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。
John stood up and studied the crowd of people who were making their way through the station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he16 , the girl with a(an) 17 . The story had begun twelve months before in a 18 . Taking a book off a shelf he found himself 19 by the notes penciled in the margin(空白处，白边).The soft handwriting20 a thoughtful soul and insightful mind. In the front of the book, he discovered the 21 owner’s name, Rosanna.
During the next year the two grew to know each other through the 22 . Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. The day finally came for their first 23 —7:00p.m. at the station.
A beautiful young girl in a green suit was coming toward him, whose  24 was (were) tall and slim. John started to walk towards her with delight, entirely forgetting to  25 that she was not wearing a rose. He  26 made one step closer to her, and then saw Rosanna, a short and fat woman well past 40, with a rose on her coat was standing almost directly 27 the girl. The girl in the green suit quickly walked away.
John felt  28 he was split(撕开) in two, and there he stood. His fingers gripped（紧握） the worn leather copy of the  29 that was to identify him to her. He knew this would not be 30  something perhaps even better than love. John felt choked by the bitterness of his 31 . “I’m John, and you must be Rosanna. I am so glad you could meet me, may I take you to 32  ?”
The woman’s face broadened into a big smile. “I don’t know what this is about, son,” she answered, “but the young lady in the green suit who just  33 begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said 34 you were to ask me out to dinner, I should tell you that she is waiting for you in the big  35 across the street. She said it was some kind of test!”

Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing ___36___ was something she picked up by herself. After her first____37____, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. ___38___, writing stories was simply a ___39___. interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商).___40____, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long___41___and paid Tracy a $ 50,000 advance. "A pretty money," said the publisher, "for___42____writer.”

      ___43___Traey's characters(人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes___44___readem uneasy: those about the supernatural. "My mother believed I could___45___the afterlife world," she told a close friend. "She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago."

      "Can I? I don't think I can," Tracy said with a laugh. "But l do have___46___ when things come to me___47___. " Once, she was wondering how to complete a ___48___set in ancient (古代的) China. ___49___the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ___50___. It came without her having ___51___it.

     Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained ___52___by her fame. She lives in the same ___53___she lived 27 years ago - although in a mom comfortable home. There' s more room for___54___in her life - and it wasn’t just ___ 55___.

Glynis Davis:

I first piled on the pounds when I was in the family way and I couldn’t lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming(减轻体重的) club. My aim was 40 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself I’d lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year…… but it didn’t happen. Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on. I’d lost willpower and tried to believe that the odd bag of fish and chips didn’t make any difference but the scales don’t lie.

Roz Juma:

To be honest, I never weigh myself any more---I’ve learned to be happy with myself. It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips. My idea is simple. You shouldn’t be too much thinking about food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a super-thin body. This is obviously the size I meant to be and , most of all, I’m happy with it.

Lesley Godwin:

I was very happy about winning Young Slimming of the Year. I’d look in the mirror unable to believe this slim lady was me ! That might have been my problem—perhaps from then on I didn’t pay any attention to myself. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you. I feel a complete failure because I’ve put on weight again.

Ros Langford:

    Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I’d always been about 110 pounds, but the domestic bliss(福佑) went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year.       Occasionally I try to go on a diet…I’m really good for a few days, then end up having the children’s leftovers(吃剩的食物) or eating happily chocolate—my weakness. I’d like to be slim, but right now my duty is the children and home. I might take more exercise when my kids are older.

What do you think the four women were all talking about ?

   A. Their life after marriage          B. Their own slimming matter 

C. Their work as a housewife        D. Different diets they prefer

Where are these short texts most likely to be taken from?

   A. Talks on the air                 B. Advertisements in the newspaper

   C. Books in a library               D. Magazines for children

What does the underlined word “ scales”(paragraph 1 ) mean?

   A. the coach in the slimming club     B. some tool to measure weight

   C. Glynis Davis’ dear husband        D. The salesperson in a food shop

Which of the following best describes each of the four women’s attitudes towards slimming ?

   1. Glynis Davis                  a. I put on weight soon after I got married

2. Roz Juma                     b. Fame(名声) doesn’t necessarily mean success.

   3 Lesley Godwin                 c. Facts speak much louder than words

   4. Ros Langford                  d. I like myself as I am.

   A. 1-c ,2-d, 3-b, 4-a     B. 1-c ,2-b, 3-d,4-a    C. 1-d,2-a,3-b,4-c   D. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d

    Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered to them. A child rarely dislikes food __36__ it is badly cooked. The __37__ a meal is cooked and served is most important and __38__ served meals will often improve a child’s appetite. Never ask a child __39__ he likes or dislikes a food and never __40__ likes and dislikes in front of him or allow __41__ else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother refuses vegetables in the child’s hearing, he is __42__ to copy their words. Take it __43__ granted that he likes everything and he probably __44__.Nothing healthful should be left out from the meal because of a __45__ dislike. At meal times it is a good __46__ to give a child a small __47__ and let him __48__ back for a second helping rather than give him as __49__ as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child __50__ meal times, but let him get on with his food, and do not __51__ him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will __52__ learn to swallow his food __53__ he can hurry back to his toys. On __54__ account must a child be coaxed __55__ forced to eat.

Have you ever tried to draw a straight line, only to find it turns out all wrong? Or, have you ever wanted to show ___36___ at a party and found the song you’d practiced so many times suddenly__37_ more difficult? I’ve had both these__38___. As a senior student, I have to ___39__ many exams. Each time, I think, “ I__40___ fail this time,’’ but I get a low mark. Don’t be surprised---it’s not __41___ I don’t try, do enough preparation, __42__ take it seriously. On the contrary, it is because I give it too _43__ attention. The thought “ I must pass” makes me taste the terrible flavor of failure.

   I often___44___ to my friends, “ Don’t be too hard ___45____ yourself.” However, when I __46___ my own goals, I do not listen to my own advice. So why not ___47__ this crazy thought of achieving the best? Just face the problem__48____before you with a calm mind, work and you will succeed.

  In my opinion, __49___ a calm state of mind is a skill for life. People__50__ want to succeed realizing this is of __51______ importance. So __52___ time you’re trying to draw a straight line or ___53___ a performance, tell yourself, “ If I can just do it _54___ than last time, it’s a success.” Keep a calm state of mind, and you will be happy __55____you succeed or fail.

A. around           B.  off           C. out             D. in

A. became             B.  become        C. becoming       D. becomes

A. experiences         B.  experience     C. times           D. difficulties

A. enter              B.  make         C. take            D. join

A. won’t             B.  can           C. need           D. needn’t

A. because of        B.  /            C. therefore       D. because

A. and                  B. or                   C. but             D. nor

A. many           B. few                C. little           D. much 

A. say             B. advise              C. tell                       D. encourage

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

A. give               B. hold                       C. build              D. set

A. throw away       B. get away          C. take up           D push off

A. lie                 B. lies                 C. lying              D. laying

A. keeping              B. staying            C. remaining       D. making

A. whom              B. which            C. who            D. /

A no                 B. little           C. very            D. great

A. last                B. the last            C. next               D. the next

A. put on              B play on                  C. give on           D show on

A. best               B. better                   C. good              D. well

A. if                   B. either                   C. neither         D. whether