完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分, 满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的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。
My first full time job after high school was selling vacation packages via telephone for a well-known company.  One day, the dialer ____36____ me to a man who answered the phone and ____37_____ a bit out of breath.  I started with my normal pitch（推销）, and _____38____ to hear the normal, "I don't want any," and be hung up on.  
Instead he spoke in a low, weak voice and told me how he wished he could take a ____39_____ like the one I was offering, but couldn't ____40_____ he was dying of emphysema (肺气肿).  He ____41_____ how he was on oxygen, and it took almost all his ____42_____ just to get to the phone to answer the call.  I ____43_____, and my heart fell into my stomach.  He asked me if I smoked, which I did, and then begged me to stop.  He told me smoking is ____44_____ was killing him, and how horrible it was.  He told me to ____45_____ every day with my loved ones, and tell them all the time how much I love them. At this ____46_____, I was in tears, and couldn't control myself, and he could tell. 
After a few moments, I decided to write down his name and ____47_____, and just send him a card telling him that I ____48_____ his advice and that I would pray for him and his family.  Shortly after, I received a nice letter back from Frank, along with a picture of him and his wife.  We continued to write back and forth over the next few months or so, and became very ____49_____ of each other.  He was old enough to be my grandfather, and in many ways, I felt ____50_____ he was. 
It was about a year later I received a letter from his wife, and when I started to read it, my eyes were filled with tears.  She told me how Frank's ____51_____ with the disease had finally come to an end, and he ____52_____ shortly before Christmas.  She wanted to thank me for the letters I had written to Frank, and then explained how Frank touched many lives over the years.  At his ____53_____, to show just that, they read the 1st letter I had written to Frank to show how he ____54_____ a 19 year old he had ____55_____ even met. 
I will never forget how much that meant to me.
36. A. took                 B. connected             C. accompanied                 D. led
37. A. felt                            B. looked                    C. sounded                          D. proved
38. A. expecting       B. wondering            C. considering                    D. worrying
39. A. break               B. rest                         C. change                                     D. vacation
40. A. because                   B. though                            C. while                                D. before
41. A. described       B. exposed                 C. explained                        D. expressed
42. A. power             B. energy                   C. strength                         D. force
43. A. apologized     B. excused                 C. pardoned                        D. forgave
44. A. that                 B. what                       C. which                               D. how
45. A. take                 B. cost                        C. pay                                   D. spend 
46. A. point                B. case                        C. way                                  D. situation
47. A. number           B. hobby                     C. address                           D. whish
48. A. agreed            B. appreciated                   C. followed                          D. approved
49. A. interested      B. content                  C. fond                                 D. curious
50. A. if only              B. even if                    C. only if                               D. as if
51. A. battle              B. strike                      C. defense                           D. working
52. A. gave away     B. turned away         C. took away                      D. passed away
53. A. birthday                   B. funeral                            C. ceremony                       D. performance
54. A. changed                   B. improved               C. affected                          D. promoted
55. A. always            B. seldom                   C. ever                                 D. never

第三节：完形填空 （共 20 小题；每小题 1分，满分 20 分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Not long ago, I had a hard week at work. __16__ just kept popping up(出现) everywhere and I was struggling to keep from __17__ my cool. I felt like I was at the __18__ point.

One day, I made a trip across town to the store. After I __19__, I realized I had left my purse with credit cards at home. __20__, I had a small amount of cash in my pocket, so I __21__ it, my coupons(优惠券) and went inside. The store was really __22__, but I just found what I needed, waiting for the cashier(收银员) to check out my __23__. I waited and waited, meanwhile my anger grew. I had a bad day and all I wanted to do was go home, but I was __24__ in the line.

Finally, I got to the front, but the cashier didn’t __25__ my coupons. I was upset because I had used __26__ coupons there before. It didn’t __27__ me. I would just pay in cash. Then the cashier said it was 10 dollars. SHOCK! I was a little __28__. Now I was mad at myself for forgetting my purse and only taking a small amount of cash. Without a credit card or anything else, I __29__ my things and started to go back out to my car, wondering to myself why everything had __30__ for me.

