完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分,计15分）
阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案.
I came to study in the US last fall. My life was quite simple when I arrived at Andover. Although I had quite a few after-class activities, I didn’t take any official leadership position.
This changed when I received an email from Ms Griffith, my cluster dean (宿舍楼主任), that a new female DC Rep was needed. DC Rep Discipline Committee Representative. students living in school break serious rules, like taking drugs, getting drunk or cheating in their studies. Such students must be punished（惩罚）. The punishments are by a DC Rep, two student representatives（代表） and the cluster dean. I was really interested in becoming DC Rep for my cluster, Pine Knoll, so were five other students. We had to hold an election and Ms Griffith asked us to write to be sent to everyone in Pine Knoll.
I thought hard about what to . I didn’t want to make any promises, because they are difficult to keep. I didn’t want to say I was experienced, because I was not. So I started my speech by explaining I wanted to become DC Rep. “I want to serve Pine Knoll.” I wrote .
I made three posters that said “Vote For Teresa” and put them on every exit of my cluster so that people would my name when they went to vote.
Although I tried hard, I didn’t win the election（选举）. I was disappointed, but my positive nature did not allow me to for very long. I actually when my friends tried to comfort me. “Teresa, I am sorry that you didn’t win the election,” they would say.
“No, don’t be sorry for me. I am very happy to have taken part in the election,” I said.
It is true that the process is much more important than the . I am surprised and happy to discover my hidden .
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Lois Olson was ten years old. Because of her illness, her body was covered with a plaster cast (石膏绷带). She depended on her family for . One night when she was asleep, she suddenly , because her bed and the whole house were shaking terribly. She was afraid. She knew she couldn’t .
Later, describing her , she said, “I that it wasn’t only my bed that was shaking, but also the whole house. And the terrible sounds told me it was a tornado (龙卷风).”
“I loudly, ‘Daddy, Daddy!’ Before I finished calling him, he was by my side. He picked me up and carried me to a place. It was hard for him to carry me because of the heavy cast. I noticed he was tired, but I saw something else, too. He as his eyes met mine and I knew he loved me.”
She said, “No matter what difficulties we are facing, we should not be afraid, because we are not . When something bad or terrible happens, we should believe that there will be something or somebody who can help us. We just need to believe in those people we love. With the magic of love, everything is going to be all right.”
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．put up B．looked up C．gave up D．woke up
A．draw B．drop C．run D．finish
A．experience B．influence C．article D．accident
A．explained B．considered C．decided D．realized
A．shouted B．talked C．argued D．sang
A．quiet B．safe C．busy D．strange
A．stopped B．escaped C．cried D．smiled
A．dangerous B．silly C．alone D．poor
A．sometimes B．always C．never D．hardly
Keeping traditions alive is never an easy thing. Chen Zunkai, the owner of Baoyuan Dumpling House, has the past 16 years improving one of the most traditional Chinese foods: jiaozi.
Her are not the white crescent-shaped (月牙形状的) ones simply filled pork or lamb, but colorful ones using more than 150 kinds of fillings.
“ I try to do is to make dumplings have a taste of home,” Chen says. “I hope every customer, Northerners or Southerners, vegetarians (素食者) or non-vegetarians, Chinese people or foreigners can something familiar.”
Chinese dumplings are believed more than 2,000 years old. , they are made and eaten by people in North China at some festivals such as the winter solstice (冬至). To the year-end cold, people usually fill dumplings with strongly flavored (有强烈味道的) meat such as pork or lamb.
For Chen, her came after she noticed that there were not many choices for those prefer lighter fillings. Most vegetarian dumplings have a filling of only two kinds of ingredients, and not one restaurant in Beijing has more than 10 kinds of vegetarian fillings.
“I think I can make it,” Chen says.
A．wasted B．paid C．spent D．cost
A．dumplings B．noodles C．cakes D．cookies
A．by B．from C．of D．with
A．Which B．Where C．What D．When
A．smell B．taste C．feel D．touch
A．to be B．being C．to have D．be
A．Suddenly B．Luckily C．Traditionally D．Finally
A．get B．refuse C．enjoy D．fight
A．plan B．idea C．information D．advice
A．which B．whom C．who D．/
In 1957, an Irish family moved into the house next to ours, and the son John was in my class at school. And he became well-known to the young and the old.
