阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n)     1at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop .The fruit shop did     2business . Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighborhood,    3he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr. Breen     4them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always      5me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly long-standing customers, and I     6they must have stayed faithful to him    7he had promised to sell good quality      8. He had a way with them —I had to    9that. He called every woman “madam” for a start ,    10those who clearly were not, but when he      11it , it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded      12in an old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter      13. If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few     14about the weather,     15he did , he would ask about their families or make     16, always cutting his cloth     17his customers . Whatever their bills came to , he      18gave them back the few odd pence (零钱), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite. He never     19anything away. He was always looking for      20for nothing.

1.A．operator         B．assistant      C．waiter         D．secretary

2.A．good             B．poor           C．big            D．usual

3.A．so               B．when           C．therefore      D．but

4.A．sold             B．knew           C．gave           D．sent

5.A．making           B．letting        C．getting        D．keeping

6.A．wish             B．insist         C．declare        D．suppose

7.A．when             B．if             C．because        D．though

8.A．food             B．fruit          C．vegetables     D．drink

9.A．admit            B．expect         C．announce       D．promise

10.A．yet             B．only           C．just           D．even

11.A．told            B．said           C．spoke          D．talked

12.A．serious         B．strange        C．polite         D．familiar

13.A．as well         B．as usual       C．either         D．also

14.A．sayings         B．questions      C．words          D．speeches

15.A．and then        B．and so         C．even if        D．but if

16.A．preparations    B．jokes          C．repairs        D．friends

17.A．according to    B．due to         C．instead of     D．up to

18.A．never           B．ever           C．seldom         D．always

19.A．took            B．moved          C．threw          D．turned .

20.A．something       B．anything       C．somebody       D．anybody

第二节 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26-45各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项。

Alone in the wheel of light at the dining room table, surrounded by an otherwise darkened house, I sat in tears

Finally, I'd   26   in getting both kids to bed．A relatively new single   27   , I had to be both Mommy and Daddy to my two little children．

A   28   divorced man with full custody （管理） of his children, I was   29   to give them as normal and stable a home life as possible．I   30   a happy face for them.

I had risen slowly, gingerly （活跃）, trying to   31   making even the least sound which might start them up again．   32   more songs and more stories．I tiptoed out of their room,   33  the door partway,

and went downstairs.

And loneliness．I felt as though I were at the   34   of a great sea of loneliness．It all came together and I was at once lost,   35   ．Unexpected, convulsive （突然） sobs overtook me．I sat there,   36   sobbing．

Just then, a pair of little ,   37    went around my middle and a little face peered up at me．I looked down into my five-year-old son's   38   face．

I was    39   to be seen crying by my son．"I'm sorry, Ethan, I didn't know you were still awake．" I don't know why it is, but so many people   40   when they cry and I was no exception．"I didn't mean to cry．I'm sorry．I'm just a little   41   tonight．"

"It's okay．Daddy．It's okay to cry, you're just   42   ．"

I can't express how happy he made me, this little boy, who in the wisdom of innocence, gave me   43   to cry．He seemed to be saying that I didn't have to always be   44   ．that it was occasionally possible to allow myself to feel weak and let out my   45   ．

Somehow, it was possible for me to get to sleep that night, too, Thank you, my son．

26．A．succeeded       B．managed C．failed       D．insisted

27．A．mother    B．worker     C．parent      D．stepfather

28．A．hopelessly       B．recently    C．carelessly        D．shyly

29．A．forced      B．obliged    C．persuaded        D．determined

30．A．put on     B．took on     C．put down  D．took in

31．A．escape      B．stop C．avoid       D．imagine

32．A．speaking out    B．asking for       C．making up       D．insisting on

33．A．locked     B．fixed       C．opened     D．closed

34．A．bottom    B．surface     C．middle     D．side

35．A．covered    B．frightened C．drowned D．disturbed

36．A．loudly     B．eagerly     C．slightly    D．silently

37．A．arms        B．legs   C．hands       D．eyes

38．A ．tearful    B．sympathetic      C．lovely       D．anxious

39．A．surprised  B．embarrassed    C．moved      D．discouraged

40．A．explain    B．complain C．apologize  D．pretend

41．A．worried   B．uneasy      C．tired  D．sad

42．A．a person   B．a male      C．an employee    D．a green hand

43．A．reason      B．limit  C．permission      D．understanding

44．A．experienced     B．strong      C．skilled     D．able

45．A．opinions   B．thoughts   C．words       D．feelings

    Suddenly the crowd became silent．Mary and Margaret looked in the   5   where everybody was looking．They saw some men in the window of the house   6   the burning building．The window frame had been   7   out and a long ladder had been   8   out of the window, towards the burning building,   9   the narrow street．It was a sort of air bridge high above the ground.

    The crowd gave a loud shout as one of the men   10   out of the window onto the ladder and quickly went towards the burning factory．He   11   over and jumped into the other window.

    “There he is   12   !”Shouted the people when they saw him out on the ladder with an unconscious man on his shoulders.

    “It’s Jem Wilson!” Margaret cried out．Jem moved slowly, the ladder   13   under him．The people watched him, holding their   14   ．At last he reached the opposite window and a loud shout went   15   from the crowd.

    “In a few moments the hero appeared on the ladder again．He was going over for the other worker．But on his way back he moved very slowly．Suddenly he   16   , holding the other man on his shoulders.

    The crowd stood   17   with horror．Many shut their eyes so as not to see Jem   18   .

    There were only four or five steps left between the brave man and the window．Gathering all his   19   he took another step forward...another...still another．At last he   20   the window．The lives of the two men were saved.

