The news _____ the football team won the game made us happy.

A. that      B. which      C. in which      D. what

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

    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。

It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year. I was a ticket-counter supervisor（主管）for a major airline and was looking forward to the   36   of my shift （轮班）at Stapleton International Airport in Denver. My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could   37   our gifts for Christmas.

Just then, a very    38    gentleman went up to me.  He asked how he could get to Cheyenne, Wyoming. He had just arrived from Philadelphia and   39   his connecting flight. I pointed him to the ground transportation area, where he could rent a   40  . And then I called my wife to let her know I would be home   41  .

About fifteen minutes later, the gentleman   42   and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars   43  . I told him that he had to stay for a night at the airport. Hearing that, he burst into   44  .

I tried to make him calm down. He explained that his name was Tom, and that his only son was   45   ill at home and was not expected to   46   another year. He expected that this would likely be the   47   Christmas with his son.

I told Tom to   48   his luggage and wait for me at the gate. I was driving to Cheyenne. I called my wife Kathy, telling her about it and not to wait up for me. I drove fast   49   and we arrived in Cheyenne around 2:30 a. m.

Kathy was still   50   me when I got home in the early morning. We traded gifts and then our conversation   51   Tom. For Kathy and me, there was no   52   that driving Tom to Cheyenne was the   53   choice.

    A couple of days later, I   54   a Christmas card with a picture of Tom and his family. In it, Tom thanked me for the special   55   he had received that holiday season, but I knew the best gift was mine.

A. end B. turn C. role D. change

A. expect B. get  C. exchange D. make

A. kind   B. helpless C. sad  D. worried

A. mistook    B. missed   C. caught   D. continued

A. bus    B. flight       C. room D. car

A. soon    B. late C. early    D. lately

A. left   B. moved    C. came D. returned

A. reliable    B. present  C. available    D. acceptable

A. laughter   B. tears        C. anger    D. sorrow

A. really  B. slightly C. seriously    D. unluckily

A. suffer B. live C. share    D. grow

A. last    B. best C. happiest D. hardest

A. hand   B. find C. pack D. collect

A. for a while    B. all around   C. all the way  D. from time to time   

A. waiting for    B. caring for   C. thinking of  D. depending on

A. remembered     B. recalled  C. concerned    D. contained

A. idea    B. doubt        C. point    D. problem

A. main    B. only C. nice D. great

A. received   B. sent C. saved    D. discovered

A. drive  B. help C. deal D. gift

The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful, says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.

A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Keep cool, says George Herbert, for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. Anger, says Pythagoras, brings with folly(愚蠢) and ends with regret. You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.

Self-control is man’s last greatest victory.

If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.

What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?

A. The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.

B. One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.

C. To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life.

D. If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful.

What is the correct interpretation of “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad ”in paragraph 2 ?

A. If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first.

B. If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished.

C. If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy.

D. If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods.

If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______.

A. the very backbone and nerve of character

B. the patience and power to control himself

C. strong feelings

D. self-confidence

The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to _______.

A. explain that self-control is the key to success

B. teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success

C. distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it

D. advise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends

The passage is mainly developed by _____.

A. analyzing causes        B. making comparisons

C. examining differences           D. listing quotations

—I have finished the homework.

—      . How about going out for a walk?

A．So have I    B．So I have    C．So I do  D．So do I

Mr. Smith didn’t understand _____ made his son so upset this evening.

   A. what was it   B. why it was this  C. how that was D. what it was that

A new enemy is threatening Japanese traditions: leisure（闲暇）. As part of its attempt to increase imports, the government is trying to get people to work less and spend more. The workers are disgusted.

The figures support the western prejudice（偏见） that the Japanese are all work and no play. Trying to force workers away from their desks and machines, the government said last April that the country should cut down from its 2,100 hours average work year to 1,899 hours and a five-day week by 1992. Beginning in February, banks and stock markets will be closed on Saturdays, staff of civil service will be forced out of their offices two Saturdays a month. The government hopes that others will follow that practice.

But some persuasion will be needed. Small companies are very angry about it and they fear competitors may not cut hours. The unions are no happier: they have even advertised in newspapers arguing their case against the foreign pressure that is forcing leisure upon them. They say that shorter hours are a disguised（隐性的） pay cut. The industrialists, who have no objection to the government’s plans, admit that shorter hours will help them cut costs. Younger Japanese who are supposed to be acting against their hard-working parents, show no sign of wanting time off, either. But unlike older workers, they do spend money in their spare time. Not content with watching television, they dance, dress up, sit in cafes, go to pop concerts and generally drive the leisure-industry boom. Now that they know how to consume, maybe the West can teach them to relax and enjoy themselves, too.

The purpose of getting the Japanese to have more spare time is that           .

    A．the government wants to show more concern for the health of the people

    B．the government needs to get more goods from abroad

    C．the Japanese have been working too hard

    D．the Japanese hope to change the western prejudice

The group of people who welcome the shorter-hour system in Japan is           .

    A．the small companies          B．the industrialists

    C．the unions                   D．the younger generation

The unions think that           .

    A．the shorter hours they work, the higher pay the can get

    B．the more they work, the less leisure they can enjoy

    C．the shorter hours they work, the less pay they can have

    D．the greater pressure the government is forcing on them, the less happy they can be

The best title for this passage can be           .

    A．Oh no! Not Saturday Again!   B．Leisure: the Greatest Threat!

    C．Enjoy While You are Young!   D．Less Work and More Play!

短文填词 (满分10分)

Briefly speaking, English is so useful that all of us students should learn it well. It is a good idea to make friends with foreigners. In my o___________,

1.__________

it is the best way to i_________your English. It will be fun and it will expand

2.__________

your view of world. If you make friends with a n______________speaker, you

3.__________

can practice your ______________(口语的)English mor often and you can

4.__________

____________(分享) your ideas with people around the world. You can also

5.__________

Become familiar with the different _________(风俗) and habits. There are some

6.__________

people who are afraid to make friends with foreigners___________they are not

7.__________

Confident in their English. In fact, many foreigners do not__________about

8.__________

grammar. They can get your key__________and then figure out the whole

9.__________

meaning. So it is unneccessary_________be afraid to talk with foreigners, just

10.__________

go ahead.

The old woman felt disappointed for she got nothing in _____ for her kindness.

A. pay            B. reward      C. award      D. prize

The speaker raised his voice but still couldn’t make himself ______.

A. heard    B. to hear       C. hearing      D. hear

Everyone in the village hoped that he would _______ after a few days’ treatment.

A. pick up          B. come up              C. keep up          D. make up