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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I stopped to let the car cool 　36　and to study the map. I had expected to be near my destination（目的地） by now, but everything still seemed 　37　to me. I was only five when my father had 　38　me abroad, and that was eighteen years 　39　. When my mother had 　40　after a car accident, he didn’t quickly 　41　from the shock and loneliness. Everything around him was full of her 　42　, continually reopening the wound. 　43　he decided to go abroad. In the new country he paid much attention to 　44　a new life for the two of us, 　45　he gradually forgot the past. He did not marry again, and I was 　46　without a woman’s care, but I lacked 　47　, for he was both father and mother to me. He always 　48　to go back one day and see old friends again and to visit my mother’s 　49　. He became ill for a few months 　50　we planned to go and, when he knew he was 　51　, he made me promise to go on my own.

　　I 　52　a car the day before landing and bought a map, 　53　I found most helpful on the last stage. My father had described over and over again what we could see on the way there, so I was pretty 　54　that I could find it. Well, I had been wrong, for I was now 　55　.

　　36. A. up　　　　　　　B. off　　　　　 C. of　　　　　　　　D. to

　　37. A. unfamiliar　　　 B. similar　　　　C. unusual　　　　　 D. familiar

　　38. A. brought　　　　　B. carried　　　　C. taken　　　　　　D. fetched

　　39. A. later　　　　　　 B. since　　　　 C. then　　　　　   D. ago

　　40. A. been disabled　　B. died　　　　  C. gone up　　　　　D. passed by

　　41. A. return　　　　　 B. make　　　　 C. go back　　　　  D. recover

　　42. A. presence　　　　 B. absence　　　 C. arrival　　　　　 D. show

　　43. A. Since　　　　　 B. For　　　　　 C. So　　　　　　　D. Before

　　44. A. earning　　　　　B. starting　　　 C having　　　　　　D. opening

　　45. A. in case　　　　　B. so that　　　　 C. so long　　　　 D. so much

　　46. A. brought up 　　　B. taken up 　　　C. brought out 　　  D. taken off

　　47. A. anything　　　 B. nothing　　　　C. everything　　　  D. something

　　48. A. imagined 　　　 B. supposed　　　 C. meant 　　　　　D. asked

　　49. A. house　　　　　 B. room　　　　　C. church　　　　　 D. grave

　　50. A. before　　　　　 B. after　　　　　C. until　　　　　　 D. as

　　51. A. lying　　　　　  B. dying　　　　 C. helping 　　　　 D. living

　　52. A. bought　　　　　 B. lent　　　　　 C. borrowed　　　　D. hired

　　53. A. what　　　　　　B. that 　　　　　C. how 　　　　　　D. which

　　54. A. sad　　　　　 B. happy　　　　  C. sure　　　　　　 D. interested

　　55. A. away　　　　　　B. out　　　　　 C. gone　　　　　　D. lost

Some people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute（分发）his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes, accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales（童话）.

The first envelope was sent to a victim support group. It contained ?10,000 with a cutting from the Braunschweiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her handbag; similar plain white anonymous（匿名）envelopes, each containing ?10,000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church.

The envelopes keep coming, and so far at least ?190,000 has been distributed. Last month, one of them was sent to the newspaper’s own office. It came after a story it published about Tom, a 14-year-old boy who was severely disabled in a swimming accident. The receptionist at the Braunschweiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of ?500 inside, with a copy of the article. The name of the family was underlined.

“I was driving when I heard the news,” Claudia Neumann, the boy’s mother, told Der Spiegel magazine. “I had to park on the side of the road; I was speechless.”

The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchair-accessible and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for.

“For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing,” Mrs. Neumann said. Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy.

Henning Noske, the editor of the Braunschweiger Zeitung, said: “Maybe it is an old person who is about to die. We just do not know.” However, he has told his reporters not to look for the city’s hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.

1.The Braunschweiger Zeitung is name of _____.

A. a church       B. a bank  　　　C. a magazine      D. a newspaper

2.Which of the following is TURE about the donation to Tom?

A. The donation amounted to ?190,000.

B. The donation was sent directly to his house.

C. His mother felt greatly surprised at the donation.

D. All the money will be used for his treatment.

3.It can be inferred from the passage that      .

A. the donation will continue to come      

B. the donator is a rich old man

C. the donation comes from the newspaper

D. the donator will soon be found out

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Money Is Raised by the Newspaper.

B. Unknown Hero Spreads Love in Envelopes.

C. Newspaper Distributes Money to the Needy.

D. Robin Hood Returns to the city.

A report on a new software that enables eyes to do the typing appears in Wednesday’s edition of the journal Nature. Replacing a keyboard or mouse, eye-scanning-cameras mounted on computers have become necessary tools for people without limbs or those affected with paralysis. The camera tracks the movement of the eye, allowing users to “type” on a virtual keyboard as they look at the screen. And now, researchers from the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University say they have developed software that replaces the standard QWERTY keyboard layout with one that is nearly twice as efficient, more accurate and easier on the eyes. Called Dasher, the prototype program looks into the natural gaze of the eye and makes predictable words and phrases simpler to write. Any off-the-shelf camera capable of scanning eye movement can be used with Dasher, though the person must sit fairly still during the interaction.

