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III. 完形填空 20%（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36 ~ 55各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
An 80-year-old man was sitting in his house beside his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow landed in front of the window. The father   36   his son, "What is that?" The son replied, "It is a crow."   37   a few minutes, the father asked his son a second time, "What is that?" The son said "I just   38  you that it’s a crow." After a little   39   , the
father again asked his son, "What is that?" That time a(n)   40   tone could be heard in the son’s 41   . "It’s a crow, a crow!"
A little later, the father went to his room and   42   with an old diary which he had   43   for many years. After opening the right page, he asked his son to   44  it. When the son read it, tears came to his eyes." Today my   45   was sitting with me on the sofa.
When a crow was   46   by the window, my son asked me 23 times what it was, and I   47 to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him   48  each time he asked me the same question. I did not feel   49   answering the same question." If your   50   become old, don’t treat them or look   51  them as a burden(累赘). Instead be warm and   52   to them. From today on say this to yourself, "I want to   53   my parents happy forever, for they have   54 for me ever since I was born, and they have always showed their   55   love to me."
36. A. demanded                                       B. asked                        C. commanded     D. tested
37. A. Before                 B. During                   C. After                        D. Within
38. A. told            B. reminded                  C. called                    D. consulted
39. A. sigh            B. doubt                    C. breath                       D. while
40. A. sad            B. angry                      C. pitiful                       D. gentle
41. A. face                B. mind             C. voice                        D. pace
42. A. came up              B. came out          C. came back                D. came on
43. A. kept                    B. gathered                   C. collected                   D. searched
44. A. tear                     B. read                         C. write                        D. recite
45. A. son                     B. daughter                   C. brother                     D. father
46. A. lying                   B. wiping                      C. sitting                       D. spying
47. A. required              B. repeated                    C. recalled                     D. replied
48. A. lovingly              B. carefully                   C. deeply                      D. lightly
49. A. puzzled               B. worried                    C. amazed                     D. annoyed
50. A. parents                B. relatives                    C. families                    D. teachers
51. A. up                       B. upon                        C. down                        D. into
52. A. wise                    B. kind                         C. strict                         D. generous
53. A. send                    B. pray                         C. own                          D. see
54. A. frightened            B. hunted                      C. cared                        D. waited
55. A. pleasant              B. limited                     C. useful                       D. Selfless

Nowadays, any traveler might be treated as a terrorist (恐怖分子) by the immigration (入境) officers in the USA.
We returned from Iraq and landed safely. My heart 16   when I was asked to the back room by the immigration officer. My 17___, with his very American last name, had no trouble at all. In fact, I am 18____ American born and raised, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet. The only reason was 19___ they thought my name looked like the one of 20___ who’s on their wanted list (通缉令) and I had to wait till they checked me out 21___ Washington.
Time passed 22___ . One hour, one hour and a half…I could not wait any longer and 23___ my cellphone out to call the friend I had planned to meet that evening. An officer 24___ over. “No Phone!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling terrorists and giving them 25___.”
Oh, my God! I was just a university professor. I had no  26___ but to put my phone away. My husband and I were getting hungry and  27_____. I wanted to cry, to 28____ onto a chair and shout: “I am nothing but an American professor!”
After two hours in the back room, without explanation and 29____, I was allowed to go after he gave me a piece of paper with a(n) 30_____ on it and told me I could write to the department if I wasn’t 31____ with the treatment. He also 32___ that nothing could stop it from happening again.
I shared my experience with my friends and the  33____ was I should change my name. But name is personal, like the town you were born in.
Even though I had a troublesome experience at the airport, which made me realize being American could ever be so 34_____, like my father, I’ll keep the 35____.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
【小题1】 After the earthquake, everything in the city was d     ____   . Nothing was left.
【小题2】Your n___________ country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up.
【小题3】I like modern art while she is f__________ of folk music.
【小题4】The mudslide in Zhou Qu has been one of the greatest d___________ that hit China these years.
【小题5】In order to understand the English novel well, you need to have a large v_________ .
【小题6】The film Titanic is b      ____    on a true story that happened in 1912.
【小题7】After g    ___      from a junior middle school, she entered Wenzhou Middle School.
【小题8】He shook his head, which meant that he d_____________ with me.
【小题9】 I am heartily g_____________ to you for your help and thank you again.
【小题10】 Rescuers tried their best to save the visitors who were t ___      in Taiwan by tphoon Megi.

An 80-year-old man was sitting in his house beside his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow(乌鸦) landed in front of the window. The father___21___ son, "What is that?" The son replied, "It is a crow." ___22___ few minutes, the father asked his son a second time, "What is that?" The son said "I just ___23___ you that it’s a crow." After a little __24____ , the father again asked his son, "What is that?" That time a(n) __25____ tone could be heard in the son’s __26____ . "It’s a crow, a crow!"

A little later, the father went to his room and __27____ with an old diary which he had __28____ for many years. After opening the right page, he asked his son to ___29___ it. When the son read it, tears came to his eyes." Today my __30____ was sitting with me on the sofa.When a crow was__31____ by the window, my son asked me 23 times what it was, and I __32____ to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him __33____each time he asked me the same question. I did not feel__34____ answering the same question."

If your __35____ become old, don’t treat them or look __36____ them as a burden(累赘). Instead be warm and__37____ to them. From today on say this to yourself, "I want to ___38___ my parents happy forever, for they have __39____ for me ever since I was born, and they have always showed their ___40___love to me."

1. A．demanded B．asked C．commanded D．tested

2. A．Before B．During C．After D．Within

3. A．told B．reminded C．called D．consulted

4. A．sigh B．doubt C．breath D．while

5. A．sad B．angry C．pitiful D．gentle

6. A．face B．mind C．voice D．pace

7. A．came up B．came out C．came back D．came on

8. A．kept B．gathered C．collected D．searched

9. A．tear B．read C．write D．recite

10. A．son B．daughter C．brother D．father

11. A．lying B．wiping C．sitting D．spying

12. A．required B．repeated C．recalled D．replied

13. A．lovingly B．carefully C．deeply D．lightly

14. A．puzzled B．worried C．Amazed D．annoyed

15. A．parents B．relatives C．families D．teachers

16. A．up B．upon C．down D．into

17. A．wise B．kind C．strict D．generous

18. A．send B．pray C．own D．see

19. A．frightened B．hunted C．cared D．waited

20. A．pleasant B．limited C．useful D．selfless

An 80-year-old man was sitting in his house beside his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow landed in front of the window. The father 16 his son, "What is that?" The son replied, "It is a crow."17 a few minutes, the father asked his son a second time, "What is that?" The son said "I just 18 you that it’s a crow." After a little 19 , the father again asked his son, "What is that?" That time a(n) 20 tone could be heard in the son’s 21 . "It’s a crow, a crow!"

A little later, the father went to his room and 22 with an old diary which he had 23 for many years. After opening the right page, he asked his son to 24 it. When the son read it, tears came to his eyes." Today my 25 was sitting with me on the sofa.

When a crow was 26 by the window, my son asked me 23 times what it was, and I 27 to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him 28 each time he asked me the same question. I did not feel 29 answering the same question." If your 30 become old, don’t treat them or look 31 them as a burden(累赘). Instead be warm and 32 to them. From today on say this to yourself, "I want to 33 my parents happy forever, for they have 34 for me ever since I was born, and they have always showed their 35 love to me."