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，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Tips to keep a hearty conversation flowing

   On holidays we typically gather with our nearest and dearest. But    36    can be made, maintained and broken through the ways we talk to our loved  _37___, according to Deborah Tannen, a George-town University professor in linguistics（语言学）. She has suggestions   as to  how we can  38     communications at our festival dinner tables. Let’s take a look.

  ＊A  round dinning table is best for promoting a     39     conversation because

everyone   40      each other.

  ＊Avoid _41_ grandparents at the ends of a rectangular(长方形的) table, even though it is the traditional place of __42__. Elderly people may feel lonely there if they are unable to hear or keep __43__ a conversation.

  ＊__44__ prefer to face each other and make eye contact when they talk. In contrast, men tend to look around at other things. “Guys may be more   45     keeping gazing on the TV,” says Tannen. “They’ll still be _46__, though.”

  ＊Be aware that people have different ways of talking. Each person has a different __47__ of tone, rhyme, timing and how _48__ of a pause is normal in a conversation. Watch for people who seem left __49__. If you feel you are doing all the talking, hold back to give others a  50   .If you feel you aren’t getting a chance to speak, try pushing yourself to start  51     .

  ＊People sometimes get upset on big festivals _52 they stay too long in the apartment. Some families find that gatherings go more __53__ if they plan for some fun _54___. So why not get a breath of fresh air? Going to a park for a walk or taking a trip to the zoo may be more__55__ than just sitting around inside.

A. demands       B. relationships  C.   victories      D. mistakes

A. ones          B. those        C. others           D. them

A.  bother       B. delay        C.  damage        D. improve

A. lively         B. short         C.  calm          D. dull

A. scolds         B. blames       C. faces           D. annoys

A. checking       B. hiding        C. seating         D. hurting

A. pity           B. sorrow       C. intelligence      D. honor

A. up with        B. off          C.  away from      D.  out of

A. Grown-ups     B. Men         C. People          D. Women

A. surprised       B. relaxed       C. encouraged     D. upset

A. thinking        B. doubting     C. listening        D. looking

A. matter          B. sense        C. direction       D. point

A.  often         B.  long       C.  soon          D.  far

A.  out          B.  behind      C.  over          D.  off

A. reward        B. gift           C. hand           D. chance

A. talking        B  singing       C.  dancing       D. playing

A. until          B. if             C. though         D. since

A. naturally      B. coldly          C. quickly        D. smoothly

A. indoors       B. outside         C. inside          D. everywhere

A. abstract       B. bitter          C. enjoyable       D. cruel

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

It’s such a common event that you probably never asked yourself why you sleep.  ___1____ In fact, for sleep researchers, it’s one of the biggest unanswered questions in the field.

Stop and think about it for a second. Why should we sleep? ____2_____ But we sleep every night, even when we have had plenty of rest. There are，no doubt，several different answers to this question, but let’s just consider one general purpose of sleep: ____3_____ Human beings are creatures that are normally active during daylight hours, when our senses function most effectively.  ____4_____ We can’t see objects well, our color vision is entirely lost, and we don’t have the smelling or hearing sharpness of other animals.  So it actually does make sense to have us stay where we are during the dangerous period when night-waking animals are walking here and there. And one sure way to make sure we don’t fall down everywhere and get lost or eaten is to have us not move for seven or eight hours, rising again only when the light is back and our survival chances are better.

It’s not the only reason we sleep. ____5____Perhaps even the most important one.

A. Is it because we get tired?

B. Should that put human beings in a terrible situation?

C. But from a scientific point of view, this is far from an ordinary matter.

D. But in terms of evolution, it may have been one of the first reasons.

E. Furthermore, if you were designing an animal, would you have it come into long periods of unconsciousness every twenty-four hours? 

