第二节   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。
Several months ago, my 22－year－old niece phoned me. “Aunt,” she said in her sweet voice, “the blood bank called and asked if I would donate blood. Would you come and donate with me?” I couldn't  21  her though I had never done that before.
I didn't know before going to the blood bank   22   I would be able to donate blood in the   23   of someone specific. There was a bulletin board with photos of children who were
24  at the Children's Hospital where I lost my daughter to   25   two years ago, so my heart went out to these children who were   26   cancer. One photo was of a little black girl, only nine. I   27   to donate my blood in Alexis's name. A month later, I   28   , and then a month after that, I went back again. I felt this was something I could do,    29   I made a promise to myself to go as often as possible.
One morning I heard a newscaster（播音员）   30   about a young girl named Alexis on TV.    31   , that's my Alexis from the blood bank who had lost her battle with cancer! My heart   32   . As I sat with tears running down my face, I listened to Alexis's story she left behind. I wasn't   33   to hear what an extraordinary child Alexis was,   34  I saw it in her eyes when I saw her   35   at the blood bank. She had the most angelic（天使般的）face, and a smile   36   of joy and courage. I never met this wonderful child, but she surely   37   me.
I am always telling myself that even though I do something that doesn't take   38   of my time, effort or money, it doesn't mean that what I do has no   39   . Every little thing we do to   40   another has value to the one who needs it.
21．A．blame               B．refuse           C．punish           D．comfort
22．A．where               B．why              C．until             D．that
23．A．name                B．charge           C．course           D．hope
24．A. volunteers          B．nurses           C．patients         D．students
25．A．a fire                B．water            C．cancer           D．an accident
26．A．curing              B．producing      C．examining     D．battling
27．A．hesitated           B．demanded      C．ordered         D．came
28．A．got through       B．got along       C．went back      D．went round
29．A．still                  B．but                      C．so                 D．or
30．A．reporting          B．thinking        C．reminding     D．worrying
31．A．Naturally          B．Doubtfully    C．Unfortunately  D．Unusually
32．A．broke              B．flew          C．beat              D．hit
33．A．interested          B．surprised       C．encouraged    D．disappointed
34．A．once                 B．which           C．while            D．because
35．A．photograph       B．smile            C．achievements  D．success
36．A．afraid            B．full              C．jealous          D．ashamed
37．A．touched            B．caught           C．defended       D．thanked
38．A．much                      B．advantage      C．notice           D．none
39．A．difference         B．preference     C．victory          D．value
40．A．improve           B．trust              C．help              D．Educate

My Teacher in the School of Life
I spent the opening day of school this year at DeMatha Catholic High School in much the same way I spent the first day of classes __1__ 30 years ago; I sat in Dr. Charles E. Offutt's British literature class, listening to him  __2__  what his seniors  would learn and getting them excited about the journey they would __3__, I'm principal(校长) of the school now, but for a few minutes I was back in 1975, __4__ what the future held. I have been learning from Dr. Offutt for 30 of the 51 years he has been teaching at DeMatha. He not only taught me to think, he __5__me, as much by example as  __6__, that it was my moral duty to do so and to serve  __7__. Neither of us could know how our __8__would develop over the years. When I first came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr. Offutt, then department chair. After several years, I was __9__ department chair, and our relationship changed __10__. I thought that it might be __11__ chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr.  Offutt__12__ me throughout. He knew when to give me __13__   about curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me design my own course. In 1997, I needed his advice about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school. If he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have. __14__, he encouraged me to seize the new __15__.
Five years ago, I became __16__ of DeMatha. Once again, Dr. Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could __17__ on him as I tried to fill such big shoes. I've learned from him that great teachers have a(n) __18__ wealth of lessons to teach. __19__ his students don't know it yet, I know how __20__ they are; I'm still one of them.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Teaching my first child, Danae, to share her toys was the biggest challenge. To   36   this, we started inviting other children to play, which could help Danae discover that it’s   37   to share with others – a lesson I needed to   38   myself as well, as it   39  .

One evening Danac had   40  a friend, Natalie, to play with her. Their favorite was a children’s   41   game called Go Fish. That evening,   42   Natalie left, Danae came to me and said, “Mommy, I’d like to give these to Natalie tomorrow. They’re her favorites.”

She help up three cards from the Go Fish game. I tried to   43   that I didn’t want her to give them away because then our   44   wouldn’t be complete. “But I really want her to have them!” Danae   45  . I thought perhaps she didn’t understand that when she gave something away, it was gone   46  . So I tried again, saying, “  47   you give the cards to her, you can’t   48  them back tomorrow.”

A look of   49   came over Danae’s face. For a moment I was happy that she seemed to   50  . But then she smiled and said. “Well, that’s okay, I want her to have them anyway.”

    What could I say to that? I sat   51   for a moment and then I realized I had been trying for so long to   52   her to share. Did it   53   that our Go Fish set would be   54  ? What mattered was that my daughter was learning the   55   of giving, that she was thinking about others instead of herself, and that she was trying to make her friends happy. Isn’t that what life is all about?

