第二节：完形填（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。
Backpacking through Africa, I always carried some food with me  21   I couldn’t find something to eat．
I was  22   through a local market one day when I  23  upon a jar of   24  jam．I could find tins of apple and strawberry in every corner store but this was the first time I had seen peach．I took it．
For the next few weeks, when I was feeling the need for a little  25  , I would carefully  26   the lid and spoon a bit on to a biscuit．Mum, delicious．I didn’t   27  it with anybody．It sat safely in my  28  , taken out on only special  29 ．
One cold and cloudy afternoon, while I was waiting for a local bus, it started to rain．Everybody scattered for  30  and so did I．But I was already wet through so I quickly searched through my pack for some   31   clothes．
In my hurry to  32  further discomfort, I forgot that the jar of jam was  33  in my clothing．One forceful yank（猛拉）and my  34   jar of jam crashed to the concrete ground, smashing into pieces．
I was so sad that I almost cried．And then, in the corner of my eye, I noticed an old woman in rags  35 ．Without hesitating, she bent down and picked up the half of the jar that still looked   36 ．
Still  37  , she stuck two fingers into the jar, scooped out the  38  jam and placed it into her toothless mouth．Carefully, like fish bones, she  39  the pieces of glass．She studied the broken container  40  she was certain that there was nothing left．Then she left．
My bus arrived shortly after and, as we drove off, I wondered if the jam would taste the same to me．
21．A．in order that    B．if            C．just in case      D．unless
22．A．looking       B．buying        C．getting        D．running
23．A．depended     B．chanced       C．discovered          D．got
24．A．apple          B．strawberry       C．orange        D．peach
25．A．meal           B．treat           C．rest          D．drink
26．A．remove       B．move          C．discover      D．uncover
27．A．divide         B．eat           C．share          D．enjoy
28．A．pocket        B．pack           C．corner         D．store
29．A．situations        B．conditions       C．atmosphere      D．occasions
30．A．protection       B．shelter        C．cover          D．warmth
31．A．beautiful     B．rain         C．warm          D．dry
32．A．avoid          B．get into       C．defeat         D．overcome
33．A．lying          B．buried         C．covered       D．locked
34．A．expensive        B．valuable      C．precious      D．priceless
35．A．reached       B．appearing        C．running       D．approaching
36．A．all right      B．nice            C．broken        D．fresh
37．A．standing up     B．looked down upon
C．bent over               D．watching out
38．A．delicious     B．remaining       C．extra           D．spare
39．A．swallowed       B．took out      C．ate up         D．spit out
40．A．until           B．unless         C．after               D．before

All of my childhood and early, adult life, my mom weighed over 220 pounds (one pound =" 0.454" kilograms). I could feel the pain that my mom experienced with her fatness.
I was never uncomfortable about my mother, but I think she was uncomfortable about herself, and that feeling was painful for all of us. And she began to lose weight.
After more than twenty years of battling obesity（肥胖）, my mother completed a forceful eighteen-month diet that left her ninety pounds lighter than before. A new woman was born! At age twenty-eight, I got a new mom! For the first time, I met the woman my mother truly was, the beautiful little lady under the fatness. It wasn’t so much her new body that was the surprise, but rather her new spirit.
To celebrate her new size and to devote herself to dancing again, my mother joined a “Mrs. Forty-Plus” competition, where she would have to model, give a speech and provide a dance performance. She told our family that she did not care if she won — she simply had always wanted to perform on stage.
She told each one of us, “I’m not doing it to win; I’m doing it to dance!”
The competition was exciting! I prayed that my mom would win, but while watching her on stage I was simply overjoyed just by her effort. To me, she had already won. She posed to perfection, her speech brought tears to everyone’s eyes, and her performance was wonderful.
That night, at age fifty-three, my mother was crowned (为......加冕) “Mrs. Forty-Plus”. She was the first person in our family to ever win such a title.
64. The first two paragraphs mainly show that the author’s mom was __________.
A. experienced      B. painful          C. comfortable        D. fat
65. After the author’s mom completed a forceful eighteen-month diet, she was about __________.
A. 85 kilograms    B. 41 kilograms      C. 130 pounds         D. 90 pounds
66. In order to join in the “Mrs. Forty-Plus” Competition, the author’s mom has to do the following EXCEPT __________.
A. providing a dance performance            B. telling a funny story about herself
C. giving a speech to a large number of people  D. wearing special clothes to show to people
67. The underlined part in Paragraph 6 means that __________.
A. the author’s mom succeeded in modeling and speaking
B. the author’s mom’s performance was very wonderful
C. the author’s mom was not successful in modeling
D. the author’s mom succeeded in making a speech

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I  36  disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that  37  disappointment.”

Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932.I had decided to try out a job in radio, then work my way up to sports  38  . I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every time.

In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring inexperienced person. “Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’ll give you a  39  ,”she said.

I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.  40  there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local  41  to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I  42 . The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment must have  43  . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my frustration  44  . I asked a1oud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”

I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur   45   . “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an  46  game.

On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what  47  my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.  

  36. A. faced       B. received     C. considered  D. met

  37. A. old   B. previous     C. early D. original

  38. A. layer B. manager     C. announcer  D. fan

  39. A. job   B. suggestion  C. chance       D. advantage

  40. A. While      B. When  C. Which D. So

  41. A. worker     B. student       C. announcer  D. athlete

  42. A. accepted   B. agreed C. applied       D. promised

  43. A. come       B. shown       C. disappeared       D. brightened

  44. A. turned over      B. hit over      C. boiled over D. took over

  45. A. murmuring      B. calling       C. whispering D. announcing

  46. A. forceful    B. close   C. imaginary   D. ordinary

  47. A. side  B. action C. approach    D. direction

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I   36 disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something   37 will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that   38 disappointment.”

Mother was right,   39 I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to   40 a job in radio, then work my way up to sports   41 . I hitchhiked（搭便车） to Chicago and   42 on the door of every station—and got turned   43 every time.

In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an   44 person –“Go out in the sticks（偏远地区） and find a small station that will give you a   45 ,” she said.

I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.   46 there was no radio—announcing job in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to   47 its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football. I   48 . The job   49 just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment must have   50 . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom   51 me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my frustration   52 . I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”

I was waiting for the elevator   53 I heard MacAethur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to stand before a microphone and to broadcast a (an)   54 game.

On my way home, once again I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what   55 my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

In 1974, after filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer, I took what I could get ----- a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area: western New Jersey. My characteristic optimism was alive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen ------- teaching English.
School started, but I felt more and more as if I were in a foreign country. Was this rural area really New Jersey? My students took a week off when hunting season began. I was told they were also frequently absent in late October to help their fathers make hay on the farms. I was a young woman from New York City, who thought that “Make hay while the sun shines” just meant to have a good time.
But, still, I was teaching English. I worked hard, taking time off only to eat and sleep. And then there was my sixth-grade class ---- seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me. I had a problem long before I knew it. I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher. I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love of the written word. The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.
In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior. So I did, confident that, as the textbook had said, the bad behavior would disappear as I gave my students positive attention. It sounds reasonable, but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans, particularly teenagers, rarely seems reasonable. By the time my boss, who was also my taskmaster, known to be the strictest, most demanding, most quick to fire inexperienced teachers, came into the classroom to observe me, the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.
My boss sat in the back of the room. The boys in the class were making animal noises, hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines. I just pretended it all wasn’t happening, and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions. My boss, sitting in the back of the classroom, seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. After twenty minutes he left, silently. Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes.
I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying, but at my next free period I had to face him. I wondered if he would let me finish out the day. I walked to his office, took a deep breath, and opened the door.
He was sitting in his chair, and he looked at me long and hard. I said nothing. All I could think of was that I was not an English teacher; I had been lying to myself, pretending that everything was fine.
When he spoke, he said simply, without accusation, “You had nothing to say to them.”
“You had nothing to say to them”. he repeated.” No wonder they are bored. Why not get to the meat of literature and stop talking about symbolism. Talk with them, not at them. And more important, why do you ignore their bad behavior”? We talked. He named my problems and offered solutions. We role-played. He was the bad student, and I was the forceful, yet, warm, teacher
As the year progressed, we spent many hours discussing literature and ideas about human beings and their motivations. He helped me identify my weaknesses and strengths. In short, he made a teacher of me by teaching me the reality of Emerson’s words: “The secret to education lies in respecting the pupil.”
Fifteen years later I still drive that same winding road to the same school. Thanks to the help I received that difficult first year, the school is my home now.
【小题1】 It can be inferred from the story that in 1974 ________________.