—Bob, look what you have done! You ruined the experiment.

—It’s not my fault. I just carried out the instructions _____.

A．as told            B．as telling me       C．as telling          D．as I told

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上涂黑。

Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children．Eighteen! In order  36   to keep food on the table, the father, a goldsmith by  37  , worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade．Despite their seemingly   38   condition, two of the eldest children had a dream．They both wanted to pursue their talent for art,  39   they knew well that their father would never be able to  40   either of them to study at the Academy．

After many long discussions at night in their  41   bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact．They would toss （掷） a coin．The   42   would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings,   43   his winning brother for the academy．Then, in four years, he would support the Other one．Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and  44  to Nuremberg．Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years,   45  his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation．By the time he graduated, he was beginning to   46  considerable fees for himself．

When the young artist   47   home and said to his brother, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your   48   . Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will  49   you．"

Albert rose and wiped the  50   from his cheeks．"No, brother．I cannot go to Nuremberg．It is too  51   for me．Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my 52   ! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas   53   a pen or a brush．"

More than 450 years have  54 ．By now, among Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits, "The Praying Hands" is one  55   creation that can catch the world's hearts．

1.A．merely     B．fully                    C．completely    D．entirely

2.．A．heart    B．method                   C．profession    D．words

3..A．demanding  B．promising       C．hopeless      D．careless

4..A．so       B．and                       C．however      D．but

5.．A．study      B．send                   C．give         D．offer

6..A．separated    B．crowded               C．new          D．unusual

7..A．winner       B．loser                 C．old          D．younger       

8..A．support      B．advertise      C．expect       D．require              

9..A．flew away        B．went off   C．set aside    D．left behind

10..A．deserved     B．desired        C．financed     D．envied

11..A．spend    B．save                     C．draw          D．earn

12..A．arrived      B．regained             C．returned       D．got

13.．A．turn      B．time                   C．top            D．fate

14..A．take charge of  B．make up for C．make use of          D．take care of

15..A．smiles     B．sweats         C．tears                    D．hints

16..A．late       B．nervous                C．tiring          D．tense

17..A．eyes       B．hands                  C．pictures        D．mines

18..A．in         B．of                     C．upon            D．with

19..A．passed    B．kept                    C．remembered       D．changed

20.A．strange     B．touching               C.wonderful      D．mysterious

The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath the long branches of an old willow tree.   31   at life, I have a good reason to frown, for the world was intent on   32   me down.

And if that weren't enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath   33  me, all tired from play. He stood   34   in front of me with his head tilted down and said with great excitement, "Look what I found!" In his hand was a   35  . What a pitiful sight, its petals were all worn - not enough rain, or too little light. Wanting him to take his dead flower away and go off to play, I   36   a small smile and then looked away.

But instead of   37   , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and   38   loudly with certainty, "It sure smells pretty and it must be beautiful, too. That's why I picked it; here, it's for you." The weed before me was dying or dead, not vibrant of   39  , orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I  40  for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need." Again,  41   placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then  42  I noticed for the very first time that the boy could not see: he was  43 .

I heard my voice trembling. Tears shone like the sun as I thanked him for picking the very best one. "You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, not realizing the  44  he'd had on my day. I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a  45   woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he 46  my self-indulged plight(困境)? Perhaps he'd been  47  with true sight from his heart by God.

Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. For all of those times I myself had been blind. I decided to see beauty, and  48  every second that belongs to mine.  49  I held that dead flower up to my nose and breathed in the  50  of a beautiful rose , I smiled as that young boy. Another flower in his hand was about to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.

Sarah came running in. She shouted happily, "Look what I ____36_____." She put a snake skin on the newspaper I was reading and it came so suddenly that it caused me to ____37_____. "Mom, look! Isn't it ____38_____?" said my seven-year-old daughter. I ____39_____ the snake skin and thought that it really wasn't pretty. Everything children see ____40_____is full of beauty in their eyes; they see only ____41_____ and excellence in the world until educated.

