第三节：完形填空 （共 20 小题；每小题 1分，满分 20 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Not long ago, I had a hard week at work. __16__ just kept popping up(出现) everywhere and I was struggling to keep from __17__ my cool. I felt like I was at the __18__ point.
One day, I made a trip across town to the store. After I __19__, I realized I had left my purse with credit cards at home. __20__, I had a small amount of cash in my pocket, so I __21__ it, my coupons(优惠券) and went inside. The store was really __22__, but I just found what I needed, waiting for the cashier(收银员) to check out my __23__. I waited and waited, meanwhile my anger grew. I had a bad day and all I wanted to do was go home, but I was __24__ in the line.
Finally, I got to the front, but the cashier didn’t __25__ my coupons. I was upset because I had used __26__ coupons there before. It didn’t __27__ me. I would just pay in cash. Then the cashier said it was 10 dollars. SHOCK! I was a little __28__. Now I was mad at myself for forgetting my purse and only taking a small amount of cash. Without a credit card or anything else, I __29__ my things and started to go back out to my car, wondering to myself why everything had __30__ for me.
Just as I was headed out, an employee __31__ me and said a lady in the __32__ had paid the difference for me and left. __33__ the amount she paid was small, the act was huge. A stranger, whom I had never met, completely changed my attitude with her __34__. Maybe next time I see someone having a __35__ day, I’ll do the same as her. After all, you never know whose day you might change.
16. A. Problems         B. Chances          C. Stories          D. Suggestions
17. A. enjoying         B. gaining          C. losing            D. continuing
18. A. growing          B. boiling          C. turning           D. beginning
19. A. adjusted         B. practiced        C. returned          D. parked
20. A. Finally          B. Thankfully       C. Gradually         D. lately
21. A. opened           B. closed           C. grabbed          D. found
22. A. quite            B. big              C. clean             D. busy
23. A. purses           B. goods            C. cards           D. pockets
24. A. stuck            B. served           C. followed        D. defeated
25. A. pay             B. use              C. accept          D. fill
26. A. extra            B. different        C. ordinary        D. similar
27. A. disappoint       B. change           C. move            D. surprise
28. A. foolish          B. short            C. proud           D. curious
29. A. made             B. did              C. collected       D. left
30. A. ended            B. failed           C. passed          D. disappeared
31. A. stopped          B. recognized       C. saw             D. helped
32. A. room             B. corner           C. line            D. company
33. A. Unless           B. Once             C. Although        D. Since
34. A. intelligence     B. humor            C. smile           D. generosity
35. A. tough            B. lonely           C. lucky           D. simple

I was assigned to take care of this patient a couple of weeks ago and began to grow closer to her. Communicating with her was  ??   because everything she wanted to say to me had to be written on a notepad. As a nursing graduate, I was able to  ??   her mind by observing even a slight  ??   in a patient's facial expression.

One day, when I was checking the patient, she  ??   me on the shoulder to show me a note, "Do you think I could be let go  ??   the hospital in a month to see my niece get married? Taking her hand in mine, I told her that I could not  ??   her，because I did not want to leave her a  ??   sense of hope.  ?? , I made her believe that I would be there with her every step of the way on her journey toward  ??  . Hearing that, the patient gave me a  ??   and a hug.

Day by day, I built her  ??   by walking around the floor with her. As I did this, I could see before my own eyes that her health was  ??   improving and able to walk more steadily. On her last day in hospital, just before her niece’s  ??  , she wrote me one last note, “I couldn’t have done this  ??   you; I love you.” After kissing goodbye, I had a strong sense of achievement. I realized that moments like this were  ??   I woke up early for  ??  in the hospital and spent long hours with her. I truly felt, and her  ??   confirmed, that I was an  ??  part of this woman’s recovery. My experience with this patient shows me that this career allows me to touch the  ??   of people in ways that people in other  ??   will never get to experience.

1.A. difficult                B. funny                       C. simple                    D. interesting

2.A. see                        B. know                       C. read                        D. feel

3.A. worry                   B. change                    C. pain                         D. excitement

4.A. tapped                 B. hit   【小题1】

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
This morning, 【小题1】 I finished my homework, I went to the People’s Park together with my classmate Mary to fly a kite. We got a very nice kite, and it was  【小题2】 a lovely day that we were sure to have a lot of fun.    I began to fly 【小题3】  kite. Once it went up into the sky, I began to run very fast, in the hope that it would go higher and higher. Then suddenly I felt something wrong. 【小题4】 (look) up into the sky, I was 【小题5】(disappoint) to find that the kite had got 【小题6】 (break). In no time the kite and rope fell over me. What a fool! I sat on the grass, feeling rather【小题7】 (shame) of what I had done. Then Mary  【小题8】(comfort) me, saying “Now, you know what makes a kite fly high. It’s【小题9】  (patient) and skills!”【小题10】  (hear) this, I nodded my head. 

Sarah came running in saying, "Look what l found. " Over the top of the paper I was reading I saw a long object that made me jump. It was a piece of snakeskin that had been shed （脱皮)  by one of our garden snakes.
'Isn't it beautiful?" said my wide-eyed 7~year-old daughter. I stared at the organic wrapper and thought to myself that it really was not that beautiful, but I did not want to disappoint Sarah.  Everything children see for the first time is elementary to their sense of beauty and creativity. They see only merit (忧点) and excellence in the world.
"Why does it do this?" Sarah asked. I like to teach my children that there is something else going on besides what they see in front of them. "Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves," I explained.
"Why do they need to renew themselves?" Sarah asked. "We often need to shed our skins, those coatings that we cover ourselves with," I said to my now absorbed daughter. "We outgrow some things and find other stuff unnecessary. This snake no longer needs this skin.  It is probably too old, and the snake probably doesn't think it looks as smart in the skin as it once did.  Like buying a new suit. "
Of course, I'm sure this explanation won't suit naturalists. But Sarah got the point. As we talked, I knew that she began to understand that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, and rooms and schoolwork and creativity, and she began to see what we need to keep and what need to cast off.  I was careful to point out that this is a natural process, not one to be forced.
"Snakes don't peel off their skin when they feel like it," I explained.  "lt happens as part of their growth. "
"I see, Dad. " said Sarah.  She then jumped off my lap, grabbed the snakeskin, and ran off.
I hoped she would remember this. Often, in order to find our real selves underneath the layers of community and culture we are cloaked (掩饰) in year after year, we need to start examining these layers. We need to gently peel some away, as we recognize them to be worthless, unnecessary, or flawed (有缺陷的);  or at best,  remember the things we discard（丢掉）to teach us how we can improve.
【小题1】When Sarah asked the author whether the snakeskin was beautiful,___________