第二节 完型填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　　 It is　 36　 secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents(养

父母)than with the parents that nature dealt them. That is especially　 37　 of children who remain in homes where they’re badly treated because the law blindly favors biological parents. It is also true of children who suffer for years in foster(寄养)homes　 38　 parents who can’t or won’t care for them but　 39　 to give up custody(监护)rights.

　　　 Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays　 40　 neither description, but her recent court victory could　 41　 children who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody battle between the man who　 42　 her and her biological parents, with whom she has never　 43　 . A Florida judge decided that the teenager can　 44　 with the only father she has ever known and that her biological parents have no legal right on her.

　　　 Shortly after　 45　 in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another baby were　 46　 switched(调换)and sent home with the　 47　 parents. Kimberly’s biological parents received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical test　 48　 that the child wasn’t their own daughter,　 49　 Kim was, thus leading to a custody battle with Robert Mays.

　　　 In 1989, the two families　 50　 that Robert Mays would continue to have custody right with the biological parents getting　 51　 rights. Those right were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being　 52　 .

　　　 The decision to leave Kimberly　 53　 Mr. Mays caused heated discussion. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have the right to sue(起诉)on her own behalf. Thus he made clear that she was　 54　 a personal possession of her parents. Biological parents does not mean a complete　 55　 that cancels(取消)all the rights of the children.

36．A．not　　 B．no　　 C．a　　　 D．the

37．A．terrible　　 B．true　 C．sad　　 D．natural

38．A．for　　 B．because　　 C．because of D．as

39．A．have　 B．stick　 C．want　 D．refuse

40．A．fits　　 B．knows　　　 C．likes　 D．supports

41．A．save　 B．help　 C．trouble　　 D．surprise

42．A．bore　 B．protected　 C．grew D．raised

43．A．played　　　 B．thought　　 C．lived D．met

44．A．remain　　 B．leave 　　　 C．share D．talk

45．A．birth B．operation　 C．treatment　 D．illness

46．A．mistakenly　　　 B．purposefully　　 C．hopefully　 D．additionally

47．A．own　 B．wrong　　　 C．bad　 D．other

48．A．explained　 B．said　 C．showed　　 D．announced

49．A．therefore　 B．but　　 C．or　　 D．so

50．A．quarreled　 B．thought　　 C．prepared　 D．agreed

51．A．visiting　　 B．equal C．watching　 D．biological

52．A．wounded B．hidden　　　 C．forbidden　 D．hurt

53．A．with　 B．on　　 C．by　　 D．in

54．A．more than B．just　 C．no more than　　 D．rather than

55．A．control　　 B．order C．belong　　　 D．ownership

35．-What about the MP3?

　　　 -I am eager to have　　　 Can you give　　　 to me as a birthday present, Dad?

　　　 A．one; it　　　 B．it;one　　　 C．it; it　 D．one; one

34．-Did you finish reading the book yesterday?

　　　 -No. I just went　　　　 the third line on page 86.

　　　 A．as long as B．as much as　　　 C．as far as　　 D．as many as

33．The pilot lost control with the military base,　　　　 the plane crashed in the desert.

　　　 A．by means of which　 B．for which

　　　 C．in case of which　　　　　　 D．as a result of which

32．-I thought you were coming back from Shanghai next week.

　　　 -Oh, I　　　 to stay there for one more week, but I changed my mind.

　　　 A．would have intended　　　 B．was intending

　　　 C．had intended　　　　　 D．have intended