完形填空
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。
Dear Laura,
I just heard you told an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you ________ .
I wanted to do something very ________ for my fifteen – year – old son, who has always been the perfect child. He ________ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it ________ it looked almost new. I was so ________ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet(头盔) and a riding outfit.
I could ________ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening. I went to the kitchen to ________ the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a ________ : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”
I was so ________ . It had been a long – standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could ________ lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s ________.
I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could ________ this expensive gift.
Of course, the ________ awoke, and my son was thrilled（激动的）with my reaction. Many kisses were ________, and I immediately wanted him to ________ my gift.
As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not ________ what I was expecting. Then I ________ that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.
Of course I was the proudest mother ________ on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.
So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still ________ and lives even in the ever–changing world of me, me, me!
I thought you’d love to ________ this story.
Yours,
Hilary
P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.
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第二节完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
In terms of teaching styles, I have had three kinds of teachers since my school days began.
The first kind is the lord（君主） of the class. I call him Mr. Frightening. His ideas can never be 36 . If any student should challenge him even on a 37 matter, he would jump up, red-faced and eyes popping（突出） out, and 38 , “Who’s the teacher here, your or me?” At that moment, if someone was 39 enough to raise one more question, he would 40 at him for three minutes. With their minds locked up, the students are made into 41 machines. They only 42 what Mr. Frightening says, and finally become his “clones”(克隆).
Then there comes Mrs. Boring. She doesn’t look as 43 as Mr. Frightening, at least in appearance. Always 44 a warm smile, she never 45 her temper. In 46 to Mr. Frightening, she is the hypnotist(施行催眠术的人) of the class. She never has the skill of 47 the students’ enthusiasm. When she is giving a lesson, the students are like being 48 in the comfortable sunshine of a spring afternoon and they would soon fall 49 . They can never hear or put down a 50 word she has said.
Finally there is Miss Inspiring. She is full of energy and masters the 51 of stimulating（激发） the students’ appetite（欲望） for knowledge. Instead of offering answers easily, she 52 them onto the path of independent thinking, and encourages the students to find 53 for themselves. She has the magic of 54 t
he sleeping minds.
Every day I am 55 for more Miss Inspiring to come to my class!
36. A. guessed B. questioned C. understood D. accepted
37. A. small B. big C. good D. bad
38. A. say B. ask C. shout D. cry
39. A. clever B. brave C. excited D. angry
40. A. glare B. look C. watch D. observe
41. A. working B. learning C. writing D. recording
42. A. follow B. hear C. do D. copy
43. A. strictB. strange C. fearsome D. angry
44. A wearing B. making C. sending D. expressing
45. A. keeps B. gets C. wins D. loses
46. A. contrast B. turn C. addition D. replied
47. A. improving B. arousing（唤起） C. advancing（促进） D. occupying
48. A. bathed B. put C. enjoyed D. pushed
49. A. bad B. easy C. ill D. asleep
50. A. new B. good C. single D. valuable
51. A. magic B. trick C. power D. language
52. A. forces B persuades C. drives D. pulls
53. A. answers B. trouble C. success D. mistakes
54. A. pushing B. helping C. awaking D. stopping
55. A. searching B. praying（祈祷） C. standing D. sending
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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。
One day, a young man was taking a walk with a professor.
As they went along, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to ____36___ a poor man who was employed in a field close by.
The student turned to the professor, saying, “Let us play the man a ____ 37___: we will hide his shoes, and hide____38 ___behind those bushes and wait to see his reaction ___ 39 ___ he cannot find them.”
“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never ___40 ___ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you are ___ 41___and may give yourself a much greater pleasure ___42 ___ helping the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then watch how the discovery ___43 ___him.”
The student did so.
The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his ____44 ___. While he slipped his foot into one of his shoes, he felt something____45____. He bent down only to find the coin.
