完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was the afternoon before Christmas. As the newest doctor in our office, I had to work. The only thing that___16___ my day was the Christmas tree in our waiting room and beautiful___17___ sent to me by my lover.
When I was cleaning my office, our nurse came, saying___18___was anxious to speak with me. As I stepped out of the room,I___19__a tired-looking woman with a___20___ in her arms. ___21___, she explained that her husband--a prisoner was my next___22__. She told me she wasn’t ___23__to visit him in prison and that he had never seen his son． Her___24___ for me was to let them sit in the waiting room longer.___25__my schedule wasn’t full, I agreed. Hardly had her husband ___26___ when the woman’s tired face lit up. I kept watching them laugh, cry, and share their child outside. After almost an hour, I called__27____in. He seemed like a gentle and modest man. While working, I ___28___what he possibly could have done to be put into prison. I tried to make him as ___29___ as possible.
At the end of the appointment, I ___30___ him a Merry Christmas—a difficult thing to say to a man headed back to ___31___. He smiled and thanked me. He also said he felt ___32___ that he hadn’t been able to give his wife anything for Christmas. On hearing this, I was inspired with a wonderful ___33___.
I’ll never forget the look on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful roses. I’m not sure who experienced the most ___34___—the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the ___35___to share in this special moment.
A．displeased B．passed C．brightened D．celebrated
A．cards B．gifts C．roses D．clothes
A．man B．waiter C．patient D．lady
A．recognized B．noticed C．realized D．knew
A．Happily B．Excitedly C．Angrily D．Nervously
A．prisoner B．patient C．customer D．fellow
A．book B．gift C．bag D．baby
A．informed B．reminded C．allowed D．invited
A．Since B．Though C．Unless D．While
A．looked up B．brought up C．turned up D．took up
A．guard B．lady C．prisoner D．visitor
A．wondered B．believed C．understood D．found
A．painful B．kind C．careful D．comfortable
A．chatted B．gave C．wished D．hoped
A．prison B．home C．hospital D．work
A．worried B．astonished C．sad D．pleased
A．opinion B．message C．promise D．idea
A．joy B．sadness C．astonishment D．worry
A．right B．opportunity C．feeling D．time
Having been a music teacher for twenty-seven years, I have always known that music touches the spirit. It can all kinds of barriers to reach the students in a very special way. It can be the by which each child can find their light. I’d like to share a story where music overcame a barrier and made a connection with a young student. One of my most students was a young girl called Vanessa. Vanessa had difficulty walking and couldn’t speak at that time. We sat on the floor for our music lessons. We all like a song, which was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students clapped twice while singing the repeat, "Oh, yes!" We probably that song during every class, Vanessa and I clapping together. She never said or sang a word. One day late in the school year, when the song was finished, Vanessa turned around, looked at me directly in the eye, clapped her tiny hands twice and the words "Oh, yes!" I opened my mouth and for that moment I was the one who couldn’t speak . Through music, we had made an excellent . Several years later, I met Vanessa in the street in town. She waved to me with a big smile on her face and then clapped her hands twice, copying the song we had performed so many times. This precious little girl, her connection with music, left a(n) on me that will last forever. Every child has the ability to learn and grow. It is up to us as to discover the way to reach each and every one of our students. We all must find each child’s light.
A．put up B．turn to C．break through D．run into
A．goal B．means C．course D．experience
A．physical B．mental C．potential D．musical
A．favorite B．unforgettable C．active D．serious
A．usually B．actually C．hardly D．Final
A．recorded B．performed C．composed D．heard
A．signed B．read C．wrote D．said
A．with interest B．in surprise C．with fear D．by nature
A．connection B．choice C．comment D．promise
A．towards B．beyond C．through D．for
A．impression B．voice C．mark D．message
A．artists B．educators C．doctors D．researchers
Have you ever not wanted to do something so badly? Well, that’s how I about joining Madcaps, a mothers and daughters’ club assisting philanthropies (慈善事业). , my feeling changed finally. Now I believe if you adopt an attitude, you might just enjoying it.
