二、完形填空 （共20小题，20分）

    When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the __36__ side is as much interesting. It may be a d iscussion of the way to __37__ in good health, or __38__ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to __39__ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text __40__ the title. Therefore, the scissors would __41__ before they start, __42__ halfway done when I find out the __43__result.

    Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your __44__. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be __45__ up. But you know the future is unpredictable --- the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left __46__. Thus you are __47__ in a difficult position and feel sad. How __48_nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life __49__ greatly on our preference of one choice to the other.

    In fact that is what __50__ is like: we are often __51__ with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only ____52____ we get into another. The __53__ may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I __54__ remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual __55__ may not be a bad one.

36    A.front    B.same           C.either          D.opposite

37    A.get      B.keep    .      C lead     D. bring

38    A.advice         B.news    C.a theory      D.a report

39    A. suffer        B. reduce        C.prevent       D.cause

40    A.on       B for       C.without       D. off

41.   A use             B.handle         C.prepare       D.stay

42    A. or       B.but    . C so        D for

43    A.satisfying    B.regretful      C.surprising    D.impossible

44    A.courage       B.strength       C.attention      D.patience

45    A.given   B. held    .      C.made          D picked

46    A.near     B.alone          C.about          D.behind

47    A.filled          B.attracted      C.caught         D.struck

48    A.dare     B.come          C.deal     D.do

49    A.improves     B.changes       C.progresses   D.goes

50    A.study          B.society          C.nature         D.life

51    A.faced . B supplied        C.connected     D fixed.

52    A.before         B.after           C.until           D.as

53    A.following    B.next  .  C above          D.former

54    A.still     B.also     C.once                  D. almost

55    A.treatment    B.action    .    C choice         D. remark

I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left at message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more and impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”
At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!” And she swept it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, speechless. What on earth...?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the test of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room----if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!”
Then she turned to me. Kissed me and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.
After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight , I noticed that something in my mood （情绪） had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her aunties helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him and talk to him calmly.
【小题1】Why did the author shout at the telephone?、

I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left at message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more and impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”
At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!” And she swept it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, speechless. What on earth...?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the test of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room----if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!”
Then she turned to me. Kissed me and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.
After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight , I noticed that something in my mood （情绪） had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her aunties helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him and talk to him calmly.

1. 1.

   Why did the author shout at the telephone?、

   1. A.
      He was mad at the telephone.
   2. B.
      He was angry with his agent.
   3. C.
      He was anxious about his wife.
   4. D.
      He was impatient with the secretary?
2. 2.

   What did the author’s wife do after she heard his shouting?

   1. A.
      She said nothing.
   2. B.
      She shouted at him.
   3. C.
      She called the agent.
   4. D.
      She threw the phone away.
3. 3.

   What made the author laugh?

   1. A.
      His own behavior
   2. B.
      His wife’s suggestion
   3. C.
      His changeable feelings.
   4. D.
      His wife’s sweet kiss.
4. 4.

   What does the underlined word “aunties” refer to?”

   1. A.
      Smut words
   2. B.
      Unusual actions.
   3. C.
      Surprising Looks
   4. D.
      Anxious feelings.