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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
This morning, I received a phone call from one of my close friends, Nikko, which immediately changed this bright sunny day into a dark terrible pit of endless sorrow. He told me that Diane’s dad had just  36  , at 12:00 on January 3,2008.
Nikko told me that Diane had  37  everything about her dad on her blog, so I  38  right up from bed and got to her blog instantly. Her blog, always so  39  and nice, is suddenly filled with sorrow and grief.
She must have been writing with  40  streaming down her cheeks, with eyes so  41  from the sleepless night, and with a heart so  42  and regretful and yet, she wrote the post, full of determination and will,  43  strength and love. She showed no  44  of weakness and retreat. She  45  that she didn’t notice how her father was feeling before the sudden stroke (中风)   46 him on his sleep. I feel so sorry for her , as her close friend, that I am not able to give her my support and a shoulder to  47  because I live so far away. But I know she will be  48  . She had determined to become the pillar(支柱) of  49  for her mom and her brother.
Although Diane’s father is no longer  50  , his memories would always be with his family. I gave Diane my deepest condolence(吊唁)for her  51  of her most beloved one.
I have known Diane and her family ever since we were in primary school.  52  can be really cruel sometimes,  53  someone or something you have learned to love and rely on. A(n)  54  death like Diane’s father is the most sorrowful. Destiny didn’t even give his family the  55  to say their last goodbyes.
Diane wanted everyone to cherish their loved ones and do not wait until it’s already too late. Tell them you love them and let them know how you feel before it’s too late.
36.A. passed away            B. left over                     C. sent off                     D. filled up
37.A. spoke                     B. found                         C. written                      D. uncovered
38.A. jumped                   B. run                            C. shouted                     D. cleaned
39.A. interesting               B. colorful                      C. good                         D. mind
40.A. water                      B. tears                           C. blood                        D. sweat
41.A. sleepy                     B. big                             C. infected                     D. red
42.A. bleeding                 B. heavy                         C. painful                      D. sympathetic
43.A. from                      B. of                              C. on                            D. without
44.A. sign                        B. explanation                 C. expression                 D. impression
45.A. argued          B. noticed                       C. blamed                      D. regretted
46.A. broke                     B. attacked                      C. affected                     D. made
47.A. depend on               B. keep up                      C. cry on                       D. carry out
48.A. strong                     B. weak                          C. sorrowful                  D. lonely
49.A. mind                      B. center                         C. power                       D. support
50.A. lively                     B. present                       C. painful                      D. alive
51.A. loss                        B. love                           C. regret                        D. thanks
52.A. Future                    B. Lives                          C. Destiny                     D. experience
53.A. giving up                B. taking away                C. suffering from           D. mourning for
54.A. regretful                 B. heart-broken               C. unforgettable             D. instant
55.A. chance                    B. reward                       C. treat                          D. attention

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to  31  in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 32 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 33 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 34.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there _35  between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She  36  her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had _37_ her. I was 38_ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread.Sometimes it __39_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt _40__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread.It can hardly be seen _41 , but it’s really there. Love is 42_.”
I listened carefully but I __43_ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly _44 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __45_. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 46__ on the country road.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t _47  me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”_48_ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 49 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just _50_ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

【小题1】
A.keep fitB.rise early C.collect moneyD.earn money
【小题2】
A.romanticB.magic C.fantasticD.attractive
【小题3】
A.simple B.luxuriousC.relaxingD.easy
【小题4】
A.questionB.the questionC.reach D.control
【小题5】
A.feelingB.quarrelC.loveD.smile
【小题6】
A.bowedB.shook C.noddedD.raised
【小题7】
A.hurtB.injured C.woundedD.harmed
【小题8】
A.in great surpriseB.with deep depression
C.in a great embarrassmentD.at extreme sorrow
【小题9】
A.happens B.comes aboutC.occurs D.appears
【小题10】
A.warm and softB.hot and hardC.thin and coolD.strong and durable
【小题11】
A.more or lessB.here and there
C.somewhere and sometimeD.anywhere or anytime
【小题12】
A.inside B.outsideC.faraway D.nearby
【小题13】
A.could believeB.wouldn’t recognizeC.couldn’t understandD.might know
【小题14】
A.got stuckB.got sickC.threw up D.became disabled
【小题15】
A.quite healthy B.fairly red C.very paleD.much surprised
【小题16】
A.walk slowlyB.go hurriedly C.run fastD.jump high
【小题17】
A.think about B.worry about C.talk withD.laugh at
【小题18】
A.SayingB.SeeingC.ReadingD.Writing
【小题19】
A.fresh rosesB.gold ring C.beautiful jewelry D.sweet kisses
【小题20】
A.a needle B.a threadC.the clothD.the cotton

