第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I hired a plumber（水管工） to help me restore an old farmhouse, and he just finished a rough first day on the job: a  41  tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton truck refused to  42   .

   43   I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.    44   arriving, he invited me in to meet his   45  . As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small   46  , touching the tips of the branches with both   47  .

When   48  the door he passed through an amazing transformation. His brown face was in all smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his   49  a kiss.  50  he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my   51  got the better of me. I asked him about what I had   52  him do earlier.

"Oh, that's my   53  tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's   54  :those troubles don't   55  the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them up on the tree    56   when I come home and ask God to    57  them. Then in the morning I   58 

them up again." "And the   59  thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't   60  as many as I remember hanging up the night before."

41. A. smooth B. broken      C. failed  D. flat

42. A. begin    B. start    C. set      D. launch

43. A. While   B. During       C. As soon as  D. Though

44. A. In B. For     C. On      D. At

45. A. friends  B. parents       C. family D. home

46. A. room    B. tree     C. flower D. wood

47. A. arms     B. hands  C. fingers       D. feet

48. A. opening       B. closing       C. knocking    D. covering

49. A. wife     B. daughter     C. son     D. baby

50. A. Meanwhile   B. Afterwards C. Previously  D. Consequently

51. A. satisfaction   B. responsibility     C. occupation  D. curiosity

52. A. heard    B. made  C. seen    D. let

53. A. comfort       B. pain    C. suffering    D. trouble

54. A. at length      B. for sure      C. at risk       D. straight away

55. A. belong in     B. hold back   C. fit in   D. bring to

56. A. one day       B. every morning   C. one night    D. every night

57. A. take note of  B. take care of       C. look for     D. focus on

58. A. pick     B. take    C. bring  D. choose

59. A. flexible B. funny  C. casual D. humorous

60. A. almost  B. roughly      C. nearly D. approximately

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36-55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。

  He lost his arms in an accident. Since then，he has had to 36 the arms of his younger brother. His younger brother became his 37，and he was completely unable to do 38 in his life without him.

   A 39 misfortune happened to a girl，too. While 40 meals for her parents，she overturned the kerosene light on the stove，41 a fire which took her 42 away.

    Though her elder sister showed her 43 to take care of her，she was determined to be completely 44.  Once she wrote the following in her composition：“I am lucky. Though I lost my arms，I still have legs；I am lucky. Though my wings are broken，my 45 can still fly.”

   One day，the boy and the girl were both invited to 46 on a television interview program. The boy told the TV host about his 47 future at being left on his own， whereas the girl was full of 48 for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their 49. The boy wrote：My younger brother's arms are my arms；while the girl wrote： Broken wings，flying heart.

   They had both 50 the same hardship，but their different attitudes determined the 51 of their lives. It is true that life is 52. Disasters can strike at any time. How you handle misfortune when faced with it，is the true 53 of your character. If you choose only to 54 and escape from the hardship，it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong，the hardship will 55 to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

36. A. concentrate on  B. take advantage of  C. depend on  D. get rid of

37. A. assistant   B. shade     C. guide   D. shadow

38. A. anything B.  something  C. everything D. nothing

39. A. familiar  B.  similar   C. same  D.  different

40.A. buying B. preparing  C. serving   D. having

41. A. running into   B. putting out 

C. resulting in   D. escaping from

42. A. fingers B. arms   C. feet   D. legs

43. A. power  B. ability   C. strength D. willingness

44. A. independent B. attentive  C. competitive  D. loyal

45. A. heart B.  spirit    C. soul  D. mind

46. A. conflict  B. perform   C. compete D. appear

47. A. colorful   B. uncertain    C.  bright    D. elegant

48. A. enthusiasm   B.  complaint   C.  envy  D. curiosity

49. A. hearts  B. hands  C. toes     D. feet

50. A.  enquired B. enjoyed   C. endeavored   D. endured

51. A. nature    B. success    C. failure   D. necessity

52. A.  accessible  B. available     C. unpredictable      D. unacceptable

53. A.  exam  B. check    C. test   D. contest

54. A. commit  B. overcome   C. experience D. complain

55. A. pick out    B. turn out  C. give out  D.  hand out

COLUMBUS, Ohio—The heart operation taking place in the pale-green operating room at the Ohio State University Medical Center was unusual. The patient, a 62-year-old man, was made to sleep, tied with blue drapes（消毒帷帘）and lying face up on a narrow table. But no one was touching him.

Instead, the operation was being performed by a robot, whose three metal arms went through pencil-sized holes in the man’s chest. At the ends of the robot’s arms were tiny metal fingers, with turning wrists, which held a tiny instrument, a light and a camera. The robot’s arms and fingers were controlled by Dr. Randall K. Wolf, sitting at a computer in a corner of the operating room about 20 feet away.

This sort of operation, heart surgeons say, is the start of what may be the biggest change in their profession since heart bypass surgery（心脏搭桥手术）began nearly 30 years ago. “The reason we make cuts is that we have big hands,” said Dr. Wolf, the director of the surgery at Ohio State. The robot’s dainty fingers, no longer than a nail on the small finger, at the end of the long sticks could work better.

Eventually, surgeons believe, most heart surgery will be done by robots whose arms are put in through pencil-sized holes punched in patients’ chests. Instead of directly staring into a patient’s body, surgeons will view magnified images of the operation on computer screens. In theory, the doctor would not have to be in the same room, or even the same country, as the patient.

1.In this passage, the underlined word “dainty” means ______.

2.According to the passage, the reason that most operations require large cuts is that ______.

3.The main idea of this passage is that heart surgery by robots ______.

4.Based on the information in this passage, all of the following conclusions are true EXCEPT ______.