完形填空（共20小题；每小题15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。
My dad, “Mutt” Mantle is a father to me, sometimes more like a good judge of talent—“故选A”
He was about baseball. He made his living working in mines. But he played baseball in several town teams.
From the day I was born, Dad said he wanted me to make my living as baseball player. He named me Mickey a catcher he liked. He hoped I would play for the New York Yankees.
Dad often a toy baseball to my crib(摇篮). One day, . I caught one. Then he was sure that I’d be a ball player!
I learned about the on a ball field before I learned my ABC’s. When I was three, Dad had Mama make me little uniform. He liked to around town in it.
When I five, I started school. That same day, I had my first in switch-hitting(左右手都能击球)
Dad and Grandpa were in the yard when I came home from school. They had a small bat and two “Mickey,” said Dad, “ Grandpa and I have thought up at a new . Take this bat and try to hit our
pitches(投掷).I’m left-handed. When I throw, you swing right-handed you always have. Grandpa’s right-handed. When he throws, turn around and swing left-handed.”
Dad was going to make me a ! He knew that a player who can bat both right and left has a good of making hit.
That day I tried and tried. But I couldn’t swing left-handed. After about 15 minutes, I yelled to Mama for help. She said, “ I know it’s easy. But please try. , to make Dad happy.”
So, every day after school we had switch-hitting . After two weeks, I didn’t it any more. My were getting trained. I began to hit a few.
After a year or two, Dad and Grandpa began throwing as as they could. And they put real curves(曲线)on those tennis balls. Then as I grew older, they began to use baseball .
So you know I, today’s baseball star Mickey Mantle, got my star as a Switch-Hitter.
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Human Relations
----- By Marion Williams
A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and you can imagine how excited they were. Certainly the boy was 1 as the apple of their eyes.
One morning, the husband saw a medicine bottle 2．As he was late for work, he asked his wife to cap the bottle and ___3____. The mother, who was busy in the kitchen, 4 the matter. The boy playfully went to the medicine bottle, was 5with its color,and drank it all. It 6 to be a poisonous medicine 7 adults in small dosages. When the child showed signs of poisoning, the mother took him to the hospital,8he died. The mother was stunned（使昏迷）.She was too 9 to face her husband. When the 10 father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he 11his wife and uttered just four words.
The husband just said “ 12 ”
The husaband was indeed 13 in human relationships.The child was dead. He could 14 be brought back to life. There was no 15in finding fault with the mother. 16 , if only he had taken time to keep the bottle in the cupboard or other place, this would not have happened. No one is 17 . She had also lost her only child .What she needed at that moment was consolation(安慰，慰藉) and 18 from the husband. That was what he gave her.
If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective（观点）, there would be much fewer problems in the world. Sometimes we spend time in asking who is 19 or whom to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know. By this way we 20 some warmth in human relationship .
1．A．treated B．thought C．ignored D．abandoned
2．A．shut B．close C．bare D．open
3．A．put it aside B．set it aside C．put it away D．leave it alone
4．A．completely forgetting B．wholly terrified
C．totally forgot D．absolutely remembered
5．A．satisfied B．fascinated C．puzzled D．calmed
6．A．happened B．seemed C．appeared D．uttered
7．A．stood for B．made for C．meant for D．called for
8．. A．when B．then C．but D．where
9．A．ashamed B．frightened C．annoyed D．worried
10．A．awful B．angry C．distraught D．patient
11．A．looked at B．stared at C．glared at D．amazed at
12．A．I hate you, now. B．How do you do?
C．How did this happen? D．I love you, Darling.
13．A．a idiot B．a genius C．a success D．a evil
14．A．never B．seldom C．even D．once
15．A．wonder B．point C．pleasure D．worry
16．A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Besides D．However
17．A．to blame B．to be blamed C．to be accused D．to be noticed
18．A．explanation B．courage C．excuse D．sympathy
19．A．suitable B．believable C．accessible D．responsible
20．A．make out B．look out C．stand out D．miss out
Alcohol is often taken as a symbol of a special celebration or as a sign of friendship．So it is 36 to see people toasting with a large glass of alcohol to the health or fortune. 37, every year, alcohol also ruins thousands of lives and destroys many happy families .
