高中英语完型填空

Dear God，
Now that I am no longer young，I have friends whose mothers have passed away．I have heard these sons and daughters say they never  2 1  appreciatedtheir mothers until it was too  22 to tell them．
I am  23 with the dear mother who is still allve．I appreciate her  24 each day．My mother does not  25 ，but I do．  26   I grow older and wiser．Irealize what a(n)  27 person she is．How sad that I alil    28  to speak thesewords in her presence，29 they flow easily from my pen．
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for giving her llfe I  30’ For the love，patience and just plain hard work that go into  3 l  a child? For32 a toddler，for understanding a moody teenager，for tolerating a college student who thinks she knows  33？ For waiting for the day  34  a daughter realizes her mother really is？
How does a    35   wonlan thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother？For being ready with advice (when asked ) or  36  silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying:”I 37you so ,”when she could have spoked these words dozens of  38   ?For being essentially herself-loving ,thoughtful. Patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how，dear God，except to bless her as richly as she  39 and to help me live up to the example she has set．I pray that 1 will look as good in the eyes of my  40  as my mother looks in mine．
A daughter
21．A fully             B．truly           C．painfully          D mainly
22．A．early           B．slow            C．1ate             D．fast
23．A．satisfied        B．prepared         C．worried           D blessed
24．A much            B．more            C．1ess             D．fewer
25．A．stand           B．move           C．change           D exist
26．A．As             B．With           C．For              D．Because
27．A．ordinary        B．usual           C．strict            D extraordinary
28．A．unable         B．able            C．eager            D ready
29．A．therefore       B．otherwise        C．but              D．however
30.A herself      B．itself       C．themselves    D．oneself
31.A．punishing    B．blaming     C．raising      D．praising
32.A．running after  B．running across    C．running out     D．running for
33 A．something   B．everything    C．anything      D．nothing
34．A．that          B．when             C．in which           D．where
35 A．grown         B．pleased            C．trained           D．well-behaved
36 A interrupting    B．disliking       C．representing    D．remaining
37．A．asked        B．told              C．ordered            D required
38．A．times       B．days              C．months             D years
39．A．gots        B．gives              C．deserves           D．delivers
40.A．husband   B．children        C．relatives     D．neighbours

It was a cold winter day that Sunday. The parking lot to the  16  was filling up quickly. I noticed, as I got out of my car, fellow church members were  17  among themselves as they walked in the church. As I got 18__, I saw a man leaning up against the wall outside the church. He was almost lying down 19  he was asleep. His hat was 20 down so you could not see his face. He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too 21  for his feet, with holes all over them and his toes 22  out. I guessed this man was  23  and asleep, so I walked on  24 through the doors of the church. We all talked for a few minutes, and someone  25 the man lying outside. People whispered but no one took 26  to ask him to come in, 27  me. A few moments later church began. We were all waiting for the Preacher (牧师) to take his  28  and to give us the Word, __29  the doors to the church opened. In 30 the man walking down the church with his head down. People gasped（喘息）and whispered and made _31  . He made his way down the church and up onto the pulpit (讲坛) where he took off his hat and coat. My heart 32  .
There stood our preacher… he was the “homeless man”. The preacher took his Bible (圣经) and 33  it on his stand.
“ 34 , I don't think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today. If you  35  people by their appearance, you have no time to love them.”
16.   A. school               B. lecture               C. park           D. church
17.   A. arguing             B. whispering     C. stating         D. speaking
18.   A. closer               B. clearer               C. lower         D. farther
19.   A. even though      B. so that          C. as if           D. even if
20.   A. dragged            B. pulled         C. dropped         D. pushed
21.   A. big                   B. bad                   C. ugly                  D. small
22.   A. reached             B. went                 C. stuck                 D. ran
23.   A. homeless           B. helpless             C. hopeless            D. careless
24.   A. out                   B. by                    C. across               D. from
25.   A. invited                     B. mentioned         C. took                  D. called
26.   A. pleasure            B. measure            C. courage             D. trouble
27.   A. except               B. besides              C. without             D. including
28.   A. turn                  B. place.                C. time                  D. seat
29.   A. when                B. before               C. as                     D. after
30.   A. rushed                     B. hurried              C. came                 D. entered
31.   A. decision            B. choices              C. faces                 D. jokes
32.   A. sank                 B. fell                   C. broke                D. failed
33.   A. threw                B. set                    C. laid                   D. folded
34.   A. Brothers            B. Folks                C. Supporters         D. Members
35.   A. judge                B. hate                  C. treat                  D. test

Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was ____1____ to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was ___2___. So both of them agreed not to ____3___ after choosing a ____4___  at every fork(岔道口).
A road sign at the first fork ____5____ one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the ____6____ after a ___7____ discussion because lion were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division(路口) going separately to the pandas and peacock. They ____8____ pandas as it was the nation’s treasure and went the way. Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant ____9____ what they couldn’t help regretting. But they had to make it, and ____10____, for it brooked(容忍)no delay. If they hesitated they would miss ___11___. Only ___12___ decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and ___13____ possible regret.
Life is ____14____ like this------ choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two ____15_____ jobs, two fascinating wooers(追求者). To get one you ___16____ give up the other ------- you can get half of it. If you __17___ weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely _____18_____ empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it. ___19___ you have got half of the desirable things in life ------ something that is ___20____ to come by.
1.A. easy         B. eager      C. impossible       D. possible
2.A. enough       B. limited     C. tight            D. plentiful
3.A. retrace       B. come       C. go              D. go back
4.A. main road     B. branch      C. crossing         D. highway
5.A. showed       B. pointed      C. intended        D. made
6.A. former        B. later        C. lost            D. the third
7.A. brief          B. long        C. no             D. heated
8.A. hoped         B. wanted      C. favored         D. got
9.A. getting        B. taking       C. grasping       D. giving up
10.A. slowly       B. immediately    C. timely        D. easily
11.A. less          B. more         C. most          D. least
12.A. high         B. slow          C. short          D. rapid
13.A. increase      B. rid           C. reduce        D. raise
14.A. just exactly    B. more or less    C. hardly        D. most
15.A. unwanted      B. rejected       C. enjoyable     D. desirable
16.A. wish          B. want          C. must         D. have to
17.A. spend time     B. kill time       C. have a hard time  D. hope for
18.A. start with       B. get up        C. succeed in       D. end up in
19.A. By no means    B. Not in the least C. At most         D. At least
20.A. stupid         B. delighted      C. hard            D. supported

School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my ____1___ to get home. Sitting at the front makes you __2_____ out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.
Janie, the driver, tries to break the ____3____ atmosphere by striking the match of ___4_____ . I try to mind my manners and ____5____ listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day, ___6_____, her conversation was worth listening to.
“My father’s sick,” she said to no one in ___7___. I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitde and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?” With her eyes wet and her voice tight from ____8____ the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes lowered as she ____9____. “I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.”
I couldn’t respond. I was ____10____. My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great ____11____ my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, ____12____ still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to go ____13___ that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was ____14____ her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as __15______ but a driver.
I suddenly felt I was very ___16____. I realized I had only thought of people as__17____as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by job and brushed her off as ____18_____.
For all I know, I’m just another person in ____19_____ else’s world, and may not even be important. I ___20_____ not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments to keep. Understanding people is an art.
1.A. anxiety        B. determination       C. decision        D. attempt
2.A. find           B. make              C. think          D. stand
3.A. unpopular    B. uncomfortable    C. unusual   D. unforgettable
4.A. fire            B. topic      C. conversation    D. discussion
5.A. politely     B. devotedly     C. carelessly      D. sincerely
6.A. however      B. therefore      C. thus         D. otherwise
7.A. surprise      B. common       C. silence        D. particular
8.A. fighting        B. avoiding        C. clearing       D. keeping
9.A. told           B. lasted         C. repeated      D. continued
10.A. for sure        B. at ease         C. in shock       D. in despair
11.A. mercy        B. pain         C. pity           D. disappointment
12.A. but           B. yet           C. and           D. or
13.A. over          B. round       C. through       D. without
14.A. almost       B. nearly            C. ever            D. just
15.A. something    B. anything       C. nothing         D. everything
16.A. sad          B. embarrassed     C. selfish      D. worried
17.A. far           B. long          C. much         D. well
18.A. unfit    B. unselfish      C. unnecessary      D. unimportant
19.A. everyone     B. someone     C. anyone          D. no one
20.A. must          B. may             C. can             D. should

