完形填空（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36-55各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

My father and I were standing at the top of a church tower. He 36 me to this place in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I 37 why he did so.

“Look down, Elsa,” Father said to me. I looked down and 38 the square in the centre of the village and I saw many turning streets 39 to the square.

“ See, my dear. There is more than one 40 to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place 41 you want to go by one road, 42 another,” he said to me.

Now I 43 why I was there. My father wanted to tell me how to 44 and deal with the difficulties.

In the years that 45 I often remembered the lesson Fathere taught me. I knew where I wanted to go in 46 . I wanted to be a fashion 47 . And on the way to my first small success I found the road 48 . What could I do ? Accept the failure? Or use my imagination and wisdom to find another road to my 49 ?

I had come to Paris, the 50 of the world of fashion , with some clothes I 51 . But none of the famous fashion designers seemed 52 in them. Then one day I met a friend who was wearig a very beautiful sweater. It had a lovely and 53 stitch (针法).

“Did you knit that sweater ?” I asked her.

“No,”she answered. “ It was done by a woman here in Paris.”

“ What an interesting stitch !” I continued.

My friend had an 54 . “The woman’s name is Mrs Vidian    she learned the stitch in Armenia, her motherland.”

Suddenly a good idea 55 me. why not open my own house of fashion? Why not design, make and sell clothes? I would do it, and I would begin with a sweater.

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，满分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。   
I became lame(瘸的) in both legs in my childhood. I can’t stand   36  the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair can I “  37   ”.
I still remember the first day at school. When appeared at the door,   39  in the classroom stared at me in   40  . My face turned  41   . I couldn’t help  42   back. It was the   43  and sympathy in their eyes that   44  me doing so , I went shyly towards an unoccupied (空的) seat.
Being lame, I didn’t dare to   45   in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be   46  at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking   47  .
One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really  48  . They encouraged me with a(n)  49  smile and  50   me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was  51   to them for giving me a chance to see the   52  of our lovely school with my own eyes.
After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always   53  to help me. It made me   54  I am handicapped (残疾的).
Once they asked me, “What is the most beautiful thing in our school?” Without hesitation I said, “It is the    55    .”
36. A. with      B. without     C. under     D. on
37. A. walk      B. run         C. sit       D. stand
38. A. school    B. wheelchair  C. home      D. hospital
39. A. he        B. she         C. everyone  D. nobody
40. A. thought   B. interest    C. anger     D. surprise
41. A. red       B. brown       C. white     D. black
42. A. entering  B. hiding      C. coming    D. turning
43. A. feeling   B. kindness    C. sorrow    D. pain
44. A. made      B. stopped     C. kept      D. let
45. A. walk      B. study       C. practice  D. speak
46. A. laughed   B. smiled      C. stared    D. looked
47. A. quickly   B. slowly      C. happily   D. shyly
48. A. brave     B. sad         C. hurt      D. excited
49. A. honest    B. friendly    C. luckily   D. handsome
50. A. pushed    B. placed      C. drew      D. pulled
51. A. satisfied   B. sorry     C. loyal    D. thankful
52. A. signs     B. sights      C. buildings D. students
53. A. ready     B. smart       C. wise      D. unwilling
54. A. forget    B. remember    C. imagine   D. think
55. A.teachers   B.schoolyard   C.classmates D.friendship

Mr. Brown, the wife of a famous doctor, was good at cooking. Once the Browns invited some of their friends to lunch. Mrs. Brown thought it was a good chance for her to ___36___ how wonderfully she could cook, so she ___37___ a new way of cooking a fish dish. She was quite pleased with herself when the dish was ___38___. “I have never cooked such ___39___ dish before!” she thought.

   As the dish was very ___40___ she put it near the open window to cool for a few minutes. But, several minutes ___41___ , when she came back ___42___ it, she was shocked to find the neighbor’s cat, Chester, at the dish. She was in time to stop the cat ___43___ it was too late.

   When all the guests sat, the dinner began. The fish dish ___44___ really wonderful and everyone ___45___ it very much. They talked and laughed ___46___ four o’clock.

   At the end of the afternoon, when she was alone again, Mrs. Brown felt ___47___ but also happy. She sat in a chair near a window to have a ___48___. She happened to look down ___49___ the window, and saw something ___50___ a little animal in the garden.

   “Oh, it is Chester. Dear, she is dead! Why? The fish dish must be bad! What will ___51___ to my friends?” she was frightened.

   Immediately she telephoned her husband for ___52___. The doctor told her to telephone ___53___ of the guests to meet him at the hospital as soon as he could.

   Finally the danger was ___54___. Once again, Mrs. Brown was alone in her chair in the sitting room, still tired but no longer happy. Just then the telephone rang; it was her ___55___ who cried, “Oh, Mrs. Brown, Chester is dead. She was killed by a car and someone put it in your garden.”

