完形填空（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

John, a famous musician, took his priceless zither (齐特琴) and played it in the crowded subway station. The music from the zither was delicately streaming __1__ the whole station. However, during the one-hour play only six or seven people truly __2__ the charming music. A three-year-old kid was so __3__ by the music that he forgot everything around. John only got 52 U.S. dollars for his work that day.

__4__, in normal days, when John is about to hold a concert, the ticket can be sold for more than 100 dollars and it is extremely __5__ to buy a ticket even at such a high price. Therefore, later, many __6__ in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not __7__ the famous musician and missing such a valuable but __8__ music feast.

I have a very busy friend who totally __9__ after knowing that his wife came down with a deadly illness. He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day. But his wife still did not __10__ to conquer the illness and passed away after three months. After that, he often sighed miserably that __11__ his past busy life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife. But now it is impossible to __12__ it.

Actually, I also missed something __13__ before. The __14__ we missed those things is simple: we had thought that we could still own them __15__.

Yet tomorrow is actually by no means __16__. There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people’s __17__, they had only done two things: waiting and regretting. The result is that they were always too late to __18__ what they had. We would often claim to do something when we grow up, or when we have money or when we become old, etc. However, when we reach the __19__ we have expected, we could no longer __20__ our wish, because we have lost it by then.

1.                A．throughout      B．before         C．above    D．for

2.                A．heard          B．appreciated     C．found    D．absorbed

3.                A．attracted       B．confused        C．excited   D．stuck

4.                A．Therefore       B．However        C．Then D．Also

5.                A．convenient      B．necessary       C．easy D．hard

6.                A．listeners        B．passers-by       C．viewers   D．children

7.                A．greeting        B．recognizing      C．paying    D．contacting

8.                A．common        B．meaningful      C．cheap    D．expensive

9.                A．escaped        B．abandoned      C．submitted D．changed

10.               A．decide         B．want           C．manage   D．agree

11.               A．as with         B．thanks to       C．due to D．as for

12.                                A．come up with    B．look forward to

C．make up for                      D．look back on

13.               A．difficult        B．present        C．precious   D．delightful

14.               A．reason         B．origin          C．chance    D．result

15.               A．today          B．nowadays       C．yesterday  D．tomorrow

16.               A．reliable        B．easy           C．comfortable    D．charming

17.               A．lives           B．works          C．plans D．tasks

18.               A．protect         B．miss           C．suggest    D．value

19.               A．top            B．condition       C．success   D．scene

20.               A．say            B．understand      C．forget D．realize

Children are our future, and it’s up to us to arm them with the tools to succeed. Sadly, today’s children are being armed with more dangerous tools like weapons （武器）, drugs and gangs. Once a relatively peaceful environment, many schoolyards of today are becoming unsafe for both students and teachers.

Home schools are available to give you choices. Home schooling provides top-quality education, flexibility, and freedom to create your own schedule. At Heritage Home School we believe the choice should be yours. Thanks in part to modern technology, home schooling information is becoming readily available across our nation. A recent study by the ITBS （Iowa Tests of Basic Skills） and TAP （Tests of Achievement and Proficiency） shows us that students of home schools do particularly well when compared with the nationwide average. In every subject at every grade level, students of home schooling scored obviously higher than those in public and private schools.

If you’re new to home schooling, you may be asking yourself, “Will home schools really work for my children?”

Fact: A nationwide study using a random（任意）selection of 1,516 families found students of home schooling to be scoring, on average, at or above the 80th percentile in all areas on standardized achievement test.

Note: The national average on standardized achievement tests is the 50th percentile. Collectively, the staff at Heritage Home School brings 65 years of experience in home schooling curriculum. We’ve placed students in the top 2 % of the nation in math and many are successfully moving on to college.

One study found that of the home schooled adults, 0% were unemployed, 0% were on welfare and 94% said home education prepared them to be independent persons. For more home schooling information, call us today toll free at（877）532-7665.

We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.

A. many schools armed their students with weapons

B. violence and crime exist in many schoolyards

C. students use weapons to defend their schoolyards

D. weapons are more dangerous than drugs

All of the following are true of home schools EXCEPT that ________.

A. students are free to choose their courses

B. students do well in important national tests

C. they help students find jobs

D. they help students to be independent　　

What is the purpose of the text?

A. To give information about different schools.

B. To compare home schools with other schools.

C. To suggest a new method of school education.

D. To persuade people to choose home schools.

The advertisement is mainly aimed at ________.

