【2011·山东烟台市一模】

完型填空（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，并在答题卡上涂黑。

About 10 years ago I taught a group of children to sail．They were bright, enthusiastic and as eager to    36    life as any other children．All, however, had a serious    37   ．Three were in wheelchairs．One was nearly blind and two walked with difficulty, and another two    38   a lot from Cerebral palsy（脑瘫）．

Matthew was among them．His hands, arms, legs, and even his voice were all distorted（扭曲） from the disease．To speak, Matthew had the help of a    39   ．Slowly, and with determination, he would      40   with distorted hands, letter by letter, what he wanted to say．Yet he was always bright and cheerful and loved to   41    everything his classmates were doing, both in the boat and in the classroom．

They learnt fast and enjoyed every minute of the   42    ．But I think that 1 was the one who learned the greatest lesson．One day the sailing centre was    43    by a storm．Rather than   44   the session we decided to work in a classroom．All the children   45    ．Just like other children they all wanted to answer the questions I asked．

Often they would loudly    46    each other, trying to get an answer in before one of the others．But when Matthew wanted to answer a question it was   47    ．All of a sudden they all   48    ．Matthew whispered and gestured at his letter board．They    49     with great patience． Matthew  50   with dogged persistence（坚持） until the answer was  51   ．When Matthew had answered his question the children were, almost magically, transformed back into a group of_52   and enthusiastic children．

All of these children were heroes in their own way．But the   53   they afforded to Matthew with his most severe disabilities was   54   ．If only the rest of the world were able to learn to afford care, respect and help to someone less  55    than themselves, violence and intolerance would possibly be gone．

36．A．enjoy              B．start                 C．experience          D．lead

37．A．shortcoming        B．disability              C．injury              D．habit

38．A．learned             B．changed             C．suffered              D．spent

39．A．letter-board         B．tape-recorder          C．computer                                    D．microphone

40．A．show off          B．point out             C．give away          D．take in

41．A．understand         B．criticize             C．remember          D．try

42．A．days                       B．classes                    C．treatment                D．life

43．A．blocked                  B．hit                          C．occupied                 D．flown

44．A．complete                 B．check                     C．escape                    D．cancel

45．A．ran away                B．got tired                  C．joined in                  D．fell asleep

46．A．fight                       B．limit                        C．interrupt                 D．stop

47．A．hopeless                 B．funny                     C．difficult                  D．different

48．A．whispered               B．smiled                     C．quieted                   D．left

49．A．laughed                   B．waited                    C．continued                D．recorded

50．A．struggled                B．thought                   C．practiced                D．waved

51．A．cried out                 B．typed out                C．spelled out              D．signed out

52．A．noisy                      B．polite                      C．diligent                   D．clumsy

53．A．thank                      B．praise                     C．pleasure                 D．patience

54．A．attractive                B．angry                      C．considerate             D．inspiring

55．A．fortunate                 B．exciting                   C．responsible              D．careful

“I never expected that I would be so busy. Why can’t there be 25 hours a day?” __1__ Liu Ran in Hong Kong as final exams were going on.

   The 18-year-old girl was Shangdong Province’s __2__ scorer in last year’s college entrance examination. After leaving school, she chose the Chinese University of Hong Kong, ___3__ both Peking University and Tsinghua University __4__ her a place,

   “I want to experience a more __5__ school and social life in Hong Kong. I’m __6__ in journalism, so Hong Kong will surely help widen my horizons.” Liu said.

   It is about four months __7__ Liu Ran set ___8__ on Hong Kong. She missed home a lot at the beginning, because of the food and __9__ problems.

   “The canteen offers mostly western or Guangdong food, but it’s __10__ to cook for ourselves in our dorm if we like. People speak Cantonese and __11__ all classes are in English,” Liu explained.

   Her English and Cantonese are now __12__, but she still needs more time to adapt __13__ the new environment.

   “I’m happy that I made the right __14__ to study here. With a mixture of the Eastern and Western __15__, there is so much to discover and learn.” she said.

   Liu has 18 credit hours （学分）of classes and 23 noncredit hours every other week. She has __16__ for four associations, including Chinese Language Debating Team. Essays, book reports and presentations(课堂发言) also __17__ plenty of time to prepare. And, of course, there’re a __18__ of parties to attend.

   “I wasn’t a party animal before, but that __19__ be the interesting part of college. I sense myself __20__.” Liu said.

1．A．asked                    B．added                  C．complained          D．explained

2．A．most                     B．top                      C．first                    D．high

4．A．promised               B．set                      C．put                     D．got

5．A．excited                  B．interesting            C．international         D．educational

6．A．participating          B．majoring              C．joining                 D．turning

7．A．before                   B．when                  C．since                   D．as

8．A．foot                      B．eyes                    C．mind                   D．step

9．A．dress                    B．clothing               C．speaking              D．language

10．A．necessary            B．convenient           C．comfortable         D．practical

11．A．even                    B．possibly               C．almost                 D．yet

12．A．improving            B．gaining                C．rising                  D．working

13．A．with                    B．for                      C．at                       D．to

14．A．measure              B．decision               C．exchange             D．effort

15．A．cultures               B．ideas                   C．politics                D．views

16．A．made up              B．signed up             C．turned up            D．given up

17．A．spend                  B．use                     C．pay                     D．take

18．A．score                  B．kind                    C．variety                D．type

19．A．should                 B．must                   C．can                     D．may

20．A．suffering         B．changing          C．adopting         D．accepting