第二节  完形填空（20小题，每题1.5分，共30分）

I work in a company in India. And it has___36____in Germany and the UK, so I __37___take business trips to these places. We have a(n)__38__at the office by which anybody coming back to India from a foreign countr gets chocolates for all the__39___. Naturally the chocolates are finished___40___because everyone loves them and____41____to grab as many as possible. I had noticed that the housekeeping staff(勤杂人员)___42___in our company never got to__43___even a single chocolate.

   Recently,I came back to__44___after a month-long trip from MUNICH and I’d bought a lot of chocolates for the office staff. I called over___45___of the housekeeping staff members called Babu. I gave him a box of chocolates and told him to distribute it ___46___among the housekeeping staff. His face immediately broke into a wide smile and this made me__47__.

   But the story doesn’t___48____here. The best part of it all was that Babu actually distributed the chocolates among everyone equally,___49___giving extra choclates to a woman who has a 5-year-old son. It was so___50___for me to see this. I find it really___51____to understand how we, who have the money to buy chocolates and other goodies, do not even feel like__52___and just think how much we can grab. ___53___, Babu, who earns only just about enough to raise his family, was so__54___and did not even keep one extra chocolate for himself.

   It made me__55____one simple question: Which is better, having a little less money but being kind and generous or having lots of money but being selfish?

36. A. goverments     B. machines     C. branches     D. buildings

37. A. seldom         B. frequently    C. hardly       D.never

38. A. order           B. theory       C. example      D. tradition

39. A. employees      B. children      C. leaders       D. managers

40. A. at a time        B. in time       C. in no time    D. on time

41. A. pretends        B. fails         C. hesitates     D. tries

42. A. studying        B. working     C. playing       D. helping

43. A. taste           B. smell         C. buy          D. make

44. A. Germany       B. England       C. India        D. China

45. A. those          B. ones           C. that         D. one

46. A. unfairly        B. equally       C. extremely   D.secertly

47. A. happy         B.sad            C. disappointed D. frightened

48. A.start           B. continue        C. end        D. last

49. A. still            B. yet           C. instead      D.even

50. A.tiring           B. touching     C. worrying     D.interesting

51. A. easy            B. funny        C. hard         D. strange

52. A.sharing          B. dividing    C. changing     D.enjoying

53. A. What’s more     B. In reality   C. Worse still   D. On the other hand

54. A. diligent          B. generous    C. brave     D.intelligent

55. A. make up        B. figure out     C. think of      D. take off

Please keep the windows closed _____________ it rains.

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions or complete the statements in no more than 12 words.
The first fast food restaurants opened in the United Sates at the end of the 1950s. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the fast food industry continued to expand across the United Sates. Two aspects of American society that helped the fast food industry take off were teenagers and cars. Teenagers were the best workers to fill the low-skill jobs needed to work in fast food restaurants putting together hamburgers, taking orders and frying potatoes. Fast food chains also marketed themselves to people with cars by having drive-thru order windows and car hops. Car hops were waitresses who usually wore roller skates and brought the food outside the restaurant so that people could eat in their cars.
The trend of fast food chains hiring teenagers continues today. One out of every eight Americans has worked at McDonald’s, the largest fast food chain in the United States. Fast food chains used to be found only along highways or in business areas where people need to grab a quick lunch before returning to work. Today, however, fast food restaurants can be found in sports stadiums, airports, gas stations, malls; on college campuses, cruise ships; at K-Mart, Wal-Mart; and in hospital cafeterias.
The popularity of fast food in the United States is related to the idea that people would rather eat in a place they are familiar with rather than try a new place they know nothing about. This is the philosophy behind franchises(特许经营). When a person buys a franchise, they are paying for the use of the company’s name. This system has advantages and disadvantages for the person starting the restaurant. The new franchise owner is called the “franchisee”. The company selling its name is the “franchiser”. The franchiser brings experience, equipment, and a business plan to the deal. The franchisee puts up the money and does all the work. On the negative side, the franchiser gives up some control by not owning each restaurant or store directly. The franchisee gives up her or his ability to make personal decisions because she or he has to obey the rules of the company.
(Note: Answer the question or complete the statement in NO MORE THAN 12 WORDS.)
【小题1】Fast food chains hire teenagers because ________________________________________.
【小题2】Fast food restaurants used to find its location according to _________________________.
【小题3】According to the author, what’s the philosophy behind franchises?
【小题4】What is the advantage of franchise to the franchisee?

【小题1】 They need to be quick learners and to be d___________(专注于)to the company.
【小题2】They have been living in h_____________ (融洽) with each other for many years.
【小题3】Hong Kong is blessed with the most t___________(传统的) music scene in the world.
【小题4】 The Chinese nation includes more than 50 national m_____________(少数民族）besides the Hans.
【小题5】 I felt rather a___________(尴尬的) when I couldn’t answer the teacher’ question.
【小题6】 He i_____________(继承) a fortune from his father but ran it through in no time.
【小题7】Up to now, people have been expecting the housing price are in d____________ (下降)
【小题8】The children p__________________ (抗议) when they were punished unfairly.
【小题9】A_______________(显然)，you have made a good impression on the visitors.
【小题10】 In a country as d_______________ (多种多样的) as South Africa , all this is to be expected

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about  36  in work and life. Offering his  37  coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and  38  with a large pot of coffee and a  39  of cups---porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to  40  themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “if you have  41 , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been  42 , leaving behind the plain and  43  ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the  44  of your problems and stress.”
“Be assured that the cup  45  adds no quality to the coffee.  46  it is just more expensive and in some cases  47  hides what we drink.”
“48  all of you really want is coffee, not the cup,  49  you consciously went for the best cups…. And then you began  50  each other’s cups.”
Now consider this:  51  is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. 52  are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the  53  of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we  54  to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups  55 you … enjoy the coffee instead.