A. enjoy          B. show                 C. make                D. say

A. did              B. made                C. tried          `      D. found

A. ready             B. gone                 C. missing             D. already

A. an expensive   B. a wonderful       C. a terrible           D. a frightening

A. hot                 B. cold                  C. warm                D. heat

A. early                     B. earlier               C. later                  D. late

A. with               B. to                            C. for                    D. after

A. after               B. before               C. when                D. until

A. tasted             B. was eaten          C. felt                   D. looked

A. ate               B. enjoyed             C. had                   D. ate up

A. at                 B. from                 C. to                         D. till

A. worried        B. sad                   C. tired                 D. sorry

A. bread            B. rest                   C. breath            D. stop

A. through        B. throughout               C. past                  D. out

A. as                 B. seem                 C. to seem             D. like

A. change          B. happen              C. become             D. come

A. thought         B. advice               C. ways                 D. ideas

A. both             B. any                   C. some                 D. each

A. end                     B. away                 C. over                  D. passed

A. husband        B. doctor               C. neighbor           D. guest

Every year, almost 2 million Americans are injured while they're  21 work every day, 240 are killed on the job. The   22   job is cutting down trees. Being a policeman is safer than many jobs, including driving a truck, collecting garbage and   23  airplanes. One of the safest jobs is being a librarian.
The government inspects(检查) most factories and offices.  24 have to   25   fines(罚款) if their factories or offices are unsafe. In California, employers often go to prison if one of their workers is  26  because a factory didn't  27 safety measures. But President Bush cut down the number of government inspectors(检查员)  28 15 percent.   29 , many people say working is less safe now.
For women workers, the greatest danger so far is murder. Forty--two percent of all  30 who died at work were killed. Many of them work  31 clerks in stores   32 they are alone at night. Experts say they can protect themselves by putting the cash desk in full   33  .
The numbers of deaths and accidents at work don't take into  34 people who become sick from   35   that they are exposed to （暴露）at work. Doctors don't know   36 some chemicals cause illness.There are no government rules for many new chemicals.
Inspectors say employers  37 their backs on safety problems because they don't want to pay the bill for fixing them. They also say some workers don't want to complain about dangers because they may  38  their jobs.
The government should force business to improve safety. There's no   39 for workers dying or  40 in an accident that could have been prevented.
21. A. in           B. at              C. on               D. during
22. A. safest        B. most dangerous   C. easiest            D. most tiring
23. A. flying        B. making         C. doing             D. riding
24. A. Officers      B. Workers         C. Employers        D. Employees
25. A. give         B. offer            C. pay              D. buy
26. A. saved        B. hit             C. shot              D. killed
27. A. use          B.do              C. break            D. take
28. A. to           B. by              C. from             D. at
29. A. As a result    B. As              C. At last            D. Then
30. A. adults        B. youths          C. men              D. women
31. A. for          B. as              C. like               D. to
32. A. which        B. that             C. where            D. why
33. A. view         B. opinion         C. scene              D. scenery
34.A thought       B mind           C thinking            D consideration
35. A. machines     B. chemicals        C. air                D. work
36. A. because      B. when            C. whether            D. even if
37. A. do          B. turn             C. make              D. refuse
38. A. lose         B. miss             C. give up            D. save
39. A. need         B. reason           C. time              D. excuse
40. A. injuring      B. being injured      C. be injuring         D. be injured 

When I was young,my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.

One evening in early April,my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar   36   a worker who had the flu.I told her I would mess it up,  37  I had never worked at the bar before.I   38  

that instead of making money,I would end up owing it.

“You can do it,”said my mother.“   39   ,you won’t get much business until lunch.”

“But I’ll never remember the orders,and I’m no good ___40_ money.Please,Mom,don’t

    41   me.”

“Then I’ll help you,”she said.

I shrugged my shoulders.I thought my mother’s     42     was a bad one,but I      43     .

When I got to the bar the next day,I found my mother was   44   .Because the weather that day was rainy and cold,people wanted hot snacks and drinks.   45   ,I was really slow at taking the orders and making change.The line of people grew,and everybody seemed   46   .I was so nervous that my hands shook,and I    47   a cup into pieces.What a mess!Then my mother came to   48   me,and she also showed me how to make   49   .If someone gave me $5 for something that cost $3.25,I handed over   50   quarters and a dollar and said,“75 cents makes four dollars,plus one dollar makes five.”Things went more   51   after that.

By the end of the day,I could remember orders,   52   the bill,and make change quickly with a smile.I was even a little   53   when the sun came out and dried up business.My mother said she was proud of me,and when she   54   that I work at the snack bar again next year,I did not even shrug.I was too busy   55   the restaurant I would open one day.

A.to                          B.for                     C.after                         D.over

A.because                  B.though               C.until                         D.while

A.promised                B.noticed               C.worried                     D.hoped

A.Therefore        B.However            C.Besides                     D.Yet

A.of                          B.on                            C.about                        D.with

A.blame                     B.fool                   C.frighten                     D.make

A.idea                       B.bar                    C.day                           D.answer

A.guessed                  B.obeyed               C.begged                      D.admitted

A.angry                     B.sad                    C.wrong                       D.ashamed

A.At least                 B.At last                C.At most                     D.At first

A.surprised               B.impolite             C.pleased                      D.impatient

A.damaged               B.destroyed           C.broke                        D.ruined

A.scold                    B.help                   C.beat                          D.save

A.money                  B.lunch                 C.coffee                       D.change

A.two                      B.three                  C.four                          D.five

A.smoothly                     B.fairly                 C.simply                      D.conveniently

A.turn in                  B.count out            C.take over                   D.add up

A.discouraged           B.disturbed            C.disappointed              D.distrusted

A.thought                 B.stated                 C.announced                 D.suggested

A.imagining             B.preparing           C.examining                 D.describing