I always long for romantic moments, like a little girl longing for candies．However, my husband is my complete  36 . His inability to bring romantic moments into our life has made me get tired of our   37 . One day, I finally told him that I wanted a divorce.
“Why?” he asked,   38 .
“I am tired; there are no  39 for everything in the world!” I answered.
He kept  40 , seeming to be in deep thought, with a lighted cigarette in his hands. Finally he asked, “What can I do to change your   41 ?”
Looking deep into his eyes I slowly answered, “Let’s say, I want a flower on a mountain cliff and picking the flower will cause your  42 . Will you do it for me?”
He answered, “I will give you my answer tomorrow.”
I   43 the next morning, finding a piece of paper on the dining table, which read: “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, but please allow me to   44  .”
My feeling of disappointment only   45 , but I continued reading:
“You always leave the   46 keys behind, so I have to save my legs to  47 home to open the door for you. You always like to stay indoors and I   48 that you will feel too lonely, so I have to save my mouth to tell you jokes and stories. You always stare   49 the computer and that will do nothing  50 for your eyes, so I have to save my eyes so that when we grow   51 , I can help to clip your nails. Thus, my dear,   52 I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do, I could not pick that flower yet, and die.”
My tears fell on the   53 and I continued reading:
“Now that you have finished reading my answer, if you are   54 , please open the front door for I am standing outside   55 your favorite bread and fresh milk.”
Love, not words, wins arguments.

第二节 完形填空 （共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）

     请阅读西面短文，，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，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

Introduction to letters to Sam

Dear Reader,

     Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my     36    ,Sam,was born , my heart was filled with joy . I had been sitting  in a wheelchair for 20 years before then ,and I have been     37     ill many times . So I wondered if I would have the

     38   to tell Sam what I had      39 .

     For years I have been hosting a program on the     40     and writing articles for a  magazine .  Being     41 to move freely , I have learned to sit still and keep my  heart    42   , exchanging thoughts with  thousands of listeners and     43  . So when Sam was born .I

     44   to tell him about school and fridship , romance and work , love and everything else . That how I started to write these     45     , I hope that Sam would     46     them sooner or later .

     However , that expectation     47   when  Sam showed aigns of autism (自闭症) at the age of two , He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs . He    48   to communicate with others , even the family members . That was    49  for me but didn’t stop me writing on . I realized that I even    50  now to tell him . I wanted him to    51     what it means to be “diffenet” from others , and learn how to fight against the misfortune  he’ll    52   

as I myself .. his grandfather ,did ,I just     53  if  I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life .

Now .   54    the book has been pubhshed . I have been given the chance , Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life .and all about what it means to be a     55  .

                                                               Daniel Gottlied

36.A.son     B. nephew  C.brother D.grandson

37.A.seriously     B.mentally   C. slightly        D.quictly

38. A.ability       B.time        C.courage          D.reaponsibuty

39. A.writen        B. sulfered   C.observed         D.lost

40. A. radio        B. television   C.stage  D.bed

41. A.ready         B.unable      C.anxious          D.cager

42. A.warm          B.broken      C.closed           D.open

43. A.hosts         B.vistors     C. readers         D.reportets

44. A.boon          B.stopped     C.forgot           D.decided

45.A.letters         B.emunls      C.books            D.diaries

46. A.bad        B. read       C. collecd         D.keep

47. A. decdoped     B.disappeared C. changed         D.arrived

48. A.ined          B.refused     C. regreed         D.hoped

49. A.exciting      B.aeceptable C.strange       D.heartherathing

50. A.less          B.eventhing  C.more             D.nothing

51. A. understand   B.explam      C.believe          D.question

52. A.fear          B.face        C. know            D.cause

53. A.felt          B.guessed     C.saw              D.doubted

54. A. as           B.once        C. thought         D.if

55. A.teacher       B. child      C. man             D.witct

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Once an Arab was traveling in the desert. When the sun went down in the west, he stopped and _36_ his tent then, made a fire and have a _37_ meal. When night fell, he_38_ down to sleep.
He had_39_ fallen asleep when he felt a soft _40_ on his elbow(手肘). He woke up to find that his camel had put his head inside the tent. The camel said: “Would you please let me keep my head in the tent to get warm? It is so cold outside. I will not take up too much  41  .”
The Arab was a  42  man, “All right, do as you  43  .” he said. Then he turned on his _44_  and went back to sleep.
It wasn’t long  45  he felt a push on his shoulder. It was the camel again. “Dear master,” the camel said, “my head is quite warm now, but my neck is still cold. Do you mind  46  I keep it inside the tent, too?”
“ _47_ .” the man said. But this time he felt a bit  48  , as camel had such a long neck.
No sooner had he shut his eyes  49  he got a harder push in his side. This time the camel said, “will you please allow me to bring my front legs inside and warm then a little?”
The Arab_ 50_ over to one side of the tent. He made _51_ as small as he could. It was not _52_ comfortable, and sleep was now out of  53  .Soon after that the camel gave his a rough push and said, “The tent is too small for the two of us.  54  , my two hind legs are still left in the cold. It is only_55_ that you should leave the tent wholly to me.” And with that, the camel kicked the poor man out.