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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

In my dual (双重的)) profession   36  an educator and health care provider, I have worked with many children infected with HIV. They have taught me so many things, but I have especially learned that great   37   can be found in the smallest individuals. Let me tell you about Tyler.

Tyler was   38   infected with HIV; his mother was also infected. From the very beginning of his life, he was dependent on medications to  39  him to survive. When he was five, he had a tube inserted in a vein(静脉) in his chest. At times, he also needed extra oxygen to support his 40.

Tyler wasn't_ 41   to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease. It was not  42   to find him playing and racing around his backyard, wearing his medicine-loaded backpack and   43   his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon ( 小推车 ). All of us who knew Tyler were impressed by his pure   44   in being alive and the energy it gave him. Tyler’s mom often  45   him by telling him that he moved so  46   she needed to dress him in red. That way, when she peered through the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly 47  him.

This deadly disease eventually  48   down Tyler. He grew quite ill and, unfortunately,  49 did his HIV-infected mother. When it became   50   that he wasn't going to survive, Tyler’s mom talked to him about   51  . She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon in heaven.

A few days before his death, Tyler 52  to me to come to his hospital bed and   53 ,"I might die soon. I'm not 54  When I die, please dress me in  55  Mom promised she's coming to heaven, too. I'll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me.

36. A. in                      B.for             C. as             D.on

37. A. pleasure      B. pain          C. sorrow      D. courage

38. A. seriously     B. born          C. unlucky      D. disappointingly

39. A. cause          B. enable       C. make         D. lead

40. A. breathing    B. living        C. running      D. walking

41. A. happy         B. willing      C. daring        D. discouraged

42. A. common     B. unusual     C. surprised    D. ordinary

43. A. dragging      B. carrying    C. pushing      D. taking

44. A. character     B. joy            C. moment     D. Excitement

45. A. comforted   B. scolded      C. teased        D. praised

46. A. slowly               B. happily      C. quickly      D. fast

47. A. know          B. spot          C. stop           D. observe

48. A. tore            B. broke               C. wore          D. kicked

49. A. neither               B. so             C. such           D. nor

50. A. apparent      B. hopeless    C. sure           D. terrible

51. A. life             B. dream       C. future        D. death

52. A. waved         B. said           C. signed        D. explained

53. A. whispered   B. shouted     C. cried          D. spoke

54. A. excited        B. surprised   C. scared        D. sad

55. A. red             B. white               C. bright       D. beauty

PALO AITO, California—“Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter—even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,” US researchers said last week.

A study of 192 third and fourth grades, generally aged eight and nine, found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television gained nearly two pounds(0.91 kg) less over a one-year period than those who did not change their television diet.

“The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity,” said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician(儿科专家) at Stanford University.

“American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing games, and rates of childhood being very fat have doubled over the past 20 years,” Robinson said.

In the study, presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies’ annual meeting in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by one-quarter to one-third.

Children watching fewer hours of television showed a significantly smaller increase in waist size and had less body fat than other students who continue their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet nor took part in any extra exercise.

“One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around and burning off calories,” Robinson said.

“Another reason might be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more,” Robinson added.

The purpose of the first two paragraphs is ______.

A. to report the time children spend watching TV

B. to show that more TV time leads to getting fatter

C. to tell us the best way to reduce weight

D. to introduce the background of the research

According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV ____.

A. is more than four hours a day       B. is less than four hours a day

C. doubled in the last twenty years      D. is more than on any other activities

The time the 100 children spend on TV every day is about _______ in the study.

A. a quarter of an hour  B. four hours         C. three hours        D. one hour

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage ?

A. Weight increase owes to the result of a reduction in TV viewing.

B. The percentage of children getting fatter has doubled in the last 20 years.

C. Children usually eat less while watching TV.

D. Children usually eat nothing while watching TV.

The main idea of the passage would be ______.

A. less TV time helps reduce children’s weight

B. fewer meals is a must in reducing children’s weight

C. the less you eat, the thinner you will be

D. more exercise is of great benefit to reduce weight

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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific event that was unusual for me. I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets. After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.

I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to   31  . She wanted to help,   32   she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to   33  and hand out to people. When getting to the homeless shelter   34  passed out the remaining meals.   35  , I began making sandwiches and   36  them with the crowd. I had the containers with my   37  cookies in them and began to   38  , offering them to anyone near me.

I   39   an old gentleman and said, “sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around,   40   and said, “What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I   41  , and his eyes   42  a little bit and he said, “No one has   43  called me sir.” He   44  .

It struck me.  

I explained I had been raised that   45  color and social status, everyone deserved respect. It   46   me to think that just because he was homeless, no one   47  _him the honor. It broke my heart, and I   48  .I just didn’t understand   49  no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way. Every   50  person deserves to be treated with dignity. Years later, I still carry that memory and the lessons it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted can really make a difference in someone’s life.

How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?

