I lay there buried alive under our house when the bomb hit our city. The great 21 started by the bomb came nearer and nearer to us as workers tried to 22 us. “Hurry!” they cried to one another as the flames (火焰) came nearer. At last they reached us and  23 me and my mother out from under everything  24 the flames reached us.
Later, as I thought of the pilot of the plane that 25 the bomb on our city, I cried, “I hate him. I hate him.” The people with marked faces from the  26 of the bomb made me cry, “I hate him.” I saw people suffering (遭受) a terrible,  27 death. Again and again I cried as I saw these people, “I hate him!”
Some time later, that man appeared in a meeting I  28 .As I looked at him, I  29  him very much. Then I listened to what he told us of his  30  the day when he dropped the bomb on our city. I heard him say, “When I flew over the city  31  we dropped the bomb, I cried, ‘Oh, God, what have I    32 ’.” I could see that he found it  33  to speak of that day.
As this happened I suddenly  34  my hatred (仇恨) of him was  35 . It only made me unhappy also. As I did this, it was as if a heavy load (负担)  36 my shoulders. Then I decided to  37 him. I did so and my life was  38 .
I now help those who suffer from  39 other people. I try to help them to  40  everyone, as I am now able to do.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

__1__ From 18-25, according to I.Q. scores;  but you are wiser and more experienced with increasing age.

You are smartest in your 20`s; around 30, your memory begins to go down, particularly your ability to perform mathematical computations, __2__ Your vocabulary at the age of 45, for example , is three times as great as then you graduated form college. At 60, your brain possesses almost four times as much information as it did at the age of21.

__3__ You have the best physical sense of yourself from 15 to 24; the best professional sense form 40 to 49.

Before the age of 24, we believe that our happiest years are yet to come; over 3 0, we believe that they are behind us. A National Health survey agrees: after the age of 30, we “ become more realistic and do not view happiness as a goal in itself. If we maintain our health, achieve professional and emotional goals, happiness, we feel, will follow”.

__4__ Generally between 30 and 39, but the peak(顶峰) varies with different professions.

Mosart wrote a symphony(交响曲) and four sonatas by the age of 8, and Mendelssohn composed（作曲） his best known work A Midsummer Night` s Dream, at 17, but most of the great music was written by men between 33 and 39.

Though the peak in most fields comes early, most Nobel Prize winners did their top research in their late 20`s and 30`---creative people continue to produce work with high quality throughout their lives.__5__.

A．When are you most creative (创造性的)？

B．When are you happiest?

C．When are you smartest?

D．Do you know what I.Q. refers to?

E. But your I.Q. for other tasks goes up.

F. Creative people usually produce a lot of works.

G. For the “well-conditioned mind”, there is no upper limit.

完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。?
I was in Tokyo last spring，walking in the street with my friend Kirsten．Right about the time the sun was setting，we heard the    21    of a jazz band coming from an alley．It was a group of four local   22    college students playing their hearts out for anyone who would  23  ．?
But not everyone was enjoying the music．In the middle of the second song，an old homeless man broke    24   the crowd and started   25    at the band．The musicians did their best to ignore（无视）him   26    obviously the old man would not go away．It seemed he was   27    about the loud noise．?
There were probably two dozen of us   28   the scene-none of us knowing what we could or should do．I remember feeling very   29  ，because first，I don’t speak much Japanese，and second，the homeless man was starting to get more and more violent．At one point，he picked up a stick and started beating the drum．?
This was more than the young drummer could   30   and he finally stopped playing，stood up and pulled the old man to the   31  ．?
It was then that a young Japanese man made his way through the crowd very   32  ．He knelt down next to the old man，took hold of his hand and   33    him if he was all right．I couldn’t   34    what was being said，but I’ll never forget the way this young man helped bring the fallen man to his   35 ．And I’ll never forget the way he carefully placed his arm around the old man’s shoulders and quietly walked him away．?
21．A．speech      B．crash       C．sound         D．news?
22．A．Japanese    B．Chinese     C．French        D．Russian?
23．A．sing        B．listen       C．join          D．dance?
24．A．down       B．with        C．through       D．up?
25．A．shouting    B．pointing     C．looking        D．shooting?
26．A．and        B．so          C．but           D．or?
27．A．angry      B．sorry        C．happy         D．excited?
28．A．breaking   B．making      C．enjoying       D．watching?
29．A．helpless    B．lonely      C．nervous         D．crazy?
30．A．think      B．stand       C．react          D．play?
31．A．stage      B．ground      C．crowd         D．street?
32．A．strangely   B．proudly     C．quietly         D．carelessly?
33．A．greeted     B．showed     C．told           D．asked?
34．A．understand  B．imagine    C．realize          D．remember?
35．A．seat       B．friend      C．feet            D．home?

It was a busy morning，about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the   11  that he was in a hurry for an appointment(约会) at 9:30.
The nurse had him take a   12  in the waiting area, telling him it would be at least 40 minutes before someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his   13  and decided, since I was not busy—my patient didn’t   14  at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. He said no and told me that he   15  to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his   16 , who had been there for a while for a special disease. I asked if she would be   17  if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not been able to   18  him for five years. I was   19 , and asked him，“And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said. “She doesn’t know me but I know who she is.” I had to hold back   20  as he left.
Now I   21  that in marriages，true love is   22  of all that is. The happiest people don’t   23  have the best of everything; they just   24  the best of everything they have.   25  isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the least important positions．21 of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility placed upon them at the very  22  of their career．They were  23 to the broom(扫帚), spending the first hours of their business lives   24 the office．

And here is the basic  25 of success, the great secret:  26  your energy, thought, and capital (资本) wholly on the business in which you are  27 ．Having begun in one line, determine to fight it out on that  28 , to lead in it, adopt every  29  , have the best machinery, and know the most about it．

The companies which fail are those which have 30 their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains  31  ．They have investments in this, or that, or  32 , here, there, and everywhere．“Don't put all your eggs in one basket” is all  33 , I tell you．“Put all your eggs in one basket, and then  34  that basket”．Look round you and take  35 ; men who do that do not often fail．It is easy to watch and carry the one basket．It is trying to carry too many baskets  36 breaks most eggs in this country．He who  37  three baskets must put one on his  38  , which is likely to fall down．One  39 of the American businessman is lack of concentration．

Remember: put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket． 40 Emerson says, "no one can cheat you out of final success but yourselves．"

21．A．None         B．Few              C．All          D．Many

22．A．beginning      B．end           C．point           D．promotion

23．A．ordered       B．promoted           C．introduced            D．stated

24．A．sweeping out   B．taking out      C．bringing out       D．picking out

25．A．inspiration     B．condition            C．plan              D．case

26．A．concentrate    B．devote             C．apply       D．bury

27．A．charged        B．engaged            C．prepared     D．done

28．A．position      B．career           C．row          D．line

29．A．improvement   B．chance           C．learning     D．rise

30．A．gathered     B．forbidden          C．got          D．scattered

31．A．also          B．either           C．neither        D．yet

32．A．one            B．the other         C．others       D．the others

33．A．apparent      B．clear            C．wrong       D．perfect

34．A．notice       B．observe            C．stare         D．watch

35．A．notice        B．comment         C．interest       D．concentration

36．A．what          B．that               C．whoever      D．whichever

37．A．brings         B．takes              C．carries       D．owns

38．A．mind         B．brain              C．head         D．hand

39．A．fault          B．advantage          C．pattern       D．model

40．A．When         B．While               C．Which       D．As