三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从34－48各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

If we really want to be happy, why do we complain all the time in our daily life? We can be active in our life by setting goals and going   34   what we want. But if we’re always expressing complaints, we can not really live   35  .

If you don’t believe me,   36   how many times you complain about something or other in one day. Whether it is being stuck in traffic, being bothered by the weather, or whatever it is, there are endless   37   where you can find a reason to complain. But it’s not just outside circumstances   38   we complain about. We also complain about   39  . We complain constantly that we don’t have enough time, that we don’t have enough money and that we’re not   40   enough, cool enough, or just enough.

Most of us have experienced plenty of unpleasantness   41   complaining about things we can’t control, so do I. And I   42   really thought about it much until I found the website about “living in a complaint-free world”, which   43   my attitude towards life.

Imagine how   44   you would be if you simply stopped being a complainer.   45   of what you complain of is outside of your control anyway.   46  , it is no use thinking about something you have no power to change. When you   47   that you’re complaining, stop and ask yourself if you would rather complain, or be happy.

In our daily life, we have many choices. As Dale Carnegie puts it, any fool can criticize and complain but it takes character and   48   for the wise persons to live a complaint-free and happy life.

34.   A. without                      B. against                 C. after                  D. over

35.   A. effectively                      B. normally                C. casually                 D. honestly

36.   A. scan                                 B. evaluate                C. witness                  D. count

37.   A. effects                             B. cases                      C. consequences      D. anecdotes

38.   A. that                                  B. which                     C. where                    D. what

39.   A. yourselves                      B. themselves           C. oneself                   D. ourselves

40.   A. clumsy                   B. attractive              C. neat                        D. awesome

41.   A. due to                              B. in addition to        C. by means of          D. in spite of

42.   A. ever                                 B. even                       C. never                      D. once

43.   A. reflected                         B. strengthened       C. abandoned           D. changed

44.   A. awkward                        B. confident               C. awful                      D. cheerful

45.   A. Few                                  B. Little                       C. Much                      D. Many

46.   A. Therefore                       B. However               C. Otherwise             D. Anyway

47.   A. guarantee                      B. determine       C. realize                    D. recommend

48.   A. dignity                    B. self-control           C. judgement            D. affection

　I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a book shop 　36　me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very 　37　to earn my own pocket money and my parents 　38　interfered with how I spent it, even when I was spending it 　39　. They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the 　40　, I would become more mature and 　41　 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.

　　Like many 　42　parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they 　43　a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around 　44　. My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 　45　for me. In the end, my father won the 　46　on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins 　47　through the country who could 　48　shelter and help if I needed them.

　　Three years later, my younger brother decided to 　49　a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not 　50　to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 　51　year working his way on trains and ships to 　52　passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.

　　These kinds of experiences are probably rare for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly 　53　. Most parents start 　54　their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have 　55　the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.

　　36. A. taught　　　　 B. allowed　　　　C. treated　　　　 D. hired

　　37. A. anxious　　　　B. content　　　　C. proud　　　　　 D. hopeful

　　38. A. never　　　　　B. ever　　　　　 C. always　　　　　D. even

　　39. A. quickly　　　　B. foolishly　　　C. seriously　　　 D. honestly

　　40. A. work　　　　　 B. mistakes　　　 C. others　　　　　D. books

　　41. A. strict　　　　 B. reasonable　　 C. polite　　　　　D. responsible

　　42. A. American　　　 B. Japanese　　　 C. Chinese　　　　 D. British

　　43. A. helped　　　　 B. supported　　　C. shared　　　　　D. worried

　　44. A. Asia 　　　　　B. Africa　　　　 C. Europe　　　　　D. Oceania

　　45. A. journey　　　　B. experience　　 C. chance　　　　　D. possibility

　　46. A. argument 　　　B. game　　　　　 C. discussion　　　D. plan

　　47. A. send out 　　　B. give out　　　 C. carry out　　　 D. spread out

　　48. A. promise　　　　B. afford　　　　 C. provide　　　　 D. serve

　　49. A. leave　　　　　B. make　　　　　 C. take　　　　　　D. prepare

　　50. A. angry　　　　　B. eager　　　　　C. sorry 　　　　　D. sad

　　51. A. unusual　　　　B. hard　　　　　 C. strange　　　　 D. busy

　　52. A. accept　　　　 B. earn　　　　　 C. find　　　　　　D. search

　　53. A. welcome　　　　B. fit　　　　　　C. necessary　　　 D. common

　　54. A. bringing　　　 B. forcing　　　　C. pushing　　　　 D. protecting

　　55. A. selected　　　 B. admired　　　　C. afforded　　　　D. left

     Ausubel of Rockefeller University in New York, US. says the key renewable energy sources, including sun, wind and biofuels, would all require vast     1     of land if developed up to large scale production¹ – unlike nuclear power. That land would be far better left alone², he says. Renewables look attractive when they are quite     2    . But if we start producing renewable energy on a large scale, the fallout is going to be horrible. Instead, Ausubel argues     3     renewed development of nuclear.

     Ausubel draws his conclusions by analysing the amount of energy renewables, natural gas and nuclear can produce in terms of power per square metre of land used³. Moreover, he claims that as renewable energy use increases, this measure of efficiency⁴ will     4     as the best land for wind, biofuels, and solar power gets used up.

