第二节 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)
Alice,
my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a
friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has 36 economic resources-her father has been
dead for years and her mother works 37 a maid. Although her
mother works very hard, she can 38 support the family. Jane is very
bright and gifted at 39 and that’s how she has got the
scholarship, which included a(n) 40 for things like lunch, school uniform and
music lessons.
Alice became friends with
Jane and would 41 talk to her at lunch. She did it that way
in order to avoid the other kids 42 her.
On her birthday last month, she 43 her new friend to her birthday party, but
Jane said she couldn’t come. Alice
wanted her to be 44 so much that she 45 on her coming. Eventually, the girl
said, “I don’t have any 46 clothes that I could wear at your
birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a 47 from my piano performance,” and asked,
“Could I 48 a skirt from you?”
Alice was happy that her
friend would be 49 to come and hurried home to ask her Mum 50 she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To
her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very 51 and angrily said to her Mum, “ 52
I could, I would give my
friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should
have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well 53 .
Finally,
Alice explained
to her Mother her friend’s 54 . Her Mother immediately
changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to
feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud
of her 55 with her.
So the
true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to
minister, not to be ministered unto.
36. A. personal B.
extra C.
limited D.
adequate
37. A. for B.
with C.
like D.
as
38. A. hopefully B.
obviously C.
hardly D.
temporarily
39. A. music B.
drawing C.
maths D.
biology
40. A. bonus B.
allowance C.
donation D.
pension
41. A. secretly B.
happily C.
quietly D.
eagerly
42. A. pointing at B.
shouting at C.
laughing at D.
glaring at
43. A. took B.
invited C.
accompanied D.
sent
44. A. happy B.
independent C.
confident D. present
45. A. depended B.
insisted C.
focused D.
agreed
46. A. casual B.
comfortable C.
nice D.
tight
47. A. shirt B.
jeans C.
handbag D.
necklace
48. A. get B.
copy C.
order D.
borrow
49. A. free B.
able C. glad D.
willing
50. A. how B.
when C.
why D.
whether
51. A. stubborn B.
upset C.
firm D.
enthusiastic
52. A. If B.
When C.
Unless D.
Though
53. A. treated B.
controlled C.
educated D. behaved
54. A. cleverness B.
character C.
circumstances D. competences
55. A. study B.
friendship C.
sympathy D.
performance