_________ to the efforts by the headmaster, I can go back to school now.

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分。）.
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
A teacher let her class play a game. The teacher    36  each child to bring a bag   37_____a few potatoes. Each potato will be     38   a name of the person that the child    39    , so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his/her bag will     40  the number of people the child hates.
Some children had two potatoes; some had three and others had up to    41  potatoes. The teacher then told the children to    42  the bag wherever they go for a      43  .
   44  the days went by, the children started to    45    because of the unpleasant smell coming from the rotten(腐烂) potatoes. And the students with five potatoes also had to carry   46  bags.
After a week, the teacher asked, “How did you feel？”The children started complaining about the   47 they had to   48  . When they had to carry the heavy and   49  potatoes everywhere they went.
Then the teacher said, “This is the   50  where you carry your hate for somebody    51 your heart. The smell of hate will   52  your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot   53  the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine   54  it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your    55  .
36. A. ordered                  B. liked                     C. told                      D. preferred
37. A. containing              B. putting                  C. covering                D. including
38. A. called                    B. given                    C. used                     D. offered
39. A. missed                    B. hates                     C. likes                     D. offers
40. A. depend on               B. decide on              C. set down               D. write down
41. A. six                          B. two                      C. ten                       D. five
42. A. bring                      B. wash                     C. carry                    D. take
43. A. week                      B. day                       C. month                   D. holiday
44. A. After                      B. Until                    C. Before                   D. As
45. A. cry                         B. complain               C. laugh                    D. disagree
46. A. heavier                   B. lighter                  C. bigger                   D. older
47. A. happiness                 B. joy                       C. trouble                  D. sadness                        
48. A. get along                B. go over                 C. get away               D. go through
49. A. funny                     B. smelly                  C. tasty                     D. dusty 
50. A. situation                  B. view                     C. expression             D. sign
51. A. without                  B. outside                  C. with                      D. inside
52. A. injure                     B. keep                    C. pollute                  D. protect
53. A. like                        B. bear                     C. escape                   D. throw
54. A. whom                    B. how                      C. which                   D. what
55. A. youth                     B. school life            C. lifetime                 D. Childhood

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

A shopkeeper in England was sent a telegram 1 him of the news 2 his 3 won 100,000 pounds in the Irish Sweepstakes(爱尔兰大马赛). He 4 to be home nursing a heart condition, and his wife opened the message. 5 that the 6 news might 7 a heart failure to her husband, she invited the family 8 to dinner and asked him 9 on the good news with professional tact(策略).After dinner, the doctor 10 his patient to one side.

“How are you 11 on with your business?” the doctor began.

“It could be better. I could use a few hundred pounds,” said the shopkeeper.

“Well,”the doctor said 12 ,“you have a sweepstakes ticket. What would you do if you 13 1,000 pounds?”

“Nobody 14  wins,”the an answered with a sigh(叹息).“But if I win, I will send my family to the seashore, and 15 off our debts.”

“ 16 you win 50,000 pounds…”

“I would buy this house and a villa(别墅) 17 the country.”

“What would you do if you won 100,000 pounds?”

The man looked up.“ Listen, my friend,” he said 18 .“I swear(发誓)I would give you half of it.”

19 this, the doctor gasped(喘粗气), opened his mouth, and dropped 20 .

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Until late in the 20th century most Americans spent time with people of different generations. Now middle-aged Americans may not keep in touch with old people until they are old themselves.

That's because we group people by age. We put our three-year-olds together in day-care centers, our 13-year-olds in schools and sport activities, and our 80-year-olds in senior citizen homes. Why?

We live far away from the old for many reasons. Young people sometimes avoid the old to get rid of fears of becoming old and dying. It is much harder to watch someone we love disappear before our eyes. Sometimes it’s got hard that we stay away from the people who need us the most.

Fortunately, some of us have found our way to the old. And we have discovered that they often save the young.

A reporter moved her family into a block filled with old people. At first her children were disappointed. But the reporter made banana bread for the neighbors and had her children send it and visit them. Soon the children had many new friends, with whom they shared food, stories and projects. "My children have never been lonely, "the reporter said.

The young, in turn, save the old. Once I was in a rest home (an organization where old people are cared for) when a visitor showed up with a baby, she was immediately surrounded. People who hadn't gotten out of bed in a week suddenly were ringing for a wheelchair. Even those who had seemed asleep woke up to watch the child. Babies have an astonishing power to comfort and cure.

Grandparents are a special case. They give their grandchildren a feeling of security and continuity. As my husband put it "My grandparents gave me a deep sense that things would turn out right in the end." Grandchildren speak of attention they don't get from worried parents. "My parents were always telling me to hurry up, and my grandparents told me to slow down," one friend said. A teacher told me she can tell which pupils have relationships with grandparents: they are quieter, calmer and more trusting.

Now in an American family, people can find that___________.

A．children never live with their parents                         

B．not all working people live with their parents

C．old people are supported by their grandchildren   

D．grandchildren are supported by their grandparents

Seeing a baby, the old people got excited because _______.

A．they had never seen a baby before 

B．the baby was clever and beautiful                   

C．the baby brought them the image of life

D．the baby's mother would take care of them            

Why are some children quieter, calmer and more trusting ?

A．Because they have relationships with their grandparents.            

B．Because their worried parents ask them to act like that.

C . Because they have nothing to worry about.                        

D．Because their teachers ask them to act like that.

Which of the following can show the fact that the old often save the young?

A．The old can become friends of the children and the children may not feel lonely.

B．The old get excited when they see a baby. _{高@考☆资&源*网}

C．The old can cure the young when they are sick.

D．Babies have an astonishing power to comfort and cure.

When I got home, I found the door open. A terrible thought suddenly ___me-had anyone broken into the house?

A. struck　　B. beat　　C. knocked　　D. attacked 答案：A。