第二节  完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

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

Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing.   36   she was very frightened, she went with her  37   to a cliff. She took hold of the rope and started   38   the face of that rock. She got to a place where she could take a breath.   39   she was hanging on there, the safety rope suddenly struck Brenda’s eye and   40    her contact lens(隐形镜片).

Well, here she was, on a rock face, with hundreds of feet below her and hundreds of feet   41    her. She began to get   42   , and she had to pray to the Lord to help her to    43  it.

When she got to the top, a friend  44   her eye and her clothing for the lens, but there was no contact lens to be found. She    45    across the mountains, thinking of that verse(诗句) that says, “The     46 of the Lord run backward and forward throughout the whole earth.” She thought, “Lord, you can see all these    47   . You know every stone and leaf, and you know   48    where my contact lens is. Please help me.”

Finally, they   49    down the path to the bottom. At the bottom there was a new party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff. Suddenly, one of them shouted out, “Hey, you guys! Anybody   50   a contact lens?”

Well, that would be   51    enough, but you know    52    the climber saw it? An ant was moving  53    across the face of the rock, carrying it on it’s back.

Brenda told her father about the story of the   54  , the prayer, and the contact lens. He then drew a picture of an ant carrying that contact lens with the words, “Lord, I don’t know why you want me to do this. I can’t eat it, and it’s awfully   55    .But if this is what you want me to do, I’ll carry it for you.”

36.   A.    Although B.    As   C.    Because   D.    Except

37.   A.    friend      B.    group      C.    guide      D.    leader

38.   A.    down      B.    off   C.    on    D.    up

39.   A.    Because   B.    As   C.    Before     D.    Until

40.   A.    wore out  B.    gave out  C.    carried out      D.    knocked out

41.   A.    over B.    across      C.    beyond    D.    above

42.   A.    hopeful   B.    upset       C.    eager       D.    proud

43.   A.    search     B.    dream     C.    find D.    imagine

44.   A.    watched   B.    tested      C.    saw  D.    examined

45.   A.    looked up       B.    looked on       C.    looked out      D.    looked for

46.   A.    eyes B.    arms       C.    hands      D.    legs

47.   A.    persons    B.    mountains       C.    trees D.    animals

48.   A.    exactly    B.    simply     C.    generally D.    nearly

49.   A.    walked    B.    climbed   C.    ran   D.    flew

50.   A.    missed     B.    owned     C.    got   D.    lost

51.   A.    annoying B.    surprising       C.    disappointing  D.    worrying

52.   A.    which      B.    why C.    when       D.    whether

53.   A.    quickly    B.    happily    C.    slowly     D.    sadly

54.   A.    rock B.    rope C.    ant   D.    Lord

55.   A.    heavy      B.    light C.    valuable  D.    dirty

 “You’re going to the United States to live? How wonderful! You’re really lucky!”

Does this sound familiar? Perhaps your family and friends said similar things to you when you left home. But does it seem true all the time? Is your life in this new country always wonderful and exciting? A great many facts show that it’s not easy for newcomers to adjust to life in a new culture. They have to experience culture shock.

What causes culture shock? Maybe the weather is unpleasant.  Perhaps the customs are different. Perhaps the public service systems such as the telephone, post office, or transportation are difficult to figure out and you make mistakes. The simplest things seem difficult. The language may be difficult. The food may seem strange to you. If you don’t look similar to the natives, you may feel strange. You may feel as ff everyone is watching you. In fact, you are always watching yourself.

Everyone experiences culture shock in some form or another. But culture shock comes as a surprise to most people. A lot of the time, the people with the worst culture shock are the people who never had any difficulties in their own countries. They were active and successful in their community(社区). They had hobbies or pastimes which they enjoyed. When they come to a new country, they do not have the same positions or hobbies as they already had in their countries. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity. They have to build a new self-image.

Culture shock produces a feeling of disorientation(晕头转向), which may be homesickness, imagined illness, or even paranoia(偏执症). When people feel the disorientation of culture shock, they sometimes feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the unfamiliar environment. They want to create an escape within their room to give themselves a sense of security. This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to familiarize the person more with the culture. Familiarity and experience are the long-term ways to settle the problem of culture shock.

67. Who is the passage mainly for?

A. The family and friends of those who came to the US.

B. Those who have got rid of culture shock.

C. People who have just moved to a foreign country.

D. People who can easily adjust their life in the US.

68. The underlined part “you are always watching yourself’” (in Paragraph 3) means         .

A. you are always feeling homesick

B. you are always worried too much about yourself

C. you are always looking at yourself in the mirror

D. you are always nervous about meeting other people

69. Which of the following would be a case of culture shock for newcomers?

A. They have trouble using public telephones.

B. Their positions or hobbies stay the same.

C. They are active and successful in the new community.

D. They have got used to the life in the new country.

70. Which of the following may cause newcomers to lack a sense of security?

A. A new identity.                                      B. Local food.

C. A new serf-image.                                    D. Strange environment.

71. The best way for the newcomers to overcome culture shock is____.

A. to stay inside to protect themselves

B. to make a study of the new hobbies

C. to adapt themselves to the new environment

D. to ask people for help when having difficulties

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