The technology is great. Without it we wouldn’t have been able to put a man on the moon, explore the ocean’s depths or eat microwave sausages. Computers have revolutionized our lives and they have the power to educate and pass on knowledge. But sometimes this power can create more problems than it solves.

　　Every doctor has had to try their best to calm down patients who’ve come into their surgery waving an Internet print-out, convinced that they have some rare incurable disease, say, throat cancer. The truth is usually far more ordinary, though: they don’t have throat cancer, and it’s just that their throats are swollen. Being a graduate of the Internet “school” of medicine does not guarantee accurate self-health-checks.

　　One day Mrs. Almond came to my hospital after feeling faint at work. While I took her blood sample and tried to find out what was wrong, she said calmly, “I know what’s wrong; I’ve got throat cancer. I know there’s nothing you doctors can do about it and I’ve just got to wait until the day comes.”

　　As a matter of routine I ordered a chest X-ray. I looked at it and the blood results an hour later. Something wasn’t right. “Did your local doctor do an X-ray?” I asked. “Oh, I haven’t been to the doctor for years,” she replied. “I read about it on a website and the symptoms fitted, so I knew that’s what I had.”

　　However, some of her symptoms, like the severe cough and weight loss, didn’t fit with it—but she’d just ignored this.

　　I looked at the X-ray again, and more tests confirmed it wasn’t the cancer but tuberculosis (肺结核)—something that most certainly did need treating, and could be deadly. She was lucky we caught it when we did.

　　Mrs. Almond went pale when I explained she would have to be on treatment for the next six months to ensure that she was fully recovered. It was certainly a lesson for her. “I’m so embarrassed,” she said, shaking her head, as I explained that all the people she had come into close contact with would have to be found out and tested.  She listed up to about 20, and then I went to my office to type up my notes. Unexpectedly, the computer was not working, so I had to wait until someone from the IT department came to fix it. Typical. Maybe I should have a microwave sausage while I waited?

　　63. Mrs. Almond talked about her illness calmly because ______.

　　A. she thought she knew it well

　　B. she had purchased medicine online

　　C. she graduated from a medical school

　　D. she had been treated by local doctors

　　64. It was lucky for Mrs. Almond ______.

　　A. to have contacted many friends

　　B. to have recovered in a short time

　　C. to have her assumption confirmed

　　D. to have her disease identified in time

　　65. Mrs. Almond said “I’m so embarrassed” (Para. 7) because ______.

　　A. she had distrusted her close friends

　　B. she had caused unnecessary trouble

　　C. she had to refuse the doctor’s advice

　　D. she had to tell the truth to the doctor

　　66. By mentioning the breakdown of the computer, the author probably wants to prove ______.

　　A. it’s a must to take a break at work

　　B. it’s vital to believe in IT professionals

　　C. it’s unwise to simply rely on technology

　　D. it’s a danger to work long hours on computers

　　

第三节：完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mother’s Day was coming，but John had been visiting customers．He was now in a small town just outside a flower shop and he knew what to do．

He went into the shop and saw a young man  36  the clerk(店员) to sell him some roses for six dollars，but the clerk just explained that roses were    37   and that his money was not enough.

The clerk looked up at John，  38  her head．Something inside of John was   39  by the boy’ s voice．John had been   40  with his business，and he looked at the clerk and  41    mouthed that he would pay for the roses．

The clerk looked at the young man and told him to get the roses for six dollars. The young man almost jumped into the  42  and ran from the store with the  43 ．It was worth the extra dollars just to see that kind of   44 ．

John ordered his own flowers and made sure that the  45  would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her．He drove away from the shop，feeling very  46 ．He caught a  traffic light about two blocks away．As he  47  at the light，he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk．He watched him cross the street and enter a park through two huge gates．Suddenly，he  48  that it wasn’t a park but a cemetery（公墓）．

The light  49 ，and John slowly crossed the intersection．He  50   and on an impuise（冲动）got out and began to follow the boy．The young man stopped by a small monument(墓碑) and went to his  51  . He began to cry after he carefully  52  the roses on the grave(墓地)．He stared at the little boy’s heaving（起伏的）body and listened to his crying．

John turned with  53 ，and walked back to his car．He drove  54  to the shop and told her he would  55  the flowers personally．He wanted to tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her．

36．A．begging              B．ordering             C．forcing               D．threatening

