完形填空（共20小题，满分30分）

阅读下面段文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train. After getting off the train, they walked without an __36__ into the outer office of Harvard’s president. So they were stopped by his secretary and kept __37__. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, __38__ that the couple would finally become disappointed and __39__. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though __40__.

A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a __41__ face. The lady told him, “We had a son that __42__ at Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was __43__ here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to __44__ a memorial to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t moved. Instead, he was __45__. “Madam,” he said, “ we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a __46__.” “Oh, no,” the lady __47__ quickly. We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a __48__ to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and __49__ at the couple and then exclaimed, “ A building! Do you have any __50__ how much a building costs?  We have spent

over $ 7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was __51__ , because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a __52__? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. __53__ their offer was turned down, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University __54__ after them, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer __55__ about.

1.	A．choice B．decision C．acquaintance D．appointment

 

2.	A．waiting B．standing C．sitting D．talking

 

3.	A．hoping B．finding C．realizing D．imagining

 

4.	A．go down B．go out C．go away D．go around

 

5.	A．hopelessly B．carefully C．unexpectedly D．unwillingly

 

6.	A．funny B．cold C．sad D．pleasant

 

7.	A．visited B．studied C．served D．attended

 

8.	A．brave B．proud C．happy D．clever

 

9.	A．set up B．set down C．set off D．set about

 

10.	A．excited B．shocked C．ashamed D．satisfied

 

11.	A．cemetery B．garden C．museum D．park

 

12.	A．expressed B．refused C．admitted D．explained

 

13.	A．yard B．playground C．square D．building

 

14.	A．shouted B．glanced C．called D．laughed

 

15.	A．idea B．thought C．opinion D．suggestion

 

16.	A．astonished B．interested C．pleased D．bored

 

17.	A．university B．business C．club D．department

 

18.	A．While B．Since C．Though D．Once

 

19.	A．looked B．taken C．followed D．named

 

20.	A．knew B．heard C．cared D．talked

 

完形填空

　　What personal qualities are desirable （理想的） in a teacher? Probably no two people would write exactly 1 lists, but I think the following would be generally 2 .

　　First, a teacher should be pleasant and 3 . This does not rule out （排除） people who are not 4 or even ugly, because many such have great personal charm. But it does rule out such types as the over-excitable , dull, sad , cold-mannered , or 5 with other undesirable qualities.

　　Secondly, it is not only desirable but 6 for a teacher to have a real capacity for 7 a capacity to understand the minds and feelings of other people , and 8 , since most teachers are school teachers, the minds and feelings of 9 . Closely, related with this is the capacity to be tolerantnot indeed, of what is wrong, but of 10 of human nature which induce （引诱） people, and again especially children, to 11 . I find it necessary for a teacher to be a bit of 12 . That is part of the technique of teaching, which 13 that every now and then a teacher should put on an act to 14 his lesson interesting and vivid. Children, especially young children live in a 15 that is rather larger than real life.

　　A teacher must be capable of great 16 . This , I may say , is largely a matter of self-training. We are none of us 17 like that. Teaching greatly demands nervous 18 and one should be able to deal with countless small things that make you 19 which any adult has to endure （忍耐） 20 dealing with children.

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A．different	B．similar
C．important	D．strange

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A．looked through	B．received
C．found	D．accepted

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A．attractive	B．smart
C．strict	D．common

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A．polite	B．funny
C．good-looking	D．exact

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A．any	B．some
C．many	D．a lot

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A．hopeful	B．helpful
C．necessary	D．possible

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A．mercy	B．pity
C．sympathy	D．sorrow

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A．often	B．always
C．steadily	D．especially

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A．children	B．boys
C．girls	D．women

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A．love	B．points
C．weaknesses	D．characters

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A．give up studying	B．watch TV
C．think of playing	D．make mistakes

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A．an artist	B．an actor
C．a worker	D．an assistant

13．

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A．asks	B．suggests
C．insists	D．demands

14．

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A．put	B．make
C．leave	D．turn

15．

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A．school	B．family
C．city	D．world

16．

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A．strength	B．knowledge
C．patience	D．humour

17．

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A．kept	B．born
C．thought	D．considered

18．

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A．energy	B．time
C．wisdom	D．ability

19．

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A．disappointed	B．angry
C．sad	D．frightened

20．

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A．if	B．because of
C．while	D．as a result of

　　Of all the men who ever liked fresh air, no one liked it more than James Wilson did. He 1 slept with his windows open even 2 snow was falling outside.

