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。

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one job by myself and not tell them about it till I'd got one.               

I had seen an agency advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the   21_   in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as    22_  as if I were going on the stage. Finding the    23_  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said " Enter without knocking, if you please. "

The simple atmosphere of the office    24_  me. The woman looked carefully at me   25_  through her glasses, and then    26_  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather   27_  . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of   28_  . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   29  to get a job without    30_  . I wondered whether I ought to leave,   31_   the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:

“   32_  , I've got someone in the   33_  at this very moment who might    34_   . " She wrote down a   35_   . and held it out to me, saying: "Ring up this lady. She wants a    36   immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people."

"Oh yes, " said I——   37_   having cooked for more than four in my life. I   38_  her again and again, and rushed out to the   39_  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for.

I spent the next few hours   40_   cook books.

21． A．bed        B．house      C．agency      D．office

22． A．proud       B．please        C．nervous     D．worried

23． A．family       B．door      C．place        D．stage

24． A．calmed       B．excited       C．frightened    D．disturbed

25． A．as usual      B．for a while   C．in a minute   D．once again

26． A．advised      B．examined     C．informed    D．questioned

27． A．encouraged   B．dissatisfied   C．hopeless     D．pleased

28． A．place        B．job            C．advice       D．help

29． A．difficult      B．helpless       C．possible      D．unusual

30． A．ability       B．experience     C．knowledge   D．study

31． A.  after      B．since       C．until         D．when

32． A． Above all   B．As a matter of fact   C．As a result   D．In spite of that

33． A． family     B．house        C．office        D．restaurant

34． A． hire       B． accept      C．suit          D．offer

35． A． letter      B．name    C．note        D．number

36． A． cook       B．help      C．teacher      D．secretary

37． A． almost      B．never        C．nearly       D．really

38． A． answered    B．promised     C．thanked     D．told

39． A.  outside    B． local       C．closest       D．nearest

40． A． burrowing   B．buying         C．reading      D．lending

第三部分： 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
My Teacher in the School of Life
I spent the opening day of school this year at DeMatha Catholic High School in much the same way I spent the first day of classes   36   30 years ago; I sat in Dr Charles E. Offutt’s British literature class, listening to him   37   what his seniors would learn and get them excited about the journey they would  38  . I’m the principal (校长) of the school now , but for a few minutes I was back in 1975,   39  what the future held.
I have been learning from Dr Offutt for 30 of the 51 years he had been teaching at DeMatha. He not only taught me to think, he   40  me, as much by example as  41  , that it was my moral duty to do so and to serve   42   .
Neither of us could know how our  43  would develop over the years. When I first came back to DeMatha to teach English. I worked for Dr Offutt, the then department chair. After several years, I was  44  department chair, and our relationship changed   45  . I thought that it might be  46  chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr Offutt   47  me throughout. He knew when to give me   48   about curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me design my own course.
In 1997, I needed his advice about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school. If he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have.   49   , he encouraged me to seize the new     50  .
Five years ago, I became the   51   of DeMatha. Once again, Dr Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could   52  on him as I tried to fill such big shoes. I’ve learned from him that great teachers have a (n)   53   wealth of lessons to teach.   54  his students don’t know it yet, I know how   55   they are; I’m still one of them.
36．A．mostly         B．exactly   C．only           D．simply
37．A．explain    B．predict   C．speak         D．teach
38．A．keep            B．achieve  C．choose    D．take
39．A．preparing    B．discovering  C．wondering   D．realizing
40．A．assisted    B．reminded       C．advised   D．convinced
41．A．words   B．action       C．explanation  D．models
42．A．the others        B．everyone       C．others          D．anyone
43．A．relationship  B．position     C．situation   D．condition
44．A．pointed      B．named       C．given          D．taken
45．A．already      B．yet   C．still          D．again
46．A．foolish     B．surprising        C．uncertain  D．challenging
47．A．promoted        B．accepted   C．supported  D．welcomed
48．A．advice       B．information       C．notice          D．thought
49．A．Otherwise       B．Therefore        C．Furthermore  D．Instead
50．A．choice    B．opportunity     C．occupation   D．possibility
51．A．teacher    B．principal  C．officer   D．clerk
52．A．live      B．look            C．depend   D．take
53．A．rich     B．little            C．valuable        D．endless
54．A．Once          B．Even if    C．Unless    D．Until
55．A．fortunate B．curious       C．innocent   D．satisfied

阅读下列材料， 并从所给的六个选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。

The people below travel abroad. Read the following stories and decide what problem each traveler experienced while traveling.

1._______ David got lost in an isolated place. To make matters worse, he had an accident and couldn’t walk freely. So he was in great need of timely help.

2._______ Paul had to buy a hamburger and ate it in the park instead of eating his mother’s delicious chicken, with which he couldn’t go through the customs.

