---Alice, what’s wrong with you? You look so worn out.

---Nothing serious. I        my new house all day and I’m afraid I won’t finish until tomorrow afternoon.

---What is the newcomer like?

---His manner is       to offend everyone he has met.

He broke      a piece of chocolate and gave it to me before he broke the rest  into pieces.

---I won the first prize in the talent contest!

---       !

Only after you have known someone for some time     producers his real worth.

China’s New Food Act provides for a food recall system    to producers have to stop production      their food isn’t up to standards.

---I have no idea       his proposal was turned down by the committee.

---Me, either.

When we sleep is      cultural as biological-and practices differ greatly round the globe.

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36—55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。

Fifteen years spent in the field of education has provided me with many treasured moments. One of the most unforgettable   36  when I was teaching second grade 10 years ago.

In May I decided to plan something special for the children; a Mother’s Day tea. We had put our   37  together to come up with ideas of how to   38  our mothers. We practiced singing songs, memorized poems and wrote cards. We decided to hold our tea the Friday before Mother’s Day. I was surprised and   39  to learn that every mother was planning to attend. I   40  invited my own mother.

Finally, the big day arrived. Each child lined up at our classroom door,   41 the arrival of his or her mom.   42  it got closer to starting time, I looked around and my eyes quickly found Jimmy. His mother hadn’t   43  up and he was looking upset.

I took my mother   44  the hand and walked over to Jimmy. “Jimmy,” I said, “I have a bit of problem here and I was   45  if you could keep my mother   46  while I’m busy.”

My mom and Jimmy sat at a table. Jimmy   47  my mom her treats, presented her with the gift I had made, just as we had   48  the day before. Whenever I looked over, my mother and Jimmy were in deep   49 .

Last year, I took a senior class on a field trip, and there was Jimmy, I had the students complete an outline of the day’s   50  and an evaluation of our trip. Then I collected the students’ booklets and checked them to see if   51  was completed. When I came to Jimmy’s   52 , he had written “Remember our Mother’s Day tea we had in second grade, Mrs, Marra? I do! Thanks for all you did for me, and thank your mother, too.”

I told him I really enjoyed what he had written. He looked rather embarrassed and   53   his own thanks and walked away. Suddenly he ran bark and gave me a big hug.

“Thanks again. No one even knew my mother didn’t   54  it.”

I ended my workday with a hug from a teenage boy who    55  stopped hugging teachers years ago.

36．A．lasted                  B．happened             C．experienced         D．described

37．A．heads                  B．brains                 C．minds                 D．hearts

38．A．love                    B．please                 C．respect                D．admire

39．A．astonished           B．worried               C．relieved               D．interested

40．A．even                   B．ever                    C．still                     D． once

41．A．expecting            B．hoping                C．predicting            D．supposing

42．A．Although            B．As                      C．While                 D．Because

43．A．set up                 B．picked up            C．turned up            D．held up

44．A．over                   B．to                       C．on                      D．by

45．A．considering         B．wondering           C．asking                 D．doubting

46．A．connection          B．safety                  C．company             D．concern

47．A．served                 B．supplied              C．assigned              D．applied

48．A．taught                 B．studied                C．practiced             D．told

49．A．mood                  B．thought               C．agreement           D．conversation

50．A．feeling                B．behavior              C．events                 D．performances

51．A．something           B．everything           C．anything              D．nothing

52．A．page                   B．help                    C．side                    D．turn

53．A．announced           B．delivered             C．stated                  D．whispered

54．A．make                  B．get                      C．do                      D．take

55．A．probably             B．exactly                C．rarely                  D．fairly

    I must have been about fourteen then, and I put away the incident from my mind with the

easy carelessness of  youth. But the words, Carl Walter spoke that day, came back to me years

later, and ever since have been of great value to me.

Carl Walter was my piano teacher. During one of my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing. I said three or four hours a day.

"Do you practice in long stretches, an hour at a time?"

"I try to."

"Well, don't," he exclaimed. "When you grow up, time won't come in long stretches.    Practice in minutes, whenever you can find them five or ten before school, after lunch, between household tasks. Spread the practice through the day, and piano-playing will become a part of your life."

When I was teaching at Columbia, I wanted to write, but class periods, theme-reading, and committee meetings filled my days and evenings. For two years I got practically nothing down on paper, and my excuse was that I had no time. Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said. During the next week I conducted an experiment. Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied, I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so. To my astonishment, at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript ready for revision, later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal method. Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever, in every day there were idle moments which could be caught and put to use. I even took up piano--playing again, finding that the small intervals of the day provided sufficient time for both writing and piano practice.

There is an important trick in this time--using formula: you must get into your work quickly. If you have but five minutes for writing, you can't afford to waste four chewing your pencil. You must make your mental preparations beforehand, and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes. Fortunately, rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize.

I admit I have never learnt how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes. But life can be counted on to supply interruptions. Carl Walter has had a tremendous influence on my life. To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge（投入）in without delay.

56．The meaning of “stretch” in the underlined part is the same as that in sentence “       ”.

A．The forests in the north of the province stretch for hundreds of miles.

B．Bob worked as a government official for a stretch of over twenty years.

C．My family wasn’t wealthy by any stretch of the imagination.

D．During his senior year his earnings far enough to buy an old car.

57．Which of the following statements is true?

　　A．The writer didn’t completely take the teacher’s words to heart at first.

　　B．Carl Walter has had a great influence on the writer's life since he became a student.

　　C．The writer owes great thanks to his teacher for teaching him to work in long stretches.

　　D．Rapid concentration is actually more difficult than most people imagine.

58．We can infer that the writer             . 

A．has new books published each year however busy his teaching is

B．is always tired of interruptions in life because his teaching schedule is always heavy

C．has formed a bad habit of chewing a pencil while writing his novels

D．can find sufficient time for mental preparations beforehand, so he's devoted to work   instantly

59．What is the best title of this passage?

A．Concentrate on Your Work           B．A Little at a Time

C．How I Became a Writer                 D．Good AdviceIs Most Valuable