Mother came from our home village. She stayed with us for ten days. When she was ___1____ to leave, she wanted to buy us something ____2___ a present.
“You’ve got ___3____,” she said, “but you seem to have got ___4____. The TV set is yours, but the people who walk back and forth in it are all ___5____, even murderers, corrupt officials and thieves come in and ___6____ it from time to time. The radio cassette player is yours, but it’s all others who __7____ in it. The books on the shelf are yours, but they are all ___8____ by others. The fridge is yours, but all the year round it’s ____9____ frost that comes from God knows where. __10___they make your life easy and comfortable, ___11___ of them BELONGS to you in the real sense of the word.
___12___ the day she was to leave for home, she got up early in the morning and ____13____ back a pickle(泡菜) pot from the market.
“___14____ some pickle in it,” she said, “and have something ____15____ suits your own taste.”
Since then pickles of our own ____16_____ had been added to our diet. When we had guests, we often had pickles ____17____ wine. Slightly intoxicated(excited greatly), everyone would say, “A country flavor, not bad, Not bad, a country flavor (特别的风味)”.
____18___ we had something to our own taste. When we looked at the ___19____, it was standing quietly at the corner. Amid the hustle and bustle of our ____20___ life and in the apartment of reinforced concrete, the pot stood there by itself, brewing an old and simple flavor.
1.A. on           B. about        C. for         D. of
2.A. since         B. because      C. as          D. for
3.A. everything    B. something     C. nothing     D. anything
4.A. everything    B. something     C. nothing     D. anything
5.A. murderers     B. thieves       C. actors       D. strangers
6.A. out           B. out of        C. into        D. along
7.A. sing          B. dance         C. plays      D. act
8.A. writing        B. written        C. read       D. reading
9.A. full           B. filled of       C. filled with    D. full with
10.A. As            B. But           C. Because      D. Though
11.A. no one        B. none          C. neither        D. either
12.A. On           B. In             C. During       D. Of
13.A. took          B. brought        C. fetched       D. carried
14.A. Do           B. Cook          C. Make         D. Prepare
15.A. what         B. /               C. that          D. as
16.A. smell         B. sound          C. feel           D. taste
17.A. to go with     B. went with    C. to drink     D. drinking
18.A. But          B. So             C. And           D. Or
19.A. pot          B. TVset           C. radio          D. shelf
20.A. ordinary      B. usual        C. every day     D. everyday

My earliest bee experience took place at a summer camp. One day our teacher told us to head up the hill nearby. We all began to ___1____ our destination. The girls took the concrete stairs, but the boys ran ___2___ up the grassy hill, at the top of which sat a long wooden fence. Without __3___ the boys ahead of me vaulted over the fence bravely.
What should I do? Take the stairs and ____4___ a girl, or jump the fence and look ___5____? Then I took my chance with the fence. I placed both ____6___ on the top and jumped, feeling uneasy.
I didn’t ___7___ it. As I tried, my foot ___8___ on the top of the fence. Down I went! I landed on my backside. I tried to ____9___ off the accident, but then I felt something ___10____ under me. Just then I saw ___11____ seemed like hundreds of bees flying toward me. I had landed on a beehive! I ___12___ up and rushed as fast as I could. But the bees flew faster. What a/an __13____ situation I was in!
My clothes were covered with __14____ . I parked myself in the camp and I was at a loss. __15____ this, my teacher quickly took off all my clothes but underwear. Bees flew out of my clothes and ___16___ out of my mouth!
I had gained the __17____ of all the campers, but I didn’t feel cool. I had been __18____ almost 40 bees stings(蛰) all over my body. I learned a most ___19____ lesson that day. When we are led by the ___20___ to show off, we might find ourselves sitting on a beehive.
1.A. get         B. walk        C. set         D. race
2.A. already      B . happily     C. straight      D. fast
3.A. fear         B. fun         C. help        D. luck
4.A. feel like     B. look like     C. care about   D. wait for
5.A. excited      B. worried      C .strong      D. cool
6.A. hands       B. feet         C. arms        D. legs
7.A. do          B. climb        C. make       D. succeed
8.A. arrived      B. got           C. caught      D. stepped
9.A. fall         B. laugh         C. put          D. take
10.A. beating     B. putting        C. flowing      D. moving
11.A. that        B. what          C. which        D. if
12.A. sat         B. stood         C. picked        D. jumped
13.A. difficult     B. hopeless      C. embarrassing   D. pleasing
14.A. bees        B. grass         C. dust          D. tears
15.A. At         B. For           C. In           D. With
16.A. almost      B. again         C. even         D. still
17.A. attention    B. experience     C. knowledge     D. respect
18.A. got       B. given          C. found         D. put
19.A. successful  B. deepest         C. difficult       D. valuable
20.A. courage    B. desire          C. goal          D. teacher

