第二节 完型填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)
I was in the queue for the supermarket checkout (付款台) earlier today. All of the checkouts were 36 , and the woman behind me was not happy! Every word that came from her mouth was a (n) 37 ! She wasn’t happy with the number of checkouts 38 ; she wasn’t happy with the amount of shopping some people had in their baskets; she wasn’t happy because this supermarket didn’t have a stand where she 39 scan her own shopping.
I listened to her 40 looking around as I loaded my stuff onto the conveyor belt (传送带). I didn’t want 41 to do with that kind of attitude, and if ever I’d felt like letting someone go 42 of me, it wouldn’t be such a woman!
But then I 43 back. Standing beside the woman was a five-year-old girl, 44 her granddaughter. The girl’s part of the shopping 45 of some comic books.
I couldn’t 46 it. I pushed my shopping back to the end of the conveyor belt, 47 a space. “After you,” I said to the woman and the girl, and 48 them to a big 49 . The woman was delighted, and even 50 to complain ---- until she was walking away.
So, 51 bother having helped? It was because that little girl was probably taking in her granny’s complaint like a sponge (海绵). She was learning how to 52 situations like that by listening to her granny. I’d seen that I could interrupt that complaining, and put a smile and some 53 into the middle of it.
We can all complain; we can all react 54 , but it doesn’t have to be like that. And, even if only for a few 55 , I wanted to leave that little soul with just a glimpse of another way.
36. A. busy B. big C. free D. empty
37. A. quarrel B. argument C. praise D. complaint
38. A. opened B. closed C. left D. hired
39. A. would B. need C. could D. must
40. A. beyond B. without C. with D. by
41. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
42. A. ahead B. behind C. beside D. back
43. A. went B. glanced C. focused D. jumped
44. A. merely B. surely C. possibly D. luckily
45. A. contained B. included C. consisted D. made
46. A. think B. help C. believe D. forget
47. A. taking B. leaving C. bringing D. occupying
48. A. returned B. pleased C. treated D. served
49. A. smile B. meal C. joke D. room
50. A. thanked B. paid C. checked D. forgot
51. A. how B. what C. why D. who
52. A. face with B. put with C. deal with D. do with
53. A. truth B. kindness C. courage D. money
54. A. actively B. correctly C. negatively D. patiently
55. A. hours B. chances C. years D. seconds
35. -Why did you cancel your trip to the New York?
-We were just about to leave_______ it started to snow．
A. when B. before C. after D. since
34. Many difficulties have _____ owing to the change over a new type of fuel.
A. raised B. aroused C. arisen D. risen
33. I suggested the cheat referred ______ put into prison.
A. to being B. was C. to be D. should be
32. “Harry Potter” is such an interesting book ______ all kids like to read.
A. as B. that C. what D. which
31. _____ scores of times , but he still couldn’t understand it ．
A．Having explained B．Having been explained
C．Though it was explained D．It was explained
30. ______ delighted me most was ______ my daughter was admitted to Beijing University．
A．That, what B．What, that C．What, what D．That, that
29. ----- Would you please give us a talk on English learning?
----- _________
A. Ok. When? B. Why? Yes. C. Ok. How? D. Sure. What?
28. ----- How on earth did these problems _______?
----- Because they ignored the advice of the expert.
A. come across B. come down C. come on D. come about