III．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Last night, I was waiting for a taxi. After 5 minutes, I was 41 . The driver seemed to be angry. I asked him what the 42 was. He said he had just come from the airport without a 43 , which was basically $70 in lost fare.
Over the course of that ride, the anger slowly 44 . He mentioned he had read an article saying the 45 people are the ones that give, so he hoped he’d have more 46 to give in his life. I was starting to 47 being with him! We continued talking about why 48 is so beneficial both to the giver and the receiver and different ways to 49 it.
As we arrived at my destination, I 50 my fare. But I pulled out an extra $20 and said, “Since we’ve been talking about giving this whole time, I wanted to share that 51 with you. I’ve already paid my fare, but here’s an extra little bit. You can 52 it, since you’re already down $70 from the airport. But if you want to experience the 53 of the gift, then tell the next passenger in this taxi that their ride is a gift from another and they can 54 their gratitude in whatever way.”
The man turned toward me, tears in his eyes, and said, “Sir, I have a better 55 . You give that $20 to a 56 person around here and I’ll treat the next passenger with a 57 ride myself.”
Wow. This man was 58 10 minutes ago. I got out and walked around trying to find someone who needed help 59 heading to my destination.
It was an honor meeting that driver and 60 the lesson of how everyone is capable of giving.
41．A．gotten off B．put down C．called up D．picked up
42．A．question B．time C．problem D．cost
43．A．friend B．stranger C．driver D．customer
44．A．died out B．appeared C．died down D．died off
45．A．happiest B．poorest C．richest D．strongest
46．A．kindness B．chances C．suggestions D．money
47．A．mind B．stop C．allow D．enjoy
48．A．collecting B．giving C．receiving D．existing
49．A．practise B．explain C．watch D．consider
50．A．printed B．recorded C．paid D．examined
51．A．adventure B．information C．language D．feeling
52．A．refuse B．raise C．keep D．spend
53．A．direction B．power C．weight D．size
54．A．share B．earn C．forget D．miss
55．A．gift B．idea C．opinion D．ride
56．A．homeless B．native C．nice D．brave
57．A．long B．comfortable C．free D．safe
58．A．bored B．tired C．rude D．angry
59．A．after B．before C．when D．as
60．A．learning B．preparing C．finishing D．providing
完形填空,阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There was a woman in Detroit，who has two sons．She was worried________ them，especially the younger one, Ben，________ he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class________ fun of him because he seemed so________．
The mother ________that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school. She________ them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a________a week and do a report about it for her．
One day，in Ben’s ________ , the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben ________ up his hand and the teacher let him________. “Why did Ben raise his hand？” they wondered. He ________ said anything; what could he possibly want to say？ Well, Ben not only________ the rock; he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew________ the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were________ . Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book________ ．
Ben later went on to the ________ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University________ at last became one of the best doctors in the United States．
After Ben had grown up，he ________ something about his mother that he did not know as a ________. She，herself，had never learned how to ________ ．
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完型填空,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。
My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
The first two there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang________ for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.
As we were ________ on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them ________off at the walls or floor. However, one lady ________ my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t ________ like that. As we got ________ with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got. ________ she was singing, she was also ________ out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my________ were to my students. People who worked at the care center could ________ to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling ________ about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
Justin also ________ the same lady. The difference between us is that he ________ on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her ________ and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my ________ to let you know that.” This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No________ can completely describe that touching moment.
It ________ a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a ________ that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself ________ to have witnessed his lesson.
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完形填空,阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Two years ago, a restaurant had fallen upon hard times. Only five ________were left: the manager and four others, all over 60 years old.
In the town near the restaurant there ________ a successful businessman who was good at managing business, so the manager ________ to ask the businessman if he could offer any advice that might ________ the restaurant. The manager and the businessman talked for a long period of time, ________ when he was asked for advice, the businessman ________ for a while and then said, “I have no________to give. The ________ thing I can tell you is that the saver is one of you.”
The manager, returning to the restaurant ________ , told the other people what the businessman had said. In the months that followed, the old restaurant workers thought________ of the words of the businessman, “The saver is one of us?” They asked themselves. As they ________ about this possibility, they all began to treat each other with ________ respect. And thinking that each of themselves ________ be the saver, they also began to treat themselves with more care.
________ time went by, people coming to the restaurant ________that some respect and warm kindness were around the five old members of the small restaurant. Hardly knowing ________ , more people began to come back to the restaurant. They began to ________ their friends, and theirs brought more friends. Two years later, the small restaurant had once again ________a big food company, thanks to the businessman’s ________. They understood that it was they themselves that were the ________ .
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完形填空,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。
My daughter and I finally got around to changing all the electronic pictures stored on our computers and cellphones into ________ ones that we could actually hold in our hands and________ photo albums. It was amazing looking through decades of our lives.
There I was not even 5 years old. I looked at that boy and all those ________ versions of myself for a long time. I wondered what I would say to them ________ I had a chance. I knew that I would tell them to relax and not worry about life’s ________ so much. I would tell them that they would solve all the problems they could and ________ the ones they couldn’t. I would tell them to enjoy and ________ each day as it comes. I would tell them that every day has its own ________ and simple pleasures and they should ________them all. I would tell them to hug more, laugh more, and say “I love you” more. I would ________ them to take in more sunsets and to________ the television every so often and go watch the stars. I would tell them to sing along with the radio and read a good book every ________ they get. I would tell them to ________ pass up the opportunity to pet a dog or ________ another human being. Most of all, ________ ,I would tell them to just love, ________ that’s what we are here to do.
________ , I know that none of us can go backward in this life. Life can only go ________ . As you go forward in your own life, always take with you the wisdom you have ________, the kindness you have shared, and the ________ you have received. As you go forward, always try to be the best person you can be and always remember to just love and be loved in return.
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The bright morning light shone through the window onto farmer Tom’s pillow, making the room hot. Tom is not a(n) riser but the heat woke him up. He hurriedly _ and started to head for his poultry farm(家禽饲养场). He had put all his money in .
Tom got into his that was loaded with ducks in cages and his two _ , Bill and Jim. Their first _ was the City Primary School. On _ the school gate, one of the lorry’s tires was _. Tom left his workers to change the tire _ he went into the dining hall to hand over some ducks.
Meanwhile, a boy had climbed up the lorry and some of the cages. Jim _ to look up; the boy jumped down from the lorry and ran into the school. The ducks were . Jim and Bill hurriedly tried to get the ducks back into the cages but it was . There was a great commotion(混乱): ducks quacking(嘎嘎叫), workers .
Where was the boy? He was at the school gate letting some ducks into the school. On hearing the , many children came out of their classrooms and watched the sight—two men running after ducks that were quacking!
Tom came back just in time to the boy. He then made a funny quacking sound and the ducks to come to him. He put them back into cages, changed the tire and , leaving the boy in the hands of the schoolmaster.
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