    Using biofuels to obtain the     5     amount of energy as a 1000 megawatt nuclear power plant would require 2500 square kilometres of farm     6    , Ausubel says. "We should be sparing land for nature⁵, not using it as pasture for cars and trucks," he adds.

     Solar power is much more efficient than biofuel in terms of the area of land     7    , but it would still require 150 square kilometres of photovoltaic cells to     8     the energy production of the 1000 MW nuclear plant. In another example, he says meeting the 2005 US electricity demand via wind power alone would need 780,000 square kilometres, an area the size of Texas.

     However, several experts are highly critical     9     Ausubel’s conclusions. John Turner of the US government’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory says that     10     the US got all of its power from solar energy, it would still need less than half the amount of land that has been paved over for highways. Further, it need not     11     additional land. The US could get a quarter of its energy just from covering rooftops of     12     buildings, he says.

     According to Turner, the same "dual use" also applies to wind power⁶. "The footprint for wind⁷ is only 5% of the land that it     13    . Farmers can still farm the land that the turbines are on⁸. Turner says looking solely at land use is an oversimplification of the     14    . "I’m not sure I’d want to build one of these nuclear plants in Afghanistan⁹, but we could     15     put in wind and solar power," he adds.

A. figures       B. amounts          C, unmbers        D. digits

A. small        B. huge             C. little            D. vast

A. at           B. over             C. for             D. against

A. expand      B. minimize          C. enlarge         D. decrease

A. same        B. similar           C. alike            D. identical

A. region       B. site              C. area            D. land

A. leased       B. cultivated         C. used            D. purchased

A. patch        B. match           C. catch            D. fetch

A. in           B. with            C. of               D. on

A. even if      B. only if           C. what if          D. as if

A. lock up       B. take up           C. give up         D. set up

A. towering      B. interesting        C. nice-looking     D. existing

A.surrounds    B. contains       C. includes        D. covers

A. issue       B. stuff           C. summary       D. suggestion

A. doubtfully  B. supposedly      C. certainly       D. honestly

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

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。

We often talk about ourselves as if we have genetic defects (基因缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things   36  !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe   37  .

These comments may come from stories about us that have been   38   for years. These stories may have no   39    in fact. But they can set   40   expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical (操作机械的) skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations   41   my development? I was never   42   to work on cars or be around tools. When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the   43   for the whole nation!

Six years later,   44  , I was working on my doctor’s degree. My professor, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did  45    and things I couldn’t do. On the  46    side, I took down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the other side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”

Bob asked me   47   I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life   48   and told him about my   49   performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “Why is it that you can solve   50   mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t   51   from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to   52  . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been   53   my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that   54   we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can   55   in almost anything we choose.

36. A. away                     B. off                                 C. up                                 D. down

37. A. them                     B. myself                           C. yourself                         D. others 

38. A. said                       B. spoken                          C. spread                          D. repeated 

39. A. basis                                B. plot                                C. cause                  D. ending 

40. A. high                                 B. low                                 C. general                          D. realistic 

41. A. lead                      B. improve                        C. affect                            D. quicken  

42. A. encouraged         B. forced                          C. forbidden                     D. ordered    

43. A. middle                             B. bottom                         C. front                    D. beginning  

44. A. therefore                       B. moreover                     C. instead                          D. however 

45. A. well                                 B. badly                    C. carefully                          D. honestly  

46. A. passive                           B. positive                        C. negative                        D. subjective 

47. A. when                               B. where                           C. how                       D. whether  

48. A. values                               B. styles                               C. experiences                   D. goals  

49. A. unexpected                   B. poor                             C. excellent                       D. average 

50. A. complex               B. special                          C. common                        D. primary 

51. A. arise                                B. separate                       C. come                             D. suffer

52. A. believe                            B. suspect                        C. drop                     D. resist  

53. A. weakening                    B. abandoning                  C. strengthening              D. accepting 

54. A. as                            B. though                                    C. unless                           D. if 

55. A. compete                           B. cooperate                    C. fight                      D. succeed

完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I found out that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of  36  . I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final  37  . During the test, the girl  38   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  39  . I had an extra pen. She showed me that  40   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  41  , the teacher asked me to  42   in the room when all the other  students were  43  . As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about   44  it meant to grow up; she mentioned how important it was to stand  45   your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized（强调）the fact  46  people do something dishonest, they are really  47  themselves. She made me promise that I would think  48  about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could  49  , I walked out of the room wondering  50  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  51  I was copying answers 52 the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was that it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t  53  anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test.

  54  I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor  55   letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated in the test.

A. panic          B. invasion     C. action           D. trouble

A. test           B. lesson           C. class            D. papers

A. rising         B. standing     C. living           D. sitting

A. why            B. whether      C. where            D. that

A. she            B. that         C. hers         D. it

A. turned in       B. handed       C. given out        D. marked

A. work           B. read         C. study            D. stay

A. talking            B. studying         C. dismissed        D. expected

A. how            B. why          C. which            D. what

A. on             B. by           C. to               D. with

A. when           B. that when        C. that         D. whether

A. punishing      B. amusing      C. believing        D. cheating

A. well           B. highly           C. seriously        D. honestly

A. stay           B. leave            C. continue     D. refuse

A. if             B. whether      C. how          D. why

A. as though      B. at               C. even if          D. that

A. on             B. in               C. from         D. at

A. asked          B. mentioned        C. answered     D. realized

A. Long before        B. As long as       C. Even though  D. Just as

A. unless         B. by           C. before           D. for