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，并填写在答题卡上。

After years of searching，a truth seeker was told to go to a cave，in which he would find a well．“Ask the well what is   36  ”，he was advised．‘'and the well will reveal it to you’． Having found the well，the seeker asked that most basic and important  37  ．And from the depths came the answer：“Go to the village crossroad，and there you shall find what you are seeking．”

    Full of    38  the man ran to the crossroad to find only three rather _____39____ shops．One shop was selling pieces of metal，another sold  40  ，and thin wires were for sale in the third．Nothing and no one there seemed to  41  much to do with the revelation of truth．

    Disappointed，the seeker returned to the well to demand an  42  ，but he was told only：“You will  43  in the future．”

    As years went by, the  44  of his experience at the well gradually  45  until one night，while he was walking，the sound of sitar(一种弦乐器)music  46  his attention．It was wonderful and it was   47   with great skill and inspiration．

     Deeply  48  ，the truth seeker felt drawn towards the  49    ．He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings．And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful  51  ：the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like  51  he had once seen in the three stores．

    At last he understood the  52  of the well：we have already been given everything we

need：our  53  is to assemble and use them in the proper way．Nothing is  54  so long as we recognize only fragments(碎片)．But as soon as the pieces arc put together, something new appears．whose nature we could not have  55  by considering the fragments alone．  

A．truth          B．hope              C．future              D．music

A．fact               B．reason              C．question           D．well

A．energy       B．hope                C．mystery           D．surprise

A．interesting   B．small               C．uninteresting       D．family-run

A．instruments  B．clothing            C．food                D．wood

A．connect      B．have                C．prepare            D．offer

A．explanation  B．advice              C．excuse             D．opportunity

A．succeed      B．discover        C．pay   D．understand

A．bitterness   B．failure           C．memory   D．secret

A．doubled    B．forgot           C．faded       D．recovered

A．paid         B．lost       C．split D．caught

A．played      B．broadcast      C．enjoyed    D．conducted

A．annoyed    B．moved          C．confused D．frightened

A．adviser    B．director        C．composer  D．player

A．admiration B．distinction    C．recognition      D．imagination

A．what        B．that       C．it      D．which

A．secret       B．message        C．theory      D．benefit

A．target       B．difficulty      C．task D．shortcoming

A．interesting B．meaningful     C．accessible        D．successful

A．foreseen   B．decided         C．judged     D．formed

Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife    36  .
John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the    37   of the ten people who have saved the life of others.
John had been studying in his room when he heard  38 . When he and his father rushed outside, they    39   that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed（刺）   40   with a knife by her ex-boyfriend（前男友）. The man ran from the  41  and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden    42   very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut off.
It was John’s quick    43   and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked a number of the    44   people for bandages（绷带）, but when nobody could put their hands on anything, his father got some tea towels（毛巾）and    45   from their house. John used these to dress the most severe    46   to Ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the    47   and ambulance arrived.
“I’m    48   of what I did but I was just doing what I had been    49  ,” John said.
John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When   50  John, Mr Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme, said, “   51  is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid52   that he had learned at school saved Ms Slade’s life. It shows that a simple knowledge of the first aid can make a real   53  .”
John and the nine other lifesavers also attended a    54   reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before    55   their awards last night.

第二节：完形填空（．共20小题每小题1分，满分20分）   
阅读下下面短文，从后各题所给的，四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最隹选项。
I was walking downa．darkly lit street late one,evening when I heard ambiguous screams coming from behind bushes．Alarmed,I  36  to listen, and panicked  37  I realized that what l WaS hearing were the,definite sounds．of  a  38  ：heavy noise, and tearing of cloth．
A woman was beingattacked． Should I get  39   ?1 was frightened for my own   40 , and blamed myself for having  41  decided to take a new route home that night．Shouldn't I justrunto the nearest phone and call the  42  ?
Although it seemed an etemity（漫长）,the deliberations in my head had  43  only sec-onds, but already the girl's cries were growing   44  I knew I had to act fast． How  45  I  walk away from this? No,Ifmally determined,  I  could not tum my back on the  46  of  this Unknown woman, even if it meant  47   my ownlife．
I am not a brave man, nor amI athletic．I don't know where I found the moral  48     and physical strength- but once I had finally determined to help the girl,I became strangely    49  I ran behind the bushes and pulled．the attacker  50   the woman． Grasping, wefell to the ground, where we wrestled for a few mrnutes until the manjumped up and escaped．
Breathing hard,I stood upright and   51  the  girl, who stayed down behind a tree, sob-bing．In the darkness,I could barely see her outline, but I could certainly  52  her trem-bling shock．Not wanting to frighten her further,I  53  spoke to her from a distance． "The man ran away． You're safe now．’’There was a long pause and then I heard the words, said in  wonder, in  54 ．"Dad, is that you?" And then, from behind the tree, out  55  my  youngest daughter, Katherine．
36．A．broke down   B．slowed down   C．calmed down  D．tumed down
37．A．when        B．until        C．before         D．though
38．A．quarrel        B．conversation  C．struggle        D．dispute
39．A．involved      B．informed     C．conquered    D．deserted
40．A．property      B．safety          C．appearance    D．presence
41．A．quickly        B．bravely        C．suddenly      D．cleverly
42．A．friend          B．neighbour    C．folk         D．police
43．A．abandoned          B．covered       C．held        D．taken
44．A．louder         B．clearer         C．weaker        D．heavier
45．A．should         B．could       C．would          D．must
46．A．fate         B．face         C．moment       D．spot
47．A．saving         B．risking         C．losing          D．devoting
48．A．lesson          B．spirit       C．story       D．courage
49．A．behaved       B．performed    C．transformed   D．Expressed
50．A．off          B．down         C．from       D．over
51．A．attended      B．appreciated  C．negotiated     D．approached
52．A．sense       B．feel         C．observe        D．hear
53．A．after all       B．at first         C．as well         D．asa result
54．A．surprise       B．disappointment C．sorrbw         D．amazement
55．A．cried       B．looked         C．stepped        D．showed

