Charles R. Drew was a medical student at Columbia University in New York. Before he graduated, he wrote an article __41___ blood bank, that is, the storing of blood. Up till then, a lot of people had died from loss of blood __42___ there was no blood bank.
When the United States entered the Second World War, it became __43___ to set up blood banks. Dr Drew became __44___ of the Red Cross’s first blood bank. When the Red Cross __45___ blood banks to collect and store blood for men __46__ in battle, black American gave blood along with the whites. At ___47__ their blood was not accepted. Later blood from the blacks was ___48___ but was stored in a __49___ place from “white” blood. Although the best doctors __50___ that there was __51___ difference at all between the blood of blacks and whites, the Red Cross, with the support of the government, __52___ to separate black blood from white blood.
After the war, Dr Drew was ___53__ from Washington with three other doctors to attend a medical meeting in a southern state. In northern Carolina their car went __54___ a ditch（深沟）and Dr Drew was __55___ hurt. He had lost __56__ blood by the time a passing car took him to the __57___ hospital. But they were stopped at the gate of the hospital. “__58__him to the hospital for blacks.” No matter __59___ they said, they could not get into the hospital. They had to take him to the __60___ hospital, but on the way Dr Drew died because he had lost too much blood.
A．of B．on C．for D．in
A．though B．if C．because D．and
A．possible B．impossible C．unimportant D．necessary
A．visitor B．head C．receiver D．supporter
A．started B．expected C．promised D．forbade
A．died B．killed C．wounded D．fighting
A．most B．least C．first D．last
A．received B．accepted C．lost D．found
A．good B．cool C．hot D．separate
A．discovered B．invented C．insisted D．regretted
A．little B．much C．some D．no
A．began B．refused C．stopped D．continued
A．driving B．walking C．arriving D．running
A．from B．into C．along D．off
A．hardly B．nearly C．badly D．not
A．some B．little C．all D．much
A．biggest B．most modern C．nearest D．cheapest
A．Take B．Bring C．Send for D．Find
A．how B．what C．where D．who
A．colored B．better C．farthest D．same
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Some people are just sure to be failures. That’s how some adults look at troublesome kids. Maybe you’ve heard the saying, “A bird with a broken wing will __50__ fly as high.” I’m sure that T.J. Ware, who was caught __51__ a year ago, was made to feel this way almost every day at school.
At high school, Ware was always making __52__. He didn’t answer questions, got into lots of fights and was __53__ from school at times. Teachers didn’t want to have him again the following year.
I met Ware for the first time at a meeting. All the students at school had been invited to __54__ for a program designed to have students become more active in their communities. The program __55__ group discussion and voluntary work in their neighborhoods.
In the beginning, Ware just stood by, not ready to join the discussion groups. But slowly, the interactive games __56__ him in… At the end of the meeting, he joined the Homeless Project team. He knew much about __57__, hunger and helplessness. The other students on the team had never seen Ware making such a long, moving speech. They were __58__ with his passionate concern and ideas, so they elected Ware to be chairman of the team with a __59__ vote.
Two weeks later, Ware led a group of 70 students to collect __60__. They collected a school __61__: 2,854 cans of food in just two hours. It was enough to feed needy families in the area for 75 days. The local newspaper __62__ the event with full-page article the next day. After that, Ware started showing up at school every day and answering questions from teachers.
Ware’s change __63__ us that a bird with a broken wing only needs mending. Once it has __64__, it can fly higher than the rest.
50. A. sometimes B. always C. never D. still
51. A. cold B. stealing C. lying D. spitting
52. A. known B. mistake C. fun D. trouble
53. A. absent B. different C. present D. free
54. A. take up B. make up C. sign up D. put up
55. A. contained B. included C. concluded D. increased
56. A. took B. caught C. pulled D. drew
57. A. poverty B. fighting C. robbery D. courage
58. A. disappointed B. surprised C. impressed D. bored
59. A. quantity B. majority C. minimum D. quality
60. A. food B. money C. clothes D. furniture
61 A. rule B. mark C. foundation D. record
62. A. spread B. covered C. printed D. wrote
63. A. requests B. decides C. reminds D. requires
64 A. repaired B. realized C. protected D. healed
完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。将正确选项答案涂在答题纸上。
I was wandering through the streets when I caught sight of a tailor’s shop.I wanted very much to get a new suit and throw off my old 36 .But … I had nothing in the world but a million-pound note.I went in 37 asked if they had a cheap 38 .The fellow I spoke to 39 no answer at first,looked me up and down,noticed that I was almost in rags, 40 said, “just a minute.”
