阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21----40各题所给的4 个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A farewell party was going on. Sylvia Calver hated being the center of any pubic show where she didn’t know anyone. It made her  36  hot and she always felt she wanted to go away somewhere. But on an occasion like this when she knew  37 , there was no  38 to feel shy.  39she had made up her mind to  40  people’s attention for once in her life. Unlike others, Sylvia didn’t have any sad feelings herself at leaving Palmeira Court Hotel or saying goodbye to its 41  — she had left so many other  42 , and known too many people in her life to get upset by such things now.

Yet this  43 was a particular occasion, and she hadn’t had so many of those in her  44. She had put on her  45  black dress and her long earrings. She had wanted to enjoy being the center of  46 for one evening, but now they had  47  old Miss Hutton of all people to give the  48 speech, whom she disliked. Even so, she thought there was no sense in getting  49  about it, for it was the first rule her  50 had given her — avoid all anxiety, take things easy. So, surprising herself by enjoying her own well-rounded white arm as  51 showed through the sleeve of her  52  dress, she took a taste of her drink and then sat back comfortably with her cigarette. And her doctor’s orders worked! For 53  out slowly, she put Miss Hutton off the end of her  54  with a cloud of tobacco smoke, so that she smiled to herself at the old girl’s funny expression. She  55 herself quite well that night, even to her own surprise.

A.face       B.show       C.room          D.dress

A.nothing    B.nobody     C.everything    D.everybody

A.chance     B.time      C.reason          D.use

A.So         B.But      C.For               D.There

A.pay            B.give       C.enjoy        D.offer

A.guests         B.people   C.places        D.things

A.houses      B.friends   C.hotels        D.parties

A.morning     B.afternoon C.evening       D.night

A.life          B.work       C.school         D.home

A.large         B.best         C.most           D.worst

A.service     B.exhibition  C.Group       D.attention

A.ordered      B.chosen      C.wished      D.helped

A.long          B.great        C.goodbye     D.welcome

A.excited      B.anxious     C.puzzled     D.pleased

A.teacher      B.friend      C.husband    D.doctor

A.they                 B.he            C.it            D.she

A.black      B.white         C.red          D.green

A.getting      B.putting    C.breathing   D.speaking

A.action       B.speech     C.work        D.performance

A.made        B.enjoyed    C.understood  D.thought

完形填空。从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出一个能填入空格的最佳答案，每小题1.5分，共30分。

My name's Jim Shelley and I'm an addict(有瘾的人）.With these words I began to_36__the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people_37___, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep,I__38__to be phoned, I wanted to phone, Just one more call. It started socially --a few calls each day. It seemed__39___, just a quick chat.

 Gradually though, the __40___got worse. Soon it was__41___use,until,finally,addiction. And it began to affect my__42___.During the work day, I would disappear for a quick 43 . If I couldn't make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more__44___,in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else,__45___myself just one more call. I was phoning people and__46___messages to make sure__47___calls would see me through the day.

I used to arrive at friends homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the___48___"Is it OK if I just use the phone...?"At work, I became__49___when my fellow workers tried to__50___me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss(with the phone). Finally the police caught me___51___a phone box that had take my last one pound coin, and I was__52___to see a psychiatrist(心理医生）. I haven't__53__a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it's several days__54___I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are__55___people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim Shelley and I am an addict.

36.A.face            B.find         C.accept      D.notice

1.A.now and then    B.all the time    C.at home     D.at work

2.A.tried           B.asked         C.waited      D.invited

3.A.polite          B.important      C.fine        D.special

4.A.condition       B.situation        C.result      D.effect

5.A.frequent        B.regular         C.unusual    D.particular

6.A.friends         B.study           C.family     D.work

7. A. a call         B. a secret         C. an accident    D. a reply

8.A.hopeful        B.delighted        C.frightened     D.anxious

9.A.forcing         B.telling         C.giving    D.limiting

10.A.sending        B.taking         C.passing    D.recording

11.A.long          B.immediate      C.enough    D.surprising

12.A.saying          B.demands       C.with    D.words

13.A.careful        B.mad       C.determined    D.helpless

14.A.save           B.reduce      C.protect      D.stop

15.A.destroying      B.using        C.stealing      D.emptying

16.A.offered        B.guided       C.ordered      D.reminded

17.A.missed        B.had          C.accepted    D.fixed

18.A.as            B.when        C.if      D.since

19.A.always        B.just      C.more      D.different 

It was Christmas 1961. I was teaching in a small town where my twenty-seven third graders eagerly   36   the great day of gift-giving in advance.

