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。

Most people hate rock music.  36  I am not by nature an unpersonable or biased (有偏见的)person, two personal  37  of rock music during the past two weeks have  38  me that it has become a  39  for those of us with enough common sense to see its potential dangers to  40  . My first experience was the  41 that if I spoke to my teenage son when he was listening to rock music through headphones, he replied in an  42  loud voice, as if there was something wrong with his  43  . The second occurred when I went with him to a “  44  ” and saw for myself what these affairs are like.

  45 I went to that concert, I had always taken the “live-and-let-live”  46  that rock music was simply not my taste but that other people had every  47  to enjoy it if it was theirs. But what I saw and heard made me believe that we are  48  something very powerful to take possession of the younger generation. In the first place, I noticed a collective madness, brought about by the  49  level. But secondly, and far more  50  , I observed that after a time everyone was  51  by the noise. By the end I was in the middle of a faceless  52  who clapped and stamped and jumped around like  53  . I seriously believe that in time to come our  54 younger generation would thank us if we managed to put a  55  to it now.

36. A. If                       B. While               C. When                D. Even

37. A. happenings          B. hearings            C. experiences        D. affairs

38. A. persuaded           B. treated                     C. punished           D. encouraged

39. A. job                            B. problem            C. pleasure            D. duty

40. A. let them out        B. pick them up     C. find them out     D. point them out

41. A. satisfaction          B. realization         C. excitement         D. disappointment

42. A. unnaturally         B. unfairly             C. unfortunately     D. unexpectedly

43. A. hearing               B. mind                 C. voice                D. thought

44. A. lecture                B. party                 C. concert              D. ball

45. A. Since                  B. Until                 C. After                 D. As

46. A. attitude               B. decision            C. chance                  D. opinion

47. A. position                  B. reason               C. right                 D. time

48. A. inviting                  B. leading              C. allowing            D. preventing

49. A. dance                 B. music                C. sound                D. noise

50. A. safely                 B. obviously          C. naturally           D. dangerously

51. A. carried along           B. carried out         C. taken on         D. brought up

52. A. team                   B. crowd               C. group                D. people

53. A. artists                 B. dancers             C. monkeys           D. sportsmen

54. A. modern               B. former                     C. lovely               D. present

55. A. measure                  B. stop                  C. praise                D. start

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。
Most people hate rock music.  36  I am not by nature an unpersonable or biased (有偏见的)person, two personal  37  of rock music during the past two weeks have  38  me that it has become a  39  for those of us with enough common sense to see its potential dangers to  40  . My first experience was the  41 that if I spoke to my teenage son when he was listening to rock music through headphones, he replied in an  42  loud voice, as if there was something wrong with his  43  . The second occurred when I went with him to a “  44  ” and saw for myself what these affairs are like.
45 I went to that concert, I had always taken the “live-and-let-live”  46  that rock music was simply not my taste but that other people had every  47  to enjoy it if it was theirs. But what I saw and heard made me believe that we are  48  something very powerful to take possession of the younger generation. In the first place, I noticed a collective madness, brought about by the  49  level. But secondly, and far more  50  , I observed that after a time everyone was  51  by the noise. By the end I was in the middle of a faceless  52  who clapped and stamped and jumped around like  53  . I seriously believe that in time to come our  54 younger generation would thank us if we managed to put a  55  to it now.
36. A. If                       B. While               C. When                D. Even
37. A. happenings          B. hearings            C. experiences        D. affairs
38. A. persuaded           B. treated                     C. punished           D. encouraged
39. A. job                            B. problem            C. pleasure            D. duty
40. A. let them out        B. pick them up     C. find them out     D. point them out
41. A. satisfaction          B. realization         C. excitement         D. disappointment
42. A. unnaturally         B. unfairly             C. unfortunately     D. unexpectedly
43. A. hearing               B. mind                 C. voice                D. thought
44. A. lecture                B. party                 C. concert              D. ball
45. A. Since                  B. Until                 C. After                 D. As
46. A. attitude               B. decision            C. chance                 D. opinion
47. A. position                 B. reason               C. right                 D. time
48. A. inviting                 B. leading              C. allowing            D. preventing
49. A. dance                 B. music                C. sound                D. noise
50. A. safely                 B. obviously          C. naturally           D. dangerously
51. A. carried along          B. carried out         C. taken on        D. brought up
52. A. team                   B. crowd               C. group                D. people
53. A. artists                 B. dancers             C. monkeys           D. sportsmen
54. A. modern               B. former                     C. lovely               D. present
55. A. measure                 B. stop                  C. praise                D. start

I met the guy who told me an amazing story．He was  21  Scotland on a motorbike by himself．One late afternoon he was on the road between Aberdeen and Elgin．He was travelling along, miles from any village, when he saw a really  22   girl standing by the road, hitchhiking (搭便车).Anyway, he stopped and said he would give her a  23   to Elgin．She got and drove off．He said he  24  having her on the back,  as it was nice   25．But after a time he forgot that she was there．Suddenly he  26  but he realized that he couldn’t feel her knees  27  against him ! He  28  behind him but …she wasn’t there.

