III.完形填空（共20小题,每题1.5分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

When children are very young, they learn from their grandparents and parents what is proper and good behavior.

A two-year-old child always  36  of himself or herself first. Sometimes, he or she tells people “This is  37 .” Of course, the  38  of sharing has to be  39  so that the child learns to  40  along with another child.

It is  41  for a family member to train the child so that he or she can  42  how to serve others and become a useful person in  43 . Discipline(纪律) should always be given with  44 .

Once a young child is taught to  45 , the child begins to realize that  46  is not a punishment but a valuable  47  in life. The idea of discipline becomes more important  48  the child is a student in elementary school..

If a person is  49 , he or she will not have  50  in life. If a person is trained, it doesn’t  51  what job he or she accepts, and there will be a  52  result. Parents and grandparents are very  53  that young children learn discipline early in their life, for happiness and pride will be the  54  of their achievements.

Usually, it is in middle school that children decide whether they will accept discipline as the road to success. For those who do, the  55  is very bright leading to a happy life.

36.A. cares          B. says 　　   C. speaks          D. thinks

37.A. mine          B. ours        C. theirs           D. yours

38.A. fact         B. idea         C. reason       D. mind

39.A. exchanged   B. introduced    C. brought          D. known

40.A. come          B. go          C. do             D. get

41.A. necessary   B. easy          C. hard         D. clear

42.A. learn     B. study     C. guess         D. remember

43.A. country    B. family    C. society       D. public

44.A. dislike    B. excitement   C. love        D. anger

45.A. live        B. share          C. play       D. work

46.A. homework  B. order       C. exam     D. discipline

47.A. lesson      B. text         C. class       D. work

48.A. though    B. because    C. since         D. when

49.A. taught     B. unknown        C. popular        D. untrained

50.A. help       B. business         C. success     D. purpose

51.A. matter    B. like     C. seem         D. appear

52.A. bad        B. good    C. final         D. natural

53.A. careful    B. worried    C. surprised      D. hopeful

54.A. example         B. reason    C. result         D. point

55.A. future      B. sun        C. day        D. sky

完成句子(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

1.On hearing that his idol was coming, he __________________. (wait)

一听说偶像要来，他迫不及待地要见他。

2.Many buildings in Turkey _________ because of the recent earthquake. (ruin)

由于最近发生的地震，土耳其的很多建筑都成为了废墟。

3.He was asked___________________________ as it was told to him. (set)

他被要求像被告知的那样记下事实。

4.The boss commanded that the workers________________________. (shut)

老板命令工人关闭所有的大门。

5.What he did ________________________ realizing our goal. (play)

他所做的一切对实现我们的目标起着重要的作用。

6.Usually it’s very hard _______________ the man who has a bad temper. (get)

通常和坏脾气的人很难相处。

7.Since there is a singing contest this afternoon, students of this class ______________________________. (settle)

由于今天下午有个歌唱比赛，这个班的学生们不能安心学习。

8.She said that she ___________________________ to visit me. (come)

她说她会到我的公寓来拜访我。

9.Once she ________________, nothing will make her change her mind. (mind n. )

她一旦下定决心，没有什么会使她改变主意。

10.He talks ___________________________. (as if)

他聊起来好像他知道一切似的。

       Whether you're heading into the wild or down the road, it's hard to find a better electronic sidekick than a GPS. (Well, you know, other than a cell phone.)
Because a GPS has to receive a signal from space, physical impediments(遮挡) like skyscrapers, cliff faces, and even trees can stump(阻断) it. Reception is less of an issue with the ultrasensitive(超灵敏) chipsets in newer models, but if the walls are closing in on you, take a tip from a time when navigation systems weren't the streamlined panels they are today: Hooking up an antenna(天线) will make use of even the most tenuous celestial connection. There's a port on the back of most GPS devices for jacking in.
You'll also want to remember that a GPS is not a compass: It runs on software. Like your PC, it needs to communicate with the mother ship periodically. Vendors(供应商) refresh firmware and maps on a regular basis, sometimes even daily. These updates deliver new bits of data that significantly affect your gadget's accuracy. But if you live in the boonies(郊区) on a road named after your sister-wife, don't expect NavTeq to come a-knocking with its survey equipment. Fortunately, most companies make it easy to update your own maps. Usually it's as simple as plugging into your home computer, dropping a couple of pins in Google Maps, and clicking Save.
If you own a new Tom Tom, it's even easier. You can edit maps on the unit itself, though you might not have to: Some of the company's navigation updates themselves. Tom Tom's IQ Routes software takes data from every person who uses the company' gadgets and readjusts its assumptions about which roads you should use and how long a given route will take. It will even change its own maps.
See, it's not that hard: Your GPS may use NASA technology, but getting the most out of it isn't rocket science.
46. The writer thinks the useful electronic partner is __  
____besides a cell phone when driving outdoors.
A. a GPS            B. Tom Tom's IQ Routes              C. a PC       D. NASA
47. Which statement is NOT true about a GPS according to the passage?
A. It receives a signal from space.
B. It is not a compass.
C. It needs to refresh its information.
D. It has no port to connect other equipment.
48. You may learn from the passage that Tom Tom (Para 4) is _______.
A. a GPS receiver
B. a device that can be used to edit maps
C. a device that can be used to update software
D. a person who readjusts GPS assumptions
49. The main idea of the last paragraph is _______.
A. that we should make the most of GPS in rocket science
B. that getting the most out of GPS is too difficult
C. getting the most out of GPS is very easy
D. GPS owns NASA technology
50. Which is not mentioned about a GPS according to the passage?
A. Its usage.          B. Its price and shape.   C. Its technology.     D. Its benefit.

