阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

I am 54，and enjoying every minute I have left. Each day I wake up feeling 36 to be here．

I have to tell the truth that I am likely to 37 very soon. Three years ago，I was diagnosed(诊断)with cancer. The doctor said I wouldn’t die “hard”．The 38 would close down my brain gradually，then 39，I would die unconsciously(无意识地).Several days ago，the doctor told me a piece of 40 news that the cancer had spread like wildfire And he also said that I probably had just two months to live. This latest news about the cancer really 41 me. It was also not easy for my 42．My youngest son，Henry，shut himself in his room 43 he heard the news. But now，at least，we are closer than ever．He does a funny dance to entertain me and thinks up jokes to make me 44 .In readiness I have made him a calendar with every reminder a mother would normally 45：“Take your dirty clothes off”，and “Remember Dad’s birthday!”

　 I’ve 46 myself for death．I gave people lots of my hooks．I gave my clothes to a young working mother. I wrote 47 birthday and Christmas cards for my three boys，making sure they would hear from their old 48 for years from now．I also 49 my 55th birthday party in December．though I might be dead that day．

50，I can enjoy life and still live. When you’re told you will die much 51 than you have expected，every second is meaningful. I am trying hard to make full use of every 52 left.

　 I am 53 and have self—published several books，and I hope I can 54 my detective novel in the limited time．I don’t want to leave an uncompleted work. I will cherish(珍惜)the 55 of my life．

36．A．pressured　 B．proud　 C．grateful　 D．safe

37．A．return　 　　B．die　 　　C．forget　　 D．retire

38．A．cancer　 　 B．Pain　 　 C．medicine D．machine

39．A．reasonably　 B．immediately C．basically D．finally

40．A．terrible　 B．exciting　 C．interesting　 D．false

41．A．amused　 B．shocked　 C．controlled　 D．touched

42．A．audience　 B．assistant　 C．foxily　　 D．body

43．A．since　 　 B．before　 　 C．if　　　 D．after

44．A．cry　 　　B． move 　　C．wait　　 D．laugh

45．A．make　 　B．check　 　 C．change　 D．keep

46．A．blamed　 B．prepared　 C．punished D． praised

47．A．beautiful　 B．plastic　 C．future　　 D．expensive

48．A．mother　 B．partner　 C．classmate D． tutor

49．A．celebrated　 B．held　 　C．hosted　 D．planned

50．A．Strangely　 B．Simply　 C．Luckily　 D．Directly

51．A．1ater　 B．earlier　 　C．better　　 D．harder

52．A．opportunity　 B．second　 C．dollar D．friend

53．A．writing　 B．reading　 C．collecting D．buying

54．A．publish　 B．translate　 C．1ike　　 D．finish

55．A．quietness　 B．memory　 C．rest　　 D．dream

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．选项中有两项为多余选项．

Tom：Hello, Peter　　 　1　　 　.

Peter：It went very well, thanks. Everybody seemed to enjoy it.

Tom：　　 　2　　 　.

Peter：Yes. In the school hall there weren't enough seats for everybody and a few people had to stand.

Tom：Well, I'm glad that you had a large audience.　　 　3　　　

Peter：In the first half of the play I was a doctor and in the second half I was a scientist.

Tom：Was it hard to remember the lines?

Peter：No, not really. I just did a lot of funny things.

Tom：Did the audience laugh?

Peter：They certainly did.　　 　4　　　

Tom：　5　　　

Peter：Well, you'll be able to next week. We're going to do it again.

A．They almost fell out of their seats

B．How about the film?

C．How was the school play?

D．Were you in the play yourself or did you just help?

E．All of us never moved during playing.

F．I wish I had been there.

G．Did many people come and see it?

The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness.

　　 As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and into public places, some of the country’s most talented artists have been called in to transform older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2,500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have significant contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms.

　　 These recent initiatives owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience.

　 A typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 5,000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art! Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the outpatients waiting area of the Manchester Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britain’s first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.

　　 The effect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards.

　　 The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto a garden needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.

1．The underlined part“to soften the hard edges of modern buildings”in Paragraph 2 means“________”.

A．to decorate hospitals with art collections

B．to make the corners of hospital buildings round

C．to change people’s attitude toward hospitals

D．to replace the old buildings with modern buildings

2．We learn the Peter Senior is a(n) ________.

A．doctor interested in arts

B．artist who refuses to hold art exhibitions in hospitals

C．pioneer in introducing art into hospitals

D．artist who owns a great deal of property

3．According to Peter Senior, we can infer that________.

A．modern hospitals have a lot of patients

B．art is not appreciated by a large number of people in modern society

C．patients should be encouraged to learn painting

D．artists can not find their positions in modern society

4．The passage mainly tells us that___________.

　　　　 A．patients no longer wholly depend on expensive drugs

B．the quality of the environment in hospitals counts in the process of recovery from illness

C．the effect is striking

D．these recent initiatives owe a great deal to Peter Senior

阅读理解

　　The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play an important role in the process(过程) of recovery from illness.

　　As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries(陈列室) and into public places, some of the country's best-known artists have been called in to transform older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2,500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have precious collections of contemporary(当代的) art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms.

　　These recent initiatives owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society and: that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience.

　　A typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 5,000 visitors each week. What better place to hold regular exhibitions of art? Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the out-patients waiting area of the Manchester Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britain's first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.

　　The effect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colours, playful images and restful courtyards.

　　The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto a garden needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only brick wall to look at.

1．We learn that Peter Senior is ________.

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A．a doctor interested in arts

B．an artist who refuses to hold art exhibitions in hospitals

C．a pioneer in introducing art into hospitals

D．an artist who owns a great deal of property(财产)

2．According to Peter Senior, we can infer that ________.

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A．modern hospitals have lost a lot of patients

B．art is not enjoyed by a large number of people in modern society

C．patients should be encouraged to learn painting

D．artists can not find their positions in modern society

3．Six young art school graduates joined Peter Senior because ________.

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A．they saw Peter Senior's idea was very exciting

B．Peter Senior needed artists more talented than him

C．they wanted to enjoy Peter Senior's popularity

D．more and more hospitals needed artists to improve their environment

4．The underlined word initatives (in paragraph 3) means ________.

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　　The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play an important role in the process of recovery（康复）from illness.

　　As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and into public places, some of the country's best-known artists have been called into change older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2 500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have valuable collections of contemporary（现代的）art in corridors（走廊）, waiting areas and treatment rooms.

　　These recent movements owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost their places in modern society and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience.

　　A common hospital waiting room might have as many as 5000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art! Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the outpatients waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britain's first hospital artist, Serfior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.

　　The effect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view or fresh colours, playful images and restful courtyards.

　　The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view of a garden needed half the number of strong pain killers（止痛药）compared with patients who had no view at all or only brick wall to look at.

(1)According to the passage, we can learn that Peter Senior is ________.

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A．a doctor interested in art

B．an artist who refuses to hold art exhibitions in hospitals

C．an artist in introducing art into hospitals

D．an artist who is very rich

(2)According to Peter Senior, we can infer that ________.

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A．modern hospitals have lost a lot of patients

B．art is not enjoyed by a large number of people in modern society

C．patients should be encouraged to learn painting

D．artists can not find their positions in modern society

(3)Six young art school graduates joined Peter Senior because ________.

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A．they thought Peter Senior's idea was very exciting

B．Peter Senior needed artists more intelligent than him

C．they wanted to enjoy Peter Senior's popularity

D．more and more hospitals need artists to improve their environment

(4)The underlined word “striking”pro-bably means“________”.

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