高中英语选句填空试题

第二节完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、c和D)中选出最佳选项。
One winter Nasreddin had very  31  money．His crops  32  very bad that year，and he  33  live very cheaply．He gave his donkey less food，and when after two days the donkey  34  just the same，he  35   to himself，“The donkey was used to  36  a lot．Now he is quickly getting used to eating less； and soon he will get used to living  37  almost nothing.”
Each day Nasreddin gave the donkey a little  38   food, until it was hardly  eating anything.
Then one day，when the donkey was going to market with a load of wood on its back, it suddenly   39 . “How unlucky I am，”said Nasreddin，“Just when my donkey had got used to eating hardly anything，it came  40  the end of its days in this world.
31．A．few          B. little        C. lot          D. much
32．A．had been      B. has been    C. was being     D. is being
33．A．has to         B. have to     C. had to       D. must have to
34．A．1ooks         B. is seen     C.  looked       D. was seen
35．A．says          B. say        C. saying         D. said
36．A．eat          B. eating       C. have eaten     D. being eaten
37．A．on          B. by          C. up            D. to
38．A．more        B. less         C. few           D. small
39．A．dead        B. dying        C. died          D. was dying
4 0．A．on        B. up           C.  in          D.to

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，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My 14-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time. It was hanging at a (an) 36  clothing store. The coat had a black velvet collar, delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label (标签) and a (an)  37  price of $ 28.
We looked at  38 , saying nothing,  39  John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with  40 , but could  41  several hundred dollars now.
John  42  the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied  43  that soon changed into a smile. The  44  was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They love it.” He said, carefully  45  it over the chair and smoothing it flat.
Over the next few weeks, the  46  came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion was  47  argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to  48 . “Good dinner, Mum,” he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are right, and I guess I will.”
When I  49  this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know  50  caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat!” At the library, we  51  to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “ 52  this be John?” he asked, looking up to John’s new height, assessing the cut of his coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both knew we should never  53  a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for  54  a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standards of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for  55  what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
36. A. second-hand       B. expensive     C. big        D. cheap
37. A. reasonable      B. unbelievable     C. special       D. average
38. A. each other      B. one another       C. the other    D. others
39. A. therefore        B. however       C. but        D. thus
40. A. adults         B. people          C. parents       D. teenagers
41. A. spend          B. cost           C. pay       D. take
42. A. touched              B. buttoned       C. held      D. obtained
43. A. gesture         B. expression     C. attitude      D. feeling
44. A. color          B . price         C. fit          D. style
45. A. pressing          B. taking         C. hanging      D. folding
46. A. happiness        B. satisfaction     C. change          D. generosity
47. A. because of      B. instead of        C. aware of    D. full of
48. A. please         B. regret         C. complain   D. apologize
49. A. mentioned      B. wrote               C. reported     D. explained
50. A. when          B. how 　　　　C. what      D. that
51. A. happened        B. came　　　　　C. intended    D. decided
52. A. Should         B. Would 　　　　C. Must        D. Could
53. A. watch         B. judge 　　　　C. mistake    D. consider
54. A. doing          B. showing 　　  C. speaking    D. wearing
55. A. comparing      B. connecting     C. combining        D. matching