A．achieve  B．apply C．receive     D．get

A．kind      B．gentle       C．fun    D．merciful

A．design    B．know C．create       D．review

A．turned up      B．turned away     C．turned to   D．turned out

A．begged   B．encouraged      C．invited      D．found

A．box       B．card  C．paper D．show

A．before    B．while C．after  D．until

A．explain  B．suggest     C．respond    D．teach

A．thing     B．card  C．set     D．toy

A．insisted       B．recommended   C．announced       D．cried

A．surely  B．suddenly   C．forever     D．indeed

A．If B．Once C．As     D．Unless

A．ask for B．call for     C．look for    D．care of

A．surprise       B．concern    C．delight      D．satisfaction

A．understand   B．accept       C．refuse       D．doubt

A．sadly    B．angrily     C．quietly      D．slowly

A．conduct       B．ask    C．force D．help

A．work    B．mean C．remind     D．matter

A．incomplete  B．lost   C．limited     D．gone

A．content B．usefulness C．way   D．joy

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36 ~ 55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Today I felt very uncomfortable studying English as usual．My eyes were   36   and my mind was confused．I buried my head deep in the great pile of books．Many vocabulary words   37  
my mind．As more and more entered，I   38   focus，and my   39   became crazy．The clock hands were pointing at twelve. I always   40   the time when I study．Without any fruitful results，I felt more   41   and tired．I   42   up and walked to the living room just to take a little break．  43   that would make me feel better．The street lamps looked like stars outside the window．A few scattered(分散的)branches   44   shadows on the French window．Something seemed more   45   and quiet than before．I walked to the   46   slowly，and let my face press against it，  47   very carefully…oh my God!!…It’s snow! It was very bright and covered up the whole   48   while I was studying English painfully, so white and so quiet．At this moment, I was so   49   that I felt like I might burst into tears．The snow was like a spring   50   into my heart，and my eyes were shining with it．All my pain and tiredness   51   at this moment，as the snow dropped into my heart．
I quickly became calm again，as the excitement went away．I sat on the bed silently，and drew the   52   to one side to let the white house and white tree stay just beside my bed．I thought this must be a(n)   53   from God，because I liked snow so much．  54   I was weakest and most helpless in this world，nothing could inspire me but   55 ．I should inspire myself from such a beautiful scene．
36.A. closed                  B. tired                         C. shining                     D. weeping
37.A. left                      B. confused                   C. filled                        D. impressed
38.A. lost                     B. got                           C. realized                    D. changed
39.A. thoughts               B. feeling                      C. words                       D. concept
40.A. waste                   B. limit                         C. remember                 D. forget
41.A. flexible                B. guilty                       C. unhappy                   D. curious
42.A. stood                   B. turned                      C. checked                    D. hurried
43.A. Sure                    B. Maybe                      C. Immediately              D. Always
44.A. shook                  B. cast                          C. resembled                 D. printed
45.A. disappointing        B. frightening                C. bright                       D. light
46.A. shadow                B. lamp                        C. branch                      D. window
47.A. looking                B. thinking                    C. moving                     D. cleaning
48.A. night                   B. house                       C. world                       D. mind
49.A. disturbed              B. excited                     C. surprised                   D. bored
50.A. pouring                B. delivering                 C. drilling                     D. rising
51.A. occurred              B. arose                        C. escaped                     D. disappeared
52.A. bed                      B. curtain                      C. desk                         D. book
53.A. anger                   B. smile                        C. gift                          D. punishment
54.A. As usual               B. As a result                 C. At last                      D. At a time
55.A. snow                   B. God                         C. white                        D. beauty

Eye See You
    Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. -- Jonathan Swift
I walked into a wild third-grade classroom. Music was playing _36_, children were under tables applying make-up, kids were throwing a football indoors, and students were _37_ wherever they could find _38_. I was a mid-year _39_. The previous _40_ said he could no longer manage these children and _41_  without notice during the holiday break.
As soon as I walked in the room, I realized why he _42_. I sat down _43_  in my chair and began reading their _44_ softly. After each name, I _45_, asking God to help me understand that child. I then nailed a _46_ to the wall next to the chalkboard and began _47_ my name and a reading assignment on the board. I then asked each child to come to me, and tell me their names and what they wanted to learn. It was a _48_ task, because only two children there wanted to learn something! Rules were _49_, boundaries established, parents contacted. But the mirror saved the day -- no, the year! Unbeknownst(不知的) to the children, the mirror allowed me to see their every _50_ while I was writing on the board. They soon became _51_ as to how I knew who was misbehaving while I was writing on the board. When one student finally asked me, I told him I had a special teacher’s eye in the back of my head that my hair _52_. At first they did not believe me. _53_ they did begin to exhibit better behavior, especially while I wrote on the board, thinking I had magical _54_. I never told them differently. Why _55_ a good thing?