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。

We often talk about ourselves as if we have genetic defects (基因缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things   36  !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe   37  .

These comments may come from stories about us that have been   38   for years. These stories may have no   39    in fact. But they can set   40   expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical (操作机械的) skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations   41   my development? I was never   42   to work on cars or be around tools. When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the   43   for the whole nation!

Six years later,   44  , I was working on my doctor’s degree. My professor, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did  45    and things I couldn’t do. On the  46    side, I took down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the other side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”

Bob asked me   47   I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life   48   and told him about my   49   performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “Why is it that you can solve   50   mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I didn’t   51   from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to   52  . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been   53   my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that   54   we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can   55   in almost anything we choose.

36. A. away                     B. off                                 C. up                                 D. down

37. A. them                     B. myself                           C. yourself                         D. others 

38. A. said                       B. spoken                          C. spread                          D. repeated 

39. A. basis                                B. plot                                C. cause                  D. ending 

40. A. high                                 B. low                                 C. general                          D. realistic 

41. A. lead                      B. improve                        C. affect                            D. quicken  

42. A. encouraged         B. forced                          C. forbidden                     D. ordered    

43. A. middle                             B. bottom                         C. front                    D. beginning  

44. A. therefore                       B. moreover                     C. instead                          D. however 

45. A. well                                 B. badly                    C. carefully                          D. honestly  

46. A. passive                           B. positive                        C. negative                        D. subjective 

47. A. when                               B. where                           C. how                       D. whether  

48. A. values                               B. styles                               C. experiences                   D. goals  

49. A. unexpected                   B. poor                             C. excellent                       D. average 

50. A. complex               B. special                          C. common                        D. primary 

51. A. arise                                B. separate                       C. come                             D. suffer

52. A. believe                            B. suspect                        C. drop                     D. resist  

53. A. weakening                    B. abandoning                  C. strengthening              D. accepting 

54. A. as                            B. though                                    C. unless                           D. if 

55. A. compete                           B. cooperate                    C. fight                      D. succeed

E

Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there’s no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your children’s curiosity(好奇). Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a chlassroom of seven-year-olds to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions” about schooling, salary(薪水) and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another in silence. Finally I said, “now that we’ve finished with your lists, do you have questions of your own about science?”

After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper(蚱蜢) eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”

This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.

Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that, after asking a question, dults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical(符合逻辑的), complete and creative answers.

Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right” or “Very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior(行为). But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of it that way before”, or coming up with more questions or ideas.

Never push a child to “Think”. It doesn’t make sense, children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target(目标) for your disagreement.

Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass(放大镜), and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates(蒸发), set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop.

57. According to the passage, children are natural scientists, and to raise their interest, the most important thing for adults to do is ________.

A. to let them see the world around             B. to share the children’s curiosity

C. to explain difficult phrases about science      D. to supply the children with lab equipment

58. In the last sentece of the first paragraph, the word “lists” could best be replaced by “________”.

A. any questions                            B. any problems

C. questions from textbooks                   D. any number of questions

59. According to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete and creative way if adults ________.

A. ask them to answer quickly              B. wait for one or two seconds after a question

C. tell them to answer the next day         D. wait at least for three seconds after a question

60. The author mentions all of the following techniques for adults to share with their children’s curiosity except that adults should ________.

A. tell their children stories instead of reciting(背诵) facts

B. offer their children chances to see things for themselves

C. be patient enough when their children answer questions

D. encourage their children to ask questions of their own

第二节  完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）   

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。   

More good things e from small things

About a year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me.

I never heard any  36  from the children, but the parents were always shouting at the kids.

We  37  often in the hallways when we were ing or going. I  38  spoke, but the only   39  I ever got was a hello from the four – year – old girl.

I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I  40  they were just ing from their apartment and the little girl was holding the door   41  for the others. I  42  in the car doing unnecessary things because I didn’t like to be snubbed（冷落）. The parents were   43  her to hurry and get in the car, I looked up and saw the little girl was   44  holding the door open,  45  for me.

I hurried as much as I could and   46  her. She was smiling from ear to ear. That afternoon I saw a white toy bear, I   47  the little girl and said to myself, “I   48  she would like that” so I bought it. I wrote a note   49  how much her act of kindness had touched a soft spot in an old man’s   50  .

The next day there was a   51  on the door and   52  was the little girl and her father. She was so proud of her bear and thanked me. Then I   53  her mother and the other children were there in the hall too. The mother and father both thanked me.