Six months ago, my mom told me the club asked us to work as at Saint Vincent de Paul Homeless shelter. That meant I had to in the dirty homeless shelter for at least 20 hours.
The first time we went there, a lady led us to the kitchen where we my five fellow Madcaps classmates they also wore the same expression. Since I’m usually socially , I had never talked with any of them earlier. Worse still, my mom was asked to help outside the kitchen, leaving me totally to serve food with them. Soon large numbers of homeless families in like rushing river. A little girl, around 5 years old, walked up to me. I her a cold sandwich. She took it and joined her family quickly. As she walked away, I she was wearing a coat, clearly too big for her, hanging on her thin body, and couldn’t help thinking how much I had with her. It suddenly struck me that how I am.
After that moment I had a of heart. Now I love Madcaps and don’t miss one meeting. I have awkwardness when communicating and have many friends. And this year I am sure I will do more than the 20 hours of philanthropies.
So that is how I have made a by doing one thing I don’t want to do. If you have an open
about things you can accomplish more and become a well-rounded (全面的) person.
A．heard B．worried C．felt D．brought
A．Otherwise B．However C．Therefore D．Besides
A．optimistic B．ordinary C．aggressive D．honest
A．keep on B．give up C．end up D．insist on
A．members B．volunteers C．friends D．clerks
A．wander B．walk C．teach D．serve
A．ran into B．cared about C．looked for D．passed by
A．excited B．awkward C．scared D．fragile
A．afraid B．doubtful C．alone D．patient
A．joined B．broke C．dropped D．poured
A．awarded B．returned C．handed D．bought
A．discovered B．guessed C．thought D．concluded
A．neatly B．carelessly C．constantly D．loosely
A．compared B．connected C．covered D．competed
A．eager B．lucky C．proud D．strong
A．relief B．loss C．surprise D．change
A．remembered B．realised C．overcome D．developed
A．allowed B．required C．included D．finished
A．difference B．promise C．sacrifice D．mistake
A．study B．plan C．mind D．question
A king once went to a master (大师)．He wanted to become more powerful than other ____ kings. He sat in front of the master and ____ telling him the purpose of his ____. The master listened ____ to the king.
He then told the king to go to the ____ where a rose plant and a cypress (柏树) plant were growing side by side. He told the king, “They are your ____. They can teach you what you want to ____.”
The king went into the garden, and ____ the two plants but could not ____ what he could learn from them. He went back to the master and asked, “What do you ____, master? I am not able to understand what and how these plants will teach me.”
The master took the king to the plants and ____, “This cypress plant has been next to the rose plant for so many years. Never once has it wanted to become a rose plant. ____, the rose plant has never wanted to become a cypress plant. If man had been the cypress plant, he would have ____ himself with the rose and felt jealous (忌妒的) at the ____ that the beautiful rose plant was getting from all the people. ____, if man were the rose plant, he would have____the cypress plant enviously (羡慕地) thinking how ____ the plant was without the ____ of being disturbed by people all day! Both of the plants grew very well because they ____ all their energy for their own ____ instead of using it to compete with the other.”
A．rich B．handsome C．western D．neighboring
A．forgot B．continued C．started D．suggested
A．transport B．visit C．goal D．education
A．patiently B．angrily C．happily D．worriedly
A．valley B．bank C．garden D．forest
A．enemies B．families C．friends D．teachers
A．design B．learn C．measure D．notice
A．saw B．planted C．cut D．watered
A．provide B．show C．understand D．remember
A．hear B．find C．say D．mean
A．ordered B．explained C．asked D．requested
A．Similarly B．Frequently C．Finally D．luckily
A．covered B．compared C．marked D．dressed
A．position B．pay C．attention D．expectancy
A．Besides B．However C．Therefore D．Or
A．looked at B．waited for C．figured out D．listened to
A．homeless B．useful C．peaceful D．poor
A．duty B．mistake C．interest D．trouble
A．lost B．used C．lent D．received
A．growth B．opinion C．fun D．victory
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。
Jack and his 11-year-old son, Tony, love basketball very much. On Tony’s birthday, Jack decided to drive him Chicago, more than two hours’ distance, for the first game of the World Championships. They had no but hoped to buy two from other people.