3._______ Ann was stopped at the customs because she was carrying drugs without a doctor’s prescription. How regretted she was not to have done that!

4._______ Sally offended some of the people in the town she was visiting by wearing inappropriate clothes. She should have found out about local customs and followed them.

5.______ Jack didn’t obtain a transit card when he changed planes an airport, which made him very worried. There was no doubt that he was not allowed to get on board.

A．My mother was worried about me. She cooked me all my favorite dishes and put them into a box to take with me on my journey. But the customs officer inspected all the plant and animal products at the airport. Unfortunately it was illegal for me to bring into the country the kind of food my mother had given me and so it all had to be thrown away.

B．It was very hot so I put on some shorts and a T-shirt to go sightseeing. I hadn’t gone very far when I found everyone was looking at me, and they didn’t seem friendly to me. One woman even spat on me as I walked past. I decided to get off the crowded streets and so I turned down a small, quiet street.

C．During the four-day walking tour, I was amazed by mountain scenery and the ancient ruins we passed on our hike. On the last day, we arrived at the ruins of Machu Picchu in time to see the sunrise over the Andes. I spent the day visiting the ruins of that ancient Inca city before catching the train back to the capital city of the country.

D．When I got off the plane at the first airport. I saw someone handing out cards to some of the passengers, but I didn’t know what they were for, so I didn’t take one. When I tried to board the second plane they asked for my transit card, which I didn’t’ have. I was worried they were going to send me back to London.

E. I had been walking for about an hour when suddenly I slipped and fell down a riverbank. I hurt my ankle and couldn’t stand up. I didn’t know how I could get back to the village. I hadn’t told anyone what I was going, so no one would know where to look for me when they realized I was missing.

F. When I arrived at my destination, a customs officer at the airport looked in my bag and found the pills in a small box. He wanted to know what the pills were for and why they weren’t in their proper bottle with my name and the doctor’s name on it. I explained that the bottle had been too big and heavy. Then he wanted to know if I had a letter from my doctor explaining about the pills.

I was successful at my job. I worked very hard, but it 36  me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle. I’d worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director.  37 , one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was  38  explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there  39  they talked on and all I could think was, “I’ve  40 .”  I’d been so well respected, but  41  I was of no value.

For six weeks, I was in a very  42  place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸). I could 43 things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive (积极的) in everything  44  me.

Then, in late June, my youngest son’s football team made the city cup final. The year before, he’d been very sad when I  45  the same final, so he was  46  when I told him I’d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me  47  him on was unbelievable, From then on, I spent the summer enjoying my some and their passions (激情). I attended match after match and performances of my elder son’s band — I  48  went to another city to watch him play. These moments were so  49 . My life had been so much devoted to  50  for so long, and I felt  51  that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.

 52 , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose --- I was someone’s mum! I felt a sense of being  53  Again. Now I feel more positive about my professional  54  and I’m getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job made me realize just how  55  it is to achieve real balance in life.

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one.

I had seen an agency (中介机构) advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the  1  in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as  2  as if I were going on the stage. Finding the  3  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”

The simple atmosphere of the office   4  me. The woman looked carefully at me  5  through her glasses, and then  6  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather  7  . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of  8  . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   9  to get a job without  10  . I wondered whether I ought to leave,   11 the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say: “  12 , I’ve got someone in the  13  at this very moment who might  14 .” She wrote down a  15 , and held it out to me, saying: “ Ring up this lady. She wants a   16  immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”

“ Oh yes,” said I —  17  having cooked for more than four in my life. I  18  her again and again, and rushed out to the   19  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for. I spent the next few hours   20  cook books.

1.A. bed         B house      C. agency              D. office

2.                A．proud          B．pleased         C．nervous D．worried

3.                A．family          B．door           C．place D．stage

4.                A．calmed         B．excited         C．frightened D．disturbed

5.                A．as usual        B．for a while       C．in a minute    D．once again

6.                A．advised         B．examined       C．informed D．questioned

7.                A．encouraged     B．dissatisfied      C．hopeless  D．pleased

8.                A．place          B．job            C．advice    D．help

9.                A．difficult         B．helpless        C．possible  D．unusual

10.               A．ability          B．experience      C．knowledge D．study

11.               A．after           B．since          C．until  D．when

12.               A．Above all       B．As a matter of fact     C．As a result D．In spite of that

13.               A．family          B．house          C．office     D．restaurant

14.               A．hire           B．accept         C．suit   D．offer

15.               A．letter          B．name          C．note D．number

16.               A．cook           B．help           C．teacher   D．secretary

17.               A．almost         B．never          C．nearly     D．really

18.               A．answered       B．promised       C．thanked   D．told

19.               A．outside         B．local           C．closest    D．nearest

20.               A．borrowing      B．buying         C．reading    D．writing