二、完形填空(20%)
Living one’s life is really like driving on a highway. First, to make a good driving, the driver must carefully examine the  31   of his car, just as he cares for his health for a good life.   32   he enters into the highway, he must   33   certain rules for his own safety. It also can be said that he must obey certain rules of society when living as a decent (体面的) adult. For example, on the highway, he is   34   to keep a constant (不断的)  35  , which can be compared with his  36   activities through his life. Neither driving nor living must be taken at too  37   a speed nor at too slow a speed. If he drives too  38  , the police will give him a  39  , just as he will be arrested when he breaks the law.   40   too conservatively (保守地), he will be called an out-of-date person   41   the others driving at a(an)   42   speed. When he wants to change his lanes, he must give careful   43   to every direction of his car. It is sometimes dangerous to change the way of life   44   he can be sure of completion (完成,结束) by doing so. He  45   not make any unnecessary changing of lanes（车道）which gives him only danger. Finally, he must  46   where he is now by recognizing some 47   appearing now and then. If he takes the wrong way, he must return to the right as soon as he can. But he may thus lose  48   and energy both on the road and in life. On the whole, driving on a highway and living one’s life are both hard work.  49   if he is careful and serious enough,   50   will provide him with much pleasure.
31.  A. seats       B. condition       C. petrol     D. passengers
32.   A. Once        B. While        C. For         D. Although
33.   A. listen to       B. find           C. follow    D. insist on
34.   A. ordered        B. supposed        C. believed         D. hoped
35.   A. state        B. speed         C. mind      D. level
36.   A. outdoor        B. broken              C. good       D. continuous
37.   A. large        B. high          C. limited    D. expected
38.   A. speedily       B. slowly       C. Hurriedly  D. willingly
39.   A. ticket       B. lift                C. chance    D. hand
40.   A. Acting            B. Running         C. Getting    D. Working
41.   A. persuading    B. getting       C. Bothering  D. refusing
42.   A. average        B. normal       C. usual      D. fast
43.   A. notice       B. attention        C. signs       D. regards
44.   A. if                B. when         C. unless     D. because
45.   A. dare         B. need          C. may        D. should
46.   A. think       B. discover         C. prove      D. seem
47.   A. signs        B. signals       C. posters    D. symbols
48.   A. money            B. luck           C. time       D. trust
49.   A. Therefore     B. But            C. And        D. Then
50.   A. it           B. he           C. they       D. You

 (05·全国Ⅱ、全国ⅢB篇)

The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. Enter the Red Hat Society －a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.

“My grandmothers didn’t do anything but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that,” said Emils Comette, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society.

While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age. But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers(生育高峰期出生的人), and the same people who refused their parents’ way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.

If you take into consideration feminism(女权主义), a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable(必然的). In this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple(紫色的) clothes, while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing.

“The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn’t go,” said Ellen Cooper, who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998. When the ladies started to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention.

“The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else,” Cooper said. “Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves.” This is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful. “We’re a ladies’ play group. It couldn’t be more simple,” added Cooper’s assistant Joe Heywood.

44．The underlined word “chapter” in paragraph 2 means __________.

       A．one branch of an organization

B．a written agreement of a club

       C．one part of a collection of poems

D．a period in a society’s history

45．From the text , we know that the “baby boomers” are a group of people who

       A．have gradually become more noticeable

       B．are worried about getting old too quickly

       C．are enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend

       D．tried living a different life from their parents when they were young

46．It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society are          .

       A．interested in raising money for social work

       B．programmers who can plan well for their future

       C．believers in equality between men and women

       D．good at cooking big meals and taking care of others

47．Who set up the Red Hat Society ?

       A．Emily Cornette .

B．Ellen Cooper .

C．Jenny Joseph .

D．Joe Heywood .

48．Women join the Red Hat Society because          .

       A．they want to stay young                     

       B．they would like to appear more attractive

       C．they would like to have fun and live for themselves

       D．they want to be more like their parents

 (09·宁夏、海南、全国Ⅰ)

The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination.  ___36___，recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived    37    for many years in 1881 he returned to Scotland for a    38    . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son    39     .

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long    40    over the hills. They had been   41    this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse, Kept indoors by the heavy rain. Lloyd felt the days    42    . To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some   43   .

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert   44   that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of   45   . “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the    46   treasure “said the boy Robert suddenly   47   something of an adventure story in the boy’s   48   While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the   49    a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd.  But who would he the pirate（海盗）?

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the   50   of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to   51   such a man in a story  52   Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was   53   .

So thanks to a    54   .September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy we have one of the greatest   55   stories in the English language.

