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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The House Fairy

   As young parents, my husband and I felt that at age 6 and 8, our children were old enough to be cleaning their rooms and making their beds. But they thought   36  . My complaints, repeating myself, even self-justified shouting were landing on   37    ears. I felt frustrated (沮丧的) , and very often a whole afternoon’s scolding would end with their   38   into tears, I realized I needed to   39   my methods of “mothering”.

   One day while they were at school, I had great fun   40   their rooms. On their desks, in plain   41  , I left the cards: “Dear Bill (the other card was   42   to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the House Fairy.”   43   arriving back, the children were   44   excited to receive the little note from the House Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the House Fairy         45   for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and   46   asking them to play a certain violin   47  . Each day, thank--you notes would be worded differently to keep the ideas   48  .

   Sometimes the House Fairy would propose a little   49  : “If you can finish your homework today and   50   it before dinner, I’ d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in   51

of jobs especially well done the day   52  .

      53   I can’t remember how long “the House Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were no longer age appropriate (合适的), we used various versions of Post-Its. The bathroom mirror became the   54   centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be posted.

   We all benefited from and   55   the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true legacy of the House Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication.

  36.  A. different      B. no             C. otherwise        D. doubtful

  37.  A. side          B. deaf           C. neither           D. either

  38.  A. crying        B. breaking        C. bursting          D. bumping

  39.  A. adjust        B. adopt          C. access            D. addict

  40.  A. to tidy        B. tidying         C. tidied            D. tidy

41.  A. distance       B. words         C. speech           D. sight

  42.  A. sent          B. read           C. delivered         D. addressed

  43.  A. As           B. At             C. Of             D. Upon

  44.  A. more than     B. rather than       C. no more than     D. other than

  45.  A. asking        B. waiting         C. praying         D. expecting

  46.  A. politely       B. friendly         C. gently          D. toughly

  47.  A. music        B. song             C. piece           D. tone

  48.  A. respectable    B. uninteresting     C. incredible        D. fresh

  49.  A. challenge     B. question         C. suggestion       D. advice

  50.  A. go with       B. go through       C. look up         D. look into

  51.  A. response      B. answer          C. praise          D. honor

  52.  A. ahead         B. before          C. over           D. ago

  53.  A. Actually       B. Even so         C. Even if         D. Though

  54.  A. reminder      B. main            C. memory        D. life

  55.  A. learned          B. appreciated      C. shared          D. thanked

Tears slid down Ken's cheeks. Their newbom baby        was removed from life supprt, taken back to her and her  , Charlie. who held their baby. Austin was bom at 12:17 p.m. three months   than he should have been. The length of a school ruler. he weighed one pound. nine ounces. Doctors tried   that technology and medicine could offer at the      baby, but Austin did not respond well. Austin's lung tissue (组织) had probably   　 developing four weeks before. even still     . his mother, because of an accident Zero chance of     . It was time to let him go, and let him leave in his mother's arms － at peace and in no pain.

     In the next few hours, Charlie's parents, and Ken's mother came to meet and say    Austin. Charlie and Keri        their eyes on the baby as he snuggled(依偎) into Keri's chest. The end, they believed. was coming 　 . Nurse Melissa walked in every so often to check Austin's         . If it was time for him t0       . his heart rate would begin to slow. After four hours,     , Austin was still breathing. His heart thumped(跳动) at a healthy 120 beats per       . He moved his head and wrapped his fingers and toes around the fingers of his          . Four hours became five, then six. Austin and his parents remained still     . Word about this baby had spread out. Everyone was talking about him. As the minutes and hours ticked away, Austin was going strong The tests showed a(n)      level of carbon dioxide in his blood. which meant he was        enough oxygen into his body. The clock passed midnight. Austin had        the next day. Miracle. a life miracle!

1.A. Melissa        B. Charlie           C. Austin              D. Keri

2.A. husband       B. nurse             C. doctor              D. wife

3.A. sooner        B. faster             C. later                D. earlier

4.A. something     B. anything           C. everything          D. nothing

5.A. young        B. tiny               C. big                D. sick

6.A. started       B. stopped             C. delayed            D. continued

7.A. inside       B. outside             C. beside              D. with

8.A. arrival       B. approval            C. death               D. survival

9.A. hello to      B. sorry to            C. goodbye to           D. yes to

10.A. put         B. focused            C. took                D. had

11.A. steadily     B. fast               C. slowly               D. soon

12.A. heartbeat    B. mouth             C. blood                D. temperature

13.A. wash       B. live               C. die                  D. eat

14.A. however    B. therefore           C. meanwhile           D. otherwise

15.A. second          B. minute              C. hour               D. day

16.A. friends         B. sisters               C. relatives            D. parents

17.A. crying          B. waiting              C. sitting              D. sleeping

18.A. unsatisfied      B. unacceptable          C. normal             D. excellent

19.A. losing         B. getting               C. making              D. pouring

20.A. lived into      B. waked up             C. waited for            D. suffered from

A strong wind was blowing hard, thunder was rumbling, and lightning flashed across the dark sky. Rain was    36   down; it looked as if heaven had been broken open.

Gleams of light appeared from windows of   37   houses, shining like jewels in all the dark.

A   38   woman dressed in rags and trembling with cold was   39   on a lonely road, while the merciless rain was   40   her without pause. She knocked at the door, and a   41   answered it. She begged him to let her stay a while   42  . The boy then let her into the sitting room and   43   her sitting by the fire.