One morning I stood beside the window. Across the river, the __1___ decorated the edge of the shore in white. I stood __2____ and looked at what the night’s storm had ___3___.
I leaned forward and stood close to the window. There was a goose out there, quite ___4___, its wings folded to its sides, its feet ___5___ to the ice. Then from the dark skies, I saw a line of swans. They moved in their own ___6___ style, graceful and free.
As I watched, the leader __7___ from the sky and landed on the ice. As the swans surrounded the frozen goose, I __8___ it might be killed by those great swan beaks(鸟喙).
__9__instead, those beaks began to work on the ___10___. The long necks were lifted and curved down, again and again. At last, the goose’s head ___11___; its body pulled. Then the goose was ___12____ and standing on the ice. And the swans stood in the air ___13___. It seemed as if the goose was crying, “I cannot fly.” Four of the swans came down around it. Their powerful beaks cleaned the goose’s ___14___ from top to bottom, chipping off the ice held in the feathers. ___15___at last the goose’s wings were free,  the four swans ___16___  and joined the group.They restarted their eastward journey cheerfully.
I watched them until they ___17____ over the tops of the farthest trees. Only then did I realized that __18____ were running down my cheeks. Believe me! This story is __19____. And I will ask “If so for birds why not for ___20____?”
1.A. flower       B. tree          C. snow       D. picture
2.A. quietly       B. silently        C. happily     D. nervously
3.A. washed      B.painted        C. destroyed   D. cleaned
4.A. hungry       B. thirsty        C. terrible     D. still
5.A. frozen       B. put          C. turned      D. tied
6.A. common     B. ordinary      C. noticeable   D. boring
7.A. dived        B. moved        C. flew       D. circled
8.A. frightened    B. feared         C. hoped      D. knew
9.A. Wonderfully  B. Puzzlingly  C. Surprisingly  D. Disappointingly
10.A. ice          B. earth        C. goose        D. swan
11.A. carried       B. pushed      C. moved        D. lifted
12.A. glad         B. sad         C. free           D. lucky
13.A. listening     B. hearing      C. fighting       D. watching
14.A. head         B. legs         C. feathers       D. body
15.A. While        B. When        C. Before        D. Until
16.A. took off       B. took up      C. got away       D. got up
17.A. climbed       B. stopped      C. disappeared     D. landed
18.A. leaves         B. hairs        C. rivers          D. tears
19.A. actual         B. real          C. true           D. right
20.A. animals        B. man         C. people         D. insects

