第三节．完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从21--40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。     
Greg Mortenson is a mountaineer. In 1993, he   21   but failed to reach K2, one of the most forbidding of the Himalyayan  22  . He staggered(蹒跚) into a tiny village of Korphe in Pakistan, barely alive. The   23   villagers cared for him and fed him back to health. The __24   they showed to a stranger moved Mortenson, and filled him with a' desire to 25   it.
Looking around, he saw that the poor villagers had actually nothing. 26   , he could see the desire of the villagers to   27   their community. For example, they dreamed of 28   for their children. The children received schooling two days a week from a teacher they   29   with another village, because they couldn't   30   to hire one alone. Naturally, the village had no schoolhouse. Moretenson thought it was by building a school   31   he could best express his   32   for their kindness to him. He left,   33   he would return with necessary materials.
However, things didn't go  34   as he had expected. He was a nurse by profession, and wasn't  well   35    It was a struggle for him to raise the $10,000 or so needed to buy the building materials.    36   problems, including his then Cultural   37   of the area led to a series of frustrations. But with his efforts and cooperation of the villagers, he eventually overcame the __ 38  . He fulfilled his promise.
After that he wanted to return to America,build a career and start a family. However, it ba-came clear that a school for Korphe was just the start. There were so many other villagers in Pa-kistan that had the similar needs. The more   39   he became, the more he came to understand the area and the more he realized how important education was. The   40   was that, in the pe-riod of over a decade, 55 schools were built.
21. A. approached     B. paused           C. hesitated          D. attempted
22. A. peaks          B. levels            C. hills              D. slopes
23. A. cold           B. mean             C. kind              D. tiny
24. A. bravery        Ｂ. ability            C.poverty           D.generosity
25. A. receive        B. repay              C. respect         D. recycle
26. A. Besides        B. However         C. Therefore          D. Moreover
27. A. develop        B. visit              C. design            D. increase
28. A. career         B. development      C. education         D. health
29. A. traded          B. worked           C. communicated    D. shared
30. A. help            B. manage           C. decide            D. afford
31. A. that             B. which            C. what              D. if
32. A. sympathy        B. gratitude          C. attitude           D. anger
33. A. adding          B. promising         C. demanding        D. warning
34. A. smoothly        B. badly             C. closely            D. properly
35. A. dressed          B. received           C. respected          D. paid
36. A. Some             B. Others            C. Other             D. Another
37. A. interaction       B. ignorance         C. background       D. difference
38. A. difficulities       B. fears            C. temptations(诱惑)D, shortcomings
39. A. interested        B. rooted            C. involved          D. lost
40. A. result            B. idea              C. cause             D. report

第三节．完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从21--40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。     

Greg Mortenson is a mountaineer. In 1993, he   21   but failed to reach K2, one of the most forbidding of the Himalyayan  22  . He staggered(蹒跚) into a tiny village of Korphe in Pakistan, barely alive. The   23   villagers cared for him and fed him back to health. The __24   they showed to a stranger moved Mortenson, and filled him with a' desire to 25   it.

Looking around, he saw that the poor villagers had actually nothing. 26   , he could see the desire of the villagers to   27   their community. For example, they dreamed of 28   for their children. The children received schooling two days a week from a teacher they   29   with another village, because they couldn't   30   to hire one alone. Naturally, the village had no schoolhouse. Moretenson thought it was by building a school   31   he could best express his   32   for their kindness to him. He left,   33   he would return with necessary materials.

However, things didn't go  34   as he had expected. He was a nurse by profession, and wasn't  well   35    It was a struggle for him to raise the $10,000 or so needed to buy the building materials.    36   problems, including his then Cultural   37   of the area led to a series of frustrations. But with his efforts and cooperation of the villagers, he eventually overcame the __ 38  . He fulfilled his promise.

After that he wanted to return to America,build a career and start a family. However, it ba-came clear that a school for Korphe was just the start. There were so many other villagers in Pa-kistan that had the similar needs. The more   39   he became, the more he came to understand the area and the more he realized how important education was. The   40   was that, in the pe-riod of over a decade, 55 schools were built.

