完型填空(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、D)中，选出可以填入空白处

的最佳选项，并在机读卡上将该选项涂黑。

 There is a small shop about 200 meters from where I live that sells groceries, meat and other basic necessities. About 10 yearsa ago, there was a beggar who would go into the shop every day and ask the owner for a   21  . The owner,  22   he would love to help, simply didn’t have any jobs availabe, so he kept   23   the man’s office.

  This situation continued   24   for a few months, until the owner   25   to give the homeless man a job which   26   sweeping outside the shop. Every single day form 5 a.m, the homeless man was there doing the very   27   he could for the   28  , making it the community’s favourite, even though it did earn him pennies.  29  , the owner saw how good a job the man was doing and gave him a job working   30   a cashier(收银员). He was watched closely to make sure that he didn’t   31   any of the money received from the sales. He was still homeless, after all. The homeless man did a/an   32   job as a cashier for over 2 years, and did such a good job that he was promoted to   33   the finances for the whole shop.

  To my   34  , this was the arrangements up until 2 years ago, when the owner   35  . In his will, he only had one   36  , to give the whole shop to the now stable, “homeless” man. Now, I could walk into that shop and see him working as hard as   37  , with his own business that is still   38   and active 10 years after getting his job as a sweeper.

  From this story, we can probably get the inspiration: work hard and give everything your best effort, even if it isn’t your   39   situation, it very well may turn out to   40   some day in the future.

A.coin            B. home             C.job               D.meal

A.although        B.unless            C.because               D.if

A.expecting        B.considering           C.accepting         D.refusing

A.again        B.often             C.weekly            D.daily

A.offered          B.agreed            C.planned               D.failed

A.meant           B.involved              C.included              D.trained

A.best             B.least             C.better            D.less

A.family          B.owner             C.interest              D.moment

A.Suddenly        B.Fortunately           C.Quietly               D. Eventually

A.for              B.with              C.as                D.like

A.lose            B.pocket            C.spend             D.save

A.honest           B.loyal             C.fantastic             D.kind

A.guard        B.raise             C.provide               D.manage

A.knowledge       B.mind              C.scare             D.joy

A.got tired           B.became old        C.passed away           D.gave up

A.thought          B.purpose               C.request               D.suggestion

A.ever            B.necessary         C.expected              D.required

A.big             B.new               C. shabby               D. popular

A.ideal            B.current               C.own               D.financial

A.become          B.be                C.happen            D.do

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21－30 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。

 In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my __21__, it was the same score. Later that evening, I __22__ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our son much better than an IQ(智商) test. We decided that Michael’s score must have been a __23___ and we should treat him naturally as usual.

       We moved to Indiana in 1962, and he got _24 _ grades in Concordia High school, especially _25_ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort. Michael entered Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than _26_. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

       After the graduation ceremony, we told Michael about the low IQ score he got when he was six. Interestingly, Michael then _27_ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic he had received the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be _28._.

       Children often do as well as what adults, particularly parents and teachers,_ 29_ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ __30_”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.