二、完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
I had an interesting experience playing ping-pong last year. I was playing against a 16 opponent(对手). The score was 20 to 17 in her  17 . I won the next three points which made the score 20 to 20. I  18 my paddle on the table and thanked my opponent and began to walk away. She called me  19  and said we had to continue until one of us  20 .
“Look,”I said, “if we 21 , one of two events will take place, either you or I will win.If you win, I will begin to 22  my skill. If I win, you will be unhappy. Isn’t it better to know that we both played 23  , that we enjoyed the competition, and that we played an even(相等) score?” This was a 24  ending for my opponent and for the persons watching this contest. It made  25  to me to leave with a tie(不分胜负) game, an impasse(僵局): no winner, no 26  .
So, my friends, here is the problem  27   me. Our present technology makes it possible for nations to  28  other nations for retaliatory(报复) strikes. In such a nuclear time, there  29  be no winners, only losers. Under these conditions, the only choice to  30  global destruction is glogal impasse. This would be a  31  “tie game” where no nation wins and no nation loses. An impasse reached through compromise(妥协). This is because compromise becomes the only means of  32 . We cannot destroy this beautiful planet by holding on to  33  understanding of victory. The 34  victory is in achieving a desirable impasse. No one wins, 35  no one loses either.
16.A.tiring                                 B.poor                         C.fine                          D.brave
17.A.favor                                  B.side                          C.lead                          D.place
18.A.threw                                 B.placed                       C.stuck                         D.dropped
19.A.up                                      B.over                          C.on                                   D.back
20.A.lost                                    B.won                          C.gave up                    D.tired out
21.A.perform                             B.stop                          C.continue                    D.leave
22.A.doubt                                 B.hate                          C.practise                     D.desert
23.A.hard                                          B.fair                           C.poorly                       D.well
24.A.close                                  B.surprising                  C.satisfying                  D.reasonable
25.A.progress                          B.room                        C.sense                         D.time
26.A.loser                                  B.fighter                      C.success                      D.player
27.A.encouraging                        B.frightening                C.shocking                   D.troubling
28.A.destroy                               B.attack                       C.seize                         D.rule
29.A.may                                          B.should                      C.can                           D.must
30.A.escape                                B.flee                           C.accept                       D.avoid
31.A.different                             B.small                        C.huge                         D.familiar
32.A.surviving                            B.living                        C.staying                      D.pleasing
33.A.an old                                B.an unusual                 C.the same                   D.a complete
34.A.great                                 B.only                         C.same                         D.equal
35.A.where                                 B.but                           C.as                             D.since

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，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific__36___that was unusual for me. I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to  37  . She wanted to help,  38  she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to  39  and hand out to people. When__40__ to the homeless shelter, I passed out the __41__meals.I began making sandwiches and  42  them with the crowd. I had the containers with my  43  cookies in them and began to  44  , offering them to anyone near me.
I  45  an old gentleman and said, “ Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me rightly and said, “ What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I __46__ , and his eyes  47  a little bit and said, “ No one has  48   called me sir.’ So he was completely moved.
It __49__me.
I explained I had been raised that  50  color and social status, everyone deserved(应得) respect. It  51  me to think that just because he was homeless, no one  52  him the honor. It broke my heart. I just didn’t understand  53  no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every  54  person deserves to be treated with respect. Years later, I still carry that memory and the__55__ it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can really make a difference in someone’s life.
How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?
36. A.accident     B.incident          C.event             D.affair
37. A.participate     B.join            C.choose            D.go
38. A.however          B.but             C.yet                 D.so
39. A.bring        B.fetch           C.collect            D.take
40. A.arriving     B.getting         C.reaching            D.coming
41. A.remained      B.remaining       C.remain            D.left
42. A.shared      B.gave           C.helped            D.assisted
43. A.classmate’s    B.schoolmate’s       C.sister’s            D.family’s
44. A.walk around  B.knock around      C.come around         D.stand around
45. A.went         B.came           C.approached        D.met
46. A.had              B.called          C.would            D.do
47. A.watered     B.cried           C.tore               D.dropped
48. A.already     B.ever            C.still                D.yet
49. A.hit        B.occured          C.struck            D.beat
50. A.in spite of     B.regardless of       C.concerned about    D.for fear of
51. A.strengthened  B.saddened        C.frightened         D.pleased
52. A.handed     B.offered         C.provided           D.supplied
53. A.what         B.when          C.whether             D.why
54. A.single       B.poor           C.ordinary            D.normal
55. A.lesson       B.class           C.truth              D.reality

第二节：完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—50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。
In 1962, a Russian woman told her doctor that she could __41_  through her fingers. Certainly the doctor didn’t believe it   42   he saw with his own eyes. The doctor 43  her eyes with a large handkerchief and then put coloured papers and newspapers under her hands. She was able to   44 one colour from another and read the newspaper by   45  and feeling them. The doctor   46  her many times and was   47  with the examination, so he sent her to Moscow, in which she was further examined by   48   . Her unusual powers, in the end, were   49  .
The early research into these unusual powers has shown that  50  man trusts only his eyes, he will not be able to see outside the limits of time and into the space.
41         A. write                    B. draw                    C. sing                     D. see
42         A . after                 B. when          C. until                     D. since
43         A .opened          B. hid                      C .closed                  D. covered
44         A. see            B .guess                   C. tell                      D. think
45         A. seeing          B. singing                 C. touching               D .checking
46         A. saw            B .examined              C. helped                  D. watched
47         A .satisfied                B. strict                  C. busy             D .very careful
48         A. nurses          B. scientists               C .blind people         D. good teachers
49         A. examined           B. believed             C .known                 D. true
50     A. if                    B. whether              C. because              D. after

