第二节:完形填空(共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分)
When I was a kid, my dad worked in a shop. Sometimes, I went to the shop with him. I would spend the day just __36____, doing nothing and not paying much __37___to all the people around me. One day, as my dad and I were___38___ to the shop, I looked out of the car window and saw an old man on the street corner. Our ___39___ met and held for about ten seconds. There was ___40___ fearful about this man, but it was a significant encounter for me. 41_that point, I had given no _42__to anyone I saw on the street. My life was my family and friends. I had no interest in anyone else.    
43  for the first time I had an interest in what that person was all about.
Years later, I had long  44  that man, but he came to my mind recently and I remembered the ten   45   when I looked into the eyes of a stranger and  46  what he was all about.
It seems that we are all  47  every day. There are so many things to do that we  48  have time for sincere(真诚的)interest in others. Great thinkers._49_us to "stop and smell the roses". But it has taken me decades to really appreciate the __50  of these words. When I had the opportunity to  51  a young person, I did my best
to convey this message. But   52  ,young people were too busy to  53   this advice. I would like to tell young people to stop what they are doing and  54  around.  I want to tell them to try as  55  as they can to understand what is in their view and what is in the range of their hearing.
36, A. sitting around    B. fighting back    C. dropping out    D. moving off
37. A. money          B. interest        C. attention         D. respect
38.A. carrying         B. sticking        C. walking         D. driving
39. A. eyes            B. hands         C. ears             D. feet
40. A. everything       B. nothing        C. something       D. Anything
41. A. But for          B. Due to        C. As for           D. Up to
42. A. thought          B. fear          C. greeting          D. glance
43 A. So               B. Instead       C. But              D. And
44. A. remembered       B. forgotten     C. reminded          D. dreamed
45. A. years             B. seconds      C. days              D. minutes
46. A. surprised          B. learned      C. wondered          D. doubted
47. A. busy             B. stupid       C. lazy               D. puzzled
48. A. often             B. rarely        C. even               D. always
49. A. alarm            B. prove         C. force              D. encourage
50. A. influence         B. beauty        C. meaning            D. creativity
51. A. describe to        B. blame on      C. speak to          D. quarrel with
52. A. luckily           B. unfortunately  C. immediately      D. astonishingly
53. A. agree to          B. think highly of  C. look after      D. take notice of
54. A. look             B. hang          C. bring          D. come
55. A. soon             B. hard          C. long           D. Far

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。
In college I had a part-time job at a shop downtown that sold doughnuts(a kind of cake) and coffee. The small shop,  36  on a block where a dozen buses stopped, it provided food to people who had a few minutes to wait for their  37 .
I  38 coffee in takeout cups and patiently waited on customers who’d point through the glass case and say, “No, not that one, the one two rows over.”
Every afternoon around four o’clock, a group of school children would burst   39 the  shop. Adults would glance in, see the crowd and   40 on. I didn’t   41 if the kids waited for the bus in the shop.
I came to know them pretty well. The girls would talk about school. The boys were more quiet, choosing not to   42   their secrets, but still, they’d wait every day in the store   43 their bus came.
Sometimes I'd hand out bus fare (车费) when a ticket went  44 — always repaid the next day.When ii snowed, the kids and I would wait  45 for a very late bus.They'd call their parents to let them know they were okay.At _ closing time I wouldn't  46 the door, and the kids and I would wait in the warm store until their bus finally arrived.
I  47 a lot of doughnuts on snowy days.I enjoyed my pals (伙伴), but it never  48  to me that I played an important part in their lives—until one Saturday afternoon when a serious-looking man came into the store and asked if I was the girl who worked weekdays around four o'clock.I  49 it was true, and he introduced himself   50 the father of two of my favorites—a brother and sister team.
"I want you know I appreciate what you do for my children.I  51 about them having to take two buses to get home.It  52  a lot that they can wait here and you are keeping an eye on them."
I told him it wasn't a big  53 .that I enjoyed the kids.
"No, you don't understand.When they're with the doughnuts lady, I know they're  54 .It is a big deal.And I'm grateful."
So I was the Doughnuts lady.I not only had received a   55 .I had become a landmark.