After arriving in Chicago, they in the streets for two hours carrying a which said, “We need two tickets”. the cheapest ticket was $175 and they could not it. They were about to leave when a man them. He pulled out two tickets and them to Jack. “How much do you want?” “ ! No money is needed!” said the man.
When asked, the man , “I am working for Joe, who hasn’t a World Championships for 16 years. But he is ill and can’t make it this time. So he told me to give the two tickets away. The only he set is to give the tickets to people I think will be deserving. A lot of people looked as if they might just take the tickets and them right away. Then I saw you. You seemed very and you made me my Dad and myself when I was a child. I wanted to go to see a World Championships game with my father at that time. But I never got the …”
How important and the game was to Jack and his son! Here is Jack said, “It’s the most worth thing that happened to us. My boy and I must have turned to each other 30 times during the game. I can’t forget that night.”
A．in B．to C．through D．for
A．tickets B．cards C．passes D．money
A．rode B．ran C．walked D．cried
A．book B．photo C．magazine D．sign
A．But B．And C．Or D．So
A．offer B．afford C．keep D．hold
A．invited B．asked C．stopped D．beat
A．handed B．sent C．left D．threw
A．Cheap B．Expensive C．Terrible D．Free
A．agreed B．explained C．examined D．appeared
A．delayed B．won C．lost D．missed
A．record B．time C．rule D．point
A．lend B．sell C．tear D．make
A．boring B．interesting C．smart D．anxious
A．think of B．care for C．give up D．belong to
A．really B．very C．well D．nearly
A．ability B．right C．chance D．dream
A．unpleasant B．funny C．disappointing D．unforgettable
A．which B．what C．that D．how
A．hating B．discussing C．remembering D．playing
If you have ever driven in the mountains on a cool autumn morning, then you know what fog is. Today , I just drove right into a of fog. I quickly slowed down and my headlights. Seeing the road ahead was a . I felt as if I had been transported into a shadow world. I looked was only dark grayness. Even the trees the road had become frightening, me of some frightening stories. I drove on and on through the waves of dark and wondered it would end.
After a while, , the sun broke through the fog and the world was transformed. The golden light beams the landscape. The red and yellow leaves shone on the . The river along the road shone in the sunshine. Everything seemed full of and joy again. I smiled and drove, singing a song in my heart. I thanked God for both the sunshine and the 32 , because he reminded me again of just how this world can be.
In our lives the fog can roll in sometimes too. Things can go . Problems can appear. Difficulties, pains and troubles can seem to us and block out all the light in our life.
When this happens and the world seems in gray, we need to remember that we can break through the fog. We can the shadows away with love. We can transform the world with our joy. We also can light a way the dark for others to follow. God is willing to our souls with his love and light. All he asks is that we share their shine. May all of your foggy days be then. May your soul shine brightly. And may you forever struggle to live in God’s light.
A．photo B．sea C．picture D．drop
A．turned on B．put on C．turned off D．put off
A．challenge B．disappointment C．devotion D．pain
A．Nowhere B．Somewhere C．Anywhere D．Everywhere
A．ranging B．lining C．standing D．planting
A．warning B．informing C．accusing D．reminding
A．why B．what C．if D．unless
A．otherwise B．though C．besides D．therefore
A．bathed B．changed C．broke D．impressed
A．mountains B．roads C．headlights D．trees
A．light B．smile C．heat D．smoke
A．weather B．air C．fog D．dark
A．peaceful B．beautiful C．small D．quiet
A．smooth B．mad C．well D．wrong
A．surround B．remove C．encourage D．improve
A．moved B．touched C．covered D．attracted
A．knock B．drive C．beat D．pour
A．across B．over C．through D．above
A．replace B．conduct C．match D．fill
A．lasting B．endless C．brief D．late