feel D．search
A．space B．shell C．surface D．skin
A．digested B．suffered C．measured D．tasted
A．explained B．demanded C．declared D．claimed
A．sat B．boiled C．faced D．fallen
A．immediately B．constantly C．differently D．similarly
A．hardened B．softened C．lightened D．tightened
A．fragile B．round C．thin D．small
A．adjusted B．adapted C．accustomed D．changed
A．change B．face C．represent D．respond