Some people drink alcohol to 38 their tension or pain. They 39think that through drinking, they can 40 from their problems and worries. But it is never a 41．During those hours of drinking, alcohol only numbs（麻木）their senses and makes them forget their worries. 42, when they wake up, their problems are still unsolved .
A 43 alcohol drinker is running the great 44of getting heart diseases and liver（肝脏）failure. Too much alcohol taken into the body system, death will 45 occur. Alcohol also affects unborn babies 46. Those pregnant mothers with 47 alcohol in their blood system risk 48their unborn babies to suffer from defects（缺陷）at birth. 49 , babies are innocent victims due to their mothers’ mistake. Therefore they should be extremely cautiousof any alcohol and it is better to 50 all drinking during pregnancy(怀孕期).
Drunken driving is one of the worst51of alcohol abuse. Every year, many lives are lost due to 52driving on roads and highways. A drunk driver cannot see and judge the distanceclearly and will find it difficult to control his vision and53 on the road，so he 54 control over his reflexes. That is 55accidents occur. Not only does he hurt himself but also other innocent road users.
36.A.normal B.common C.ideal D. regular
37.A.Accidently B. Fortunately C.Excitedly D. Unfortunately
38. A. relieve B.increase C.create D.produce
39. A.usually B.surely C. mistakenly D. aimlessly
40. A.differ B. solve C. cancel D. escape
41. A. success B. solution C. fact D. decision
42. A. However B. Meanwhile C. So D. Besides
43. A. social B. heavy C. addicted D.light
44. A.advantages B.possessions C.risks D.measures
45. A. eventually B. probably C.hardly D.strongly
46. A.anxiously B. disastrously C. extensively D.differently
47. A. proper B.little C. excessive D.no
48. A. causing B.making C. having D.protecting
49. A.Above all B.First of all C.All in all D. After all
50.A. run out B.leave out C. cut out D.carry out
51.A. reasons B. causes C. effects D. examples
52. A. drunken B.normal C.careless D. dangerous
53.A. patience B.emotion C. judgement D.imagination
54.A.manages to B.tries to C.refuses to D.fails to
55.A.when B.what C.where D. how
Laugh and Smile Your Way to Health
How much do you laugh and smile during the day? Do you take your life and your illness or injury so 36 that there is no room for joy to fill you? Want a totally free, simple way to increase your 37and your health with no medicine needed? Then laughing and smiling is 38to you
So laugh your way to happiness. 39 it takes to put a smile on your face is what you should be doing.
Research shows that laughing can increase the immune system, 40 the body to stay disease free and fight colds and the flu.
If you are facing an illness , having a positive life opinion and a 41 of humor will keep your body open to healing. If you are healthy, laughing will help to make sure you stay that way, and can 42enjoyment to your work and home life and 43 your daily stress.
Certainly, it can be 44 to keep a positive opinion of life all the time. Simply taking the time to 45 on the positive and treat for the good things 46 in your life can help 47 , but if you are struggling with negative emotions that you just can’t seem to 48 , there are tools that can help.
There are so many things out there to smile about and 49you have to do is find 50 . Practice looking for the bright 51 of every situation. Avoid the negative：don't 52 yourself with your own problems—or 53 others for their "shortcomings." And don’t pay no attention to the joy in everyday things. Create your own "Laugh for Health" 54 —anything to add to your collection and to give you fresh materials that 55to you.
36.A. proudly B.seriously C.carefully D.freely
37. A.burdens B.spirits C.loads D.values
38. A.beneficial B.changeable C.suitable D.harmful
39. A.However B.Whenever C.Whatever D.Whichever
40.A.helping B.making C.letting D.causing
41. A.taste B.sense C.knowledge D.joy
42. A.adjust B.adapt C.apply D.add
43. A.improve B.arise C.cancel D.reduce
44. A.hard B.awful C.energetic D.helpful
45. A.concentrate B.put C.focus D.interview
46. A.carefullyB.thankfully C.particularly D.differently
47..A.remarkably B.accidentally C.frequently D.purposefully
48.A.seek B.stress C.accept D. overcome
49. A.all B.that C.how D.why
50. A.it B.that C.this D.one
51. A.side B.plan C.aspect D.future
52.A.depend B.abandon C.load D.ban
53.A.praise B.miss C.approve D. blame
54. A.ambition B.summary C.message D.collection
55.A. appeal B.apply C.center D.assume
Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader’s Choice.