F. Sleep as a survival approach.

G. At night, humans do rather poorly.

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1，满分20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）出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a person. I have forgotten the name of an old lady who was a(n)   31   on my paper route when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it seems like just yesterday that she taught me a lesson in   32  . One afternoon, a friend and I were   33   rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house   34   her backyard. The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they   35   to the roof’s edge and shot out into the   36  .
I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and sent it for a ride. The stone was too smooth, however, so it   37   from my hand as I let it go and headed   38   for a small window on the old lady’s back wall.
I was too scared about getting   39   that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window. However, a few days later,   40   I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel   41   for her misfortune.
I made up my mind that I would   42   my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I   43   would cover the cost of her window. I put the money in an envelope with a(n)   44   explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the   45   for repairing it.
I waited until it was dark, then put the envelope through the letter slot in her door.
The next day, I   46   the old lady her paper and was able to   47   the warm smile that I was   48   her. She thanked me for the paper and said,“Here, I have something for you.”It was a bag of cookies. I thanked her and ate the cookies as I   49   my route.
After several cookies, I   50   an envelope. When I opened the envelope, I was shocked. Inside was the seven dollars and a short note that said,“I’m proud of you.”
31．A．adviser        B．customer      C．assistant          D．neighbor
32．A．carefulness    B．cleverness    C．selfishness       D．forgiveness
33．A．throwing     B．kicking        C．picking           D．striking
34．A．by           B．under         C．from           D．around
35．A．dropped       B．rolled             C．flowed         D．fell
36．A．room         B．kitchen        C．yard            D．sky
37．A．skipped       B．stopped        C．stepped        D．slipped
38．A．straight        B．slow          C．right           D．fast
39．A．lost         B．trapped        C．caught          D．hurt
40．A．before         B．when         C．but             D．though
41．A．guilty          B．safe           C．anxious        D．nervous
42．A．borrow        B．move          C．transfer         D．save
43．A．used          B．calculated    C．chose           D．earned
44．A．book          B．article          C．note         D．notice
45．A．period         B．cost           C．size            D．distance
46．A．handed        B．sold           C．left          D．showed
47．A．witness        B．wear          C．return         D．bring
48．A．comparing to   B．playing with   C．learning about D．receiving from
49．A．continued    B．chose       C．followed     D．forgot
50．A．tore         B．marked         C．bought        D．felt

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的从四个选项中（A、B、C和D），选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

She was a five-year-old girl with very fine golden hair when I first met her. She was carrying a bowl of _36_. I was 29 at that time and suffering from the flu.

Her mom and I had been friends for years._37 that friendship grew into care, from care into   _38_ and marriage. Marriage brought the three of us together as a _39_. At first I was afraid to be a “stepfather”. Therefore, I tried not to come _40_ my future daughter and her   41  father. I acted in that way in order to be liked. However,   42  she was growing up, I found it increasingly hard to   43  with her.

Once her school required the parents to individually write an open and   44  letter to our children. I wrote a letter about a little golden-haired girl who had   45  me a bowl of soup when I needed   46 .

A week later, all the parents 47  together with our children. The students were allowed to make a few statements. I was   48  to hear what my daughter would say.

Finally my daughter   49  make her way up to the microphone. She said something like others and then  50 , “At this very moment, I just want to say …I love you, Father.”

Immediately people around me started   51  at me. For a teenage girl to say  52  in front of so many people, “I love you,” took a great deal of courage.

Since then I have   53  to understand I didn’t need to have any   54  about being a stepfather. I can still   55  honest love with the same little girl I met so many years before － carrying a bowl full of what turned out to be kindness. I can also be friends with the girl － my dear daughter.

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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Hong Kong Bans Smoking
Do you plan to go to Hong Kong Disneyland with your family? If your dad smokes, you must ask him to be careful. 【小题1】         The new law went into effect on Monday, and heavy fines（罚金） will be imposed on anyone who breaks it. The places include restaurants, workplaces, schools and karaoke rooms. 【小题2】         
Public response has been mixed. Smoking is now banned in public spaces in Hong Kong.
Many Hong Kong residents are in favor of the new regulation, however. Hong Kong hopes the ban can prevent passive smoking. 【小题3】         And it’ll be better if more people in Hong Kong give up smoking because of the ban.
Hong Kong has 7 million people.【小题4】         
Amy Choi, 27, a student, agrees to the smoking ban. ‘ I don’t like people smoking next to me. It’s so smoky and smelly,” she said.
Warning signs are now clearly visible in most public places such as beaches, stadiums, parks, and playgrounds. Some owners of bars and restaurants say that although the new ban may have negative effect on their business, they will still stop their customers from lighting up. If someone breaks the ban, he will have to pay up to HK$5,000.
【小题5】         On January 1,2006, Singapore banned smoking in most public places.