题目内容
12．A strange thing happened to me last Sunday．It was（41）B a beautiful day that I drove to go for a look in the country．On the way back home，my car（42）A．It was out of gas on a lonely road far from a town．I decided to walk（43）C I found someone who could（44）Dsome gas．
I had walked almost a mile（45）C I finally found a house near the road．I was glad to see it 46
it was getting dark．
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair answered．She said"I've been（47）Afor you a long time．Come in．（48）D is almost ready．"
"But I only come（49）C some gas，"I answered．I couldn't imagine（50）A she was talking about．
"Oh，Alfred!Gas？You （51）A like tea．"
I quickly（52）D that my car was out of gas，but she didn't seem to hear me．She just（53）Bcalling me Alfred and talking about（54）C it had been since she had seen me．She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to（55）D．As soon as she went to get tea，I went out of the house as fast as I could．
（56）C，there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed．When I told the man about my（57）A，he said，"Oh，that's Miss Emily．She lives by herself in that big house．She's out of her mind，but，but she wouldn't hurt（58）B．She is still waiting for the man she was supposed to （59）D thirty years ago．The day before their wedding he left home and（60）B came back because of the war．"
| 41．A．very | B．such | C．so | D．quite |
| 42．A．stopped | B．jump | C．moved | D．cracked |
| 43．A．as | B．when | C．until | D．for |
| 44．A．fetch | B．buy | C．send | D．sell |
| 45．A．since | B．after | C．before | D．unless |
| 46．A．if | B．because | C．and | D．though |
| 47．A．waiting | B．calling | C．looking | D．cooking |
| 48．A．Gas | B．Coffee | C．Dinner | D．Tea |
| 49．A．in | B．with | C．for | D．along |
| 50．A．what | B．that | C．when | D．why |
| 51．A．used to | B．had better | C．have to | D．would rather |
| 52．A．screamed | B．complained | C．shouted | D．explained |
| 53．A．suggested | B．kept | C．stopped | D．enjoyed |
| 54．A．how far | B．how often | C．how long | D．how many |
| 55．A．stay | B．speak | C．answer | D．leave |
| 56．A．Finally | B．Exactly | C．Fortunately | D．Unexpectedly |
| 57．A．experience | B．adventure | C．surprise | D．incident |
| 58．A．someone | B．anyone | C．everyone | D．none |
| 59．A．meet | B．move | C．miss | D．marry |
| 60．A．soon | B．never | C．seldom | D．often |
分析 本文属于故事类的短文阅读．主要讲述了我的汽车没有油了，我出去找油的时候，遇见的一件很奇怪的事情，一个女人把我错当成了她逃婚的丈夫．原来他的未婚夫因为战争在新婚的前一天就离开了她再也没有回来，她也因为思念过度而精神失常．
解答 41-45 BACDC 46-50 BADCA 51-55 ADBCD 56-60CABDB
41：B．考查形容词辨析．根据句意可知，天气是如此的好以至于我想到乡村去转转，考查句型such a+形容词+that引导的结果状语从句；选B．
42：A．考查动词辨析．根据后面的句子It was out of gas on a lonely road far from a town，可知，在远离城镇的孤单的小路上，汽车没有油了，所以车停了．选A．
43：C．考查连词辨析A．until直到B．when当…时候，Cso that为了，因此 D．because因为，我决定走走看直到有人卖汽油给我．本句为until引导的时间状语从句．选C．
44：D．考查动词辨析．fetch去拿；sell卖；buy买；send送，我希望有人可以卖一点汽油给我．车没油了，自然是想找人买些汽油．who引导的定语从句，修饰先行词someone．选D．
45：C．考查连词辨析．before在…前面；so那么，因此；after在…后面；since 自从，我走了一英里才发现路边有个房子．选C．
46：B．考查连词辨析．看到路边有一个人家我很开心，因为天也要黑了．because引导原因状语从句；选B．
47：A．考查动词辨析．根据后面的时间状语a long time．以及58空后面的一句She is still waiting for the man 可知，这位妇女应该是在等"我"；wait等候．选A．
48：D．考查名词辨析．因为后面多次提到tea，如"Oh，Alfred!Gas？You used to like tea．"以及55空格后面As soon as she went to get tea，可知，这位老太太已经准备好了茶．选D．
49：C．考查介词辨析．作者说："我来只是买汽油的"，这里强调的是表示目的介词for；可知选C．
50：A．考查代词辨析．本空为一个宾语从句，作动词imagine的宾语，从句中缺少一个介词about的宾语，所以用what来引导该从句．我无法想象她所说的话，选A．
51：A．考查连词辨析．根据前面的疑问Oh，Alfred!Gas？可知，接下来要说的是他过去的喜好，即以前喜欢喝茶的；used to do sth过去常常做某事；选A．
52：D．考查动词辨析．根据后面的陈述but she didn't seem to hear me可知，此处是说我向她解释我只需要汽油，但是她好像不听我的．选D．
53：B．考查动词辨析．suggested 建议，kept保持，stopped停止，enjoyed 享受，根据前面的一句but she didn't seem to hear me．以及本句中的just可知，她还是一直叫我Alfred!选B．
54：C．考查句型：it had been+一段时间+since+had done．她一直在说多久没见过我了．强调时间的长久用how long来引导该感叹句．选C．
55：D．考查动词辨析．根据后面的句子I went out of the house as fast as I could可知，我很急切地想离开．选D．
56：C．考查副词辨析．根据后面一句there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed可知，我的问题得到了解决，应该是幸运的，故选C．
