Ⅲ.完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

    阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Once there were two men, who lived in the same hospital room. One man’s bed was next to the room's only window. ___36__, the other man, since his illness was more  ___37__, had to spend all his time in bed. When the man in the bed by the window could  ___38__ up, he would tell his roommate all the things he could see ___39__ the window. He said the window ___40___ a park with a lovely ___41__. Ducks played on the __42___ while children sailed their model boats. Old trees grew and beautiful flowers were in bloom. What a fine ___43__! The man in the other bed would be  ___44__ by the beautiful colors of the world outside.

Days and weeks passed.

One morning, the day nurse found the man by the window had ___45__ peacefully in his sleep. She called the hospital attendants to take the body ___46__. As everything was done, the other man asked if he could be  ___47__ next to the window.  The nurse said OK and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him ___48__.

Slowly and painfully, he tried to take his _49___ look at the world outside. He thought he would be ___50__ to see it by himself. But to his surprise, he saw nothing but a white ___51__. The man asked the nurse ____52   his roommate ___53__  to him and said there were wonderful things outside this window. The nurse told him his roommate was blind and could not even ___54__  the wall.

She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to ___55__  you. He only hoped you could live in a colorful world and got better quickly. "

36. A. Unluckily      B. Happily        C. Surprisingly   D. Angrily

37. A. common       B. occasional      C. serious        D. light

38. A. stand          B. sit            C. jump         D. wake

39. A. across         B. above          C. behind       D. Outside

40. A. built          B. stood          C. faced         D. placed

41. A. hill           B. lake            C. house        D. tower

42. A. sand          B. grass           C. water         D. tree

43. A. look          B. sight            C. form         D. view

44. A. impressed     B. moved          C. reminded     D. disappointed

45. A. missed        B. died            C. come        D. passed

46. A. up           B. away           C. off           D. on

47. A. moved        B. forced          C. brought       D. lifted

48. A. alike          B. alone          C. aloud         D. alive

49. A. single         B. last            C. first          D. only

50. A. pleased        B. excited         C. crazy         D. sad

51. A. wall           B. picture         C. river        D. Window

52. A. when          B. why          C. how          D. Where

53. A. led           B. got            C. lied          D. left

54. A. hear          B. touch          C. see          D. describe

55. A. please        B. encourage       C. control       D. Advice

D

    Sadness is unpleasant, and in a society where personal happiness is prized above all else, there is little tolerance for falling in despair. Especially now we’ve got drugs for getting rid of sad feelings — whether it’s after losing a job, the break-up of a relationship or the death of a loved one. So it’s no surprise that more and more people are taking them.

But is this really such a good idea? A growing number of voices from the world of mental health research are saying it isn’t. They fear that the increasing tendency to treat normal sadness as a disease is playing fast and loose. Sadness, they argue, serves a useful purpose—and if we lose it, we lose out. Yet many psychiatrists insist not. Sadness has a nasty habit of turning into depression they warn. Even when people are sad for good reason, they should take drugs to make themselves feel better.

So who is right? Is sadness something we cannot live without or something horrible never to touch?

There are lots of ideas about why feeling sad should become part of human life. It may be a kind of self-protection, as other primates (灵长类) also show signs of sadness. A losing monkey that doesn’t show sadness after it loses a fight may be seen as continuing to challenge the winning monkey — and that could result in death.

In humans sadness has a further function: we may display sadness as a form of communication. By acting sad, we tell other community members that we need support.

Then there is the idea that creativity is connected to dark moods. There are plenty of great artists, writers and musicians who have suffered from depression or disorder. Scientists found that people with signs of depression performed better at a creative task, and negative moods make people think deeply over the unhappy experience, which allows creative processes to come to the front. There is also evidence that too much happiness can be bad for your career. A doctor found that people who scored 8 out of 10 on a happiness test were more successful in income and education than 9s or 10s. The happiest people lose their willingness to make changes to their lives that may benefit them.

53.The underlined word “this ” refers to ________.

     A.taking medicine              B.falling in despair            C.losing a job            D.feeling sad

54.The author believes sadness is ________.

     A.a good thing for people’s health        B.something horrible never to touch

       C.a necessary function of humans’        D.always to be treated as depression

55.Some animals show their sadness in order to ________.

     A.cheat their enemy                B.protect themselves 

       C.comfort the loser                D.challenge the winner

56.We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.

      A.people with great creativity tend to be happier   

       B.unhappy experiences contribute to a greater career

       C.too much happiness can be bad for your career

       D.the happiest people are the most successful ones

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