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第三节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
　    When I was 6 years old, my parents got me a used __21____ for Christmas.
A year or so later, I badly wanted a Sting-Ray, a tricked-out bike that was __22__in the 1960s. So my father took my old bike, slapped a new coat of paint on it, and _23____ it with a banana seat, monkey handlebars and a sissy bar（保护杠）. ___24___didn't matter to me that some friends had new Sting-Rays straight from the Schwinn factory. Or even that my dad put the sissy bar on backward, _25____ exposed me to some teasing（嘲笑） before we _26____ it. I loved that bike.
　　So it was for my __27___. We weren't poor. But we always had modest Christmases. And I _28____ to do the same when I got married 27 years ago.
　　My wife, Clarissa, had different _29____. She, too, had some __30___Christmases growing up. She vividly remembers when she was 14 or 15 years old and her father lost his __31__in the construction industry. She overheard her __32___ talking about how _33___ they were.
　　So when her parents asked her what she wanted that year, she said, 'Nothing.' When her mother insisted she had to get ___34__, Clarissa asked for socks. 'I felt very good about myself afterward,' she recalls.
　　But as her family's finances _35_____, Christmas went back to being a __36__ bigger production. By the time I arrived on the scene, the __37__ family -- more than 20 people -- would gather at her grandmother's house in Mexicali, Mexico, on Christmas Eve. Around 10 p.m., Santa (my future brother-in-law in a costume) showed up with an enormous bag of _38____ and stepped into a roomful of children crying with __39____
　　'It was all about the children,' says Clarissa, who thought the experience was _40___ .And she has spent hundreds of dollars on presents every year to duplicate(重温 )it.
21．A．car             B．bike          C．book           D．coat
22．A．popular        B．common       C．ordinary        D．regular
23．A．add         B．equipped      C．placed         D．supplied
24．A．That           B．This          C．It           D．What
25．A．so            B．thus          C．Which         D．it
26．A．bought         B．placed         C．fixed          D．changed
27．A．childhood      B．life           C．children        D．youth
28．A．imagined      B．expected       C．suggested      D．supposed
29．A．ideas          B．life           C．childhood      D．Christmas
30．A．unforgettable B．modest         C．happy         D．wonderful
31．A．life          B．job            C．interest        D．present
32．A．friends        B．mother        C．father         D．parents
33．A．broke         B．rich           C．wealthy        D．well-off
34．A．nothing        B．something     C．everything       D．anything
35．A．improved     B．caught         C．reduced       D．decreased
36．A．very          B．more          C．less           D．much
37．A．all         B．big            C．small         D．entire
38．A．bikes         B．food          C．presents        D．books
39．A．surprise       B．joy           C．fear           D．satisfaction
40．A．wasteful       B．valueless      C．priceless    D．useful

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第三节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

　 When I was 6 years old, my parents got me a used __21____ for Christmas.

A year or so later, I badly wanted a Sting-Ray, a tricked-out bike that was __22__in the 1960s. So my father took my old bike, slapped a new coat of paint on it, and _23____ it with a banana seat, monkey handlebars and a sissy bar（保护杠）. ___24___didn't matter to me that some friends had new Sting-Rays straight from the Schwinn factory. Or even that my dad put the sissy bar on backward, _25____ exposed me to some teasing（嘲笑） before we _26____ it. I loved that bike.

　　So it was for my __27___. We weren't poor. But we always had modest Christmases. And I _28____ to do the same when I got married 27 years ago.

　　My wife, Clarissa, had different _29____. She, too, had some __30___Christmases growing up. She vividly remembers when she was 14 or 15 years old and her father lost his __31__in the construction industry. She overheard her __32___ talking about how _33___ they were.

　　So when her parents asked her what she wanted that year, she said, 'Nothing.' When her mother insisted she had to get ___34__, Clarissa asked for socks. 'I felt very good about myself afterward,' she recalls.

　　But as her family's finances _35_____, Christmas went back to being a __36__ bigger production. By the time I arrived on the scene, the __37__ family -- more than 20 people -- would gather at her grandmother's house in Mexicali, Mexico, on Christmas Eve. Around 10 p.m., Santa (my future brother-in-law in a costume) showed up with an enormous bag of _38____ and stepped into a roomful of children crying with __39____

　　'It was all about the children,' says Clarissa, who thought the experience was _40___ .And she has spent hundreds of dollars on presents every year to duplicate(重温 )it.