57：A．考查名词辨析．见到别人自然是把我的经历告诉了他们．选A．
58：B．考查不定代词．她思维不正常，但是她不想伤害任何人．本句为anyone和否定词not连用表示全部否定，选B．
59：D．考查动词：根据下一句中的时间状语The day before their wedding 可知，应该是她要嫁的男人，即她的丈夫．选D．
60：B．考查副词辨析．根据后面的原因状语because of the war可知，在婚礼前一天，他离开了她再也没有回来．选B．
点评 完形填空题是考查语言的应用能力．在解题时，要把握文章的整体，充分考虑上下文和语境，不能拘泥于词汇本身．对于故事类文章，还要充分利用文章的情节暗示和作者的述事方法．
The results come from the so-called Million Women Study，which took on women aged 50to 69from 1996to 2001，and tracked them with questionnaires and official records of death and hospital admissions．The questionnaires asked how often the women felt happy，in control，relaxed and stressed，and also instructed them to rate their health and list ailments like high blood pressure，diabetes，depression or anxiety．
When the answers were analyzed statistically，unhappiness and stress were not associated with an increased risk of death．It is not clear whether the findings apply to men．
Professor Peto said particularly important data came from 500，000women who reported that they were in good health，with no history of heart disease，cancer，or stroke．A minority of these healthy women said they were stressed or unhappy，he said，but over the next decade they were no more likely to die than were the women who were generally happy．
"This finding refutes（驳斥）the large effects of unhappiness and stress on death rate that others have claimed，"Dr．Peto said．Unhappiness itself may not affect health directly，but it can do harm in other ways，by driving people to suicide，alcoholism or other dangerous behaviors，he warned．
This type of study，in which people involved depends on their self-assessments，is not considered as reliable as a designed experiment where people involved are picked at random and assigned to a treatment or control group．But the huge number of people in this study gives it power．Still，some observers noted that measuring emotions is more nuanced（细微的）and complex than simply declaring happiness or unhappiness．
"I would have liked to see more discussion of how people translate these complicated feelings into a self-report of happiness，"said Baruch Fischhoff，a psychologist at Carnegie Mellon University．
The results of earlier studies have been mixed，with some finding that unhappiness causes illness and others showing no link，Dr．Fischhoff said．"It looks to me like people have collected a lot of data without finding a clear signal，"he said．However，an editorial accompanying the study in The Lancet noted that it had the largest population so far in happiness studies and praised its statistical methods．
Professor Peto said he doubted whether the new study would change many minds because beliefs about the risks of unhappiness are so rooted．"People are still going to believe that stress causes heart attacks，"he said．
| Topic | Happiness Doesn't （71）NecessarilyBring Good Health |
| （72）Subjects/Participantsof the research | One million women aged 50to 69 |
（73）Procedure/Steps of the research | Track the women with questionnaires． Keep official records of deaths and hospital admission． Make statistical （74）analysesof the answers． |
Results of the research | It lacks basis that unhappy people （75）tend to suffer mortality more easily． Unhappiness may （76）account/make for some dangerous behavior． Whether the conclusion applies to men hasn't been （77）confirmed/proved |
（78）Drawbacks/Shortcomings/Disadvantages/Weaknesses of the research | It just depends on how people involved （79）assess/evaluatethemselves． Measuring emotion is more nuanced and complex． The results of earlier studies have been mixed． |
| Significance of the research | The largest population were involved． Statistical methods were used． |
| Professor Peto's concern | The study can （80）hardly change people's minds as the beliefs about the disadvantages of unhappiness are so anchored． |