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。

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.   36   man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was next to the room's only   37  . The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

They talked for hours   38  . Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up, he   39   pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The other man felt his world would be   40   and enlivened by all the wonderful world outside.

The window overlooked a   41   with a lovely lake. Ducks played on the water while children   42   their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm in flowers. A fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the   43  .

As the man by the window described all this in delicate   44  , the other man would close his eyes and   45   the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade   46  .   47   the other man couldn't hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window pictured it with   48   words.    

Days and weeks passed.

One morning, the nurse arrived,   49   to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and had the body taken away.

The other man asked to be   50   next to the window. Painfully, he sat up to take his first look at the world outside.   51  , he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.

He slowly turn to look out the window. It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have   52   his roommate to describe such wonderful things outside. The nurse   53   that the man was blind. "Perhaps he just wanted to   54   you."

Shared grief is half the sorrow,   55   happiness when shared, is doubled.

36. A. The one                    B. One                        C. Another                   C. This

37. A. entrance                     B. exit                         C. passage                    D. window

38. A. on end                             B. in vain                            C. at ease                     D. after all

39. A. would                       B. should                     C. might                      D. could

40. A. shortened                 B. deepened                 C. broadened                D. sharpened

41. A. courtyard                  B. market                            C. wood                             D. park  

42. A. flew                         B. designed                  C. sailed                             D. swapped 

43. A. distance                    B. way                        C. process                    D. course

44. A. effect                        B. particular                 C. detail                             D. relief

45. A. expose                     B. imagine                   C. realize                      D. spot

46. A. passing away             B. passing by                      C. passing down            D. passing out

47. A. Because                    B. As                           C. Once                       D. Although

48. A. descriptive                B. productive              C. sensitive                  D. tentative

49. A. strangely                   B. surprisingly             C. sceptically                      D. only

50. A. substituted                 B. offered                    C. switched                  D. organized

51. A. Willingly                  B. Finally                    C. Generously              D. Occasionally

52. A. sacrificed                  B. referred                   C. motivated                D. intended

53. A. responded                 B. respected                 C. requested                 D. resisted

54. A. recover                     B. defend                     C. observe                   D. encourage

55. A. or                             B. but                          C. so                           D. and  

--- Do you know that man?

   --- Not really, just a nodding _______.

   A. acquaintance              B. participant               C. relation                    D. frequent

— I saw your uncle take a taxi to the airport. Why didn’t you drive him there?

— I ________. But my car ________.

A. would; was fixed                                        B. would have; was fixed  

C. would have; was being fixed                      D. did; was being fixed

Whoever does not have a mobile phone must borrow ____________ because you’ll certainly need ___________ for the tour.

A. one; it       B. it; one          C. it; it         D. that; this

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

During my second year of college, I was looking around for a place to live. One Sunday after church, the pastor(牧师) told me to stay in his daughter’s room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year.

    To be  36  , I really didn’t want to stay with “the pastor’s family”. He told me how much the  37  would be---a very low figure that  38 one home-cooked meal a day. I thought about the  39 and decided to move in.

    At the end of the term I had planned to find   40  living place, since the daughter was to  41  home. To my delight, they  42  that I share a room with their son. I seemed to have been adopted into their  43  ----their people became my people. I   44  accepted the offer.

    As I emptied the daughter’s bedroom, I thought it might be  45  to have a little sister to look after. But when I later met my new sister, I  46 that she was more independent than I first  47 .

   We finally fell in love,  48  , and have looked after each other for many years. There have been times that life turned out more  49  than either of us could have known. But we have always been able to go  50  largely because we knew that we are deeply   51  .

   It isn’t about marriage… It’s about  52  . It’s about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as  53  as family. It’s about anybody who can say, “I’ll be  54   ----you can count on me. I’ll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me.

   Is there somebody you can depend on?  And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is  55  to look after, and when someone is looking after us.

36. A. honest                      B. surprised                 C. friendly           D. pleased

37. A. price                        B. rent                       C. money             D. pay

38. A. had                         B. included                 C. made               D. contained

39. A. idea                         B. plan                       C. service            D. offer

40. A. same                       B. different                C. another           D. extra

41. A. return                      B. go                         C. get                        D. leave

42. A. ordered                   B. agreed                   C. arranged          D. suggested

43. A. house                      B. family                   C. group             D. friend

44. A. happily                    B. sorrowfully            C. evidently         D. efficiently

45. A. bad                         B. exciting                  C. nice                D. strange

46. A. realized              B. thought               C. knew            D. doubted

47. A. saw                   B. told                       C. imagined                D. believed

48. A. separated                  B. parted                  C. left                        D. married

49. A. smooth              B. challenging           C. exciting            D. different

50. A. backward              B. eastward                C. forward                 D. westward

51. A. hated                 B. cared                  C. felt                        D. liked

52. A. friendship             B. relation                C. love                D. family

53. A. close                  B. good                C. far                  D. long

54. A. away                  B. out                   C. in                   D. around

55. A. nobody             B. somebody         C. anybody          D. everybody

B

The year was 1985. Ronald Reagan was president. Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the USSR. Back to the Future was boffo at the box office. “Born in the USA” was climbing the charts. Philanthropy(慈善业) and pop culture combined with LiveAid and “We Are the World.” And “.com”, which few people outside of the military or universities knew, came into this world.

