第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题l.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。
I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors. Almost instantly I loved her. She had an Unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking,   36   she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.
Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my   37  . She wanted to know how I thought we should   38   things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew   39   about stage design! But I slowly began to respond to her   40  . It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to   41   them. She trusted me to complete things, so I completed them perfectly. She loved how   42   I was, so I began to show up to paint more and more. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.
Mrs. Neidl's   43  that year was, "Try it. We can always paint over it   44  !"I began to take   45  . I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing--only things to be   46   upon. I learned to dip my brush into the paint and   47   create something.
The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was   48   in the program
as "Student Art Assistant" because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that year that I   49   I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design.
Being on that stage-design team   50   Mrs. Neidl changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more competent than I had thought, but I also   51   a strong interest and a world I hadn't known existed. She taught me not to   52   what people think I should do: She taught me to take chances and not be   53  . Mrs. Neidl was my comforter when I was upset. Her   54   in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined   55  .
36. A. and           B. yet            C. so             D. for
37. A. opinion       B. impression     C. information     D. intention
38. A. make         B. keep           C. handle         D. change
39. A. anything       B. something      C. everything      D. nothing
40. A. questions      B. comments      C. explanations    D. remarks
41. A. hold          B. follow         C. evaluate        D. form
42. A. happy         B. lively          C. reliable        D. punctual
43. A. message       B. motto          C. saying         D. suggestion
44. A. again         B. more          C. instead         D. later
45. A. steps          B. control         C. charge         D. risks
46. A. improved      B. acted          C. looked         D. reflected
47. A. easily         B. carefully       C. confidently     D. proudly
48. A. introduced    B. recognized     C. identified      D. considered
49. A. confirmed     B. decided        C. realized        D. acknowledged
50. A. with          B. below         C. of             D. by
51. A. developed     B. discovered     C. took           D. fostered
52. A. accept        B. care           C. judge          D. wonder
53. A. bored         B. lazy           C. sad            D. afraid
54. A. trust          B. patience       C. curiosity       Do interest
55. A. accessible     B. enjoyable      C. possible        D. favorable

My father died in December. He had spent the last several years in hospital, and my mother spent a lot of her time        him. That is without doubt, a      situation for any family. And the       was a team of fairly frustrated family members.

My biggest frustration was trying to        why he didn’t make choices that would       him to be involved more fully in the lives of his grandchildren. Yet he      each and every one of them. Every morning he asked my mother which of his grandbabies was going to       that day. He had frequent visits from his collection of loving grandkids. Kids would have the place      up instantly—toys everywhere, cushions off the couches and the TV channel       to their station. Every visit was a kid invasion into his space. Interestingly, he was not at all bothered by the       or chaos at all. He was never       with them and he certainly never shouted at any child. Visits ended with       and kisses.

I felt that relationship wasn’t good enough because he didn’t actually do anything        my children. My dad didn’t read to the children, and certainly        played a board game or did a puzzle with them. He didn’t take them out for        or do any of the other things I saw active grandparents doing with their grandchildren. It made me sad that he was        to get on with the kids.

A couple of weeks after his death, my 9-year-old daughter turned up in my bedroom at midnight to share a

       of him done by herself. Included in the picture were several messages and        —one for each day since he had died. The most striking one to me was“I loved EVERYTHING about you, Grandpa”.

Apparently, I was       . All that time I thought he wasn’t doing anything with his grandchildren, but he was very actively doing the thing that was most        to them. He loved them. And it was all they needed.

1.A. preparing for               B. taking care of                  C. believing in                      D. looking forward to

2.A. personal                       B. boring                               C. difficult                   D. dangerous

3.A. result                                      B. solution                            C. reward                             D. review

4.A. explain                          B. describe                           C. accept                              D. understand  

5.A. expect                          B. allow                                 C. force                                 D. persuade

6.A. respected                    B. ignored                            C. loved                                D. blamed

7.A. leave                             B. cry                                     C. visit                                   D. perform

8.A. set                                 B. messed                   C. given                                 D. lit

9.A. introduced                            B. switched                          C. pointed                            D. checked

10.A. impression                 B. alarm                                C. expression                       D. noise