　　One winter Wilson went to Finland on business. When he 3 his room in the hotel he found that the windows were closed to 4 the icy air out. He did his best to open 5 , but failed.

　　The bed was really 6 , but Wilson could not sleep. He could not 7 the closed windows. No fresh air! It was 8 to think of!

　　At about one o'clock in the morning he was 9 awake, worrying about the air in the room. He became very 10 . Where was the windows? He could see something that looked like 11 over there. He threw a shoe at it through the 12 with all the force of his strong right arm. A terrible sound of breaking glass 13 the room, but to Wilson's sad heart it seemed like the sound of 14 music. Five minutes later he was peacefully asleep.

　　When daylight came through the window, he 15 and lay with his eyes closed. There was 16 to worry about. What was it? Oh, the broken window! Yes, indeed. He would have to pay 17 that. He opened his eyes to look.

　　Suddenly he 18 in surprise; the window was not broken at all. The glass was all in one piece, just as good as it had been the night before. 19 was entering the room through the window!

　　He then turned his eyes to the side and saw a broken picture hanging on the wall. There was 20 on the floor below it, and a lot of broken glass round the shoe.

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　　Of all the men who ever liked fresh air, no one liked it more than James Wilson did. He 1 slept with his windows open even 2 snow was falling outside.

　　One winter Wilson went to Finland on business. When he 3 his room in the hotel he found that the windows were closed to 4 the icy air out. He did his best to open 5 , but failed.

　　The bed was really 6 , but Wilson could not sleep. He could not 7 the closed windows. No fresh air! It was 8 to think of!

　　At about one o' clock in the morning he was 9 awake, worrying about the air in the room. He became very 10 . Where was the windows? He could see something that looked like 11 over there. He threw a shoe at it through the 12 with all the force of his strong right arm. A terrible sound of breaking glass 13 the room, but to Wilson' s sad heart it seemed like the sound of 14 music. Five minutes later he was peacefully asleep.

　　When daylight came through the window, he 15 and lay with his eyes closed. There was 16 to worry about. What was it? Oh, the broken window! Yes, indeed. He would have to pay 17 that. He opened his eyes to look.

　　Suddenly he 18 in surprise; the window was not broken at all. The glass was all in one piece, just as good as it had been the night before. 19 was entering the room through the window!

　　 He then turned his eyes to the side and saw a broken picture hanging on the wall. There was 20 on the floor below it, and a lot of broken glass round the shoe.

Cloze

　　Of all the men who ever liked fresh air, no one liked it more than James Wilson did. He 1 slept with his windows open even 2 snow was falling outside.

　　One winter Wilson went to Finland on business. When he 3 his room in the hotel he found that the windows were closed to 4 the icy air out. He did his best to open 5 , but failed.

　　The bed was really 6 , but Wilson could not sleep. He could not 7 the closed windows. No fresh air! It was 8 to think of!

　　At about one o' clock in the morning he was 9 awake, worrying about the air in the room. He became very 10 . Where was the windows? He could see something that looked like 11 over there. He threw a shoe at it through the 12 with all the force of his strong right arm. A terrible sound of breaking glass 13 the room, but to Wilson' s sad heart it seemed like the sound of 14 music. Five minutes later he was peacefully asleep.

　　When daylight came through the window, he 15 and lay with his eyes closed. There was 16 to worry about. What was it? Oh, the broken window! Yes, indeed. He would have to pay 17 that. He opened his eyes to look.

　　Suddenly he 18 in surprise; the window was not broken at all. The glass was all in one piece, just as good as it had been the night before. 19 was entering the room through the window!

　　 He then turned his eyes to the side and saw a broken picture hanging on the wall. There was 20 on the floor below it, and a lot of broken glass round the shoe.