第二节  完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

       阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to    36   a different life. It was a transitional(过渡的)time in Daniel's life. I wanted to    37    him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the    38    time I had let such moments pass.

When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, “What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?” Then he walked   39   the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar   40      played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him    41    and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words    42        me.

Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those    43   opportunities. How many times have I let such moments    44    ? I don't find a quiet moment to tell him what they have     45   to me. Or what he might   46   to face in the years ahead. Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.

What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him?    47    as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always     48    never hearing him put his   49    into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so    50   to tell a son something from the heart?

My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. “Daniel,” I said, “If I could have picked, I would have picked you.” That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world    51   , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All I was    52    of was the stubble(短须)on his chin as his face pressed    53    mine. What I had said to Daniel was    54   . It was nothing. And yet, it was   55   .

36.A. experience            B. spend             C. enjoy               D. shape

37.A. show              B. give              C. leave               D. instruct

38.A. last                B. first              C. very               D. next

39.A. upward             B. into              C. down               D. up

40.A. sign                 B. scene             C. scenery              D. sight

41.A. interest              B. instruction           C. courage            D. direction

42.A. failed                    B. discouraged          C. struck              D. troubled

43.A. future              B. embarrassing         C. obvious            D. lost

44.A. last                B. pass            C. fly                    D. remain

45.A. counted            B. meant               C. valued             D. eared

46.A. think              B. want                C. expect              D. wish

47.A. But               B. And                 C. Instead             D. So

48.A. wondered           B. regretted                  C. minded           D. tried

49.A. views              B. actions              C. feelings             D. attitudes

50.A. important           B. essential             C. hard                D. complex

51.A. disappeared          B. changed           C. progressed           D. advanced

52.A. sensitive           B. convinced          C. aware            D. tired

53.A. by                 B. against            C. on                 D. with

54.A. clumsy           B. gentle             C. absurd                   D. moving

55.A. none             B. all                C. anything           D. everything

C

A 17-year-old boy, caught sending text messages in class, was recently sent to the vice principal's office.The vice principal, Steve Gallagher, told the boy he needed to focus on the teach- er, not his cellphone.The boy listened politely and nodded, and that's when Mr.Gallagher noticed the student's fingers moving on his lap.He was texting while being scolded for texting."It was a subconscious act," says Mr.Gallagher, who took the phone away."Young people today are con-nected socially from the moment they open their eyes in the moming until they close their eyes at night. It's compulsive."

A study this year by psychology students at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga., found that the more time young people spend on Facebook, the more likely they are to have lower grades and weaker study habits. Heavy Facebook users show signs of being more sociable, but they are alsomore likely to be anxious, hostile or depressed.

Almost a quarter of today's teens check Facebook more than 10 times a day, according to a2009 survey by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group that monitors media's impact on families.Will these young people get rid of this habit once they enter the work force, or will employers cometo see texting and 'social-network checking' as accepted parts of the workday? Think bac.k.Whentoday's older workers were in their 20s, they might have taken a break on the job to call friends andmake after-work plans.In those earlier eras, companies discouraged non-business-related calls, and someone who made personal calls all day risked being fired. It was impossible to imagine the con-stant back-and-forth texting that defines interactions among young people today.Educators are alsobeing asked by parents, students and educational strategists to reconsider their rules."In past gen-erations, students got in trouble for passing notes in class.Now students are good at texting withtheir phones stiU in their pockets," says 40-year-old Mr.Gallagher, the vice principal,  ”and they're able to communicate with someone one floor down and three rows over.Students are just fun-amentally different today.They will take suspensions rather than give up their phones."

66.The underlined word“a subconscious act" in the first paragraph refers to an act______

A.on purpose                       B.without realization

C.in secret                        D.with care

67.Young people addicted to the use of Facebook______.

A.are good at dealing with the social relationships and concentrate on their study

B.have high spirits and positive attitudes towards their life and work

C.have been influenced mentally in the aspects of behaviors and habits

D.are always in bad mood and have poor performance in every respect

68.Through the situation of today's older workers in their 20s, it can be inferred that______.

       A.the employers will not accept young people's sending text messages

       B.a cellphone is a must for today's older workers instead of young people

       C.the employers prefer older workers to young people

       D.the employers will find it hard to control the interaction among young people

69. Mr. Gallagher reminds us that the students in the past and those today______.

A.like to break rules and have the same means of sending messages

B.are alwa)-s the big problem for the educators and their parents

C.like sending text messages but those today do it in a more secret and skillful way  

       D.cannot live without a ceUphone

70.What's the best title of the passage?

A.Teenagers and CeLl.phones           B.Teenagers' Texting Addiction

C.Employers and Teenagers               D.Teenagers' Education    

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