I waited till he 41 his work.Then he took me into a dark back room.He looked through the suits and 42 the cheapest one for me.I put it on.It didn’t fit, 43 it was new and I was anxious to have it,so I said:
“Could you wait a few days for the money?I haven’t any small change on me.”
The fellow looked at me 44 and said, “Oh,you haven’t?Well,of couse,I know that gentlement like you carry only 45 notes.”
I was 46 and said, “My friend,you shouldn’t judge a stranger always by the clothes he wears.I’m quite 47 to pay for this suit.But I’m afraid you can’t change the note.”
“Why do you think we can’t change your note? 48 the contrary,we can!”
I handed the note to him and said: “Oh,very well,I apologize.”
He 49 it with a smile,and then as he looked at the note,his smile froze. 50 the note in his hand,he stood there,unable to talk or move.
36.A.way B.friend C.watch D.clothes
37. A.and B.but C.so D.when
38. A.cloth B.clothing C.suit D.suits
39. A.make B.makes C.making D.made
40. A.have finished B.had finished C.will finish D.is finishing
41. A.have finished B.had finished C.will finish D.is finishing
42. A.choose B.pick C.find D.selected
43. A.so B.or C.but D.and
44. A.warmly B.hardly C.coldly D.kindly
45. A.large B.small C.some D.strange
46. A.mad B.sorry C.hurt D.welcome
47. A.anxious B.able C.tired D.worried
48. A.To B.For C.In D.On
49. A.receiving B.to receive C.received D.will receive
50. A.Holding B.To hold C.Held D.To be held
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Anger is good for you, as long as you control it properly, according to new psychology research. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University ___36___ anger may help you ____37___ the negative effects of stress and help you become healthier.
“Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger.” Said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon. “The more you display anger, the lower your ____38___ responses.”
Lerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6,200. They must say out loud every 13th number. Researchers interfered with them by asking them to ___39____ faster or ask them other questions. If they made any ____40___ , they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry ____41____ the researchers were ____42____ them.
Lerner used a ____43____ video camera and recorded all their facial _____44____ during the test. The researchers ____45____ their reactions as fear, anger and disgust. Other members recorded the students’ blood pressure, pulse and production of a high- stress hormone called cortisol.
People whose faces showed more ____46____ during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone. Both can have lasting effects such as diabetes (糖尿病), heart disease, depression and weight gain. When people fear, negative impacts ____47____, but when they get angry, those negatives go down, according to the ____48____. “ Having that sense of anger ____49____ people to actually feel some power in what ____50____ is a maddening situation.” Lerner said.
Lerner previously studied Americans’ emotional response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks two months after the incident. He found people who reacted with ____51____ were more optimistic. These people are healthier ____52____ with those who were frightened during the event.
So in maddening ____53____, anger is not a ____54____ thing to have. It’s a ____55____ response than fear.
36. A. shows B. suggests C. expresses D. insists
37. A. drop B. reduce C. lose D. throw
38. A. mistake B. sadness C. stress D. anger
39. A. read B. write C. speak D. count
40. A. mistakes B. decisions C. changes D. losses
41. A. unless B. because C. if D. until
42. A. watching B. stopping C. interrupting D. recording
43. A. rented B. stolen C. borrowed D. hidden
44. A. spots B. points C. expressions D. smiles
45. A. chose B. regarded C. treated D. described
46. A fear B. anger C. regret D. happiness
47. A. decrease B. increase C. climb D. spread
48. A. plan B. method C. study D. project
49. A. hopes B. leads C. lets D. drives
50. A. actually B. really C. otherwise D. luckily
51. A. pain B. joy C. sorrow D. anger
52. A. compared B. comparing C. satisfied D. connected
53. A. situations B. conditions C. positions D. persons
54. A bad B. good C. proper D. wonderful
55. A. shorter B. bigger C. faster D. healthier
III．完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，从36—55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。
"I've been writing a book, John. Do you think anyone would be interested in 36 it?" said the old lady.
