完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

There are reasons why a middle-aged woman who has been away from the work for her children’s sake decides to go back to work. The 16 reason for me was: years ago my job was that of a bookkeeper(会计)----- it was then that I worked for 17 , and now with my children working, I wanted to do something 18 , something new and exciting.

Money wasn’t too important now, as my husband made a very 19 living for us. But what should I do? What sort of 20 should I look for? I knew I needed to be 21 as to what I became involved with. I am not a "quitter"(容易放弃的人) and so I hoped to 22 becoming responsible to an employer in a job that might turn out to be a mistake for me.

While I made painful efforts thinking over what to do, I was 23 of a past incident where I needed to replace my original engagement ring 24 the gold was wearing thin. My husband and I shopped and shopped for one, 25 we went, even when we were on vacation. 26 this nonstop searching got my poor 27 to ask, "Just what kind of ring do you want, what exactly are we looking for?" My reply was, "I honestly don’t 28, but when I see the correct setting, I will know it." That was the 29 I felt about the new career I wished to start; I didn’t have an exact idea as to what I wanted to do, but knew there was a perfect fit for me, if I would 30 be patient.

Fortunately, that summer while I 31 my twenty-fifth high school class reunion(重聚), I heard a former classmate 32 what she did for a living. She was a travel agent, and she and her husband had just 33 from a trip to Hawaii where they acted as guides for a group of travelers. WOW, that 34 like fun, considerably more fun and exciting than being a 35 : I know what to take up!

16. A. possible B. obvious C. believable D. good

17. A. money B. fun C. children D. employers

18. A. valuable B. reasonable C. worthy D. different

19. A. interesting B. comfortable C. successful D. meaningful

20. A. pleasure B. place C. job D. man

21. A. careful B. useful C. joyful D. painful

22. A. finish B. miss C. avoid D. forget

23. A. recalled B. reminded C. warned D. robbed

24. A. where B. while C. if D. as

25. A. nowhere B. somewhere C. wherever D. everywhere

26. A. Actually B. However C. Finally D. Once

27. A. children B. classmates C. employer D. husband

28. A. care B. know C. understand D. find

29. A. way B. time C. style D. thought

30. A. really B. ever C. just D. certainly

31. A. joined B. left C. started D. attended

32. A. complaining B. explaining C. describing D. considering

33. A. returned B. rested C. came D. stayed

34. A. looked B. seemed C. sounded D. felt

35. A. travler B. wife C. employer D. bookkeeper

Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture from food helps to store it, and that the easiest way to do this is to expose the food to sun and wind.

All foods including water — cabbage and other leaf vegetables contains as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean (瘦的) meat 75% and fish, anything from 80% to 60%, depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to go bad is controlled.

Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically. The conventional method of such dehydration (脱水) is to put food in chambers (室) through which hot air is blown at temperature of about ll0'C at entry to about 43'C at exit. This is the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced meat, and fish.

Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouring them over a heated steel cylinder (圆筒), then put them into a chamber through which a current of hot air passes. In the first process, the dried material comes off the roller (滚筒) as a thin film which is then broken up into small, though still relatively flakes (薄片). In the second process it falls to the bottom of the chamber as small powder. Where recognizable pieces of meat and vegetables are required, as in soup, the ingredients (成分) are dried separately and then mixed.

Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or

frozen, and they do not need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they

are invaluable to the climbers, explorers and soldiers in battle, who have little storage

space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook

them.

It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. the rattier fish contain as much water as the lean one

B. the rattier the fish is, the more water it may contain

C. a fatty fish holds less water than a lean one

D. the water content of fish has nothing to do with the content of their fat

The underlined word "conventional" in Paragraph 3 can most probably be replaced by _________.

A. particular B. scientific C. usual D. special

Which of the following statements is NOT true about drying food?

A. The removal of water in food helps prevent it from going rotten.

B. The open-air method of drying food has been known for hundreds of years.

C. In the course of dehydration, the temperature of hot current coming from entry to exit is gradually going up.

D. The process of drying liquids is much more complex than that of drying solid food.

The last paragraph mainly talks about __________.

A. the reason why housewives like dried food

B. the general convenience of dried food

C. the methods of storing food

D. the advantages of dried, canned and frozen food

Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife．She burst into 36 ．I took them to the shoemaker to get them 37 ．

The young apprentice （学徒） glanced at the opening and said, " 38 I can do except replace the upper．" His master looked at them and said to me, "If you 39 me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．"_O%

I was 40 and asked why．

He explained, "As if the openings were made 41 for the sake of special style and reuse．"

Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on 42 shoe, but all the openings were patched （打补丁） by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread, 43 more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but 44 the master's skill．

Another time, my wife's sister's white blouse had been torn, leaving a large opening on the back．My wife 45 the blouse carefully, and then said, "Let me take it 46 _ and mend it．"

Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and 47 thread and they 48 a look of ice crystal （冰晶） hanging from a winter's branch． 49 , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I 50 with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of 51 !"

