第三节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)

    阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和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。

As I sat beside the window that afternoon, my heart began to sink further with each passing car. This was a day I’d looked forward to for weeks: Miss Pace’s end-of-the-year party. I had   21   volunteered my mother when Miss Pace

requested  22   volunteers. By two o’clock other mother had come with their offerings, but there was no   23  of her. As the noisy party went on, I wouldn’t  24    the window, watching outside and holding out hope that Mum would come soon. The three o’clock bell soon woke me from my thoughts and I took my book bag and  25    out of the door for home.

On the walk home, I planned my revenge(报复). I would shut the front door angrily upon entering,  26   to return her hug when she rushed over to me, and vow(发誓)   27   to speak to her again. The house was    28  when I arrived. I was lying face-down on my bed, shaking with a mixture of heartbreak and 29  .

When she returned, entered my room and sat beside me, I didn’t   30   but instead

stared into my pilliow refusing to accept her presence. “I’m so sorry, honey,” she said. “I just   31  . I got busy and forgot.” I still didn't move. “Don't    32  her,”I told myself. “She forgot you. Make her   33  .” Then my mother did something completely   34  . She began to laugh. I rolled over and faced her,   35  to let her see the anger and disappointment in my   36  . But soon I found my mother wasn’t laughing at all, actually. “I’m so sorry,” she said, in tears, “I let my little boy   37  .” she sank down on the bed and began to cry like a little girl. I was shocked   38   I had never seen my mother cry . To my understanding, mothers weren’t supposed to. “It’s okay, Mom,” I said, “we didn’t even   39  those cookies. Don’t cry. It’s all right. Really.” My words made my mother sit up. She    40  her  eyes,and a slight smile appeared. I smiled back awkwardly(局促不安)， and she pulled me th her.

21．A．happily     B．patiently   C．worriedly  D．crazily

22．A．bread       B．cake  C．cookie      D．sandwich

23．A．message    B．sign   C．mark D．information

24．A．fix    B．open  C．leave D．clean

25．A．stepped     B．looked      C．knocked    D．rused

26．A．decide      B．refuse       C．attempt     D．manage

27．A．never       B．ever  C．seldom     D．always

28．A．tidy   B．dark  C．empty       D．warm

29．A．delight     B．loneliness  C．pride D．anger

30．A．hear  B．move C．notice       D．rise

31．A．waited      B．cared C．forgot       D．regretted

32．A．forgive     B．comfort    C．pity   D．accept

33．A．worry       B．pay   C．remember D．fear

34．A．unexpected      B．unknown  C．unimportant     D．unnecessary

35．A．Ready'      B．glad  C．afraid       D．unwilling

36．A．words       B．room C．mind D．eyes

37．A．in     B．down C．out    D．up

38．A．or     B．so     C．but    D．for

39．A．pack  B．buy   C．serve D．need

40．A．closed      B．lifted C．wiped       D．lowered

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将选项的标号涂黑。
第二节完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和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。
My 14-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat at the same time. It was hanging at a （an）  21  clothing store. The coat had a black velvet collar, delightful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label （标签） and a （an） 22  price of $ 28.
We looked at  23  , saying nothing,  24 John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with  25, but could  26 several hundred dollars new.
John 27the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied  28that soon changed into a smile. The 29 was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They love it.” He said, carefully  30  it over the chair and smoothing it flat.
Over the next few weeks, the 31came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion was  32 argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to  33. “Good dinner, Mum,” he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said, “You are right, and I guess I will.”
When I  34 this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know  35  caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat!” At the library, we 36  to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “  37  this be John?” He asked, looking up to John’s new height and coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both knew we should never  38  a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for  39 a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standard of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for  40 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
21．A．second-hand     B．expensive     C．big       D．cheap
22．A．reasonable          B．unbelievable     C．special      D．average
23．A．each other     B．one another      C．the other   D．others
24．A．therefore     B．however      C．but       D．thus
25．A．adults          B．people         C．parents     D．teenagers
26．A．spend          B．cost          C．pay      D．take
27．A．touched       B．buttoned      C．held     D．obtained
28．A．gesture        B．expression     C．attitude     D．feeling
29．A．color         B．price         C．fit        D．style
30．A．pressing       B．taking          C．hanging    D．folding
31．A．happiness     B．satisfaction       C．change      D．generosity
32．A．because of          B．instead of     C．aware of   D．full of
33．A．please          B．understand       C．complain  D．apologize
34．A．mentioned          B．wrote              C．reported    D．explained
35．A．when         B．how         C．what     D．that
36．A．happened     B．came         C．intended   D．decided

   I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.

    Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed(解散). As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

    Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated in the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated in the test.

The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ____ .

   A. she had not brought a pen with her         B. she had lost her own on her way to school

   C. there was something wrong with her pen   D. her own had been taken away by someone

The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____ .

   A. to go on writing his paper         B. to stop whispering

   C. to leave the room immediately     D. to stay behind after the exam

The thing(s) emphasized in her talk was(were) ____ .

   A. honesty    B. sense of duty          C. seriousness     D. all of the above

The boy knew everything ____ .

   A. the moment he was asked to stay behind    B.when the teacher started talking about honesty

   C. only some time later                    D. when he was walking out of the room

When I entered Berkeley. I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could   36 tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he   37  in class.
When I took the first exam, I was   38  to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper,   39  English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained   40 .
I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that   41  because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I   42  with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his   43 .
One more test before the final exam. One more   44  to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time,   45  the meaning of the word “thorough”. But my   46  did no good and everything   47  as before.
The last hurdle（障碍）was the final. No matter what   48  I got, it wouldn’t cancel C-pluses. I might as well kiss the   49  goodbye.
I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even   50  myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have   51  with a test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne’s office. He   52  to be expecting me. “If I gave you the A-pluses you   53 , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.”
I stared at him,   54  that his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head   55 , as I had never done before.
I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

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41—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。
Never Save Something Beautiful for That Special Day
　　Years ago I was talking with a classmate in Sydney. At the time his wife had just passed away not too long ago. He told me while going through her things, he found a silk scarf _1  in a designer store when they had traveled to New York City. The scarf was beautiful, with elegant _2 , and a high price tag still hanging. His wife begrudged wearing it; she was _3  it for a special day.
　　He _4  at that moment; I didn’t say anything either. After a long pause he said: “Never save something beautiful for that special day. Each _5  day is a special day.”
　　Whenever I _6  what he had said, I would put down the things I was doing to grab a novel, turn on the music and lie down on the couch to _7  some time for myself. I would appreciate the glorious scenery of the Tanshui River through a French window, _8  the dust gathered on the glass. I would take my wife out to _9 , not thinking what to do with the meal already cooked. Life should be the experience we truly cherish, not days we just have to endure.
　　One time I shared the above conversation with a lady. When I saw her again, she told me that she no longer _10  the beautiful china in a cabinet. She had thought to save them for a special day, only to discover that it never _11  came. “Future”, “someday” are not contained in her _12  any more. If there are things that are pleasant or make her complacent, she wants to hear or see them now.
　　We often hope to gather with old friends, but always say, “let’s find a(n) _13 .” We often want to hug our grown children, but always wait for the appropriate moment. We often want to write to our spouses to express our strong affection or to show our deep admiration, but always tell ourselves that there is no need to _14 . In fact, each morning when we open our eyes, we should tell ourselves that this is a special day. Each day, each minute is so incredibly _15 .