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Anger is good for you, as long as you control it properly, according to new psychology research. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University ___36___ anger may help you ____37___ the negative effects of stress and help you become healthier.
“Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger.” Said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon. “The more you display anger, the lower your ____38___ responses.”
Lerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6,200. They must say out loud every 13th number. Researchers interfered with them by asking them to ___39____ faster or ask them other questions. If they made any ____40___ , they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry ____41____ the researchers were ____42____ them.
Lerner used a ____43____ video camera and recorded all their facial _____44____ during the test. The researchers ____45____ their reactions as fear, anger and disgust. Other members recorded the students’ blood pressure, pulse and production of a high- stress hormone called cortisol.
People whose faces showed more ____46____ during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone. Both can have lasting effects such as diabetes (糖尿病), heart disease, depression and weight gain. When people fear, negative impacts ____47____, but when they get angry, those negatives go down, according to the ____48____. “ Having that sense of anger ____49____ people to actually feel some power in what ____50____ is a maddening situation.” Lerner said.
Lerner previously studied Americans’ emotional response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks two months after the incident. He found people who reacted with ____51____ were more optimistic. These people are healthier ____52____ with those who were frightened during the event.
So in maddening ____53____, anger is not a ____54____ thing to have. It’s a ____55____ response than fear.
36.   A.    shows         B.    suggests      C.    expresses     D.    insists
37.   A.    drop         B.    reduce        C.    lose         D.    throw
38.   A.    mistake      B.    sadness       C.    stress          D.    anger
39.   A.    read         B.    write          C.    speak         D.    count
40.   A.    mistakes     B.    decisions     C.    changes      D.    losses
41.   A.    unless         B.    because      C.    if            D.    until
42.   A.    watching     B.    stopping     C.    interrupting    D.    recording
43.   A.    rented        B.    stolen         C.    borrowed     D.    hidden
44.   A.    spots          B.    points         C.    expressions     D.    smiles
45.   A.    chose         B.    regarded     C.    treated        D.    described
46.   A     fear         B.    anger         C.    regret         D.    happiness
47.   A.    decrease     B.    increase     C.    climb         D.    spread
48.   A.    plan         B.    method       C.    study          D.    project
49.   A.    hopes         B.    leads          C.    lets         D.    drives
50.   A.    actually      B.    really         C.    otherwise     D.    luckily
51.   A.    pain         B.    joy          C.    sorrow       D.    anger
52.   A.    compared          B.    comparing      C.    satisfied      D.    connected
53.   A.    situations     B.    conditions       C.    positions     D.    persons
54.   A     bad         B.    good          C.    proper        D.    wonderful
55.   A.    shorter       B.    bigger        C.    faster         D.    healthier

