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。

When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was

walking home from the village, where he had   36   to buy what he needed   37    his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to  38  , when he would bring out his gold．Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was   39   for him. And it would   40   him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it   41   over the fire. The door key was needed to hold it safe in place, but Cass was not at all   42  about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door

  43  . He could not imagine that a thief would   44    his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry ( 采石场 ).

   When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice   45     anything was different. He   46   is wet coat, and pushed the meat   47    he fire.   48   he was warm again, he began to think about his gold . It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at.   49     he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.

   But when he   50    he floorboards near the loom, and saw the   51   hole, he did not understand   52  . His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was    53    !he put his hands to his head and tried to think . Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He   54    every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth----his gold had been  55   !

36．A．arrived          B．been          C．left           D．gone

37．A．to              B．in                  C．for           D．with

38．A．holiday      B．old           C．supper-time    D．meat

39．A．ordinary     B．unusual             C．normal        D．common

40．A．pay                 B．spend               C．take           D．cost

41．A．boiling              B．cooking             C．smoking       D．making

42．A．interesting           B．worried             C．interested       D．worrying

43．A．unlocked      B．uncovered           C．discovered     D．locked

44．A．go          B．lead               C．find           D．lose

45．A．whether        B．that                C．because      D．as

46．A．turned off          B．threw into          C．threw off            D．got off

47．A．away from          B．farther on           C．on to        D．closer to

48．A．As soon as          B．As well as          C．No sooner     D．As long as

49．A．But                B．As                 C．So                 D．For

50．A．took down          B．took after      C．took over            D．took up

51．A．dark               B．empty       C．small        D．deep

52．A．at last              B．at once          C．at most              D．at least

53．A．everything           B．something           C．nothing      D．anything

54．A．search              B．search for            C．looked into   D．found

55．A．gone                B．missed              C．lost           D．stolen

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

　　Suppose a key man in your firm had just met with a terrible accident. The doctor tells you that this man upon whom you depend for directing sales, checking your books or for performing some other important roles, will be laid up for months. You'd have to replace him, wouldn't you? And probably at a pay about equal to his?

　　Then you'd be faced with double paying for one job because stopping the pay of an injured man would simply be out of the question.

　　You can prevent this kind of unproductive outgo on your payroll by providing your key man with the protection of Travelers Business Accident Insurance!

　　This insurance provides total medical expense and a weekly income in case a key man is disabled for some time. Should the disability prove everlasting, an income for life is certainty. Why not make out a list of your key men now? Then get together with Travelers Insurance Company, and let us tell you how little it costs to apply this much needed protection to your business.

　　Write and we'll serve you!

1．The above is most probably ________ .

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2．What is really true according to the above?

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A．Travelers Insurance Company provides services of accident insurance.

B．An important person of the firm has just had an accident.

C．Accident Insurance will protect the important person from accident.

D．Unfortunately the important person has become disabled.

3．Whom might the writing be mainly for?

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A．An important person in a firm.

B．An employee of a firm.

C．The boss of a company.

D．Readers of a newspaper.

4．Why would the pay be doubled?

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A．Because two persons are doing one job of the same.

B．Because the important job is worth double pay.

C．Because it is necessary that the injured person should be paid.

D．Because the double pay is for two persons.

5．Travelers Insurance Company ________ for a person insured.

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A．will pay for all the cost of treatment

B．will pay the weekly income or even that of lifetime

C．won't get much from the firm

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。

In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her soft voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. 71 By now, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. But instead of lying and telling the judges she had said the correct letter, she told the truth that she had said the wrong letter. 72

　　 As the girl walked off the stage, the entire audience stood on their feet clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s courage and honesty, even when it cost her the contest. 73

Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get caught.

This young girl could easily have lied, and nobody would have known it but her. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. 74

This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own conscience and character more than the prize from a spelling contest. Her respect for herself was more important than any respect others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the choice she made at the moment.

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A.　　 So she won the contest.

B.　　 As a result, she lost the contest.

C.　　 The judges wanted to give her another chance.

D.　　 It’s been said, “If you cheat, you make yourself cheap.”

E.　　 It’s so true that the choices you make today make what you are tomorrow.

F.　　 They talked it over and finally decided to simply ask her what she had said.

G.　　 But the fact is that she won the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.