二、完形填空 (共20小题,计20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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the United States, it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the morning,    51   he is shaving or having breakfast, the   52    of the call shows that the matter is very important and    53    immediate attention. The same meaning   54  with telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone    55   a call during sleeping hours, he considers it a matter of life and   56  . The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.

In   57  life, time plays a very important part. In the U.S.,   58    may feel they are not highly    59    if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is   60    in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered   61     to make an appointment too far in    _62    because plans made for a date more than a week away may be    _63   . The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings    64   between people from cultures that treat time differently. Promptness(准时) is    65   highly in American life, for example. If not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully  66  . In the U.S. no one would think of keeping a business    67   waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite. A person who is five minutes late is   68   to make a short    69   . If he is less than five minutes late, he will say a few words of  70   , though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.

51. A. and             B. but               C. while                D. for which

52. A. time          B. reason             C. person            D. place

53. A. pays             B. explains         C. declares              D. requires

54. A. comes        B. goes               C. deals                D. happens

55. A. receives       B. phones            C. sends             D. replies

56. A. help          B. trouble          C. death                D. disturbance

57. A. local         B. city                C. trade                D. social

58. A. hosts          B. guests            C. waiters            D. postmen

59. A. thought       B. regarded          C. praised             D. served

60. A. true         B. same               C. different           D. common

61. A. foolish        B. waste               C. impolite             D. impossible

62. A. future        B. delivery           C. advance            D. preparation

63. A. missing      B. changeable        C. helpless          D. forgotten

64. A. cause           B. appear             C. spread             D. transfer(转移)

65. A. valued       B. looked              C. believed             D. followed

66. A. capable      B. respectable        C. forgivable         D. believable

67. A. merchant     B. company         C. partner               D. competitor

68. A. ordered      B. expected              C. suggested          D. requested

69. A. apology      B. speech             C. fine               D. performance

70. A. regret               B. enjoyment        C. introduction         D. explanation

Forests have always been useful and important to man who make use of them in many ways. Every day trees are serving man everywhere. Trees supply man with fruits and building materials in the form of wood, without trees it would be impossible to build houses, boats, bridges and so on. Furniture such as desks, chairs and beds is made of wood, trees can stop man from terrible heat. They're also useful in preventing good and rich top soil from being washed away during heavy rains.

If there were no trees, heavy rains would wash away the rich surface soil that is so important to plants. The result is that the land will become a desert. There are plenty of desert areas in the world. A long time ago these desert areas used to be very rich areas, but man in the past had no enough knowledge about science of nature, they cut down too many trees in the area where they lived and never planted new ones. By and by the rich surface soil was blown and washed away by strong winds and heavy rains. In the end the rich land changed into useless deserts where nothing could grow.

1 . According to the passage,__________.

  A. a long time ago, man didn't know how to make use of wood

    B. trees are not as useful as they were in the past

    C. trees were more found in the past than they are today

    D. people have always found trees useful

2. Some deserts were once___________.

    A. very good lands                B. covered by ice

    C. very cold                      D. dry and useless

3. From the passage, we know that man must ________.             

    A. do nothing to keep the balance of nature

    B. do something to stop the balance of nature

    C. try his best to keep the balance of nature

    D. do his  best to stop the balance of nature

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