My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was seven. He told me to throw a__21____into the water. And he told me to watch the____22___created by the stone. Then he asked me to__ 23__ of myself as that stone.
“You may24 lots of splashes (飞溅 ) in your life,___ 25___the waves that come from those splashes will ___26____the peace of all your fellow___27_____,”he said.
“Remember that you are ___28____for what you put in your circle and that the circle will also___29____many other circles. You will need to live in the ___30____that allows the good that comes from your circle to ___31____the peace of that goodness to___32____. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those___33_____to other circles. You are responsible for____34_____.”
That was the first time I ___35_____each person creates the inner peace or discord (冲突) that ____36_____out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are ___37____with inner conflicts, hatred, ____38______, or anger. We radiate (流露) the feelings and thoughts that we hold ____39_____,whether we speak them out or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.
We are ____40_____to everything and everyone else around in the universe.
21. A. stick    B. brick     C. stone      D. ball
22. A. holes    B. circles    C. drops      D. waters
23. A. think    B. accuse    C. regard     D. warn
24. A. produce  B. damage   C. prevent    D. create
25. A. but      B. because   C. while      D. for
26. A. cut      B. disturb    C. bring      D. block
27. A. students  B. friends    C. creatures   D. workers
28. A. proud    B. helpful    C. respectful   D. responsible
29. A. hear     B. leave      C. strike      D. touch
30. A. family   B. situation    C. way       D. hurry
31. A. send     B. provide    C. destroy     D. keep
32. A. them     B. nobody    C. someone    D. others
33. A. tastes     B. smells     C. feelings    D. views
34. A. all       B. both       C. neither     D. any
35. A. realized   B. recognized   C. admitted   D. promised
36. A. flows     B. takes       C. picks       D. brings
37. A. prepared   B. filled      C. presented    D. supplied
38. A. honesty    B. truth       C. doubt      D. modesty
39. A. forward    B. outside     C. inside      D. upward  
40. A. referred    B. intended    C. devoted    D. connected

One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly(闲散地)on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and___1___, watch the water ___2__downstream, and listen to the chirps(喳喳声)of the birds and the rustling (沙沙声)of the leaves in the trees. I would  also___3___the bamboo trees___4___under pressure from the wind and watch them ___5____gracefully to their upright or ___6___ position after the wind had___7____. When I think about the bamboo tree’s ___8____to bounce back or return to it’s original position, the word resilience(弹性)__ 9___to mind. When used in ___10_____ a person , this word means the ability to readily _11__from shock, depression or any other situation___12____stetches the limits of a person’s emotions. Have you ever felt like you are about to shout? Have you ever felt like you are at your __13__point?__14__, you have survived the experience to live to talk about it. During the experience you probably felt a mix of __15____that threatened your health. You felt emotionally tired,___16_____ exhausted and you most likely endured unpleasant physical symptoms.
Life is a __17__ of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you are __18___one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you __19____to your breaking point, bend but don’t break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you. A measure of hope will__20__ you through the unpleasant test.
1.A. quiet  B. beautiful     C. noisy     D. happy
2.A. flow    B. rush     C. go     D. come
3. A. see     B. notice    C. watch   D. look at
4.A. bend    B. swing    C. break   D. tremble
5.A. return   B. recover  C. give   D. fly
6.A. straight  B. original  C. quick  D. necessary
7.A. died from  B. died out C. died down  D. died off
8.A. ability   B. power C. energy  D. strength
9.A. strikes  B. goes   C. appears  D. comes
10.A. preference to  B. conference to C. reference to D. appearance to
11.A. recover  B. calm  C. comfort  D. sink
12.A. where   B. that   C. when  D. in which
13.A. high   B. low   C. breaking   D. returning
14．A．Thankfully B. Hopefully  C. Happily  D. Surprisingly
15.A. senses  B. emotions  C. thoughts  D. minds
16.A. physically  B. mentally  C. patiently  D. fully
17.A. way     B. mixture   C. condition    D. feeling
18.A. experiencing  B. making   C. living  D. meeting
19.A. away  B. far  C. close   D. fast
20.A. bring  B. take  C. make  D. set

