阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it the 21 day, and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked 22 , but I couldn't find 23 of my husband's socks though I had looked 24 for it.
The next morning, I got ready for 25 as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them and told them 26 we were going to do 27 .
When I turned 28 to write on the blackboard, the class burst out 29 . They l
aughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was 30 the headmaster would be in to see all this.
I asked the class to 31 , but the 32 I talked, the more they laughed. So I thought I had better pay 33 attention to them and continue to write on 
the blackboard. When I did this, they laughed even more.
Before long, the teacher who had the room next to 34 came to see 35 all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started 36 , too.
"Good Heavens ! "I said. "Will 37 please tell me what is so 38 ?"
"Oh, God," said the teacher, " you have a 
brown 39 stuck to the back of your shirt. "
So that's 40 I found my husband's missing sock.
"Oh, well," I said to the class, "let's just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static electricity(静电)."
A．very B．last C．next D．following
A．hard B．well C．fast D．slowly
A．all B．both C．either D．one
A．nowhere B．somewhere C．anywhere D．everywhere
A．breakfast B．clothes C．school D．books
A．which B．what C．how
A．today B．this day C．that day D．now
A．around B．back C．off D．over
A．smiling B．laughing C．crying D．quarrelling
A．afraid B．doubtful C．sure D．glad
A．look B．write C．stop D．go on
A．better B．quicker D．more
A．further B．more C．hardly D．no
A．me B．mine C．us D．his
A．what B．why C．which D．that
A．writing B．asking C．talking D．laughing
A．everyone B．anyone C．someone D．he
A．funny B．wrong C．pleasant D．unforgettable
A．handkerchief B．sock C．paper D．hair
A．why B．when C．how D．what
Adults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practised in the meantime. A man who has not had an opportunity to go swimming for years can ___55___ swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after several decades and still ___56___ away. A mother who has not ___57___ the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or recite the story of Cinderella or Snow White.
One explanation is the law of over learning, which can be stated as following: ___58___ we have learned something, additional learning increases the ___59___ of time we will remember it.
In childhood, we usually continue to practise such skills as swimming, bicycle riding long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and ___60___ ourselves of poems such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star. We not only learn but ___61___.
The law of over learning explains why cramming(突击学习) for an examination, ___62___ it may result in a passing grade, is not a ___63___way to learn a school course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little over learning; ___64___, is usually a good investment toward the future.
55. A. only B. hardly C. still D. even
56. A. move B. drive C. travel D. ride
57. A. thought about B. cared for C. showed up D. brought up
58. A. Before B. Once C. Until D. Unless
59. A. accuracy B. unit C. limit D. length
60. A. remind B. inform C. warn D. recall
61. A. recite B. overlearn C. research D. improve
62. A. though B. so C. if D. after
63. A. convenient B. demanding C. satisfactory D. swift
64. A. at most B. by the way C. on the other hand D. in the end
Don’t Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports
When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach(教练) said that I had lots of potential(潜力), and I became captain of my ___36___. That was before all the fun was taken out of ___37___.
At first, everyone on the team got ___38___ playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the ___39___ started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have ___40___one-on-one training, got angry when she didn’t give them more playing time in our ___41___. The coach was replaced.
The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game. All we did during practice was ___42___. I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the ___43___. Of course, all teams run drills; they are ___44___. But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble ___45___. Younger people shouldn’t be doing exercises ___46___ for 18-year-olds.
I was very thin ___47___ I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn’t eat much, because I was afraid of being too ___48___ to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual ___49___.
Is all this pressure necessary? I ___50___ up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That’s ___51___, because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they ___52___ from the coach or their parents.
I continued playing football at school and ___53___ my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing ___54___ him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I ___55___ down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it’s a lot easier to do it well.
36. A. class B. club C. team D. board
37. A. playing B. living C. learning D. working
38. A. great B. equal C. right D. extra
39. A. business B. struggle C. attempt D. pressure
40. A. free B. private C. good D. basic
41. A. matches B. courses C. lessons D. programs
42. A. jump B. play C. run D. shoot
43. A. duty B. meeting C. operation D. training
44. A. necessary B. boring C. scientific D. practical
45. A. speaking B. moving C. sleeping D. breathing
46. A. used B. intended C. made D. described
47. A. till B. since C. before D. because
48. A. full B. tired C. lazy D. big
49. A. size B. share C. space D. state
50. A. gave B. kept C. ended D. picked
51. A. sad B. shameful C. silly D. serious
52. A. received B. suffered C. brought D. felt
53. A. reconsidered B. rediscovered C. reformed D. replaced
54. A. at B. by C. for D. around
55. A. fell B. stepped C. slowed D. calmed
Perhaps the most interesting person I have ever met is an Italian professor of philosophy who teaches at the University of Pisa. ___36___ I last met this man eight years ago, I have not forgotten his ___37___qualities. First of all, I respected his ___38___ to teaching. Because his lectures were always well-prepared and clearly delivered, students crowded into his classroom. His followers liked the fact that he ___39___ what he taught. Further more, he could be counted on to explain his ideas in an ___40___ way, introducing such aids(辅助) to ___41___ as oil paintings, music, and guest lectures. Once he ___42___ sang a song in class in order to make a point clear. ___43___, I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them ___44___ the telephone. Drinking coffee in the cafe, he would easily make friends with students. Sometimes he would ___45___ a student to a game of chess(国际象棋). ___46___, he would join students groups to discuss a variety of ___47___: agriculture, diving and mathematics. Many young people visited him in his office for ___48___ on their studies; others came to his home for social evenings. Finally, I was ___49___ by his lively sense of humor(幽默). He believed that no lesson is a success ___50___, during it the students and the professor ___51___ at least one loud ___52___. Through his sense of humor, he made learning more ___53___ and more lasting. If it is ___54___ that life makes a wise man smile and a foolish man cry, ___55___ my friend is indeed a wise man.
