第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分２0分)

The train stopped and a girl got on. As I had become   36   by then, I could not tell what the girl looked like, but I could say she was a pretty girl.

    “Are you going to Dehra Dun?” I asked her as the train   37  . Maybe my voice   38   her. She screamed in a low voice and said, “I don’t know anyone else here.” Well, it often    39  that people with good   40   fail to see what is right in front of them. “I didn’t see you either at first,” I said. “But I   41   you come in.” I wondered if I would be able to   42   her from discovering that I couldn’t see. I thought,   43   I kept to my seat, it shouldn’t be too difficult.

    She was silent. Then I made a   44  . “What is it like outside?” I asked. She seemed to find something   45   in the question. Had she already noticed that I could not see? But her next question   46   my doubts. “Why don’t you look out of the window?” she asked quite   47  . I smiled, “You have an interesting face.” I thought it was a   48   remark as few girls could be tired of hearing that.

She laughed pleasantly. “It’s   49   to be told that,” she said. “But I’m so tired of people telling me that I have a   50   face.” Oh, so you did have a pretty face, thought I, and aloud I said, “Well, an interesting face   51   also be pretty.” “You are a good   52  ,” she said. “But why are you so serious?” Just then, the train   53   slowly into the next station, and the girl said goodbye to me.

    “She was an interesting girl,” I said to a new   54   and then I asked him, “Did she keep her hair long or short?” “I don’t remember,” he replied, sounding   55  . “But she was completely blind. Didn’t you notice?”

36. A. sleepy    B. blind     C. hungry D. dull

37. A. pulled out                         B. pulled in                 C. left off                    D. sent out

38. A. annoyed         B. cheered        C. shocked        D. touched

39. A. appears B. turns    C. proves D. happens

40. A. intension        B. eyesight       C. power  D. ability

41. A. watched         B. heard   C. observed      D. forgot

42. A. prevent B. cheat   C. protect         D. hold

43. A. unless    B. until     C. if           D. though

44. A. promise B. plan      C. trick     D. mistake

45. A. interesting          B. difficult                 C. strange               D. unfamiliar

46. A. removed              B. canceled           C. disappeared                    D. added

47. A. simply                       B. naturally           C. nervously       D. calmly

48. A. special   B. popular         C. safe      D. familiar

49. A. boring                       B. fortunate     C. confusing          D. nice

50. A. pretty    B. common       C. similar D. blind

51. A. must      B. should        C. can       D. shall

52. A. liar          B. talker   C. neighbor      D. passer-by

53. A. dragged          B. slipped          C. entered        D. drew

54. A. conductor        B. passenger             C. waiter            D. policeman

55. A. excited       B. disappointed           C. puzzled           D. indifferent

I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And   36    otherwise assignen（指定）a seat by the teacher, I always    37   to sit at the back of the classroom.

All this    38    after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy   39    because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the   40   to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “   41   for  it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.

Getting up t he courage to go to the tryouts was only the    42   of it! When I first started  43   

the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much    44  what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get     45    and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid.   46    , I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to    47     on learning the game, do my best at each prctice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t    48   “just yet”.

I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the   49   and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and moticating. Very soon the competitive   50   in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the   51     — friends who respect my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!

With my    52    self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from   “53”   in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself,   54  

raising my hand — even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent   55   I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.

1.   A. as       B. until          C. unless               D. though

2.   A. hoped   B. agreed         C. meant               D. chose

3.   A. continued    B. changed    C. settled              D. started

4.   A. idea         B. plan       C.belief               D. saying

5. A. right     B. chance          C. ability             D.patience

6.   A. going     B. looking      C. cheering           D. applying

7.  A. point      B. half             C. rest               D. basis

8. A. enjoying   B. preparing     C. attending            D. watching

9.   A. less       B. later           C. worse            D. further

10. A.committed   B. motivated      C. embarrassed       D. confused

11.A. Interetingly  B. Fortunately     C. Obviously         D. hopefully

12.   A. focus      B. act            C. rely            D. try

13.   A. want        B. do           C. support          D. know

14.    A. steps     B.orders          C. rules             D. games

15.    A. roles       B. part           C. mind            D. value

16.   A.process    B. operation       C. movement        D. situation

17. A. expressed   B. improved       C. preserved       D. recognized

18. A.dreaming       B. playing         C. relaxing         D. hiding

19.   A. by            B. for            C. with           D. to

20. A. lucky         B. happy          C. sure           D. satisfied

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20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。

I got lots of interesting experiences in a free school. At first I couldn’t believe it. There were no    41    in rows or loud-sounding bells, nor did anyone have to go to    42   . Although we lived “in”,    43   made us go to bed at a certain time; there was no “ lights out”.

The    44  thing was that practically all the students went to class, and very few people stayed up late at night. Only the new people stayed up or    45  class. The new ones always went wild    46   , but his wildness never lasted long. The freedom took some getting used to. Our teachers treated us like  _47  ; never did we have to   48_   “ stand up”, “ sit down”, “ speak out”. I don’t    49    one student who didn’t try his best.

The subjects were the same as those in the ___50_____ school, but what a difference in the method! For example, in botany (植物学) we had   51__  classes in the spring or fall, but instead we planted two gardens, a vegetable garden and a flower garden. Then in winter we each studied a few    52  things about what we had grown. In math the students built three different sizes of storerooms---small ones   53   , but usable. They did this instead of having lessons in the classroom. They really had a    54  time, too, designing everything, drawing the blueprints(蓝图;设计图), figuring out the angles and so on. I didn’t take    55__ . But I could do the basic things with numbers. That’s   56   .

