第二节 完形填空 (共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—50各小题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Lang Lang went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. “ You need ____41____,” his father said. “ But if you don’t work hard, no fortune will come.”

What made him sad was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. As a nine-year-old boy Lang Lang was badly _____42_____. He decided that he didn’t want to be a ___43_____  any more. For the next two weeks he didn’t touch the piano. ____44____ his father didn’t push, but waited.

Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn’t want to , but as he placed his fingers on the piano key, he _____45_____ that he could show others that he had talent after all.

  In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was ____46_____ that Lang Lang had won, he was too ___47_____ to hold back his tears. Soon it was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever---he had to play on the world’s big ___48_____. In 1997 Lang Lang ____49    again, this time to Phildelphia, U.S. There he spent two years practicing. After his ____50     performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs (特邀演出) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall started pouring in. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots him, and lets him shine.

41. A. exercise                     B. fortune              C. knowledge      D. wealth

42. A. hurt                    B. weakened          C. ruined               D. frightened

43. A. singer                 B. pianist               C. conductor          D. player

44. A. Hopefully           B. Patiently           C. Wisely                     D. Painfully

45. A. seemed               B. admitted            C. noticed              D. realized

46. A. told                    B. mentioned         C. announced         D. recognized

47. A. excited               B. encouraged        C. shocked             D. satisfied

48. A. conceits                     B. tours                 C. competitions      D. stages

49. A. started                B. left                   C. moved                     D. performed

50. A. successful           B. cheerful            C .respectful         D. meaningful

第二节 完形填空 (共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—50各小题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Life on Land probably began about 430 millions years ago, though it has existed in the water for perhaps as much as 3,000 million years. When we think of the first thing on land, we probably think of strange ___41___coming out of the oceans, but in fact no animals could have been _42__ if plants had not been on land first. Plants had to be on land before animals arrived. They __43___ the first land animals with the surrounding and food necessity, since they, the plants are the only form of life that is able to get and store__44__.

The first plants to exist out of water were probably __45__ kinds of algae(海藻) which were __46__ by other plants that grow ___47__ to the ground and needed water in which to reproduce. Once the move to land had been made, however, evolution (进化) took place quickly. By the end of 100 million years, plants had developed their __48__, and some had got tree-like forms since height was very important in gaining __49__. About 30 million years ago, much of the world was covered with forests of huge trees. In most ways they were like _ 50__ modern trees. They had roots, leaves, wood, but mostly they had not developed

seeds.

41. A. tree             B. plants                C. seeds                 D. animals

42. A. living         B. making             C. dying                D. eating

43. A. offered        B. supplied            C. gave                 D. afforded

44. A. heat             B. sunlight             C. energy                     D. water

45. A. many           B. little                 C. sure                  D. certain

46. A. followed      B. made                C. copied               D. existed

47. A. close           B. far                    C. strong               D. tall

48. A. branches      B. trunks               C. roots                 D. leaves

49. A. weight         B. sunlight             C. soil                   D. water

50. A. modern        B. ancient              C. big                   D. small

第二节 完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)  
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—50各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was interested to read a newspaper article about a new concept in old people’s homes in France. The idea is simple   41  revolutionary -- combining a residential （住宅的）home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building. The children and the residents eat lunch together and   42   activities such as music, painting, gardening, and   43   for the pets which the residents are encouraged to keep. In the afternoons, the residents enjoy reading or telling stories to the children, and   44   a child is feeling sad or tired, there is always somebody attending to (照顾) him. There are trips out and birthday parties, too.
The   45   are enormous for everyone concerned. The children are happy because they get a lot more individual   46   and respond well because someone has time for them. They also learn that old people are not “different” or “frightening” in   47   way. And of course, they see illness and death and learn to   48   them. The residents are happy because they feel   49   and needed. They are more active and more interested in life when the children are around and they take more interest in their appearance, too. And the staff（全体职员） are happy because they see an improvement in the   50   and psychological health of the residents and have an army of assistants to help with the children.
41. A. or            B. so            C. nor               D. but
42. A. share          B. examine       C. control            D. engage
43. A. asking          B. sending        C. caring              D. looking
44. A. though         B. because        C. unless               D. if
45. A. advantages       B. actions         C. difficulties            D. comforts
46. A. though               B. attention        C. rest                 D. freedom
47. A. no             B. any                C. another             D. the
48. A. value                B. admit         C. accept              D. overcome
49. A. useful         B. faithful         C. powerful            D. skillful
50. A. normal               B. public         C. economic          D. physical

第二节完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、c和D)中选出最佳选项。

One winter Nasreddin had very  31  money．His crops  32  very bad that year，and he  33  live very cheaply．He gave his donkey less food，and when after two days the donkey  34  just the same，he  35   to himself，“The donkey was used to  36  a lot．Now he is quickly getting used to eating less； and soon he will get used to living  37  almost nothing.”

Each day Nasreddin gave the donkey a little  38   food, until it was hardly  eating anything.

Then one day，when the donkey was going to market with a load of wood on its back, it suddenly   39 . “How unlucky I am，”said Nasreddin，“Just when my donkey had got used to eating hardly anything，it came  40  the end of its days in this world.

31．A．few          B. little        C. lot          D. much

32．A．had been      B. has been    C. was being     D. is being

33．A．has to         B. have to     C. had to       D. must have to

34．A．1ooks         B. is seen     C.  looked       D. was seen

35．A．says          B. say        C. saying         D. said

36．A．eat          B. eating       C. have eaten     D. being eaten

37．A．on          B. by          C. up            D. to

38．A．more        B. less         C. few           D. small

39．A．dead        B. dying        C. died          D. was dying

4 0．A．on        B. up           C.  in          D.to

第二节  完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)    

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—50各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

         I was interested to read a newspaper article about a new concept in old people’s homes in France. The idea is simple   41  revolutionary -- combining a residential （住宅的）home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building. The children and the residents eat lunch together and   42   activities such as music, painting, gardening, and   43   for the pets which the residents are encouraged to keep. In the afternoons, the residents enjoy reading or telling stories to the children, and   44   a child is feeling sad or tired, there is always somebody attending to (照顾) him. There are trips out and birthday parties, too.

         The   45   are enormous for everyone concerned. The children are happy because they get a lot more individual   46   and respond well because someone has time for them. They also learn that old people are not “different” or “frightening” in   47   way. And of course, they see illness and death and learn to   48   them. The residents are happy because they feel   49   and needed. They are more active and more interested in life when the children are around and they take more interest in their appearance, too. And the staff（全体职员） are happy because they see an improvement in the   50   and psychological health of the residents and have an army of assistants to help with the children.

41. A. or               B. so             C. nor                  D. but

42. A. share            B. examine        C. control               D. engage

43. A. asking             B. sending          C. caring                  D. looking

44. A. though            B. because         C. unless                  D. if

45. A. advantages         B. actions           C. difficulties                  D. comforts

46. A. though                   B. attention         C. rest                   D. freedom

47. A. no             B. any            C. another                D. the

48. A. value          B. admit           C. accept                 D. overcome

49. A. useful           B. faithful            C. powerful                D. skillful

50. A. normal                   B. public            C. economic              D. physical