"Do you have any clothes to ______, Tom?" mother asked.

A. wash   B. washing  C. be washed  D. washed 

The old lady devoted her lifetime _______ the homeless children.

A. to help   B. to helping  C. helping   D. for help

It is difficult for you to ______ what will happen in space without gravity.

A. depend on  B. have some idea of C. keep from   D. equip with 

I found him _________ in an armchair, ___________.

A. sit…and read B. seated…reading C. sitting…and read   D. seating…reading

They are____ the same size. You can take ______ half of the bread.

A. in, either  B. with, either  C. in, both  D. at, none

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，然后从36—55题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

At the end of a party，he invited her to have coffee with him．In a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, and she felt uncomfortable，thinking, “Please let me go home.’’

Suddenly he asked the  36 ,“Would you please give me some 37 ? I'd like to put it in my coffee．’’

Everybody stared at him—so 38! His face turned red，but when the waiter brought some salt for him, he still put it in his coffee and drank it．

She asked him 39，“Why do you have this hobby(嗜好)?”

He 40，“When I was a little boy，I was living 41 the sea．I liked playing in the sea，and I could 42 the taste of the sea，just like the taste of the salty coffee．Now every time I have the salty coffee，I always think of my 43．I miss my hometown and my parents so much．’’  

 She was 44 touched(感动)! A man who can tell out his homesickness must be a man who loves home，45 about home，and has responsibility for home．

 They continued to date（约会）… Then they got married. And，every time she 46 coffee for him，she put some salt in the coffee．

 After 40 years，he died，leaving her a 47 which said，“My dearest，please forgive(宽恕) my whole life lie．This was the 48 lie I told to you— the salty coffee．

 “Remember the 49 we dated? I was so nervous at that time．Actually I wanted some sugar，but I said “salt” instead．It was hard for me to correct the mistake，so I just went 50．

 “I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life，51 I was too afraid to do that，as I have promised not to lie to you for 52．

 “Now I'm 53，I'm afraid of nothing ,so I tell you the truth：I 54 the salty coffee．What a strange bad taste! But I have had the salty coffee in my whole life!…”

 Her tears made the letter totally wet．

 Someday，someone asked her，“What’s the taste of salty coffee?” “It’s 55!” she replied．

 36．A．friend          B．manager      C．waiter         D．customer

 37．A．sugar         B．salt         C．water          D．tea

 38．A．smart         B．strange            C．serious         D．important

 39．A．curiously      B．patiently    C．bravely       D．happily

 40．A．wrote         B．added             C．agreed         D．replied

41．A．in             B．over         C．near         D．above

42．A．consider       B．feel          C．observe      D．compare

43．A．childhood      B．teachers      C．friends        D．future

 44．A．hardly          B．nearly           C．possibly      D．deeply

 45．A．thinks       B．talks         C．cares        D．comes

 46．A．made               B．drank              C．finished      D．bought

 47．A．telephone      B．word        C．notice          D．letter

 48．A．only          B．first          C．last           D．best

 49．A．last time       B．first time     C．second time  D．many times

 50．A．away               B．off          C．ahead         D．around

 51．A．and           B．so             C．or                 D．but

 52．A．anything        B．nothing       C．somebody     D．anybody

 53．A．dead                B．married      C．dying          D．boring

 54．A．like           B．hate         C．remember    D．forget

 55．A．terrible        B．strange         C．delicious      D．sweet

Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job.

They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty（专业） store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries (推理小说), and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.

On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.

The store merely broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.

Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.

“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”

1．When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.

   A. they had to put their plan into practice    B. health was more important than wealth

   C. heart trouble was a serious illness         D. they both needed to stop working

2．After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.

    A. to study industrial management          

B. to buy and read more mystery books

    C. to do market research on book business 

   D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore

3．According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is _____.

 A. to pay for their children’s education      B. to get to know more writers

 C. to set up more bookstores              D. to do what they like to do

Professor White has written some short stories, but he is _____ known for his plays.

  A. the best        B. more      C. better       D. the most

. —— So you think that listening to the music has a great effect on you.

—— ________, my dear. I feel relaxed when listening to it.

A. Hopefully      B. Almost            C. Exactly             D. Eventually

Mr. Park, I know I am late, but please allow me to explain it to you, ________？

A. don’t you        B. do you               C. won’t you             D. will you