第三节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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 used to be our custom to take handmade baskets to friends on May Day．We would   21   baskets on a doorstep, knock on the door, and then run away as fast as our legs could   22   us．It was delightful to peer (窥视) around a bush and watch our friends open their   23   and pick up the colorful gift,   24   who had left it out for them.
I clearly   25   the May Day of the year when I turned ten．That year I was faced with a(an)   26   involving one of my dearest friends, Pam．We had studied and   27   together nearly every day, but things   28   after a new family had moved into our small town．Pam was spending more and more time at their house and I felt   29  and left out.
When my mother asked me   30   I was going to take a May Day basket to Pam’s house, I responded   31   , “Absolutely not! I hate Pam.” I began to cry.
Mom wiped away my   32   and told me that things and people change．She explained that one of the greatest things friends can do is to give each other a   33   to grow, to change and to develop, and that it’s   34   for one’s friends to spend time with other people.
I   35  decided to give Pam a basket as a sign of forgiveness, and asked my sister to help me do it．As we watched from our   36   place, Pam picked up the basket and said loudly enough for us to hear, “Thank you, Susie, I hoped you wouldn’t   37   me!”
That day, I made a   38   that changed my life: I decided to hold my friends tightly in my heart, but   39    in my expectations of them, allowing them   40   to grow and to change—with or without me.
21．A．hang         B．place         C．throw          D．give
22．A．send         B．transport          C．carry           D．support
23．A．baskets        B．eyes            C．arms            D．doors
24．A．asking         B．wondering           C．mentioning      D．informing
25．A．remember     B．experience          C．remind                D．grasp
26．A．plan         B．task             C．opportunity      D．challenge
27．A．lived         B．played             C．traveled           D．discussed
28．A．failed              B．finished           C．changed           D．proved
29．A．started         B．hurt             C．paid            D．injured
30．A．why              B．what         C．whether           D．how
31．A．anxiously     B．weakly         C．angrily            D．happily
32．A．tears         B．thoughts          C．unhappiness     D．freedom
33．A．reason         B．means          C．chance         D．direction
34．A．able        B．impossible       C．acceptable        D．doubtful
35．A．nearly             B．hardly             C．finally             D．generally
36．A．covering          B．hiding          C．cheering          D．passing
37．A．miss         B．forget              C．disturb             D．control
38．A．decision       B．mistake         C．suggestion        D．difference
39．A．deeply        B．shortly             C．highly             D．loosely
40．A．time         B．space           C．sense           D．care

Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son, shared a passion for art collecting. Together, they traveled around the world, adding only the   36  art treasures to their collection.
One year, as winter approached,   37  engulfed (吞没) the nation, and the young man left to  38  his country. After only a few short weeks, his father received a telegram. His beloved son was   39  in action. The art collector   40  awaited more news,  41  he would never see his son again. Within days, his fears were   42  . The young man had died while rushing a fellow soldier to a doctor.
Upset and   43  , the old man faced the coming Christmas holidays with sadness. On Christmas morning, a knock on the door awakened the   44  old man. As he opened the door, he was greeted by a   45  with a large package in his hands.
He introduced himself to the old man by saying,“ I was a   46  of your son. I was the one he was 47  when he died. May I come in for a few moments? I have something to show you.”
As the two began to   48  , the soldier told of how the man's son had told everyone of his, not to mention his father's   49  of fine art. “I am no   50  ,” said the soldier, “but I want to give you this.”
As the old man unwrapped the package, he saw a portrait his son. Though the world would   51 consider it the work of a genius, the painting featured the young man's face   52  striking detail.
Overcome with emotion, the man   53  the soldier. After the soldier had left, the old man put the painting above the fireplace, pushing   54  thousands of dollars worth of art. His task completed, the old man sat in his chair and spent Christmas gazing at the   55  he had been given.

阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I’ll never forget my first job interview. It was a  36  position at an elementary school in my hometown. I was very  37  and worried, but I thought I had an “in” 38  I knew many people in this district. I felt  39  that the interview would be a piece of cake. I had  40  well for my interview; I had been  41  interview questions in front of my mirror for days. I wore my navy blue suit and took my  42 of lessons I had taught during student teaching. There was  43  I would not face this interview.
After arriving at the school about half an hour early, I waited  44  in the office. The secretary told me not to be nervous.“ Just  45   ,”he advised. When the time for my interview  46  came, I was so nervous that I didn’t think I could 47 any questions. Inside the interview room,  48  people sat at a round table: two teachers, two principals(校长),and a member of the school board .I had been 49  there would only be three people at the interview, and was overwhelmed(不知所措的)by the presence of  50  interviewers.
Once the interviewers started asking questions,  51  ,I answered with ease. Everyone smiled and we even  52  .After they finished asking questions, the  53  told me they would call me in two weeks. Two years later ,I ‘m still waiting for the 54  ! I eventually found out that it was my lack of  55  that kept me from getting the job offer.

