III、第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每题1.5分)

One day, I happened to talk to a stranger on a bus. When he  36  that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good 37  lived there and he wondered if I 38  know him. At first I wanted to say that it was  39  to think that, out of all the millions of people in Chicago, I could 40  meet his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that  41  was a very big city. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he began to  42  me about his friend.

He told me that his friend was an excellent   43  player, and that he even had his own tennis court. He  44  that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools,   45  that he knew two people in the country who had their own tennis courts. His friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I  46  several people like that, for example,47  and my next door neighbour. I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in Chicago. Then he asked  48  my brother lived in Chicago. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend   49   the summer in Sacramento and lived  50  to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next door neighbour went to Sacramento last summer and  51  in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say  52  .

“Would your  53  name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your   54  name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?” It was my  55  to laugh.

36. A. turned out    B. made out    C. took out        D. found out

37. A. friends  B. classmates  C. brothers        D. teachers

38. A. managed to  B. happened to       C. tried to         D. got to

39. A. clever   B. wise    C. foolish         D. kind

40. A. likely   B. friendly      C. luckily         D. possibly

41. A. New York    B. Chicago     C. California      D. Edmonton

42. A. tell       B. learn   C. know           D. talk

43. A. football       B. tennis  C. basketball       D. swimming

44. A. decreased     B. increased    C. added         D. pluses    

45. A. and      B. however     C. so             D. therefore

46. A understood               B. knew C. met            D. saw

47. A. my sister      B. my friend   C. my brother     D. my teacher

48. A. Which  B. What  C. Why           D. Where

49. A. spent    B. took    C. paid            D. cost

50. A. above   B. below C. next door       D. behind

51. A. worked B. studied       C. researched       D. lived

52. A. anything      B. something  C. someone        D. anyone

53. A. brother’s      B. friend’s      C. teacher’s        D. family’s

54. A. friend’s B. family’s     C. brother’s        D. teacher’s

55. A. way      B. road    C. mouth         D. turn

If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonnet and say, "Hey, Butterfly Man," his face would break into a smile. The title suits him. And he loves it.

Arthur Bonnet works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, once thought to have died out. Today the butterfly is coming back thanks to him. But years ago if you'd told him this was what he'd be doing someday, he would have laughed, "You're crazy." As a boy, he used to be a little tough guy on the streets". At age thirteen, he was caught by police stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man.

"I knew it had hurt my mom," Bonner said after he got out of prison. "So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again."

One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat for an endangered butterfly called E1 Segundo blue.

"I saw the sign 'Butterfly Habitat' and asked, 'How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?'" Bonner recalls. "Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass (放大镜) , "Look at the leaves. ' I could see all these caterpillars (蝴蝶的幼虫) on the plant. Dr Mattoni explained, 'Without the plant, there are no butterflies. '"

Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni, who told him there was a butterfly that needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then he's been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back. He grows astragals, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.

The butterfly's population, once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni received lots of awards. But for Bonnet, he earned something more: he turned his life around.

For six years now Bonnet has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he’s bringing back the Palos Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too.

1.When he was young, Arthur Bonner

2.Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he ______.

3. From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has ______

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

If you are a male and you are reading this, congratulations: you are a survivor. According to statistics, you are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than a woman, and nine times more likely to die of AIDS. Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you will die on average five years before a woman.

There are many reasons for this, typically, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor.

“Men aren’t seeing doctors as often as they should,” says Dr. Gullotta, “This is particularly so for the over-40s, when diseases tend to strike.”

Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two. For those over 45, it should be at least once a year.

Two months ago, Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker’s cough for a year.

“When I finally saw him it had already spread and he has since died from lung cancer,” he says, “Earlier detection and treatment may not have cured him, but it would have prolonged his life.”

According to a recent survey, 95% of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men in the same age group.

“A lot of men think they are invincible(不可战胜的),” Gullotta says. “They only come in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think, “Geez, if it could happen to him, __________.”

Then there is the ostrich approach, “some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know,” says Dr. Ross Cartmill.

“Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies,” Cartmill says. He believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups.

“Regular check-ups for men would inevitably place strain(紧张) on the public purse,” Cartmill says. “But prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to treat the diseases. Besides, the ultimate cost is far greater: it is called premature death.”

Why does the author congratulate his male readers at the beginning of the passage?

A. They are more likely to survive serious diseases today.

B. Their average life span has been considerably extended.

C. They have lived long enough to read this article.

D. They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life.

What is the most important reason why men die five years earlier on average than women according to the author?

A. men drink and smoke much more than women

B. men don’t seek medical care as often as women

C. men aren’t as cautious as women in face of danger

D. men are more likely to suffer from fatal diseases

Which of the following best completes the sentence “Geez, if it could happen

to him, _______”?

A. it could happen to me, too

B. I should avoid playing golf

C. I should consider myself lucky

D. it would be a big misfortune

What does Dr. Ross Cartmill mean by “the ostrich approach”?

A. a casual attitude towards one’s health conditions

B. a new therapy for certain psychological problems

C. refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved

D. unwillingness to find out about one’s disease because of fear

Dr. Glenn Tisman, a cancer specialist, knew his young neighbor, Ray Bateman, had an unusual mind. But he had no idea at the time that 12 - year – old Ray had the ability to become his partner in cancer research.
Ray’s parents remembered that at age four, Ray surprised them by fixing a broken vacuum cleaner（吸尘器）. When he was ten, he speedily constructed the family color television from a kit. Later, he succeeded in assembling（组装） a complex stereo system after two experts had failed to do the job.
When Ray was ten, he convinced his parents to buy him a computer. In a short time, Ray was able to do amazing things with the computer. Ray shared his enthusiasm for computers with Dr. Tisman, who used a computer for his research. The two discussed computers and medicine frequently. Amazingly, Ray understood the biology and chemistry related to Dr. Tisman’s medical research without any previous instruction.
Ray then worked with Dr. Tisman after school. He helped conduct research with the equipment and kept it in working order. The purpose of the research was to test the effectiveness of mixing an old cancer drug with certain vitamins. Ray analyzed patient test results by computer, while Dr. Tisman handled all patient contact. Together, they came up with solid research that helped advance cancer treatment.
In 1988, 14 - year - old Ray went with Dr. Tisman to a meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research（AFCR）, where Ray presented their initial research findings. Using terminology（术语） beyond the grasp of most kids his age, Ray told the scientists how the new drug mixture caused fewer and milder side effects for cancer patients.
A year later, Ray returned to the meeting to update the findings of his and Dr. Tisman’s research. By then, he had become well - known for his devotion to finding cures for sick patients. Stories about him appeared in hundred of newspapers around the world. He appeared on television newscasts and talk shows.
Ray continued to spend most free hours working with Dr. Tisman. The two began studying the effects of vitamins on babies inside the womb（子宫）. However, Ray’s main interest remained cancer treatment, and he continues his research today.
【小题1】According to the passage, Ray______.

从A，B，C,D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

tolerate       A. apology            B. told           C. emotion            D. introduce

branch      A. match            B. school     C. headache           D. stomach

glory           A. editor            B. work          C. story                 D. effort

function       A. wonder             B. anger         C. know                D. sense

hour            A. hope                 B. host           C. hotel                 D. honest