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,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,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.
The Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different   36   about the foods they eat on this  37   day. In Northern China, people   38   eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the   39   and the beginning of time. According to historical   40  , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps  41  the areas in Southern China   42   more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly  43  to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day.   44   , the most common foods for the first   45   are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle  46  long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which   47   the hope of improvement in   48   year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of   49    according to the Chinese.
To  50   a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to   51    a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers.   52   , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have   53   new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards.   54   , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into   55   .
36. A. word            B. habits                C. meanings          D. stories
37. A. usual          B. unforgettable             C. common            D. special
38.A. seldom         B. usually               C. always              D. hardly
39. A. end             B. future              C. result             D. effect
40. A. reasons        B. records              C. notes              D. stories
41. A. as long as      B. though             C. when            D. because
42. A. caused          B. took                 C. produced           D. brought
43. A. understood     B. knew            C. made                D. began
44. A. Besides            B. Therefore             C. Consequently         D. Usually
45. A. subject          B. title              C. program           D. meal
46. A. symbolizes         B. reveals            C. shows              D. indicates
47. A. transports       B. represents          C. fetches                     D. takes
48. A. health          B. family             C. life              D. work
49. A. reunion        B. luck                   C. happiness          D. harmony
50. A. do            B. pay               C. get              D. carry
51.A. express              B. describe                 C. establish            D. define
52. A. Luckily         B. Unfortunately       C. However                  D. Besides
53. A. given away     B. made out           C. got into           D. taken up
54. A. Instead         B. Fortunately          C. Moreover         D. Furthermore
55.A. fashion          B. effect                       C. sight             D. power

 A strange thing happened to Henry yesterday. He was on a bus and to __1__. So he stood up and rang the bell. __2__ make sure the driver heard him, he rang it twice, but the bus __3__ stop. And the conductor came and shouted __4__ him.

The conductor was __5__ angry and spoke __6__ fast that Henry didn’t understand __7__. The bus stopped at the next bus and Henry got off. As he got off he heard someone said, “ I think he __8__ a foreigner.”

When Henry got __9__, he told his wife about it.

“ __10__ times did you ring the bell?” his wife asked.

“ Twice,” said Henry.

“ Well, that’s the signal (信号) __11__ the driver __12__ on.” His wife explained, “only the conductor __13__ to ring the bell twice. That’s why the conductor __14__ so angry!”

Henry nodded（点头）. “ __15__,” he said.

1. A. got off          B. gets off            C. get off              D. get on

2. A.To             B. At                C. In                D. with

3. A. doesn’t        B. don’t              C. didn’t              D. wasn’t

4. A. in              B. on               C. of                D. at

5. A. so             B. as                C. at                 D. because

6. A. so that        B. that                 C. so                D. why

7. A. words         B. a word            C. speech             D. song

8. A. was           B. isn’t              C.  is                D. am

9. A. to home       B. at home           C. in home          D. home

10. A. How many  B. How much      C. How long       D. How

11. A. to          B. at                C. on                D. for

12. A. to go        B. go                C. went on         D. goes

13. A. allowed      B. is allowed          C. was allowed   D. allow

14. A. got         B. gets              C. is getting       D. gotten

15. A. I seen       B. I saw                   C. I see           D. I did

When Jane Austen (1775--1817) wrote her novels in England, she was writing about a   21  that most of us would not recognize.

But today Austen’s books are in great   22   than ever. In the last ten years, five or six novels have been   23   into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be bestsellers. So why is Austen still   24  ?

Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English at Oxford University argued that her novels still  25  people because they  26  the same issues today as they were when she wrote them.

Her novels are about women   27  to find a perfect husband, but also  28  issues surrounding marriages, friendships and the family. “The plots are fairly timeless about human interaction   29  are familiar to us,” Jenkyns says.

The most famous book Austen wrote is Pride and Prejudice, a   30   story between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy. At first the two   31  do not get on. They   32   fall in love, but still have to   33   opposition to their relationship from their families.

All of Austen’s books are   34   to read, making them popular with children and adults,

  35  they work on different levels so people can take  36  they need from them, author Kate Henry says.

“You can choose to see the politics and feminism(男女平等思想) in them,  37  you don’t want to take on those issues you can turn a blind eye to it,” she says.

  38  is often hailed(赞扬) as the greatest romance writer in the English language, so it is surprising she remained  39  . “Maybe she was too much of a romantic, waiting for a    40

man,” Henry says.

选编（十八）
While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had  1  finding the keyhole. When I  2  to open the door, I  3  around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was  4  installed... but no switch! 
Not discouraged easily, I remembered  5  a lamp by the bed when I deposited my luggage  6  in the day. I found the bed in the  7  and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing  8 ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the  9  to find another lamp. So I  10  my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no drawstring! I finally stumbled（跌跌撞撞地走）around  11  I found a desk lamp which actually  12 !
That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world  13  be and how   necessary light is! But even more necessary than  14  light is the light that shines from people --the light of  15  and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and  16  place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in  17   of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you  18  may be a beacon of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is  19  a candle in a forest remember -- there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to  20  the light of one small candle.
1. A. confidence     B. respect            C. adimiration     D. difficulty
2. A. managed            B. failed             C. wished            D. meant
3. A. touched              B. felt                 C. sensed            D. looked
4. A. already                 B. never              C. still                D. once
5. A. equiping            B. producing       C. spotting          D. removing
6. A. later                  B. earlier            C. lower             D. upper
7. A. light             B. dark              C. room              D. corner
8. A. happened          B. operated         C. fired                D. developed
9. A. machine             B. street              C. room             D. car
10. A. wound             B. forced            C. made              D. lost
11. A. after                  B. until                  C. while                      D. since
12. A. helped              B. affected                C. worked           D. inspired
13. A. can                  B. shall                  C. will               D. must
14. A. mental             B. psychological     C. electrical        D. physical
15. A. existence          B. love                      C. truth                D. wisdom
16. A. lonely                B. colourful          C. friendly            D. complex
17. A. short                B. favour           C. face                D. need
18. A. make                      B. offer                 C. take                D. contribute
19. A. not more than   B. other than       C. no more than   D. rather than
20. A. put out             B. give out          C. get over                D. set up

It’s going to rain. Xiao Feng, Will you please help me _____ the clothes on the line?

A. get off     B. get back    C. get in     D. get on