第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Cyber Step-Mother
I’ve often felt “step-parent” is a label  (标签 )we attach to whoever marries into families where children already exist. At  36   that’s how I feel about  37    a step-mother to my husband’s four children.
Over the years, we all learned to    38   our new family arrangement. We enjoyed vacations together, ate   39   meals, and so on.  40  , I continued to feel somewhat like a(n)  41   . There was a boundary line that could not be  42  .
When the children moved to a town five hours   43   , my husband was depressed. In order to    44   regular communication with the kids, we send e-mails. However, if a computer message came  45   to “Dad”, I’d feel forgotten and  46    . If my name appeared along with his, it would make me feel like I was part of their family unit  47   .
Late one evening, as I was checking my e-mail, an “instant message” appeared on the   48  . It was Margo, who was also sitting in front of her computer five hours away. We sent several messages back and forth,   49    the latest news. When we would “chat” like that, she wouldn’t  50   know if it was me or her dad. That night, she didn’t ask and I didn’t identify myself either. At about 11, I commented that I should go to sleep. Her return message  51   , “Okay, talk to you later! Love you!”
As I read this message, a wave of   52   ran through me and I realized that she  53   she was talking with her father. Feeling  54   for not identifying myself, yet not wanting to embarrass her, I simply responded, “Love you too! Good night!”
I felt again the sharp (剧烈的) ache of emptiness (空虚) and otherness. Then, as I was  55  to leave, Margo’s final message appeared, reading “Tell Dad good night for me too.” With tears filled eyes, I turned the machine off.
36.   A. most   B. least    C. present       D. last
37.   A. to be   B. being  C. is D. was
38.   A. adjust B. look forward to  C. expect D. adapt to
39.   A. family       B. school C. meat   D. fish
40.   A. But     B. Though      C. However    D. So
41.   A. outsider     B. member     C. stranger      D. foreigner
42.   A. across B. cross   C. crossing     D. crossed
43.   A. far      B. away   C. far from     D. away from
44.   A. maintain    B. entertain     C. contain       D. obtain
45.   A. addressing  B. signing       C. signed D. addressed
46.   A. neglected   B. devoted      C. ignore D. concerned
47.   A. in short      B. after all      C. above all    D. as a result
48.   A. programme       B. window      C. screen D. keyboard
49.   A. sending      B. exchanging C. discussing   D. commenting
50.   A. unexpectedly     B. carefully    C. fortunately D. necessarily
51.   A. read    B. reads   C. reading      D. wrote
52.   A. sickness     B. anger  C. nervousness       D. sadness
53.   A. must think  B. might have thought   C. must have thought     D. might think
54.   A. responsible B. stupid C. guilty  D. disappointed
55.   A. about  B. due     C. prepare      D. willing

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Cyber Step-Mother

    I’ve often felt “step-parent” is a label  (标签 )we attach to whoever marries into families where children already exist. At   36   that’s how I feel about   37    a step-mother to my husband’s four children.

    Over the years, we all learned to    38   our new family arrangement. We enjoyed vacations together, ate    39   meals, and so on.   40  , I continued to feel somewhat like a(n)  41   . There was a boundary line that could not be   42  .

    When the children moved to a town five hours   43   , my husband was depressed. In order to    44   regular communication with the kids, we send e-mails. However, if a computer message came   45   to “Dad”, I’d feel forgotten and   46    . If my name appeared along with his, it would make me feel like I was part of their family unit   47    .

    Late one evening, as I was checking my e-mail, an “instant message” appeared on the   48  . It was Margo, who was also sitting in front of her computer five hours away. We sent several messages back and forth,    49    the latest news. When we would “chat” like that, she wouldn’t   50   know if it was me or her dad. That night, she didn’t ask and I didn’t identify myself either. At about 11, I commented that I should go to sleep. Her return message   51   , “Okay, talk to you later! Love you!”

    As I read this message, a wave of    52   ran through me and I realized that she   53   she was talking with her father. Feeling   54   for not identifying myself, yet not wanting to embarrass her, I simply responded, “Love you too! Good night!”