36. A. Although B. When C. Even if D. Now that
37. A. basic B. special C. common D. particular
38. A. attention B. introduction C. relation D. devotion
39. A. insisted on B. talked about C. believed in D. agreed with
40. A. imaginative B. ordinary C. opposite D. open
41. A. listening B. understanding C. information D. discovery
42. A. also B. nearly C. even D. only
43. A. Later B. Secondly C. However D. Therefore
44. A. with B. by C. from D. on
45. A. invite B. lead C. prefer D. show
46. A. As a matter of fact B. Later on
C. Other times D. In general
47. A. questions B. subjects C. matters D. contents
48. A. support B. explanation C. experience D. advice
49. A. disturbed B. moved C. attracted D. defeated
50. A. for B. until C. since D. unless
51. A. hear B. suggest C. share D. demand
52. A. laugh B. cry C. shout D. question
53. A. helpful B. enjoyable C. practical D. useful
54. A. natural B. normal C. hopeful D. true
55. A. so B. for C. then D. yet
“My name’s Jim Shelley and I’m an addict(有瘾的人). . . ”
With these words I began to ___36___ the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people ___37___, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. I ___38___ to be phoned, I wanted to phone. Just one more call.
It started socially . It seemed ___39___, just a quick chat. Gradually though, the ___40___ got worse. Soon it was ___41___ use, until, finally, addiction.
And it began to affect(影响) my ___42___. During the day I would disappear for ___43___ call. If I couldn’t make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more ___44___, in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else, ___45___ myself just one more call.
I was phoning people and ___46___ messages to make sure ___47___ calls would see me through the day. I used to arrive at friends
homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the ___48___ “Is it OK if I just use the phone. . . ?” At work, I became ___49___ when my fellow workers tried to ___50___ me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss(with the phone). Finally, the police caught me ___51___ a phone box that had taken my last one pound coin, and I was ___52___ to see a psychiatrist(心理医生).
I haven’t ___53___ a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it’s several days ___54___ I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are ___55___ people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim Shelley and I am an addict.
36. A. face B. find C. accept D. notice
37. A. now and then B. all the time C. at home D. at work
38. A. tried B. asked C. waited D. invited
39. A. polite B. important C. fine D. special
40. A. condition B. situation C. result D. effect
41. A. frequent B. regular C. unusual D. particular
42. A. friends B. study C. family D. work
43. A. a quick B. a secret C. an expected D. an extra
44. A. hopeful B. delighted C. frightened D. anxious
45. A. forcing B. telling C. giving D. limiting
46. A. leaving B. taking C. passing D. recording
47. A. long B. immediate C. enough D. surprising
48. A. saying B. demands C. wish D. words
49. A. careful B. mad C. determined D. helpless
50. A. save B. reduce C. protect D. stop
51. A. destroying B. using C. stealing D. emptying
52. A. offered B. guided C. ordered D. reminded
53. A. missed B. had C. received D. fixed
54. A. as B. when C. if D. since
55. A. always B. just C. more D. different
It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics(题目), “The Art of Eating Spaghetti(意大利面条)” caught my eye. The word “spaghetti” brought back the ___36___ of an evening at Uncle Alien’s in Belleville ___37___all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat ___38___ spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic(外来的) treat in ___39___days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and ___40___ of the grown-ups had enough experience to be___41___it. What laughing ___42___ we had about the___43___respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. ___44___, I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to ___45___ it down simply for my own ___46___, not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher. ___47___, I would write something else.
When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no ___48___ left to write a proper composition for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to ___49___my work. Two days passed before Mr. Fleagle returned the ___50___ papers. He said, “Now, class, I want to read you a composition, ‘The Art of Eating Spaghetti’. ”
My words! He was reading my words out ___51___ to the whole class. ___52___ laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show___53___, but what I was feeling was pure happiness, ___54___ my words had the power to make people___55___.
36. A. memory B. thought C. knowledge D. experience
37. A. when B. where C. since D. after
38. A. cooked B. served C. got D. made
39. A. their B. past C. last D. those
40. A. none B. one C. earns D. neither
41. A. careful about B. good at C. fond of D. interested in
42. A. speeches B. lessons C. sayings D. arguments
43. A. nearly B. naturally C. officially D. socially
44. A. Especially B. Probably C. Suddenly D. Fortunately
45. A. settle B. put C. bite D. let
46. A. work B. story C. luck D. joy
47. A. However B. Therefore C. As for him D. Except for that
48. A. time B. excuse C. way D. idea
49. A. give up B. continue C. hand in D. delay
50. A. written B. graded C. collected D. calmly
51. A. laid B. fast C. publicly D. calmly
52. A. People B. Nobody C. Somebody D. I
53. A. shock B. wonder C. worry D. pleasure
54. A. if B. for C. while D. although
55. A. excited B. satisfied C. think D. laugh