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，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Tired and hungry, two boys walked painfully and difficultly into a big city on October 16, on their feet that had just carried them 300 kilometers.

   For nine days they lived like old-fashioned travelers,   21    somewhere new to sleep every night as they walked from one place to another. The boys slept in tents and   22    a six-yuan daily plan. “I learned more in those nine days than I had in the last nine years,” said 17-year-old Li Zhao   23  . Li and 15-year-old Li Xuemeng  24   their journey on October 7, with three teachers from an Educational Motivation Research & Service Center. The purpose of the   25   was for the two troubled boys to develop a (an)   26    attitude to school and life.

   With two  27   and some instant noodles for the first day, the five  28   mainly along the Highway 107. On the way to the big city,  29    of them visited schools and interviewed   30    people from different walks of life. Both were asked to write about what they  31    during the walk.

  “ The two boys need to know about   32    life and learn to get rid of difficulties, so we   33   this program,” explained Du Junpeng.    34   they had tents, they didn’t just   35   anywhere at night. “We had to   36    on people’s kindness for shelter,” said Li Zhao, who admits he used to be self-centered and at first was    37   against the idea of the trip. But the challenge of getting rid of the   38   on the journey has changed him.

  “I’m more   39    than before. And now I also believe failure is the mother of  40   ,” he said.

21. A. finding                   B. hunting               C. searching                              D. inventing

22. A. lived on                  B. worked on          C. carried out                  D. went on

23. A. anxiously               B. luckily                  C. excitedly                      D. tiredly

24. A. developed             B. separated                    C. controlled                    D. started

25. A. study                      B. trip                       C. task                               D. job

26. A. passive                  B. popular               C. different                       D. active

27. A. tents                      B. lights                   C. drinks                            D. tools

28. A. ran                          B. drove                   C. walked                          D. marched

29. A. both                       B. none                    C. either                            D. some

30. A. famous                  B. brave                   C. different                       D. strange

31. A. covered                 B. learned               C. heard                            D. recognized

32. A. interesting                     B. real                      C. hard                                        D. meaningful

33. A. carried on             B. cared about       C. took over                     D. worked out

34. A. Although               B. If only                  C. As though                    D. Since

35. A. sleep                      B. adventure          C. move                             D. tour

36. A. get                          B. depend                C. take                               D. turn

37. A. hardly                    B. heavily                 C. strongly                        D. secretly

38. A. wrongs                  B. problems            C. difficulties                    D. fears

39. A. sociable                 B. particular                     C. common                       D. formal

40. A. success                 B. victory                 C. hope                              D. aim

At 50 I was the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole. But what should I do to celebrate my 60th birthday? What else, but a journey at the opposite end of the world, Antarctica. I began my almost 400-mile journey on November 1st, 1997,a few days before my birthday. I walked and skied alone. My dog team were not with me to pull my sled. Another journey of challenge and danger was about to begin.
The first days the weather was very good. The wind was icy but not very strong and there was bright sunshine 24 hours a day. But changes were just around the corner. On the third day I was struggling through stormy weather and during the nest week the wind grew stronger and I found myself spending a whole day in my tent.
I had traveled only two hours one day when the winds increased so much that I had to put my tent up before the winds became too strong. Within a few minutes the winds increased to a howling storm that threatened to blow me and the tent away, but none of that happened.
【小题1】from the text we know the writer was born on ___.

A．the trip to the North Pole must be the same hard as that to the South Pole.

B．The trip to the Antarctica may be more dangerous than that to the Arctic

C．There was no danger though the trip to the South Pole was hard.

D．During the trip to the Antarctica, the weather, most of the time, was not so bad.

C
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Thursday that his country hopes to deepen ties with China, which have been strained over French President Nicolas Sarkozy's meeting with the Dalai Lama.
"We need China, the world needs China to get out of the recession(衰退) " Fillon told parliament.Relations between the two countries hit a low after Sarkozy refused to call off a meeting with the Dalai Lama in December.
Beijing then pulled out of a summit（峰会） with the European Union (EU) that was supposed to have taken place on Dec 1 in France, which held the rotating EU presidency at the time.
Fillon stressed that Tibet is part of China, but insisted that the French president had every right to meet the Dalai Lama.
"For us, this incident does nothing to distract（转移） from our desire to reinforce our strategic partnership with China."
Former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin is scheduled to visit China next week following earlier attempts to improve relations.
China, which has said it is up to France to repair ties with Beijing, agreed with the EU last week to hold a summit soon, after the London G20 summit on April 2.
France was excluded from Premier Wen Jiabao's recent European visit.
"We all know why," Wen said when asked why he had omitted France from his journey, China News Service reported.
"I looked at a map of Europe on the plane. My trip goes around France," Wen said.
"The reason (for not visiting) doesn't lie with China", he told a group of reporters. He urged Paris to "mend and improve ties" with China.
44.Premier WenJiabao didn’t visit France because_______.
A.he promised to visit France later
B.former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin is scheduled to visit China soon
C.France didn’t attend the summit of the EU
D.Sarkozy met the Dalai Lama
45.According to France, ____________.
A.the president has the right to meet the Dalai Lama
B.the meeting will strengthen the strategic partnership with China
C.they don’t know why Premier WenJiabao didn’t visit France
D.China don’t care much for the ties with France
46.From paragraphs 2,3 and 4, the important conclusion is that _______.
A. Tibet is part of China
B. France and the world need China
C. Sarkozy refused to call off a meeting with the Dalai Lama in December.
D. Beijing pulled out of a summit with the Dalai Lama in December.
47.The main idea of the news is that_______.
A. It’s France’s fault to affect the relation between the two countries
B. France seeks to repair relations with China
C. Premier Wen urged Paris to “mend and improve ties” with China
D. Relations between China and France are going smoothly.