21. A. approached     B. paused           C. hesitated          D. attempted

22. A. peaks          B. levels            C. hills              D. slopes

23. A. cold           B. mean             C. kind              D. tiny

24. A. bravery        Ｂ. ability            C.poverty           D.generosity

25. A. receive        B. repay              C. respect         D. recycle

26. A. Besides        B. However         C. Therefore          D. Moreover

27. A. develop        B. visit              C. design            D. increase

28. A. career         B. development      C. education         D. health

29. A. traded          B. worked           C. communicated    D. shared

30. A. help            B. manage           C. decide            D. afford

31. A. that             B. which            C. what              D. if

32. A. sympathy        B. gratitude          C. attitude           D. anger

33. A. adding          B. promising         C. demanding        D. warning

34. A. smoothly        B. badly             C. closely            D. properly

35. A. dressed          B. received           C. respected          D. paid

36. A. Some             B. Others            C. Other             D. Another

37. A. interaction       B. ignorance         C. background       D. difference

38. A. difficulities       B. fears            C. temptations(诱惑)D, shortcomings

39. A. interested        B. rooted            C. involved          D. lost

40. A. result            B. idea              C. cause             D. report

第三节．完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)

  阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从21--40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。     

Greg Mortenson is a mountaineer. In 1993, he   21   but failed to reach K2, one of the most forbidding of the Himalyayan  22  . He staggered(蹒跚) into a tiny village of Korphe in Pakistan, barely alive. The   23   villagers cared for him and fed him back to health. The __24   they showed to a stranger moved Mortenson, and filled him with a' desire to 25   it.

     Looking around, he saw that the poor villagers had actually nothing. 26   , he could see the desire of the villagers to   27   their community. For example, they dreamed of 28   for their children. The children received schooling two days a week from a teacher they   29   with another village, because they couldn't   30   to hire one alone. Naturally, the village had no schoolhouse. Moretenson thought it was by building a school   31   he could best express his   32   for their kindness to him. He left,   33   he would return with necessary materials.

 However, things didn't go  34   as he had expected. He was a nurse by profession, and wasn't  well   35    It was a struggle for him to raise the $10,000 or so needed to buy the building materials.    36   problems, including his then Cultural   37   of the area led to a series of frustrations. But with his efforts and cooperation of the villagers, he eventually overcame the __ 38  . He fulfilled his promise.

      After that he wanted to return to America,build a career and start a family. However, it ba-came clear that a school for Korphe was just the start. There were so many other villagers in Pa-kistan that had the similar needs. The more   39   he became, the more he came to understand the area and the more he realized how important education was. The   40   was that, in the pe-riod of over a decade, 55 schools were built.

 21. A. approached      B. paused           C. hesitated          D. attempted

 22. A. peaks           B. levels             C. hills              D. slopes

 23. A. cold            B. mean             C. kind              D. tiny

24. A. bravery         Ｂ. ability             C.poverty           D.generosity

 25. A. receive         B. repay              C. respect          D. recycle

 26. A. Besides         B. However          C. Therefore          D. Moreover

 27. A. develop         B. visit              C. design            D. increase

 28. A. career          B. development       C. education         D. health

 29. A. traded           B. worked           C. communicated     D. shared

 30. A. help             B. manage           C. decide            D. afford

 31. A. that              B. which            C. what              D. if

 32. A. sympathy         B. gratitude          C. attitude           D. anger

 33. A. adding           B. promising         C. demanding        D. warning

 34. A. smoothly         B. badly             C. closely            D. properly

 35. A. dressed           B. received           C. respected          D. paid

36. A. Some              B. Others            C. Other             D. Another

37. A. interaction        B. ignorance         C. background       D. difference

38. A. difficulities        B. fears             C. temptations(诱惑)D, shortcomings

39. A. interested         B. rooted            C. involved          D. lost

40. A. result             B. idea              C. cause             D. report

When I was nine, my family and some friends took a trip. During the trip some members of the group felt  26  , so we stopped at a small stand. Everyone lined up to buy their food.   27, after I finished eating, I was still a little hungry and wanted some 28. Soon I was sure my parents wouldn’t 29  me any candy. "I have to think of a plan," I thought. Then an old lady 30 to buy something she wanted, and would have to get back in line. I knew what I could do. So I rushed to her and volunteered my 31. She 32 and gave me a $20 bill to get some chips.

