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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I am a team leader in an insurance company. We are going through a lot of changes right now, which is  36  much stress for all of us.
A few weeks ago I was having a day so  37  that I even doubted if I had the ability to do this challenging work, and was about ready to change to a less stressful job  38  . Something happened that day to change my way of  39  and I am so appreciative of this young lady. I want to let her know that the small act  40  .
On the top of my cubicle (工作隔间) I have a small collection of lighthouses (灯塔) to let people know where I am sitting  41  my team members have to find me for emergencies.
That day I came into the office and was about to get the day  42  when Crystal came over. l asked if she needed anything. She said, "I  43  you something. " I looked at her with a  44  look and said, "Well, thank you, but why  45  you buy me anything?" I had never spoke to this young lady   _46  . She said, "Every day I stand up and look across the  47  and see your lighthouses. Then I feel I am not alone and I encourage myself that there are always  48  things in life. I saw this on the way to work and thought  49  would like it. I wish it would have the same  50  as your Lighthouses do. " In her hand she had a small globe with a Lighthouse and a ship on it. I gave her a hug and  51  her. I don't think she knows how much that small act of  52   changed my day: 1 remained  53  the rest of the day.
For anyone that reads this, I hope you remember, no matter what the  54   is, you could change
someone's day,  55  even his views on life.
36. A. preventing              B. reducing            C. causing            D. suffering
37. A. funny              B. nice               C. bad              D. dull
38. A. everywhere          B. elsewhere            C. anywhere          D. nowhere
39. A. working             B. behaving          C. speaking            D. thinking
40. A. broke my heart       B. touched my heart   C. lost my heart       D. tore my heart
41. A. in case                B. so that              C. as if              D. even though
42. A. ended                  B. started             C. changed            D. avoided
43. A. borrowed          B. lent               C. sold               D. bought
44. A. delighted               B. puzzled            C. thankful            D. worried
45. A. might              B. dare                C. could                      D. would
46. A. before              B. then                    C. since              D. after
47. A. dorm              B. office             C. ship               D. tower
48. A. bright             B. challenging        C. bad               D. stressful
49. A. colleagues          B. leaders            C. you                D. I
50. A. opinion            B. cause              C. expectation         D. effect
51. A. praised             B. thanked             C. scolded             D. refund
62. A. justice               B. courage             C. kindness             D. tolerance
53. A. careful             B. encouraged         C. tired                       D. alone
54. A. present               B. work               C. gesture             D. intention
55. A. so                 B. for                 C. or                  D. nor

One dark stormy night, an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether they could be put up for the night. “I’ m very   36   ,” the clerk on night shift said politely, “we are all    37 tonight. But you could stay in my room if you don’t    38 . As I’m on duty, I’ll be staying up in the office anyway,” The young man gave the    39 _ advice.
The elderly couple    40  his offer with gratitude(感激). They    41  for the inconvenience they had caused him. The next day, the rain stopped and it cleared up. When the old gentleman went to pay his   42 , the clerk behind the counter was that same helpful young man. “The room you and your wife stayed in is not a proper guest room in this hotel,  43  you don’t need to pay,” said the clerk, with the same friendly smile.
The old gentleman nodded in    44 , “You are an employee that every boss in the hotel business would    45 . Perhaps   46  I’ll build a hotel for you. ” The clerk was amazed but, deciding that the guest must have been joking, he gave the remark no more    47 .
Two years later, the young man received a registered letter(挂号信) from the old gentleman, in which he   48 the experience of that dark stormy night. The letter also enclosed（附上） a formal    49  and a round-trip air ticket to New York, asking the young man to pay a visit.
At a street comer in Manhattan, the young man met his   50  guest. The old gentleman, pointing to a magnificent new    51  towering over the crossroads, said, “Look, that is the hotel I    52 to build for you. I hope you will manage it for me. Remember what I said then? Well, I was serious about it.”
“But…will there be any conditions, sir? Why do you choose me? And who are you?”
“My name is William Aster. There’s not any condition.   53  I told you before, you are the best employee…!”
This building was none    54 the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Starting business in 1931, this hotel has been a symbol of supreme status and honor in the city of New York. The young man who became its first    55  was George Boldt, the man who turned Waldorf into one of the most glamorous hotels in the world.

There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But   36  a few of them are very   37  .English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U.S.A., but in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a  38  language. Many millions are   39   to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different   40   Have you ever   41  ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? "Learn English in six weeks, or your   42  back..." "Easy and funny! Our records and tapes   43  you master your English in a month.   44   the first day your   45  will be excellent. Just send …"Of course, it never    46  quite like this.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should   47  that we all learned our own language well when we were    48  . If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult.   49   what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it,   50  in it all the time. Just imagine how much   51  that gets!