  57_    I think I am a      58    person for having gone to the school. I can read and write as well as anyone else of my age, and I think better. That’s probably a real big      ___59     between the free school and the regular school--- the amount of    60   .

41.A.desks            B. lights         C. books            D. windows

42.A. home           B. bed           C. class             D. work

43.A. teachers         B. parents        C. nobody           D. somebody

44.A. sad             B. last           C. good             D. strange

45.A. attended         B. took          C. missed           D. studied

46.A. from then on     B. at first         C. once more        D. just then

47.A. workers         B. pupils         C. gardeners         D. grown- ups

48.A. play            B. say           C. study             D. understand

49.A. hear from        B. feel like       C. think about        D. know of

50.A. night            B. regular        C. small            D. real

51.A. all              B. short         C. no               D. indoor

52.A.wild             B. successful     C. interested         D. particular

53.A. as well          B. after a while   C. of course          D. as a result

54.A. funny           B. great         C. convenient        D. terrible

55.A. math           B. angle         C. botany            D. gardens

56.A. uninteresting     B. interesting     C. enough           D. dangerous

57.A.On the whole     B. Once again     C. Sooner or later     D. After a while

58.A. careful          B. better         C. busier            D. lovely

59.A. problem         B. chance        C. difference         D. change

60.A. reading          B. gardening     C. teaching          D. thinking

Ⅴ.Reading

A.

A holidaymaker in Australia was awakened by a “horrible, animal-like” noise outside her hotel window. When she went out, she saw a giant, hairy creature crossing the garden. “It was the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen and it smelled awful,” Tania Smith told investigators. She described the creature as “at least two and a half meters tall and covered with long, dark hair”. When the creature saw her, it roared like a bear and escaped into the woods. “It looked almost human with sad, frightened eyes,” she said.

According to Aborigine legend, a kind of ape man called the Yowie once populated Australia but when the Aborigines arrived thousands of years ago, they exterminated it. However, many people believe that the Yowie didn’t completely die out and may still survive in remote parts of Australia.

B.

A fisherman claims to have seen a flying creature which he later identified as a Ropen or “demon-flyer”. Ralph, who is a native of the remote Rambutyo Island of Papua New Guinea, was fishing at nightfall. “It flew out of the jungle, diving into the sea right by my boat. I was too terrified to move,” he told our reporter.

There have been several recent sightings of these mysterious bird-like animals. It is reported to have two leathery wings, a long tail, a long beak filled with sharp teeth and claws. The creature has a wing-span of up to two meters. Experts think it might be a kind of pterodactyl, making it the only surviving dinosaur. The natives say the Ropen is aggressive and eats fish.

C

Kate Brow was driving home from a day’s hiking when she saw a thylacine near the road. “At first I thought it was a cat because of the stripes on its back but it was much bigger,” she said. “I noticed its tail. It was like a kangaroo’s, long and thick near the body.” The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, was a marsupial which once lived in Tasmanian, part of Australia. They were hunted by farmers because they attacked sheep and are now thought to be extinct. However, every year there are several unofficial sightings in remote areas of the island so it may not have disappeared completely.

D

There has been another sighting of the mysterious orang pendek in a national park of Indonesia. A local policeman claimed to have seen two orang pendeks, which is also called the “little man of the jungle”. “It was a small creature, only about a meter tall with short legs, broad shoulders and a hairy body.” When shown photographs of other primates, the man said it looked a bit like a gorilla but, he said “Orang pendek is more handsome than this animal, and its face is more like a human’s.” There have been so many similar sightings that the park director believes it may be an unknown species.

1.      Answer the questions.

2)                 What do the creatures in article A and D have in common?

3)                 Which creature do we know for certain existed in the past?

4)                 Which creature may rally exist?

5)                 Which eye-witness report is the most convincing?

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15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。
For almost two months Dominic York, a 23-year-old hairdresser, wandered about hospitals all night, wearing a white coat and pretending he was a doctor.  Yesterday he proudly claimed in   1  that despite his complete   2  of medical experience or qualifications, he had saved several people’s lives. He had even been allowed to assist a surgeon during an emergency operation on a patient who was   3  to die on something she had swallowed.
“I watched one of those TV dramas about a hospital and suddenly I   4  playing one of the roles myself. So I put on a white jacket and a stethoscope（听诊器）and walked around one of the biggest hospitals in London. “At first, I just   5  . Once you learn how doctors talk to patients, nurses and other doctors, it’s easy to   6  people in,” he said.
One of the patients he treated was Laura Kennan. She had been   7  by a car and fainted. When she   8  in hospital, York was standing over her.
“He looked very professional. He told me his name was Doctor Simon. Then he gave me some sort of injection,” she said. And then he suddenly cleared off when a nurse asked who he was. She didn’t think there was anything wrong. “I would never have   9  he was a fake（冒牌货）if a policewoman hadn’t showed me his   10  a week later. When the policewoman told me who he really was, I could hardly believe my ears.”
Judge Raymond Adams told York that he was “shocked and horrified” that he   11  with his cheating for so long and then   12  him to eighteen months in a special prison for criminals with mental disorders.
“I can only hope that this will not lead to   13  problems. After all, you will have considerable opportunity to study the   14  of the psychiatrists who will look after you while you are there. If you try to persuade people that you yourself are a   15  after you are set free, I shall make sure that you are given a much longer sentence.” Judge Adams warned York.