21．A．car B．bike C．book D．coat

22．A．popular B．common C．ordinary D．regular

23．A．add B．equipped C．placed D．supplied

24．A．That B．This C．It D．What

25．A．so B．thus C．Which D．it

26．A．bought B．placed C．fixed D．changed

27．A．childhood B．life C．children D．youth

28．A．imagined B．expected C．suggested D．supposed

29．A．ideas B．life C．childhood D．Christmas

30．A．unforgettable B．modest C．happy D．wonderful

31．A．life B．job C．interest D．present

32．A．friends B．mother C．father D．parents

33．A．broke B．rich C．wealthy D．well-off

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

35．A．improved B．caught C．reduced D．decreased

36．A．very B．more C．less D．much

37．A．all B．big C．small D．entire

38．A．bikes B．food C．presents D．books

39．A．surprise B．joy C．fear D．satisfaction

40．A．wasteful B．valueless C．priceless D．useful

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短文改错

My mother was horn in a small town in Italy. She was
three when her parents settle in the USA in 1926. They lived	(1)_____
in Chicago, that my grandfather worked making ice cream	(2)_____
At 16 my mother graduated a high school, went on to	(3)_____
a secretarial school (文秘学校), and finally worked with	(4)_____
a secretary for a railroad company.
She was beautiful, too. When a local photographer
used her pictures in his monthly window display (陈列),	(5)_____
she was very happily. Her favorite photo showed her	(6)_____
sitting by Lake Michigan. My mother was always used	(7)_____
to say that when we died, God gave you back your	(8)_____
“best self”. She'd give us that picture and say to us	(9)_____
children, “This is how I'm going to look like in heaven. ”	(10)_____

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　　Like so many girls of my generation, I went straight from college to society．Through my family's attempt, I found my suitable job．I thought I was doing a great job．

　　One day, a female program director arrived at the station．This large and frightening woman came to work every day with an equally large and frightening German dog．She didn't like me．When she called me into her office one Friday afternoon, she simply said,“You're fired!”leaving me to wonder what had gone so terribly wrong．

　　Six months later, after calling every program director in town, I went to work for another major-market radio station, doing four-minute stories for a low ＄15 each．With two young children and a husband who was just starting his own career, I took a chance．

　　Today, some 28 years later, I am still at WOR Radio with a two-hour daily talk show interviewing celebrities, authors and politicians, giving information to more than a million listeners a week and loving every minute of it．

　　I was young when those firings happened, but the process is still the same．Firings know no age or gender．The trick is to get out from under the covers and make things happen．This is exactly what Sherrye Henry did．

　　Sherrye, when her organization came across a sudden financial failure, she was fired．“This wasn't the first job I had lost．Hard as it is, one must remember that there is always life after losing a job．”said Sherrye．Helpful friends, good luck and a good resume got Sherrye back on track．Within a month, she landed what she calls the most satisfying job of her life：raising money for Episconpal Relief and Development(ERD), which provides emergency assistance to people in 40 countries．

(1)

The author was fired because ________．
[　　]
A．	she didn't like her job
B．	she lacked working experience
C．	the program director didn't like her
D．	she made a big mistake

(2)

The author worked for the major-market radio station because ________．
[　　]
A．	she could interview many celebrities
B．	she had to support the family
C．	the salary was very satisfying
D．	her husband had no job at that time

(3)

What can we infer from the last paragraph?
[　　]
A．	Sherrye caused the financial failure of her organization．
B．	Although she was optimistic, Sherrye was often out of work．
C．	Sherrye got her new job on ERD without much difficulty．
D．	Sherrye volunteered to provide emergency assistance to the people in trouble．

(4)

The author described her and Sherrye's experiences to tell people that ________．
[　　]
A．	they were fired at the same time
B．	it was hard to find a job
C．	they once had the same situation
D．	when facing firing, one shouldn't lose heart

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短文改错

My mother was horn in a small town in Italy. She was
three when her parents settle in the USA in 1926. They lived	(1)_____
in Chicago, that my grandfather worked making ice cream	(2)_____
At 16 my mother graduated a high school, went on to	(3)_____
a secretarial school (文秘学校), and finally worked with	(4)_____
a secretary for a railroad company.
She was beautiful, too. When a local photographer
used her pictures in his monthly window display (陈列),	(5)_____
she was very happily. Her favorite photo showed her	(6)_____
sitting by Lake Michigan. My mother was always used	(7)_____
to say that when we died, God gave you back your	(8)_____
“best self”. She'd give us that picture and say to us	(9)_____
children, “This is how I'm going to look like in heaven. ”	(10)_____

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