"I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be 52 , but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife．

Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is 53 to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't 54 the existence of wound, you should not expect people's 55 by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful．

A．laughter B．cheers C．tears D．speech

A．made B．repaired C．decorated D．preserved

A．Anything B．SomethingC．Everything D．Nothing

A．trust B．inform C．appoint D．convince

A．annoyed B．confused C．disappointed D．discouraged

A．on purpose B．by accidentC．in vain D．beyond control

A．neither B．any C．every D．each

A．remaining B．growing C．looking D．feeling

A．appreciate B．witness C．praise D．describe

A．delivered B．checked C．washed D．ironed

A．outside B．downtown C．home D．abroad

A．red B．white C．pink D．purple

A．took on B．put on C．decided on D．focused on

A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Anyway D．Besides

A．sighed B．signed C．greeted D．paused

A．cake B．art C．furniture D．jewellery

A．pretty B．attractive C．tough D．ugly

A．easy B．improper C．likely D．impossible

A．change B．imagine C．stand D．prove

A．respect B．friendship C．sympathy D．apology

Bats are the only mammals(哺乳动物) which can fly properly. Other flying mammals have wings of thin skin which cover their sides between their front and back legs. They can only fly from tree to tree, but they cannot change direction when they want to.

All bats fly at night and most of them hunt for flying insects(昆虫), such as bees. The common bat finds its food by making a constant noise that the human ear cannot hear. The bat listens for echoes(回声) of the noise as it bounces(反射) off the insects showing the bat their position.

The Fruit bat feeds on many different kinds of fruit. It does not use echoes but instead has very large, special eyes to see even in low light. The largest Fruit bat has a wing length of 0.75 meters. The Vampire bat drinks the blood of large mammals, and a few bats catch fish, birds and even other bats.

1. Some flying mammals are not real flyers because _____.

A. they do not have wings B. their wings are too thin

C. they have skin between their legs D. they cannot turn around in the air

2. When common bats hunt for food they _____.

A. use echoes to kill the insects B. make a noise to draw insects to them

C. produce a sound and listen to the echoes D. listen noise made by the insects

3. Unlike other bats, the Fruit bat _____.

A. can see very well B. eats fruit and fish

C. has very long wings D. has excellent hearings

4.The word "it" in the second paragraph refers to _____.

A. the bat B. the echo C. the noise D. the insect

From the very beginning, Martin felt that he was bound up with（与……紧紧地在一起）his lovely little patient. One day, following some tests , Betty gave the doctor a big hug（拥抱）.
A few months later the doctor removed not only the tumour（肿瘤）, but also the entire lower left side of Betty’s gum（牙龈）and jawbone. Because Betty was so young, Martin was hopeful that her jawbone might regenerate.
Within three months, Betty’s tumour grew as large as an orange, changing the natural appearance of the left side of her small, delicate （ =" thin;" not strong）face. Soon she couldn’t even close her mouth, and as her eating problems worsened, Betty ‘s weight dropped from 20 kilos to 15. Martin knew from experience that it might invade the brain.
The only other possibility was thorough radiation therapy （放射疗法）. Night after night, Betty's father gave her injection, but the tumour remained as big as ever. Then one evening. Morgan noticed that the tumour had begun to change. It was actually becoming smaller! For two months her tumour appeared to be going away for ever. In the coming months, Betty’s tumour continued to appear. She was able to eat solid food once again. Her jawbone was regenerating. The tumour was gone.
　

1.
If Betty’s jawbone didn’t regenerate, the doctors ________
1. A.
  would rebuild her jaw
2. B.
  would continue the treatment
3. C.
  would use new medicine
4. D.
  could do nothing else　
2.
If the brain should be invaded, the result would ________
1. A.
  prevent her growth
2. B.
  reduce her weight
3. C.
  cause her brain damaged
4. D.
  affect her eyesight　
3.
What did the doctors do two months later?
1. A.
  They continued their observations
2. B.
  They gave up the operation on Betty
3. C.
  They found out what caused Betty’s strange disease
4. D.
  They declared that Betty’s strange disease was cured

If Betty’s jawbone didn’t regenerate, the doctors ________

If the brain should be invaded, the result would ________

What did the doctors do two months later?

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