第二节 完形填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
When Mary came to the Manor to live with her uncle, Mr. Craven, everyone said she was most disagreeable-looking(长相不招人喜欢的).
She arrived from 26 after her parents died of illness. Mary had a thin face, and never
27 . Mr. Craven’s housekeeper came to 28 her. She explained where Mary was going to live: “The house, on the edge of a moor(沼地), is six hundred years old. There are a hundred rooms in it, but most of them are 29 and locked. Your uncle’s got a crook(弯曲的)back. You’ll have to play 30 and look after yourself.”
After Mary arrived, she found things very 31 from India. On the first morning, she asked the housemaid, Martha, “Who is going to dress me?” Martha was 32 , “Can you not dress yourself? It’s time you should 33 .
One day Mary was told to go and play alone in the 34 , but not to go near the Secret Garden, as Mr. Craven had locked it. Mary was very 35 . “It was Mrs. Craven’s garden,” said Martha. “One day she was sitting on an old tree and the branch broke. She fell off, 36 so badly that the next day she died.”
Mary spent all her time playing outside. One day she saw a bird. Under its feet was a(n) rusty (上锈的)key, the key to the Secret Garden! When Mary went in, she found it was the 37 , most mysterious place anyone could 38 . There were roses all over the trees and sharp, pale green shoots sticking out of the earth. Mary 39 space around them to allow them to grow. “I’ll come back tomorrow,” she said, looking around and speaking to the trees and the rosebushes 40 they heard her.
26. A. faraway B. England C. India D. home
27. A. smiled B. cried C. talked D. played
28. A. take B. meet C. received D. pick
29. A. deserted B. under repair C. shut up D. furnished(装置)
30. A. joyfully B. alone C. well D. hard
31. A. difficult B. natural C. similar D. different
32. A. kind B. anxious C. surprised D. concerned
33. A. learn B. do C. dress D. start
34.A. garden B. house C. moor D. room
35. A. interested B. curious C. eager D. puzzled
36. A. ached B. wounded C. hurt D. damaged
37. A. strangest B. dirtiest C. cleanest D. sweetest
38. A. dream B. imagine C. think D. consider
39. A. cleaned B. made C. cleared D. found
40. A. only if B. so that C. in case D. as if
25. The news of the war brings little __________ of peace.
A. agreement B. signal C. promise D. mark
24. ____________ no doubt that 100 years ago animal testing was cruel but today animals in experiments are very well taken care of.
A. It is B. There is C. This is D. That is
23. ---How do you find the programme AM Chicago hosted by Oprah?
---_______________.
A. Specially B. Wonderfully
C. Excited D. Lively
22. Only after__________ his work __________ to see his grandfather.
A. finishing; did he go B. he finishes; did he go
C. he finished; he went D. having finished; he went
21. There is too much in the British Museum for us to ____________.
A. take in B. take up C. take off D. take over
20. Listen! There’s a lot of noise from next door. They _____________ a party.
A. could have had B. must be having
C. should have had D. can be having
19. Luckily, we’d brought a road map without__________ we would have lost our way.
A. it B. that C. anything D. which
18. The old couple don’t live with their children; they _________ independence(独立)more than anything else in the world.
A. value B. rise C. skip D. inspire