The book 36 many types of selections on a wide 37of topics. These selections provide practice on 38 different reading skills to get the 39of the writer. They also give students 40 in four basic reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for 41comprehension, and critical reading.
Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. This kind of rapid reading is 42when you are trying to decide 43 careful reading is desirable or when there is not44to read something carefully.
Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading. 45 , in this case the search is more46.To scan is to read quickly in order to47specific information. When you read to find a 48 date, or number you are scanning.
Reading for thorough comprehension is 49 reading in order to understand the total 50of the passage. 51 this level of comprehension the reader is 52 to summarize the author’s ideas but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas.
Critical reading demands that a reader 53 judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of reedit54posting and answering questions such as “Does my own experience support that of the author?”, “Do I 55 the author’s point of view?” And “Am I convinced by the author’s arguments and evidence?
36.A.contains B.uses C.put D.writes
37.A.sense B.variety C.kind D.subject
38.A.making B.understanding C.speaking D.employing
39.A.message B.secret C.content D.nature
40.A.power B.point C.practice D.opinion
41.A.better B.basic C.general D.thorough
42.A.suitable B.interesting C.wrong D.true
43.A.that B.if C.when D.why
44.A.interest B.habit C.time D.desire
45.A.Moreover B.Anyway C.However D.Therefore
46.A.funny B.concentrated C.perfect D.important
47.A.deal with B.get in C.go over D.find out
48.A.common B.different C.fine D.particular
49.A.carefully B.slowly C.quickly D.perfectly
50.A.design B.explanation C.meaning D.feeling
51.A.To B.On C.At D.In
52.A.impossible B.able C.difficult D.simple
53.A.makes B.finds C.puts D.offers
54.A.lacks B.requires C.demands D.affords
55.A.tell B.express C.share D.argue
It is universally known that friendship is one of the permanent themes in the literature of all languages. Friends are people who willingly and readily help us when we are in trouble, and show36for us when we are in misery. This is 37 human beings were born to need the warmth and laughter of friends. Some of us like 38friends, while others different friends. Personally,I prefer both.
It goes without saying that having similar friends has many 39, We can feel a renewed sense of 40when we have a group of old friends who would 41 our sufferings and happiness.42, old friends always know how to 43mutual trust（互信）and how to avoid 44 conflicts. I always feel 45when I meet an old friend after a long 46. Immediately, hearty laughter 47 the atmosphere.
Nevertheless I believe that a mixture of friends is 48advantageous.One can ___49___ various sorts of friends in three aspects. First,frequent 50with different friends broadens my world 51．Just as various kinds of nutriments keep you healthy, making a 52 of friends keeps you lively. Secondly , I have found that the 53friends cannot only 54new adventures but alse show me new 55to success in life. Thirdly, they can help me with whatever difficulties I encounter in life.
To conclude, I prefer to have both types of friends and as many as possible. Of course, I will not forget friends wisely.
36．A．direction B．respect C．sympathy D．anxiety
37．A．because B．why C．how D．What
38．A．true B．right C．same D．similar
39．A．problems B．advantages C．disadvantages D．duties
40．A．tension B．challenge C．strength D．oppression
41．A．share B．convey C．guarantee D．cause
42．A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．However D．Moreover
43．A．lack B．abandon C．bear D．maintain
44．A．obvious B．impossible C．impressive D．hidden
45．A．stressed B．worried C．delighted D．confused
46．A．experience B．departure C．work D．discussion
47．A．fills B．weakens C．ruins D．buries
48．A．eagerly B．equally C．bitterly D．rarely
49．A．make with B．benefit from C．result from D．appeal to
50．A．quarrel B．contact C．argument D．view
51．A．attitude B．position C．outlook D．ambition
52．A．range B．series C．quantity D．variety
53．A．strange B．doubtful C．available D．different
54．A．result from B．stick to C．attend to D．lead to
55．A．avenues B．appeal C．benefit D．attitude