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。
A certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She __36__ immediately and would have done anything to have taken the words back. What she said __37__ her friend so much that this good woman was hurt herself for the pain she caused. In a(an) __38_ to undo what she had done, she went to an older, wiser woman in the village to ask for   39  . 
Listening to her, the older woman __40__ the younger woman’s great pain and knew she must help her. She __41__ knew she could never ease her pain, __42__ she could teach. She knew the result would depend only on the __43__ of the younger woman. She said, “Tonight, take your best feather __44__ and put a single feather on the doorstep of each __45__ in town before the sun rises.”
The young woman __46__ home to prepare for her words, even if the feather pillow were very dear to her. All _47__ long, she worked alone in the cold. __48__ the sky was getting light and she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she _49__ to the older woman.
“Now,” said the wiser woman, “Go back and refill your pillow with the __50__ you have put on the steps. Then everything will be as it was before.”
“You know that is __51__ ! The wind blew away each feather as fast as I put them on the doorsteps!”The young woman was very __52 _ .
“That is true, ” said the older woman. “Never __53_ . Each of your words is like a feather in the wind.  _54_  spoken , no effort can ever return them to your mouth. __55__ your words well and guard them most of all in the presence of those you love.”
36. A . called             B. apologized            C. regretted              D. wrote
37. A. hurt               B. missed               C . impressed             D. gave
38. A. effect             B. effort                C. letter                 D. offer
39. A. view               B. money               C. comfort               D. advice
40. A. sensed             B. reminded             C. noticed                D. reduced
41. A. hardly             B. still                  C. also                   D. yet
42. A. so                B. and                  C. for                    D. but
43. A. patience           B. attitude              C. character               D. words
44. A. coat              B. cap                   C. quilt                  D. pillow
45. A. stair              B. house                 C. gate                   D. street
46. A. hurried            B. drove                 C. rode                  D. walked
47. A. day               B. morning              C. night                  D. afternoon
48.A. Again             B. Finally                C. Suddenly              D. lately
49. A. referred           B. turned                C. returned                       D. devoted
50. A. sand              B. money                C. step                  D. feather
51. A.useless              B . impossibe             C. unnecessary           D. boring
52. A .surprised          B. right                          C. puzzled             D. angry
53. A. admit             B. mind                    C. remember             D. forget
54. A. Once             B. Though               C.  Unless             D. As
55. A. Speak              B. Choose               C . Say                  D. Guide

 ________ from what she said at the meeting, she must have lied to all of us.

A. Judged          B. Judging       C. To judge          D. Judge

There are two kinds of physical activity which require special training. The first demands exact, careful movements of the muscles（肌肉）.This kind of activity must be strictly controlled because even a slight movement in the wrong direction will lead to a mistake. To type quickly, for example, a person needs training; the slightest movement of a finger in the wrong direction may cause a spelling mistake. A dancer who has to dance on the point of her shoes or turn around on one foot must be trained for a long period of time before she can sense her own center and balance herself. You may have seen a girl walking on a rope across an empty space, which, too, requires a lot of practice.
The second kind of physical activity needs greater strength or extra effort. Most of us get tired if we try to run half a mile without stopping, but a specially-trained person can do this without much effort. Three years ago, some scientists carried out experiments, which produced meaningful and unexpected results. They wanted to find out whether a certain amount of physical exercise would injure those suffering from heart problems. They selected some male patients and trained them in continuous bicycle riding. They were surprised to find that the harmful effect of a given amount of physical effort was actually less on the hearts of these trained patients than on those of the patients who were not similarly trained. This is important because it shows that regular physical exercise enables us to make better use of the oxygen we breathe in and that this training, in fact, reduces the amount of work our hearts do. Many tasks which are hard for untrained people are not hard at all for trained people.
【小题1】.  The first kind of physical activity must be strictly controlled because ______.

A．some male patients were asked to ride bicycles regularly in the experiments	B．the physical exercise had more harmful effect on the hearts of the untrained patients
C．the physical exercise was harmless to the male patients with heart trouble
D．the physical exercise could be helpful for the patients to take in more oxygen

Driving to a store after a busy day at work, I saw a man standing near the store holding a sign that said, “Will work for food.” I knew at that moment that I was going into the store and   36  him something to eat.
As I   37   the car park, I saw in my car mirror a lady come out from a hairdresser’s and 38  the man. I thought she must be going to give him some   39   or something to help him out. In the store I was   40  to get the things I needed and also the chicken dinner and a soda that I wanted to give the man outside. I hurried out to my car and   41   that I was going to be able to hopefully help this man.
When I drove out of the car park, I couldn’t see the   42 . As I turned the corner I saw the man sitting in a   43  area away from the hairdresser’s and still   44  up the sign. I immediately  45  over and gave the man the dinner and soda and said, “  46  this will get you through today.” He looked at me and said, “Thank you so much!”
As I got back into my car, I looked in the   47   and saw the man swallowing the dinner like he hadn’t eaten for days.
I was so   48  that I was able to help him and at the same time I was so sad that the woman from the hairdresser’s,   49   , had asked the man   50   from her shop. It’s sad to say that   51  I live in a small city where homeless is not as   52   as in larger cities, people are uncomfortable with these people in  53 . All they need to do is lend a helping hand 54  and it could make a huge   55  in their lives

【小题19】

A．at times B．at the time C．at one time D．at a time

【小题20】

A．difference B．mistake C．decision D．living

The students in America usually begin high school at the age of 13 or 14. Some leave at the age of 16. But most finish the 4-year high school study. They do not get their first full-time work or begin college studies until they are 17 or 18 years old.

  The high school day is about 7 hours long. Part of the day is made into classes of about 50 minutes long. The students have lunch in the middle of the day. American students study English, history, math, science, art and languages. Some also learn job skills. They can learn how to use a computer or how to mend a car. Other students may learn by working in an office, a hospital or other places one day a week.

   Jean Wilton Anderson is 16 years old. She lives with her parents and two younger brothers in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington D.C. Jean studies at Walt Whitman High School. There are about 1,500 students at the school. Most of them will go up to colleges.

   Jean wakes up early every morning. She begins school at about 7:30. This is her third year of high school. Every day she takes classes to learn English, world history, physics and trigonometry（三角学）. She also has a class about different religions（宗教）.And she plays the violin in music class. School ends at about 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Yet, Jean stays 2 or more hours longer every day for sports. Jean arrives home at about 5 o’clock in the afternoon. She eats dinner. Then she starts her homework. Students in America have their way of talking. They use the word “like” all the time. Jean and her girlfriends wear blue jeans and shirts or sweaters every day. The boys at her school also wear blue jeans. But they like to wear blue jeans that are several sizes too large for them.

   Like students of her age in most parts of the country, Jean begins to drive a car. She does not have her car. She must use the family’s car. Most of the students in high school have their own cars. Many of them drive their cars to school every day.

1. Which of the following is not true to the high school?

  A. The school day usually lasts for 7 hours.

  B. The students only have 6 subjects to learn.

  C. Each class will last for 50 minutes.

  D. The students can learn some skills out of the school.

2. Jean Wilton Anderson __________________.

  A. has a four-people family         B. lives in the city of Washington

  C. has studied in the high school for 3 years   D. drives her own car at the age of 16

3. Which of the following is not true?

  A. Students in high schools use the word “like” very often

  B. The boy students wear blue jeans as the girls.

  C. Many high school students go to school in their own cars.

  D. Boy students wear jeans of larger size because they grow fast