完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-30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。
Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond ring worth £57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked ___16__ like the first one but was worth only£2,000. This he took to the shop, which accepted it without a question.
  Jenkins gave the much more 17__ ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife __18__ to Paris for a weekend. As to the __19__ ring, the shop sold it for£60,000.
  Six months later the buyer __20__it back to Silkstone's office. "It's a faulty diamond,"he said. "It isn't worth the high __21__ I paid." Then he told them the __22__. His wife's car had caught fire in an __23__. She had escaped  ,__24__ the ring had fallen off and been damaged  in the great __25__ of the fire.
  The shop had to agree. They knew that no fire on earth can ever damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the __26__ diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who __27__ it?
  A picture of the ring appeared in the __28__. A reader thought he recognized the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which showed a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman __29__ a large diamond ring."Do You know the __30__ with the lovely diamond ring?" the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.
16. A. surely         B. only   C. nearly   D. exactly
17. A. real     B. worthy  C. modern      D. valuable
18.A. drove     B. flew        C. sailed    D. bicycled
19. A. last          B. first      C. second   D. next
20. A. sold    B. posted    C. brought    D. returned
21.A. money   B. price       C. cost     D. value
22. A. facts    B. questions     C. results       D. matters
23. A. accident      B. affair     C. incident    D. experience
24. A. so     B. but          C. or      D. and
25. A. pile     B. heat     C. pressure     D. power
26. A. real    B. pure    C. right     D. exact 
27.A. made   B. stole         C. copied   D. did
28.A. magazines   B. notices     C. newspapers   D. programmes
29. A. carrying  B. holding      C. dressing   D. wearing    
30. A. dancer   B. woman   C. jeweler       D. reader

All we have a clock located inside our brains. Similar to your bedside alarm clock, your internal clock runs on a 24-hour cycle. This cycle, called a circadian (昼夜节奏的) rhythm, helps control when you wake, when you eat and when you sleep.

Somewhere around puberty, something happens in the timing of the biological clock. The clock pushes forward, so adolescents and teenagers are unable to fall asleep as early as they used to. When your mother tells you it's time for bed, your body may be pushing you to stay up3 for several hours more. And the light coming from your computer screen or TV could be pushing you to stay up even later.

This shift is natural for teenagers. But staying up very late and sleeping late can get your body's clock out of sync with the cycle of light and dark. It can also make it hard to get out of bed in the morning and may bring other problems, too. Teenagers are put in a kind of a gray cloud (提不起精神的状态) when they don't get enough sleep, says Mary Carskadon, a sleep researcher at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It affects their mood and their ability to think and learn.

But just like your alarm clock, your internal clock can be reset. In fact, it automatically resets itself every day. How? By using the light it gets through your eyes.

Scientists have known for a long time that the light of day and the dark of night play important roles in setting our internal clocks. For years, researchers thought that the signals that synchronize the body's clock were handled through the same pathways that we use to see. But recent discoveries show that the human eye has two separate light-sensing systems. One system allows us to see. The second system tells our body whether it's day or night.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)

81. The clock located inside our brains is similar to our bedside alarm clock because ________________________________________.­

82. Children before puberty tend to __________________________________than adolescents.

83. The author wants to tell the reader that   _____________________________________.

84. What did the previous researchers think about the human eye's light-sensing system?

 

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