Whatever happens, we must______ our plans to increase production.

A. go ahead         B. keep ahead with      C. push ahead       D. push ahead with

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Nowadays, a hospital always manages to keep its beds full. This is good on the one hand, and it’s bad on   36  hand.
One day, I went to see a sick friend at the hospital. I first went to the   37  desk, where I could get a permit to visit the patient.
  38  I could ask which room my friend was in, the lady set down my name, age, filled out a form and   39  a bell. I was just about to tell her what I was coming for when two men arrived with a wheelchair,   40   me in it and pushed me down the hall.
“I’m not   41 ,” I shouted. “I’m just looking for a friend.”
“When he comes,” one man said, “we’ll   42  him up to your room.”
In a minute I   43  myself in a small room. In no time they undressed me and covered some other things   44  me. One man said “If you need anything, press the button.”
“I want to get my   45   back.” I begged.
“Oh, you can   46    us,” a voice said, “Even if the   47  happens, we will see that your wife will get everything.” They left and locked the door   48   them.
I was trying to think of how to escape by the door when Dr. Ward came in with several of his   49 .
“Thank God you finally came,” I said.
“It hurts that badly?” he asked.
“No, on the contrary, I am not ill   50 .”
Dr. Ward looked   51 . “If you don’t feel any pain, that means it’s much more   52  than we expected.” Then he turned to his students: “This is the most difficult kind of patient to deal with because he refuses to   53  that he is ill. __54__ he won’t tell us where it hurts, he will never be well again until we find the hurt out for   55  by doing exploratory surgery (手术探查) .”

One day a famous speaker gave a speech to a crowd of people. He held up a   21   bill. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill ? ” Hands were   22  . Then he said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this.” He began to crumple（弄皱）the   23 . He then asked the audience, “   24  still wants it ?” Still the hands went  25  in the air.

“ What   26  I do this? ” He asked, and he  27  it on the ground, and started to step on it. He  28  it up. Now the bill was  29  and crumpled. “ Now who still wants it?” Still the hands went up.

“My friends,” He continued, “You have all  30   a good lesson . No matter   31  I did to the money, you still wanted it because the bill did not lose its  32 . It was still worth $20. Many times in our   33 , we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on, because we sometimes  34  wrong decisions, or we may   35  with something we do not   36 .When that happens, we feel depressed and think we are   37 . But in fact no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. The worth of our life comes not   38  what we do or whom we know, but in who we are! Don’t forget ‘the worth of a thing does not depend on its outside   39  , but on its inner value.’ This is the   40  of life.

After the September 11 terrorist attacks, some high schools in America wanted the students to pledge allegiance（宣誓效忠） to the flag. Is it necessary or not? Let’s see how the kids think of this requirement.

Lea Mouallem, Marymount High School

I believe that saying the Pledge of Allegiance is a way of reminding our country that no matter what happens, we are united. I don’t think our president wants us to go and join the army now, but he wants to tell us that we will be able to overcome the disaster as a whole nation that is working together.

Harry Chin, 15, Culver City High School

I am not for the Pledge of Allegiance and I am not against the Pledge of Allegiance because I just say it so many times that it loses meaning. I say it every day at school in the second period. It doesn’t mean anything any more.

David Tran, 15, Warren High School.

The Pledge of Allegiance is another sign of country. We should have some respect to it. In many schools, we don’t say the Pledge every morning-we just stand up and let the National anthem ring through the silence. We said the Pledge of Allegiance on Sept. 12.

Danny Maryanor, 16, Santa Monica High School

I wonder why we were suddenly asked to recite the Pledge when many of us stopped after elementary school; and the Pledge was recited before the play of “Ode to Joy” （欢乐颂）with recorders. This was not to express patriotism（爱国主义）, or even to remember those who lost their lives on Sept. 11.

I feel I cannot support a nation that in this time of crisis looks outward for revenge（报复）instead of inward for peace. Perhaps we should think more about our problems.

1．Saying the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag first appeared in American schools_______.

         A．after Sept. 11, 2000  B．before Sept. 11, 2001

         C．on Sept. 11, 2001                D．after Sept. 11, 2001

2．Who were for the Pledge of Allegiance?

         A．Lea Mouallem; David Tran         B．Harry Chin; Danny Maryanor

         C．Lea Mouallem; Danny Maryanor       D．Harry Chin; David Tran

3．Which of the following is TRUE?

         A．Harry Chin thought the government required them to join the army.

         B．Lea Mouallem thought the Pledge of Allegiance of no meaning.

         C．Danny Maryanor felt the terrorist attacks happened partly because of America’s own problem.

         D．The Pledge of Allegiance is of another country.

4．According to the passage, it can be imagined that___________.

         A．all high school students say yes to the Pledge of Allegiance.

         B．all high school students say no to the Pledge of Allegiance.

         C．all kids don’t agree to the requirement of saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

         D．all high schools will require their students to pledge allegiance to the flag.

第二节完形填空（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。
It is not so much what happens to each of us that determines our quality of life, but rather our reaction to what happens. Though we may have no     36   in unexpected events that happen to us, we most certainly have choice in   37   we interpret what happens, and in what we choose to do about it. These choices make all the   38  in how we experience our world and very much determine our    39    of life.
Neither does what we own    40   a major role in quality of life. One person with all the money and possessions in the world may have a   41   life, while another in the lowest income classes may    42  love their life. It is what we do with what we own that   43   our level of satisfaction and joy in life. It's not what you    44    or what happens to you in life that    45   , but rather what you do with it.
Every    46   something is happening in our lives. And every moment we    47    or a judgment about what happens. By choosing to become more   48  of how we react to what happens, we can   49  towards what we really want in our lives.   50    following habitual, reactive patterns which   51  more of the same, we can recognize and  52  our old habits to move powerfully in the   53   of creating the life we really want. Yet to do this, we must first find the    54 to look at some of the disempowering, often unconscious   55  which get in the way and don't serve to increase our quality of life. But by continually reminding ourselves of our intention to be creators, we can transform our life.
36．A．need               B．courage          C．choice             D．necessity
37．A．what               B．whether           C．that                 D．how
38．A．difference        B．troubles           C．decisions          D．measures
39．A．type                B．quality             C．amount            D．level
40．A．take                B．play                C．make               D．get
41．A．miserable         B．accessible         C．acceptable        D．adaptable 
42．A．practically         B．privately      C．absolutely       D．adequately
43．A．creates             B．investigates      C．affects             D．handles
44．A．lack                B．need                C．reserve           D．possess 
45．A．means            B．exists              C．works             D．matters
46．A．time                B．period             C．date                 D．moment
47．A．make a mistake                                   B．make a discovery
C．make a decision                           D．make a fortune
48．A．conscious         B．sensitive         C．reasonable        D．active
49．A．alter               B．shift                C．differ                    D．distinguish
50．A．Other than              B．Rather than      C．As well as        D．According to
51．A．lead to             B．lie in               C．call for            D．appeal to
52．A．transplant     B．transform     C．transport      D． transmit
53．A．edge                B．way                 C．direction          D．center
54．A．hope               B．interest            C．chance             D．courage
55．A．patterns           B．frames             C．landscape         D．Examples