When Mike told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which had just broken. There were pieces of me all over the tidy floor. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving,   31  it was for the best, I could do better, it was his   32  and not mine. I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still hurt; perhaps one cannot   33  such pain.
He left and I tried to   34  my life. I filled the kettle (水壶), put it on to boil, took out my old red cup and   35  the coffee powder falling into the bone china. Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning, I   36  not to hear it. That’s what Mike’s leaving had been like, sudden and with a(n)   37  end. I would rather just   38  in uncertainty than have things finished. I laughed at myself. Just about a cup of coffee, I must be getting   39 .
And yet it was a young woman who   40  back at me from the mirror, a young woman full of   41  and hope, a young woman with bright eyes just waiting to see the world.  42 , there are more important things. More important than   43 , I insist to myself firmly. The lid goes back on the coffee just like closing on the whole Mike experience.
He didn’t   44  my dreams as I feared that night.   45 , I am flying far across fields and woods,   46  on those below me. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. I realize with some   47  that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a   48 , but there is someone out there who is my soul mate. I think about being a broken   49  again and realize that I have gathered myself back together, what Mike has is   50  a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has merely, a little piece of me.

1
A. complaining
B. suggesting
C. explaining
D. whispering
2
A. business
B. fault
C. luck
D. reason
3
A. pass
B. defend
C. feel
D. ease
4
A. get close to
B. get on with
C. get away with
D. get down to
5
A. watched
B. made
C. let
D. wanted
6
A. announced
B. decided
C. pretended
D. concluded
7
A. optimistic
B. sceptical
C. splendid
D. unpleasant
8
A. wander
B. move
C. keep
D. take
9
A. mad
B. old
C. nervous
D. uncertain
10
A. flashed
B. swung
C. stared
D. pointed
11
A. promise
B. delight
C. dilemmas
D. conflicts
12
A. Therefore
B. Besides
C. Finally
D. Constantly
13
A. friendship
B. life
C. love
D. health
14
A. visit
B. have
C. reject
D. spin
15
A. Deliberately
B. Meanwhile
C. Thus
D. Instead
16
A. taking off
B. looking down
C. breaking away
D. getting over
17
A. sorrow
B. worry
C. relief
D. doubt
18
A. friend
B. bird
C. dream
D. job
19
A. heart
B. vase
C. mirror
D. cup
20
A. mostly
B. hardly
C. usually
D. only
 


第二节完形填空(20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Our friend, Mike, was going to finally see his boys.When he divorced (离婚) his wife, he   36   to a different continent.It was over a year   37  he'd last seen his boys.They were coming to spend one week with him.
38  ,Mike was not accustomed to being with them by himself.Also, he was afraid he didn't have enough money to take them to interesting places.My husband, Steve,   39   some activities which didn't  40  much money and tried to  41   him that he didn't have to spend a lot of money to have fun.
Judging from the distaste on our friend's face, we knew the suggestion wasn't worthy of   42 .Mike told us that he   43  the view that the amount of   44  spent on his children equaled the amount of love he'd get   45 .Actually, what his children needed most was his company.He just didn't 46   it, though.
I remember as a child the things my family did that cost   47   nothing at all.A picnic or a walk around the block with my parents after dinner was some of the fondest 48   I had. One Christmas, without   49   things for his girls, my dad presented each of us with a wrapped box inside of which was a sheet of paper that  50  read, "I love you." I can't even remember what else I opened that Christmas morning.
I remember we took our boys for   51 .After a wonderful day of telling stories and singing to an audience of trees and a quiet  52 of watching the campfire's dance, they entered the tent screaming with laughter, jumping up and down.Steve   53   no time joining their merrymaking.It's a  54  that will remain in our memory for ages.
Time is the  55   important thing one can spend on a child.
36.A.belonged       B.moved            C.referred       D.adapted
37.A.after         B.as              C.until         D.since
38.A.Therefore    B.Though            C.Besides       D.However
39.A.took          B.suggested          C.provided       D.created
40.A.cost          B.save              C.earn        D.lose
41.A.persuade       B.scold              C.explain        D.recommend
42.A.challenge        B.decision           C.consideration  D.operation
43.A.gave up      B.talked about         C.cared about    D.stuck to
44.A.time          B.money             C.energy      D.love
45.A.in turn       B.in return           C.in vain      D.in total
46.A.get          B.mean             C.guess       D.finish
47.A.practically     B.gradually          C.slightly      D.mainly
48.A.drills          B.experiments        C.lessons         D.memories
49.A.common     B.useful           C.expensive     D.necessary
50.A.approximately B.especially           C.simply        D.mostly
51.A.shopping     B.camping           C.swimming    D.boating
52.A.morning      B.afternoon          C.evening       D.dawn
53.A.spared        B.spent              C.afforded      D.wasted
54.A.sight           B.message           C.signal         D.description
55.A.least         B.last              C.most           D.best



