阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
Janelle used the phone of the helpful woman to call Cliff. Cliff played golf with a medical doctor almost every Saturday. Cliff, but glad his wife was alive, said he would be there . She told him to bring their son and her set of car keys, because her keys were in the purse. Cliff and Donovan arrived just before the police officer finished his report. Cliff his wife gently. He told Donovan to drive home in Janelle’s car. Cliff then asked the officer what the were of catching the attackers.
The officer told Cliff that like this happened daily throughout southern California. Cliff the officer what could be done. “I know this sounds ridiculous（可笑）, but we police can protect you law-abiding（守法的）citizens. There are simply too many criminals. Tell all your relatives and friends one thing: Don’t go anywhere alone, day or night. A woman by herself, even , might as well be carrying a bright neon（霓虹灯）sign that : ‘Victim here－Come and get me!’ I’m not to be telling you this, because the word gets out, tourism will suffer in southern California.”
The officer asked Janelle to the police report. He wished her a speedy , and promised to do his best to help put the attackers behind bars. He both of them that the two thugs（暴徒）now had their credit cards, address, car keys, and house keys. He suggested that they make the appropriate phone calls, the locks to their house, and get new keys for her car. Cliff told the officer that a couple of his friends were at his house, with guns, for intruders. Cliff and Janelle thanked the officer and the helpful woman. Cliff drove Janelle straight toward their family doctor.
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People do not analyse every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a__26problem. They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without__27 ; they try to find a solution by trial and error. __28_, when all of these methods__29 , the person with a problem has to start analysing. There are six__30 in analysing a problem.
__31the person must recognise that there is a problem. For example, Sams bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must__32 that there is a problem with his bicycle.
Next the person must__33the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must__34the parts that are wrong.Now the person must look for__35that will make the problem clearer and lead to__36 solutions.For example, suppose Sam__37that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. __38 , he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, __39his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.
After__40the problem, the person should have__41__suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example__42 ,his suggestions might be:tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change the old ones.
In the end, one__43 seems to be the solution__44the problem. Sometimes the__45 idea comes quite__46_because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a__47way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum(口香糖)stuck to a brake. He__48 hits on the solution to his problem:he must__49 the brake.
Finally the solution is__50 . Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly.In short he has solved the problem.
26.A.serious B. usual C. similar D. common
27.A.practice B. thinking C. understandingD. help
28.A.Besides B. Instead C. Otherwise D. However
29.A.fail B. work C. changeD. develop
30.A.ways B. conditions C. stages D. orders
31.A.First B. Usually C. In generalD. Most importantly
32.A.explain B. prove C. show D. see
33.A.judge B. find C. describe D. face
34.A.check B. determine C. correct D. recover
35.A.answers B. skills C. explanation D. information
36.A.possible B. exact C. realD. special
37.A.hopes B. argues C. decides D. suggests
38.A.In other wordsB. Once in a while C. First of allD. At this time
39.A.look for B. talk to C. agree with D. depend on
40.A.discussing B. settling down C. comparing with D. studying
41.A.extra B. enough C. several D. countless
42.A.secondly B. again C. also D. alone
43.A.suggestion B. conclusion C. decision D. discovery
44.A.with B. into C. for D. to
45.A.next B. clear C. final D. new
46.A.unexpectedly B. late C. clearly D. often
47.A.simple B. different C. quickD. sudden
48.A.fortunately B. easily C. clearly D. immediately
49.A.clean B. separate C. loosen D. remove
50.A.recorded B. completed C. tested D. accepted
He has been called the“missing link”.Half-man,half-beast.He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world—Mount Everest.
He is known as the Abominable Snowman.The__36 of the Snowman has been around for__37 .Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native people said they__38this creature and called it the“Yeti”,and they said that they had__39 caught Yetis on two occasions__40_none has ever been produced as evidence (证据).
Over the years,the story of the Yetis has__41.In 1951,Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest.Shipton believed that they were not__42 the tracks of a monkey or bear and__43that the Abominable Snowman might really__44 .
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis.But the only things people have ever found were__45footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than__46animal tracks,which had been made__47as they melted (融化) and refroze in the snow. __48 ,in 1964,a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was__49 and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans.But, __50 ,no evidence has ever__51 been produced.
These days,only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman__52.But if they ever__53_catching one,they may face a real__54 :Would they put it in a__55or give it a room in a hotel?
36.A.event B. story C. adventure D. description
37.A.centuries B. too long C. some time D. many years
38.A.heard from B. cared for C. knew of D. read about
39.A.even B. hardly C. certainly D. probably
40.A.as B. though C. when D. until
41.A.developed B. changed C. occurred D. continued
42.A.entirely B. naturally C. clearly D. simply
43.A.found B. declared C. felt D. doubted
44.A.exist B. escape C. disappear D. return
45.A.clearer B. more C. possible D. rare
46.A.huge B. recent C. ordinary D. frightening
47.A.strange B. large C. deep D. rough
48.A.In the end B. Therefore C. After all D. However
49.A.imagined B. real C. special D. familiar
50.A.so B. besides C. again D. instead
51.A.rightly B. actually C. normally D. particularly
52.A.lightly B. jokingly C. seriously D. properly
53.A.succeed in B. insist on C. depend on D. join in
54.A.decision B. situation C. subject D. problem
55.A.zoo B. mountain C. museum D. laboratory
Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble free area.
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn't __36__drive to a store and back home. He always looks__37__ 37 up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything___38such as strange cars, loud noises, __39 windows, or people gathering on street corners.
