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，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The Price of a Dream
　　I grew up poor—living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was 　16　 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 　17　 a dream.
My dream was 　18　. By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and 　19　 anything that moved on the football field.
I was also  20　. My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me 　21　to believe in myself. He 　22　 me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular 　23　 with Coach John changed my life forever.
　　A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for a new bike, new clothes and the 　24　 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 　25　 up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
　　When I told John, he was 　26　 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He shouted. “Your 　27　 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head 　28　, trying to think of the right　29　　that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 　30　 in me.
　　“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.
　　“Well,” he asked, “is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
　　That simple question made  31    for me the difference between  32 　something at once and having a 　33　. I decided myself to play sports that summer and the ___34    year after I finished high school, I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 　35　 a $ 20,000 contract. Finally, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
16. A. happy                 B. polite　             C. shy　                        D. honest
17. A. live                    B. have　　　       C. make　　　           D. need
18. A. athletics                 B. music　　　     C. business　　              D. money
19. A. kick                   B. play                   C. pass　　　　             D. hit
20. A. right                   B. popular　　       C. lucky　　　             D. honest
21. A. how                   B. why　　　        C. when　　　           D. whether
22. A. gave                   B. taught　　　     C. brought　　　          D. asked
23. A. accident                 B. matter　　      C. problem　　            D. experience
24. A. aim　　　　    B. idea　　　       C. start　　　　           D. purpose
25. A. keep　　　      B. end　　　       C. give　　　　           D. pick
26. A. mad　　　　     B. mournful　             C. frightened　           D. shameful
27. A. living　　　     B. playing　　        C. working　　            D. dreaming
28. A. moving　　      B. nodding　　       C. shaking　　           D. hanging
29. A. answers　　      B. excuses　　        C. words　　　            D. ways
30. A. sadness　　    B. regret　            C. hopelessness           D. disappointment
31. A. direct　　　　  B. clear　　           C. straight　　　      D. bare
32. A. wanting　　　    B. changing　　       C. dreaming　　           D. enjoying
33. A. wish　　　　　 B. goal　　　                 C. score　　　　      D. desire
34. A. following　　　 B. same　　           C. previous　　            D. very
35. A. charged　　　　B. got　　　　         C. offered　　       D. presented

　　此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（ √ ）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