____46____ was seen upon his face. He gazed upon the coin, and then ____47____ him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He went on to put on the other shoe: but his surprise was ____48 ____ on finding the other coin.
___ 49 ___, he fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered(说) aloud ___50___ , in which he spoke of his wife, sick and___ 51 ___, and his children without bread. Without the timely help, she would die.
The student stood there deeply___52____,and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the professor, “are you not much more ___ 53___than if you had played your ___54___trick?”
The youth replied,“You have taught me a ___55____I will never forget: ‘One is happier to give than to receive.’ ”
36. A. come to B. belong to C. get toD. refer to
37. A. trick B. part C. match D. record
38. A. ourselves B. themselves C. himself D. itself
39. A. though B. unless C. before D. when
40. A. surprise B. satisfy C. amuse D. disappoint
41. A. rich B. learned C. poor D. young
42. A. in B. by C. with D. through
43. A. catches B. judgesC. affects D. improves
44. A. coat B. tools C. shoes D. food
45. A. soft B. real C. hard D. valuable
46. A. Excitement B. Determination C. Fear D. Astonishment
47. A. looked for B. looked around C. looked back D. looked at
48. A. lost B. doubled C. discovered D. followed
49. A. Suddenly B. Similarly C. Silently D. Naturally
50. A. apologies B. encouragement C. thanks D. sufferings
51. A. useless B. careless C. helpless D. hopeless
52. A. moved B. puzzled C. relaxed D. attracted
53. A. proud B. pleased C. confident D. worried
54. A. preferred B. demanded C. promised D. intended
55. A. lesson B. game C. way D. joke
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第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（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。
Have you heard of “Green hotels”? 36 you stay at a green hotel, you help reduce the unfriendly 37 that hotel has on the environment.
“Green hotels” include any hotels, motels, and inns that use energy and other resources 38 environmentally (环境) responsible ways. These green hotels take advantage of (利用) 39 resources when possible, make effective 40 of resources that can’t be reused, and 41 that many byproducts(副产品)are reused or recycled.
__42 2.6 million hotel rooms are rented in the United States daily. 43 , an astonishing number of hotel 44 need clothes washed, meals prepared, fresh water for showers and toilets, and energy for lights, heating, and cooling. Thus, there is a great _45 for green hotel practices(做法).
46 a guest of a green hotel, you will receive quality service 47 knowing you are helping the environment. Hotels also realize cost savings when they 48 green hotel practices, which they can then use to 49 guest services.
Some green hotels are already making a big 50 . For example;
1. By switching to more energy-effective 51 , the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City has saved 1.2 million kilowatt hours per year.
2. One hotel reduced water use by 2 million gallons per year when it 52 a chef (厨师)who was improperly defrosting(解冻)food by running water over it.
3. The Fairmont Acapulco Princess and Fairmont Pierre Marques filter(过滤器) and treat
53 and reuse it to water their golf courses.
These and other green hotels are 54 responsible steps, but many others have not yet accepted the green hotel challenge. You can help by supporting green hotel practices every time you 55 .
36. A. When B. Before C. Unless D. Although
37. A. pollution B. cost C. effect D. step
38. A. with B. through C. by D. in
39. A. wasted B. reused C. limited D. lost
40. A. time B. space C. use D. usage
41. A. make sure B. make up C. make fun D. make room
42. A. Much more B. Over C. More D. Above
43. A. Besides B. As a result C. In the end D. As a matter of fact
44. A. professors B. waiters C. door-keepers D. guests
45. A. need B. necessity C. require D. request
46. A. With B. To C. As D. By
47. A. before B. at C. in D. while
48. A. get B. accept C. receive D. take
49. A. change B. improve C. make D. lift
50. A. act B. face C. control D. difference
51. A. lighting B. line C. action D. management
52. A. used B. found C. fired D. questioned
53. A. wastewood B. wasteland C. wastepaper D. wastewater
54. A. making B. taking C. borrowing D. getting
55. A. walk B. journey C. play D. travel
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II、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important 36 : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you 37money.