   Looking back, few could have predicted “.com” would become one of the biggest cultural touchstones of the century. In March 1985, the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California assigned the first .com domain address to symbolics.com. That seemingly nominal（象征性的） event set into motion forces that would change our world forever.

   .com wasn’t the birth of the Internet, but it was the budding computer network’s coming-out party. It made it pretty and inviting. It did away with the need to have complex “maps” that were the equivalent of writing a phone number on your hand, and opened it up for a mainstream audience.

   After 1985, all it takes is a simple .com name to get into business. “.com” became part of our daily lexicon and drove its own economic boom and depression. It helped create a whole new family of industries, facilitated global commerce and connected people around the world in ways never before possible.

   It’s now 2010. Barack Obama is president, thanks in part to his smart use of the Internet. There is no USSR. A computer-generated Avatar has set new box office records. “TiK ToK” tops the charts. We’re sending robots to find water on Mars. And that once-obscure computer communications system is one of our civilization’s most prominent features.

61. This passage was written to mark _____.

  A. the change of American presidency

  B. the development of entertainment

  C. the 25th anniversary of .com

  D. the anniversary of the internet

62. What does the underlined word “boffo” probably mean?

  A. Successful.     B. Changeable.     C. Tough.       D. Novel.

63. Which of the following can be the main contribution of “.com”?

  A. It gave birth to the Internet.

  B. It combined politics, entertainment and space science.

  C. It made the Internet accessible to ordinary people.

  D. It helped produce more domain addresses.

64. We can infer that before 1985, getting on-line was _____.

  A. impossible     B. complex     C. expensive     D. popular

65. The first and last paragraphs were intended to _______.

  A. make comparison             B. provide details

  C. list arguments                D. stimulate readers’ interest

D

Some people may be born happy, while others are genetically negative, scientists have suggested in a study published late February in a British journal.

Earlier research had already established that the gene known as 5-HTTLPR plays a key role in determining how the neurotransmitter (神经传递素) serotonin works within the brain. Serotonin, a hormone (荷尔蒙), passes chemical messages between nerve cells. It has been closely linked to mood. Several anti-depressant (抗抑郁) drugs regulate serotonin levels.

   Scientists had also identified three variants (变体) of the gene. Two so-called “short” variants were linked to a higher risk of depression and suicide (自杀) attempts. Unlike the two “short” variants, the “long” variant of 5-HTTLPR showed a clear dislike of negative images, such as fierce animals, and a clear liking for positive ones, such as flowers.

   Researchers from the University of Essex in Britain showed participants a series of images, which were divided into three kinds: negative ones aimed at inspiring fear or stress such as a snake or person about to commit suicide, pleasant ones and neutral (中性的) ones.

   The participants who had the long variant of the 5-HTTLPR gene “showed a clear dislike of negative material alongside a careful attention for positive material,” the researchers found. They paid close attention to the pretty pictures, and ignored the frightening ones. On the other hand, the short variant groups had the opposite reaction.

   In January, the Australian government organized “happiness workshops”, teaching government staff how to be happy. The department that held the “happiness workshops” said unhappy staff weren’t productive staff.

   Australian political opposition parties have argued that the “happiness workshops” are probably a waste of money and couldn’t increase productivity as intended. However, whether the workshop will have a happy or disappointing result, we will have to wait and see.

71. Various kinds of images were shown to the participants to        .

  A. draw their attention

  B. cater to their different tastes

  C. find out about their reactions

  D. teach them to improve their artistic appreciation

72. The “short” variants of 5-HTTLPR differ from the “long” variants of 5-HTTLPR in that_____.

  A. the former is connected with positive mood while the latter negative

  B. the former is connected with negative mood while the latter positive

  C. the former has a greater effect on one’s mood than the latter

  D. the latter has a greater effect on one’s mood than the former

73. Which of the following statements is true about “happiness workshops”?

  A. Most people believe that they are a waste of money.

  B. They will be beneficial in the long run.

  C. The purpose of “happiness workshops” is to teach all Australians to be happy.

  D. They are organized in the belief that happy staff can work more efficiently.

74. It can be learned from the article that        .

  A. drugs can be used to control people’s serotonin levels

  B. happiness is more important than sadness

  C. nothing can affect our mood

  D. people with the short variant of 5-HTTLPR prefer a flower to a snake

75. The article is mainly about        .

  A. the reason for the foundation of “happiness workshops”

  B. the link between people’s mood and their gene

  C. the study on people’s likes and dislikes

  D. the differences in people’s attitude towards life

第二节：书面表达

    请你根据下面一幅图和一首诗，写一篇说明“书的作用”的短文。

注意：可根据小诗的提示适当增加必要的细节，使内容和意思衔接。（字数为100左右）

层层宝库找开来，黑宝纵横一排排。

能记诸般悠悠事，不分古今和中外。

23. So quickly ____________ is a possibility today may be a reality tomorrow.

   A. are science and teachnology advancing that 

   B. science and technology advancing are that

   C. are science and technology advancing that what 

   D. science and technology advancing what that

33. The employees have not been paid _______ since the new manager took over this company last month.

A. regularly                 B. commonly                C. completely        D. Ordinarily