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting．I was looking forward to a quiet   36   of the splendid artwork．
A young _37_ viewing the paintings ahead of me _38__ nonstop between themselves．I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking．I admired the man's   39 for putting up with her  40   stream of words．  41   by their noise, I moved on．
I met them several times as I moved   42   the various rooms of art．Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away  43   .
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a   44   when the couple approached the   45 ．Before they left, the man   46   into his pocket and pulled out a white object．He   47   it into a long stick and then   48   his way into the coatroom to get his wife's jacket．
"He's a   49   man, " the clerk at the counter said．" Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age．During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn't change．So, as before, he and his wife come in   50   there is a new art show．"
"But what does he get out of the art?" I asked．"He can't see．"
"Can't see! You're   51 ．He sees a lot．More than you and I do," the clerk said．"His wife   52   each painting so he can see it in his head．"
I learned something about patience,   53   and love that day．I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without   54   and the courage of a'' husband who would not  55   blindness to change his life．And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, their arms intertwined．
36．A．view        B．touch     C．wander    D．stare
37．A．lady           B．couple   C．man       D．clerk
38．A．yelled         B．argued         C．screamed     D．chatted
39．A．attempt        B．independence   C．patience       D．wisdom
40．A．constant       B．vivid    C．casual              D．vague
41．A．Adopted       B．Adapted       C．Disturbed     D．Conducted
42．A．from          B．to        C．towards       D．through
43．A．anxiously     B．quickly        C．urgently       D．sensibly
44．A．comment          B．purchase        C．decision        D．profit
45．A．exit          B．entrance   C．front    D．queue
46．A．plugged           B．reached  C．held     D．bent
47．A．lengthened          B．made       C．brought       D．broadened
48．A．led           B．found     C．tapped         D．forced
49．A．generous      B．rough         C．smart     D．brave
50．A．wherever        B．whatever      C．whenever          D．whichever
51．A．unique         B．silly     C．equal              D．wrong
52．A．decorates      B．draws          C．shoves        D．describes
53．A．kindness       B．pride          C．courage            D．enthusiasm
54．A．sight          B．support        C．expectation         D．confidence
55．A．get        B．allow    C．hope        D．cause

Mackenzie Hughes had just returned from school and was waiting for her older brothers to arrive home. She was home alone  1  a man started knocking on the front door, turning the handle and trying to  2 .
She’s 12 years old and she was  3 . So she dialed 9-1-1 and reached the operator Rachelle Berry. After a brief talk, Berry  4  what was happening. “OK, hang on, OK? Can you get in a  5 ?” Berry asked. Mackenzie told Berry that her phone --- it wasn’t cordless (无绳的) --- wouldn’t reach into the cupboard. “Will the phone reach under your bed?” Berry asked  6  . “No,” Mackenzie said.
“Can you hide under a  7  and pull your bedspread over you?” That’s  8  what Mackenzie did. She hid under her blanket, holding the phone and listening to Berry’s voice.
Berry talked quietly, which  9  Mackenzie. It helped, too, when Berry told her to think of something  10  . “Try not to cry,” Berry told Mackenzie during the call. “ I know it’s  11  . Do you have something you can hold onto?” Mackenzie struggled to  12  tears. She couldn’t  13  anything without showing her hiding spot. “ It’s OK,” Berry said. “You’ve got me here with you.”
“He’s in my room,” Mackenzie  14  . “Now be quiet, OK? Just don’t talk,” Berry said. For much of the call, Berry dropped her voice to a whisper,  15  the intruder (闯入者) might hear her voice over the phone.  16 , the man came into her room, then left.
Berry told Mackenzie that the  17  were on their way. Minutes later, they arrived and  18  one man in the backyard and another man in a getaway car.
On Thursday morning, the Emergency Communications Bureau gave Mackenzie its Hero Award for her  19  . Berry also received high praise. And then it was off to school for Mackenzie. But first Berry had something to  20  to the middle-schooler: a cordless phone.