第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分,满分30分)

The earliest memory I have of my father is holding his hand by his last two fingers as we walked together. His hands seemed so 16 that his fingers were all I could actually hold. He always 17 me to basketball games even at my young age. I will 18 forget that.

We usually listened to basketball games 19 on the radio. I would make a list of players’ names on a piece of paper and write down how many 20 each team would get. Too small to stay 21 for the whole game,I always fell asleep before the game 22 When I woke up,I would find the 23 sheet lying beside me with the final score on it 24 by my father.

I remember the times 25 my father would stop by the house when I came back home from school. I 26 to ride on the floor of his bread truck as he delivered the bread to the stores. The 27 from the bread would make my mouth water.

In high school I became interested in athletics. My father would 28 all my games. The night before one important game my father came and told me in a 29 voice that he couldn’t come because he had to 30 . The next day as game time 31 ,I couldn’t help thinking about him. During the game,I

J happened to 32 across the game field into the parking lot. It was Dad's 33 一he had finished work and driven over three hours to see the game!I felt deeply 34 .

I now pass on that 35 to my 8-year-old son: a tradition not only about father,son and sports,but one filled with love.

16. A. cold   B. large   C. sweet   D. small

17. A. fetched   B. brought   C. took   D. sent

18. A. never   B. still   C. yet   D. already

19. A. alone   B. instead   C. along   D. together

20. A. medals   B. speeches

   C. points   D. differences

21. A. awake   B. alive   C. obvious   D. strong

22. A. arrived   B. disappeared

   C. ended   D. started

23. A. bread   B. name   C. bed   D. score

24. A. written   B. accepted   C. expected   D. bought

25. A. that   B. when   C. where   D. which

26. A. wanted   B. seemed   C. used   D. planned

27. A. gas   B. secret   C. light   D. smell

28. A. attend   B. miss   C. play   D. discuss

29. A. sleepy   B. happy   C. sad   D. proud

30. A. travel   B. work   C. study   D. return

31. A. left   B. finished

   C. followed   D. approached

32. A. look   B. run   C. come   D. spread

33. A. taxi   B. store   C. truck   D. car

34. A. upset   B. hurt   C. satisfied   D. moved

35. A. tradition   B. action   C. spirit   D. prize

Bamboo (竹子) is one of nature's most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree,but it is a kind of grass.

Like other kinds of grass,a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground,but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1. 5 metres in 24 hours!Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo.

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimetres wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimetres across. This plant also comes in different colours,from yellow to black to green.

Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools. Because it is strong,bamboo is also used to build buildings.

Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting new buildings and bridges while they are being built.

In Africa,farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money,and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bam-boo pipes (管子) help farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.

56. In which way is bamboo like grass?

   A. It grows quickly.

   B. It's used for building.

   C. It is easy to cut and carry.

   D. It grows in all kinds of climate.

57. Though you can see bamboo everywhere,it doesn’t grow .

   A. in Australia   B. in Europe

   C. on mountains   D. by rivers

58. Why is bamboo used by African farmers?

   A. Because it is cheap.

   B. Because it is strong.

   C. Because it has different colours.

   D. Because it is good for building fence.

59. Bamboo pipes can be used to  .

   A. feed animals   B. collect water

   C. hunt animals   D. carry water

60. In Asia,bamboo has been used for .

   A. a short time   B. thousands of years

   C. hundreds of years   D. about 100 years

第二节阅读填空(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)

When my son was 11 years old,he got a small job helping out with a travelling carnival (狂欢节) while it was in our town. 51 Instead he told me he was fine and had found a few days’ work helping out at an exhibit. He turned up for supper as usual after he finished work.

I asked him how he had managed at lunch and he told me he had made some new friends at the carnival,some young men who were twin brothers,and their mum and dad. They had paid him a few dollars,and invited him for lunch in return for helping them set up their exhibit. 52

I was glad he had found new friends but a little worried about the type of people that might be travelling in a carnival.

“Oh,Mum,these are just normal everyday people like anyone else. 53 Come down tomorrow and meet them yourself,” he said. So the next day I went to the carnival and to the exhibif he had directed me to. The twin brothers turned out to be Siamese twins (连体双胞胎) ,joined at the chest.

54 When I brought it to him,he said ,“Yes ,

I noticed that too. Do you know that their mum has to make all their clothes because it's so difficult to find anything to fit them? They’re also really good cooks. Today,Joe,the one on the right,made me spaghetti for lunch.

What others see first in a person is not what a child considers important. Where I saw Siamese twins,he saw people having difficulty buying clothes that fit,and young men who were good cooks. 55

   A. He didn't come home at lunchtime.

   B. He told me he could make much money.

   C. They just work at a carnival instead of in a store.

   D. I asked him why he didn't come back home for lunch.

   E. He hadn’t thought this fact was worthy enough to mention.

   F. It was a lesson that I have thought about many times over the years.

   G. They wanted him to return the next day to help them with other chores (杂事) .

51. 52.  53.

54.  55.

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