A. students   B. parents   C. teachers   D. adults

I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old．My mother told us that we would not be   26  Christmas gifts because there was not enough money．I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd 27 ?" Just when I started to  28  that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women  29  at our house with gifts for all of us．For me they brought a doll．I felt such a sense of  30  that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school．I wasn't   31 ．Somebody had thought  32  of me to bring me a gift．

Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my  33 Christmas there special and memorable, I  34  remembered the women's visit．I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of  35  for as many children as I could possibly reach．

So I   36  a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help．We gathered about 125 orphans （孤儿） at the Christmas party．For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,   37  with a child's name．We wanted all of them to know they were  38 ．Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I   39  them that they couldn't open their presents   40  every child had come forward．Finally the   41  they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three．Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles  42  up the room．The   43  in the room was obvious, and   44  wasn't just about toys．It was a feeling — the feeling I knew   45 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit．I wasn't forgotten．Somebody thought of me．I matter．

A．sending        B．receiving        C．making        D．exchanging

A．found         B．prepared         C．got             D．expected

A．doubt         B．hope            C．suggest          D．accept

A．broke in       B．settled down    C．turned up       D．showed off

A．relief          B．loss            C．achievement  D．justice

A．blamed        B．loved          C．forgotten        D．affected

A．highly         B．little           C．poorly         D．enough

A．present        B．first            C．recent           D．previous

A．hardly         B．instantly         C．regularly        D．occasionally

A．strength        B．independence   C．importance      D．safety

A．kept up with  B．caught up with C．came up with   D．put up with

A．none          B．few           C．some           D．each

A．fine           B．special         C．helpful         D．normal

A．reminded      B．guaranteed      C．convinced       D．promised

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

A．chance         B．gift           C．moment         D．reward

A．lit            B．took            C．burned          D．cheered

A．atmosphere    B．sympathy        C．calmness        D．joy

A．it            B．such          C．something      D．everybody

A．by            B．till            C．for            D．from

　　People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines（圣地）.Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.

　　Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it. People of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason the Mediterranean has always attracted them Every summer, more than25million people travel to Mediterranean resorts（胜地）and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason: sun !

　　The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries. Italy's 30000 hotels are booked solid（全部客满）every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French beaches, parks and roadsides. Spain's long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit yearly, or one tourist for every person living in Spain.

　　But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can handle. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. And with increased tourism, it's getting worse. The French can't figure out what to do with all the garbage left by campers around St. Tropez. And in many places, swimming is dangerous because of pollution.

None of this, however, is spoiling anyone's fun. The Mediterranean gets more popular every year with tourists. Obviously, they don't go there for clean water and loneliness. They bear traffic jams and seem to like crowded beaches. They don't even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty the water is, the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as the sun shines, it's still better than sitting in the cold rain in Berlin, London, or Oslo.

(1) The writer seems to mean that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that they

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A．want to see historic remains or religious spots

B．are interested in different cultural traditions and social customs

C．would like to take pictures in front of famous sites

D．wish to escape from the cold, dark and rainy days at home

(2) In Paragraph 2, cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam are mentioned to ________.

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A．show that they are not good cities in terms of geography and climate

B．tell us how wealthy their citizens are

C．suggest that these cities lack places of historic interest and scenic beauty

D．prove that they have got more tourists they can handle

(3) According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the others?

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(4) The latter half of the last sentence in Paragraph 3“or one tourist for every person living in Spain”means ________.

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A．all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourists

B．every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country

C．every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist

D．every Spanish is visited by a tourist every year

(5) According to the passage, which of the following factors might spoil the tourists' fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches?

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I am trying to muster(鼓起)the courage to toss away my mobile phone to enjoy a more peaceful and ring –free life．

Can you imagine not having your mobile phone? In our high-tech, in-a-hurry age, a cell-free life is a hard concept to swallow． Our mobile phones can now access the Internet, and many people feel the need to express their every thought on their blog pages． If I gave up my cellphone, people would think I was mad．

I wish I had the strength to toss away my technology ． I have an office phone, a home phone, e-mail and if people want to contact me． they can． If I’m out, people can leave a message． Do they really need to find me 24/7 ? However, I’m a bit like Frodo in the movie Lord of the Rings． The power of the ring is too strong and I can’t let it go．

Mobile phones have become necessary tools in our busy life． For most people , they hold all contacts and many of us don't write up address books any more． The latest phones carry our music, pictures, movies and everything else． We feel lost without this device and when we do misplace it , we feel cut off from our fellow,

“Where have you been?” said a friend, who saw me a week after I lost my cell, “I tried calling you , but you disappeared． You disappeared off the face of the Earth。” See, when you don’t have a mobile phone, you don’t exist．

I’m not really going to toss my mobile phone away, in fact． We humans are such social animals and mobile phones serve us well． So in 2009, I’ve dicided not to serve my mobile phone． Like all machine, I can always turn it off．

1．What does the underslined phrase“toss away”mean?

A．give away      B．get away     C．break away      D．throw away

2．The writer mentions Frodo to        

A．show it is difficult to get rid of the mobile phone

B．show how much he likes Frodo

C．suggest a cell-free life is what he wants

D．introduce a film character to us

3．What do we know about mobile phones in the 4 th paragraph?

A．Mobile phones can do anything for us ．

B．Mobile phones have become very important in our life

C．We could not live without mobile phones

D．We would be cut off by our fellow without mobile phones

4．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The writer is not really going to toss his mobile phone away．

B．When you don't have a mobile phone, you don’t exist．

C．The writer decides not to serve his mobile phone

D．We humans can control ourselves and machines will．