36．A．However                 B．Therefore                C．Besides                   D．Finally

37．A．alone                      B．next door                C．at home                  D．abroad

38．A．meeting                  B．story                      C．holiday                   D．jib

39．A．Lloyd                     B．Robert                    C．Henley                    D．John

40．A．talk                        B．rest                        C．walk                       D．game

41．A．attempting               B．missing                   C．planning                  D．enjoying

42．A．quiet                       B．dull                         C．busy                       D．cold

43．A．cleaning                  B．writing                    C．drawing                  D．exercising

44．A．doubted                  B．noticed                   C．decided                   D．recognized

45．A．the sea                    B．the house                C．Scotland                 D．the island

46．A．forgotten                B．buried                     C．discovered              D．unexpected

47．A．saw                        B．drew                      C．made                      D．learned

48．A．book                      B．reply                       C．picture                    D．mind

49．A．star                        B．hero                       C．writer                     D．child

50．A．help                        B．problem                  C．use                         D．bottom

51．A．praise                     B．produce                  C．include                   D．accept

52．A．Yet                         B．Also                       C．But                         D．Thus

53．A．read                       B．born                       C．hired                      D．written

54．A．rainy                      B．sunny                     C．cool                       D．windy

55．A．news                      B．love                        C．real-life                   D．adventure

 (07·宁夏、海南、全国Ⅰ)

In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl  36   to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl   37   the mother would not return to her eggs and she   38   to take them home. There she carefully   39   the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days   40   the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the   41  .

Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother.   42  , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.

As they   43  , the girl was able to   44   her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to   45  . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when   46   and in her dreams. Later, she had an   47  : She would pilot a plane to guide them in   48  . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.

Caring about   49   safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not   50   or follow him, and   51   slept in the grass.

One day, the girl   52   into the plane, started it and soon left the   53  . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds   54   flapped（拍打）their wings and   55  . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.

36. A. managed           B. attempted            C. happened        D. supposed

37. A. realized            B. expected             C. imagined        D. admitted

38. A. helped             B. decided              C. afforded         D. meant

39. A. placed             B. protected             C. treated          D. examined

40. A. ago               B. out                  C. later            D. long

41. A. family             B. lake                 C. home           D. world

42. A. But               B. Also                 C. Thus            D. Still

43. A. increased          B. improved             C. rose             D. grew

44. A. ask               B. lead                  C. want            D. allow

45. A. fly               B. race                  C. swim            D. sing

46. A. asleep            B. away                  C. around          D. awake

47. A. idea              B. opinion                C. explanation      D. excuse

48. A. sky               B. heaven                C. flight           D. plane

49. A. his               B. her                    C. their           D. its

50. A. respect            B. remember              C. recognize       D. receive

51. A. so                B. instead                C. hardly          D. too

52. A. climbed           B. looked                 C. reached         D. fell

53. A. house             B. floor                  C. water           D. ground

54. A. secretly            B. disappointedly          C. patiently        D. eagerly

55. A. looked away        B. set out                 C. went by        D. turned back

 (08·宁夏、海南、全国ⅠA篇)

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant．Having worked with an experienced   36   for a few days, I was    37   to wait tables on my own.All went   38 

that first week．When Saturday night came, I was luckily    39    the tables not far from the kitchen．  40  　, I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays (托盘)．

Before I knew it ,the   41   was full of people. I moved slowly,   42   every step. I remember how   43   I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was   44    on．It had nice handles, which made it    45    to move around．I was pleased with everything and began to    46    I was a natural at this job．

Then, an old man came to me and said,“Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved  47   you work.It seems your tray stand has been very    48    to you, but we are getting ready to

  49    now ,and my wife needs her   50   back．”

At first his    51    did not get across．“What was he talking about?” Then, I got it．I had set my trays on his wife’s　orthopedic walker (助步器)．I stood frozen as ice ,but my face was

  52   ．I wanted to get into a hole and   53   ．

Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just    54   . I have learned to be more    55    and not to be too sure of myself．

36．A．manager              B．assistant           C．cook              D．waitress

37．A．promised          B．invited                C．allowed             D．advised

38．A．well               B．quickly             C．safely              D．wrong

39．A．left               B．given            C．brought             D．shown

40．A．Therefore        B．However         C．Otherwise          D．Finally

41．A．kitchen            B．street            C．restaurant          D．table

42．A．minding                  B．changing                 C．taking                     D．saving

43．A．angry                            B．calm                       C．sad                         D．happy

44．A．fixed                      B．trained                    C．loaded                    D．waited

45．A．slower                    B．lighter                     C．quieter                    D．easier

46．A．believe                    B．agree                      C．regret                            D．pretend

47．A．letting                     B．making                   C．watching                D．having

48．A．useful                     B．familiar                   C．unusual                   D．interesting

49．A．rest                        B．order                      C．eat                         D．leave

50．A．bag                        B．walker                    C．tray                        D．coat

51．A．idea                        B．praise                     C．message                 D．need

52．A．cold                       B．full of joy                C．pale                        D．on fire

53．A．lie                          B．hide                        C．defend                    D．stay

54．A．repeated                  B．discovered                     C．corrected                D．described

55．A．careful                    B．patient                    C．honest                    D．practical