完型填空（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，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

    The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good   36   in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I   37   to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be   38   ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was   39   . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to  40   that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But,  41   , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very   42   city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he   43    to tell me all about his friend.

    His friend’s main  44   in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player , and he  45   had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming  46   , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several   47   like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He     48   that maybe there were more private courts in the country, than he   49   but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me   50   my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 51  his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a   52  who had a tennis court in his backyard. I  said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had   53   the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.

    “Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He   54   and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my  55    to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.

．A. brother       B. teacher     C. neighbour       D．friend

A. managed         B. happened     C. tried            D．wanted

A. expecting   B．lying       C．joking       D．talking

A．funny       B．serious     C．careful     D．disappointed

A．think       B．find         C．realize          D．see

A．indeed      B．actually     C．instead      D．exactly

A．famous      B．interesting     C．noisy        D．big

A．began       B．stopped      C．refused      D．failed

A．problem         B．interest     C．choice       D．work

A．just            B．ever             C．even         D．surely

A．suit       B．habit       C．pools            D．river

A．people          B．players     C．strangers            D．friends

A．advised         B．argued       C．admitted     D．announced

A．recognized B．realized         C．visited      D．found

A．how        B．whether          C．when         D．where

A．because    B．if          C．then         D．though

A．doctor     B．friend           C．neighbour        D．player

A．hired      B．visited     C．designed         D．sold

A．smiled     B．laughed      C．cried            D．nodded

A．chance     B．pleasure     C．time    D．turn

When he was senior 3 student in a high school, Li Hua studied    1. ________

very hard so as to go to a famous university. He often stays up late         2. ________

in the night. Finally he passed the College Entrance Examination          3. ________

and was admitted to a key university. And after he went to university,      4. ________

he became very lazy. He wasted time in going to the cinema, played       5. ________

cards, making friends and doing things that had something to do with      6. ________

his studies. He often got up late. At many times, he was still in            7. ________

bed while others were having his lessons in the classroom at ten in        8. ________

the morning . Int the end of the first term he failed in all exams. As a      9. ________

result, he had to give up his schooling and leave the university.          10 ________

It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his wheelchair and onto the ground. They stood before El Capitan, a huge mass of rock almost three-quarters of a mile high in California's beautiful Yosemite Valley. It had been Mark's dream to climb El Capitan for as long as he could remember. But how could a person without the use of his legs hope to try to climb it?

Mark knew he couldn't finish the climb alone, but his friend Peter, an expert rock climber, would be there to lend a helping hand. He and Mark thought that it would take seven days to reach the top.

Peter climbed about 100 feet up and hammered a piton (岩钉) into the rock. Fastening one end of a 165-foot rope to the piton, he let one end of the rope fall down. Mark caught the rope and fastened it to his belt with a special instrument. This instrument would allow Mark to move upward, but would prevent him from falling even as much as a single inch. He next reached above his head and fastened a T-shaped bar to the rope, using the same kind of instrument.

Mark took a deep breath, pushed the T-bar up almost as far as his arms could reach, and began the first of the 7,000 pull-ups needed to reach the top. High above, Peter let out a cheer. “You're on your way.”

Seven years before, at the age of twenty-one, he had fallen while mountain climbing, injuring his backbone. The fall cost him the use of his legs, but he never lost his love of adventure or his joyful spirit.

For the first four days the two men progressed steadily upward without incident. But on the fifth day an unbearably hot wind began to blow, and as time went by, it became stronger and stronger, causing Mark to sway (摇摆) violently on his rope. But Mark kept on determinedly pushing up the T-bar and pulling himself up. In spite of that, he had to admit that he felt a lot better when the wind finally died down and his body touched solid rock again.

It took them one day more than they had expected, but on July 26 at 1:45 in the afternoon, the crowd of people waiting on the top went wild with joy as the two heads appeared. Mark Wellman had shown that if you set your heart and mind on a goal, no wall is too high, no dream impossible.

1.What had Mark Wellman long desired to do?

A．To finish one of the most difficult rock climbs in the world.

B．To be the first to climb El Capitan.

C．To climb the highest mountain in California.

D．To help his friend Peter climb El Capitan.

2.How did Mark climb the mountain?

A．He fastened the rope to his wheelchair.

B．He hammered in pitons so that he had something to hold on to.

C．He held on to the T-bar and Peter pulled him up.

D．He pulled himself up using a T-bar and special equipment.

3.What was the worst problem Mark had during the climb?

A．He struck against the rock and hurt his arms.

B．A strong wind blew him away from the rock.

C．He kept falling several inches.

D．While swaying in space, he became terrified.

4.How did Mark react to difficulties during the climb?

A．He admitted that he was frightened.

B．He often worried about his friend's condition.

C．He was able to remain clam and determined.

D．He was joking to cheer himself up.

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried ___1___ for hours as the farmer tried to think out ___2___ to do. Finally, he decided the animal was ___3___, and the well needed to be ___4___ up anyway; it just wasn’t ___5___ it to save the donkey. He invited all his ___6___ to come over and help him. They all grabbed（握起）a shovel（铁锹）and began to shovel ___7___ into the well. At first, the donkey ___8___ what was happening and cried horribly(惊恐的,害怕的). Then, to everyone’s ___9___ he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked ___10___ the well. He was surprised at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. As the farmer’s neighbours ___11___to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would ___12__ it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily ran off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. If you want to get out of the well, the ___13___ is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone（垫脚石）. We can get out of the ___14___ wells just by not stopping, never ___15___! Shake it off and take a step up.

When he was senior 3 student in a high school, Li Hua studied    1.   

very hard so as to go to a famous university. He often stays up late    2.   

in the night. Finally he passed the College Entrance Examination    3.    

and was admitted to a key university. And after he went to university,  4.    

he became very lazy. He wasted time in going to the cinema, played     5.    

cards, making friends and doing things that had something to do with   6.   

his studies. He often got up late. At many times, he was still in      7.   

bed while others were having his lessons in the classroom at ten in   8.   

the morning . Int the end of the first term he failed in all exams. As a     9.   

result, he had to give up his schooling and leave the university.       10.