John took over the 37 from her shaking hand and 38 her in a chair. He remembered her rich 39 in the early days of the Old West. He looked through the papers. "It's good, Grandma." He said gently. Then realizing that she couldn't hear him, he shouted 40 her ears. “I think it's very good. I'll 41 it to a publisher."
Ten days later, he reported that the 42 had had time to read only a few pages. But he was so 43 that he had sent $100 for an option（版权）. 44 money would be given as an advance（先付）.
One morning, three months after her 100th birthday, Grandma didn't get up. The doctor told her that she couldn't 45 more than a few days. She was 46 to go, but she first wanted her book to be in print. John promised that she 47 get the book very soon.
Grandma 48 on until the day the book came into her hands, with the title and her name on the cover. Though she couldn't see it, sh
e could 49 it. She 50 felt her name with her fingers, tears in her 
eyes. Two hours later, she died 51 , still holding her book.
Her granddaughter took up the book and opened it. "Why, it's just blank（空白的）pages!" she cried in 52 John's face turned red. Then the girl understood. There never was a book. Grandma couldn't 53 the little bell when the typewriter came to the end of the line. She would keep on working, not knowing the whole sentences and sometimes the paragraphs were 54 . John did not tell her, for he couldn't take away her only 55 . It was John himself who had written the letters and sold his car to pay the advance.
36．A．buying B．publishing C．reading D．lending
37．A．papers B．newspaper C．book D．magazine
38．A．sat B．put C．placed D．seated
39．A．lives B．experiences C．thoughts D．family
40．A．onto B．inside C．into
D．on
41．A．throw B．put C．send D．lift
42．A．publisher B．officer C．doctor D．teacher
43．A．interested B．angry C．frustrated D．gentle
44．A．Little B．Much C．Enough D．More
45．A．die B．stay C．last D．remain
46．A．worried B．anxious C．ready D．eager
47．A．must B．would C．could D．might
48．A．did B．took C．made D．lived
49．A．read B．smell C．Hear D．touch
50．A．proudly B．quickly C．carefully D．slowly
51．A．angrily B．peacefully C．willing D．quickly
52．A．anger B．joy C．surprise D．tears
53．A．see B．smell C．Hear D．taste
54．A．missing B．finished C．completed D．ended
55．A．hope B．book C．life D．paper
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
Animals can be of great fun, but it’s important to know 21 to be safe when you’re with them. Both indoor animals and outdoor animals need to be 22 kindly all the time. This means different things 23 on the animal and the situation. 24 a wild animal, being kind may mean staying far away 25 the animal doesn’t feel threatened and so you stay 26 .
Stepping outside can mean a world full of great animals to see — 27 squirrels in trees to birds in flight. In some parts of the world, kids 28 see slithery snakes, black bats, 29 even cool coyotes. And don’t forget raccoons, skunks, and other critters 30 come out in some places at night.
The rule in the great outdoors is simple: Don’t 31 or go near an animal. 32 some of these animals may look cool or even cute, leave them 33 . These animals aren’t like regular pets. They’re not 34 to being around people and may bite or attack if you come near them. They also might have r
abies(狂犬病).
Don’t ever try to 35 a wild animal. Bird feeders are OK, but other animals, 36 they look hungry, shouldn’t ever be fed. When it comes to these animals, it’s better for everyone if you stay ____37 and check them out at the zoo, on the Internet, on TV nature shows, or in books.[来
If a pet looks sick or is injured, stay far away. An animal that 38 loves to be petted may get very 39 and even bite when it is feeling ill. Tell an adult so he or she can get 40 for the animal.
| 21. A. what 22. A. taken care 23. A. depend 24. A. To 25. A. so 26. A. safe 27. A. like 28. A. should 29. A. or 30. A. what 31. A. touch 32. A. Because 33. A. outside 34. A. using 35. A. keep 36. A. however 37. A. closer 38. A. normally 39. A. happy 40. A. exercise |
B. why B. served B. look B. With B. and B. dangerous B. round B. have to B. and B. that B. look B. Even B. lonely B. used B. feed B. if B. closely B. always B. satisfied B. hope |
C. how C. protected C. wait C. As C. but C. threatened C. from C. will C. but C. those C. feel C. Although C. alone C. being used C. attack C. after C. away C. rarely C. excited C. plan |
D. which D. treated D. call D. Treating D. because D. calm D. not only D. may D. either D. who D. keep D. Since D. quietly D. to be used D. check D. even if D. far D. often D. upset D. help |
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