完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

请阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

In the clinic,I asked if Michael could be retested,so the specialist tested him again.To my

    36   ,it was the same score.

Later that evening,I    37    told Frank what I had learned that day.After talking it over,we agreed that we knew our    38   much better than an IQ(智商) test.We    39    that Michael’s score must have been a      40      and we should treat him    41    as usual.

We moved to Indiana in 1962,and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year.He got      42      grades in the school,especially      43      biology and chemistry,which was a great comfort.

Michael    44    Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student.Soon afterwards,his teacher permitted him to take more courses than    45   .In 1968,he was accepted by the School of Medicine,Yale University.

On graduation day in 1972,Frank and I    46    the ceremony(典礼) at Yale.After the ceremony,we told Michael about the    47    IQ score he got when he was six.Since that day,Michael sometimes would look at us and say    48   .“My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor,not until after I graduated from medical school!”It is his special way of thanking us for the    49    we had in him.

Interestingly,Michael then    50    another IQ test.We went to the same clinic where he had    51    the test eighteen years before.This time Michael scored 126,an increase of 36 points.A result like that was supposed to be    52   .

Children often do as    53   as what adults,particularly parents and teachers,   54    of them.That is,tell a child he is “   55   ,”and he may play the role of a foolish child.

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

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

38.A.student                 B.son                    C.friend                       D.doctor

39.A.argued                  B.realized              C.decided                     D.understood

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

41.A.specially               B.strictly               C.naturally                   D.carefully

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

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

44.A.visited                  B.chose                 C.passed                       D.entered

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

46.A.missed                  B.held                   C.delayed                     D.attended

47.A.high                     B.same                  C.low                           D.different

48.A.curiously                     B.eagerly               C.calmly                      D.jokingly

49.A.faith                     B.interest               C.pride                         D.delight

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

51.A.received               B.accepted             C.organized                  D.discussed

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

53.A.honestly               B.much                 C.well                          D.bravely

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

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

That night, Joe came back home very late, pulling his heavy legs, obviously tired．He then sat down by the window, ­ 1  his head．
Hearing her husband back, Kay  2  out of the kitchen, but to her  3 , Joe sat still,
without  4 ．Usually, when he came back, he would greet her with a kiss or a hug．Immediately Kay 5 something unusual．She went over to Joe and asked, “Tell me, my dear, any 6 news?”
“Well, I have to say that things are not in our  7 ．It seems that I have no  8 to defeat my opponent (对手)．He’s much more 9 , for he’s been holding the position for nearly four years, and people think he’s done a 10  job．Many signs show that he’s in the 11．”
“Oh, really? But I still believe you have our own  12 ．You’re in your forties at the best age for a man．You’re new, so people have reasons to  13  you to do better．So let’s go to the voters and tell hem, ‘Give Joe Hart a chance, and he’ll show you who’s your better 14”
Their next three weeks were spent  15  different neighborhoods, going to all kinds of parties, and making speeches at universities and gatherings．Even Judy and Julie, their small children, went from door to door,  16  their “Please vote for our daddy, Joe Hart!”
The night before the 17 vote, the whole Hart family were too 18 to fall asleep．The moment before the final result was declared, their 19 were brought to their mouths, but at last they all 20 and burst into tears．
Joe Hart became head judge of the state of Texas, USA．

