完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

When high school started, Sally and I became best friends. We shared many interests and quickly became very close．When high school ended, we both cried because we would enter different   1 in autumn．

Our first term of college life was   2 , so we often sent long e-mails and encouraged each other. We missed each other so much! In the second term, I found some new friends and I felt very   3   with them. These were friends with whom I could be myself and pour out my feelings. I was eager to share my new friends with Sally．

When Sally   4  visited me at my school, we were excited. She brought a toy bear to me    5  a present and told me about her college life.   6 , something unexpected happened when I introduced her to my new friends．Her eyes grew dark and I could see the sadness in them．My new friends tried to share their friendship, but Sally seemed unwilling to accept it．I didn't understand   7 the people I loved most

couldn't love each other．

Sally left. I knew she was not happy. I thought long about what had happened. I asked her many questions but she didn’t answer me. I   8  that she was jealous. She saw me with my new friends and was afraid that we no longer shared the same experiences. She saw that I could still enjoy myself    9  her and wished she could be a part of it．

I wrote Sally a letter to   0  she's always my best friend. I told her everyone had friends from home and friends from school, and all the friends were indeed life's greatest   11 ．Sally wrote me back soon. She was in agreement and felt sorry about   12  she had done．

I think Sally and I both  13  an important lesson from it. Nothing can influence our   14_  and change the experiences we've shared．We are now walking on two different paths of life. While new friends are special and exciting, old friends are   15  there, waiting to share their heart, no matter how far away they are from each other．

1.                A．camps          B．colleges        C．classes   D．clubs

2.                A．hard           B．peaceful        C．modern  D．normal

3.                A．anxious         B．strange         C．nervous D．comfortable

4.                A．quickly         B．finally          C．luckily    D．easily

5.                A．for            B．like            C．as   D．by

6.                A．Because        B．However        C．Therefore D．Though

7.                A．how           B．whether        C．that D．why

8.                A．hoped         B．wondered       C．understood    D．dreamed

9.                A．without         B．from           C．for D．across

10.               A．suppose        B．explain         C．guess D．predict

11.               A．achievement    B．problem        C．gift   D．sign

12.               A．that           B．what           C．how  D．when

13.               A．lend           B．learn          C．borrow    D．plan

14.               A．looks          B．interests        C．friendship D．hobbies

15.               A．always         B．never          C．sometimes     D．already

Scientists have always wanted to know more about the other world in the space.

Years ago they knew a lot about the moon, They knew how big it is and how far away it is from the earth. But they wanted to know more about it. They thought and thought. At last they found the only way to send men to the moon.

The moon is about 384,000 kilometers away from the earth. A plane can not fly to the moon because the air reaches only 240 kilometers high above the earth. Then there is no air. But something can fly even when there is no air. That is rocket. Rockets can fly out into space. Rockets with men in them have already reached the moon. Some rockets without men I them have flown to other parts, much farther away than the moon in the universe. One day rocket may be able to go to any place.

根据短文内容, 回答下列问题

1.Why do scientists want to send men to the moon?

Because they want to                   about the moon.

2.How far is the moon away from the earth?

It’s about                     away from the earth.

3.Why can’t a plane fly to the moon?

Because                              .

4.How do people reach the moon?

They can reach there                      .

5.Where can rockets go?

One day rockets may be able to go to                   .

Comets(彗星) are parts of our solar system. Like the planets, they go around the sun.

But comets are not made of solid rocks like planets. A comet is a ball of dust, stones, and ice. Many people call comets dirty snowballs.

The “snowball” may be only a few miles across. But when the sun heats the “snowball,” much of it is changed to gases. The gases spread out and form the comet’s head, which may be thousands of miles across.

A comet moves fast in its trip around the sun. But when we see it, the comet does not seem to move. That’s because it is so far away. The moon moves fast, but when you look at it, you can’t see any motion(运动). That’s because the moon is far away.

Each year astronomers(天文学家) discover new comets. Some of them are seen only once. They make one trip around the sun and then go away out into space. The sun’s gravity cannot hold them.

Other comets, like Halley, keep returning. They have been captured by the sun. Halley’s earliest visit was probably 3,000 years ago. It may keep returning for another 3,000 years.

But every time a comet goes around the sun, the comet loses part of itself. Gases and dust are pulled out of the comet. That’s why Halley is now dimmer（暗淡的） than it used to be. Next time it visits us, in 2062, it may be even dimmer. Each visit it may get dimmer and dimmer, until it finally disappears.

1.What is this passage mostly about?

2.How does the writer help the reader understand what a comet looks like?

3.What is the most likely reason the writer wrote this passage?

A man hated his wife’s cat and decided to throw it away.

      One day, he drove it over one mile from his home and left it in a park. But when he got home, he saw that his wife was playing with the cat.

      The next day he drove the cat about three miles away. He put the cat out of the car and went home. Driving back his driveway（私人车道）, the cat was there already.

      The man keep taking the cat further and further away and the cat would always get home before him. At last he decided to drive more than ten miles away. He turned right, then left, past a bridge, then right again and another right until he thought he was far enough from home and left the cat there.

      Hours later the man was still driving home. He was lost! He called home and asked his wife, “Jen, is the cat there?”

      “Yes,” his wife answered, “why do you ask?”

      The man answered, “Put it on the phone. I’m lost and need directions.”

1.The first time the man drove out, he _____.

      A. sold the cat

B. took the cat home

C. left the cat in the park

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

      A. The man liked his wife’s cat and often played with it.

      B. Every time the man threw the cat away, it came home earlier than the man.

      C. The last time the man threw the cat away, it lost its way and didn’t come back.

3. Why did the man call home?

      A. Because he was lost.

B. Because he missed his wife very much.

      C. Because he wanted to know if the cat was at home.

4.How far away did the man take the cat the last time?

      A. Over 1 mile.            B. About 3 miles.          C. More than 10 miles.