第二节: 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分, 满分20分)
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My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other 36 , including her “sixth sense”, that she seldom gives the impression (印象) that she’s 37 anything. It’s really amazing.
Michelle 38 her children pretty much like the rest of us, except that she isn’t too hard on them. Her children really benefit a lot from her 39 attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that 40 often don’t realize she’s blind. 
I 41 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very 42 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was 43 excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to 44 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle 45 with us”.
To my great 46 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my 47 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment (成就). She really 48 what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt 49 Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never come 50 in conversation. When I told my daughter Michelle was blind, she was 51 for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla 52 . I knew my child was 53 because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Michelle had also “heard” Kayla’s 54 in her work.
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my 55 .” Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
36. A. ways B. means C. methods D. senses
37. A. enjoyed B. found C. missed D. held
38. A. comes across B. looks after C. picks out D. learns from
39. A. relaxed B. nervous C. anxious D. secret
40. A. parents B. family C. guests D. friends
41. A. realized B. heard C. forgot D. witnessed
42. A. sad B. calm C. excited D. puzzled
43. A. especially B. seldom C. frequently D. hardly
44. A. paint B. draw C. create D. mix
45. A. stayed B. painted C. talked D. competed
46. A. excitement B. encouragement C. delight D. surprise
47. A. attitude B. color C. picture D. paper
48. A. touched B. considered C. saw D. understood
49. A. after B. unless C. until D. if
50. A. up B. down C. back D. on
51. A. curious B. quiet C. angry D. worried
52. A. whispered B. insisted C. introduced D. informed
53. A. right B. wrong C. worried D. uncertain
54. A. shortcomings B. difficulties C. pride D. disappointment
55. A. paper B. pens C. hands D. eyes
Air travel makes some people very nervous. The crowds, the noise and flying itself can cause . But there are classes people can take to help them the fear of flying. And there is training for service dogs that suffer the same problem.
Service dogs almost never the side of the people they care for. You will see them working on buses, trains and other public systems. But the busy environment found at an airport can even the best trained working dog.
People with disabilities depend on their dogs. They want the animals to safely them through security areas. They also need the dogs to remain on duty on the airplane, even when the flying is not . This takes special . The Air Hollywood K9 Flight School is one place where such help can be found.
The school has a piece of equipment that provides the sights, sounds and even the feel of an airplane in flight. Dog trainers say training is based on a simple rule: preparation. Dogs need to be exposed gradually and to the environment, to loud noises, to sounds and other dogs so that when this experience happens to them on a daily basis, they're able to act in a way that they're used to acting and that they don't get .
Dog owners who the training at Air Hollywood K9 Flight School say they now feel much more at ease about future . Their dogs also seem ready for takeoff.
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Washoe is a young chimpanzee (黑猩猩). She is no chimpanzee, though. Scientists are doing a research her. They want to see how civilized (驯化) she can . Already she does many things a human being can do.
For example, she has been learning how to exchange with people. The scientists are teaching her language. When she wants to be picked , Washoe points up with one finger. She rubs (擦) her teeth with her finger she wants to brush her teeth. This is done after every meal.
Washoe has also been to think out and find answers to problems. Once she was put in a with food hanging from the ceiling (天花板). It was too high to . After she considered the , she got a tall box to stand . The food was still too high to be reached. Washoe found a pole (杆子). Then she climbed onto the , grasped the pole, and down the food with the pole.
Washoe like a human, too. The scientists keep her in a fully-furnished (家具齐全的) house. After a hard in the laboratory, she goes home. she plays with her toys. She enjoys watching television before going to bed.
Scientists hope to more about people by studying our closest relative (亲属) — chimpanzee.
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Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working __ a special painting for a church at that time, ____ the church painting was not ____ well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of his second ____. This is the woman who ___ be seen in the Mona Lisa.
All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s ____ and it satisfied the husband. Da Vinci used ____ and light in a clever____ in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and ___. Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry(几何形状) in the Mona Lisa. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and ____ shapes like____. Even her _ _ can be seen as a small part of a large circle. The woman in the ____ is sitting on a balcony, and ____ can be seen behind her because Da Vinci loved to study rocks, and these can also be seen___ in his other paintings. The woman is sitting with her knees ____ the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are ____ together in front of her. This way of ____ is now used by many ____ when they are ____. The Mona Lisa is a remarkable master.
A．up B．in C．on D．about
A．but B．thus C．however D．so
A．doing B．going C．making D．working
A．servant B．daughter C．nurse D．wife
A．must B．should C．might D．can
A．works B．jobs C．novels D．photos
A．heaviness B．black C．darkness D．oils
A．way B．picture C．hand D．eye
A．chemistry B．maths C．geography D．biology
A．square B．round C．long D．egg
A．balls B．sticks C．vases D．boxes
A．smile B．shout C．cry D．anger
A．church B．painting C．sofa D．house
A．trees B．buildings C．mountains D．flowers
A．by and by B．here and there C．over and over D．up and down
A．on B．by C．to D．beyond
A．caught B．held C．supported D．hung
A．painting B．living C．smiling D．sitting
A．women B．actresses C．girls D．models
A．being painted B．painting C．being played D．played
As Mr.T steadily pawed his way into our hearts, Colin and I identified for the first time in our lives, as .My husband was a reasonable and generous father, and l was a sensitive, fussy mom .Colin tried to the world through Mr. T's eyes, adding a solid wooden door to Mr. T's home when he how much he liked his privacy .Meanwhile ,I cared about Mr. T's ,fearing that every nap or failed attempt to mount the coffee table some terrible illness.
I felt our world conforming to Mr. T's needs - and I it. Colin and I_ going out to dinner as often and instead spent evenings in our living room, smiling proudly as Mr. T dragged apples and socks into his house with great seriousness. Some nights, we on the sofa until 2,3,4 in the morning, waiting for Mr.T ,who was active at night, to and walk downstairs. We stopped traveling together so one of us could always be home to keep him .
A few years earlier, we had struggled to find even a(n) hour in the day – but Mr.T taught us how to make in our lives for the future we wanted, to be more empathetic, more patient. He taught us to love . We'd found Mr. T in one of life's intervals, between dating and marriage, coupledom and .If it had been a lost dog or a deserted cat on our way home that night, there would be no_ to tell. We would have brought the animal to a shelter. that nobody would do that for a rat made us bring Mr.T into our home, and doing so made all the .
Some of our friends and family just didn't Mr.T.They never understood how we could love a .We never understood how, if you had the 0f meeting him, it was possible not to.
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Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I across some old love letters that my parents wrote to each other. These letters were all pilled up in a basket, dirty and With dust. to read and sort them, I asked them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home. They agreed.
As I carefully opened each letter, all of them delicate with age, I discovered a new page unknown to me in this private chapter of my parents’ lives.
My father used to in the army. So his letters were full of frontline of the things about the war. Each of my mother’s letters was marked her 1944 dark red lipstick kiss. I was to these letters like a magnet (磁铁).
Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very . and was hospitalized. This time, he was fighting a kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the . He told me how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had to him when he had been so far from home.
It so happened that the next day would he February 14. From the letters I chose the card my father had sent Mother in 1944 and brought it to my father’s bedside.
At his bedside, I joked with him, saying , “Today is Valentine’s Day, don’t you want to send Mother a present?” He became more when I handed him the old . He carefully opened it and took out the card, and when he it, his eyes were filled with tears.
My father, in a voice tight with read the loving he’d sent to my mother fifty-six years earlier. And this time, he could read it to her .
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