37．A．cheap                  B．beautiful         C．expensive        D．special

38．A．shaking              B．waving               C．shocking                 D．holding

39．A．sensed                   B．touched                  C．hurt                   D．lightened

40．A．influenced                 B．ruined                    C．buried                    D．satisfied

41．A．loudly                    B．silently                   C．gently                    D．calmly

42．A．river                  B．air                          C．lake                   D．hole

43．A．money                    B．flowers                   C．basket                    D．cards

44．A．surprise                  B．fright                        C．excitement             D．sadness

45．A．sending                  B．message                  C．transportation     D．export

46．A．inspired                  B．disappointed            C．good                      D．sorry

47．A．sang                       B．waited                    C．looked                   D．stood

48．A．remembered            B．found                     C．discovered              D．realized

49．A．flashed                  B．changed                  C．disappeared            D．shone

50．A．drove back              B．pulled over             C．broke down            D．settled down

51．A．arms                      B．palms(手掌)            C．feet                   D．knees

52．A．laid                        B．removed                 C．set                         D．grew

53．A．laughter                  B．anger                  C．tears                      D．cruelty

54．A．slowly                    B．quickly                   C．carefully            D．excitedly

55．A．bring                  B．fetch              C．take                   D．fasten

 

The technology is great. Without it we wouldn’t have been able to put a man on the moon, explore the ocean’s depths or eat microwave sausages. Computers have revolutionized our lives and they have the power to educate and pass on knowledge. But sometimes this power can create more problems than it solves.

Every doctor has had to try their best to calm down patients who’ve come into their surgery waving an Internet print-out, convinced that they have some rare incurable disease, say, throat cancer. The truth is usually far more ordinary, though: they don’t have throat cancer, and it’s just that their throats are swollen. Being a graduate of the Internet “school” of medicine does not guarantee accurate self-health-checks.

One day Mrs. Almond came to my hospital after feeling faint at work. While I took her blood sample and tried to find out what was wrong, she said calmly, “I know what’s wrong；I’ve got throat cancer. I know there’s nothing you doctors can do about it and I’ve just got to wait until the day comes.”

As a matter of routine I ordered a chest X-ray. I looked at it and the blood results an hour later. Something wasn’t right. “Did your local doctor do an X-ray?” I asked. “Oh, I haven’t been to the doctor for years,” she replied. “I read about it on a website and the symptoms fitted, so I knew that’s what I had.”

However, some of her symptoms, like the severe cough and weight loss, didn’t fit with it—but she’d just ignored this.

I looked at the X-ray again, and more tests confirmed it wasn’t the cancer but tuberculosis (肺结核)—something that most certainly did need treating, and could be deadly. She was lucky we caught it when we did.

Mrs. Almond went pale when I explained she would have to be on treatment for the next six months to ensure that she was fully recovered. It was certainly a lesson for her. “I’m so embarrassed,” she said, shaking her head, as I explained that all the people she had come into close contact with would have to be found out and tested. She listed up to about 20, and then I went to my office to type up my notes. Unexpectedly, the computer was not working, so I had to wait until someone from the IT department came to fix it. Typical. Maybe I should have a microwave sausage while I waited?

1.Mrs. Almond talked about her illness calmly because ______.

A．she thought she knew it well

B．she had purchased medicine online

C．she graduated from a medical school

D．she had been treated by local doctors

2.It was lucky for Mrs. Almond ______.

A．to have contacted many friends

B．to have recovered in a short time

C．to have her assumption confirmed

D．to have her disease identified in time

3.Mrs. Almond said “I’m so embarrassed” (Para. 7) because ______.

A．she had distrusted her close friends

B．she had caused unnecessary trouble

C．she had to refuse the doctor’s advice

D．she had to tell the truth to the doctor

4. By mentioning the breakdown of the computer, the author probably wants to prove ______.

A．it’s a must to take a break at work

B．it’s vital to believe in IT professionals

C．it’s unwise to simply rely on technology

D．it’s a danger to work long hours on computers

 

I met the guy who told me an amazing story．He was  21  Scotland on a motorbike by himself．One late afternoon he was on the road between Aberdeen and Elgin．He was travelling along, miles from any village, when he saw a really  22   girl standing by the road, hitchhiking (搭便车).Anyway, he stopped and said he would give her a  23   to Elgin．She got and drove off．He said he  24  having her on the back,  as it was nice   25．But after a time he forgot that she was there．Suddenly he  26  but he realized that he couldn’t feel her knees  27  against him ! He  28  behind him but …she wasn’t there.