    I felt again the sharp (剧烈的) ache of emptiness (空虚) and otherness. Then, as I was   55  to leave, Margo’s final message appeared, reading “Tell Dad good night for me too.” With tears filled eyes, I turned the machine off.

36.   A. most    B. least    C. present        D. last

37.   A. to be    B. being   C. is D. was

38.   A. adjust  B. look forward to    C. expect D. adapt to

39.   A. family  B. school  C. meat    D. fish

40.   A. But       B. Though         C. However      D. So

41.   A. outsider       B. member       C. stranger       D. foreigner

42.   A. across B. cross    C. crossing       D. crossed

43.   A. far        B. away    C. far from        D. away from

44.   A. maintain      B. entertain     C. contain         D. obtain

45.   A. addressing  B. signing          C. signed D. addressed

46.   A. neglected    B. devoted        C. ignore  D. concerned

47.   A. in short         B. after all        C. above all      D. as a result

48.   A. programme B. window        C. screen D. keyboard

49.   A. sending        B. exchanging  C. discussing    D. commenting

50.   A. unexpectedly       B. carefully       C. fortunately  D. necessarily

51.   A. read     B. reads   C. reading         D. wrote

52.   A. sickness       B. anger   C. nervousness         D. sadness

53.   A. must think   B. might have thought     C. must have thought      D. might think

54.   A. responsible B. stupid  C. guilty   D. disappointed

55.   A. about   B. due       C. prepare        D. willing

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Cyber Step-Mother

    I’ve often felt “step-parent” is a label  (标签 )we attach to whoever marries into families where children already exist. At   36   that’s how I feel about   37    a step-mother to my husband’s four children.

    Over the years, we all learned to    38   our new family arrangement. We enjoyed vacations together, ate    39   meals, and so on.   40  , I continued to feel somewhat like a(n)  41   . There was a boundary line that could not be   42  .

    When the children moved to a town five hours   43   , my husband was depressed. In order to    44   regular communication with the kids, we send e-mails. However, if a computer message came   45   to “Dad”, I’d feel forgotten and   46    . If my name appeared along with his, it would make me feel like I was part of their family unit   47    .

    Late one evening, as I was checking my e-mail, an “instant message” appeared on the   48  . It was Margo, who was also sitting in front of her computer five hours away. We sent several messages back and forth,    49    the latest news. When we would “chat” like that, she wouldn’t   50   know if it was me or her dad. That night, she didn’t ask and I didn’t identify myself either. At about 11, I commented that I should go to sleep. Her return message   51   , “Okay, talk to you later! Love you!”

    As I read this message, a wave of    52   ran through me and I realized that she   53   she was talking with her father. Feeling   54   for not identifying myself, yet not wanting to embarrass her, I simply responded, “Love you too! Good night!”

    I felt again the sharp (剧烈的) ache of emptiness (空虚) and otherness. Then, as I was   55  to leave, Margo’s final message appeared, reading “Tell Dad good night for me too.” With tears filled eyes, I turned the machine off.

36.   A. most   B. least    C. present       D. last

37.   A. to be   B. being  C. is D. was

38.   A. adjust B. look forward to  C. expect D. adapt to

39.   A. family       B. school C. meat   D. fish

40.   A. But     B. Though      C. However    D. So

41.   A. outsider     B. member     C. stranger      D. foreigner

42.   A. across B. cross   C. crossing     D. crossed

43.   A. far      B. away   C. far from     D. away from

44.   A. maintain    B. entertain     C. contain       D. obtain

45.   A. addressing  B. signing       C. signed D. addressed

46.   A. neglected   B. devoted      C. ignore D. concerned

47.   A. in short      B. after all      C. above all    D. as a result

48.   A. programme       B. window      C. screen D. keyboard

49.   A. sending      B. exchanging C. discussing   D. commenting

50.   A. unexpectedly     B. carefully    C. fortunately D. necessarily

51.   A. read    B. reads   C. reading      D. wrote

52.   A. sickness     B. anger  C. nervousness       D. sadness

53.   A. must think  B. might have thought   C. must have thought     D. might think

54.   A. responsible B. stupid C. guilty  D. disappointed

55.   A. about  B. due     C. prepare      D. willing

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。

       "A parcel arrived for you today," my father told me, as we were driving home from work．"It's quite big．" "Oh, really?" I wondered out loud．"Have you   36   anything? Maybe from Amazon or eBay or something…?" my father continued．"No, Dad．I'm  37  only one thing, but that should arrive in a（n）   38  ．"