The woman   44   old and tired under the bright electric light,   45   she was only in her early thirties. She sat   46   for a moment, and then her eyes began to look about the   47   . When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of a young man, she   48  up, looking thunderstruck. Just then, the boy came with his   49  . The man at once recognized the woman as his    50  . They had   51   touch with each other during the war, and he thought he had lost her forever.

  52   words needed to be spoken, They embraced each other   53   the boy stared at them, puzzled. k*s*5u

The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very   54  , the couple stood face to face with their child between them, watching the rain as it gradually   55  .

A. pouring                 B. falling                   C. dropping                D. flooding

A. poor                      B. black                   C. faraway                    D. nearby

A. rich                       B. beautiful                  C. poor                      D. ugly

A. crying                   B. wandering               C. struggling               D. wondering

A. striking                 B. hitting                     C. flowing                    D. beating

A. boy                       B. girl                          C. woman                     D. man

A. out                        B. near                         C. outside                     D. inside

A. made                     B. left                          C. asked                     D. told

A. became                  B. showed                    C. appeared                D. sounded

A. so                         B. and                          C. however                 D. though

A. straight                  B. thirsty                     C. hungry                     D. still

A. room                     B. house                      C. picture                          D. fire

A. picked                   B. stood                       C. came                      D. looked

A. father                    B. mother                           C. friend                    D. brother

A. wife                      B. sister                        C. mother                      D. girlfriend

A. kept                      B. got                          C. made                     D. lost

A. Much                    B. Many                    C. No                           D. Not

A. as                         B. while                       C. when                       D. since

A. disappointed         B. sorry                        C. happy                      D. sad

A. began                    B. stopped                    C. ended                       D. wanted

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。

It had been a tiring day and I was looking forward to a quiet evening. My __36__ would not be back until late and I had __37__ to sit comfortably in a chair in the _38___ room and read a good book. I put the children to bed _39__ and prepared a cup of coffee for myself. Soon I was seated comfortably with my__40___ in front of me and the sandwich and the cup of coffee on a small table beside me.

I was just beginning to __41__ the food when the telephone rang. I put down my book and hurried to __42___ it. By the time I got back to the living room, my coffee was__43__. I ate the sandwich and begin__44___ cold coffee with the book _45___ open to the front page. _46___ there was a loud knock at the front_47___. It surprised me so much that I spilled (洒)some coffee on my skirt. The man at the door was looking __48___ a certain address and __49___ me to  give him some information. It _50___ me a long time to explain something to him. After that , I sat down again and __51__ to read a whole page without further interruption(打扰) --- until the baby woke up. He started __52__ at the top of his voice, __53__ I run upstairs quickly. He was still awake at 11 o’clock when my husband came back. I really wanted to throw something __54____ him when he asked me if I had spent a ___55____ evening.

A. mother          B. husband            C. children         D. sister

A. said            B. told                C. decided          D. considered

A. living           B. bed                C. reading         D. waiting

A. late             B. early               C. quickly         D. slowly

A. baby            B. dog                C. TV            D. book

A. watch           B. see                 C. eat            D. listen

A. receive           B. take               C. hold           D. answer

A. cold             B. hot                C. gone           D. missing

A. finding           B. drinking            C. changing       D. throwing

A. yet              B. already             C. still            D. was

A. Heavily          B. Angrily             C. Certainly        D. Suddenly

A. door        B. window            C. street           D. room

A. at               B. for                 C. up             D. after

A. wanted           B. liked               C. suggested       D. hoped

A. spent             B. cost               C. took            D. used

A. finished          B. allowed             C. began           D. managed

A. crying            B. shouting            C. singing          D. talking

A. and              B. so                 C. as              D. till

A. to               B. on                 C. at              D. for

A. troubling         B. busy                C. sad             D. happy

The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady came in and asked, “You don’t   31   the house any more?” He kept silent and she   32   shook her head.

The landlady began   33   the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have   34   my house? The walls are full of nails! How could I rent it to others?”

She began looking around her   35  room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply   36   to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for   37   you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”

This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other   38  . At that time, she threw all her stuff such as her bag and umbrella on the   39   once she entered the room, staring at the whole   40   and feeling terribly upset. Then he began   41   more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which   42   his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to   43   their wedding photo frame.

 The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were   44  , the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were   45   nonstop through these holes.

　　She   46   to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house   47   we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.

She   48  realized that marriage was like a wall and that all   49   and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall.  50  , when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.

1.A. like                   B. clean                C. rent                 D. keep

2.A. simply                B. barely          C. coldly               D. proudly

3.A. observing             B. examining       C. watching             D. spotting

4.A. shared                 B. ruined               C. kept                 D. decorated

5.A. familiar              B. dirty                C. empty            D. bright

6.A. devoted                B. attached             C. optimistic      D. guilty

7.A. leaving               B. having          C. asking           D. getting

8.A. clothes               B. pictures             C. umbrellas       D. hats

9.A. floor                 B. wall            C. ceiling              D. door

10.A. trouble                   B. mess             C. confusion            D. order

11.A. putting                   B. striking             C. driving              D. beating

12.A. hung                 B. fastened        C. dropped         D. swung

13.A. connect                   B. fix              C. hang            D. put

14.A. replaced                  B. separated       C. unfastened           D. removed 

15.A. crying                    B. aching           C. bleeding        D. disturbing

16.A. jumped               B. held             C. stuck           D. got

17.A. if                   B. unless           C. as              D. until

18.A. especially                B. eventually      C. fortunately          D. sadly

19.A. chaos                B. troubles         C. quarrels             D. challenges

20. A. Therefore                B. Besides         C. Thus             D. However