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。
A philosophy professor loved to teach students about important theories of the subject．Once, while his 21  was about to begin, he just closed the book and  22  stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him． Students were curious but the professor without looking at them 23  a very large and empty jar．And then he started to 24  it with small rocks．25 the jar appeared full, the professor asked his students whether the jar was full
The entire class 26   that jar was indeed full．Next, the professor picked up some  27   and began pouring them into the jar．The moment pouring was 28  , he shook the jar lightly．As a result of that, all the small rocks 29 the open areas between the rocks comfortably． 
Professor again asked the students if the jar is full．Same  30   from the class like before．Professor  31   a bit but silently, and this time he picked up a box of sand．He poured the box into the jar and sand filled the entire 32  spaces．At the same time, professor 33  his question to the class, if the jar was full? Yes again．
Professor now  34 towards the class and said, this jar  35  your life．All the things in the jar I poured mean some important lessons．The rocks are the most important things,  36  is family, your partner, health and your  37 ．Even if everything else in your life goes away but the rocks remains there, your life would still be full  38  the most important things are still present in your life．Pebbles represent other significant things like car, house and job etc．And the sand is the small stuff or everything else．
If your time and 39 is spent on small stuff then there is no 40 for the pebbles or the rocks or in other words, most important things of your life．

What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I    21  an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against   22  of 100, scored 160．No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that, and for two hours they made a big fuss over me.
All my life I've been registering scores like that,    23  I have the complacent(洋洋自得的) feeling that I'm highly intelligent, and I expect other people to think so too. Actually, though, don't such scores simply mean that I am very good at answering the type of academic questions that are considered worthy of answers by people who    24     the intelligence tests - people with intellectual bents(天分) similar to mine?
For instance, I once had an auto-repair man, who, on these intelligence tests, could not   25  have scored more than 80,by my estimate. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always fixed it.
Well，then，suppose my auto—repair man   26  questions for some intelligence tests．By doing every one of them I'd prove myself a   27  ．In a world where I have to work with my    28   ，I'd do poorly．
Consider my auto—repair man   29   ．He had a habit of telling  30   ．One time he said. “Doc, a deaf and dumb man   31  some nails．Having entered a store，he put two fingers together on the counter and made  32    movements with the other hand．The clerk brought him a hammer．He   33   his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering．The clerk   34  him some nails．He picked out the right size and left．Well，Doc，the   35  man who came in was blind．He wanted scissors．   36  do you suppose he asked for them?" I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers．He burst out laughing and said，“Why, you fool，he used his    37   and asked for them.” Then he said smugly, "I've been    38    that on all my customers today." "Did you catch many?" I asked. "Quite a few," he said, "but I knew     39    I'd catch you." "Why is that?" I asked. "Because you're so goddamned educated, Doc, I knew you couldn't be very     40   ." And I have an uneasy feeling that he had something there．

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26—45各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案（每空1分，共20分）。
When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked   26 at me and said “I love you”. I didn’t know what to say.    27  several seconds I stood there and    28  down at him. My first thought was that he must need   29  while doing his homework   30   he was trying to prepare me for some   31  .
“   32  ,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents that we love them and see what they say. It’s an experiment.”
The next day I   33  his teacher at my office to find out more about this “   34  ” and how the other parents had responded (反应).
“  35  , most of the fathers did the same as you ,: the teacher explained, “Feeling   36  is an important part of   37 . It’s something all human beings  38 . What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too   39  that we don’t express those feelings. A boy should be  40  to tell his dad that he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how difficult it is for  41 of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me  42 , I held on to him for an extra second. And just   43 he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly  44 , “Hey, I love you .”
I didn’t know if saying that would make  45 of us healthier, but we did feel pretty better.

One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was expecting a quiet   21   of the splendid artwork.

       A young   22   viewing the paintings ahead of me   23   nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking. I admired the man’s   24   for putting up with her   25   stream of words.   26   by their noise, I moved on.

       I met them several times as I moved   27   the various rooms of art. Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away   28  .

       I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a   29   when the couple approached the   30  . Before they left, the man   31   into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He   32   it into a long stick and then   33   his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.

       “He’s a   34   man,” the clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in   35   there is a new art show.”

       “But what does he get out of the art?” I asked. “He can’t see.”

       “Can’t see! You’re   36  . He sees a lot. More than you and I do,” the clerk said. “His wife   37   each painting so he can see it in his head.”

       I learned something about patience,   38   and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without   39   and the courage of a husband who would not   40   blindness to change his life. And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, their arms intertwined.

A. touch      B. view   C. wander       D. scenery

A. lady B. man    C. couple D. clerk

A. yelled      B. shouted      C. screamed    D. chatted

A. attempt    B. independence     C. wisdom      D. patience

A. vivid       B. constant     C. casual D. vague

A. Adopted  B. Adapted     C. Conducted  D. Disturbed

A. through   B. to       C. towards      D. from  

A. anxiously B. urgently     C. quickly      D. worriedly

A. comment B. decision     C. purchase     D. profit

A. entrance B. exit     C. front   D. queue

A. plugged B. held    C. reached      D. bent

A. made     B. lengthened  C. brought      D. broadened

A. led B. found  C. forced D. tapped

A. brave     B. rough  C. smart  D. generous

A. wherever      B. whatever    C. whichever  D. whenever

A. right      B. silly    C. wrong D. unique

A. describes       B. draws  C. shows D. decorates

A. kindness       B. pride   C. enthusiasm D. courage

A. support  B. sight   C. expectation D. confidence

A. get B. hope   C. allow  D. cause

One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was looking forward to a quiet   21   of the splendid artwork.

         A young   22   viewing the paintings ahead of me   23   nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking. I admired the man’s   24   for putting up with her   25   stream of words.   26   by their noise, I moved on.

         I met them several times as I moved   27   the various rooms of art. Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away   28  .

         I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a   29   when the couple approached the   30  . Before they left, the man   31  into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He   32   it into a long stick and then   33   his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.

         “He’s a   34   man,” the clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in   35   there is a new art show.”

         “But what does he get out of the art?” I asked. “He can’t see.”

         “Can’t see! You’re   36  . He sees a lot. More than you and I do,” the clerk said. “His wife   37   each painting so he can see it in his head.”

         I learned something about patience,   38   and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without   39   and the courage of a husband who would not   40  blindness to change his life. And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, their arms intertwined.

1.A. view                             B. touch                               C. wander                  D. stare

2.A. lady                            B. couple                             C. man                        D. clerk

3.A. yelled                           B. argued                                      C. screamed              D. chatted

4.A. attempt                      B. independence               C. patience                D. wisdom

5.A. constant                B. vivid                                 C. casual                    D. vague

6.A. Adopted                      B. Adapted                        C. Disturbed              D. Conducted

7.A. from                             B. to                                               C. towards                 D. through

8.A. anxiously                     B. quickly              C. urgently                 D. sensibly

9.A. comment                    B. purchase                        C. decision                 D. profit

10.A. exit                       B. entrance                         C. front                       D. queue

11.A. plugged                     B. reached                          C. held                        D. bent

12.A. lengthened              B. made                               C. brought                 D. broadened

13.A. led                              B. found                               C. tapped                            D. forced

14.A. generous                           B. rough                               C. smart                     D. brave

15.A. wherever                           B. whatever                        C. whenever              D. whichever

16.A. unique                       B. silly                                   C. equal                      D. wrong

17.A. decorates                          B. draws                              C. shows               D. describes

18.A. kindness                   B. pride                                C. courage                 D. enthusiasm

19.A. sight                                    B. support                           C. expectation          D. confidence

20.A. get                             B. allow                                C. hope                       D. cause