第二节  完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

       阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Monty Roberts, owner of a horse ranch (牧场) in San Ysidro, once told us a story．“When a young man was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to   21   and do when he grew up．In his seven-page paper he described his   22   of someday owning a horse ranch．He drew a   23   floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would   24   on a 200-acre dream ranch．Two days later he received his   25  back．On the front page was a   26   red F．The teacher said, ‘This is an   27   dream for a young boy like you．You have no money．Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money.’ Then the teacher   28  , ‘If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your   29   .’ The boy asked his father what he should do．His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to make up your own   30   on this．However, I think it is a very  31   decision for you.’   32  , after a week, the boy   33   the same paper, making no   34   at all．He stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my   35  .’ Monty then turned to us and said, “I tell you this story   36   you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch．I still have that school paper framed (装框) over the fireplace.” He added, “The best part of the   37   is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week．When the teacher was leaving, he said, ‘Look, Monty, I can tell you this now．When I was your teacher, I was   38   of a dream stealer．During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams．  39   you had enough determination not to give up on yours.”

Don’t let anyone   40   your dreams．Follow your heart, no matter what.

21．A．be               B．find        C．learn      D．see

22．A．reason            B．goal       C．purpose     D．way

23．A．rough              B．new       C．secret             D．detailed

24．A．live             B．locate         C．sit           D．run

25．A．mark          B．paper              C．plan       D．idea

26．A．large          B．tiny        C．beautiful    D．long

27．A．old              B．imaginative        C．impractical         D．interesting

28．A．shouted         B．smiled        C．replied        D．added

29．A．grade                  B．need      C．honesty      D．ability

30．A．time           B．energy        C．mind      D．money

31．A．urgent            B．quick      C．important  D．good

3．A．Actually            B．Finally         C．Gradually   D．Usually

33．A．turned down      B．turned around   C．turned to   D．turned in

34．A．comments         B．changes     C．judgment   D．answer

35．A．dream            B．courage     C．interest      D．spirit

36．A．though           B．because     C．until       D．if

37．A．incident          B．event     C．story      D．lesson

38．A．anything        B．nothing      C．everything D．something

39．A．Fortunately        B．Strangely   C．Curiously   D．Probably

40．A．forget             B．steal      C．know     D．realize

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
I have written letters of apology to my teacher before. I remembered
at the age of 7, when h     English lessons, I pulled my classmate’s chair
【小题1】 _________
aside when he was about to sit down after answering questions.     a result,
【小题2】 _________
he fell onto the ground and cried. The whole class burst into    (笑声).      
【小题3】 _________
My English teacher was so angry       I had to apologize by writing       
【小题4】 _________
a letter to her and she        (宽恕) me.                                 
【小题5】 _________
Even now if I b     badly in class, I will still write a letter of           
【小题6】_________
apology to my teachers due to the f     reasons. Firstly, I should take      
【小题7】_________
responsibility for _____ I do. Secondly, writing letters of apology to         
【小题8】_________
teachers can    help ______(提醒) myself to be good in class. Finally, it is      
【小题9】_________
a good way of _______(交流) with teachers when they are in anger.          
【小题10】_________

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，根据空白处的首字母填一个词，使文章逻辑通顺，意义连贯，语法准确。

The Great President

As the f   1.  of the republic, the president had many good q   2.. Before coming to p  3. , he was a g   4.  lawyer. He was willing to selflessly help everyone who turned to him. He accepted no fee to offer legal g   5.  and opinions to those who were out of work or uneducated. Later, believing all mankind to be e   6. , he d   7.  himself to stopping the unfair anti-black laws.  He set up the Black Youth League and was voted to be the leader. However, though he kept peaceful principles without v  8. or terror, his mean enemies still blew up his house and a  9.  his relatives, and he himself couldn’t escape being s   10.  to 30 years in prison.

根据上下文及给出首字母或汉语意思的词填写单词。 (共10题；每小题1分, 满分10分) 注意：给出首字母的词, 需将首字母一起填写到答题卷上

1.Let’s give thanks for our soldiers _______(冒…的危险) their lives to defend the country.   

2.I have seen the film star many times - she looks much older in the f________ than in her photographs.

3.Illegal hunting is threatening the s________ of the species.

4.I had to run to work this morning because I got up late. I was in a real ________ (出汗)when I arrived. 

5.— When is the next train arriving? —It's ________ at 7:30. 

6.It was an e________ situation, because the restaurant was too expensive for us but we didn’t want to just leave.

7.There are large ________ (数量) of rain in the area of the country every summer.

8.Several cars are available within this price ________ (范围).  

9.I tried to remember her name, but my mind went b_________.   

10.If you tell someone to have f______, you are encouraging them to stay confident.

阅读下面短文， 依据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地填写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确和拼写正确。