【小题1】
A.existedB.locatedC.liedD.stood
【小题2】
A.rideB.trainC.passengersD.cars
【小题3】
A.tastedB.hadC.madeD.poured
【小题4】
A.intoB.outC.for D.along
【小题5】
A.goB.comeC.passD.pull
【小题6】
A.considerB.mindC.thinkD.realize
【小题7】
A.hearB.noticeC.shareD.show
【小题8】
A.whenB.beforeC.afterD.until
【小题9】
A.stealingB.disappearingC.missingD.remaining
【小题10】
A.happilyB.anxiouslyC.sadlyD.bravely
【小题11】
A.lockB.openC.watchD.keep
【小题12】
A.ate upB.gave awayC.let outD.sent away
【小题13】
A.stuckB.remindedC.movedD.occurred
【小题14】
A.admittedB.talkedC.guessedD.refused
【小题15】
A.forB.toC.asD.like
【小题16】
A.careB.worryC.frightenD.wonder
【小题17】
A.meansB.takesC.hasD.gives
【小题18】
A.prideB.pleasureC.dealD.help
【小题19】
A.controlledB.behavedC.aliveD.safe
【小题20】
A.wordB.titleC.prizeD.award

When it is Tom’s turn for a cut, Mr. Smith places a wooden board covered with a piece of red leather across the arms of the chair, so that the barber doesn’t have to bend to cut the boy’s hair.

“Hey, young man, you’re       , you won’t need this soon, you’ll be able to sit in the chair.” the barber says.

“Wow,” says Tom, turning round to look at his dad. “Dad, Mr. Smith said I could be sitting in the chair soon, not just on the      !”

“So I hear,” his father replies. “I expect Mr. Smith will start       me more for your hair then.”

In the       Tom sees a little head sticking out of a long nylon cape. Occasionally he       glances at the barber as he works. He smells a(n)       of smelly sweat and aftershave as the barber moves around him, combing and cutting.

Tom feels like he is in another world,       except for the sound of the barber’s shoes rubbing on the plastic carpet and the       of his scissors. In the       from the window he could see through the window, a few small clouds moved slowly through the frame, moving to the       of the scissors’ click.

Sleepily, his eyes dropping to the front of the cape where his hair       softly as snow and he       sitting in the chair just like the men and older boys, the special       left leaning against the wall in the corner.

When Mr. Smith has      , Tom hops down from the seat.      , he sees his own thick,       hair mixed among the browns, greys and blacks of the men who have sat in the chair before him. For a moment he wants to reach down and       the broken blonde hair, to       them from the others, but he does not have time.

They reach the pavement outside the shop. “I tell you what, boy, let’s get some fish and chips to take home,       your mum from cooking tea,” says Tom’s dad.

Tom is excited and catches his dad’s hand. He is surprised to find, warming in his father’s palm, a handful of his own       .

1.A. building up        B. sending up                       C. bringing up D. shooting up

2.A. desk                     B. board                               C. couch                      D. sofa

3.A. paying                  B. blaming                            C. charging                  D. accusing

4.A. mirror                           B. book                                C. shelf                      D. catalogue 

5.A. steals                   B. discovers                         C. returns                    D. transforms

6.A. lack                     B. memory                           C. mixture                   D. expression

7.A. helpless               B. noiseless                          C. fearless                   D. thoughtless

8.A. control                B. direction                          C. effect                     D. click

9.A. immigration        B. opposition                       C. reflection               D. assumption

10.A. rhyme               B. trail                                  C. pattern                    D. sound

11.A. falls                   B. covers                              C. melts                       D. explodes

12.A. considers                   B. succeeds                         C. approves                D. imagines

13.A. package            B. bench                               C. scissors          D. carpet

14.A. treated              B. compromised                 C. finished                   D. entertained

15.A. Looking into     B. Looking forward             C. Looking up             D. Looking down

16.A. blonde              B. red                                    C. black                        D. white

17.A. send for            B. find out                            C. gather up                D. show off

18.A. punish               B. separate                           C. deliver                    D. confirm

19.A. persuade          B. save                                  C. excuse                   D. relax

20.A. money               B. tip                                    C. fish                           D. hair

 

第二节: 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。

One day I went into a shop for a specific sort of metal polish(擦光剂). While I was in the shop, I saw an older woman looking around at things, and thought I would begin a   31    to light things up. We   32   well and showed some of the beautiful items to each other. She said she was in the shop to purchase a wedding gift for a nephew, whose wedding she wouldn’t be able to attend.

We wandered off  33    and met together again at the cash register. I   34    on the beautiful bowl she had chosen, and how   35   so many of the items were. She asked what I was  36    , and I showed her my polish tube. I said I might buy more items when my kids had all    37    and gone, but they weren’t in my  38    right now. I just like to  39    , as I would do in an art museum.

She asked me what some of my   40    were, and I said I liked the salt and pepper shakers(搅拌器). She asked me to    41     her where the shakers were, so we walked over. She     42    my favorites and took them to the clerk.