Just as I was headed out, an employee __31__ me and said a lady in the __32__ had paid the difference for me and left. __33__ the amount she paid was small, the act was huge. A stranger, whom I had never met, completely changed my attitude with her __34__. Maybe next time I see someone having a __35__ day, I’ll do the same as her. After all, you never know whose day you might change.

16. A. Problems         B. Chances          C. Stories          D. Suggestions

17. A. enjoying         B. gaining          C. losing            D. continuing

18. A. growing          B. boiling          C. turning           D. beginning

19. A. adjusted         B. practiced        C. returned          D. parked

20. A. Finally          B. Thankfully       C. Gradually         D. lately

21. A. opened           B. closed           C. grabbed          D. found

22. A. quite            B. big              C. clean             D. busy

23. A. purses           B. goods            C. cards           D. pockets

24. A. stuck            B. served           C. followed        D. defeated

25. A. pay             B. use              C. accept          D. fill

26. A. extra            B. different        C. ordinary        D. similar

27. A. disappoint       B. change           C. move            D. surprise

28. A. foolish          B. short            C. proud           D. curious

29. A. made             B. did              C. collected       D. left

30. A. ended            B. failed           C. passed          D. disappeared

31. A. stopped          B. recognized       C. saw             D. helped

32. A. room             B. corner           C. line            D. company

33. A. Unless           B. Once             C. Although        D. Since

34. A. intelligence     B. humor            C. smile           D. generosity

35. A. tough            B. lonely           C. lucky           D. simple

第三部分阅读理解(共15小题；每题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique (古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception (接待). I was quite wrong. Then man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and, the fourth-so I decided that my approach（手段） must be wrong.
I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes I saw that, it’s nothing.”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean? You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I’m sorry, I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “You must be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want。You want me to repair your chair.” “You’re right,” I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, ‘Would you mend this chair for me’?” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver（5英镑）?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused (感到有趣) by the whole thing.
51. We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer_________.
A. was rather impolite   B. was warmly received
C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair     D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
52. The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper___________.
A. changed his mind            B. accepted the offer
C. saw the writer’s purpose   D. decided to help the writer
53. How much did the writer pay?
A. £5.     B. £7.     C. £20.              D. £27.
54. From the text, we can learn that the writer was___________.
A. honest       B. careful      C. smart         D. funny

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。
Blind from birth, I have never had the opportunity to see myself and have been completely dependent on the image I create in the eyes of others.
There are those who   36   that since I can’t see, I obviously also cannot   37 . Very often people will talk with me at the top of their lungs. Conversely to this, people will also often   38 , assuming that since my eyes don’t work, my ears don’t either. For example, when I go to the airport and ask the ticket agent for   39 to the plane, he or she will always pick up the phone and call a ground hostess in a very low voice. "Hi, Jane, wave got a 76 here." I have concluded that the word "  40 " is not used because they are unwilling to inform me of my condition of which I may not have been previously   41 .
On the other hand, others know that of course I can hear, but believe that I can’t talk. Once I became ill and was hospitalized. Immediately after I was    42 , I was wheeled down to the X-ray room. Just at the door sat an elderly woman(judging from  her voice) asked the orderly(护工) who had been wheeling me:" What is your name?" “What’s your name?” the orderly   43  to me. "Harold Krents", I replied. "Harold Krents", he repeated. "When was he born?" "When were you born?"…This continued for about five minutes before I finally interrupted, "Look, this is absolutely  44  . OK, I can’t see, but it’s go to become pretty  45  to both of you that I don’t need an interpreter(翻译)." “He says he doesn’t  need an interpreter," the orderly reported to the woman. 　
The   46  misconception of all is the view that because I cant see, I can’t  47 . I was turned down by over forty law firms,   48  my qualifications included a cum laude degree from Harvard Law School. The  49 to find jobs, the continuous   50 of being told that it was impossible for a blind person to   51 law, the rejection letter, not based on my lack of   52  but rather on my disability, will always remain one of the most upsetting experiences of my life.
  53 , the Department of Labor issued laws that demand equal  54 opportunities for the disabled. The business community’s response has been   55 . The attitude towards the disabled is beginning to change.