第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面的短文，从36-55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项

A man came home from work late again, tired and annoyed, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.  "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"  "Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man. "Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"  "That's  36  of your business. What makes you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.  "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"  "If you  37  know, I make $20.00 an hour."  "Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed.  Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I  38  $10.00 please?"  The father was angry. "If the only reason you wanted to know how much money I make is that you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense,  39  you go straight to your room and  40  . Think about why you're being so selfish. I work long, hard hours everyday and don't have time for such  41  games."

The little boy  42  went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even  43  about the little boy's questioning. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money. After an hour or so, the man had  44  down, and started to think he may have been a little  45  on his son. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00 and  46  , he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the  47  of the little boy's room and opened it.

"Are you  48 , son?" he asked.  "No, daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man.

"It's been a long day and I took my anger out on you. Here's that $10.00 you asked for."

The little boy sat straight up,  "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled (大声喊) .

Then, reaching under his pillow, he  49  out some more crumpled up (皱的) bills. The man, 50  that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man. "Why did you want  51  money if you already had some? " the father complained.

"Because I didn't have  52  , but now I do," the little boy replied.

"Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I  53  an hour of your time?"

 54   $20.00 worth of time with someone you love...just a short reminder to all of us working so hard for our living.  55   , let us not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some quality time with those who really matter to us.

B

60.   Why does the writer introduce so many animals from different places to us?

       A. To frighten us in the zoo.                B. To make us lovely in the zoo.

       C. To attract us to the zoo.                   D. To show that animals can do everything.

61.   How much does Mr. Smith have to pay if he visits the zoo with his son of three?

       A. ￥3.                 B. ￥4.                 C. ￥5.                 D. ￥6.

62.   At which of the following time can we visit the zoo?

       A. 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.                            B. 9:30 a.m. Friday.

       C. 3:00 p.m. Sunday.                          D. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday.

63.   From the passage we can infer (推断) that a giraffe must be a very ______ animal.

       A. fat                    B. short                 C. strong               D. tall

E

       A story from the Bible tells of old Babylon, where the men decided to build a tower that would touch the sky. But God was unhappy, and he made them speak different languages. They couldn’t understand each other, so their dream never came true.

       Yet the dream remains alive: if all men speak the same language, they can do anything. L. L. Zamenhof from Poland was among the men who pursue this dream. He developed Esperanto（世界语）between 1877 and 1885.

       As the most successful man-made world language, it is spoken by over two million people around the world. Last month, the World Esperanto Congress（大会）, dealing with language rights, ended in Sweden. Most Esperanto speakers are in Central and Eastern Europe and in East Asia, particularly Chinese mainland.

       Esperanto has two advantages. First, it’s easy. Each letter has exactly one sound and there are just 16 basic grammar rules. The second advantage is that it belongs to no one country. But Esperanto has only reached a small number of people compared with natural languages widely used around the world---such as English or Chinese. While these languages are deeply connected with their nations and cultures, Esperanto doesn’t have this background.

Will Esperanto really become a global language? It remains a question.

72.   The writer tells us a story at the beginning to      .

explain why men have been making the effort to create a language shared by all

explain why men now speak different languages

show the relationship between man and God

prove that language is very important

73.   What does the underlined word “pursue” in the second paragraph mean?

“realize”.        B. “work for”.

“be against”.          D. “follow”.

74.   What is the basic difference between Esperanto and other natural languages?

More people speak English than Esperanto.

Esperanto words are easier to spell.

Esperanto has fewer grammar rules.

Esperanto is not supported by any country or culture.

75.   What does the story mainly talk about?

Advantages and disadvantages of Esperanto.

Man’s dream of sharing the same language has come true.

The most successfully planned language---Esperanto.

Comparison of Esperanto and other languages like English and Chinese.

21. We have got plenty of time. We ______ hurry.

       A. needn’t            B. mustn’t            C. shouldn’t                 D. cannot

He made another wonderful discovery, _____ of great importance to science．

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

I'd like a car ______ front lights an big and tuned．

A．which         B．that   C．whose         D．of which

I work in a business ______ almost everyone is waiting for a great chance．

              A．how  B．which       C．where       D．that

It was because of bad weather _____ the football match had to be put off. (2003上海春)

A. so                                     B. so that                                      C. why                                  D. that

York, _____ last year, is a nice old city.   

  A. that I visited             B. which I visited               C. where I visited              D. in which I visited

The second world war broke out _____ he was born.

  A. when                           B. whenever                       C. where                              D. wherever