第四节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入
对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
David grew up poor. He started   26   in the 7th grade and by high school he was only going to school half days, leaving at 11 am to go to work.
Lack of money meant lack of   27   opportunities, but he had a   28   for knowledge. In his   29   time he read books on human development, vocabulary builders,   30   that he thought would help him succeed   31   down the road.
He was a hard worker and rose above his lack of higher education to produce decently for his family,   32   the factory life was taking it toll (造成伤害) on him   33   , emotionally, and spiritually. It was, in his mind,   34   him like a slow poison.
In 1995 he bought his first computer and a few months later discovered the Internet. He wanted to be a part of it, and worked 48 or more hours in the   35   and worked   36   40 or more hours a week teaching   37   computer skills. He worked harder than he   38  had in his life, logging over 100 hours a week on many, many  39  .
David began applying for jobs in the Internet and computer fields. He was shot down many times, but he never   40   . he had a goal and kept after it even when he didn’t feel like it because anything else seemed so   41   . That kind of drive and perseverance (坚持不懈) almost always pays off.
I’m   42   to say David left the factory and took a job in the computer field. He beat out college-educated applicants with 4-year degrees with his   43   skills.
This is a true story about   44  . It’s a story about believing yourself. It’s a story about finding what you love to do and following your   45  .     
26. A. studying             B. working                   C. entering                    D. playing
27. A. educational         B. personal                   C. political                    D. occasional
28. A. way                   B. hope                        C. hunger                     D. goal
29. A. spare                  B. part                         C. own                         D. school
30. A. something           B. everything               C. anything                   D. nothing
31. A. somewhere         B. everywhere              C. anywhere                  D. nowhere
32. A. and                    B. so                           C. yet                          D. but
33. A. terribly               B. personally                C. heartedly                   D. physically
34. A. fighting              B. killing                     C. murdering                D. butchering
35. A. factory               B. farm                        C. school                      D. family
36. A. other                  B. the other                  C. others                      D. another
37. A. him                    B. himself                    C. themselves               D. others
38. A. even                   B. ever                        C. still                         D. yet
39. A. positions             B. conditions                C. occasions                 D. situations
40. A. gave up              B. gave in                    C. gave away                D. gave out
41. A. helpful               B. hopeful                    C. helpless                    D. hopeless
42. A. sure                   B. certain                     C. sorry                       D. happy
43. A. self-taught          B. self-assured              C. self-controlled          D. self-styled
44. A. failure                B. confidence               C. foundation               D. determination
45. A. ideas                  B. ways                       C. dreams                     D. styles

III. 完形填空：
Many people believe everything or almost everything they read in newspapers or hear on radio. A few years ago I __36__ a story about a husband and wife who made a __37__ mistake. They had gone shopping and had taken their small baby __38__ with them. After they had finished their shopping, they returned to their car to go home. __39__they reached their car, they put the baby in the plastic baby carrier that __40__ rode in for safety. The couple then __41__ in their car towards home. After they had driven a few miles, they __42__the back seat to see how the baby was. To their surprise, the baby was not there. According to the __43__, the couple had put the plastic seat and the baby on the top of the car but had __44__ to put him inside the car. They had driven away with the baby on the top of the car.
The couple drove back__45__the store but did not find the baby. They called the police, and the police said that they __46__ the baby and that the baby was __47__. The baby had fallen from the top of the car but had been __48__ by his plastic seat. The __49__couple took their baby home and were always careful after that.
There was one thing __50__with the story. It was not true. Stories such as this one are often __51__ in newspapers and on radio and television. Because they are read and heard __52__that usually report the truth, many people believe them. People also believe them because, like the story__53__, they have something unusual or frightening about them. What is __54__is that newspaper and radio reporters __55__ believe them.
36. A. wrote         B. read           C. told          D. imagined
37. A. puzzling      B. terrible         C. interesting      D. harmful
38. A. alone         B. along           C. away          D. around 
39. A. Since         B. Before           C. While          D. After
40. A. they          B. she              C. we            D. he
41. A. went away     B. drove off         C. moved on       D. left out
42. A. searched       B. glanced at        C. examined       D. thought of
43. A. newspaper     B. radio             C. story          D. report
44. A. left           B. planned           C. forgotten       D. expected
45. A. around        B. towards           C. near           D. for
46. A. saved         B. saw              C. helped        D. had
47. A. dangerous      B. dead             C. comfortable     D. fine
48. A. protected      B. saved             C. covered         D. caught
49. A. satisfied       B. puzzled           C. grateful         D. frightened
50. A. wrong         B. right             C. important       D. necessary
51. A. reported       B. told              C. made           D. written
52. A. at ease        B. in places          C. for sure         D. with joy
53. A. told           B. mentioned        C. printed         D. recorded
54. A. surprising      B. believable         C. unlucky        D. strange
55. A. never         B. almost            C. also            D. always

