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。
I had just picked up my new car, a very beautiful automobile if you’re into cars. A few months later, I was involved in an ___ . That new and very beautiful car was destroyed.
It was clearly not my __ . The other guy was so busy on his cell phone that he went right through a red light and knocked into the passenger side of my car. It was even _ because my niece was asleep on the back seat and her father, my brother, was in the front passenger seat. He was not _____, to say the least.
The police arrived and began taking statements. I __ that my speed had been up to about 55kmph. “So you were going about 50kmph…” he said.
“No, I said I was doing about 55kmph,” I said.
“Right, so you were doing about 50kmph…” again he __ .
In a slightly ___ tone because I felt I wasn’t being heard, I said: “No! I was doing about 55kmph!”
“OK, if that’s _ you want it,” this time the officer simply replied.
I didn’t ___ it at the time, but I was shooting myself in the foot. My insurance company paid me for the damages to my car. __ , I totally missed the boat on the other driver’s insurance company.
The city speed limit is 50km. I ___ getting 50 percent less than I would have from the other guy’s insurance company because I had _______I was doing 55km.
It suddenly ______me that the traffic policeman had been trying to help me out. He hadn’t ______ about the 5kmph; he had known _____ about the insurance that I had not.
I thought about what had ____ over and over again. I might have carried on insisting that I told the _____ , but I could at least have said “Thank you” to him _ acting so rudely. After all, he had been trying to help me out.
Sometimes the ____ thing to do is to let other people talk while you simply shut up and listen. Never forget --- to ____ , you have to be able to listen.
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第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. 36 the only girl in a family of 37 children, she often 38 she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, 39 her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and 40 , she retreated(躲避) into books. 41 her love of 42 , she didn’t do well in elementary school because she was too shy to take part in the activities.
In high school, with the 43 of one particular teacher, Cisneros 44 her grades and worked for the school literary(文学的) magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to 45 because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a 46 . Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, 47 , she felt lonely –– a(n) 48 American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different 49 Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”
“It was not until this moment 50_ I considered myself truly different that my writing got a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to 51 with why I felt so much imbalance in my life. That’s when I decided I would 52 about something my classmates couldn’t.”
Cisneros 53 her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl 54 up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school to graduate school level. 55 then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.
36. A. To B. For C. As D. By
37. A. eight B. seven C. six D. five
38. A. looked like B. felt like C. liked D. admired
39. A. beside B. except C. as well as D. except for
40. A. dependent B. confident C. unimportant D. shameful
41. A. While B. Although C. In spite D. Despite
42. A. hiding B. writing C. reading D. feeling
43. A. praise B. guidance C. improvement D. encouragement
44. A. increased B. analyzed C. improved D. developed
45. A. home B. school C. college D. library
46. A. friend B. husband C. teacher D. brother
47. A. but B. however C. besides D. therefore
48. A. Canadian B. African C. German D. Mexican
49. A. assisted B. led C. helped D. caused
50. A. that B. when C. then D. why
51. A. do B. deal C. handle D. affect
52. A. concern B. read C. write D. learn
53. A. printed B. invented C. punished D. published
54. A. growing B. grown C. to grow D. has grown
55. A. Until B. Before C. Since D. After
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。
Obviously, there was a wall separating my father and me. But I was 21 my father's love. Nobody knew how 22 I was when I saw other fathers and 23 walking hand in hand. 24 , for me, it was only a dream.
With years going by, I couldn't 25 it any more. So I decided to tear down this 26 into pieces. But I needed courage.
Everything began to 27 after I wrote a letter to my father. I can imagine the 28 look on my father's face when he read the letter, which was really a 29 to him.
"I am sorry, my daughter. It is my fault that I have 30 your feelings. But I 31 , from now on, I'll try my best to be a good father." My father told me this later. 32 , tears rolled down my cheeks.
He ignored my feelings before, but now he really 33 the importance of love and has changed a lot. Now 34 I come home from school, my father will talk with me. He will ask me 35 I get along well with my teachers and classmates and if everything is going well in school.
36 , I have entered my father's world. I opened the door to his heart. My 37 has come true!
I have succeeded in gaining happiness by my own 38 and I'll 39 it for ever and ever. He is my father, the only one I have.
"Wherever you go, whatever you do, your mother and I will be 40 there for you," said my father.
21. A. angry with B. indifferent（不在乎）about
C. eager for D. wondering about
22. A. jealous（嫉妒的） B. disappointed C. uninterested D. puzzled
23.A. mothers B. daughters C. sons D. teenagers
24.A. However B. Therefore C. Anyway D. And
25.A. change B. make C. suffer D. bear
26.A. situation B. wall C. love D. dream
27.A. turn B. fade C. change D. vary
28.A. surprised B. exited C. appreciated D. interested
29.A. reminder B. comfort C. blow D. shock
30.A. avoided B. ignored C. harmed D. forgot
31.A. decide B. guess C. promise D. hope
32.A. For the moment B. The moment C. Every moment D. At that momen t
33.A. understands B. masters C. attaches D. follows
34.A. in time B. at times C. at the time D. every time
35.A. how B. whether C. why D. when
36.A. Finally B. Luckily C. Clearly D. Regularly
37.A. expectation B. thought C. plan D. dream
38.A. way B. effort C. hands D. behaviour
39.A. value B. hide C. keep D. remember
40.A. correctly B. perfectly C. right D. very
阅读下列短文，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。
My husband hasn’t stopped laughing about the thing that happened to me. It’s ___56___ now but it wasn’t at that time.
Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town, I___ 57___a rest before catching the train, so I bought a___ 58___and some chocolate and went to the station coffee shop, that cheap, self-service place with long___59___ to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to___60___ a place, and went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee, there was someone in the___61___ seat. It was one of those wild-looking young men, with dark glasses and torn clothes, and hair colored bright___62___ at the front, not so unusual these days. What did___63___me most was he’d started to___64___ my chocolate!
Naturally, I was annoyed. However, to avoid trouble, then really I was rather uneasy about him—I just__65___down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee, and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me___66___. Then he took another piece of my chocolate. I could hardly___ 67___it. Still I didn’t want to start an argument. When he took a___68___ piece, I felt angrier than annoyed. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I ___69___ it.
The boy gave a___70___look, and then stood up. As he left he shouted out, “This woman’s mad!” Everyone___71___. That really made me feel silly, but it was even___ 72___when I finished my coffee and ready to___ 73___. My face went red—as red as his hair when I___74___ I’d made a mistake. It wasn’t my chocolate he’d been taking. There was mine, ___75___, just under my newspaper.
A．serious B．wonderful C．funny D．exciting
A．enjoyed B．took C．had D．wanted
A．cake B．newspaper C．magazine D．bag
A．chairs B．tables C．benches D．windows
A．order B．create C．keep D．take
A．very B．same C．free D．next
A．red B．black C．brown D．white
A．interest B．surprise C．frighten D．hurt
A．touch B．drink C．get D．eat
A．looked B．lay C．read D．went
A．eagerly B．really C．surprisingly D．excitedly
A．believe B．bear C．notice D．stop
A．last B．big C．single D．third
A．dropped B．threw C．got D．wrapped
A．strange B．friendly C．disappointed D．curious
A．agreed B．promised C．stared D．followed
A．better B．worse C．later D．easier
A．leave B．pay C．check D．regret
A．wondered B．realized C．decided D．recognized
A．tasted B．tore C．tied D．unopened
第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the dining room of my grandfather’s house stood a massive grandfather clock. Meals in that dining room were a 36 for four generations to become one. The table was always 37 with food from wonderful family recipes（食谱）all containing 38 as the main ingredient（成分）. And always that grandfather clock stood like a trusted old family 39 , sharing our happiness.
As I was a child, the old clock 40 me. I watched and listened to it during meals. I 41 how at different times of the day, that clock would strike with a wonderful 42 . Year after year, the clock struck a part of my 43 , a part of my heart.
Even more wonderful to me was what my grandfather did each day. He 44 wound that clock with a special and magic key, which 45 the clock ticking and striking. He never let that clock wind down and 46 . When we grandkids got a little older, he showed us how to 47 the clock.
Several days after my grandfather died, I entered the dining room, with tears flowing 48 . The clock stood desertedly 49 , seeming smaller and not as magnificent as before. I couldn’t 50 to look at it.
Years later, my grandmother gave me the clock and the key. The old house was quiet. I opened the clock door with my shaking hand. Then 51 , reverently（虔诚地）, I entered the key and wound the clock. It sprang to 52 . Tick – tock , tick – tock, life and chimes were 53 into the dining room, into house and into my 54 . In the movement of the hands of the clock, my grandfather 55 again.
36．A．party B．time C．place D．situation
37．A．filled B．cleared C．spread D．left
38．A．wine B．surprise C．fish D．love
39．A．friend B．guard C．doctor D．lawyer
40．A．disappointed B．encouraged C．interested D．comforted
41．A．questioned B．remembered C．doubted D．wondered
42．A．sound B．hammer C．voice D．beat
43．A．studies B．opinions C．memories D．brains
44．A．strangely B．carefully C．eagerly D．usually
45．A．got B．kept C．prevented D．found
46．A． break B．fall C．stop D．move
47．A．wind B．repair C．read D．clean
48．A．unexpectedlyB．gently C．difficultly D．freely
49．A．ticking B．moving C．noisy D．quiet
50．A．help B．bear C．hope D．insist
51．A．slowly B．quickly C．unwillingly D．naturally
52．A．feet B．hands C．sense D．life
53．A．breathed B．blown C．taken D．sent
54．A．study B．bedroom C．heart D．mind
55．A．died B．lived C．smiled D．sang
SECTION B
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marke
d A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrase that best fits the context.
It was a Sunday afternoon. I was waiting outside the classroom where my son was about to take a(n) 31 . The boys and girls were busy discussing the exam, while their anxious parents were watching them ou
tside. There was a lot of 32 .
I noticed one boy who was standing alone in silence, with fear written all over his face. He did not join other children 33 the discussion and he looked puzzled. He wanted to mix with the others; 34 , he didn’t seem to be confident enough. He 35 me deeply. I moved towards him and smiled at him. He smiled back warmly. Then I started to encourage him and told him that he would do well in the exam. This helped him 36 his fear and he told me something about himself: his parents never cared about him and did not 37 him even if he was always a top student. I told him that his education was preparation for later life that should never be 38 . He became encouraged and said he would try to fight against all the difficulties in his life and be successful. He then went into the 39 and we lost touch.
A few days later, I happened to be in the school and I saw him again. He looked different. He gave me a broad smile and came to me with 40 steps. He said happily that he had got first place in the test and that those few minutes with me was really important to him. He thanked me for the words I had said. It was
a great moment for me.
31. A. class B. exam C. lecture D. meeting
32. A. voice B. noise C. sound 
D. fun
33. A. to B. into C. together D. in
34. A. though B. besides C. therefore D. however
35. A. excited B. delighted C. impressed D. appealed
36. A. restart B. promote C. remove D. keep
37. A. support B. control C. share D. rescue
38. A. given out B. given up C. given away D. given in
39. A. restroom B. classroom C. waiting room D. dining room
40. A. certain B. ready C. hopeful D. confident
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