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四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

Today we had an American family, the Robinsons, for Sunday dinner. Mr. Robinson is my mother’s co-worker.

Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and their two young   1. came at about 6:00 PM. Mrs. Robinson gave Mum a bunch of fresh flowers, 2.  color,freshness and their good will. Mum did the  3. 

and it was left to ourselves to get to know each other. I soon 4.  on well with the two girls Judy and Annie.

Mrs. Robinson was much  5.  than her husband. There was a moment of embarrassment when Granny asked about her   6. . Mum was about to apologize   7.   Mrs. Robinson laughed and said it was quite all right and that she had been in   8. long enough to know it was the Chinese custom. She   9.   told us that she was 32, though her husband was 52.

And of course they entirely   10. the dinner. Like a perfect Chinese hostess, Mum and especially Granny  11.  stuffing(填) them with food and urging them to eat and to drink, apologizing all the time that it’s a homely meal. 12.  , Mrs. Robinson said to Mum, “In the West any hostess would be proud of such a feast instead of apologizing for it, and we don’t urge the guests to eat or drink.   13.  so many good things before me, I certainly don’t need any urging. The problem is how to prevent  14.  overeating owing to your keeping putting food into my bowl.” We

all  15.  laughter at that.

When they   16.   to leave, they thanked us not only for the excellent dinner, but for giving them such a nice   17.  . Besides, they insisted on giving every one of us a hug and a  18. , which did embarrass me. But I think Granny was really   19.  when they kissed her.

It’s surprising how a little good will on both sides can  20. language and cultural barriers.

21. A. sons         B. babies           C. daughters            D. friends

22. A. bringing     B. taking           C. fetching         D. adding

23. A. decoration       B. direction        C. introduction     D. instruction

24. A. made         B. went         C. talked               D. got

25. A. older            B. younger      C. thinner              D. taller

26. A. marriage     B. belief           C. age              D. salary

27. A. while            B. when         C. but              D. and

28. A. Britain          B. Canada       C. America          D. China

29. A. honestly     B. gradually        C. excitedly            D. loudly

30. A. prepared     B. tasted           C. enjoyed          D. swallowed

31. A. continued        B. remained     C. suggested            D. kept

32. A. However      B. Besides      C. Therefore            D. Instead

33.A. For           B. With         C. Over             D. As

34. A. themselves       B. herself          C. ourselves            D. myself

35.A. broke out     B. gave off     C. burst into           D. set out

36. A. came         B. hurried      C. got              D. rose

37. A. day          B. time         C. meal             D. gift

38. A. smile            B. word         C. kiss             D. hand

39. A. touched      B. interested       C. attracted            D. encouraged

40. A. change       B. improve      C. damage           D. break

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。  

   A couple of weeks ago, my friend offered to sell some of our things for us. I thought it was a good chance to   26  my 7-year-old son’s room and   27  some toys that were no longer suitable for him to play with. We   28   that all the money we got from selling the toys would be his money.

The night before the   29  , we loaded up the truck with toys and a little bike that was too   30  for him. In the yard he   31  the bike for the last time and then happily put it onto the truck. This little bike had at least two previous（以前的） owners as far as we   32  . It wasn’t in the best   33   and was certainly not new, but the tires were   34  good.

We put a price of $10 on it, but it didn’t sell. So, after the sale was  35  , my friend put it on the sidewalk, with a sign that   36  “FREE BIKE”. Within five minutes her doorbell rang. A little boy was   37_ there. In poor English he asked whether the bike was   38  free. She said yes and that he could have it for   39  . He smiled, got on the bike and rode away.

Later that evening when I told my son how much money he had made at the sale, he was very   40  , shouting happily. He asked about a few of his things, wondering   41  they had been sold. When he asked about the bike, I told him about the little boy and that made him   42 . He was much happier than when I told him how much he had   43  . He was so happy to   44  that someone else would make good  45  of that little bike!