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第三节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上。
At lunch time one day, a week before her mother’s birthday, Sally decided to have a quick sandwich and a cup of coffee instead of her usual ___21__ in the college hall, and then go ___22___ near her college to try to find her mother a nice present . When she had been looking for half an hour, she__23__across a shop that was selling umbrellas cheap and ___24__ that one of those would solve her problem, since her mother had lost hers the month before.
“Now which ___25___ shall I choose?” She thought. “Well, I think a black one would be the most useful really. You can carry that when you are wearing _26___ of any color, can’t you?”  So having made up her __27__, she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it back to the college with her _28   her classes finished.
On her way back home in the train that evening, she felt hungry, because she had had such a small lunch, so she went __29__ to the buffet car for another sandwich and another cup of coffee. She had ___30__the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment, but when she got back, it was__31__! When she had left the compartment there had been no other passengers in it, but now there were three.
Sally burst into __32_when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there.the other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what was the ___33___. When she explained that the black umbrella she had bought __34___her mother had disappeared, and she had to get out at the next __35__ , the three other passengers asked her for her mother’s __36__, in order to be able to send the umbrella on to her in case someone had __37_  it by mistake not on___38__, and brought it back after sally had got out of the train.
The next week, Sally heard ___39_ her mother, her letter said, “Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me __40_black umbrellas?”
21. A. meal           B. breakfast             C. break                 D. rice
22. A. skating         B. hunting               C. shopping             D. swimming
23. A. set             B.went               C. met                  D. came
24. A. hoped          B.decided             C. guessed             D. wondered
25. A. size            B.length              C. design               D. color
26. A.clothing          B. clothes               C. dresses                D. trousers
27. A. mind          B. decision             C. heart                 D. judgement
28. A. before           B.after                C. until                 D. since
29. A. upstairs         B.along                 C. again                D. near
30. A. taken         B. forgotten            C. left                   D. found
31. A.gone            B. missed              C.lose                D. disappeared
32. A. cries           B.tears               C.laughter             D. anger
33. A.thing            B.wrong                 C. present               D. matter
34. A.for             B. to               C.by                  D. with
35. A. shop          B. station              C. stage               D. port
36. A.number          B. hobby               C.address             D. card
37. A. made          B. discovered          C. brought             D. removed
38. A. purpose       B. watch             C. action              D. idea
39. A. of             B. from               C.about               D.over
40. A. two           B.many                C.three               D. one

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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）
Albert Einstein always liked to ask questions when he was a boy. When his teacher  36
him a question, he would think  37   another question to ask her. And often she would get red in the face and be angry  38    him  39   asking questions she couldn’t answer. The more Albert learned, the  40  he found to think about. The more he thought about, the more questions he wanted  41  .
He knew  42    the earth, the moon, the other stars, and the sun are just part of  43   we
call the universe. He also knew that the universe is made  44  all the stars we can see  45  our eyes, and the ones that are too far to be _ 46 . And he discovered that all these stars, our own bodies and  47  else are made up of atoms(原子).
He thought there  48  be some rules to explain why everything in the universe, big and small, acts  49  it does. Why don’t the stars  50  around in the sky bump (撞击)into each other? 51   makes atoms stick （粘住）together to  52    different things?
Albert Einstein always thought hard  53   he believed he had some answers to his questions. People often asked him questions because he  54  answer many of them. In fact, he   solved（解决） quite a few problems that scientists had been trying to  55  for many, many years.
36. A. asked                  B. answered                  C. introduced                D. rose
37. A. of                       B. about                       C. over                         D. with
38. A. at                       B. to                            C. with                         D. about
39. A. as                       B. for                           C. with                         D. of
40. A. many                  B. less                          C. much                       D. more
41. A. ask                     B. to ask                       C. asking                      D. to be asked
42. A. what                   B. when                        C. whether                    D. that
43. A. which                 B. how                         C. what                        D. that
44. A. with                    B. of                            C. from                        D. in
45. A. from                   B. in                            C. with                         D. off
46. A. see                      B. seeing                      C. saw                          D. seen
47. A. something           B. everything                C. anything                   D. nothing
48. A. can                     B. may                         C. must                        D. need
49. A. about                  B. for                           C. what                        D. as
50. A. moved                B. moving                    C. move                       D. to be moving
51. A. Who                   B. What                        C. Which                      D. Whose
52. A. be                       B. have                         C. form                        D. do
53. A. when                  B. until                         C. after                         D. as
54. A. could                  B. can                          C. must                        D. may
55. A. work for             B. work                        C. work with                 D. work out