I thought she was   43   with my taste, and was going to add them to her nephew’s     44   . No. They were purchased for me. They were worth ninety dollars. I couldn’t 45               it. She laughed and hugged me, and said her husband would   46   know, but she really enjoyed being able to do that    47    me. I never saw her again after that day,   48   I think of her each time I put those beautiful objects on my table.

Remembering that  49    helps me to stay aware and find opportunities to   50     to others, though not in quite such a grand way!

31. A. competition         B. research            C. secret                D. conversation

32. A. looked around    B. got on               C. gave up             D. watched out

33. A. helplessly            B. luckily                     C. separately          D. silently

34. A. depended            B. carried                     C. passed               D. commented      

35. A. lovely                 B. strange              C. expensive          D. terrible

36. A. expressing           B. thinking            C. purchasing         D. discussing

37. A. grown up            B. left                   C. cried                 D. returned

38. A. situation             B. budget                     C. favor                D. control

39. A. look                   B. complain           C. explain              D. challenge

40. A. favorites             B. duties                C. suggestions        D. habits

41. A. remind               B. prove                C. show                 D. write

42. A. turned down     B. picked up           C. laughed at         D. pointed out

43. A. pleased           B. busy                 C. careful                     D. bored

44. A. taste                   B. gift                   C. choice               D. basket

45. A. refuse                 B. change                     C. believe              D. solve

46. A. just                    B. never                C. even                 D. still

47. A. with                   B. like                   C. except               D. for

48. A. when                  B. but                   C. because             D. unless

49. A. experience          B. advice               C. mistake             D. danger

50. A. apply                  B. refer                 C. apologize          D. give

 

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。

In college I had a part-time job at a shop downtown that sold doughnuts(a kind of cake) and coffee. The small shop,  36   on a block where a dozen buses stopped, it provided food to people who had a few minutes to wait for their  37  .

    I  38  coffee in takeout cups and patiently waited on customers who’d point through the glass case and say, “No, not that one, the one two rows over.”

    Every afternoon around four o’clock, a group of school children would burst   39  the  shop. Adults would glance in, see the crowd and   40  on. I didn’t   41  if the kids waited for the bus in the shop.

    I came to know them pretty well. The girls would talk about school. The boys were more quiet, choosing not to   42   their secrets, but still, they’d wait every day in the store   43  their bus came.

       Sometimes I'd hand out bus fare (车费) when a ticket went  44  — always repaid the next day.When ii snowed, the kids and I would wait  45  for a very late bus.They'd call their parents to let them know they were okay.At _ closing time I wouldn't  46  the door, and the kids and I would wait in the warm store until their bus finally arrived.

       I  47  a lot of doughnuts on snowy days.I enjoyed my pals (伙伴), but it never  48   to me that I played an important part in their lives—until one Saturday afternoon when a serious-looking man came into the store and asked if I was the girl who worked weekdays around four o'clock.I  49  it was true, and he introduced himself   50  the father of two of my favorites—a brother and sister team.

       "I want you know I appreciate what you do for my children.I  51  about them having to take two buses to get home.It  52   a lot that they can wait here and you are keeping an eye on them."

       I told him it wasn't a big  53  .that I enjoyed the kids.

       "No, you don't understand.When they're with the doughnuts lady, I know they're  54  .It is a big deal.And I'm grateful."

       So I was the Doughnuts lady.I not only had received a   55  .I had become a landmark.

1.A.existed                B.located          C.lied                 D.stood

2.A.ride                  B.train            C.passengers          D.cars

3.A.tasted                 B.had             C.made               D.poured

4.A.into                  B.out                                            C.for           D.along

5.A.go                    B.come            C.pass       D.pull

6.A.consider              B.mind          C.think               D.realize

7.A.hear                  B.notice           C.share               D.show

8.A.when                 B.before           C.after                D.until

9.A.stealing               B.disappearing      C.missing             D.remaining

10.A.happily             B.anxiously        C.sadly               D.bravely

11.A.lock                B.open            C.watch               D.keep

12.A.ate up               B.gave away       C.let out              D.sent away

13.A.stuck                B.reminded        C.moved     D.occurred

14.A.admitted             B.talked           C.guessed    D.refused

15.A.for                B.to                                             C.as           D.like

16.A.care                B.worry           C.frighten    D.wonder

17.A.means               B.takes            C.has                  D.gives

18.A.pride                B.pleasure         C.deal                D.help

19.A.controlled            B.behaved         C.alive       D.safe

20.A.word                B.title             C.prize       D.award

 

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