"____42_____ did the snake do this?" Sarah asked. I tried to seize the ____43_____ to teach my children that there was almost always something beyond the obvious. I wanted to tell them that there was something else going on ____44_____ what they saw in front of them. "Snakes shed (蜕) their skin because they need to renew themselves," I ____45_____.

"Why do they have to renew themselves?" Sarah asked.

My son Robert laughed and said, "Because they don't ____46_____ what they are and they want to be someone else." I politely ignored him and said that by shedding skins, we could ____47_____ the hidden reality.

"We often need to shed our skin, those coatings that we ____48_____ ourselves with," I said to my children, who listened very ____49_____, with their eyes wide open. "This snake ____50_____ needs this skin. It is probably too hard for him, or he probably doesn't think he looks as ____51_____in it as he once did. It's like buying a new ____52_____."

I'm sure this explanation will not ____53_____ the naturalists. But Sarah was getting to understand that renewal is part of ____54_____. She should learn from it what we need to keep and what we need to ____55_____.

1.                A．made          B．seized          C．caught   D．found

2.                A．think           B．jump           C．run  D．struggle

3.                A．interesting      B．smooth         C．beautiful  D．colorful

4.                A．stared at        B．took off         C．referred to    D．brought back

5.                                  A．by accident B．over and over again

C．in the future                      D．for the first time

6.                A．honesty        B．difference       C．value D．fear

7.                A．Where         B．Why           C．How D．When

8.                A．information     B．possibility       C．opportunity   D．question

9.                A．besides         B．for            C．without   D．around

10.               A．talked          B．explained       C．whispered D．shouted

11.               A．keep          B．want           C．need D．like

12.               A．see            B．guess          C．ignore D．remember

13.               A．keep          B．store          C．cover D．improve

14.               A．properly        B．attentively      C．sadly D．angrily

15.               A．once more      B．at times        C．right now  D．no longer

16.               A．nice           B．healthy         C．strong D．big

17.               A．hat            B．watch          C．suit   D．home

18.               A．move          B．satisfy          C．correct    D．defeat

19.               A．experience     B．achievement    C．progress   D．competition

20.               A．throw out       B．hope for        C．find out   D．throw away

I didn’t realize how short I was until I started school. There, a few kids picked on(欺负)me, calling me names. Then I knew. After that, I began to hate the first day of school each year. I didn’t know who was new and would stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs. Some of the kids would point and say, “Look at that kid. Look at her.”

As time went on, I just tried to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life. I was determined to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. My friends became increasingly protective. They’d help me up the bus steps. If people were cruel, they would take them aside and correct them.

What I lacked in height, I made up for in personality----my ability to laugh, even at myself. For example, one time I was reaching into the washing machine at my parents’ house to grab the wet clothes. I fell all the way in and yell for Mother, who was sitting nearby reading the paper. Watching feet flying everywhere, she laughed quietly and said, “I should leave you in there.” I laughed with her.

I’m 47 now, and the stares have not decreased as I’ve grown older. People ask my friends if I live in a dollhouse. They look in disbelief when they see me get out of my car on the driver’s side. During those times, I try to keep a good attitude. When people are rude, I remind myself, “Look what else I have----a great family, nice friends…”

What is the main idea of the second and third paragraphs?

A. How the writer changed her disadvantage to advantage.

B. The writer’s friends and mother loved her deeply.

C. The writer had many friends helping her.

D. The writer had the ability to laugh.

By saying “the stares have not decreased” in the last paragraph, the author suggests that____.

A. she is able to live a happy life like a normal person

B. she isn’t afraid of being noticed by others any more

C. some people still don’t treat her as a normal person

D. more and more people treat her with respect now

How is the author feeling now about her situation?

A. Quite optimistic.

B. Very satisfied.

C. Deeply upset.

D. Rather anxious.

We can infer that the author believes that_________.

A. society should help the disabled as much as possible

B. only your parents and friends can help you

C. what people say about you is none of your business

D. all people should be treated with respect