11.A. careful                        B. intelligent                        C. inconvenient                   D. impatient

12.A. tears                                     B. quarrels                          C. tricks                                 D. hugs

13.A. to                                 B. with                                   C. at                                  D. on

14.A. frequently                 B. always                               C. never                                D. occasionally

15.A. walks                           B. books                                C. jokes                                 D. interests

16.A. hoping                        B. offering                            C. failing                                D. promising

17.A. dream                         B. plan                                   C. story                                 D. drawing

18.A. statements                 B. photos                              C. suggestions                      D. problems

19.A. guilty                           B. rude                                  C. wrong                               D. firm

20.A. honest                        B. important                         C. normal                              D. equal

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，选出最佳选项。

Most of the foods we eat today were at one time or another not known to man. One by one they are   36 and became a part of our everyday  37  . Very often the person, who was the first to  38  these foods, however, had to be a person of  39  . Who, for 40  , ate the first crab（蟹）and who, the first mushroom？ 

When  41  and coffee were first introduced to  42  in the eighteenth century, there were many   43  for and against their use. Some people claimed（宣称）that they were   44  , and that, if drunk over long periods of time, they would kill  45  . In Sweden, King Gustav III decided to find out whether these  46  were true or false. It  47  happened that there were two brothers who were in  48  at the time；they were twins and were almost exactly alike in every 49  . They had also been sentenced to 50  . The King decided to let them live if one of them 51  to drink several cups of tea each day and the other, several cups of  52  each day. 

Both brothers lived many years without any 53  of any kind. At last one brother who  54   to drink tea every day died at the age of 74 and   55 died a few years later. Because of the way the experiment had turned out, Sweden is today one of the countries in the world where much tea and coffee are drunk. 

36. A. introduced    B. produced      C. added          D. changed

37. A. drink          B. cost         C. diet           D. interest

38. A. cook          B. discover      C. try            D. check

39. A. success       B. courage         C. practice        D. will

40. A. free         B. ever           C. long            D. example

41. A. tea           B. tobacco       C. milk            D. chocolate

42. A. America        B. Europe        C. Africa         D. England

43. A. attempts      B. decisions      C. opinions        D. advice

44. A. different     B. common             C. plants         D. poisonous

45. A. a person       B. themselves    C. others          D. ourselves

46. A. wishes        B. decisions      C. doubts        D. conversations

47. A. so            B. very              C. too              D. much

48. A. school         B. hospital        C. danger          D. prison

49. A. day            B. way            C. part          D. photograph

50. A. death         B. dead            C. die            D. dying

51. A. agreed        B. pleased         C. allowed        D. prepared

52. A. milk           B. water           C. coffee         D. orange

53. A. food            B. problems      C. taste           D. happiness

54. A. had           B. enjoyed         C. allowed        D. insisted

55. A. others        B. other           C. another         D. the other

____ to light for a long time, the potatoes turned green.

A. Introduced to    B. Exposed to   C. Linked to            D. Connected to

It was my first day of high school, and I was late. My next class, German, scared me. I just could not speak that  21  . As the bell rang, I ran to the classroom.

At the door, a hand reached out and   22  mine firmly. I looked up. A man with large glasses smiled. He  23  himself as Tony, which means teacher in German.  24 , his warm smile and   25  words eased my fears. That year, I   26  his classes a great deal because I learned   27  just German.

I admit I only speak a little German.   28  I try to live out the life lessons I learned from Tony.

Every day Tony stood   29  his classroom before and after class to give his “hand hug”. After school his room was always filled with students and he would  30  to and chat with them—_31   those not in his class. He taught me that every person is  32  your time.

One time, I was rejected by my friends. Tony told me, “Linda, life gives you  33. But learning its lessons will turn those ashes to jewels.” Therefore, I learned to look at my troubles   _34   and not to fear any difficulty.

In my senior year, I  35  president of one of the school’s clubs, so I was very  36 . Many times I didn’t even have time to buy lunch. He served me by giving me his food as well as advice. He   37   out what he taught us to do:   38  others.

The author William Arthur Ward  39 : “The mediocre(平庸的) teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher  40 .” Thank you Tony, for inspiring me.