A. joy                 B. surprise             C. dislike                      D. disappointment

A. tearfully      B. fearfully            C. cheerfully                 D. hopefully

A. joke            B. mistake             C. warning                   D wonder.

A. poor            B. good                 C. average                    D. standard

A. in                  B. about                C. of                            D. for

A. looked for      B. asked for           C. waited for                D. prepared for

A. allowed          B. described           C. required                   D. offered

A. imperfect     B. impossible         C. uncertain                  D. unsatisfactory

A. hear              B. learn                 C. expect                      D. speak

A. wise             B. rude                  C. shy                          D. stupid

When Phillip was on his way to the airport one afternoon, he asked the driver to wait outside the bank while he collected some traveler’s checks.
The plane was to  21  at 5:30. From the bank there was still a 22  journey to the airport. Phillip merely (仅仅，只不过；只是)watched the  23   along the way. Shortly before arriving, he began  24 the things he would need for the 25 . Tickets, money, the address of his hotel, traveler’s checks—Just a moment. How about his passport? Phillip went through his pockets. He suddenly  26   that he must have left his passport (护照，通行证) 27 .
Whatever could he do? It was now five past four and there would be too little  28  to return to the bank. This was the  29   time he was representing（代表） his firm for an important  30  with the manager of a French firm in Paris the following morning. Without a passport he would be  31  to board the plane. At that moment, the taxi 32 outside the air . Phillip got out, took his suitcase and  33  the driver. He then  34  a good deal of confusion（混乱）in the building. A 35 could be heard over the loudspeaker.
“We very much 36 that owing to a twenty-four-hour strike （罢工）of airport staff（职员，员工）, all flights for the rest of today have had to be called off.” Passengers are  37 to get in touch with their travel agents or with this terminal for 38 on tomorrow’s flights. Phillip gave a 39 . He would let his firm know about this situation and, thank goodness, he would have the opportunity of calling at his bank the following morning to 40 his passport.

I had just finished high school when a disaster hit our family. It was October 1962, and    21   was out of the question. So I found a job. In 1971, my employer announced only graduates(大学毕业生) would get   22  . My job seemed at a dead end unless I    23    further. And to graduate, I had to pass the higher secondary examination first.
I    24   an admission form（表格） and rode to the Human Resource（人力资源） Management office. On arriving there, I was    25   ---I couldn’t find the form. It was the last day to    26   the form, and no blank forms were   27   at the office. I was standing there, disappointed,    28   an elderly gentleman asked me why I looked so    29  . I told him what happened,    30  , “Now I’ll have to wait another year.”
“Well,” he said, “if you’re really serious about studying further, come with me. I have a    31   blank form at home.”
It was 12:30 pm. The counter（柜台） would    32   at 2 pm. His home was 10 km away and I had a slight   33 of going somewhere with a stranger. Anyway, this was my last chance. We reached his house on my bike. He advised me to remain    34  , and gave me a pen and the form. When it was    35  , he told me to rush back and     36   carefully. I reached the office at 1:58 pm. There were two people in line, waiting for their   37   . Just then, the counter official announced that no more forms would be    38   after mine. I breathed a sigh of    39   .
I passed the exam and later got a bachelor’s degree. I also got the promotions. I     40   it all to the timely help from a true gentleman whose name I forgot to ask.

It was a cold winter’s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight   16   .

I worked in a   17   doctor’s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run   18   than usual. It seemed I was going to be late  19 home and my husband, being the   20   person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe if I hurried, I could still _21 __it home.

I was heading inside to   22   for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for   23   to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just _24_ a few minutes ago.

The young man at the counter was trying to be   25  in explaining how to get there, with two other people making   26  . One of them was   27   trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, “Would you like to follow me to the   28  ?”

A look of   29   crossed the woman’s face.

“I’m going right by there,” I said, which wasn’t a (an)   30   since I had just made up my mind to do   31   that.

I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right   32   me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to   33  . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.

Later, as I arrived home, my husband   34  me, “So you aren’t ever late any more.”

I said, “Sometimes it’s   35   to be late.”

1.A. break          B. cold         C. fever         D. headache

2.A. foreign        B. common           C. noisy          D. busy

3.A. later          B. earlier          C. easier         D. simpler

4.A. getting        B. cooking          C. calling        D. working

5.A. tough          B. generous     C. punctual      D. rough

6.A. get               B. take              C. arrive           D. make

7.A. pay               B. charge            C. wait         D. search

8. A. opinions     B. trouble       C. directions      D. instructions

9.A. reached        B. visited          C. called           D. left

10.A. skilled       B. helpful          C. experienced  D. active

11.A. comments      B. promises     C. jokes            D. offers

12. A. only         B. still            C. even         D. ever

13. A. station      B. office           C. hospital     D. hotel

14.A. happiness     B. relief           C. sadness          D. peace

15.A. lie              B. fact          C. reason           D. duty

16. A. partly       B. voluntarily      C. exactly          D. perfectly

17.A. across            B. before           C. beside           D. behind

18. A. go up            B. die down     C. take up      D.get through

19.A. teased            B. yelled           C. joked            D. laughed

20.A. possible      B. special          C. good            D. safe