Now when we meet in the hall we all speak, and in a   54  manner, I might add.  55  time passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. In fact, hardly at all.

36．A．sound         B．noise C．conversation      D．crying

37．A．met    B．saw    C．visited        D．gathered

38．A．never B．sometimes         C．seldom       D．always  

39．A．reward       B．action         C．answer       D．prize

40．A．moved        B．returned    C．started       D．drove

41．A．open  B．closed         C．fit       D．active

42．A．stopped     B．kept   C．worked       D．remained

43．A．suggesting         B．telling         C．forcing        D．making

44．A．ever   B．even  C．still     D．yet

45．A．waiting       B．calling         C．leaving       D．asking

46．A．  replaced  B．encouraged        C．ignored      D．thanked

47．A．thought about   B．thought of C．thought over      D．thought out  

48．A．decide        B．am lucky    C．am sure     D．doubt

49．A．saying         B．stating       C．reporting   D．writing

50．A．mind  B．body  C．thought      D．heart

51．A．hit      B．knock C．drop   D．beat

52．A．she     B．it         C．they   D．he  

53．A．noticed       B．watched    C．recognized         D．felt

54．A．kindly B．politely       C．coldly D．friendly

55．A．When          B．Since  C．As       D．While

When I was a little girl, my father loved to play the game of “catch the ball” with me. I wasn’t good at it 21  he didn’t mind at all. He was always telling me to 22  my eyes on the ball; otherwise I would not be able to 23  it when he threw it to me.

As I got older, we didn’t play the game as 24  as before. If I had a   25  , I would go to my father and   26   his advice. He would try to make a joke and say, “Keep your eyes on the ball.” We would both laugh   27   that advice was not usually able to   28   the problem, but he would just try to make me   29  .

My father became   30   in 1995 when I was 23. There were not any more conversations, as he was   31   from a terrible disease. He couldn’t   32  ; he could only move his   33   without making a sound, which was sometimes   34   to understand. I seemed to be   35   good at reading his lips after a while, even better than the nurses that were   36   him.

During one of our last   37   I was telling him about a difficulty I was   38  . Once again, I could read his lips. “Keep your eyes on the ball,” he said. We both smiled. That was the last time I saw my father   39   he passed away.

Sometimes now, all those years later when I get into a   40   situation, I just tell myself, “Keep your eyes on the ball.”

For the last couple of weeks, I had been stuck in front of my computer working on a project that was very important to me. My every waking hour was consumed by the project and although I imagined that I would feel happy after completing parts of the project, I was confused to find that instead, I was feeling rather depressed. I tried a range of methods to help cheer myself up. I had a relaxing bath, cooked a delicious meal to enjoy with my family and even watched a lighthearted movie, but to no avail. It was only when I turned to meditation(沉思)for a solution that the answer came to me: turn to nature!

    The very next day, I grabbed my camera and a bottle of water and set off to spend a few hours walking in a nature reserve, even though it was pouring with rain. Within a couple of minutes I felt alive again. To be honest, I felt like a young school girl again and had to stop myself from hopping along the path singing, "I'm singing in the rain", a song I used to sing when I was a child. I think as adults we often try too hard to control our inner children and as a result we restrain(限制) our own spirits, which only leads to depression and stress.

    Interestingly, it has been shown that people who spend 40 minutes walking in a nature reserve have a drop in their blood pressure levels, but this does not happen when they spend a similar amount of time walking in a busy city centre.

    If you feel a little low in spirit and know that you have spent too much time indoors, relax completely, remove your shoes and let your inner child come out and play.

1. The author felt depressed because she __________.

A. couldn't consume her waking hour        

B. had not seen a film for a long time.

C. had not finished her work on time                

D. had worked on a hard job for too long

2.The author walked in a nature reserve in the rain in order to__________.

A. take photos                            B. find a solution to the project

C. hop along the path                       D. cheer herself up

3. The underlined part "to no avail" in Paragraph 1 probably means " __________.".

A. unsuccessful        B. unrelated            C. uninteresting    D. unexpected

4.In the author's opinion, __________.

A. a bath can make people relaxed

B. depression is usually caused by hard work

C. walking in a busy city centre harms people's health

D. adults should express their inner feelings freely

5.The last paragraph mainly serves as a(n) __________.

A. explanation          B. suggestion         C. introduction    D. reminder