He said he felt frightened  29  his life ! He felt cold all over．He thought she must have 30  off the back．So he turned round and 31  back along the road．He didn’t find her．So he began to think that she might have been 32 by someone else.

Anyway, he drove on towards Elgin and didn’t see anyone  33  he came to a pub．He decided to  34  so that he could talk to someone and he thought he ought to tell  35  ．He went into the pub and talked to the barman．He told the barman what had happened．He said the barman didn’t seem to be at all  36 ．He just carried on  37  the glasses.

Then the barman said, “you are not the  38  person to come in here and tell the same  39 ．That girl you think you picked up  40  seven years ago… in a motorbike accident.”

21．A．touring                 B．searching                   C．defending        D．circling

22．A．poor               B．attractive           C．tall               D．terrible  

23．A．help                       B．lift                C．service            D．trip 

24．A．chose               B．came               C．meant             D．liked 

25．A．business            B．event              C．company           D．action

26．A．thought            B．considered          C．remembered        D．called

27．A．pressing            B．turning            C．going             D．running

28．A．looked              B．took               C．felt               D．seized

29．A．out of              B．in case of           C．in place of        D．to the best of

30．A．jumped             B．kept               C．kicked             D．fallen

31．A．raced               B．walked             C．got               D．watched

32．A．picked up           B．searched for        C．taken away        D．brought back

33．A．when               B．until               C．although         D．since

34．A．wait                B．enter              C．stop               D．march

35．A．someone            B．nobody            C．the father           D．the police

36．A．worried            B．surprised           C．moving             D．satisfied

37．A．breaking            B．waving            C．knocking           D．drying

38．A．first                B．last                C．right              D．honest

39．A．story               B．message            C．lie                D．truth

40．A．was saved           B．ran away           C．died               D．left

Mother’s Day was coming，but John had been visiting customers．He was now in a small town just outside a flower shop and he knew what to do．

    He went into the shop and saw a young man  26  the clerk to sell him some roses for six dollars，but the clerk just explained that roses were  27  ．

    The clerk looked up at John， 28  her head．Something inside of John was  29  by the boy’s voice．John had been  30  in his business，and he looked at the clerk and  31 mouthed that he would pay for the roses．

    The clerk looked at the young man and told him to get the roses for six dollars．The young man almost jumped into the  32  and ran from the store with the  33  ．It was worth the extra dollars just to see that kind of  34 ．

    John ordered his own flowers and made sure that the  35  would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her．He drove away from the shop，feeling very  36  ．He caught a light about two blocks away．As he  37  at the light，he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk．He watched him cross the street and enter a park through two huge gates．Suddenly，he  38  that it wasn’t a park but a cemetery(公墓)．

    The light  39 ，and John slowly crossed the intersection．He  40  and on an impulse(冲动)got out and began to fclllow the boy．The young man stopped by a small monument and went to his  41 ．He began to cry after he carefully  42  the roses on the grave．He stared at the little boy’s heaving(起伏的) body and listened to his crying．

John turned with  43  ，and walked back to his car．He drove  44  to the shop and told the clerk he would  45  the flowers personally．He wanted to tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her．

1.A．begging        B．ordering     C．forcing      D．urging

2.A．cheap      B．beautiful    C．expensive    D．special

3.A．shaking        B．waving       C．nodding      D．holding

4.A．recalled       B．touched      C．hurt         D．lightened

5.A．influenced   B．ruined         C．buried       D．blessed

6.A．loudly    B．silently     C．gently       D．calmly

7.A．river      B．air          C．lake         D．hole

8.A．money      B．flowers      C．basket       D．cards

9.A．surprise       B．horror       C．excitement   D．sadness

10.A．delivery      B．message      C．transportation D．transfer

11.A．relaxed       B．disappointed C．good         D．sorry

12.A．sang          B．waited       C．looked       D．stood

13.A．remembered    B．found        C．discovered   D．realized

14.A．flashed       B．changed      C．disappeared D．shone

15.A．drove back    B．pulled over  C．broke down   D．burst out

16.A．arms          B．palms        C．feet         D．knees

17.A．laid          B．decorated    C．set          D．grew

18.A．laughter      B．anger        C．tears        D．astonishment

19.A．slowly        B．quickly      C．carefully    D．excitedly

20.A．bring    B．fetch        C．take         D．catch