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,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、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。
  Columnist Dave Barry says this about his father:"My dad would try anything - carpentry(木匠活),electrical wiring,roofing and so on.From watching him,I learned a lesson that still 36 to my life today:no matter how difficult a task may seem, 37 you're not afraid to try it,you can do it."
  I learned from my parents the value of "going for it"." 38 ventured(冒险),nothing lost" is the motto of too many of us.Many people are so afraid to 39 that they never venture beyond the familiar."Better to be safe than sorry",has 40 too many people in the cocoon(保护膜) of their 41 zones.
  A delightful 42 tells that Col.Robert Johnson of Salem,New Jersey,announced that he would take a 43 risk.He let the town know that he would 44 a wolf peach on the steps of the country courthouse at noon on September 26,1820. "Why would he take such a chance?" asked the 45 people.
  Scientists and doctors had long declared the wolf peach to be 46 .If the wolf peach was too ripe and warmed by the sun,they told him he would be exposing himself to brain fever.Should he somehow 47 the experience,the skin of the 48 would stick to the lining of his stomach(他的胃黏膜) and 49 cause cancer.
  Nearly 2,000 people 50 the square to see Col.Johnson eat the "poisonous" peach - now known as the tomato.
  Col.Johnson believed his 51 was small,but it must be take if the 52 about the peach were to be 53 .Who has accompished anything worthwhile 54 taking a risk?
  Much like the tortoise it makes 55 only when it sticks its neck out.
  36.A.refers         B.applies       C.tends          D.leads
  37.A.if            B.since         C.although       D.unless
  38.A.Anything      B.Something    C.Nothing        D.Everything
  39.A.fail           B.win          C.succeed        D.leave
  40.A.turned        B.trapped       C.forbidden      D.orced
  41.A.comfortable    B.miserable     C.surprising     D.unimportant
  42.A.novel         B.message      C.joke          D.story
  43.A.private        B.public       C.secret        D.national
  44.A.buy          B.sell          C.eat           D.cut
  45.A.puzzled       B.disappointed   C.angry        D.happy
  46.A.delicious       B.smelly        C.salty        D.poisonous
  47.A.enjoy         B.survive         C.understand  D.know
  48.A.wolf         B.seed           C.peach      D.body
  49.A.eventually     B.firstly          C.lately       D.hardly
  50.A.reached      B.decorated         C.surrounded  D.crowded
  51.A.audience     B.risk            C.fruit        D.size
  52.A.myths        B.ingredients    C.truths         D.prices
  53.A.changed      B.adopted        C.removed      D.grasped
  54.A.without      B.for            C.with         D.except
  55.A.sense        B.trouble         C.room        D.progress

It was always thought that Treasure Island(金银岛) was the product(产物) of Robert Stevenson’s imagination(想像).  36 ,recent research has found the true story of this exciting work .
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 37 for many years .In 1881 he returned to Scotland to spend  38 .With him were his American wife Fanny and his son 39 .
Each morning they would go out for a  40 over the hills .They had been 41 this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd, Stevenson’s son, felt the days 42 .To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some  43 .
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 44 that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 45 . “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the 46 treasure”, said the boy. Robert suddenly 47 something of an adventure(冒险) story in the boy’s 48 .While the rain was pouring ,Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the 49 a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd .But who would be molded(塑造) into the hero — a pirate(海盗)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked with the 50 of a wooden leg , Robert had always wanted to 51 such a man in a story.  52 Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was 53 .
So thanks to a 54 September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest  55 stories in the English language.