Tim__40to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group__41on the third Wednesday of every month. That's__42 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community__43. Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police__44_their homes, streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman, president of__45 neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim. “People seem to think that crime(犯罪) happens to other people but not__46 them. Well, it's never happened to me,” she said,“but I don't think anyone has the__47 to steal from other people or to make them feel__48 sitting in their own homes.”
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors__49_our for one another.“We__50 each other's homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a __51_ of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn't look right, then we call the__52. For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for__53, or someone destroying property(财产), we report to the police.”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups__54a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they can't do __55 .”
36. A. yet B. still C. just D. rather
37. A. carefully B. clearlyC. nervously D. coldly
38. A. familiar B. unusual C. expensive D. interesting
39. A. curtained B. open C. old D. broken
40. A. attends B. belongs C. goes D .turns
41. A. meets B. quarrels C. sings D. searches
42. A. where B. why C. when D. how
43. A. politics B. wealth C. health D. safety
44. A. keep B. hold C. let D. protect
45. A. its B. his C. their D. your
46. A. round B. on C. about D. to
47. A. right B. chance C. courage D. mind
48. A. unlucky B. unsafe C. disappointed D. discouraged
49. A. set B. let C. hold D. look
50. A. care B. enter C. watch D. manage
51. A. group B. set C. number D. crowd
52. A. judges B. police C. firemen D. doctors
53. A. work B. burden C. service D. trouble
54. A. produce B. find C. get D. help
55. A. anything B. everything C. harm D. wrong
I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most__36 and tiring games I've ever had. When Ed first phoned and __37 we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an___38victory. After all, Ed's idea of___39 has always been nothing more ___40 than lifting a fork to his mouth.___41 I can remember, Ed's been the least physically fit member in the family, and __42 proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his Tshirt and trousers. Although the family often__43 about that, Ed refused to buy a___44 Thirt or to lose weight. So when Ed___45 for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly46 , I was so surprised that I was_ 47 .My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape.__48 , at the point in our game when I'd have predicted（预计）the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was__49 7 to 9—and Ed was_ 50 .The sudden realization was painful. We__51 to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up, I was having serious __52 about staying alive until 21 years old,let alone_53 that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to __54 . In a way, I think we both won in the game, but cousin Ed my ____55 .
36. A. encouraging B. hopeless C. surprising D. regular
37. A. declared B. mentioned C. persuaded D. suggested
38. A. unforgettable B. unexpected C. easy D. early
39. A. exercise B. preparation C. joy D. fitness
40. A. time saving B. comfortable C. suitable D. effort making
41. A. As soon as B. As long as C. When D. Since
42. A. strangely B. personally C. reasonably D. eagerly
43. A. cared B. forgot C. quarrelled D. joked
44. A. clean B. larger C. straight D. darker
45. A. set out B. got ready C. arrived D. returned
46. A. notice B. admire C. believe D. measure
47. A. nervous B. curious C. careless D. speechless
48. A. After all B. As a result C. Above all D. At last
49. A. mistakenly B. then C. instead D. naturally
50. A. leading B. coming C. waiting D. counting
51. A. pretended B. stopped C. continued D. decided
52. A. thoughts B. doubts C. situations D. problems
53. A. scoring B. completing C. receiving D. keeping
54. A. play B. start C. sleep D. move
55. A. friendship B. respect C. support D. favor
People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the __26and have made up their minds to __27the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest(抗议) against heavy trucks which run __28through the narrow High Street.
“They not only make it __29to sleep at night, but they are __30damage to our houses and shops of historical __31,”said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“__32we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,”said Jean Lacey, a biology student.“Why don't they build a new road that goes __33the town? Burlington isn't much more than a __34village. Its streets were never __35for heavy traffic.”
Harry Fields also studying __36said they wanted to make as much __37as possible to force the __38to realise what everybody was having to __39.“ Most of them don't __40here anyway,” he said,“they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音), _ 41they probably don't __42the noise all that much. It's high time they realised the _43.”
The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were __44on their side, and even if they weren't they soon would be.
__45asked if they were __46that the police might come to __47them.
“Not really,” she said,“actually we are __48bellringers. I mean we are assistant bellringers for the church. There is no __49against practising.”
I __50the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.
26. A. collegeB. villageC. town D. church
27. A. change B. repairC. ringD. shake
28. A. now and thenB. day and nightC. up and downD. over and over
29. A. terribleB. difficultC. Uncomfortable D. unpleasant
30. A. doing B. raisingC. puttingD. producing
31. A. scene B. periodC. interestD. sense
32. A. If B. Although C. When D. Unless
33. A. to B. through C. overD. round
34. A. pretty B. quietC. largeD. modern
35. A. tested B. meant C. keptD. used
36. A. well B. hard C. biologyD. education
37. A. effort B. timeC. troubleD. noise
38. A. towns peopleB. other students C. government officialsD. truck drivers
39. A. stand B. accept C. know D. share
40. A. shop B. live C. come D. study
41. A. butB. soC. orD. for
42. A. noticeB. mentionC. fearD. control
43. A. eventB. lossC. actionD. problem
44. A. hardlyB. unwillinglyC. mostlyD. usually
45. A. IB. WeC. SheD. They
46. A. surprisedB. afraidC. pleasedD. determined
47. A. seizeB. fightC. searchD. stop
48. A. properB. experiencedC. hopefulD. serious
49. A. pointB. causeC. needD. law
50. A. leftB. foundC. reachedD. passed