Although many of the adults in the neighborhood regarded John as “a bit of a rogue”, he was still with all the kids, because in many ways he was like a leader, and that made one of us. His cheeks were always red and if he asked you to take part in some , whether it was picking mushrooms, checking rabbit traps or just going to the shops, you would feel or at least pleased to be included. But this some-times came at a cost (付出代价). I can feeling quite uncomfortable when, for example, he a shop assistant for the items on high shelves.
He would put some goods into our pockets, while he his conversation with the assistant who turned her back towards us. I worried that my parents would be angry if I told them we had done. He always said, “The police won’t take us alive.” But I still to stay far away from him in the end. Now I’m glad to make the right decision at that time.
A．regularly B．quickly C．usually D．mainly
A．popular B．pleased C．satisfied D．strict
A．her B．them C．him D．you
A．meeting B．report C．review D．activity
A．angry B．nervous C．proud D．strange
A．remember B．forget C．refuse D．lead
A．ordered B．mended C．asked D．forced
A．continued B．created C．influenced D．replaced
A．where B．what C．why D．when
A．learned B．agreed C．hated D．decided
Here is my story.
My first （主人）called me ‘Black’ because of my black coat. I thought she loved me, but I was wrong. If you truly love someone, you don’t leave them on the streets. This is something you should
（绝不）do to any pet!
Life on the streets was hard. I was often hungry and wet all the time, and there were often food （打架）. Later, when I was
（救）by A-Care-Center, I was just skin and bones (骨头). There were cuts on my back and my right eye was nearly
（瞎的）, which brought me almost to the gates of
（死亡）. Thanks to A-Care-Center’s kindness, A-Care-Center is so
（有帮助的）and I am in good health now. I’m so happy to be here and I am
（期待）to join my newly adopted (收养的) family.
Visit A-Care-Center’s （网站）and click ‘ADOPTION’ to find out how you can make other cats like me happy. If you want to
（捐赠）, you can click ‘SUPPORT’. Thank you!
Jane’s mother worked on the farm from morning till dark, supporting the family. To make Jane live a happy life, Mother was very about spending money. However, Jane didn’t understand . Every day Mother was busy with her work while Jane was studying at school, so they had time to enjoy themselves.
One day, Mother realized Jane was unhappy and even unfriendly to her, so she decided to go with Jane to make Jane happy.
On Sunday morning they went happily to the snowfield. Since they were both in clothes, the manager advised them to buy ski clothes. He said there was an accident, they might be easily found in their ski clothes. Mother couldn’t them, so she refused.
Then they went skiing in their white clothes. They were skiing on the snowfield when suddenly the began to shake(震动). It was the snow slide(雪崩). They ran a long way and escaped the snow slide finally, but they couldn’t find their . Later, a helicopter was flying , but people on it couldn’t see or hear them. Jane was in danger because she had hurt her head seriously. Just then Mother an idea. At once she her hand and then bright red blood(血) dropped down on the snowfield. A red SOS was on the snow. Jane was saved, but Mother died.
Every time I think of the blood dropping onto the snowfield, I feel . I believe anyone who hears the tragedy(悲剧) will admire(钦佩) Mother for her selfless love to her daughter.
A．excited B．worried C．careful D．peaceful
A．me B．her C．him D．them
A．few B．much C．little D．enough
A．swimming B．shopping C．hiking D．skiing
A．red B．pink C．orange D．white
A．if B．that C．whether D．though
A．wear B．afford C．borrow D．spend
A．sadly B．angrily C．heavily D．happily
A．sky B．farm C．house D．snowfield
A．way B．clothes C．shoes D．manager
A．under B．below C．beside D．above
A．gave up B．wrote down C．came up with D．caught up with
A．pierced B．killed C．lifted D．raised
A．In fact B．Just now C．On time D．At last
A．angry B．surprised C．painful D．wonderful