第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
When his daughter was born, she was very sick. The doctor told the girl’s father that the 31 was that she couldn’t run over 400 meters a time, 32 she would fall down to the ground. The father was 33 . He asked the doctor if there were some 34 to save his daughter. The doctor said: “For this 35 , it can hardly change. Actually, there has never been any 36 example before. ” The father felt very 37 , but he never lost his 38 .
He began to 39 any news about the girl’s health. One day, a piece of news from newspaper 40 the father’s eyes, 41 said that if you keep saying the same words to a person every night when he or she is 42 , it will have magical power. From that day on, every night, 43 the girl fell asleep, the father would sit and say to her, “You will be very beautiful and healthy in the future. No matter what you will be, your father will 44 love you.” The father kept on doing the same thing every night over 16 years. Year after year, magic 45 . As the girl grew up, she become more and more 46 . Later she even took part in a 3,000 meter cross-country race, and won a prize. In the year of 2006, the parents took the girl to the hospital to take a (an) 47 , and the doctor said that their daughter’s condition had become as 48 as others. Both the father and the mother felt quite 49 and they couldn’t help crying.
Later, the girl said, “Whenever I thought of what my father had done, I was deeply 50 . I’ll spend all the rest of my life to give my father a happy life. My dear father, I’ll love you forever.”
31. A. best B. worst C. least D. latest
32. A. when B. therefore C. but D. or
33. A. shocked B. puzzled C. comforted D. dissatisfied
34. A. plans B. treat C. methods D. goals
35. A. example B. case C. situation D. result
36. A. successful B. failed C. painful D. careful
37. A. disappointed B. bored C. angry D. nervous
38. A. doubt B .heart C. wish D. hope
39. A. hear of B. take in
C. pay attention to D. look back
40. A. hurt B. brighten C. opened D. attracted
41. A. what B. that C. which D. it
42. A. sleeping B. sleepy C. resting D. silent
43. A. through B. unless C. when D. since
44. A. usually B. never C. sometimes D. always
45. A. come B worked C. ended D. performs
46. A. moved B. beautiful C. discourage D. healthy
47. A. test B. operation C. examination D. competition
48. A. normal B. ordinary C. usual D. common
49. A. sorry B. happy C. lucky D. curious
50. A. sad B. frightened C. puzzled D. moved
30. Sarah, hurry up. I’m afraid you won’t have time to ________ before the party.
A. get changed B. get change
C. get changing D. get to change
29. Julia ________ leave her store ________ a man entered the room to buy a book.
A. was about to, before B. was about to, while
C. was about to, when D. was to, then
28. We were in ________ when we left that we forgot the airline tickets.
A. a rush so anxious B. a such anxious rush
C. so an anxious rush D. such an anxious rush
27. Dark clouds are gathering. It ________ rain.
A. will B. is going to C. should D. is to
26. ---Have you got any job offers?
---No. I ________ .
A. waited B. had been waiting
C. have waited D. am waiting
25. ---What are you going to do this weekend?
---I’m going to visit an old friend. If time ________ enough, I ________ some shopping.
A. is going to be; do B. is; do
C. is; will do D. will be; will do
24. The hotel ________ during our holidays stands by the seaside. A. we stayed at B. where we stayed at C. we stayed D. in that we stayed
23. ---Do you like dancing?
---No, never. In fact, I can’t ________ the noise in a dance.
A. make B. hear C. stand D. solve
22. As everybody knows, tea ________ with cream and sugar in the west.
A. is made B. is poured C. is served D. is related