三.完形填空（20分）
Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife  36 .
John was presented with his award at a ceremony(仪式) which recognized the  37  of ten people who have saved the life of  38  person.
John had been studying in his room when he heard  39 . When he and his father rushed outside, they  40  that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed  41  with a knife by her ex-boyfriend. The man ran from the  42  and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden  43 very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut from her body.
It was John’s quick  44  and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked a number of  45  people for bandages, but when nobody could put their hands on any, his father got some tea towels(毛巾) and  46  from their house. John used these to dress the most severe  47  to ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the  48  and ambulance arrived.
“I’m  49  of what I did but I was just doing what I had been  50 ,” John said.
John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When  51  John. Mr Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme said, “There is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid  52  that he learnt at school saved Ms Slade’s life. This shows that a simple knowledge of first aid can make a real  53 .”
John and nine other Life Savers also attended a  54  reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before  55  their awards last night.
36.A. show                B. attack                   C. fight                     D. defend
37.A. bravery            B. courage                 C. achievements          D. progress
38.A. any other          B. another                  C. the other                D. others
39.A. quarrelling               B. arguing                 C. shouting                D. screaming
40.A. realized             B. believed                 C. thought                  D. discovered
41.A. repeatedly        B. rudely                   C. frequently              D. gradually
42.A. home                B. place                     C. scene                     D. garden
43.A. shaking             B. struggling              C. bleeding                D. crying
44.A. action                      B. operation                      C. experience             D. request
45.A. several              B. nearby                   C. familiar                 D. curious
46.A. water                B. tape                       C. instrument             D. luggage
47.A. damages            B. pains                     C. injuries                  D. cuts
48.A. neighbours               B. children                   C. doctor                   D. police
49. A. proud              B. fond                    C. sure                       D. tired
50.A. expected           B. taught                    C. encouraged            D. educated
51.A. praising            B. referring to            C. talking with           D. congratulating
52.A. skills                B. instructions            C. treatments                D. methods
53.A. discovery          B. contribution           C. difference              D. choice
54.A. recent                      B. public                    C. private                   D. special
55.A. giving               B. remembering          C. announcing            D. receiving

A man was on the side of the road hitchhiking（搭便车）on a very dark night in the middle of a terrible rainstorm, with no cars on the road．The storm was so strong that the man could hardly see a few feet ahead of him．Suddenly, he saw a car come towards him and stop．The man, without thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door and only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the steering wheel（方向盘）!  
The car started to move very slowly．The man looked at the road and saw a curve （拐弯处）coming his way．Terrified, he started to pray, begging for his life．He had not come out of shock when, just before the car hit the curve, a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheel．The man, paralyzed with fear, watched how the hand appeared every time the car was drawing near a curve．Finally, although terrified, the man managed to open the door and jump out of the spooky car．Without looking back, the man ran through the storm all the way to the nearest town．In a state of complete horror, the man walked into a nearby bar and asked for two glasses of Scotch whisky．
Then, still shaking with fright, he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just went through in the spooky car．Everyone in the bar listened in silence and became frightened, with hair standing on end, when they realized the man was telling the truth because he was crying and he was certainly not drunk!
About half an hour later, two other young men walked into the same bar and one said to the other, “Hey, there’s a stupid man who jumped into the car while we were pushing it!”
【小题1】When the car was first drawing near a curve, the man ________．