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，然后从所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be   36   Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d   37  ?” Just when I started to   38   that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women   39   at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll, I felt such a sense of   40   that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t   41  . Somebody had thought   42   of me to bring me a gift. 

Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my   43     Christmas there special and memorable, I   44   remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of   45   for as many children as I could possibly reach.

So I   46   a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school suppliers,   47   with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were    48  . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I   49   them that they couldn’t open their presents   50   every child had come forward. Finally the   51   they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles   52   up the room. The   53   in the room was obvious, and   54     wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew   55   that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. 

1. A. sending           B. receiving                C. making           D. exchanging

2. A. found             B. prepared             C. got              D. expected

3. A. doubt             B. hope                 C. suggest          D. accept

4. A. broke in          B. settled down         C. turned up            D. showed off

5. A. relief                B. loss                 C. achievement      D. justice

6. A. blamed            B. loved                    C. forgotten            D. affected

7. A. highly                B. little                   C. poorly               D. enough

8. A. present           B. first                    C. recent               D. previous

9. A. hardly                B. instantly                C. regularly            D. occasionally

10. A. strength         B. independence         C. importance           D. safety

11. A. kept up with     B. caught up with           C. came up with     D. put up with

12. A. none             B. few                  C. some             D. each

13.A. fine              B. special                  C. helpful              D. normal

14.A. reminded          B. guaranteed               C. convinced            D. promised

15. A. after                B. until                    C. when             D. since

16. A. chance           B. gift                 C. moment           D. reward

17. A. lit              B. took                 C. burned               D. cheered

18.A. atmosphere            B. sympathy             C. calmness         D. joy

19.A. it                    B. such                 C. something            D. everybody

20. A. by               B. till                 C. for              D. from

Dining in a completely dark room, unaware what’s on your plate while sitting next to a complete stranger may not sound like an ideal restaurant experience but it’s certainly an intriguing way to spend a rainy night in London.

   Dans le Noir, close to London’s financial district, is a restaurant full of blind waiters and waitresses who become your eyes around the restaurant, whose original Paris branch opened in 2004.

   In the bar with the light, you choose whether you want the fish, meat or vegetable, but the dishes themselves remain a secret, as do the ingredients of the “surprise” cocktails. Bags, coats and devices(设备)that light up, including watches and mobile phones, are kept in the bar. Placing your hand on the shoulder of your guide, you are led to a table in a black dining room that sets up to 60 people. And it is dark.

   The waiters tell you when the food is being placed down in front of you, then the fun begins, trying to get food into your mouth, then identifying just what it is that’s on your plate, and finally whether you have missed any of it.

   It’s also a great chance to break social convention and eat using your fingers. Those same fingers are also the only way you can tell how much wine you’re pouring into your glass.

   The happy atmosphere in the dining room also made the night memorable. You can’t really avoid talking to the person next to you at the long tables and guessing what the dishes are certainly provides adequate fuel for the conversations.

   All will be revealed at the end of the meal when you are led back out into the lit bar. Not only do you finally get to see what you’ve just been eating but also who you’ ve been talking to for the last 90 minutes.

1.What does the underlined word “intriguing.” in the first paragraph mean?

A terrible   B. interesting   C. expensive   D. new

2.According to the text, “ Dans le Noir”__________.

A is far from London’s financial district

B has its first branch opened in Britain

C is very popular among blind customers

D has a dining room which can seat up to 60 people

3.We know from the text that the customers in “Dans le Noir”_________.

A. are forbidden to eat with their fingers

B. can talk to the strangers at table

C. will book the menu in a dark bar

D. can take their mobile phones into the dining room

4.What’s the main purpose of the text?

A. To help blind people find a job in restaurants.

B. To show how to open a restaurant with a new idea.

C. To show how to enjoy the time in a dark restaurant.

D. To introduce and attract customers to “Dans le Noir ”.

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34-- 53各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项

I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be _34_ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d  35  ?” Just when I started to  36  that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 37 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of  38  that I would no longer have to be embarrassed(尴尬) when I returned to school. I wasn’t  39  . Somebody had thought  40  of me to bring me a gift.

      Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my  41  Christmas there special and memorable, I  42  remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of  43  for as many children as I could possibly reach.

      So I 44  a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,  45  with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were  46  . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I   47  them that they couldn’t open their presents  48 every child had come forward. Finally the  49 they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles  50  up the room. The  51 in the room was obvious, and 52  wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew  53  that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. 

1.  A. sending        B. receiving        C. making      D. exchanging

2.  A. found         B. prepared         C. got         D. expected

3.  A. doubt         B. hope            C. suggest      D. accept

4. A. broke in       B. settled down      C. turned up    D. turned in

5.  A. relief         B. loss             C. achievement  D. sadness

6.  A. remembered    B. loved           C. forgotten     D. affected   

7.  A. highly         B. little           C. poorly       D. enough

8. A. present        B. first            C. recent       D. former

9.  A. hardly        B. immediately      C. regularly     D. sometimes

10. A. strength       B. independence    C. importance    D. safety

11.  A. kept up with    B. caught up with   C. came up with  D. put up with

12.  A. none          B. few            C. some        D. each

13. A. fine           B. special         C. helpful       D. useful

14.  A. reminded      B. insisted         C. proved       D. promised

15. A. after          B. until           C. when        D. since

16. A. chance        B. gift            C. moment      D. reward

17. A. lit            B. took           C. burned       D. cheered

18. A. atmosphere    B. pity            C. calmness     D. joy

19.  A. it            B. such           C. something    D. everybody

20.  A. by           B. till             C. for         D. from

Signs can sometimes be seen at the entrance of a house, expressing that a tramp（流浪汉）has passed. This special sign-language is frequently   50   by tramps to inform their    51   whether the host of a certain house is friendly or unfriendly, and to   52   them the trouble of making unnecessary calls.
Quite   53   one day, I came across a real tramp. He was such a rare sight these days that I stood some distance away and watched him. He was dressed just as a tramp should be in, old worn trousers, and a jacket many sizes too big for him. On his head there was a battered old hat and his boots were so old and worn; they were almost coming into pieces.
But the man himself looked cheerful as if he had not a   54   in the world. He rubbed his nose with his forefinger,    55   a funny turn, laid a small parcel    56   the front gate, and began   57   a sign made by a former caller. Although the sign was meaningless to me, it must have been   58  , for the tramp’s face lit up with satisfaction. He entered the front gate   59   and rang the bell. When the door opened, I saw him raise his hat   60   couldn’t hear his words. The   61   was very short indeed, for no sooner had he spoken a few words than the door closed fiercely in his face.
I felt   62   for him as he walked sadly out of the house. But just as quickly, his face lit up again and he moved quickly towards the gate. There he stopped, looked at the sign, and shook his head seriously as if he had made a bad mistake.   63   deeply into his pockets, he produced a piece of chalk, rubbed out the existing sign and made a new one in its place. He stared at it for a moment smiling to himself, then gathered his belongings, pushed back his hat and began walking towards the next house at an unhurried   64  , whistling as he went along.

I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call. My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA Company. Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets. It had rained in the night and water was dripping from the bare trees that lined the street. I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat.

There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask. I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his rounds, but the town was completely dead. The only living thing I saw was a thin frightened cat outside a small restaurant.

Then suddenly I found what I was looking for. There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street. Next to it was the town’s only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint. I hurried forward, but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside. He was fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat. I could not see his face and he didn’t raise his head at the sound of my footsteps.

Carefully, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait for my turn. It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the box call door

At what time was the story set?

    A. An early winter morning      B. A cold winter afternoon

    C. An early summer morning      D.A windy summer afternoon

Which of the following words best describe the writer’s impression of the town?

    A. cold and frightening     B. dirty and crowded

    C. empty and dead           D. unusual and unpleasant

The underlined word “ trickling” in the last paragraph means_______________

    A. rushing out suddenly        B. shining brightly

    C. flowing slowly in drops          D. appearing slowly

Why didn’t the man raise his head when the writer came near?

    A. He was annoyed at being seen by the writer.

    B. He was angry at being disturbed by the writer.

    C. He was probably fast asleep.

    D. He was probably murdered.