       Each day the children produced some new   37   — strings of popcorn, handmade trinkets, and German bell. Through it all she remained alone,   38    from a distance, seemingly miles away. I wondered what   39   happen to this quiet child, once so happy, now suddenly so withdrawn. I hoped the festivities would   40   her. But nothing did. The students made the fried marbles（油炸玻璃弹子）and competed with one anther to bring the   41   ones.

       The day of gift-giving finally came. We cheered over our handiwork as the presents were   42  . All along, she sat quietly watching. To see her smile, I had made a special bag for her. She opened it so slowly and carefully. I waited but she   43  . I had not passed through the wall of isolation she had   44   around herself.

       After school I sat down in a chair, hardly   45   of what was happening, when she came to me with outstretched hands, bearing a small white box, and slightly soiled,   46   it had been held many times by   47  , childish hands. She said nothing. “For me?” I asked. She said not a word, but   48   her head. I took the box and cautiously opened it. There inside, glistening green, a fried marble   49   from a golden chain. Then I looked into that eight-year-old   50   and saw the question in her dark brown eyes. In a flash I knew — she had   51   it for her mother, who had died just three weeks before and would never hold her or brush her hair or   52   her childish joys or sorrows.

       I meant it when I whispered, “Oh, Maria, it is so beautiful. Your mother would   53   it.” Neither of us could stop the   54  . She threw herself into my arms and we wept together. And for that brief moment I became her mother, for she had given me the greatest   55   of all: her trust and love.

A. prepared             B. reserved            C. expected            D. waited

A. fancies                  B. impressions              C. wonders            D. possessions

A. looking                 B. playing             C. searching           D. watching

A. would                   B. should               C. must                 D. needed

A. attend to             B. appeal to           C. listen to             D. object to

A. prettiest                 B. wisest               C. heaviest             D. naughtiest

A. transformed           B. informed           C. exchanged         D. deserted

A. gave away             B. threw away        C. carried away      D. turned away

A. built                   B. adjusted            C. offered              D. filled

A. afraid                  B. aware                C. content              D. fond

A. when                   B. while                C. as though          D. even if

A. untouched            B. unknown           C. unwashed          D. unpacked

A. nodded                B. raised                C. dropped            D. turned

A. protected             B. hung                 C. held                  D. escaped

A. face                     B. cheek                C. hair                  D. forehead

A. bought                 B. exchanged         C. made                D. stole

A. appreciate            B. enjoy                C. communicate     D. share

A. love                    B. benefit                     C. dislike               D. need

A. laugh                   B. excitement         C. tears                 D. description

A. joy                      B. identity             C. contribution       D. gift

For many years it was common in the United States to associate Chinese Americans with restaurants and places that wash clothes. People did not realize that the Chinese had been driven into these occupations by the prejudice and discrimination that faced them in this country.

The first Chinese to reach the United States came during the California Gold Rush of 1849. Like most of the other people there，they had come to search for gold. In that largely unoccupied land， the men staked a claim (立界标表明所有权) for themselves by placing makers’ in the ground. However，either because the Chinese were so different from the others or because they worked so patiently that they sometimes succeeded in getting a mining claim to make a profit ( where others saw no way to do so) ,they became the target".Of their competi­tors. They were troubled and attacked in many ways. Often they were prevented from working their claims; some places even passed regulations forbidding them to own claims. The Chinese therefore started to seek out other ways of earning a living. Some of them began to wash clothes for the white miners; others set up small restaurants. (There were almost no women in California in those days and the Chinese filled a real need by doing this" women's work". ) Some went to work as farmhands or as fishermen.