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Yesterday was our three-year anniversary. We didn’t do anything romantic: we just walked hand in hand and talked about our past and future. This was pretty much what I had expected.
　　Andy is unromantic guy: no sweet words or roses. Smart as he is, he is a little bit shy expressing his love. However, I am an outspoken girl who likes to show her feelings directly. So needless to say, I often feel that is insensitive. I envy other girls who are surrounded by sweet words from their boyfriends.
　　I was in this sullen mood until I heard a beautiful sentence one day: “If someone does not love you in the way you like, it does not mean that he does not love you.” This simple but sensible sentence made me think about our happy days and recall his deep concern for me.
　　One cold winter night, I got a high fever. He hurried to my dorm and took me to the hospital. He was in such a hurry that he even forgot to wear socks. Upon arrival, he ran through the hospital handling all the formalities(手续). When I was put on a drip（输液）, he told me interesting stories to make me happy. Being held in his warm arms and listening to his tender voice, I had never felt so safe and comfortable. Gradually, I felt asleep. When I woke up 15 minutes later, he was still whispering to me. He explained that if he had stopped talking I would have waken up. At that moment, I found love in his sparkling eyes.
　　Another time, I had a bad quarrel with my best friend. Although I knew it was my fault, I refused to admit it. I was angry when he insisted I apologize to her. He said that it was difficult to admit a mistake, but this was what everyone should do. The next morning, I apologized to my friend and asked for her forgiveness.
　　My unromantic boyfriend cares about my health like my father, understand me like my mother and helps me like my elder brother.
67. Why does the author envy other girls of her age?
A. Their boyfriends look more handsome.        B. Their boyfriends express love directly.
C. They win a lot of praise from colleagues.      D. They often receive roses.
68. The word “sullen” in Paragraph 3 can be best replaced by “          ”.
A. cheerful                      B. calm                     C. happy                  D. bad
69. The author mentioned her experience in hospital to show Andy           .
A. loves her greatly              B. is always careless      C. is sometimes shy       D. is good at telling stories
70. The writer writes the passage to tell us that           .
A. Andy is very outspoken                                B. Andy is a perfect husband
C. Andy has his own way to express love         D. Andy cares more about others

A 33-year-old financial analyst in California recently quit his job to devote himself to an unpaid job teaching math on the Internet, and his lessons are reaching almost 100,000 people a month. Salman Khan’s voice is heard every day on the net --- by tens of thousands of students around the world who are hungry for help learning math. He has posted 1,200 lessons on YouTube ... lessons that appear on an electronic blackboard, which range from basic addition to advanced mathematics for science and finance. And they are free.
Khan lives in Silicon Valley, with his wife, a doctor, and their new baby. He got the idea for his “Khan Academy” four years ago, when he taught a young cousin how to convert kilograms to grams. With Khan’s help, the cousin got good at math, and Khan began a new career.
Now, Khan records his lessons himself, but he never goes on camera. “It feels like my voice in their head. You’re looking at it and it feels like someone’s over your shoulder talking in your ear, as opposed to someone at the blackboard, which is distant from you,” he said.
When Springfield High School in Palo Alto, California invited Khan to speak in person --- he immediately connected to the students there.
The idea of short lessons that can be played over and over again attracted high school senior Bridget Meaney. She says she had trouble with math in the seventh grade. “I think the teachers are good, but they can’t teach at a speed that’s perfect for everyone,” she said. “I like the idea of learning something in class but then going back and pressing pause or rewind and actually getting a deeper understanding of it.”
Originally, Khan kept his lessons short because of YouTube restrictions. Now, he thinks short is better. “Education researchers now tell me that 10 minutes is how long someone can have a high level of concentration. And anything beyond that and your brain switches off,” he said.
For Khan, teaching math, science, and finance is just the beginning. He says he’s ready to expand his YouTube site to include other subjects as well.
【小题1】What gave Khan the idea of teaching math online?

When he was a boy, Tim was much influenced（影响） by the books about the sea, but in fact by the age of fifteen he had decided to become a doctor rather than a sailor. His father was a dentist and as a result, Tim had the opportunity of meeting many doctors either at home or elsewhere. When he was fourteen he was already hanging around the clinic (诊所) of a local doctor where he was supposed to help to wrap up medicine bottles, but was actually trying to listen to the conversations taking place between the doctor and his patients in the next room.

During the war Tim served in the Navy (海军) as a surgeon (外科医生). “That was the happiest time of my life. I was dealing with very real suffering and on the whole making a success of it.” In California he taught the country people simple facts about medicine. He saw himself as a life-saver. He had proved his skills to himself and his ability to take decisions. Thus, while he was able to tell them what to do, he could feel he was saving them. After the war, he got married and chose to be a doctor in the countryside, working under an old doctor who was popular in the area, but who hated the sight of blood and believed that the secret of medicine was faith. This gave the young man many opportunities to go on working as a life-saver.

1.Tim decided to be a doctor when he was________.

2.Tim decided to become a doctor mainly because________

3.Which of the following is not true?

4.From the passage we can infer(推出) that Tim_________.

5.The passage is mainly about­________