       On Sunday, I will participate in a（n）   39   activity with some friends,' and．I had asked Bluebell if she could send me some of her homemade smile cards to  40   on the day．Since smile cards would have fit into an envelope,'! couldn't imagine what else could be in the  41  I became increasingly  42  as we continued to drive home．As soon as we arrived, I  43  to open the package．It had a neat, hand-written label （标签）on it．"There might be something easy to  44  inside," my father said, as he handed me some scissors．"Be careful when you open it．"

       The package was filled with all sorts of kindness   45  I First, some beautiful colorful posters with kindness ideas and   46   fell onto the floor．There were also loads of wrist bands （护腕）, which I will   47   at our kindness activity．   48   , there were three envelopes in the package——two of them had the most cleanly and neatly   49   smile cards, and the third had a wonderful card inside, which   50  , "Thank you very much for your kindness．．．loads of love, Bluebell．"

       "This is really   51 ," my father said．My mother and sister enjoyed the package as well．Bluebell put ．the biggest  52   on all of our faces! When I had asked her for some of her homemade smile cards to   53   some kindness during our activity, I never expected to 54   such a wonderful package filled with all sorts of kindness and inspiration!

       You have  55   made my day．Bluebell!

A．ordered        B．searched         C．desired        D．paid

A．preferring      B．wanting          C．preventing  D．expecting

A．poster         B．parcel'           C．envelope    D．e-mail

A．sports         B．afterschool        C．kindness    D．business

A．make up       B．write down        C．hand in   D．give out

A．package       B．card              C．letter       D．envelope

A．curious        B．surprised          C．hopeful     D．terrible

A．wanted        B．walked           C．rushed       D．stopped                       

A．lose          B．break             C．use          D．pick

A．talents       B．gifts              C．books        D．activities

A．articles      B．music        C．poets         D．poems

A．get rid of     B．make good use of    C．keep out of     D．take possession of

A．In conclusion B．In addition         C．In short        D．In fact

A．machinemade B．manmade          C．homemade     D．shopmade

A．told        ,B．spoke        C．wrote     D．read

A．amazing     B．funny        C．crazy         D．accidental

A．card        B.  tear               C．spot          D．smile

A．raise        B．spread         C．collects       D．teach      

A．find    B．discover   C．receive       D．accept

A．completely   B．partly              C．hardly        D．nearly

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。
"A parcel arrived for you today," my father told me, as we were driving home from work．"It's quite big．" "Oh, really?" I wondered out loud．"Have you   36  anything? Maybe from Amazon or eBay or something…?" my father continued．"No, Dad．I'm  37 only one thing, but that should arrive in a（n）   38  ．"
On Sunday, I will participate in a（n）   39  activity with some friends,' and．I had asked Bluebell if she could send me some of her homemade smile cards to  40  on the day．Since smile cards would have fit into an envelope,'! couldn't imagine what else could be in the  41 I became increasingly  42 as we continued to drive home．As soon as we arrived, I  43 to open the package．It had a neat, hand-written label （标签）on it．"There might be something easy to  44 inside," my father said, as he handed me some scissors．"Be careful when you open it．"
The package was filled with all sorts of kindness   45  I First, some beautiful colorful posters with kindness ideas and   46  fell onto the floor．There were also loads of wrist bands （护腕）, which I will   47  at our kindness activity．   48  , there were three envelopes in the package——two of them had the most cleanly and neatly   49  smile cards, and the third had a wonderful card inside, which   50  , "Thank you very much for your kindness．．．loads of love, Bluebell．"
"This is really   51 ," my father said．My mother and sister enjoyed the package as well．Bluebell put ．the biggest  52  on all of our faces! When I had asked her for some of her homemade smile cards to   53  some kindness during our activity, I never expected to 54  such a wonderful package filled with all sorts of kindness and inspiration!
You have  55  made my day．Bluebell!

【小题11】

A．articles B．music C．poets D．poems