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
I believe listening is powerful medicine. Studies have shown it takes a ___36___ about 18 seconds to interrupt a patient after he begins talking.
It was a Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I ___37___ her room in a hurry and stood at the doorway. She was an old woman, sitting at the edge of the bed, ___38___ to put socks on her swollen（肿胀）feet. I crossed the threshold（门槛）, spoke quickly to the nurse, and scanned her chart noting she was in stable condition. I was almost in the clear.
I ___39___ on the bedrail（床的栏杆）looking down at her. She asked if I could help put on her socks. Instead, I launched into a monologue（独白） that went ___40___ like this, “How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high ___41___ they’re better today. The nurse mentioned you’re ___42___ to see your son who’s visiting you today. It’s nice to have family visit from far away. I bet you really look forward to seeing him.”
She ___43___ me with a serious, authoritative voice. “Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not your story.”
I was surprised and embarrassed. I sat down. I helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived ___44___ from her, but she had not seen him in five years. She believed that the stress of this ___45___ greatly to her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She ___46___ her head no and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen.
Each story is different. Some are detailed; others are vague. Some have a beginning, middle and end;others wander ___47___ a clear conclusion. Some are true; others not. Yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard without ___48___, assumption or judgment.
Listening to someone’s story costs ___49___ expensive diagnostic testing but is key to healing and diagnosis.
I often thought of ___50___ that woman taught me, and I ___51___ myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. And, not long after, in a(n) ___52___ twist, I became the patient, with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis（多发性硬化症） at age 31. Now, 20 years later, I sit all the time in a wheelchair.
For ___53___ I could, I continued to see patients from my chair, but I had to resign when my hands were affected. I still teach medical students and other health care professionals, but now from the perspective(角度) of physician and patient.
I tell them I ___54___ the power of listening. I tell them I know firsthand that immeasurable healing ___55___ within me when someone stops, sits down and listens to my story.
36. A. professor            B. physician           C. musician           D. teacher
37. A. passed                B. examined          C. approached        D. observed
38. A. hoping               B. struggling          C. waiting             D. expecting
39. A. sat                            B. stood                C. lay                    D. leaned
40. A. something           B. anything            C. nothing             D. everything
41. A. so                      B. because             C. though                     D. but
42. A. worried                     B. nervous             C. anxious             D. upset
43. A. stopped                     B. begged              C. urged                D. persuaded
44. A. far away             B. in the distance    C. next door          D. around the corner
45. A. referred                     B. contributed        C. stuck                 D. attached
46. A. lowered                     B. hung                 C. shook                D. waved
47. A. with                   B. without             C. by                    D. in
48. A. distinction          B. interruption              C. instruction         D. attention
49. A. rather than          B. other than          C. more than          D. less than
50. A. that                    B. which               C. what                 D. as
51. A. required             B. recalled             C. reminded           D. informed
52. A. expected             B. unexpected        C. regular              D. irregular
53. A. as soon as           B. as long as          C. as far as            D. as fast as
54. A. believe in           B. realize               C. admit to            D. appreciate
55. A. turns out             B. takes charge       C. comes up           D. takes place

