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 和D ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I put a package of small gold colored foil (金箔) angels in my purse after my illness. The package was ___36___ and the angels fell out into my purse.

      On the way home, I was at the store __37____ for something and change was __38____. I dug in, got the change and gave it to the __39____. I didn’t realize there were also angels sticking (粘) to the ___40___! Well, she said, “Oh, angels for __41____! Thank you! Come back and see me anytime!”

      This __42____ several times that day, with almost the same reaction at __43____ places, with different people. So now I keep the angels in there and __44____ dispense (分发) them with the change.

      This little __45____ has led to some interesting conversations --- for example, when I did go back to the same __46____ where the lady received the __47____ angles, she told me how much she __48____ them and kept them by her bed.

     She then told me, “I was __49____ as a child, I couldn’t walk or talk. My grandparents told me that if I didn’t __50____ I would be healed because the angel was __51____ me. I started praying, and within a year I was totally healed! I’m so __52____ for this healing!”

     She also told me that the first time she __53____me, she thought I was an angel! I then gave her some more angels, and ___54___ she acted like I had given her a million dollars!

     What a lovely __55____!

     I plan on always keeping the little gold angels in my purse and dispensing them everywhere. When I do, I don’t say anything --- I just give them with the change.

36. A. lost             B. mended           C. opened        D. stolen

37. A. calling                B. paying               C. looking         D. examining

38. A. saved           B. checked             C. returned           D. required

39. A. salesperson       B. waiter               C. beggar        D. conductor

40. A. clothes                B. purse                 C. money           D. package

41. A. them          B. her                   C. you            D. me

42. A. changed          B. happened           C. existed        D. gained

43. A. different         B. similar              C. familiar         D. successful

44. A. never           B. almost               C. always           D. finally

45. A. reaction          B. fault                  C. help           D. practice

46. A. company          B. store                 C. station        D. city

47. A. first             B. only                C. last            D. some

48. A. treasured         B. missed             C. expected         D. needed

49. A. deaf            B. blind                C. wounded        D. disabled

50. A. get up            B. give up           C. turn up           D. come up

51. A. inside             B. outside             C. like            D. behind

52. A. tense           B. sorry             C. grateful        D. proud

53. A. dreamed        B. tested              C. saw             D. found

54. A. however        B. also               C. later             D. again

55. A. trade           B. experience         C. plan           D. method

  Bali is a tiny island that is part of Indonesia(印度尼西亚) today. It is a pretty island that has many mountains and a pleasant climate. For a long time, Bali was cut off from much of the world.

The people of Bali were happy and had a peaceful life. They were not allowed to fight. At one time there had been terrible wars on Bali. Then the people decided it was wrong to fight or have wars. They made rules to keep apart those people who wanted to fight.

Bali was divided into seven small kingdoms. The land around each kingdom was kept empty, and no one lived there. Since the kingdoms did not share the same borders(边界), the people could not fight about them.

On Bali, even children were not allowed to fight. If two children started a fight over a toy, someone separated them. When two boys argued, they would agree not to speak to each other. Sometimes they did not talk together for months; this gave the boys a chance to forget their anger.

Families who were angry with each other also promised not to speak. Their promise was written down, and the whole village knew about it. If they broke their promise, they had to offer gifts to their gods.

Bali is an island belonging to ________.

A. Europe        B. Africa          C. Asia          D. America

The people of Bali ______.

A. lived a happy and peaceful life

B. fought for a long time

C. is cut off from much of the world

D. quarreled about their borders

How did the people of Bali prevent fighting from breaking out?

A. They shared the same borders.            

B. The island was divided into seven kingdoms.

C. They made strict rules to punish those who wanted to fight. 

D. Land was kept empty around each kingdom and no one lived there.

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Bali is a beautiful island with many mountains and nice weather.

B. People had to offer gifts to the villagers if they broke their promise.

C. At one time there were terrible wars on the island.

D. You’ll hardly see children fighting on the island.

—Why did Sarah cry just now?

   — She wanted a toy, _____ I can’t afford.

A. it         B. one         C. that        D. what

Do your spirits soar (猛增) on a sunny day? Do you relax at the sound of flowing water?

    Some scientists suggest that these contacts with nature are good for your health. In one study, hospital patients with a view of trees had shorter hospital stays and less need for pain medications. Another study indicated that prisoners with a view of the outdoors had fewer doctor visits.

    “Why do we desire nature? Maybe we’re programmed to need it, since our ancestors’ survival was so dependent on their connection with nature,” suggests biologist E.O. Wilson.

    Want to find out if contact with nature improves your outlook on life? Try a few of these ideas.

    Hang out a bird feeder and watch the birds that visit it.

    Sit down in the backyard or a nearby park. Close your eyes. What do you hear? Birds singing? The wind in the trees? Crickets (蟋蟀) chirping?

    Find an anthill. Sit down and watch the ants work.

