第三节　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31-50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

People often fall ill because of me.   31__, they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own  32  . A tired person may get caught,  33 _ when he goes to crowded places with polluted air. A sudden change in 34   is another factor. In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home. They will catch a cold easily.

My latest victim is an energetic student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though 35  , He still went to the cinema. Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately. I  36  this golden chance to attack him. He reacted, trying to   37  me, but I was already   38   deep in his throat. He kept sneezing (打喷嚏) and his nose was running.   39   he put on some warm clothes, it didn't work, for there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept   40  him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but   41   .

The next day he couldn't go to    42  . He had lost his appetite and was not as    43   as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his   44   .

For two days he was   45   by his mother. As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began lo feel the   46   . I knew I had to    47   him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I  48__ every effort to fight back.    49   , it was my turn to feel painful now, for his defense system was starting an all-out attack against me. I became    50   and finally my time was over.

Do you know what I am?

31.  A. Therefore               B. Besides                    C. However           D. Then

32.  A. business                  B. responsibility            C. excuse            D. fault

33.  A. especially             B. specially                   C. certainly         D. finally

34.  A. temperature             B. season                      C. place                 D. condition

35.  A. excited                   B. hurt                       C. late                   D. tired

36.  A. held                        B. felt                         C. seized           D. lost

37.  A. get on with                  B. get rid of                  C. put up with      D. take hold of

38.  A. multiplying                B. waiting                    C. hiding             D. disappearing

39.  A. Since                    B. Once                     C. Whether            D. Although

40.  A. reminding              B. upsetting                C. comforting      D. influencing

41.  A. escaped                 B. succeeded               C. regretted           D. Failed

42.  A. bed                        B. work                      C. school              D. hospital

43.  A. peaceful                 B. afraid                     C. active                D. careful

44.  A. recovery                B. development           C. study                D. growth

45.  A. protected                B. nursed                  C. scolded             D. affected

46.  A. loss                       B. operation                 C. pressure            D. movement

47.  A. leave                     B. catch                       C. forget            D. beat

48.  A. took                      B. made                   C. had             D. put

49.  A. Uncertainly            B. Unsuccessfully         C. Unusually       D. Unfortunately

50.  A. bigger                        B. weaker                  C. smaller              D. stronger

Cloze

　　There's an interesting story about King Alfred during his wars. At one time the enemy was winning. Alfred's soldiers had all run away, and the king was alone in a forest. It was late, and Alfred was tired and 1 .

　　After walking for some time, he came to a little 2 .He knocked at the door and 3 for food and shelter（住处）for the night. 4 was a poor woman in the cottage（茅屋）. She did not know that Alfred was the king 5 his clothes were torn and dirty. She let him in, and 6 him to sit down by the fire to 7 himself. She asked him to 8 her cakes which were baking, while she went to the well to 9 water.

　　Poor Alfred had 10 important things to think about than the cakes, which he soon 11 When the woman came back, her cakes were all 12 . She was very 13 .

　　“You, worthless（无用的）man !”she said.“You can' t 14 watch some cakes for a quarter of an hour. Take that! And that! And that!”She began beating the 15 king with a big stick.

　　 16 some of the enemy's soldiers came. When they saw the woman 17 him, they thought he was her 18 . So they laughed and left. Later some of Alfred' s own soldiers 19 him and bowed before him. 20 the poor woman learnt that it was the king whom she had beaten, she was very frightened. She went down on her knees and begged for mercy（乞求宽怒）. Instead of anger, the king thanked her and said that he would always remember her for saving his life.