II．完形填空：
A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work.
He may have the belief that he is not capable (有能力的) of it. A child may think he is __16__ because he doesn’t understand how to make the __17__ of his mental faculties (才能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning things new because of their __ 18__.
A person who believe that he is incapable will not make a real _19__ because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for __20__ , and he won’t  work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is __21__ likely to fail, and the failure will _22__ his belief in his competence (才能) .
Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had __23__ like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor __24__ in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not __25__ too much of him. In this way, they two __26__ the idea. He accepted __27__ mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to __28__ and was very poor at maths, __29__ as they expected.
One day he worked at a problem which __30__ of the other students had been able to solve. Alder __31__ in solving the problem. This gave him confidence (信心). He now __32__ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at __33__. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned __34__ in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may __35__ himself as well as others by his ability.
16. A. clever                 B. shy                   C. useless                     D. stupid
17. A. biggest               B. most                 C. highest                     D. deepest
18 A. ability                 B. age                   C. brain                        D. knowledge
19. A. decision                     B. success              C. effort                       D. trouble
20. A. work                  B. study                C. improvement            D. success
21. A. truly                   B. really                C. however                   D. therefore
22. A. lead to                      B. strengthen         C. increase                    D. add to
23. A. an experience      B. an example        C. a thought                  D. a story
24. A. state                   B. mind                 C. start                         D. ending
25. A. blame                 B. expect               C. get                           D. win
26. A. developed           B. organized          C. discovered                D. found
27. A. his                     B. her                   C. its                          D. their
28. A. manage               B. succeed             C. try                         D. act
29. A. only                   B. almost               C. just                        D. then
30. A. none                   B. no                    C. no one                    D. nobody
31. A. gave                   B. succeeded          C. failed                            D. believed
32. A. lived                  B. worked             C. played                    D. graduated
33. A. lessons               B. medicine           C. subjects                  D. maths
34. A. early                  B. deeply               C. late                        D. simply
35. A. encourage           B. love                  C. astonish                  D. disappoint

II. 完形填空（共20小题，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more  26  than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but it got so old, and it was costing him  27  much in repairs, that he decided that he had better 28  it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was 29  to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so  30  of them had any desire to buy it.
Dave’s friend Sam saw that he was  31  when they met one evening, and said, “What’s  32  , Dave?” Dave told him and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may  33_ more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam’s  34  was reasonable, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read: “For sale: small car,  35  very little gas, only two owners. Bargain at ￡50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no  36_. but then on the Saturday evening he had an enquiry (咨询). A man rang up and said he would like to  37  him about the car. “All right.” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o’clock the next morning would be  38_  or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I’ll  39  my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to  40  it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door,  41  to wait there for the people who had  42  his advertisement. Even Dave had to  43  that the car really looked like a wreck (残破的车). Then, soon after he had got the car as  44  as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave’s car and then said, “Have you reported this  45  to us yet, sir?”
26. A. directly         B. safely        C. properly     D. easily
27. A. so             B. such         C. very                     D. too
28. A. keep              B. repair       C. sell               D. throw
29. A. willing         B. lucky         C. ashamed        D. generous
30. A. some        B. neither          C. none                 D. most
31. A. delighted      B. sad                C. calm               D. astonished
32. A. on                B. up                C. it                    D. that
33. A. learn          B.miss           C. get                  D. find
34. A. message          B.advice        C. request           D. words
35. A. uses               B. loses         C. has                     D. spends
36. A. doubt           B. help           C. trouble           D. answer
37. A. tell                 B.see              C. agree              D. call
38. A. exact          B.suitable        C. early               D. late
39. A. follow          B. meet         C. bring              D. introduce
40. A. recognize    B. get           C. admire              D. test
41. A. happening    B. meaning        C. turning              D. failing
42. A. read             B. seen            C. answered             D. placed
43. A. forget         B.show           C. disagree                D. admit
44. A. clean         B. alike          C. fast               D. light
45. A. bargain       B. sale             C. accident            D. result

