Have you got any particular plans for the coming holiday?

   Yes._______, I’m going to visit some homes for the old in the city.

  A. If ever                  B. If busy                     C. If anything        D. If possible     

---What do you think of the film we saw last night?

   ---I feel______ that the film is well worth seeing once again.

A. strong       B. strongly              C. hardly         D. bad

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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项.

I would like to suggest that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening all television broadcasting in the United States be forbidden by law.

Let us take a  36 , reasonable look at what the results might be if such a(an)  37  were accepted; families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction of TV, they might   38  together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our  39  —everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of  40  illness —are caused at least in part by  41  to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to  42  our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better.

On evenings when such talk is  43 , families could discover more active pastimes（消遣，娱乐. Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a   44  together to watch the sunset  45  they might take a walk together.  46  free time and no TV, children and adults might discover reading. There is more entertainment in  47  than in a TV program.  48  report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence,  49  at the college level.  50  is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour.

A different  51  of reading might also be done as it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the  52  ends, the TV net works might be forced to  53  with better shows in order to get us back from our newly discovered activities.

At first glance, this idea seems radical（激进的. How will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only twenty-five years  54  television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can  55  childhoods without television. It wasn’t that difficult.

36．A．valuable      B．pleasant        C．quick     D．serious

37．A．advice          B．suggestion     C．opinion     D．offer

38．A．get around           B．stand still      C．meet      D．sit around

39．A．problems      B．trouble         C．affairs      D．misfortune

40．A．physical        B．common       C．mental      D．familiar

41．A．attempt         B．failure          C．ability      D．permission

42．A．discuss         B．talk           C．make sure D．see to

43．A．impossible       B．unnecessary      C．funny       D．unpleasant

44．A．walk         B．look          C．ride       D．rest

45．A．and           B．or             C．but        D．while

46．A．At            B．In             C．For       D．With

47．A．a fine poem     B．a good book     C．a quiet hour     D．a composition

48．A．Professors     B．Scientists      C．Parents     D．Educators

49．A．yet            B．still           C．even      D．just

50．A．Writing        B．Skill          C．Speaking  D．Listening

51．A．form         B．kind          C．method     D．step

52．A．reading         B．quiet hour     C．activity     D．programme

53．A．come across     B．come about      C．come up   D．broadcast

54．A．before          B．since         C．until      D．after

55．A．remind         B．remember     C．recognize  D．know

Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that man and animals possess if they are used. If fire didn’t hurt when it burned, children would play with it until their hands were burned away. Similarly, if pain existed but fear didn’t, a child could burn itself again and again because fear would not warn it to keep away from the fire that had burnt it before. A really fearless soldier—and some do exist—is not a good soldier because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army. Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which man and animals might soon die out.

In our first sentence we suggested that fear ought to be properly used. If, for example, you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much. The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but instead, to use fear as your servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what action to take.

In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger. For example, you see a car coming straight towards you; fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is well.

In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger. For example, you cannot prevent an airplane crashing into your house, and you may not want to go and live in a desert where there are no airplanes. In this case, fear has given you its warning, you have examined it and decided on your course of action, so fear of the particular danger is no longer of any use to you, and you have to try to overcome it.

1. Children would play with fire until their hands are burnt away if _________.

A. they were not well educated at school   B. they had never played with fire before

C. they had no sense of pain             D. they were fearful of pain

2. People sometimes succeed in timely avoiding danger because _________.

A. they have gained experience     B. they are warned of the danger and take quick action

C. they jump out of the way in time  D. they are calm in face of danger

3. What is implied but not stated in the passage?

A. Too much fear is harmful               B. Fear is always something helpful

C .Fear is something that can be avoided     

D. Fear ought to be used as our guide in our life

4.The best title for this passage should be __________.

A. No Pains, No Gains          B. Pain and Actions

C. The Value of Fear          D .The Reason Why People Fear

About 70 scientists were working on a very busy project. All of them felt really desperate due to the pressure of work and the demands of their boss but everyone was loyal to him and did not think of quitting their job.

One day, one scientist came to his boss and told him, “Sir, I’ve promised to take my children to the exhibition going on in our township so I want to leave at 5:30 p. m.” His boss replied, “OK. You’re permitted to leave the office early today.”

The scientist started working. He continued his work after lunch. As usual, he got involved to such an extent that he looked at his watch only when he felt he was close to completion. The time was 8:30 p. m. Suddenly he remembered his promise to the children. He looked for his boss but he was not there. Having told him in the morning himself, he closed everything and left for home. Deep within himself, he was feeling guilty for having disappointed his children. He reached home. The children were not there. His wife alone was sitting in the hall and reading magazines. The situation was explosive; any talk would boomerang on him. His wife asked him, “Would you like to have coffee or shall I straight away serve dinner if you are hungry?” The man replied, “If you would like to have coffee, I too will have but what about the children?” His wife replied, “You don’t know? Your boss came here at 5:15 p. m. and has taken them to the exhibition.”

What had really happened was the boss who gave him permission was observing him working seriously at 5:00 p. m. He thought to himself: this person will not leave the work, but he’s promised to take his children to the exhibition. So he took the lead in taking them there. The boss does not have to do it every time. But once it’s done, loyalty is established.

That is why all the scientists at Thumba continued to work under their boss even though the stress was extraordinarily huge. By the way ,can you boldly guess who the boss was? He was none other that the mastermind behind India’s successful nuclear weapons program, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former president of India.

1．The scientist asked for an early leave because______.

A．he felt increasingly desperate about his work

B．he meant to accompany his wife at dinner

C.the task at hand was close to completion

D．he’d promised to take his kids to a show

2．The underlined sentence implies that the scientist thought his wife was _____.

A．dissatisfied with his coming home late

B．ready to serve dinner for him

C.grateful to his kind-hearted boss

D．delighted to see him back home

3．The boss took children to the exhibition_________.

A．when it was too late for the scientist to do so

B．because the scientist was absorbed in his work

C.because he also wanted to see what was on show

D．when the man’s wife asked him to do so

4．All the scientists stayed loyal to their boss__________.

A．out of gratefulness for his thoughtfulness

B．because he had power over them

C.to learn how to live under pressure

D．every time he took the children to the show

The survey shows that if people cannot afford____ house, they will feel less content about ___life．

A．the; the            B．a; /                 C.a; the                 D．/; the

 The small window in the wall could ______ some light into the room.

A. admit        B. hold      C.host           D. replace

 With an online course Lynn has over 300, 000 students all over China ________her class    through the Internet.

A. attending                  B. attended            C. attend                      D. are attending

  He told me a piece of news, _____ terrible.

A. I think it is   B. I think which is    C. which I think it is  D. which I think is

Mabel insisted that she_________someone in the next room just now .

A．see   B．saw C．should see       D．would see