完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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。
I teach biology at UNLV three times per week . Last Monday , at the beginning of class , I cheerfully asked my 21 how their weekend had been . One young man said that his weekend had not been so 22 . He had his wisdom teeth removed . Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so 23 .
His question 24 me of something I’d read somewhere before : “Every morning when you get up , you have a 25 about how you want to deal with life that day .” I said . “I choose to be cheerful .”
“Let me give you an example ,” I continued , 26 all sixty students in the class . “In 27 to teaching here at UNLY , I also teach out at a 28 in Henderson , 17 miles down the highway from where I live . One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson . I 29 the highway and turned onto College Drive . I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college . But just then my car 30 .I tried to start it again , but the 31 wouldn’t work . 32 I turned my flashers on , took my books , and 33 down the road to the college .”
“As soon as I got there , I called and 34 for a tow truck to meet me at my car after 35 . The secretary there asked me what had happened . ” This is my 36 day .” I replied , smiling .
She was 37 . “What do you mean ?”
“My car could have broken down anywhere along the highway . It didn’t .” I relied . “ 38 , it broke down in the perfect place : off the highway , 39 walking distance of here . I’m still able to teach my class , and I’ve been able to get the tow truck to meet me after class . If my car was meant to break down today , it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient 40 .”
I ended my story . In spite of the early hour , no one in my class seemed to be asleep . Somehow , my story had touched them .
A．students B．schoolmates C．children D．teachers
A．bad B．sad C．good D．free
A．reminded B．informed C．told D．warned
A．decision B．preference C．judgment D．choic
A．showing B．demanding C．commanding D．addressing
A．contribution B．addition C．devotion D．application
A．college B．school C．university D．institute
A．found B．exited C．crossed D．entered
A．broke B．ended C．died D．finished
A．instrument B．engine C．wheel D．light
A．drove B．marched C．rode D．followed
A．prepared B．looked C．arranged D．waited
A．work B．study C．lunch D．class
A．usual B．lucky C．unusual D．unlucky
A．astonished B．excited C．pleased D．puzzled
A．Anyway B．Also C．Instead D．Still
A．beyond B．without C．within D．along
A．order B．way C．need D．situation
Several years ago, a farmer owned some land along the sea. He advertised for workers, but no one wanted to work for him. Most people didn’t want to work there 31 they didn’t like the bad storms. Finally, a 
32 man, who looked weak and more than fifty years old, came to see the farmer. “Are you a good farmhand?” the farmer asked him.
“Well, I 33 sleep well when the wind blows.” answered the little man.
Although the answer was strange, the farmer let the man stay to work. The little man worked 34 around the farm, busy from morning till evening. The farmer felt very pleased with his work.
Then one night the wind began to blow strongly. Jumping out of the bed, the farmer 35 into the little man’s room. He shook the little man and cried, “Get up! A 36 is coming!”
The little man said slowly, “No sir, I told you----I can 37 well when the wind blows.”
The farmer was very angry, but he had to hurry outside to get ready for the storm. To his 38 , everything was ready outside. 39 could be blown away.
The farmer 40 what the man meant, so he returned to his bed to sleep while the wind was still blowing.
A．so B．but C．because D．although
A．big B．little C．young D．strong
A．can B．must C．need D．should
A．well B．badly C．loudly D．clearly
A．walked B．rushed C．moved D．drove
A．man B．dog C．ship D．storm
A．work B．play C．sleep D．listen
A．anger B．pride C．surprise D．confidence
A．Everything B．Something C．Anything D．Nothing
A．understood B．preferred C．heard D．did
Nine 1700yearold brick tombs have been discovered in northwest China’s Xinjiang. Experts say that they can 1 valuable clues for the research of exchanges(交换；交流) between the central Chinese government at that time and ___2 Western Regions.
It is the 3 time ancient tombs with typical characteristics of China's
main Han nationality have been found in the Uygur ethnic region(自治区)．
4 from Beijing，Shanxi and Xinjiang concluded that the tombs were ___5___ between the middle and late third century and fourth century.
The tombs were unearthed during the 6 of a road earlier this year in Kuqa county,740 km from Xinjiang's capital Urumqi and part of the 7 Qiuci State. Qiuci State，which 8 between the second century BC and 860 AD，was one of the 36 states in the Western Regions.
The tombs would help archaeologists with research into the political，economic and cultural 9 between the Central Plains government and states in the west，and on the cultural 10 of the Central Plains on the Western Regions.
Archaeologists from the Xinjiang institute have dug nine tombs since August 22，___11 bodies of more than 30 people，some ancient 12 and more than 60 pottery(陶器)jars. It is thought there are another three tombs to be 13 .
The people buried in the tombs were 14 either people from the western regions deeply influenced by the Han culture or the Han residents(居民)in the ___15 .
Those days life was so hard that I finally wished that I could just be “left alone”.
The thought of going somewhere by myself would give me so much 1 . but then I’d remember when I was alone. Not that 2 _ left me. I was alone by myself in crowded places. It was the 3 that I built around me that would not 4 the outside in or the inside out.