Once in a television interview, I was chatting with the host about stay – at – home athers. I made the point that one reason why we’re seeing more stay – at – homw dads may be hat it’s no longer definite that a man makes more money than his wife. Many families now ake earning power into account when deciding which parent will stay home.

At that point, one of the male crew members pointed out, almost to himself but loud nough for my benefit, “It should be the better parent who stays home.” A lot of guys say hings like that. Usually it’s a code for “My wife, or any woman is the better parent.”

I was a stay – at – home father for 8 years, so his words made me excited. It implied that our family’s choice could only have been correct if I was a “better” parent than my wife.

I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife was the “better” parent if she spent more time with Jack. She would be able to read him wetter and calm him more quickly. But as the more employable one, my wife went out to work and I looked after our son.

because of the increased time I spent with Jack. I soon knew him well, understood that he needed and could look after him more or less as well as my wife could. Actually, he experience helped me unlock one of the world’s great secrets; Women are good at booking after children because they do it. It is not because of any innate (先天的) female talent. It is because they put in the time and attention required to become good at the job.

Woman obviously get a biological head starting from giving birth and nursing, but ever the long term experience is more important. When I got the experience myself. I was people are able to look after them as well besides their moms.

The first paragraph implies          .

       A．more and more men like staying at home

       B．the author works at a TV station as a host

       C．more women are earning money than before

       D．dad is the better parent in a family 

The author stayed at home to look after their son for 8 years because         .

       A．he thought he was the better parent

       B．he was afraid of working outside now

       C．their son liked him better than his Mom

       D．he was less likely to find a job than his wife

Women are good at taking care of children because         .

       A．they devote their time and attention to children

       B．they would rather stay at home than work outside

       C．they are born with the ability to look after children

       D．they’ve learn to take care of children from their parents

What does the author concluded?

       A．A man can take better care of children than his wife.  

       B．A man with experience can take good care of children.

       C．A child prefers to stay with his or her mother.

       D．A child prefers to stay with his or her father.

Scholars and researchers have tried to discover what personality characteristics go along with success in different cultural experiences. Their findings have often been unclear or incomplete. But three typical characteristics stand out in their reports: patience, a sense of humor, and the awareness of being unclear.

    Patience, of course, is the ability to keep calm when things do not go as one wants them to, or as one hopes they would, or even as one was sure they would. Impatience sometimes brings improvements in relations with other people, but usually it does not.

    A person with a sense of humor is less likely to take things too seriously and more ready to see the humor in his own reaction than a humorless person. The value of a sense of humor really needs to be paid more attention to.

    “The awareness of being unclear” is a more difficult concept to understand than patience and a sense of humor. Foreigners often find themselves in situations that are unclear as they are newcomers. That is, they do not know what is happening in a certain situation. Perhaps they do not understand the local language well enough, or they do not know how some system or organization works, or they can’t be sure of different people’s roles in what is going on. “It’s like that I just got here from the moon,” a Chinese graduate student who newly arrived in the United States said. “Things are just so different here.”

1.The passage mainly tells us ______.

A. about some uneasy traveling experiences in foreign countries

B. about the three main ways to communicate with foreigners

C. about some typical characteristics in different cultural experiences

D. how to show your characters to foreigners

2.According to the passage, which characteristic should be focused on most?

A. The ability to keep cool.    B. The sense of humor.

C. Patience.                D. The awareness of being unclear.

3.“The awareness of being unclear” refers to “______” .

A. not knowing what is happening in a situation

B. not understanding the local language well enough

C. being aware that the situation is unclear

D. not knowing how some system or organization works

4.By what the Chinese graduate student said, we can learn that ______.

A. he is not used to the culture of America

B. he went to the United States to study the moon

C. he is a person with a sense of humor

D. he has just returned from the moon