【小题1】
A.However B.ThereforeC.BesidesD.Finally
【小题2】
A.aloneB.next doorC.at homeD.abroad
【小题3】
A.meeting B.storyC.holidayD.job
【小题4】
A.LloydB.RobertC.HenleyD.John
【小题5】
A.talkB.rest C.walk D.game
【小题6】
A.attemptingB.missingC.planning D.enjoying
【小题7】
A.warmB.dull C.busy D.cold
【小题8】
A.cleaningB.writingC.drawingD.exercising
【小题9】
A.doubted B.noticedC.decidedD.recognized
【小题10】
A.the sea B.the houseC.Scotland D.the island
【小题11】
A.lostB.buriedC.discoveredD.invented
【小题12】
A.saw B.drew C.made D.looked
【小题13】
A.bookB.replyC.mapD.letter
【小题14】
A.singerB.hero C.writerD.child
【小题15】
A.helpB.problemC.useD.up
【小题16】
A.praiseB.produceC.mold D.accept
【小题17】
A.Yet B.Also C.ButD.So
【小题18】
A.readB.born C.hiredD.written
【小题19】
A.rainyB.sunnyC.cool D.windy
【小题20】
A.newsB.love C.travelD.adventure

Dear Edward,
I have been very busy recently with some really exciting new developments.If you visit my main website you will see various new items there.
The first is a tab called Food for Thought.This is a short daily email which raises a question or makes a statement or provides something for you to think about.Some regular readers may find these emails quite basic.However, you would agree with me that there are many people who reject anything spiritual simply because it means venturing(冒险进入) into the unknown.
There is also a tab called Please Help Me.I will be hosting tele-discussions soon-yes, and I am really excited about that!
Here I ask you to propose topics for tele-discussions.If you are concerned about missing out, don’t worry.The proceeds will be recorded and made available as MP3 recordings.Please let me know what burning issues you have or what you are curious about. 
I am providing a free mystery gift to the value of £9.95 for each successful suggestion. And please don’t think your issue is meaningless-there may be a number of other people who may have the same issue.
You may not be aware that I have also published a number of guided meditations(思考) on-line.Please have a look at this website for a free guided meditation as well as an explanation of what meditation is about.
And watch this space for more exciting things to come in the next month.I am now in a space where my hobby has become my work-how lucky can a girl be!
I also want to thank you for your support and interest over the past years-you have helped me immensely on my own journey.
Love and Light,
Elsabe
64.What does the item “Food for Thought” mainly focus on?
A.How to eat reasonably.                            B.Ideas for people to think about.
C.Where to have enough food.                   D.Ways to enjoy adventurous journeys.
65.How can one get a free mysterious gift from Elsabe?
A.By offering acceptable advice.                          B.By sending as much email as possible.
C.By sending him £9.95.                                         D.By telling him what you are interested in.
66.What does Elsabe ask Edward to do?
A.Offer topics for the tele-discussion.
B.Record the content of the website.
C.Concern and participate about the issues on the website.
D.Help him find more people to help him.
67.What can we infer from the whole passage?
A.Edward doesn’t know Elsabe at all.                 B.Many people join in Elsabe’s program.
C.People are afraid to surf Elsabe’s website.    D.Everything on Elsabe’s website is free.

I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare (兔子) and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said, “ Son, remember: Be slow and steady (镇定的), and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”
Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”
I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”
“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”
“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔的), by pushing on steadily.”
Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”
I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.
【小题1】The writer argued (辩论)with his son because ______________.

A.he liked tortoises while his son liked hares
B.they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish
C.he tried to teach his son a moral (品德) lesson but the son had totally different opinion
D.he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.
【小题2】Sonny believed that the tortoise ______________.
A.won the race by his own hard working
B.took a risk (冒险) by agreeing to run a race
C.was not given a fair chance in the race
D.in fact did win the race luckily
【小题3】Billy, Tony and Sandy must be_______________.
A.boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father
B.boys who Sonny has run races with before
C.boys who Sonny has never raced with before
D.boys who Sonny did not expect to race with again
【小题4】The writer thinks that his generation (一代人) ______________.
A.are cleverer than Sonny’s generation
B.have the same ideas about life as Sonny’s generation
C.are more hopeful than Sonny’s generation
D.have different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation
【小题5】According to the passage, who do you think learnt a lesson?
A.The tortoiseB.Sonny
C.The hareD.Sonny’s father

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