第二节：完形填空{共20小题．每小题1．5分．满分30分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项．

  When I come across a good article in reading newspapers，I often want to cut and keep it．But just as I am about to do so，I find the article on the 36  side is as much interesting．It may be a discussion of the way to 37  in good health，or advice about how to 38  and conduct yourself in society．If I cut the front articles，the opposite one is likely to suffer 39，leaving one half of it or keeping the text 40 the title．Therefore，the scissors（剪刀）would stay before they start，41 the cutting would be halfway done when I find out the 42 result．

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time，both worth your43．You can only take up one of them；the other has to wait or be 44 up．But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not 45 you to do what is left behind．Thus you are 46 in a difficult position and feel sad．How come nice 47 and clever ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 48 greatly on your preference of your one choice to the other．

In fact, that is what49 is like；we are often 50 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable（引人的）51 a newspaper cutting．It often occurs that our attention is drawn to the thing only 52 we get into another．The 53may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind．I54 remember a philosopher’s remarks：“When one door shuts，another opens in life．”So a casual（不经意的）55 may not be a bad one．

36．A．same                             B．opposite                       C．either                                D．front

37．A．get                                 B．bring                        C．1ead                              D．keep

38．A．do                                   B．help                               C．1ead                              D．dress

39．A．damage                        B．destroy                         C．hurt                               D．injury

40．A．on                                   B．for                                  C．without                         D．off

41．A．or                                   B．but                                 C．so                                   D．for

42．A．satisfying                B．regrettable                      C．surprising               D．impossible

43．A．courage                        B．patience                       C．strength                       D．attention

44．A．given                        B．picked                           C．held                               D．made

45．A．persuade                      B．agree                           C．allow                        D．tell

46．A．filled                         B．struck                            C．caught                          D．attracted

47．A．chances                        B．conditions               C．wishes                          D．ways

48．A．progresses                      B．goes                              C．changes                        D．improves

49．A．study                  B．1ife                                C．society                          D．nature

50．A．supplied                        B．connected              C．fixed                         D．faced

51．A．to                                   B．1ike                                C．as                                   D．by

52．A．as                                   B．until                          C．before                           D．after

53．A．following                 B．former                          C．above                            D．next

54．A．still                           B．also                                C．almost                          D．once

55．A．treatment              B．action                            C．choice                 D．remark

I can convince you that he’s even more handsome______ than in his pictures.

   A. in the mood    B. in the flesh    C. in movement   D. in nature

I am sure many people have said about me, “He must be the happiest man in the world!” But they were wrong. 36   I was famous and had 37 money, I was not really happy. I found myself asking, “ 38  does all this not give me real happiness?”

Newspapers said, “Kriss Akabusi is the European champion. He has also  39   an Olympic bronze medal.” Now before all this happened, I had  40  , “If I can become a champion, I will be happy. I will  41   a lot of money and then enjoy  42  . I will have a good time.”

When I went to the Edinburgh Games, in my hotel  43  I found a book by my bedside. It was called What’s Real Happiness in Life? I  44   this book up and read some of the stories in it. The book mainly told about the happiness brought by helping others. But I said to  45  , “All these things are too  46   for me to do.”

But that night I had a  47  . I found myself standing by a river. I 48   a voice calling to me from the other side of the river. The voice said, “You know helping others is as  49   as crossing the river, and it’s not as difficult as you imagine.” Then suddenly I awoke. I realized I was  50   now when compared to before. I found I had real  51   of mind.

So I can now tell my friends what I have  52  . Being famous and having a lot of money  53   gave me happiness. So all I can say to you is this—we are  54   when we think that to be famous and rich will make us happy. Now I have a children’s TV program called Record Breakers. I have no  55   about what tomorrow will bring.

Travelling around the world with children is difficult enough, but attempting it without using motorized transport is even more of challenge. But Dario Schworer, a 42-year-old climatologist and mountain guide, and his 33-year-old wife Sabine are on a journey to do just that.

The Swiss couple want to travel across the world’s oceans and climb the highest mountain on every continent to promote Earth-friendly ways of life.

“We are collecting good examples of dealing with climate change and living in harmony with nature and we want to spread such ideas,” Schworer said. “We want to help people affected by global warming and to inspire children for the future.”

Recently after having spent three months teaching children in the Everest region, the couple want to show it is possible to travel through as the world’s climate zones using just human-power and forces of nature.

In the 47 countries they have visited so far they have collected 22 tons of trash, taught people in Ecuador how the sun’s rays can be used to clean water and inspired a person in Chile to build a house on water with recycled plastic bottles as a foundation. They have also collected trash in the mountains of Nepal with school children.

So far they have communicated with 45,000 children from South America, Australia and Asia, giving presentations about the importance of recycling and using alternative energy like solar and wind power.

“We need to motivate children,” said Sabine.

When they began their adventure in 2003 they had no children of their own. But since then two has become five: daughter Sabine is now five years old, Andri was born in Chile and baby Noe was born in Australia.

Initially the couple thought they would complete their travels in four years, but now, seven years later, they believe it could take seven more.

“Since our belief is the need to respect nature, we travel only when conditions are good,” Schworer said.

1.Why do the Swiss couple travel around the world?

A．To inspire their children for the future.

B．To prove a travel without motorized transport.

C．To explore the secret of global warming.

D．To promote Earth-friendly ways of life.

2.They did a lot during the travel except ________.

A．build a house with recycled plastic bottles

B．collect rubbish and waste

C．communicate with local children

D．show people how to use energy

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “Initially”?

A．In the end         B．In a way           C．At the beginning    D．On the whole

4.The best title of the passage can be ________.

A．A Swiss family’ journey across the world

B．An eco-friendly adventure across the world

C．We have a long way to make a good travel

D．Nature needs respecting and protecting

I can convince you that he’s even more handsome______ than in his pictures.

   A. in the mood    B. in the flesh    C. in movement   D. in nature