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21～40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who possesses a horse ranch (大牧场). He was the son of a horse trainer who would go from ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually   21   . When he was a senior, he was   22    to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he   23   .

“That night he wrote a seven –page paper, describing his goal of someday    24    a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail. He put his    25    into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he    26    his paper back. On the front page was a large F with a    27    that read, “See me after class.” The boy went to see the teacher after class.

The teacher said, “This is a(n)    28    dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. Owning a horse ranch    29    a lot of money. There’s no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “    30    you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will

    31    your grade.”

The boy went home and thought about it    32    and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is very important    33    for you.” Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the    34   paper. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my    35   .”

Sitting in the middle of his 200-acre horse ranch, he told me he    36    had that school paper. He added, “Two summers ago that same schoolteacher    37    30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was    38    of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dream. Fortunately you had    39    enough not give up yours.”

Don’t let anyone   40    your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.

21.   A. started         B. interrupted C. made   D. ended

22.   A. taught B. guided C. asked   D. forced

23.   A. grew up        B. brought up  C. took up         D. went up

24.   A. working        B. making         C. owing          D. owning

25.   A. action  B. heart   C. explanation D. words

26.   A. received       B. accepted      C. returned      D. offered

27.   A. note     B. letter   C. saying  D. information

28.   A. unusual        B. unique C. unnatural     D. unrealistic

29.   A. raises  B. makes C. requires       D. saves

30.   A. Although      B. If  C. When   D. While

31.   A. reconsider   B. award  C. recover         D. acknowledge

32.   A. soon     B. wide     C. long      D. enough

33.   A. composition         B. decision        C. lesson  D. grade

34.   A. rewritten     B. vivid     C. same   D. printed

35.   A. dream B. word    C. promise        D. impression

36.   A. even     B. rather  C. ever     D. still

37.   A. fetched       B. brought        C. assess D. recite

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

39.   A. opportunity B. occasion       C. courage        D. intelligence

40.   A. starve  B. accuse C. submit D. steal

 He drove after drinking alcohol, having a severe accident and had to get his arms removed．Since then, he has had to __31__ on his younger brother, who became his shadow, never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was totally unable to do __32__ else. As the two brothers grew up together, they had their own problems and would often __33__. Finally, his younger brother went away and lived __34__, leaving him heartbroken and at a loss what to do.

     __35__, a misfortune befell（降临）a girl. One night she was preparing dinner when the kerosene light on the stove was overturned, __36__ in a fire which took her hands away. Having decidedly __37__ her sister’s willingness to help her, she determined to be thoroughly __38__. At school, she always studied hard．Most of all she learned to be self-reliant. “I am lucky. Though my __39__ are broken, my heart can still fly.” she wrote in her blog.

    One day, the young man and the girl were both invited to a（n）__40__ programme. The boy told the television hostess about his __41__ future, whereas the girl was full of __42__ for her life. They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their __43__. The boy: My younger brother’s arms are my arms. The girl: Broken wings, flying heart.

    They had both gone through the same ordeal（痛苦经历）, but their different __44__   determined the nature of their lives. As seems the case, __45__ disasters can strike our life at any time. How you handle the __46__ when faced with it is the true __47__  of your character. If you choose to __48__ or escape from the ordeal, it will follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the __49__ will turn out to be a fortune on which new __50__will arise.

1.A．live             B．stand          C．rely           D．assist

Neatly putting an emphasis on his storytelling skill is how writer Mo Yan began his Nobel Lecture in Literature speech, “Storyteller”, on Friday （Saturday, Beijing time） in Stockholm.

For 40 minutes he talked about his mother’s   36  on him as a person and a writer, his literary inspirations, and how he   37  with the controversy（争论）that followed the announcement of his Nobel victory.

He told his audience that as a boy he told stories to cheer up his mother, and   38  that poverty and loneliness fueled his imagination as a writer after he grew up.   39 , authors such as William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez   40  him, he said, especially their bold and unlimited writing style.

“A person should be   41  in daily life, but follow one’s instinct（本能）and take control when it   42  to literary creation.”

He said the soul of   43  all of his works is the boy in Transparent Carrot who has an almost superhuman ability to bear   44 . He added that he also tried to make his hometown of Gaomi in Shandong Province a microcosm（缩影）of China and even the   45 .

His greatest challenge, he said, was writing novels that deal with   46  realities.

“In writing about the dark aspects of society there is a（n）  47  that emotions and anger allow politics to limit literature.”

He said literature must be   48  on real life but go beyond it.

He also mentioned the   49  surrounding his selection as Nobel winner, saying he was showered with many flowers.   50  he was a target for “stone throwers”.

“At first I thought I was the   51  of the controversies, but over time I’ve come to realize that the real target was a person who had   52  to do with me.”

Mo   53  his lecture by saying he was made to feel like an actor in a play with all the attention he was   54 , but he had decided that the best way to communicate his thoughts was to   __55  writing.