This is how I 38with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store 39 to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the 40 . If an accident takes place, the 41 of which I think the local police could use, I 42_____ him up and tell him about it, though I am not in 43 here. One discovery I made about this world is to give 44 getting something back, though the 45 often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important 46 letter to my home, though it was 47 to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of 48 . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was 49 . I was told at the window that there were 50 boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long 51 list. As I was about to 52 , the postmaster appeared in the ___53 _.“Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office ___54 we make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get 55 but complaints（投诉）.”
36．A．decision B．research C．speech D．discovery
37．A．earn B．lack C．spend D．steal
38．A．experienced B．connected C．combined D．agreed
39．A．happens B．flashes C．sticks D．leads
40．A．postmaster B．headmaster C．storekeeper D．policeman
41．A．story B．damage C．challengeD．material
42．A．call B．hold C．break D．pick
43．A．need B．trouble C．common D．charge
44．A．within B．without C．for D．before
45．A．process B．goal C．return D．concern
46．A．curious B．immediate C．special D．heavy
47．A．realized B．addressed C．forgotten D．brought
48．A．invitation B．apology C．instructionD．appreciation
49．A．dealing B．providing C．operating D．starting
50．A．enough B．some C．no D．more
51．A．admitting B．relating C．examining D．waiting
52．A．leave B．shout C．guess D．conduct
53．A．window B．doorway C．library D．yard
54．A．in case B．now that C．even if D．as if
55．A．anything B．everything C．nothing D．something
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II. Close test30%:
Not long ago, the only time you could see a robot was when you were reading a novel or watching a movie such as Star Wars. Today, 36 a lot of things in science stories have been science facts. Robots are starting to _37_ in our everyday lives. These robots have different sizes, shapes and colors. But they all have the same _38_ of man-made “_39_”. Leading the robot revolution(革命) are industrial robots that work in factories. Industrial robots can do different kinds of jobs that are often _40_ and sometimes dangerous. Robots are also coming to American homes, though not as quickly as
they are entering _41_. These robots aren’t as friendly and _42_ as those you saw in Star Wars. But, their makers say, today’s home robots “walk” and sense objects in their own way. They even _43_ objects though they may sometimes drop. Well, nobody is _44_.
We may _45_ home robots today, but some day they may see and hear _46_ than humans do. We _47_
can only see certain wave lengths of light and hear certain _48_. That’s because the _49_ of our eyes and ears are _50_.
Robots, however, need not have the same limits _51_ we have. Robots may also be _52_ wit devices(装置) that _53_ information humans can’t. However, to understand _54_ their sensing devices pick up is a hard job.
Remember, man-made brains _55_ information, including al
l kinds of data, as zeroes and ones.
Imagine the difficulty in trying to explain to a robot what a football looks like---using only zeroes and ones.
36. A. however B. whenever C. on the other hand
D. in other words
37. A. come B. appear C. enter D. raise
38. A. variety B. dozen C. score D. type
39. A. muscle B. body C. brain D. appearance
40. A. surprising B. boring C. pleasant D. exciting
41. A. homes B. factories C. schools D. offices
42. A. certain B. pleasing C. bright D. foolish
43. A. carry B. forget C. remember D. choose
44. A. wonderful B. excellent C. happy D. perfect
45. A. play jokes on B. make fun of C. laugh at D. have fun with
46. A. worse B. faster C. better D. sooner
47. A. fellows B. humans C. beings D. friends
48. A. noise B. voice C. sounds D. speeches
49. A. sight B. length C. distance D. ability
50. A. enough B. endless C. limited D. hopeful
51. A. as B. since C. for
D. while
52. A. given B. equipped C. sent D. applied
53. A. pick out B. pick up C. send up D. send out
54. A. how B. where C. what D. which
55. A. deal B. handle C. seek D. provide