完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选 出最佳选项。

Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen  21  his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but  22  for a glance.

One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden,  23  in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he  24  the old gardener was blind. 25  , the young man asked, "Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can't 26  in fact?" The old man smiled and answered that " I can tell you 27  reasons. First I was a  28  when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can't see these flowers, yet I can 29  them. Third，I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that's  30 .

"Me? But you don't know me," responded the young man  31   .

"Yeah, it's  32 that I don't know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never 33  them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good  34  . In the meantime, it also  35 a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us."

The old man's 36 astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and 37  them as a link of minds so as to make  38 enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn't it one kind of happiness？

I believe every flower has  39 with which they can see the kindness of the man's heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though  40 to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.

该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部

分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。

第一节 （共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）

听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最

佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题

和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?

A．￡19.15.

B．￡9.15.

C．￡9.18.

答案是 B。

1.Who is coming for tea?

A．John.

B．Mark.

C．Tracy.

2.What will the man do next?

A．Leave right away.

B．Stay for dinner.

C．catch a train.

3.What does the man come for?

A．A lecture.

B．A meeting.

C．A party.

4.What size does the man want?

A．9.

B．35.

C．39.

5.What are the speakers talking about?

A．Life in Southeast Asia.

B．Weather conditions.

C．A holiday tour.

第二节：（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）

听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选

项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小

题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。

6.What is the man doing?

A．Giving a speech.

B．Chairing a meeting.

C．Introducing a person.

7.Why does the woman sing so well?

A．She has a great teacher.

B．She teaches singing.

C．She is young.

听下面一段对话，回家第 8 和第 9 两个小题。

8.What is the success gift for Jimmy?

A．A car.

B．A watch.

C．A computer.

9.Why does Jimmy feel happy?

A．He does watch has parents.

B．He’s get what be dreamt of.

C．He’s received lots of presents.

听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。

10.What is the relationship between the speakers.

A．They are friends.

B．They are strangers to each other.

C．They are husband and wife.

11.Why does the woman come to talk with the man?

A．To get a job.

B．To take a test.

C．To see the secretary.

12.What does the man mean by saying sorry?

A．He can’t hear the woman clearly.

B．He doesn’t need a designer.

C．He can’t help the woman.

听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题。

13.What do we know about the woman?

A．She lives close to the office.

B．She is new to the company.

C．She likes the big kitchen.

14.How does the man go to work？

A．On foot.

B．By bus.

C．By car.

15.Why was Susan late for work?

A．She missed the bus.

B．Her train was late.

C．Her car broke down.

16.What will the man do the next day?

A．Go to work by train.

B．Visit Lily in her flat.

C．Leave home earlier.

听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。

17.Where can you most probably hear this talk?

A．In a class of the English language.

B．In a class of the Greek language.

C．In a class of the French language.

18.How long does the class last?

A．11 weeks.

B．13 weeks.

C．15 weeks.

19.What is “the short-cut” to learning words according to the speaker?

A．Taking more courses.

B．Reading basic words aloud.

C．Learning how words are formed.

20.Why is the class popular?

A．It is not offered each term.

B．It’s taught by Professor Morris.

C．It helps to master some useful rules.

You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells （炮弹）are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier. You aren’t  36  carrying a gun. You’re standing in front of a  37  and you’re telling the TV  38  what is happening.

It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter, and it can be very  39  . In the first two years of the  40  in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were  41  .

What kind of people put themselves in danger to  42  pictures to our TV screens and  43  to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?

“I think it’s every young journalist’s  44  to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s  45  you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it  46  it is a war.”

But there are moments of  47  . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes, when you’re lying on the ground and bullets（子弹）are flying  48  your ears, you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling  49  after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be  50  .”

“None of us believes that we’re going to  51  ” adds Michael. But he always  52  a lucky charm（护身符）with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, 53  , and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this, I  54  I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God  55  , because you know he doesn’t believe you .”

1.                A．really          B．simply          C．merely   D．even

2.                A．battlefield       B．crowd          C．camera   D．house

3.                A．directors       B．producers       C．actors    D．viewers

4.                A．depressing      B．disappointing    C．dangerous D．endangered

5.                A．life            B．stay            C．war  D．fight

6.                A．buried         B．defeated        C．wounded D．beaten

7.                A．take           B．bring           C．make D．show

8.                A．Stories         B．scenes         C．passages  D．contents

9.                A．faith           B．nightmare       C．dream    D．duty

10.               A．how           B．why           C．where D．because

11.               A．even if         B．as if           C．even so   D．ever since

12.               A．fear           B．surprise        C．sadness   D．shame

13.               A．past           B．into           C．through   D．around

14.               A．occurs         B．returns         C．goes  D．continues

15.               A．away          B．out            C．home     D．there

16.               A．die            B．leave          C．remain    D．escape

17.               A．wears          B．carries         C．hangs D．holds

18.               A．seldom         B．never          C．many times D．some time

19.               A．consider        B．promise        C．guess D．accept

20.               A．screaming      B．laughing        C．crying D．whispering

Most schools forbid chewing gum, but in a few years they might consider changing that rule. Why? Scientists are finding evidence that gum chewing may be good for your health. It may even help improve your test scores.

This exciting research is just beginning. And in the meantime, companies are also experimenting with adding vitamins, minerals, medicines, and other substances that could give gum the power to cure headaches and fight everything from serious diseases to bad breath.

Other researchers are finding that gum might work better than a pill to deliver medicines and other substances into the bloodstream. That’s because the lining (膜) of our cheeks can absorb certain substances more quickly than our stomachs and intestines (肠) can.

That discovery could help other researchers develop medicine-containing gums that fight colds, ease headaches, battle nervousness, and more. Scientists might even create antimicrobial (抗菌的) gums that cure bad breath.

Those projects may take years, but gum scientists have already had at least one recent success: They’ve created a gum that could help us stay awake.

Researchers have produced a gum called Stay Alert. Each stick has as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. It can take an hour for the caffeine in coffee to have its full effect, but the caffeine in Stay Alert hits in just a few minutes.

The gum is easy to transport and it’s stable in cold and hot climates. Unlike a pill, it doesn’t require water to swallow. Those qualities make it easy for soldiers to use.

For now, Stay Alert is available only to the military (军队). The manufacturer may one day offer it for sale to the public. People who work at night, such as truck drivers and medical personnel who ride in ambulances, might benefit from a product like Stay Alert.

1. The passage mainly talks about _____.

2. What does the underlined word “hits” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

3.According to the passage, Stay Alert is a gum which can help people _____.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

I’d prefer ______ in the office rather than _____ at home watching TV.

A. working; staying    B. working; stay      C. to work; stay       D. work; to stay