He said he felt frightened  29  his life ! He felt cold all over．He thought she must have 30  off the back．So he turned round and 31  back along the road．He didn’t find her．So he began to think that she might have been 32 by someone else.

Anyway, he drove on towards Elgin and didn’t see anyone  33  he came to a pub．He decided to  34  so that he could talk to someone and he thought he ought to tell  35  ．He went into the pub and talked to the barman．He told the barman what had happened．He said the barman didn’t seem to be at all  36 ．He just carried on  37  the glasses.

Then the barman said, “you are not the  38  person to come in here and tell the same  39 ．That girl you think you picked up  40  seven years ago… in a motorbike accident.”

21．A．touring                 B．searching                   C．defending        D．circling

22．A．poor               B．attractive           C．tall               D．terrible  

23．A．help                       B．lift                C．service            D．trip 

24．A．chose               B．came               C．meant             D．liked 

25．A．business            B．event              C．company           D．action

26．A．thought            B．considered          C．remembered        D．called

27．A．pressing            B．turning            C．going             D．running

28．A．looked              B．took               C．felt               D．seized

29．A．out of              B．in case of           C．in place of        D．to the best of

30．A．jumped             B．kept               C．kicked             D．fallen

31．A．raced               B．walked             C．got               D．watched

32．A．picked up           B．searched for        C．taken away        D．brought back

33．A．when               B．until               C．although         D．since

34．A．wait                B．enter              C．stop               D．march

35．A．someone            B．nobody            C．the father           D．the police

36．A．worried            B．surprised           C．moving             D．satisfied

37．A．breaking            B．waving            C．knocking           D．drying

38．A．first                B．last                C．right              D．honest

39．A．story               B．message            C．lie                D．truth

40．A．was saved           B．ran away           C．died               D．left

I met this guy who told me an amazing story. He was  1  Scotland on a motorbike by himself. One late afternoon he was on the road between Aberdeen and Elgin. He was travelling along, miles from any village, when he saw a really  2_   girl standing by the road, hitchhiking （搭车）. Anyway, he stopped and said he would give her a  3  to Elgin. She got on and he drove off. He said he  4  having her on the back, as it was nice  5  . But after a time he forgot that she was there. Suddenly he  6  but he realized that he couldn't feel her knees  7  against him! He  8  behind him but...she wasn't there.

He said he felt frightened  9  his life! He felt cold all over. He thought she must have  10  off the back. So he turned round and  11  back along the road. He didn't find her. He went to see if she had crawled （爬） into a field or something. But he didn't find her. So he began to think that she might have been  12  by someone else.

    Anyway, he drove on towards Elgin and didn't see anyone  13  he came to a pub. He decided to  14  so that he could talk to someone and he thought he ought to tell  _15 . He went into a pub and talked to the barman. He told the barman what had happened. He said the barman didn't seem to be at all  16 . He just carried on  17  the glasses.

Then the barman said, "You're not the  18  person to come in here and tell the same  19 .That girl you think you picked up  20  seven years ago... in a motorbike accident. "

1．A．touring      B．searching       C．defending            D．circling

2．A．poor       B．attractive       C．tall                  D．terrible

3．A．help        B．lift              C．service             D．trip

4．A．chose            B．came           C．meant                D．liked

5．A．business    B．event           C．company            D．action

6．A．thought      B．Considered     C．remembered          D．called

7．A．pressing   B．turning          C．going                  D．running

8．A．looked       B．took           C．fell                  D．seized

9．A．out of        B．in case of       C．in place of              D．to the best of

10．A．jumped  B．kept              C．kicked               D．fallen

11．A．raced       B．walked          C．got                        D．watched

12．A．picked up B．searched for    C．taken away           D．brought back

13．A．when       B．until     C．although                D．since

14．A．wait      B．enter            C．stop                 D．march

15．A．someone B．nobody        C．the father                   D．the police

16．A．worried    B．surprised       C．moved                D．satisfied

17．A．breaking   B．waving         C．knocking            D．drying

18．A．first      B．Last               C．Right                D．honest

19．A．story     B．message        C．lie                   D．truth

20．A．was saved  B．ran away    C．died                         D．left