1．A．reason

B．people

C．problems

D．chance

2．A．plenty

B．other

C．most

D．rest

3．A．impossible

B．unable

C．waiting

D．eager

4．A．heated

B．burning

C．destroyed

D．covered

5．A．direction

B．place

C．way

D．floor

6．A．of

B．above

C．opposite

D．behind

7．A．taken

B．fixed

C．worked

D．burnt

8．A．longed

B．pulled

C．pushed

D．added

9．A．on

B．across

C．through

D．between

10．A．watched

B．stepped

C．looked

D．appeared

11．A．flew

B．climbed

C．got

D．crossed

12．A．brave

B．silent

C．nervous

D．again

13．A．appeared

B．shook

C．moved

D．broke

14．A．hands

B．clothes

C．arms

D．breath

15．A．up

B．out

C．down

D．over

16．A．dropped

B．stopped

C．shouted

D．slowed

17．A．dumbfounded

B．excitedly

C．silent

D．worried

18．A．fall

B．hurt

C．sink

D．disappear

19．A．courage

B．spirit

C．energy

D．strength

20．A．reached

B．arrived

C．got

D．left

The western end of the factory was now on fire．And there, at one of the windows the fourth floor, two men could be seen．For some   1   or other they had left in the factory after the   2   of the workers had left．The thing was that they had not seen the fire approach． Now the two men stood there   3   to get down as the staircase had been   4   by fire.

    Suddenly the crowd became silent．Mary and Margaret looked in the   5   where everybody was looking．They saw some men in the window of the house   6   the burning building．The window frame had been   7   out and a long ladder had been   8   out of the window, towards the burning building,   9   the narrow street．It was a sort of air bridge high above the ground.

    The crowd gave a loud shout as one of the men   10   out of the window onto the ladder and quickly went towards the burning factory．He   11   over and jumped into the other window.

    “There he is   12   !”Shouted the people when they saw him out on the ladder with an unconscious man on his shoulders.

    “It’s Jem Wilson!” Margaret cried out．Jem moved slowly, the ladder   13   under him．The people watched him, holding their   14   ．At last he reached the opposite window and a loud shout went   15   from the crowd.

    “In a few moments the hero appeared on the ladder again．He was going over for the other worker．But on his way back he moved very slowly．Suddenly he   16   , holding the other man on his shoulders.

    The crowd stood   17   with horror．Many shut their eyes so as not to see Jem   18   .

    There were only four or five steps left between the brave man and the window．Gathering all his   19   he took another step forward...another...still another．At last he   20   the window．The lives of the two men were saved.

1．A．reason

B．people

C．problems

D．chance

2．A．plenty

B．other

C．most

D．rest

3．A．impossible

B．unable

C．waiting

D．eager

4．A．heated

B．burning

C．destroyed

D．covered

5．A．direction

B．place

C．way

D．floor

6．A．of

B．above

C．opposite

D．behind

7．A．taken

B．fixed

C．worked

D．burnt

8．A．longed

B．pulled

C．pushed

D．added

9．A．on

B．across

C．through

D．between

10．A．watched

B．stepped

C．looked

D．appeared

11．A．flew

B．climbed

C．got

D．crossed

12．A．brave

B．silent

C．nervous

D．again

13．A．appeared

B．shook

C．moved

D．broke

14．A．hands

B．clothes

C．arms

D．breath

15．A．up

B．out

C．down

D．over

16．A．dropped

B．stopped

C．shouted

D．slowed

17．A．dumbfounded

B．excitedly

C．silent

D．worried

18．A．fall

B．hurt

C．sink

D．disappear

19．A．courage

B．spirit

C．energy

D．strength

20．A．reached

B．arrived

C．got

D．left

     In the summer vacation of 1997 , I was fixed with a job . I worked as a(n)     36    at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop .The fruit shop did     37     business . Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood,     38     he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars . Mr Breen     39     them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up , always      40    me to carry it out to their car . They were clearly long-standing customers , and I     41     they must have stayed faithful to him    42      he had promised to sell good quality      43    . He had a way with them —I had to    44      that . He called every woman “madam” for a start ,    45     those who clearly were not, but when he      46    it , it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded      47    in an old-fashioned way . He was a great chatter      48    . If he did not know them , he would greet them with a few     49     about the weather ,     50    he did , he would ask about their families or make     51     , always cutting his cloth     52     his customers . Whatever their bills came to , be      53    gave them back the few odd pence (零钱), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite . He never     54     anything away . He was always looking for      55    for nothing .

36.A.operator        B.assistant      C.waiter               D.secretary

37.A.good            B.poor         C.big                   D.usual

38.A.so                 B.when          C.therefore           D.but

39.A.sold            B.knew          C.gave           D.sent

40.A.making         B.letting        C.getting              D.keeping

41.A.wish           B.insist          C.declare        D.suppose

42.A.when           B.if              C.because             D.though

43.A.food           B.fruit            C.vegetables   D.drink

44.A.admit           B.expect         C.announce   D.promise

45.A.yet              B.only            C.just                  D.even

46.A.told             B.said                  C.spoke         D.talked

47.A.serious          B.strange        C.polite               D.familiar

48.A.as well          B.as usual     C.either               D.also

49.A.sayings          B.questions   C.words         D.speeches

50.A.and then        B.and so        C.even if              D.but if

51.A.preparations   B.jokes           C.repairs        D.friends

52.A.according to   B.due to                C.instead of  D.up to

53.A.never            B.ever            C.seldom              D.always

54.A.took            B.moved        C.threw         D.turned .

55.A.something      B.anything      C.somebody  D.anybody