第二节 完型填空（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。
All the World Asks
On my first day in a college classroom, I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization after having been lost in the forest for thirty years. There I sat,  21  enough to be a father to most of the students in the room,   22   unconfident enough to be their baby brother. We were crowded elbow (肘部) to elbow, listening to a  23  who looked even younger than the students. I felt uncomfortable and out of place as the professor carefully    24  what she expected us to learn. As I listened, I couldn't help but  25  of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her first year in    26  , just like me. I remembered how hard I had tried to help build self-confidence in her and my other children. So why did I suddenly feel like a scared   27  myself'? When I walked out of that classroom, I had serious    28   about my ability to make it   29  college. Not until late that night did my thinking   30    .It was a long-distance  31   from my daughter, my fellow college freshman, that did the trick. She spoke on the phone about the doubts, worries and anxieties she was   32 . She was certain that she'd never   33  at college. How   34   her worries sounded! In my most confident parental   35  , I said, “Doing your best is all the world   36  .” The next day in class, those words still repeated in my head. When the professor raised a   37   for the class, nobody, including me,    38  to answer. When I looked around al the   39   and uncertainty on the young faces in that room, I knew   40  what I had to do: my best. That's all the world asks. So I raised my hand, and the professor called my name. I spoke.
21. A. big                      B. tall                   C. old                    D. strong
22. A. and               B. so               C. or             D. yet
23. A. professor                   B. teacher                C lecturer           D. instructor
24. A. showed                   B. explained              C. designed         D. offered
25. A. think                     B. speak                    C. talk               D. hear
26. A. school                    B. office                C. classroom         D. college
27. A. father                     B. parent                 C. child           D. son
28. A. fears                B. doubts                  C. opinions         D. ideas
29. A. over                     B. on                    C. with                   D. through
30. A. stop                      B. turn                  C. change                 D. continue
31. A. call                       B. talk                   C. report              D. discussion
32. A. obtaining                  B. gaining                C. experiencing   D. feeling
33. A. fail                      B. succeed                C. win            D. pass
34. A. common                   B. ordinary               C. regular                 D. familiar
35. A. sound                     B. whisper                C. word           D. voice
36. A. hopes                     B. asks                  C. wants              D. expects
37. A. request                    B. problem               C. question          D. demand
38. A. dared                     B. preferred               C. tried                   D. prepared
39. A. sorrow                   B. joy                   C. fear            D. anger
40. A. exactly                    B. roughly               C. gradually               D. Certainly

Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reason to believe that trees do communicate (交际) with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars (毛虫) changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. Then even more astonishing, the tree sent out a special smell---a signal (信号) causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty.
Communication, of course, doesn’t need to be in words. We can talk to each other by smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar (花蜜) for honey. So why shouldn’t trees have ways of sending message?
【小题1】 It can be concluded from the passage that caterpillars do not feed on leaves that ______.

The party began shortly after Mr. Wood, who lived in the flat below, signed (叹息) to himself as he heard excited voices and the noisy music. Luckily he had ___1___ some work home from the office, ___2___ he kept himself busy for a couple of hours, thus managing to pay no attention to the noise___3___ . But by eleven o’clock he felt ___4___ and was ready to go to bed, though from his earlier experience he knew it was ___5___ trying to get to sleep. He undressed and lay for a while on the bed, trying to read, but he___6___ himself reading the same page over and over again. He then turned off the light and ___7___ his head in the pillow(枕头). But ___8___ he could not shut off the ___9___ ，finally after ___10____ seemed hours his___11___ was gone.
He jumped out of bed, __12__ some clothing, marched ___13___ up the stairs and walked into his neighbor’s flat. The owner of the flat, who ___14___ him in his dressing gown(睡衣) came ___15___ the room and__16___ Mr. Wood could say anything, cried “My dear fellow, come and ___17___. I know our parties ____18___ you. I meant to send you ___19___.” Mr. Wood’s anger disappeared then and there. He said “I’d better go and get __20_.” Minutes later, he returned properly dressed, only to find that the party was nearly over.

完形填空（共10小题；每小题２分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21－30各题所给的ABC和D项中，选出最佳选项．
The finest and most sought-after violins were handcrafted by an Italian violin maker over 250 years ago. The man’s name was Antonius Stradivarius. He was born in 1644 and began his career  21  a violin maker’s apprentice (学徒). Working on his own by 1680, he became determined to make   22  that could reproduce tones as rich as those produced by the human voice. He  23    several shapes and styles for his violins until he arrived at a design that pleased him. During his career he crafted 1,100 violins. Those in   24  have become treasured possessions.
Unfortunately, the secret of the Stradivarius violin died with its maker. During his lifetime Stradivarius kept his notes safely   25  , even his two sons, who helped him in his workshop, did not know all the steps involved in each violin’s construction.
Through the years, many experts have offered    26  explanations for the unique tone of a “Strad”. Some say it is due to the violin’s shape. Others suggests that the secret    27  the special properties(特性) of the wood, which Stradivarius obtained from native Italian trees that no longer exist. The most widely accepted explanation is that it is created by the varnish（清漆） that the   28   used to coat his violins. Chemists have analyzed as closely as possible the varnish and have found its   29   has improved the sound of many violins.   30  , no other violin maker has been able to fully reproduce the tone of the Stradivarius’s violins.
21.  A. with                B. as             C. for             D. from
22.  A. Instruments    B. facilities            C. equipment     D. tools
23.  A. investigated     B. surveyed      C. tested          D. experimented
24.  A. fashion             B. existence        C. possession     D. use
25.  A. protected         B. buried        C. hidden        D. covered
26.  A. possible      B. accurate             C. detailed       D. persuasive
27.  A. brings in     B. takes in       C. results in      D. lies in
28.  A. master       B. violinist       C. expert          D. user
29.  A. attention            B. application    C. invention            D. foundation
30.  A. Additionally         B. Luckily        C. Therefore     D. Still

Dad came in the midnight. We heard every sound, but we pretended to be asleep.
Next morning he looked weak and thin, sitting in a chair by the kitchen fire. The light of the fire shone through his long empty sleeve. Everything went as usual. Grandma found something to do in the bedroom. Grandpa went out for some water. Mother, with her back to us, was getting the cakes ready for breakfast.
But nothing was right. When grandma came out of the bedroom, she walked on tiptoe. When grandpa came back, he said nothing about the weather. At breakfast Mother passed us the fruit and said something, but her voice was too high.
At last my sister, Lou, pushed back her chair. “It’s your turn to wash the dishes.” But I had washed the dishes the night before. I said nothing because it was not right to quarrel in front of Dad just home with the empty sleeve.
“It is your turn,” Lou said again. I looked at her in surprise.
“It is not,” I said because I suddenly remembered Mother had told us to go on as usual.
“Children, children,” Mother said in a quiet, glad kind of voice.
And Dad was smiling because he felt at home at last.
【小题1】What do you know happened to Dad in the story?