三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
With the introduction of family planning policies in the 1970s, most Chinese teenagers have no brothers or sisters．They get to be the beloved（心爱的）__51__child．But they may not realize that they will have to “__52__” the love as their__53__ones grow old．They will have to__54__lots of old people—their parents, grandparents, their_   55  _parents and grandparents．China is becoming__56_  country．
According to the United Nations, an aging society refers to one    57   10 percent or more of the population is over 60, or 7 percent or more is over 65. According to   58   from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, by 2008, Chinese over 60 years old made up 12 percent of the nation’s total population. The   59    for those aged 65 or older was 8.3 percent.
In China, people have a belief that “parents raise children; then the children care for the parents as they get old”．But this__60__is under stress as the market economy puts millions of young Chinese on the road__61__better paying jobs．They are leaving their parents__62_．Now many families are looking more to the government than to their__63__for support when they’re old．China has increased its basic social security（基本社会保险）plan which is__64__protecting those__65__, including the old, the disabled and others．These programs are now broad, __66_they are still not highly developed．
As more people grow__67__, China will have fewer working people, __68__will slow down economic growth．According to a November 26 report in the Economic Information Daily, an expert said China should __69__its people to have more than one child in the future__70_China should keep its labor population and total population size stable（稳定的）．
51．A．only                   B．lonely       C.friendly          D．heartily
52．A．take up             B．take back     C．pay back       D．pay for
53．A．hated                B．loved          C．tired           D．hearted
54．A．care for               B．bring up      C．look for         D．pay attention to
55．A．daughter’s or son’s     B．niece’s or nephew’s
C．wife’s or husband’s       D．aunt’s or uncle’s
56．A．an old                 B．an aging      C．a developing      D．a developed
57．A．where                  B．when        C．which             D．that
58．A．an article             B．an email      C．a magazine        D．a report
59．A．conclusion             B．character       C．figure            D．survey
60．A．tradition              B．opinion     C. saying          D．way
61．A．in favor of             B．in search of   C．in the way of      D．in the face of
62．A．out                  B．off          C ．ahead         D．behind
63．A．friends                B．relatives       C．parents           D．children
64．A．an act                 B．a case          C．a program         D．a plan
65．A．in danger               B．in need        C．in desperate        D．in disaster
66．A．but                   B．or            C．and             D．so
67．A．strong                 B．realistic      C．rich             D．old
68．A．as                   B．which          C．what            D．that
69．A．forbid                 B．promise        C. encourage       D．order
70．A．so that                 B．though         C．even if           D．because

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，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，
选出最佳选项。
Cats have no emotions . At least, that's what my husband once claimed. I   36   that my two cats experience emotions. They feel anger, fear, and   37  . He agreed with me, but   38   his opinion that cats don't feel love.  39  , my tuxedo cat, Sebastian, would teach him otherwise.
When my next-door neighbor moved in, he had a she cat named Juliet. She was an indoor lady, always watching   40   through the window.
Then one day when I   41   my cat to the backyard for his playtime, Sebastian   42   Juliet gazing at him behind the window. It soon became   43   that they were attracted by each other. So every day there after, whenever I let Sebastian out, he would rush   44__to the backyard next-door and they would sit gazing   45   at each other through the screen, she inside, and he outside. Even my husband watched   46  , and he would murmur, "But cats can't feel love... can they?"
Five months later, my neighbor had to   47   because of work. My heart sank. I wondered how Sebastian would   48   to Juliet's leaving.
For months after Juliet moved away and the new neighbor moved in, I often   49   Sebastian sitting by Juliet's window, looking into the apartment   50   his lady. The new neighbor didn't mind having the "Peeping Sebastian" after I   51   his reason for being there.
Sebastian   52   the small area outside that window as his territory.  Other male cats were allowed in the   53  , but not near Juliet's window, which he guarded until his   54  .
Even now, when my husband and I walk through the backyard and see that window, he   55   me of the lesson Sebastian taught him... that cats do indeed fall in love.
36. A. argued                B. quarreled                  C. suggested                 D. discussed
37. A. energy                B. power                  C. strength                    D. happiness
38. A. referred to          B. prepared for             C. stuck to                    D. approved of
39. A. Therefore           B. However                  C. Besides                    D. Meanwhile
40. A. the environment  B. the sky                     C. her owner                 D. her boyfriend
41. A. forbade               B. prevented                 C. accompanied             D. left
42. A. called attention to       B. caught sight of       C. took charge of          D. paid a visit to
43. A. ambitious            B. doubtful                   C. skeptical                   D. obvious
44. A. secretly               B. straight                    C. quietly                            D. worriedly
45. A. lovingly              B. angrily                        C. hungrily                   D. greedily
46. A. in trouble            B. in sorrow                C. in amazement           D. in horror
47. A. settle                  B. travel                       C. apologize                 D. move
48. A. react                   B. reply                        C. reduce                      D. replace
49. A. took                   B. caught                      C. met                          D. sensed
50. A. in place of          B. on the basis of          C. in search of                     D. on account of
51. A. explained            B. requested                  C. blamed                     D. asked
52. A. discovered          B. reformed                  C. preserved                 D. marked
53. A. street                  B. backyard                  C. window                    D. village
54. A. birthday                     B. departure                  C. death                       D. arrival
55. A. reminds                     B. informs                    C. tells                         D. accuses