81. Adventure allows the __________(意想不到的) to happen to us.

第二节 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)

A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling. Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In　one　of the wards a 　patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to　 36 　 , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.

“Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t　　 　37 　, as I knew, but all the time　　 38　 his foot against mine.

My　　 　39　 　　raced back more than thirty years to the　　 40　 　　days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The　　 　41　 was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.

　 42 　 　wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to　　 　43　 each other very well. Frank West　　 　44　 me because he wasn’t　　 45　 , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had　　 　46　 of a mind than a baby has. His “　 47　 ” consisted of rough sounds-sounds of pleasure or anger and　　 48 　 more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank　　 49 　 on her entirely. He needed all the　　 50　 of a baby.

One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She　　 51 　 nearly everything she owned.

When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the　　 　52 　 ones. So before we　 　53 　that morning, I stood beside Frank and　　 54　 my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his　　 55　 to me was always the same.

36. A. work　 　　　　　　　 B. stay　　　　　　　　　 C. live　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. expect

37. A. answer　　　　　　　 B. speak　　　　　　　　 C. smile　　　　　　　　　　 D. laugh

38. A. covering　　　　　　 B. moving　　　　　　 C. fighting　　　　　　　　　 D. pressing

39. A. minds　　　　　　　　 B. memories　　　　　 C. thoughts　　　　　　　　 D. brains

40. A. better　　　　　　　　 B. dark　　　　　　　　　 C. younger　　 　　　　　　 D. old

41. A. cave　　 　　　　　　 B. place　　　　　　　　 C. sight　　　　　　　　　　　 D. scene

42. A. Discussing　　 　B. Solving　　　　　　 C. Sharing　　 　　　　　　 D. Suffering

43. A. learn from　　 　B. talk to　　　　　　　 C. help　　 　　　　　　　　 D. know

44. A. needed　 　　　　　 B. recognized　　　　 C. interested　　 　　　　　 D. encouraged

45. A. normal　 　　　 B. common　　　　　 C. unusual　 　　　　　　　 D. quick

46. A. more　　 　　　　　 B. worse　　　　　　　　 C. fewer　　　　　　　　　　 D. less

47. A. word　　 　　　　　　 B. speech　　　　　　　 C. sentence　　 　　　　　　 D. language

48. A. not　　 　　　　　　　 B. no　　　　　　　　　　 C. something　 　　　　　 D. nothing

49. A. fed　　 　　　　　　　 B. kept　　　　　　　　　 C. lived　　　　　　　　　　　 D. depended

50. A. attention　　　 　B. control　　　　　　　 C. treatment　　 　　　　　 D. management

51. A. lost　　 　　　　　　　 B. needed　　　　　　　 C. destroyed　　 　　　　　 D. left

52. A. troublesome　 　 B. unlucky　　　　　　 C. angry　　　　　　　　　　 D. unpopular

53. A. separated　　 　　 B. went　　　　　　　　 C. reunited　　 　　　　　　 D. returned

54. A. pushed　　 　　 　B. tried　　　　　　　　 C. showed　　 　　　　　　　 D. measured

55. A. nodding　　 　　　B. greeting　　　　　 C. meeting　　 　　　　　　 D. acting

35. On February 11, 2007, Drew Gilpin Faust was ________ as the first female president of Harvard University in 371 years.

A. appointed　　　 B appealed　　　　 C. attached　　　　 D. transferred

34. Hillary Clinton arrived in Beijing on Friday night, ________ the start of her short visit to China.

A. marked　　　　 B. having marked　　　　 C. marking 　　　　D. to mark

33. -How did you do in the test?

-Not so well. I _________ much better but I misread the directions for Writing.

A. will have done　　　 　　 B. could have done　　 C. must have done　 　 　　 D. may have done