For some people, the sight of a mouse can be reason to scream. For other mice, the same sight can be reason to sing.
Mice will probably   21  sing their way to any concert, but researchers in the United States have found   22  that mice do,   23 , sing.
Scientists already knew that mice make ultrasonic(超声波) sounds—noises that are too high-pitched(高音的) for people to hear   24  special equipment.
To find out whether mice put such sounds together in song-like   25 , the researchers recorded the sounds of 1 mice. Using computer   26 , they were able to separate the sounds into specific types of syllables(音节), and found the mice produced about 10 syllables per second.
The results showed that nearly all of the mice repeated sequences(顺序) of syllables in different patterns. That’s enough to meet the definition of what scientists   27  song. But not all scientists are   28  _ that what the mice are doing is   29  singing. To prove it, the researchers must show that there’s learning involved. And, they need to __  30  why the mice sing.
21. A. almost               B. even                C. never               D. usually
22. A. coincidence        B. evidence           C. guidance          D. instance
23. A. at once               B. by means          C. for example             D. in fact
24. A. during               B. inside               C. through            D. without
25. A. fashions             B. instructions        C. patterns            D. styles
26. A. access                B. printer                    C. screen               D. software
27. A. call                   B. hear                 C. sing                 D. write
28. A. accustomed        B. convinced         C. involved           D. qualified
29. A. actually                     B. obviously         C. simply                    D. unlikely
30. A. figure out          B. get about          C. run across         D. talk over

One topic is rarely mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in our schools: the almost complete failure of foreign-language teaching. As a French graduate who has taught for more than twenty-five years, I believe I have some idea of why the failure is so total.  21  the faults already found out in the education system as a whole — such as child-centred learning, the “discovery” method, and the low expectations by teachers of pupils — there have been several serious  22  which have a direct effect on language teaching.
The first is the removal from the curriculum (课程) of the thorough teaching of English  23 . Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun, the subject of a sentence from its object, or the difference between the past, present, or future.
Another important error is mixed-ability teaching, or teaching in ability groups so  24  that the most able groups are  25  and are bored while the least able are lost and  26  bored. Strangely enough, few head teachers seem to be in favour of mixed-ability school football teams.
Progress depends on memory, and pupils start to forget immediately they stop having 27  lessons. This is why many people who attended French lessons at school, even those who got good grades, have  28  it a few years later. Because they never need it, they do not practice it.
Most American schools have accepted what is inevitable and  29  modern languages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Britain to do the same, and stop  30  resources on a subject which few pupils want or need.
21. A. Due to  B. In addition to     C. Instead of   D. In spite of
22. A. errors   B. situations    C. systems      D. methods
23. A. vocabulary   B. culture       C. grammar    D. literature
24. A. wide     B. similar       C. separate      D. unique
25. A. kept out       B. turned down      C. held back   D. left behind
26. A. surprisingly  B. individually       C. equally       D. hardly
27. A. extra    B. traditional  C. basic   D. regular
28. A. needed  B. forgotten    C. practised    D. left
29. A. restored       B. absorbed    C. prohibited  D. withdrawn
30. A. wasting B. focusing     C. exploiting   D. sharing

In the last century there were not 　1　 big towns in the U.S.　2　 there are today.Most towns in the country were small.And in these small towns,the general store was 　3　 people 　4  the things they couldn't made or grow at home.
  5  the store sold   6  a good deal about life in the United States at that time.People bought tools that they needed on their farms.They bought salt,sugar,coffee and   7  that their farms didn't produce.They bought articles of   8  that they could not make themselves,and cloth or other materials that the  9  would make into dresses for themselves,shirts for the men and clothes for their children.
Life in the   10  century America was   11 .One proves that most people were satisfied with what they had   12  still they looked forward   13  courage to whatever the future would   14  them.It would be interesting to know   15  they would feel about life in the world today.  16  to them that life is too complex,or would they be glad to see that life is   17  in the past?
Nobody will   18  know the   19  people at that time would enjoy life today or not.Perhaps man is always the same of his kind.They did take things for granted,and also they did try to make life more comfortable.We have to admit that it is the same   20  people at present.
1.A.many                     B.so many             C.so much             D.a lot of
2.A.where             B.like                    C.what                  D.as
3.A.where             B.for                     C.in which             D.that
4.A.made                     B.bought               C.sold               D.paid for
5.A.That                B.No matter           C.Which            D.What
6.A.says                B.talks                  C.refers             D.tells
7.A.other things     B.another food    C.other foods         D.foods and drinks
8.A.clothes            B.clothing             C.dresses               D.suits
9.A.farmers           B.men                   C.women               D.children
10.A.eighteenth      B.nineteenth          C.twentieth            D.next
11.A.easy                     B.simple                C.interesting      D.tiresome
12.A.and which      B.and yet               C.and that              D.but what
13.A.in                 B.to                      C.of                  D.with
14.A.bring             B.take                   C.happen to           D.serve
15.A.what             B.whether              C.that                   D.how
16.A.Did it appear  B.Would it seem  C.What did it seem  D.What appeared
17.A.still what it used to be        B.better than what it was
C.much more easier than          D.no more than it was
18.A.never            B.always           C.once              D.ever
19.A.truth that              B.fact whether   C.idea how            D.information of
20.A.as                 B.for                     C.with               D.like

