第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
Most people in school liked Gloria. So when she got sick，some boys 21 to visit her． But none of them wanted to 22 any money on a gift to bring along．
Then Willie said，“We can 23 some flowers from a 24． ”
Gloria will not know 25 they come from，and the dead man will not 26them．
Everybody was afraid，27 Willie．So he went alone and 28 some beautiful flowers．Then they went to Gloria’s 29，and the boys acted as if the flowers were from all of them，but 30 did not mind．
After their visit，Willie 31  the other boys，“It is a good thing that I was not afraid． Gloria 32  the flowers． ”
The other boys laughed． Gloria would not have liked the 33  if she had known they had come from a grave(坟墓)．
That night，Willie was reading a book 34  his mother came into his room．“Willie，did you and other boys buy some flowers today 35  Gloria？”she asked．“There’s a man 36  asking for you，”she added． “He says that you didn’t 37    the flowers． ”
“What does he look 38 ？”Willie asked．
“That’s hard to say，”Willie’s mother answered． “He is all 39  with mud． ”
Willie，all of a sudden，turned 40 ．
21. A. thought               B. asked         C. planned             D. took
22. A. keep                B. cost           C. take             D. spend
23. A. steal                B. make      C. buy               D. plant
24. A. shop                B. store        C. street            D. grave
25. A. how                 B. where       C. when                  D. why
26. A. miss                 B. lose         C. hate               D. love
27. A. beside        B. besides     C. including        D. except
28. A. saw                  B. thought           C. looked into        D. found
29. A. room                B. hospital    C. school               D. library
30. A. Gloria        B. some        C. Willie             D. nobody
31. A. ordered            B. asked       C. said to            D. explained
32. A. refused             B. liked        C. hated             D. missed
33. A. boys          B. flowers     C. secret             D. news
34. A. as             B. when        C. while             D. suddenly
35. A. to             B. for                C. on                 D. with
36. A. inside        B. outside     C. still               D. also
37. A. ask for       B. water       C. like               D. pay for
38. A. as             B. about       C. like                   D. for
39. A. painted        B. dressed     C. wrapped         D. covered
40. A. sad            B. red                C. pale              D. glad 

A 25-five-year student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua University, China’ most famous university, after an eight-year ___21___．Li Jun comes from a small village of Hubei Province．He first ____22____ going to college in year 2000 ___23__he was admitted by a local school after __24___ from a secondary technical school at 17．As a ___25___ art student, he passed the exam again the next year but __26_____ school due to economic pressure in September 2002．Life seemed ___27___ but Li didn’t give in．He earned a _28_____ by working part-time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students．But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of __29___ the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University．Li __30____ the college entrance examination for five continuous years from 2003．____31___, he missed making the cut one mark last year．
In 2008, his fifth try, Li’s efforts ___32_____．He finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major in Tsinghua University．Every year, Li took art __33___ in Beijing and took exams from December to March．He then took cultural courses in his school till June．The rest of the year he spent on __34____ work．Li said he hadn’t ____35___any money from his family since he graduated from the technical secondary school．Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his __36_____ through knowledge．
_____37___ by his contribution, Li Jun’s university __38____ him 9,000 yuan out of his tution fees of 11,450 yuan．An eight-year struggle may have come to an end for Li Jun, but a new ___39__ has now begun．Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present．He wants to study well and __40___ more scholarships．

A 25-five-year student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua University, China’ most famous university, after an eight-year ___21___．Li Jun comes from a small village of Hubei Province．He first ____22____ going to college in year 2000 ___23__he was admitted by a local school after __24___ from a secondary technical school at 17．As a ___25___ art student, he passed the exam again the next year but __26_____ school due to economic pressure in September 2002．Life seemed ___27___ but Li didn’t give in．He earned a _28_____ by working part-time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students．But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of __29___ the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University．Li __30____ the college entrance examination for five continuous years from 2003．____31___, he missed making the cut one mark last year．

In 2008, his fifth try, Li’s efforts ___32_____．He finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major in Tsinghua University．Every year, Li took art __33___ in Beijing and took exams from December to March．He then took cultural courses in his school till June．The rest of the year he spent on __34____ work．Li said he hadn’t ____35___any money from his family since he graduated from the technical secondary school．Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his __36_____ through knowledge．

_____37___ by his contribution, Li Jun’s university __38____ him 9,000 yuan out of his tution fees of 11,450 yuan．An eight-year struggle may have come to an end for Li Jun, but a new ___39__ has now begun．Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present．He wants to study well and __40___ more scholarships．

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A 25-year-old student from Hubei was    36    into Tsinghua，China’s most famous university after an eight—year struggle．Li Jun comes from a poor family in a small village of Hubei Province．He first   37   going to college in the year 2000  38  he was admitted by a 1ocal school after   39   from a secondary technical school at age 17．Being a   40  art student，he passed the exam again next year but   41  school because of lacking money in September 2002．Life seemed    42     but Li didn’t give in．He earned a   43  by working part time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students．But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of   44  the Academy of Arts＆Design of Tsinghua University．Li  45   the college entrance examination for five continuous years starting from 2003．   46   ，he missed making the cut one mark last year．

    In 2008，his fifth try，Li’s efforts    47   ．He finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major into Tsinghua University．Every year, Li took art   48  in Beijing and took exams from December to March．He then took cultural courses in his school till June. The rest of the year he spent on   49   work．Li said he hadn’t   50   any money from his family since he graduated from the technical secondary school．Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his fate(命运)   51    knowledge.

52   by his contribution，Li Jun’s university funded him 9000 yuan out of his tuition fees of 11450 yuan．An eight—year struggle may have come to an end for Li Jun，but a new   53   has now begun．Li said he   54    not worry about repaying loans at present．He wants to study well and   55   more scholarships．

36．A．accept                    B．admitted          C．admired            D．allowed

37．A．talked of            B．told of            C．knew of             D． dreamt of

38．A．where               B．since              C．that                  D．when

39．A．learning             B．separating        C．graduating           D．dating

40．A．surprised         B．gifted          C．interested            D．easy going

41．A．went on with     B．watched out for  C．1ooked forward to      D．dropped out of

42．A．fair                   B．unfair             C．lucky                 D．unlikely

43．A．value                 B．respect           C．1iving              D．freedom

44．A．visiting             B．entering             C．supporting           D．pursing

45．A．turned to          B．applied for         C．called for        D．adapted to

46．A．Instead           B．At times            C．However             D．Besides

47．A．took off           B．gave off             C．paid off               D．sent off

48．A．ways                 B．programmes      C．success            D．courses   

49．A．full—time       B．part—time          C．out—of—door     D．all

50．A．asked for           B．looked for         C．prayed for           D．waited for

51．A．on               B．for                    C．through            D．into

52．A．Encouraged      B．Impressed          C．Accused           D．Influenced

53．A．challenge         B．1ife                   C．case                    D．relationship

54．A. will             B.  would         C. can             D. might

55．A．spend              B．use                   C．care                    D．win