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,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卷上将该项填出。

“What kind of Thanksgiving can I provide?” I said to myself.Living in a small house and still jobless,I  36   to make ends meet.

Still,I counted my blessing(知足)when I  37  that a young family in a nearby home lost  __38  to a flash fire.I watched as the entire community went to their  39  :A church provided shelterk#s^5*u;others gathered food,bedding and clothing.Lines of busy people willingly gave their time   __40   their money.

The afternoon before Thanksgiving,two women came to our house  41  donations(捐赠物品).Although we had  42  to spare,I helped early items to their car,  43  in my heart to give more.

As we stood   44   chatting,my little Helen,only three,shouted,“Wait! Don’t anybody move.”She rushed into the house,complaining,“We   45  something!”

I looked apologetically at the ladies,but  46  I could follow her,Helen was back outside.carrying her  47   toy bear,which I had made for her birthday just two months before.

“Mommy,”her green eyes searched my   48  ,“the little girl doesn’t have any toys.I have to give it to her.”

My heart quaked.I thought about the few  49  Helen had and how many hours I had spend sewing(缝)this one.Now she wanted to  50  it away.We stood in silence,the ladies  51  at me.I struggled with my feelings.I thought of all the things we needed and didn’t have.

Everyone held their  52  as I bent down to face Helen.“Of course,Helen.”My voice nearly  __53   ,“you’re right.We forgot the toy.How  54  of you to remember!”

And I  55   my own heart would never be as big as the one pounding(砰砰地跳)in my daughter little chest.

36.A.struggled   B.decided      C.prepared   D.happened

37.A.expected   B.announced         C.learned      D.believed

38.A.nothing      B.something C.anything    D.everything

39.A.trouble       B.help   C.experience         D.work

40.A.except for  B.instead of        C.rather than D.as well as

41.A.collecting   B.reporting   C.requiring    D.allowing

42.A.less    B.more C.little   D.much

43.A.refusing     B.offering      C.waiting       D.wishing

44.A.downstairs         B.upstairs     C.outside       D.inside

45.A.needed       B.gave  C.remembered     D.forgot

46.A.since  B.before        C.when D.though

47.A.expensive  B.favorite      C.friendly       D.ugly

48.A.face   B.head  C.heart D.body

49.A.books          B.clothes       C.friends        D.toys

50.A.take   B.throw         C.give    D.put

51.A.aiming        B.shouting    C.glimpsing   D.staring

52.A.words         B.steps C.breath        D.hands

53.A.broke B.failed C.appeared   D.stopped

54.A.proud          B.thoughtful C.natural       D.clever

55.A.admitted   B.wished       C.explained   D.realized

What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes — the list goes on and on 

The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started Bay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade (升级) and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. Even in the great crashes of the late 1990s, ebay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet 

Ebay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is lake an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business.  The world is your market place. Of course for each item, eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.

42. We learn from the text that eBay provides people with _________.

A. a way of buying and selling goods 

B. a place to show their own photos

C. a website for them to upgrade

D. a chance to buy things at low prices 

43. Why did Peter create eBay after graduating from university? 

A. For fun                                      B. To make money 

C. For gathering the engineers                             D. To fulfill a task of his company 

44. From “he has never looked back” in Paragraph 2 we learn that Peter _________.

A. did not feel lonely                              B. was always hopeful 

C. did not think about the past                              D. became more and more successful 

45. How does eBay make money from its website? 

A. By bringing sellers together.                              B. By charging for each sale 

C. By listing items online                              D. By making e-photos.  

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