When I was a child, I would play this silly 5 . It was always 6 _ because a place in a corner or under a table would do. My favorite place was simply to pull a blanket over my head. I would lie there and 7 , “Right now no one in the world knows where I am!” That thought was so 8 .
If you knew me well enough this wouldn’t 9 you…I still do it at 60. It drives my dogs crazy, because they find me and start digging at the blanket until they find a way in. All three of them 10 me. That thought is so satisfying, too.
I want you to know that at times we all wish that we could be left _11 . The fact that you can be alone with yourself and enjoy it shows clearly who you are. Imagine for a 12 being locked in a room with someone you 13 . It would be torture. So, if you find peace with being with yourself, that is good. However, if you are trying to build a wall so no one can ever 14 , it can’t happen.
The light of love can find a 15 through the tiniest cracks. You can pull the covers over your head and love will find you.
A．trouble C．pleasure D．worry
A．anybody B．everyone C．nobody D．someone
A．idea B．place C．house D．wall
A．permit B．stop C．find D．turn
A．match B．program C．competition D．game
A．interesting B．disappointing C．easy D．different
A．shout B．think C．cry D．dream
A．satisfying B．shocking C．important D．strange
A．fear B．meet C．surprise D．excite
A．bite B．join C．watch D．excite
A．quiet B．calm C．alone D．silent
A．change B．moment C．rest D．chance
A．respect B．admire C．notice D．dislike
A．go out B．come to C．get in D．leave for
A．way B．help D．hope
As I got up today, I smelt fresh coffee. I woke up to 36 a cup of it with some biscuits on my bedside table. This reminded me of 37 , the old school and college days, when mom used to wake me up by serving a 38 cup of coffee. The taste is still so 39 in my memories.
A 40 thought hit me, “I was in bed, so who prepared this coffee for me? Is it a dream?”
I pinched（掐）myself, ouch… that hurt, which meant I was not 41 . I walked out of the room with the cup of coffee, 42 my roommate. I asked him whether he prepared that for me, and the answer was YES.
I was relaxed 43 somehow my heart wanted him to say NO, because I wanted to be in a 44 that my mom prepared it for me. The whole 45 reminded me of mom and I 46 her at that moment.
On my way to my office, I was thinking about those days when mom used to cook my 47 meal. I could not 48 any single day when I slept without food. But now, I no longer 49 the food mom cooked.
This very thought 50 tears to my eyes and I decided to call up mom. I reached the office and gave her a call.
The first thing she asked was, “Is everything all right?” I was 51 . And I thought, “How the time has 52 ”.
When I was with her, I used to call her after every hour when I was out with my friends. In those days she 53 asked me what was wrong, as she knew that it was my habit. My call at this point of the day to her meant that I was in 54 .
Time has changed, she is still the same, and it is 55 who have changed.
A．find B．drink C．prepare D．cook
A．kitchen B．comfort C．warmth D．home
A．smelling B．cooking C．steaming D．pouring
A．deep B．fresh C．heavy D．recent
A．funny B．possible C．realistic D．sudden
A．thinking B．working C．dreaming D．reacting
A．in search of B．in favor of C．in place of D．in case of
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．sense B．relief C．belief D．state
A．scene B．incident C．care D．matter
A．hated B．expected C．missed D．questioned
A．last B．every C．tasty D．complete
A．check B．count C．remember D．cover
A．pack B．finish C．imagine D．enjoy
A．brought B．caused C．pushed D．raised
A．careless B．speechless C．rootless D．homeless
A．influenced B．passed C．flied D．changed
A．never B．still C．often D．almost
A．peace B．surprise C．trouble D．progress
A．my roommate B．she C．the situation D．I
One night I went to Himeji, a city not far from Kobe. As I walked with my family along the river I saw a __20__. It was a young man who looked just like me. He was wearing a cap and smiling. Around his neck was a leather strap （皮带）and in his hands was a saxophone. He was __21___ the saxophone to his __22__ and just about to play. My family walked on up the river towards the castle __23__ I stayed there by the statue, __24__ of playing a saxophone on TV.
Two weeks later it was my birthday. Imagine my __25___ when I opened my present from my parents and found that it was a __26__! I put it to my lips to play, but it wouldn’t make a sound. Then Dad told me to read the __27___ book to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes the saxophone was ready to play. I __28__hard but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play. I was almost __29___ when suddenly the saxophone made the most beautiful sound – loud and clear like I __30__ the music of the man by the river in Kobe.
A．car B．bus C．train D．motorcycle
A．bank B．castle C．mountain D．river
A．closed B．open D．clear
A．low B．lonely C．loud D．deep
A．man B．statue C．photo D．picture
A．playing B．picking C．lifting D．rising
A．hands B．ears C．eyes D．lips
A．though B．but C．so D．or
A．dreaming B．pretending C．admiring D．observing
A．anger B．regret C．sickness D．joy
A．guitar B．drum C．saxophone D．violin
A．music B．exercise C．instruction D．note
A．blew B．flew C．shook D．beat
A．reading B．crying C．talking D．asking
A．made B．heard C．played D．imagined