第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题l.5分，满分30分)

   It was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade. My marks were  36  and the worst thing was that I didn't even  37  . I watched TV every night, the only way to  38  time.

   But one day my morn changed my world  39  . She  40  the TV. She had noticed, something in the offices she cleaned  41  . So she came back, saying "You're going to read 2 books every week.  42 , write me a report."

I complained about how   43  it was. And we didn't have any books in the house   44  mom's Bible. But morn responded  45  ," I will drive you to the library."

   So soon we were in her old Ford  46  our way to the public library. I wandered hesitantly among the children's books. I loved animals, so when I found some on them, I immediately  47  in them. For the first time in my life I was attracted by   48  world. No TV program had ever taken me so  49  from the surroundings as did the visit to the library. I began to  50  , visiting there. I moved from animals to plants,

and then to rocks. Between the  51  of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go  52  in them. Moreover, I started to fall in love with  53  . Teachers noticed that too.

   Now I am a doctor. Sometimes I still  54  believe my life's journey from a failing student to a doctor. But I know  55  the journey began--- the day when mom turned off TV and drove me to the library.

36. A. cool        B. poor                        C. normal                            D. outstanding

37. A. fail B. quit          C. work          D. care

38. A. spend     B. lose                         C. kill           D. spare

39. A. for the moment     B. for a while             C. for so long     D. for ever

40. A. turned on       B. turned off              C. turned up      D. turned down

41. A. books     B. dirts          C. papers                    D. TVs

42. A. However        B. Thus                       C. Besides                  D. So

43. A. reasonable    B. sad                          C. pleasant                D. unfair

44. A. rather than    B. more than             C. less than       D. other than

45. A. excitedly         B. worriedly               C. calmly                    D. angrily

46. A. by  B. on                            C. in            D. from

47. A, got across      B. got lost                  C. got stuck               D. got along

48. A. another B. any                          C. other                      D. some

49. A. near to  B. close together     C. far away                D. inside out

50. A. live up to        B. go along with       C. look forward to    D. get away with

51. A. covers    B. pages                     C. contents       D. copies

52. A. nowhere         B. somewhere          C. anywhere              D. where

53. A. library    B. study                      C. literature              D. reading

54. A. won't     B. shan't                     C. can't          D. needn't

55. A. how        B. why                         C. when                      D. where

One morning, a young man leading a goat lost his way due to the thick mist．Then he met a blind man and asked whether he also lost his way．The blind man said, “I cannot see anything．Therefore, the mist doesn’t affect me．I followed the path in my memory and it never goes wrong.”

Happily the young man led the goat following him forward．The blind man asked where he was going．He said he wanted to sell his goat．“Male or female? How many years have you kept it?” The young man spoke without too much thought, “A female goat of 3 years!”

The young man was still following the blind man when he was grasped the hand by the blind man．He shouted ,“Here is the police station! Go into it and elaborate on how you stole the goat!”

The young man had been a thief for a long time and admitted the goat was stolen by him．He asked the blind man puzzlingly, “But how do you know I am a thief?”

The blind man smiled, “I have been keeping goats for decades and can tell one of them is male or female as well as their age according to their voices．The goat you led just now is obviously a male goat, but you said female．The goat is simply a little more than one year old, but you said you had kept it for three years．Moreover, the goat will bleat totally differently when he is led by a stranger instead of his owner．So I can tell the goat does not belong to you!” Only then did the thief understand the whole thing with his head dropped down．

The blind man didn’t lost his way because _________

       A．he didn’t lead a goat

       B．he couldn’t see anything

       C．he wasn’t affected by the thick mist

       D．he had a better memory than the young man

According to the dialogue in Paragraph 2, we can know that ______

       A．the blind man was a detective

       B．the young man was an honest man

       C．the young man familiar with the goat

       D．the blind man was very careful

The underlined word “elaborate” in Paragraph 3 most probably means ______

       A．express in detail       B．tell a lie

       C．learn by heart         D．make up one’s mind

We can infer that the young man was ______after hearing the blind man’s explanation．

       A．humorous B．nervous             C． depressed      D．satisfied

I have no one ____ me, for I am a new comer here.

    A. help     B. helping     C. to help     D. to have helped

–Excuse me, _____ where is the nearest hospital?

--Sorry, I am a stranger too.

根据汉语提示将下列句子补充完整。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

1.普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。

Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, _____________________________that his greatest gift to the Russian People _____________________________.

2.毫无疑问，这些箱子后来被装上火车运往格尼斯堡，当时德国在波罗的海边上的一个城市。

____________________________the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, ________ was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea.

3.我生活在你们所说的“古希腊”。

I live in _____________________”Ancient Greece”.

4.国与国之间争取奥运会承办权的竞争就跟争夺奥运奖牌一样地激烈。

There’s ___________________________ among countries to host the Olympics ______ to win Olympic medals.

5.现在我充满了幸福感，因为我是人类忠实的朋友并时时给他们提供帮助。

I am now truly _____________happiness that I am a ________ friend and helper of the human race!