1.                A．affection        B．influence       C．occasion  D．position

2.                A．agreed         B．fought          C．dealt D．did

3.                A．added          B．warned         C．reminded D．imagined

4.                A．However       B．Otherwise       C．Therefore D．Besides

5.                A．preserved      B．inspired        C．entertained   D．taught

6.                A．confident       B．certain         C．comfortable   D．modest

7.                A．goes           B．comes          C．turns D．gets

8.                A．nearly          B．hardly          C．scarcely  D．always

9.                A．danger         B．suffering        C．relieving  D．happiness

10.               A．city            B．village          C．world D．province

11.               A．social          B．economical      C．agricultural D．cultural

12.               A．encouragement  B．danger         C．advantage D．event

13.               A．insisted        B．spent          C．based D．passed

14.               A．contradiction    B．contest         C．contrary   D．controversy

15.               A．Meanwhile      B．Otherwise      C．However  D．Instead

16.               A．goal           B．intention       C．target D．purpose

17.               A．somebody      B．anything        C．nothing   D．anybody

18.               A．adopted        B．concluded      C．admitted  D．concerned

19.               A．throwing       B．accepting       C．offering   D．receiving

20.               A．carry on        B．take on         C．bring out  D．put out

There was a man who had a little boy that he loved very much．Every day after work the man would come home and  36  with the little boy．He would always  37  all of his extra time with the little boy.

One night．while the man was at work, he  _38   that he had extra work to do for the evening, and that he wouldn’t be able to play with his little boy．  39    he wanted to be able to give the boy something to keep him  40  ．So, looking around his office, he saw a magazine with a large  41  of the world on the cover．He got a(n)  42  ．He removed the map, and then patientely tore it up into small pieces．Then he put all the  43  in his coat pocket.

When he got home, the little boy came  __44  to him and was ready to play．The man  _45 that he had extra work to do and couldn’t play just now．He  46  the little boy into the dinning room, and 47  all the pieces of the map．He spread them on the table．He explained that it was a map of the world, and that by the time he could  48  together, his extra work would be  49  , and they could both play．Surely this would keep the child busy for hours, he thought.

About half an hour later the boy came to the man and said, “Okay, it’s finished．Can we play now?”

The man was  50  , saying, “That’s impossible．Let’s have a look.” And  51  __enough, there was the picture of the world, all put together, every piece in its  52  .

The man said, “That’s amazing! How did you do that?” The boy said, “It’s  53  ．On the  54 of the page is a(n)  55  of a man．When I put the man together the whole world fell into place.”

1.A．play             B．watch          C．share          D．enjoy

2.A．take             B．spend          C．cost           D．have

3.A．recongnized      B．realized       C．knew           D．expected

4. A．However         B．Or             C．For            D．But

5.A．happy            B．excited       C．busy           D．silent

6.A．map              B．picture                          C．figure        D．image

7.A．information      B．chance        C．advice        D．idea

8.A．world            B．pieces         C．paper          D．magazine

9.A．shouting         B．expecting     C．running        D．meeting

10.A．explained       B．persuaded     C．shouted        D．discussed

11.A．asked           B．led           C．ordered        D．showed

12.A．did up          B．dealt with                       C．put out        D．took out

13.A．looked it up    B．got it around                    C．put it back   D．turned it over

14.A．finished        B．wasted        C．delivered      D．filled

15.A．shocked         B．surprised                        C．satisfied          D．tired

16.A．beautiful      B．sure           C．right          D．quite

17.A．way             B．page           C．side           D．place

18.A．funny           B．difficult                        C．simple         D．interesting

19.A．cover           B．back           C．top            D．front

20.A．picture      B．impression       C．sculpture        D．shade

He lost his arms in an accident that claimed his father's life—who was the main  21  of support for the family. He had to  22  the arms of his younger brother. For the sake of taking care of him, his younger brother became his  23 ,never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do  24   in his life.
One late night, his younger brother accompanied him into the toilet and then went back to the dorm to  25 . But being so 26 , his younger brother fell asleep, leaving him on the toilet for two hours. As the two brothers grew up together, they had their share of problems and they would often  27 . Then one day, his younger brother wanted to live 28  from him, living his own life, as many normal people do. So he was  29 and didn't know what to do.
A  30  misfortune befell a girl, too. One night her mother, who suffered from mental illness，31 . So her father went out looking for her mother, leaving her alone at home. She tried to prepare a  32  for her parents, only to overturn the stove,  33  in a fire which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister who was studying in another city, showed her  34  to take care of her, she was determined to be completely 35 . At school, she always studied hard.
One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a television interview program. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My younger brother's arms are my arms；36   the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.
Disasters can 37  at any time. How you handlemisfortune when confronted with it is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and  38  from the ordeal(磨难), it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be 39 , the hardship will turn out to be a(n)  40    on which new hopes will arise.