When Dave was eighteen,he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more 　1　 than by bus.It worked quite well for a few years,but then it got so old,and it was costing him 　2　 much in repairs that he decided that he had better 　3　 it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly 　4  to buy a cheap car,but they all knew that it was falling to pieces,so  5  of them had any desire to buy it.
Dave's friend Sam saw that he was  6  when they met one evening,and said,“What's  7 ,Dave?” Dave told him and Sam answered,“Well,what about advertising it in the paper? You may   8  more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's   9  was sensible,he put an advertisement in an evening paper,which read:“For sale:small car,  10  very little petrol,only two owners.Bargain at ￡50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared,there was no   11 .But then on Saturday evening a man rang up and said he would like to  12  him about the car.“All right,” Dave said,feeling happy.He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be   13  or not.“Fine,” the man said.“And I'll  14  my wife.We intend to go for a ride in it to   15  it.”
The next morning,at ten quarter,Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door,  16  to wait there for the person who had   17  his advertisement.Even Dave had to   18  that the car really looked like a wreck.Then soon after he had got the car as   19  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   20  to us yet,sir?”
1.A.directly          B.safely      C.properly      D.easily
2.A.so                  B.such            C.very        D.too
3.A.keep              B.repair      C.sell             D.throw
4.A.anxious          B.lucky          C.ashamed   D.generous
5.A.some              B.neither        C.none           D.no one
6.A.calm                  B.upset           C.delighted   D.astonished
7.A.no                         B.up                     C.it                D.that
8.A.learn                      B.miss            C.get              D.find
9.A.message                 B.advice         C.request    D.description
10.A.uses                            B.loses           C.has             D.spends
11.A.doubt                   B.help            C.trouble        D.answer
12.A.tell                       B.see              C.agree          D.call
13.A.exact                    B.suitable       C.early           D.late
14.A.follow                  B.meet           C.bring     D.introduce   
15.A.test                      B.obtain         C.admire       D.recognize
16.A.failing                  B.meaning      C.turning    D.happening
17.A.read                            B.placed    C.answered  D.understood
18.A.forget                   B.show           C.disagree      D.admit
19.A.clean                    B.crowded      C.fast             D.light
20.A.bargain                 B.sale             C.accident      D.result

On a hot summer day in late August, I sought shade and a cool drink at a waterfront cafe on a Greek island. Over hundred degrees in   21  air. Crowded. Tempers（脾气）of both the tourists and waiters had   22  to meet the situation, making it a rather quarrelsome environment（环境）.
At the table next to mine sat an attractive,   23  couple, waiting for   24 . They held hands, whispered, kissed, and laughed. Suddenly they stood, picked up their   25  and stepped together   26  the edge of where they were sitting to place the table in the sea water. The man stepped   27  for the two chairs. He politely   28  his lady in the knee-deep water and then sat down himself. All people around laughed and cheered.
  29  appeared. He paused for just a second, walked into the water to   30  the table and take their   31 , and then walked back to the   32  cheers of the rest of his   33 . Minutes later he returned carrying a bottle of wine and two glasses. Without pausing, he went
  34  into the water to   35  the wine. The couple toasted（祝酒）each other, the waiter and the crowd. And the crowd   36  by cheering and throwing flowers to them. Three other tables   37   to have lunch in the water. The place was now filled with laughter.
One doesn’t step into water in one’s best summer clothes. Why not?
Customers are not served   38 . Why not?
Sometimes one should consider   39  the line of convention（常规）and enjoy   40  to the fullest.
21. A. fresh                  B. cool                      C. still                  D. thin 
22. A. managed            B. expected            C. attempted         D. risen 
23. A. lonely                B. curious　　       C. well-dressed      D. bad-tempered　　　
24. A. cheers                B. service                     C. attention           D. flowers
25. A. metal table         B. empty bottle　　C. chairs              D. bags
26. A. on                     B. off                   C. around             D. along
27. A. outside               B. forward　　      C. down                      D. back　　
28. A. led                    B. seated               C. watched            D. received
29. A. The manager      B. A friend　         C. A waiter           D. The servant　
30. A. set                     B. wash                C. remove             D. check
31. A. menu                 B. bill                  C. food                 D. order
32. A. loud                  B. anxious             C. familiar            D. final
33. A. tourists              B. customers         C. fellows             D. assistants
34. A. at last                B. in time           C. once more               D. as well
35. A. change                      B. drink　             C. sell                  D. serve　
36. A. replied　            B. insisted　          C. agreed　           D. understood　
37. A. prepared            B. joined in           C. settled up          D. continued　
38. A. with pleasure       B. in the café               C. in the sea          D. with wine
39. A. following           B. keeping            C. limiting            D. crossing　
40. A. life                    B. wine                C. lunch                      D. time