1.A. clean         B. check            C. display          D. design

2. A. look for     B. go through     C. show off           D. deal with

3. A. refused          B. agreed       C. wrote            D. lied

4.A. trip              B. show        C. sale            D. decision

5. A. weak         B. small            C. new              D. thin

6.A. rode          B. found        C. watched          D. felt

7.A. doubted       B. knew             C. told            D. thought

8.A. time          B. chance        C. place          D. shape

9.A. also           B. never           C. still           D. hardly

10. A. ahead           B. on          C. near                 D. over

11.A. said           B. repeated       C. copied               D. expressed

12. A. jumping         B. standing         C. walking          D. shouting

13. A. barely         B. usually      C. really          D. always

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

15.A. calm             B. scared           C. excited         D. disappointed

16.A. when          B. whether        C. why           D. how

17.A. smile          B. worry          C. leave           D. cry

18.A. enjoyed        B. lost           C. bought          D. made

19. A. hear           B. understand     C. remember       D. think

20.A. interest        B. money        C. use            D. price

One day a few years ago we had a guest of the uninvited variety. In fact, this uninvited guest was a bird--- a(n) __1__, to be more precise(精确地).
“What’s that?” I asked when I first heard the thump(重击声). “It sounds like Joe is outside playing basketball,” my wife, Anita, said. She paused and __2__ more devotedly. “It’s coming from the __3__.” she said. “Maybe it’s one of the little __4__”.
We rushed out the door. Jonathan, our youngest, was easy to make __5__. “If he’s making holes in the wall again…” I said as I searched there. No children at all. But there was that __6_ again, coming from right up there.
And that’s when I __7__ the sparrow. It was flying __8__ just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly trying to __9__, but couldn’t see that the way out wasn’t up, but down and out through the open _10__. So the bird continued beating its wings and hitting its head against the __11__.
“Poor thing,” Anita said. “It must be __12__.”
“Well, maybe it’s because of me,” I said as I moved toward it. I tried to show the bird how to glide (滑翔) down a few feet so it could get outside, __13__ that only seemed to frighten it more.
“Why don’t we just __14__?” Anita suggested. “I’m sure he’ll __15__ eventually.”
So we went back into the house, where we continued to hear the ongoing struggle. Then suddenly, it was __16__. We looked into the garage, and our uninvited guest was __17__.
“See?” Anita said. “I told you he would make it.”
“Yeah,” I said. “But how many knocks on the head did it __18__ him?”
I’ve thought about that little sparrow through the years. Just like that sparrow, we often meet situations we don’t know how to __19__. Born to go upward, we don’t __20__ consider the possibility that something good might happen if we stop flapping(拍打) around and just glide down a little bit.

There is a story about a school teacher named Mrs. Thompson. Standing in front of her   36   grade class on the first day of school, she told the children a lie. She said she   37  them all. But that was   38 , because there was a little boy called Teddy, whom she didn’t like at all.
Mrs. Thompson was    39  that he didn’t play well with other children, that his clothes were   40  and that he always needed a bath.   41   ,  when she received his records, she got a real   42 .
Teddy’s first grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is a smart child with ready laugh.  He does his work neatly and has good manners.” 
His second grade   43    wrote, “Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a deadly illness and life at home   44  be a struggle.”
His third teacher wrote, “ His mother’s death has been  45 to him.”
By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was 46     herself. She felt even worse when students   47    her beautiful Christmas presents, except for Teddy’s ---- a   48  that was one quarter full perfume（香水）.
After the children left she   49 for at least an hour.
Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the   50    children in the class. Six years went by when she got a letter from Teddy,   51  that he had finished high school.
There followed another letter years later. Teddy   52     Mrs. Thompson to attend his wedding and asked   53  she could sit in the place usually kept for the   54  of the groom.
Teddy  55  in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important”
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back saying “Teddy, you are wrong. In fact, I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”
【小题1】.

Money, or the lack of it, changes everything, and that includes how people will be working out in 2010.

In these belt-tightening times  1  , cost-conscious workouts（锻炼）at home and at the gym topped the list of fitness trends for this year in a survey, followed  2   by shorter, more time-efficient regimens, such as  3   boot camp（强力集中训练） and circuit training.

"People are looking  4   for ways to accomplish as much as possible with as little  5   time and money as necessary," said Cedric X. Bryant, chief science officer of the American Council on Exercise (ACE), which conducted the online poll of fitness professionals.

"Last year money was on the list but this  6   year the majority of the respondents put  7   it as one of the top," he added.

Bryant said some 600 ACE-certified fitness  8   professionals responded to the annual poll  9  , which the non-profit organization has been conducting for a decade.

Other money-saving measures  10  , such as the shift from personal training sessions to small group training  11   classes and in-home workouts  12   using smaller, more portable equipment, also made the list.

"Personal trainers are seeing they've got to respond to market needs  13  . Working with two to four clients at a  14   time they can charge less  15   but still get their hourly fee," Bryant said.

Boot-camp workouts and circuit training, both of which burn  16   calories while building strength and endurance（持久性）, will be among the most popular trends in 2010, as time-constrained（受压制的） consumers  17   seek shorter, more intense activities.

One bright spot is the rise of exergaming-type systems, like Nintendo's Wii Sports, Wii Fit and the PC-based Dancetown. Bryant says the fitness-based video games are turning up  18   in health clubs and senior centers.

Functional training workouts, which are geared to improving the quality of life and the ability to perform everyday tasks, will remain strong  19  , and the use of computerized tracking and online training and scheduling tools will increase  20   in the coming year.

(   ) 1. A. times                 B. years               C. centuries           D. societies

(   ) 2. A. caught                      B. followed           C. covered            D. conducted

(   ) 3. A. such like            B. in other words   C. such as             D. that is to say

(   ) 4. A. taking               B. developing        C. opening            D. looking

(   ) 5. A. little                  B. much                      C. many                      D. few

(   ) 6. A. that                   B. next                 C. this                  D. previous

(   ) 7. A. manage              B. put                   C. try                   D. organize

(   ) 8. A. medicine            B. train                 C. economy          D. fitness

(   ) 9. A. poll                   B. conference        C. observation       D. reception

(   ) 10. A. measures          B. procedures        C. policies            D. systems

(   ) 11. A. speaking           B. training            C. exercising        D. processing

(   ) 12. A. work              B. workouts          C. rest                  D. race

(   ) 13. A. changes            B. prices               C. needs                      D. habits

(   ) 14. A. some               B. no                    C. any                  D. a

(   ) 15. A. less                  B. fewer                      C. more               D. much

(   ) 16. A. produce            B. burn                 C. cut                   D. add

(   ) 17. A. professionals     B. students            C. consumers               D. trainers

(   ) 18. A. turning up               B. turning down    C. turning around D. turning out

(   ) 19. A. weak               B. useful               C. strong              D. possible

(   ) 20. A. decrease           B. appear              C. increase            D. want