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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes   36   the skies like beautiful birds dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them under   37  .

Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great   38  . They __39   and pulled, but the restraining string and the clumsy tail kept them in tow (拖着), facing upward and against the   40  . As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be   41  !” They flew beautifully even   42   they fought the restraint of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in getting   43  . “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly   44   the wind.”

Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the   45   of an unsympathetic wind. It flew up and down to the ground and   46   in a mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown   47   along the ground.

How much like   48   we sometimes are. The heaven gives us adversity (逆境) and restrictions,   49   to follow from which we can grow and   50   strength. Some of us resist the rules so hard that we never fly to reach the heights we might have   51  . We keep part of the rules and never   52   high enough to get our tails off the ground.

Let us each rise to the great heights,   53   that some of the restraints that we may be annoyed at are   54   the powerful force that helps us climb and   55   our goal.

36. A. surrounded           B. covered             C. emptied                    D. filled

37. A. construction         B. discussion         C. control                       D. pressure

38. A. heights                 B. lengths              C. widths                         D. weights

39. A. crashed                B. shook                C. floated                       D. landed

40. A. rain                      B. sun                   C. wind                         D. storm

41. A. energetic              B. lonely                C. safe                          D. free

42. A. before                  B. as                      C. since                        D. after

43. A. crazy                   B. upset                 C. loose                         D. happy

44. A. with                    B. against               C. beneath                   D. over

45. A. edge                    B. expense             C. mercy                      D. bottom

46. A. fled                     B. hid                     C. existed                       D. landed

47. A. deliberately          B. helplessly           C. actively                    D. hopefully

48. A. strings                 B. kites                   C. bushes                       D. weeds

49.A. rules                    B. customs             C. wishes                      D. instructions

50. A. convey                B. consume            C. lose                        D. gain

51. A. contained             B. lowered              C. indicated                 D. obtained

52. A. rise                      B. rank                   C. kick                         D. jump

53. A. hoping                 B. supposing          C. recognizing              D. dreaming

54. A. strictly                 B. actually             C. hardly                     D. consequently

55. A. achieve                B. score                 C. miss                       D. set


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、D)中,选出最佳选项。
Education is not only the teaching and learning of   36 ,  but also the developing of a person's   37  .
Now liberal(开明) education has a great   38   on the world.  Much work has been done to   39   better ways of teaching. Students are   40   to have their own thoughts and their own ideas when they have lessons which are often held in the form of group discussions. They are  41  guided to use the knowledge   42  .  In liberal education punishment  43  exists. Teachers and students are just like   44  . The idea is of course a perfect one if it can really be carried out. However, it only   45   in the imagination and will never be   46 . We must admit that children should   47   be guided properly. Just close your eyes and think how many students  48   in every hundred   49   will carry out the duties of a student if they are not   50  ? What is the use of advice only if it is not supported by a   51  degree of control and punishment?  It is   52   for us to judge the success and failure of this kind of education now, but from the bad behavior of children that is actually the   53  of   54  ,  we can see that something must be done to   55   these children.
36. A. schools       B. knowledge      C. books        D. teachers
37. A. politeness     B. habit           C. interests      D. character
38. A. effect        B. interest         C. power        D. strength
39. A. master        B. find           C. make         D. hold
40. A. ordered       B. encouraged     C. used         D. driven
41. A. strictly       B. wrongly        C. properly      D. carefully
42. A. seen          B. noticed        C. learned       D. met
43. A. still          B. no longer       C. always       D. forever
44. A. enemies       B. quarrelers      C. players       D. friends
45. A. goes          B. lives          C. comes        D. exists
46. A. realized       B. supported      C. understood    D. produced
47. A. at last         B. in the end      C. ever         D. in life
48. A. it is           B. it seems       C. there are      D. are
49. A. which         B. that           C. he           D. they
50. A. pulled        B. pushed         C. permitted     D. protected
51. A. reasonable    B. remarkable       C. strict        D. small
52. A. easy         B. hard            C. possible      D. proper
53. A. effect        B. result           C. power        D. end
54. A. liberal education  B. group discussion  C. education    D. teaching
55. A. punish        B. excuse         C. help          D. trust

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he  41   his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always _42__ his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree,  43    to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the   44  made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the  45 customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be  taken down for   46 . Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying  47  for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a  48  fake(假货). When he was  49  of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 50  cost nearly 100,000, into pieces  51  hearing Glen’s words. Glen was  52 . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 53  . For many times of entry-exit  54  he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and  55  him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if  56  reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be  57  according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.

     After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep  58  on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of  59  , which he would remember as the  60  of his success forever.

1. A. set up         B. took up       C. went up       D. picked up

2. A. honors         B. mentions          C. brings            D. owes

3.A. decided         B. refused       C. objected          D. asked

4. A. books              B. things        C. savings           D. pounds

5.A. ordinary       B. routine       C. regular      D. common

6.A. look            B. inspection     C. test            D. experiment

7.A. one             B. it            C. them              D. these

8.A priceless        B. useful        C. worthless         D. valuable

9. A. afraid             B. proud             C. ashamed       D. hard

10.A. that           B. what          C. as            D.  which

11. A. on           B. at            C. who          D. in

12. A disappointed       B. delighted         C. amazed        D. satisfied

13.A. strictly         B. quietly         C. quickly        D. curiously

14.A. conditions      B. experiences     C. experiments     D. chances

15. A. stopped        B. hoped         C. warned         D. urged

16.A. came out       B. found out      C. sent out         D. set out

17.A. hit           B. blamed        C. praised         D. charged

18.A. expression     B. idea           C. thought         D. impression

19.A. honesty       B. lies            C. goods          D. bravery

20.A. secret         B. lesson         C. choice          D. belief

 

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