————That was a green dinner. _______ 

————Thanks. But it really only took an hour.

A. I have never had it before.                   B. I enjoyed it very much.

C. You must have spent all day cooking.          D. You must be tired.

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 the hot tears rolled down her cheeks, I knew I had asked the wrong question. The ___21___reverberated(回荡)in my mind: Widowed or divorced? I looked into the lady’s __22___, now dampened （使潮湿）with the __23___ tears my words had caused.

    “ Well, you could call me widowed,” she replied. “ My husband ___24___ five months ago .”

    “ I am so ____25___ ,” I mumbled. “ I need it to fill out your credit application.”

    “Don’t worry about it, honey,” she ____26___. “if I never thought about it, I would not ___27____ the love and the memories we shared. Even after 50 years of ___28____ ,each passing moment would bring a deeper meaning to the word love. Now, trust me, I know how ____29___ that sounds. We had our share of challenging times, but in the end ____30___ of that mattered.”

Unsure of what to say, I laughed ___31___ . I picked up the phone to relay her information. After finally completing the credit application, I ____32____ to find myself riveted（固定） to the lady’s face again.

Her eyes began to sparkle ___33___ she continued in a heart-to-heart way. I couldn’t believe someone could open up to a perfect stranger, but it was not my place to ___34____ . I enjoyed listening to her just as much as she ___35___ having somebody to talk to.

“ Have you ever been ____ 36___?” she  asked.

I couldn’t help but ___37____. “Ah, no.” I replied. “I’m only 16.”

“Sixteen?” she murmured. “That’s a great age, an age of ____38____. There’s so much worth learning.”

She then spoke in a whipser, “Never take anyone for granted. If you are in ____39___ with someone, let it known. Otherwise, life may pass you by. Don’t spend your life angry . The ridiculous arguments which you think are important won’t even be remembered in a short time.”

Then, she hugged me and thanked me for letting her talk. As she turned to walk away, I could see that tears still hung in her eyes, but the smile that lit her face was amazing. After that,    I have never seen that woman again, but her words of inspiration still live in me. At that time, the words were only little bits of advice. Now, ___40___, they are the words which I try to live by, words that will always remind me of my special friend.

A. tunes          B.whistles              C. songs            D. words

A. eyes           B. hands               C. ears             D. arms

A. grateful        B. miserable            C. happy           D. sweet

A. failed          B. worked              C. died            D. retired

A. sorry           B. lucky               C. anxious         D. gloomy

A. encouraged      B. explained           C. persuaded        D. comforted

A. understand      B. remember           C. experience       D. enjoy

A. teaching        B. struggle             C. marriage         D. life

A. foolish         B. terrible              C. mysterious       D.wonderful

A. few            B. all                 C. some            D. none

A. loudly          B. nervously           C. bravely          D. bitterly

A. attempted       B. began              C. turned           D. went

A. as             B. because             C. before           D. until

A. comment       B. surprise             C. doubt            D. criticize

A. avoided        B. appreciated          C. imagined          D. considered

A. blamed        B. interviewed          C. married           D. employed

A. laugh          B. sigh                C. cry              D. complain

A. success        B. wonder              C.failure            D. lessons

A. peace          B. love                C. agreement        D. harmony

A.but            B. so                  C. however          D.although

I arrived at the bus station much too early for the London bus, which was not to leave until five to twelve. I pushed through the crowds, looking for somewhere to sit down. Scores of people were standing about, or struggling along with their bags and the cases to find the right lines. There was a party of school girls. I could see teachers trying to keep them in order. But there was nowhere for me to sit.
I stepped into the station buffet. I looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. I found a seat opposite a large mirror on the wall. Just then a friend of mine called Jim came in and sat with me. "What time is your bus?" asked Jim. "Oh, there's a plenty of time yet," I answered. "Oh, I'll get some drinks then," said Jim. We talked while drinking. Then I looked at the clock again. "Good heavens! It's going backward!" I cried. "A moment ago it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven." "You are looking at the clock in the mirror," said Jim. I could kick myself for being so stupid. I had not realized that the marks for one and eleven on the face of the clock were the same. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. I have never liked mirror since then.
【小题1】 The London bus left ________. 

I had applied for the nuclear（核）submarine(潜艇) program, and Admiral Rickover was interviewing me for the job. It was the first time I met Admiral Rickover, and we sat in a large room by ourselves for more than two hours, and he let me choose any subjects I wished to discuss. Very carefully, I chose those about which I knew most at the time – recent events, seamanship, music, literature, naval tactics(海军战术), electronics, gunnery(射击学) – and he began to ask me a lot of questions that were more difficult. Every time after my answers, he soon showed that I knew rather little about the subjects I had chosen.
He always looked right into my eyes, and he never smiled. I was saturated with cold sweat.
Finally, he asked me a question and I thought it was my turn to show myself off. He said, “How did you stand in your class at Georgia Tech before entering Annapolis as a first year student?” I had done very well, and I threw my chest with pride and answered, “Sir, I stood thirty-ninth in a class of 820!” I sat back to wait for the congratulations – which never came. Instead, the question: “Did you do your best?” I started to say, “Yes, sir,” but I remembered who this was, and thought of several of my times at the Academy when I could have learned more about our allies(二战时的同盟国), our enemies, weapons strategy(战略) and so on, so I finally said, “No, Sir, I didn’t always do my best.”
He looked at me for a long time, and then turned his chair around to end the interview. He asked one final question, which I have never been able to forget – or to answer. He said, “Why not?” I sat there for a while, shaken, and then slowly left the room.
【小题1】The passage suggests that ___.

Though I have often heard this song _______. I have never heard you _______ it.

A. being sung, sang       B. sang, singing

C. sung, sing   D. to be sung, to sing