In the early 1860's many more Chinese arrived in California. This time railroad companies brought the men in to build the first railroad line from California to the East. They were sorely needed because the work was so hard and dangerous，and it was carried on in such an isolated part of the country that the railroad company could not find other laborers for the job. As in the case of the first Chinese in America， these Chinese were almost all males; and like them，too，they encountered a great deal of prejudice. The hostility grew es­pecially strong after the railroad project was completed，and the Chinese laborers returned to California—thousands of them，all out of work

Many of today's Chinese Americans are the descendants of some of the early miners and railroad workers.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The first Chinese to reach the United States came during the California Gold Rush of 1849.

B. Many more Chinese arrived in California to construct the first railroad from California to the East.

C. Early Chinese immigrants to America experienced a lot of prejudice and discrimination.

D. Prejudice and discrimination that Chinese Americans met.

2. Why did the Chinese become the target of their competitors?

A. Because the Chinese were different and they worked patiently to achieve a lot of success while others couldn't.

B. The Chinese were so different from the others.

C. They worked so patiently with little payment

D. There were almost no women in California in those days.

3.What was the fate of the Chinese after the construction of the railroad?

A. They went back to their own country  

B. They stayed to work in the railroad companies.

C. They went to California to search for gold.

D. The hostility grew especially strong.

4.What is the meaning of the word" encountered"?

A. face.            B. Count.         C. Enter.             D. Handle.

5.The following statements are true EXCEPT       .

A. during the California Gold Rush of 1849，people staked a claim for themselves by placing markers in the ground

B. the first Chinese went to America because they wanted to work as farmhands or as fishermen

C. many of today's Chinese Americans are the descendants of the early miners and railroad workers

D. the Chinese were sorely needed because the work was so dangerous

“My name’s Jim Shelley and I’m an addict(有瘾的人). . . ”

With these words I began to ___36___ the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people ___37___, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. I ___38___ to be phoned, I wanted to phone. Just one more call.

It started socially . It seemed ___39___, just a quick chat. Gradually though, the ___40___ got worse. Soon it was ___41___ use, until, finally, addiction.

And it began to affect(影响) my ___42___. During the day I would disappear for ___43___ call. If I couldn’t make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more ___44___, in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else, ___45___ myself just one more call.

I was phoning people and ___46___ messages to make sure ___47___ calls would see me through the day. I used to arrive at friends

homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the ___48___ “Is it OK if I just use the phone. . . ?” At work, I became ___49___ when my fellow workers tried to ___50___ me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss(with the phone). Finally, the police caught me ___51___ a phone box that had taken my last one pound coin, and I was ___52___ to see a psychiatrist(心理医生).

I haven’t ___53___ a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it’s several days ___54___ I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are ___55___ people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim Shelley and I am an addict.

36. A. face      B. find    C. accept D. notice

37. A. now and then      B. all the time C. at home      D. at work

38. A. tried     B. asked  C. waited D. invited

39. A. polite   B. important   C. fine    D. special

40. A. condition     B. situation     C. result  D. effect

41. A. frequent       B. regular       C. unusual      D. particular

42. A. friends  B. study  C. family D. work

43. A. a quick B. a secret      C. an expected       D. an extra

44. A. hopeful B. delighted    C. frightened  D. anxious

45. A. forcing B. telling C. giving D. limiting

46. A. leaving B. taking C. passing       D. recording

47. A. long     B. immediate  C. enough       D. surprising

48. A. saying  B. demands     C. wish   D. words

49. A. careful  B. mad    C. determined D. helpless

50. A. save     B. reduce C. protect       D. stop

51. A. destroying    B. using  C. stealing      D. emptying

52. A. offered B. guided       C. ordered      D. reminded

53. A. missed  B. had     C. received     D. fixed

54. A. as  B. when  C. if D. since

55. A. always  B. just     C. more   D. different