阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
I want to share a true story with you. I am    1   that it can inspire (激励) everyone. Let’s be like lamps (灯) or candles to light people’s    2  .
Some of my    3   work in Australia. Among the natives, there was an elderly man. I am sure that you have    4  been in a situation as difficult as that    5   old man’s. He was completely ignored by everyone. His    6   was disordered and dirty.
I told him, “Please let me    7   your house, wash your clothes, and make your bed.” He answered, “I’m    8   with this. Let it be.”
I said again, “It will be still better if you    9   me to do it.”
He finally    10  . So I was able to clean his house and wash his clothes. I    11   a beautiful lamp, which was covered with    12  . Only God knows how many    13   had passed since he last lit it.
I said to him, “Don’t you light your lamp? Don’t you ever    14   it?”
He answered, “No. No one comes to see me. I have no    15   to light it. Who would I light it for?”
I asked, “Would you light it every    16   my sisters came?”
He replied, “Of course.”
From that day on, my sisters committed (投入) themselves to    17   him every evening. We cleaned the lamp and he would    18   it every evening.
Two years passed. I had completely    19   that man. He sent this message: “Tell my friends that the light they lit in my life continues to    20   still.”

I want to share a true story with you. I am1that it can inspire (激励) everyone. Let’s be like lamps (灯) or candles to light people’s2.
Some of my3work in Australia. Among the natives, there was an elderly man. I am sure that you have4been in a situation as difficult as that5old man’s. He was completely ignored by everyone. His6was disordered and dirty.
I told him, “Please let me7your house, wash your clothes, and make your bed.” He answered, “I’m8with this. Let it be.”
I said again, “It will be still better if you9me to do it.”
He finally10. So I was able to clean his house and wash his clothes. I11a beautiful lamp, which was covered with12. Only God knows how many13had passed since he last lit it.
I said to him, “Don’t you light your lamp? Don’t you ever14it?”
He answered, “No. No one comes to see me. I have no15to light it. Who would I light it for?”
I asked, “Would you light it every16my sisters came?”
He replied, “Of course.”
From that day on, my sisters committed (投入) themselves to17him every evening. We cleaned the lamp and he would18it every evening.
Two years passed. I had completely19that man. He sent this message: “Tell my friends that the light they lit in my life continues to20still.”

1. 1.
   1. A.
      surprised
   2. B.
      satisfied
   3. C.
      afraid
   4. D.
      sure
2. 2.
   1. A.
      houses
   2. B.
      plans
   3. C.
      life
   4. D.
      clothes
3. 3.
   1. A.
      sisters
   2. B.
      neighbors
   3. C.
      brothers
   4. D.
      children
4. 4.
   1. A.
      always
   2. B.
      never
   3. C.
      recently
   4. D.
      already
5. 5.
   1. A.
      clever
   2. B.
      strong
   3. C.
      healthy
   4. D.
      poor
6. 6.
   1. A.
      bag
   2. B.
      station
   3. C.
      home
   4. D.
      office
7. 7.
   1. A.
      build
   2. B.
      clean
   3. C.
      remove
   4. D.
      paint
8. 8.
   1. A.
      okay
   2. B.
      sick
   3. C.
      rich
   4. D.
      tidy
9. 9.
   1. A.
      advise
   2. B.
      beg
   3. C.
      allow
   4. D.
      remind
10. 10.
    1. A.
       escaped
    2. B.
       arrived
    3. C.
       shook
    4. D.
       agreed
11. 11.
    1. A.
       made
    2. B.
       discovered
    3. C.
       sold
    4. D.
       passed
12. 12.
    1. A.
       snow
    2. B.
       water
    3. C.
       dust
    4. D.
       sand
13. 13.
    1. A.
       years
    2. B.
       hours
    3. C.
       seconds
    4. D.
       centuries
14. 14.
    1. A.
       enjoy
    2. B.
       see
    3. C.
       keep
    4. D.
       use
15. 15.
    1. A.
       time
    2. B.
       need
    3. C.
       energy
    4. D.
       courage
16. 16.
    1. A.
       night
    2. B.
       morning
    3. C.
       afternoon
    4. D.
       midnight
17. 17.
    1. A.
       feeding
    2. B.
       leading
    3. C.
       visiting
    4. D.
       teaching
18. 18.
    1. A.
       cover
    2. B.
       wash
    3. C.
       watch
    4. D.
       light
19. 19.
    1. A.
       changed
    2. B.
       forgotten
    3. C.
       understood
    4. D.
       believed
20. 20.
    1. A.
       shine
    2. B.
       move
    3. C.
       fly
    4. D.
       rise

三．完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26-35题所给的A.Ｂ.Ｃ和Ｄ四个选项中，选出最佳　

选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. However，it has

been said that today children  26    their education to go to school. The __27 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.  

