44. A. admire　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　 B. repair　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　 C. paint　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　 D. design

43. A. flower　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. bell　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　 C. stocking 　　　　　　　 　　　　 D. tree

42. A. noisy　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. empty　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 C. safe　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　 D. clean

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　完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

This was my grandmother's first Christmas without grandfather, and before he passed away we had promised grandfather that we would make this her best Christmas ever. When my parents and I 　41　 at her house, we found she had waited up all night for us. The house did seem a little 42 　without grandfather.

Grandfather had always said that the Christmas 　43　 was the most important decoration of all. So we immediately set to work on the beautiful artificial tree that was stored in grandfather's closet (壁橱). Through our efforts, we finally stepped back to 　44 our handiwork. It looked beautiful. 45 　something was missing.

"Where's your star?" I asked.

The star was my grandmother's favorite part of the tree.

"Why, it 　46 　be here somewhere," she said, starting to sort through the boxes again. "Your grandfather always 　47 　everything so carefully when he took the tree down."

As we emptied the boxes and 　48 no star, my grandmother's eyes filled with tears. Grandfather had given it to grandmother some fifty years ago on their first Christmas together. It brought them great happiness. Now, on her first Christmas without him, the star was 　49 , too.

"Don't worry, Grandmother," I 　50 　her. "We'll find it for you."

My mother and I formed a search 51 . "Let's start in on the closet where the ornaments (装饰品) were," Mother said. "Maybe the star just fell out of the box."

That sounded 52 , so I began to search the closet. I thought I tried every 53 , but no star. I could see grandmother was 54 , although she tried not to show it.

"What’s in this wrapped box?” Mother suddenly called out. "It was at the bottom of father’s closet."

Grandmother took the box in 55 　and opened it. Her face 56 　when she unfolded the paper and pulled out a golden star. There was a(n) 57 　attached.

Don't be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while packing the decorations, and I couldn't 58 　to tell you. Thought it was time for a new one. I hope it brings you as much 　59 　as the first one. Merry Christmas!

Love,

Bryant

So grandmother's tree had a star after all, a star that expressed their everlasting love for one another. And we were glad we were able to make this Christmas 　60 for her.

41. A. arrived　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　 B. looked 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　 C. stayed　　　　　 　 　　 　　　　 D. worked

35. [答案]A

[试题解析]名词辨析。A雷达；B机场；C无线电；D点；污点；携带着200多名乘客的MH370航班星期六从雷达上消失了，从那以后就再也没有被看见或者听说过。

[长难句解析]

In any major international airport, it's not uncommon to have your passport checked four times or more between

check-in and boarding the aircraft.

[翻译]在很多国际机场，在安检和登机时，你的护照被核对4次以上是很正常的事情、

[分析]本句中的not uncommon是双重否定表示肯定的含义：常见，普通的，相当于一个肯定的意思；但是语气不如直接的肯定句强烈。

34. [答案]C

[试题解析]副词辨析。A通常的，经常的；B尤其，特别；C必要地；D最后，终于；并不是所有丢失的护照都是被偷走的护照，有些丢失的护照正是被护照的主人出售掉的。本句中含有一个固定搭配not necessarily未必，不一定。

33. [答案]B

[试题解析]名词辨析。A考试；B担心，担忧；C背景；D优势；马来西亚Mh370航班上两名乘客使用偷来的护照登机的报道引起了人们对飞机安全方面的担心。

32. [答案]D

[试题解析]名词辨析。A组织；B过程；C要求；D安全；如果乘客使用的文件没有被检查出于国际刑警的文件有冲突，那么使用这些文件的乘客就可以从安全检查处登机了。

31. [答案]A

[试题解析]动词辨析。A登机，登船；B飞行；C离开；D到达；本句表示在登机之前，你的护照被多次检查。

30. [答案]B

[试题解析]形容词辨析。A必要的；B不平常的；C不方便的；D可供选择的；在一些国际机场，在登机之前你的护照被核对4次以上是很平常的事情。本句中的not uncommon是双重否定表示肯定，语气较弱。