So it is  52  to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English   53  upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and   54  much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will   55  . But they cannot do the student's work for him.（词数278）

第二节　完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and  32  to let the angels stay in the guest home of their large house.  33 , the angels were given a space in the cold basement (地下室). As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a  34  in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked  35 , the older angel replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the  36  came to rest at the house of a very  37 , but very hospitable (好客的) farmer and his wife. After  38  the little food they had, they let the angels sleep in their  39  where they could have a good night’s rest.
When the sun  40  the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in  41 , for their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field. The younger angel was very  42  and asked the older angel, “How could you have let this happen? The first man had everything,  43  you helped him,” she accused (责备) “The  44  family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let their cow  45 .” “Things aren’t always what they seem”, the  46  angel replied.
“When we stayed in the basement of the large house, I  47  there was gold stored in that hole in the wall.  48  the owner only cared about money and was unwilling to share, I sealed (封住) the wall so  49  wouldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came  50  his wife. I told him to take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they  51 .”
32. A. refused                      B. agreed                      C. decided                    D. accepted
33.A. Thus                          B. Therefore                 C. However                 D. Instead
34. A. spot                           B. space                       C. picture                            D. hole
35. A. why                          B. how                         C. when                       D. where
36. A. team                          B. pair                         C. family                      D. group
37. A. rich                           B. healthy                     C. poor                        D. wealthy
38. A. preparing                   B. showing                   C. giving                      D. sharing
39. A. basement                   B. bed                          C. yard                         D. cupboard
40. A. came down                B. came in                   C. came up                  D. came out
41. A. tears                          B. whispers                   C. fear                     D. excitement
42. A. calm                      B. happy                      C. sad                          D. angry
43. A. and                           B. yet                           C. so                          D. or
44. A. former                       B. first                         C. second                     D. latter
45. A. die                                   B. go                           C. survive                     D. disappear
46. A. older                         B. younger                   C. better                             D. worse
47. A. heard                         B. noticed                     C. recognized                D. watched
48. A. Although                   B. After                        C. Since                       D. Before
49. A. she                            B. you                          C. I                              D. he
50. A. for                                   B. about                       C. in                           D. with
51. A. look                          B. seem                        C. feel                          D. sound

Many language learners think their pronunciation is good enough because their teacher doesn’t correct them too often or because other students can 36 them.

Pronunciation is the area which is 37 the least attention to in language learning. Most teachers 38 just let their students speak. The teachers stop them 39 the students say something completely wrong. Working on each student’s pronunciation in class is just 40. Also, the students who are 41 at pronunciation may be afraid that it will embarrass their classmates if they help 42 their mistakes.

Although you believe your pronunciation is good enough to 43, you may be 44 when you actually go to a foreign country. One of my friends was the best student in his 45 class in Poland. However, when he went to America, he found Americans didn’t understand 46 of what he said.

Your pronunciation may still be quite 47 that of a native speaker. If this is the 48, other people will find it 49 to understand what you’re saying and will not be comfortable with you.

50, don’t think you can communicate in a foreign language 51 you’ve tested your skills on real native speakers. 52 for native or near­native pronunciation so that people you talk to can communicate with you 53. In order to achieve this goal, there’s no 54 that you will need to start thinking about pronunciation and 55 time on it.

1.                A．mistake         B．watch          C．surround D．understand

2.                A．made          B．found          C．paid D．called

3.                A．never          B．ever           C．even D．usually

4.                A．only if          B．as if            C．even if   D．so that

5.                A．fantastic        B．impossible       C．necessary D．important

6.                A．poor           B．well            C．good D．strict

7.                A．put out         B．work out        C．try out   D．point out

8.                A．communicate    B．travel          C．pronounce    D．exchange

9.                A．happy          B．sad            C．surprised D．excited

10.               A．Polish          B．French         C．German   D．English

11.               A．none          B．half            C．rest  D．lot

12.               A．near to         B．near from       C．far from   D．next to

13.               A．same          B．matter         C．case  D．fact

14.               A．easy           B．beneficial       C．convenient D．hard

15.               A．In conclusion    B．In other words   C．In total    D．On the contrary

16.               A．when          B．until           C．after  D．while

17.               A．Stand          B．Look           C．Aim  D．Search

18.               A．smoothly       B．difficultly       C．truly  D．practically

19.               A．way           B．need          C．doubt D．wonder

20.               A．take           B．cost           C．spend D．kill