Education is 28 _, compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place

_29_, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the __30___ learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class. 31 _the experience of schooling can be known in advance, and education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a _32_ may lead to a person to discover how 33  he knows of another country . People obtain (获得) education from 34  on. Education, then, is a very ___35__ and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.

26.A. impress     B.  interrupt    C. issue         D. incense

27.A. difference   B. importance    C. use          D. problem

28.A. unexpected  B. endless       C. countless      D. simple

29.A. anywhere   B. anywhere else  C. somewhere    D. somewhere else

30.A. part- time   B. public        C. standard      D. strict

31.A. If          B. Because      C. So           D. Though

32.A. neighbor    B. friend        C. foreigner      D. teacher

33.A. wonderful   B. well         C. greatly        D.  little

34.A. babies      B. grown –ups   C. women        D. men

35.A. long        B. broad        C. narrow        D. short

Silence is unnatural to man．He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness．In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else．Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence．If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox （喋喋不休的人）．He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure （蜡塑人像）．

         The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound．There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito （蚊子）．But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person．Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind．He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing -with his neighbors．

         Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish 1:0 talk．Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new．Some of them are content ．if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people's ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new, plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel．At the end of an evening during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove themselves to be successful conservationists．

1.According to the author, people make conversation to              .

         A．exchange ideas              B．prove their value

         C．achieve success m life          D．overcome their fear of silence

2.By "the buzzing of a fly" （Para．1）, the author means"_____".

         A．the noise of an insect                 B．a low whispering sound

         C．meaningless talks                  D．the voice of a chatterbox

3.According to the passage, people usually talk to their neighbors___     ．

         A．about whatever they have prepared                       

         B．about whatever they want to

         C．in the hope of learning something new

         D．in the hope of getting on well

4.What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?

         A．To discuss why people like talking about weather．

         B．To encourage people to join in conversations．

         C．To persuade people to stop making noises．

         D．To explain why people keep talking．

My friend John always has something to tell me. He knows so much that   21   men have to have older and more worldly wise men to tell them,   22  , who to trust, how to care for others and how to live life    23     the fullest.

Recently, John lost his    24     Janet. For eight years she fought against cancer, but in the end her sickness had the last    25 . One day John took out a folded piece of   26    from his wallet. He had found it, so he told me, when he     27    up some drawers at home.

It was a    28     love letter Janet had written. The note could look like a school girl’s scrawls(潦草地写，乱涂) about her dream guy.    29    the letter was written by a woman who had had seven children, a woman who fought for her life and who    30    only had a few months left to live.

It was    31    a beautiful recipe (处方，食谱) for how to keep a marriage together. Janet’s    32  of her husband begins like this, “Loved me. Took care of me. Worried about me.”

“Helped me when I was ill.” The next    33    reads. After that she turned    34   the paper and added “Warmth. Humor. Kindness. Thoughtfulness.” And then she writes about the husband she has    35    with and loved most in her life. “  36  there when I needed you.” The last words she wrote   37   all the others. I can see her for me when she added thoughtfully “Good friend.”

I stand beside John now, and cannot pretend to know how it feels to lose someone who is as close to   38   as Janet was to him. I need to   39   what he has to say much more than he needs to talk.

“John,” I ask. “How do you stick together with someone through 38 years—not to mention the sickness? How do I know     40     I can bear to stand by my wife’s side if she becomes sick one day?”

“You can.” he says quietly, “ If you love her enough, you can.”

1.A. old            B. wise        C. young            D. foolish

2.A. for instance       B. at no time   C. in that case  D. as a matter of fact

3.A. in             B. to          C. at          D. for

4.A. friend        B. colleague        C. wife     D. sister

5.A. possibility        B. chance      C. hope             D. word

6.A. handkerchief       B. cloth            C. leather          D. paper

7.A. fixed          B. looked           C. tidied           D. put

8.A. small         B. long        C. descriptive      D. talkative

9.A. So             B. But          C. And              D. While

10.A. probably     B. surely      C. certainly        D. definitely

11.A. only         B. firstly          C. lastly           D. also

12.A. imagination       B. description      C. dream        D. expectation

13.A. letter       B. note             C. line       D. paragraph

14.A. away          B. down         C. off         D. over

15. A. lived        B. dealt            C. quarreled  D. argued

16.A. Constantly        B. Always       C. Never        D. Seldom

17.A. take the place of     B. get rid of       C. take away    D. sum up

18.A. me            B. Janet            C. John             D. you

19.A. speak up          B. repeat           C. discuss          D. hear

20.A. why           B. where            C. if           D. when