31．A．participate           B．involve         C．choose     D．go

32．A．however       B．but        C．yet   D．so

33．A．bring    B．fetch    C．collect     D．take

34．A．I           B．you       C．she   D．we

35．A．First      B．Next      C．Third       D．Finally

36．A．shared          B．gave      C．helped     D．assisted

37．A．classmate’s           B．schoolmate’s  C．sister’s     D．family’s

38．A．walk around         B．knock around         C．come around   D．stand around

39．A．went    B．came    C．approached      D．met

40．A．looked at me rightly           B．stared at me with difficulty

C．glared at me in anger      D．looked me right in the eye

41．A．had       B．called           C．did          D．do

42．A．watered        B．cried    C．tore         D．dropped

43．A．already         B．ever      C．still         D．yet

44．A．was completely frightened          B．was not a little confused

C．was completely taken aback   D．was not a bit surprised

45．A．in spite         B．regardless of    C．concerned about             D．for fear of

46．A．strengthened        B．saddened       C．frightened              D．pleased

47．A．handed         B．afforded       C．provided         D．supplied

48．A．had no choice but to cry      B．couldn’t help to cry

C．had no right to cry   D．couldn’t help but cry

49．A．what    B．when    C．whether          D．why

50．A．single           B．poor      C．ordinary          D．normal

After the new method is _______, a lot of money will be saved．

       A．brought up      B．brought down   C．brought in       D．brought about

___is very little possibility that the global financial crisis will end in a very short time．

       A．There      B．It      C．That  D．This

Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed．In other words, we learn our looks ---- we are not born with them．A baby has generally unformed face features．A baby, according to Birdwhistle, learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around family and friends．This helps explain why the people of some areas of the United States look so much alike, New Englanders or Southerners have certain common face features that cannot be explained by genetics（遗传学）．The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth, it is learned after．In fact, the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set．For many, this can be well into grown-ups．A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look somewhat alike．We learn our looks from those around us．This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where people smile more than those in other areas．In the United States, for example, the South is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently．In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York State still less．Many Southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly, partly because people on Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than people in small towns do．

60．Ray Birdwhistle believes physical appearance          

       A．has little to do with culture．           B．has much to do with culture．

       C．is ever changing．                    D．is different from place to place

61．According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed       

       A．before birth．                       B．as soon as one's teeth are newly set．

       C．sometime after new teeth are set．       D．around 15 years old.

62．Ray Birdwhistle can tell what area of the United States a person is from by        

       A．how much he or she smiles．      B．how he or she raises his or her eyebrows．

       C．what he or she likes best．         D．the way he or she talks．

63．This passage might have been taken out of a book dealing with        .

       A．physics        B．chemistry  C．biology        D．none of the above

For better health, many people turn to doctors or self-help books．But they don’t realize that their friends could help them fight illness and sadness, slow aging and help them live a longer life．Researchers are only now starting to pay attention to the importance of friendship in whole health．A 10-year Australian study found that old people with a large circle of friends were 22 percent less likely to die during the study than those with fewer friends．

“In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn’t well appreciated,” said Rebecca G．Adams, a professor of the University of North Carolina．“Friendship has a bigger influence on us than family relationships．” Why friendship has such a big effect isn’t clear．While friends can pick up medicine for a sick person, the advantages go well beyond physical help．

Last year, researchers studied 34 students at the University of Virginia, taking them to the foot of a steep（陡峭的）hill and fitting them with a heavy backpack．They were then asked to estimate the steepness of the hill．Some of them stood next to their friends during the research, while others were alone．The students who stood with their friends judged the hill to be lower than the hills in other students’ eyes．And the longer the friends had known each other, the less steep the hill appeared．

“People with stronger friendship feel like there is someone they can turn to,” said Karen A Roberto, director of the medical center at Virginia Tech．“Friendship is a great resource, but many people don’t realize it．The message of these studies is that friends make your life better．”

64．We can learn from Paragraph 1 that      ．

       A．friends could take the place of doctors and medicine

       B．researchers have studied the importance of friendship for a long time

       C．people with few friends usually die at a young age

       D．people with many friends can live longer

65．Which of the following is RTUE of Professor Adams?

       A．She thinks friends affect us more than family members．

       B．She likes making friends with different people．

       C．She advises people to choose a close friend．

       D．She knows the role of friendship in her life．

66．The underlined word “estimate” in Paragraph 3 means “       ”．

       A．judge          B．find       C．learn            D．imagine

67．What’s the best title for the passage?

       A．How to keep healthy             B．How to make friends

       C．The importance of friendship      D．The meaning of real friends

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第Ⅱ卷（共50分）

短文改错（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

My classmate ,Joseph ,is at present in hospital

with a breaking leg .He was walking to school the other              66.                

day when he let a bicycle ran right into him .He never                67.                 

watches where he is going ,so he often gets into the trouble.           68.                

But he is having a nice time there .He has a comfortable              69.                

room, patiently nurses , and a great deal of time to read .              70.                

Some friends of his go to see him every day , they take him           71.                 

lost of good book and fresth fruit .He is not losing any time           72.                 

from school because he is busy study what he has                   73.                

missed in classs .The doctor says he is recovering fast than            74.                 

expected and will be out of hospital a few weeks .                   75.                   

 —Wow， your house is so big！

—Yes， it’s three times　　　　yours.

A. the size as     B. more than          C. bigger as          D. bigger than

——What do you think made Mary so upset?

—— ______ her new MP4.

As she lost   B. Lost      C. Losing           D. Because of losing