My grandmother was an iron-willed woman, the feared head of the family. When I was five years old, she invited some friends to her apartment for a party. 26the guests was a neighborhood big shot(大亨). They had a little girl about my age who was27 and very much used to getting her own way.
Grandmother spent a lot of time with the big shot and his family. She 28 them the most important members of her social circle and tried hard to please them. At one point during the party, I 29my way to the bathroom and closed the door behind me. A minute or two later, the little girl 30the bathroom door and simply walked in. I was still sitting down. “Don’t you know that little girls aren't31to come into the bathroom when a little boy is using it!?” I shouted. The32I had piled upon her shocked the little girl. Then she started to cry. She tearfully33to her parents and my grandmother. Grandmother was waiting for me when I left the bathroom. I received the longest, sharpest34. After her scolding was over and I had been dismissed, the party 35.
Twenty minutes later, all that changed. Grandmother walked by the bathroom and noticed a flood of water36out from under the door. She37the bathroom door and saw that the sink and tub were plugged(塞)up and that the taps 38at full blast (拧到最大). Everyone knew who did it. The guests quickly formed a39wall around me, but Grandmother was40 angry that she almost got to me anyway.
My grandfather took me41to the window. He was a kind and gentle man, full of wisdom and patience.42did he raise his voice to anyone, and never did he43 his wife. He looked at me with much curiosity, 44 angry or upset.
“Tell me,” he asked, “why did you do it?”
“Well, she shouted at me 45,” I said earnestly. “Now she's got something to shout about.”
Grandfather didn’t speak right away. He just sat there, looking at me and smiling. “Eric,” he said at last, “you are my revenge(复仇).”
26. A. Between             B. Among             C. Around             D. Beside
27. A. spoiled               B. harmed             C. liked                D. concerned
28. A. imagined            B. told                  C. evaluated           D. considered
29. A. made                 B. found             C. pushed            D. wound
30. A. closed                B. opened             C. beat                 D. tapped
31. A. expected            B. asked                      C. supposed          D. told
32. A. happiness           B. depression               C. embarrassment D. anger
33. A. complained               B. apologized     C. replied             D. referred
34. A. cry                    B. blame               C. comment        D. demand
35. A. picked up            B. broke down              C. carried on          D. took off
36. A. moving              B. stirring           C. floating            D. streaming
37. A. pushed open       B. pulled down    C. shut up             D. knocked at
38. A. had gone             B. were going        C. went               D. had been going
39. A. productive          B. hard                 C. protective         D. rough
40. A. so                      B. too                   C. as                    D. very
41. A. by his hand               B. by the hand       C. by surprise        D. with anxiety
42. A. Often                 B. Sometimes        C. Always             D. Rarely
43 A. argue with           B. talk with           C. put up with       D. come to terms with
44. A. other than           B. instead of          C. rather than         D. more than
45. A. for something   B. for nothing       C. without doubt   D. with sympathy