     When I reached the stand, I found 33 from our group was around. Then I spent the 34  $20 buying the candy. I thought 35  , "I have almost bought all the candy for the next century!" But then, I 36  I should explain to the old lady why I bought no chips and where the whole bill had gone.   37, an idea occurred to me. So I shouted, "I was robbed!" Upon 38   this, the old lady rushed to me to see if I 39  any harm. However, my parents just stayed behind, without any 40  . With so much candy being found in my bag, they knew I was 41 ！When my daddy stared at me angrily, I knew I had to tell the 42. As a result, I was blamed and had to apologize to the old lady for my 43 action. Later, I had to work during the whole summer holiday to 44  the old lady back that $20. From this 45  , I learned a lesson. I also promised that I would never do it again in the future.

26．A. hungry              B. angry            C. bored          D. worried

27．A. Therefore       B. Besides          C. However       D. Though

28．A. juice                  B. candy             C. money         D. chips

29．A. buy                   B. lend             C. leave           D. show

30．A. refused          B. remembered       C. promised       D. forgot

31．A. opinion         B. service          C. dream         D. decision

32．A. argued          B. agreed         C. considered      D. doubted

33．A. nobody           B. somebody          C. everybody      D. anybody

34．A. whole           B. major           C. certain         D. actual

35．A. fearfully         B. regretfully       C. excitedly       D. carefully

36．A. hoped           B. realized          C. discovered         D. understood

37．A. Gradually             B. Immediately       C. Suddenly             D. Slowly

38．A. watching        B. telling            C. finding          D. hearing

39．A. made           B. received         C. meant                D. accepted

40．A. words           B. thoughts        C. expressions          D. actions

41．A. explaining       B. joking               C. lying          D. stealing

42．A. condition        B. truth               C. situation              D. case

43．A. humorous             B. generous         C. dishonest       D. dangerous

44．A. offer              B. afford           C. pass                 D. pay

45．A. experiment      B. example        C. punishment          D. experience   

When middle-aged Alex quit his job and made up his mind to become a self-employed writer, no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not.He found a cold storage room in a building, set up a used typewriter and settled down to work.

　　 After a year or so, however, Alex began to doubt himself.He found it was difficult to earn his living by selling what he wrote.But Alex determined to put his dream to the test—even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure.This is the shadowland(虚幻世界)of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.

　 　One day Alex got a call, “We need an assistant, and we're paying $ 6,000 a year.” $ 6,000 was real money in 1960.It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment, a used car and more.Besides, he could write in his spare time.As the dollars were dancing in Alex's head, something cleared his senses.He had dreamed of being a writer? Full time.“Thanks, but no,” Alex said firmly and swiftly,“I'm going to stick it out and write.”

　 　After Alex got off the phone, he pulled out everything he had: two cans of vegetables and 18 cents.Alex put the cans and cents into a paper bag, saying to himself,“There's everything you've made of yourself so far. I'm not sure I ever felt so low.”

　　 Finally his work was published in 1970.Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that few writers ever experienced. The shadows had turned into focus of attention.

　 　Then one day, Alex found a box filled with things he had owned years before.Inside was a paper bag with two cans and 18 cents. Suddenly he pictured himself working in that cold storage room. It reminds Alex, and anyone with a dream, of the courage and persistence it takes to stay the course in the shadowland.

56．Why did Alex give up his job?

A. Because he didn't like the working conditions.

B. Because he couldn't earn enough to make a living.

C. Because he wanted to be a full-time writer.

D. Because he felt he had no potential in his job.

57．What did Alex express when he answered the call?

A. He refused the job offer.

B. He was willing to give them a hand.

C. He expected them to pay him more money.

D. He would write in his spare time.

58. What kind of person is Alex?

A. Determined.　　 B. Modest.　　 C. Shy.　　 D. Brave.

59. Which of the following can summarize the passage best?

A. Look before you leap.

B. Two heads are better, than one.

C. Hold on to your dream, and it will come true.

D. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

60. Which sentence is true according to the passage?

A. Ales found it was easy to earn his living by selling what he wrote.

B. Ales never double himself.

C. Ales got a job paying more than $6000 for him.

D. Ales want to be a self-employed writer.