  The letters of the alphabet appear in a single column on the right of the screen, with an underline symbol to represent a space. Each letter is framed by a colored box. As the user looks at a particular letter on the right side of the screen and drags it to the left with their eye, another sub-alphabet column begins to emerge inside the box on the right-hand side, along with more letters framed in colored boxes. Dasher is designed to anticipate which letter will be needed, so although the successive sub-alphabet columns are initially very small, the letters or combination of letters that appear are most likely to be used next in that sequence. For example, if a person starts with the letter “h”, the language models in Dasher will bring up “a” “e” “i” “o” and “u” in the sub-alphabet box, along with a few other possible combinations like “ello” to form the word “hello”. Each box has a complete alphabet within it, though the first letters to appear have the highest probability of usage. The letters are then placed together to form a sentence on the left side of the screen.

  Researchers say people will be able to write up to 25 words per minute with Dasher compared to on-screen keyboards, which they say average about 15 words per minute. With a bit of practice, MacKay said, Dasher offers an easier and more satisfying way for disabled people to communicate, providing them with better tools to write e-mail or create word processor files. Mackay said Dasher could work in most languages.

72. With the new software Dasher, people can type with their eyes through_____.

A. a computer screen with eye-scanning sensors

　　B. an eye-scanning camera on computer

　　C. a colored box attached to the computer

　　D. a regular keyboard with sensors

73. The new method of typing will most benefit those people who___________ .

A. have reading difficulties     B are visually incompetent

　　C. are physically challenged.   D. do not have a big vocabulary

74. The software Dasher_______________ .

　　A. is able to predict the next sequence of words the user is going to write

　　B. can form coherent sentences based on the first word typed in by the user

    C. has to be used with eye-scanning cameras specially designed for the 

software

　　D. does not allow the user to move a lot during the interaction

75. Which of the following is true about Dasher?

　　A. It can be used to write ten more words than on screen keyboard per minute.

　　B. It is easier to use than ordinary keyboards.

　　C. It can provide hints for possible sentences to be written.

　　D. It is an independent text processor.

As a music teacher, I have always known that music touches the soul. It can　 __1__ all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way. It can be the __2__ for each child to find their light. I would like to __3__ a story about it.

　 For a few years I was __4__ with the opportunity to teach disabled students. One of my most __5__ students was a five?year?old girl called Vanessa, who had difficulty walking, and could not speak. We __6__ sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to __7__ on my lap(大腿). One of her favorite songs was John the Rabbit. It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students __8__ twice while singing the repeating phrase，“ Oh, yes ！” Vanessa liked to __9__ her hands together with mine and clap with me. We probably performed that song during every class, Vanessa and I clapping together. But she __10__ said or sang a word.

　　 One day, when the song was finished, Vanessa turned around, __11__ me in the eye, clapped her tiny hands twice and said the words “Oh, yes！” I opened my mouth in __12__ and for that moment I was the one who could not speak. When my heart __13__ started beating again, I looked over at the assistant teacher to find her also __14___. Through music, we had made an awesome connection.

　　 Several years later, I met Vanessa on the street in town.She waved with a big __15__ on her face and then clapped her hands twice, imitating the song we had __16__ so many times in our music class. The little girl, __17__ her connection with music, left an impression on me that will last forever. Every child has the __18__ to learn and grow. It is up to us to __19__ the way to reach each and every one of our students. We all must find each child's __20__.

1.A.get across　　　　 B．put away　　 C．take over　　 D．break through

2．A.means　　　　 B．direction　　 　C．process　　　 D．effort

3．A.add　　　　　 B．talk　　　　 C．share　　　　 D．write

4．A.blessed　　　 B．tired　　　　 　C．covered　　　 D．filled

5．A.troublesome　 B．hardworking　 C．memorable　　 D．sensitive

6．A.most　　　　　 B．almost　　　 C．nearly　　　 D．mostly

7．A.stand　　　　 B．sit　　　　　 C．lie　　　　　 D．jump

8．A.sang　　　　　 B．said　　　　 C．followed　　 D．clapped

9．A.strike　　　　 B．put　　　　　 C．give　　　　 D．shake

10．A.ever　　　　 B．never　　　　 C．still　　　　 D．even

11．A.looked　　　 B．saw　　　　 C．glared　　　 D．noticed

12．A.horror　　　 B．delight　　　 C．astonishment D．embarrassment

13．A.immediately　 B．fortunately　 C．slowly　　　 D．finally

14．A.happy　　　　 B．grateful　　 C．speechless　 D．hopeless

15．A.greeting　　 B．smile　　　　 C．expression　 D．sign

16．A.performed　　 B．operated　　 C．trained　　　 D．organized

17．A.upon　　　　 B．through　　 C．from　　　 D．beyond

18．A.standard　　 B．ability　　　 C．plan　　　　 D．necessity

19．A.discover　　 B．invent　　　　 C．test　　　　 D．make

20．A.virtue　　　 B．dream　　　　 C．light　　　　 D．rhythm