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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day the employees of a large company in St．Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break．They were ___36___ with a sign on the front door which said: “Yesterday the person who has been ______37___ your growth in this company passed away．We invite you to join the ___38___ in the room that has been prepared in the gym．”

At first everyone was ___39___ to hear that one of their colleagues had died, ___40___ after a while they started getting ___41___ about who this person might be．

The excitement ___42___ as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their ___43___ respects．Everyone wondered: “Who is this person that was in the way of my progress? Well, ___44___ he’s no longer here!”

___45___ the employees got closer to the coffin （棺材） and when they looked inside it they became ___46___．They stood over the coffin, ___47___ and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their ___48___．

There was a ___49___ inside the coffin: Everyone who looked inside it would see ___50___．There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: “There is ___51___ one person in this world who is really capable of setting ___52___ to your growth: it’s YOU．”

Yes! You are the only person who can help yourself．You are the only person who can ___53___ your happiness and your success．Your life changes when you change, when you go ___54___ your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one ___55___ for your life．

36．A．greeted     B．provided   C．faced D．concerned

37．A．encouraging     B．keeping    C．helping     D．preventing

38．A．party       B．funeral     C．meeting   D．training

39．A．sad    B．happy      C．calm  D．nervous

40．A．because    B．so     C．but   D．although

41．A．crazy       B．angry              C．curious             D．clear

42．A．grew B．changed    C．worked    D．disappeared

43．A．false  B．forced      C．first D．last

44．A．above all B．first of all       C．at least      D．as usual

45．A．One by one    B．Hand in hand        C．Face to face     D．Side by side

46．A．hopeless   B．desperate  C．lonely      D．speechless

47．A．disappointed    B．shocked    C．frightened       D．satisfied

48．A．memory   B．soul C．company   D．will

49．A．mirror     B．notebook  C．Bible       D．Body

50．A．it      B．himself     C．someone   D．him

51．A．hardly     B．fortunately       C．only    D．accidentally

52．A．examples        B．goals       C．limits       D．dates

53．A．balance    B．influence C．share       D．envy

54．A．over  B．towards    C．through    D．beyond

55．A．secure      B．suitable    C．greedy     D．responsible

完形填空

　　Electricity is such a part of our everyday life that we rarely think twice when we turn on the lights or TV. At night, roads are brightly ____1____, making people and traffic move ____2____. Colorful ____3____ have become part of the character of every modern city. In the home, many ____4____ saving objects are powered by electricity. Even when we turn off the beside ____5____ and are fast asleep, it is still working for us, driving our ____6____ ,or keeping our rooms at a normal temperature. Every day, trains take us to and from work, we rarely stop ____7____ how they run until something goes____8____.

　　In the summer of 1959, the power station that supplies New York with electricity was ____9____ order. Trains refused to move and the people in them sat in the dark, ____10____ to do anything. ____11____ stopped working. So that even if you were lucky enough not to be ____12____ between two floors, you had the tiring ____13____ of finding your way down hundreds of flights of stairs. People were afraid to leave homes, for they were just as ____14____ as anybody else, although the police had been ordered to ____15_____ by in case something unexpected should happen.

　　At the same time, ____16_____ disorder happened in the home, _____17______ rooms became stoves, fish and meat remained uncooked in the pots, and people sat ____18____ and frightened in the dark. One of the strangest things was that some fifty ____19____ people led many sighted workers home. When the electricity came on again, _____20_____ a person in the city can have turned on a switch without thinking how great a servant he had at his finger tips.

       A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile zone, when a   36   came behind him. Right away the man started thinking of   37   to give.

       As the policeman came to him, he said, “Hi, officer, I guess you  38   me a little bit over the speed limit. I was in a rush to get   39  , to be with my wife and kids. You know my younger son wasn’t feeling too 40  when I left home this morning. I’m afraid he’s ill.”

       The policeman said, “Well, I guess so,” and started   41   something in his notebook. As minutes went by, he could see from the side view mirror, the police-man was   42   writing. When the man was wondering why he hadn’t asked for his driving   43   so far, the policeman came to his window,   44   him a piece of paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man wondered: how much was this   45   going to be? However, the man was   46   it was not a ticket at all and he began to   47  :

       “I had a daughter who was   48   by a speeding car at the age of six by a speeding driver. He got a fine, a few months in   49  , and then was free, free to hug his two daughters. I only had one, and now I have to   50   until I get to heaven before I can hug her again. I have tried to   51   that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive (原谅) him. So pray (祈祷) for me, and be 52   when you drive again. My son is all I have been left with.”

       The man was completely   53   and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove   54  , even a few miles   55   the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.

36.A. truck       B. police car         C. mail car           D. taxi

37.A .advice   B. information       C. excuses       D. views

38.A. caught     B. recognized        C. mistook       D. remembered

39.A. to school             B. home       C. out           D. to hospital

40.A.healthy        B. happy      C. free           D .well 

41.A. looking up      B. looking for  C. listing      D. writing

42.A. even                 B. really      C. still        D. never

43.A. License(执照） B.insurance（保险） C. Journal  D. route

44.A. sent             B. handed           C. rewarded         D. pushed

45.A.ticket          B. note         C. paper       D.notice

46.A. surprised.          B. upset     C. angry               D.excited

47.A. laugh                   B.read       C. smile             D. think

48.A. hit                   B. knocked   C.killed        D. trapped

49.A. fear                  B. trouble          C.danger        D.prison

50.A. escape               B. stay    C.remain        D .wait

51.A. attack                B.forgive         C.educate       D.support

52.A.honest            B. thankful    C. patient        D.careful

53.A. disappointed    B. Shocked   C.nervous       D.frightened

54.A. quickly             B.fortunately  C.slowly          D.rapidly

55.A. with          B. over       C.to                 D.under