LONDON, England(CNN)--- The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home Thursday from his 30,000-mile, 282-day ocean journey.
Mike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said.
“It feels absolutely brilliant,” Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line. “I'm really, really excited to be going across the line at last. It doesn't feel like long since I crossed it first.”
Mike set off on his round-the-world trip on November 18, 2008. He has been sailing his yacht single-handedly, though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way.
The teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo, according to the Guinness World Records.
Mike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father, Peter and at age 14, he sailed across the Atlantic alone.
The teenager's school --- which Mike describes as “highly supportive” of his trip --- has redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip. It also gave him some coursework to do during “quiet moments,” according to Mike's Web site.
There haven't been many of those quiet moments. Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and twice in Australia, according to his Web site.
Bad weather in the Southern Ocean --- between Australia and Antarctica --- forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds. He said at one point, a “freak wave” picked up the boat and turned it on its side.
“My feet were on the ceiling at the time,” he told CNN. “That was a really hairy moment, and I was certainly thinking, ‘Why am I here?’ But we took the sails off and the day after I thought, ‘This is brilliant!’”
Mike describes his father as his biggest hero, always supportive of what he wanted to achieve. Peter Perham said he wasn't too worried about his son facing dangerous situations at sea, as long as he knew what to do and stayed safe.
49. Mike Perham returned to Britain in ________.
A. August      B. September         C. October             D. November
50. Mike Perham is ________ that went on the round-the-world trip in the world up till now.
A. the first      B. the bravest    C. the luckiest    D. the youngest
51. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. the English school is the same as ours
B. the English school doesn’t care for students
C. the English school has a humane management
D. the English school gives students a lot of course work
52. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A. Mike’s exciting sail trip around the globe
B. how Mike’s father taught him to sail a boat
C. why CNN wanted to report the news to the public
D. the introduction of the Guinness World Records

When Mike told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which had just broken. There were pieces of me all over the tidy floor. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving,   31   it was for the best, I could do better, it was his   32   and not mine. I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still hurt; perhaps one cannot   33   such pain.

He left and I tried to   34   my life. I filled the kettle (水壶), put it on to boil, took out my old red cup and   35   the coffee powder falling into the bone china. Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning, I   36   not to hear it. That’s what Mike’s leaving had been like, sudden and with a(n)   37   end. I would rather just   38   in uncertainty than have things finished. I laughed at myself. Just about a cup of coffee, I must be getting   39  .

And yet it was a young woman who   40   back at me from the mirror, a young woman full of   41   and hope, a young woman with bright eyes just waiting to see the world.  42  , there are more important things. More important than   43  , I insist to myself firmly. The lid goes back on the coffee just like closing on the whole Mike experience.

He didn’t   44   my dreams as I feared that night.   45  , I am flying far across fields and woods,   46   on those below me. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. I realize with some   47   that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a   48  , but there is someone out there who is my soul mate. I think about being a broken   49   again and realize that I have gathered myself back together, what Mike has is   50   a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has merely, a little piece of me.

 

1

A. complaining

B. suggesting

C. explaining

D. whispering

2

A. business

B. fault

C. luck

D. reason

3

A. pass

B. defend

C. feel

D. ease

4

A. get close to

B. get on with

C. get away with

D. get down to

5

A. watched

B. made

C. let

D. wanted

6

A. announced

B. decided

C. pretended

D. concluded

7

A. optimistic

B. sceptical

C. splendid

D. unpleasant

8

A. wander

B. move

C. keep

D. take

9

A. mad

B. old

C. nervous

D. uncertain

10

A. flashed

B. swung

C. stared

D. pointed

11

A. promise

B. delight

C. dilemmas

D. conflicts

12

A. Therefore

B. Besides

C. Finally

D. Constantly

13

A. friendship

B. life

C. love

D. health

14

A. visit

B. have

C. reject

D. spin

15

A. Deliberately

B. Meanwhile

C. Thus

D. Instead

16

A. taking off

B. looking down

C. breaking away

D. getting over

17

A. sorrow

B. worry

C. relief

D. doubt

18

A. friend

B. bird

C. dream

D. job

19

A. heart

B. vase

C. mirror

D. cup

20

A. mostly

B. hardly

C. usually

D. only

 

 

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