　　此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

　　此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

　　此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

　　注意：原行没有错的不要改。

　　After I finished the school this year, I began 　　　　　1.__________

　　to look for work. Now several month later, I still　　　　2.__________

　　hadn‘t found the job that I was interested. Last Sunday　3.__________

　　morning I received a phone call from a man calling him  4._________

　　Mr Smith. He said to me on the phone, "I hear that you do 5.__________

　　very well in your studies. I may have a job for you." 　 6.__________

　　I entered his office with a beaten heart. How I hoped　　7._________

　　that I will go through the job-hunting talk today and he 　8.___________

　　would take me on as a lab assistant. But to my surprised, 　9.___________

what he said disappointing. He only needed a model.　　10.___________

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
　　Years ago a John Hopkin’s professor gave a group of graduate students this task: Go to the slums（平民窟）. 　31 200 boys, between the ages of 12 and 16, and 　32 their background and environment. Then predict their 　33 for the future.
　　The students, after 　34 social statistics, talking to the boys, and collecting much data, 　35　that 90 percent of the boy would spend some time in 　36 .
　　Twenty-five years later another group of graduate students was 　37 the job of testing the 　38 . They went back to the same area. Some of the boys— 39 men—were still there，a few had died，some had moved away， 40 they got in touch with 180 of the 　41 200. They found that only four of the group had ever been sent to prison.
　　　42 was it that these men，who had lived in a breeding place of crime，had such a 43 good record？ The researchers were continually told，“Well，there was a teacher…”
　　They pressed 　44 ，and found that in 75 percent of the 　45 it was the same woman. The researchers went to this teacher，now living in a home for retired 　46 . How had she had this remarkable influence 　47 that group of children？ Could she give them any reason why these boys 　48 have remembered her？
　　“No，”she said.“No I really couldn’t.”And then, 　49 back over the years，she said musingly，more to herself than to her 　50 ，“I loved those boys…”
31．A．Take 　　　　　　　　B．Elect　　　　　 C．Appoint　　　　 D．Mention
32．A．learn 　　　　　　　 B．inform　　　　　C．study 　　　　　D．describe
33．A．careers　　　　　　　B．statuses 　　　 C．promises 　　　 D．chances
34．A．checking 　　　　　　B．closing 　　　　C．storing 　　　　D．trying
35．A．drew 　　　　　　　　B．concluded 　　　C．decided 　　　　D．confirmed
36．A．hospital 　　　　　　B．prison 　　　　 C．camp 　　　　　 D．court
37．A．offered 　　　　　　 B．provided　　　　C．given 　　　　　D．served
38．A．result 　　　　　　　B．accuracy 　　　 C．effect 　　　　D．prediction
39．A．by then 　　　　　　B．so far 　　　　　C．as usual 　　　D．soon after
40．A．and 　　　　　　　　B．so 　　　　　　　C．but　　　　　　D．then
41．A．exact 　　　　　　　B．considerable 　　C．mere 　　　　　D．original
42．A．What 　　　　　　　 B．When 　　　　　　C．Why 　　　　　　D．Where
43．A．surprisingly　　　　B．relatively 　　　C．similarly 　　　D．undoubtedly
44．A．deeper 　　　　　　 B．further 　　　　 C．higher 　　　　D．wider
45．A．cases 　　　　　　　B．samples　　　　 C．affairs 　　　　D．examples
46．A．workers 　　　　　　B．teachers 　　　　C．professors　　　 D．guards
47．A．against 　　　　　　B．versus 　　　　　C．over 　　　　　　D．through
48．A．would 　　　　　　　B．should 　　　　　C．might 　　　　　D．could
49．A．calling　　　　　　 B．going 　　　　　　C．thinking 　　　D．remembering
50．A．students 　　　　　　B．relatives 　　　　C．roommates　　 D．questioners

To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your students, you must be ?　36　?—speaking, with a good, strong,?　37　? voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to ?　38　? what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

?　39　? a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still before his class; he ?　40　? the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his ?　41　?,hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express his ?　42　?.Listen to him, and you will ?　43　? the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always ?　44　? according to what he is talking about. The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn't ?　45　 that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important ?　46　? between the teacher's work and the actor's. The ?　47　? has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the ?　48　? words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually ?　49　? beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem ?　50　? on the stage.?

A good teacher ?　51　? in quite a different way. His students take an active part in his ?　52　?:they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don't ?　53　? something, they will say no. The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of his students, which is in his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must ?　54　? it as he goes along.

I have known many teachers who were fine ?　55　? in class but unable to take part in a stage play because their brains wouldn't keep discipline: they could not keep strictly to what another had written.

36. A. clear    B. slow C. small D. low ?

37. A. frightening B. fearing C. exciting D. pleasing ?

38. A. act out B. talk C. say D. repeat ?

39. A. Listen B. Look C. Watch D. Learn ?

40. A. stands B. sits C. lies D. talks ?

41  A. tongue B. words C. legs D. arms?

42. A. attention B. thanks C. feelings D. sentences ?

43. A. hear B. see C. think D. guess ?

44. A. making B. changing C. expressing D. giving ?

45. A. tell B. express C. show D. mean ?

46. A. things B. differences C. points D. jobs

47. A. actor B. teacher C. boy D. student ?

48. A. different B. same C. above D. following ?

49. A. read B. known C. fixed D. written ?

50. A. natural B. bad C. false D. clear ?

51. A. is B. works C. has D. teaches ?

52. A. group B. party C. class D. play ?

53. A. give B. place C. obey D. hear ?

54. A. invent B. discover C. teach D. continue ?

55. A. learners B. watchers C. actors D. listeners

A mouse looked through a hole in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!

　　Running to the farmyard, the mouse shouted, warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house; there is a mouse trap in the house.” The chicken with her head high, said, “Shut up, Little Ugly. This is a great concern to you, but it has nothing to do with me; I cannot be bothered by it.”

The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mouse trap in the house.” “I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse,” said the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; you are always  in my prayers.”

　　The mouse turned to the cow, who said, “A mouse trap; am I in great danger, huh?”

So the mouse had to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.

　　That very night a sound was heard through the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was a poisonous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital.

She returned home with a fever. It is said that drinking fresh chicken soup will help treat fever, so the farmer took his sharp knife to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. His wife’s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. 　　The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow killed to provide meat for all of them to eat.

So next time someone is facing a problem, don’t say that has nothing to do with you.

1.We could see from the passage that the mouse was______.

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

3.What can we learn from the story?