    Take a walk right after a rainstorm. What looks different? Smells different?

    Go barefoot on a sandy beach.

    Open the curtains and the window, if the weather allows it.

    On a windy day, watch the trees.

    Go to a creek, river or park fountain. Listen to the sound of water in motion.

    Camp out in the backyard or at a nearby state park. Use a tent or sleep on the ground.

    Find a wide-open space to study the stars. Learn about the different constellations (星座).

    Raise a garden. Or plant some seeds in a flowerpot.

    Go hiking with your family. Talk about all of the colors you see in nature.

    Take a camera and capture your nature experience.

From Paragraph 2 we can learn that ______.

A. prisoners don’t like to go to the doctor when ill   B. trees can be used as pain medications

C. prisoners should often get out of prison to come into contact with nature

D. contacts with nature are very helpful for hospital patients

According to E.O. Wilson, we desire nature probably because ______.

A. it can help us feel relaxed

B. we have inherited (继承) from our ancestors who were dependent on nature

C. people have lived with nature for thousands of years

D. contacts with nature can improve a person’s outlook on life

The author gives us many ideas in order to let us ______.

A. find out if contacts with nature improve our outlook on life

B. hear birds sing and watch ants work

C. talk about the colors we see in nature   D. capture our experience in nature

From the passage, we can learn that ______.

A. studying the constellations is important to everyone

B. you can know all the colors only by going hiking

C. nature is quite important to us    D. walking in a rainstorm can be very helpful

What is the best title of the passage?

A. Go hiking with your family.   B. Let nature nurture you.

C. Visit your doctor less.        D. Watch the trees more often.

We need to make better use of our resources. In developing countries we have more than enough, if we are less wasteful in our ways. Fortunately, we can improve. The challenge lies not so much with ‘technical fixes’ but with our approach to our world around us. In the recent past we were in a “Wild West” economy, supposing that there would always be enough resources. Now we know there are no new Earth to explore and exploit; one image to illustrate this is to think of Earth as a spaceship, where most materials have to be recycled. For us, “moving on” will be a case of leaving behind the throwaway society and advancing to a conserver society.

To qualify as citizens of a conserver society, we must change traditional attitudes and thinking. We need to recognize that there is not very often such a thing as “waste”, rather, there are materials which sometimes end up in the wrong place. The change has already begun. The European steel industry reuses scrap（废弃的）metal, resulting in an energy saving of up to 50% . Recycling a glass container saves only 18%; but, in parts of the United States, a citizen buying a bottle of soda or beer now pays a deposit against return of the empty bottle.

If all drink containers in the USA were to be reused, the annual saving would be 0.5 million tons glass, plus about 50 million barrels of oil used in production processes. In Japan, OPEC promoted an increase in recycling of raw materials from 16% to 48% in just five years. In Norway, the price of a new car includes a disposal cost element of about 100 dollars, redeemable（可换成现款的）when the junked car is turned in at an approved receiving center.

Major new businesses are trying to exploit waste chemicals and oil. The Chinese claim to reuse 2.5 million tons of scrap iron and at least one million tons of waste paper each year. In the main, the conserver society depends on the commitment of individuals. But they can be encouraged by government incentive(鼓励) and punishment, which should apply at least as strongly to industry and other commercial interests.

73  Which of the following best expresses the meaning of “a conserver society” in the second paragraph?

       A. A wasteful society.

       B. A society which thinks of  ways of recycling waste materials.

       C. A society which keeps everything.

       D. A society which saves electricity.

74  In the last paragraph, the author suggests governments _______.

       A. depends on individuals to find ways of conserving energy.

       B. find ways of encouraging those industries and individuals who conserve energy and of punishing those who don’t.

       C. depend on companies to find ways of saving energy and rewarding workers

       D. help establish businesses that will exploit waste materials

75  In this passage the author _______.

       A. explains that meaning of the “Wild West” economy

       B. tells us what recycled materials are.

       C. teaches us how to recycle materials.

       D. recommend a change in our use of resources strongly

Anyone who always______ a difficult situation can’t become a successful man. 

A. comes up with   B. comes away with  C. comes to term with   D. comes to terms with

To everybody’s surprise ，the fashionable young lady_________to be a thief。

A.found out          B.proved out       C.put out        D.turned out

Today some people get ______ because they eat too much fat and sugar and don’t take enough ______.

A. fatter and fatter; exercise              B. fatter and fatter; exercises

C. thinner and thinner; exercise           D. thinner and thinner; exercises

______in a heavy rain，Robert fell ill and couldn’t but ______ for a leave.

A. Caught; to ask      B. Catching; ask       C. Catching; to ask   D. Caught; ask

______ comfortably in his armchair, the old man enjoyed the light music over the radio with his eyes half ______.

A. Seating; closed    B. Seated; closed    C. Sitting; close    D. Sat; closing