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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

I didn't cry when I learned I was the parent of a mentally(脑力地) disabled(残疾) child. I just sat still and didn't say anything while my husband and I were told that two-year-old Kristi was ---  36  we thought ---retarded（弱智的）.

At seven, Kristi attended school and everything went on well. However, during her second year in school, she faced a very painful experience. The big public  37  of the term was a competition based on the year's music and physical education activities.

On the day of the program, Kristi  38  to be sick. Hopelessly I wanted to keep her home. Why let Kristi fail in a gym filled with parents, students and teachers? What a simple solution（解决办法）it would be just to let my child stay at home. Of course,  39  one program couldn't matter. But my conscience(良知)wouldn't let me off that easily. So I insisted Kristi go to school and take part in the activity.

　　Just as I had forced my daughter to go to school, later I forced myself to go to the  40  . When the performance began, I knew  41  Kristi had been worried. Her class was divided into relay teams.  42  her slow and dull reactions(反应), she would surely  43  her team.

　 The performance went surprisingly well,   44  , until it was time for the sack race(跳袋比赛). Now each child had to climb into a sack from a standing position,  45  to a goal line, return and climb out of the sack.

　　 I watched Kristi  46  near the end of her line of players, looking anxious. But as Kristi's  47  to participate came, a change took place in her team. The tallest boy in the line stepped  48   Kristi and placed his hands on her waist. Two other boys stood a little ahead of her.  49   the player in front of Kristi stepped from the sack, those two boys seized the sack and held it  50   while the tall boy lifted Kristi and  51  her neatly into it. A girl in front of Kristi took her hand and  52   her carefully until Kristi gained her balance. Then off she jumped,  53  and proud.

　　 Among the  54   of teachers, schoolmates and parents, I walked off by myself to thank God for the  55  , understanding people in life who make it possible for my disabled daughter to be like her fellow human beings.

　　Then I finally cried.

36. A. than             B. that                C. as                     D. what

37. A. accident                 B. event              C. business             D. incident

38. A. happened       B. proved            C. managed             D. pretended

39. A. missing           B. joining            C. attending             D. leaving

40. A. view                   B. program        C. sight              D. party

41. A. how                   B. where             C. why                  D. what

42. A. For                 B. Except                     C. Because             D. With

43. A. hold up              B. put off                     C. turn out             D. keep off

44. A. yet                    B. too                   C. though                     D. indeed

45. A. jump                  B. jumping            C. walking             D. walk

46. A. standing              B. lying                 C. laughing            D. preparing

47. A. order                  B. race                  C. round                D. turn

48. A. behind                B. before           C. beside           D. next

49. A. At once               B. As long as         C. When            D. Now that

50. A. close               B. tight               C. high                  D. open

51. A. threw                 B. dropped            C. drove                D. rescued

52. A. caught                B. supported          C. moved                     D. carried

53. A. smile                  B. smiled            C. smiling             D. to smile

54. A. greetings             B. jokes                 C. noises               D. cheers

55. A. warm                 B. independent       C. fortunate           D. lucky

William Franklin came to my class half a year ago. But from his first day here, he   36   himself in his own world and he never spoke to others. As his teacher, I tried to start a talk with him but   37  . It seemed as if he just didn’t want to break his   38  .

After the Thanksgiving holiday, we received the news of the   39   Christmas collection of money for the   40   in our school. “Christmas is a season of   41   ,” I told my students. “Some poor students in our school might not have a   42   holiday. By giving a little money, you will help   43   some toys, food and clothing for these needy students. We will   44   the collection tomorrow.”

The next morning,   45   , I found out almost everyone had   46   this matter except Willard Franklin. He came up to my desk with his head down.   47   , he dropped two coins into the small box. “I don’t need milk for lunch,” he said in a   48   voice.

After school I couldn’t help sharing what had   49   in the morning with our headmaster. “I may be wrong, but I   50   Willard might be ready to become part of our class.” “ I am   51   to hear that,” he nodded. “And I just received a list of the poor families in our school who most need   52  . Here, take a look at it.”

As I sat down to   53   , I found Willard Franklin was at the top of the list. At that moment, I felt I really   54   Willard for the first time: a cold face with a warm heart. From this   55   , I also learnt that whether rich or poor, every child has a kind heart.

A. taught          B. shut  C. left          D. controlled

A. failed     B. stopped     C. interrupted           D. changed

A. record          B. promise     C. sadness     D. silence

A. daily      B. weekly     C. monthly    D. yearly

A. young    B. sick    C. poor   D. shy

A. giving    B. enjoying    C. receiving   D. spending

A. real        B. happy       C. usual        D. long

A. find       B. make       C. buy    D. gather

A. prepare         B. finish       C. start   D. continue

A. though    B. however    C. otherwise         D. thus

A. forgotten       B. considered        C. learnt       D. realized

A. Quickly        B. Suddenly         C. Proudly     D. Carefully

A. sweet      B. loud   C. low    D. polite

A. appeared        B. planned    C. happened         D. collected

A. hope      B. wonder      C. doubt  D. believe

A. glad       B. sorry C. curious      D. lucky

A. education       B. advice       C. rescue D. help

A. rest        B. read    C. work   D. study

A. knew      B. liked   C. understood D. recognized

A. project      B. experience       C. event              D. accident

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this means your troubles are beginning. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table, destroying your prepared meal. You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if these were not enough to bring you to tears, your husband arrives unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

Things can go wrong on-a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening, two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly went into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her stop suddenly. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the window and landed on the road’. Seeing a cake-flying through the air, a truck driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden. The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck and fell onto the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic to move again. In the meanwhile, the truck driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident; for they were happily having what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days.

What does the writer mainly tell us?

A. Troubles always happen at the same time.

B. Everyone may have trouble every day.

C. A small matter can cause great trouble.

D. Only the lucky man won’t have any trouble every day.

according to the passage, what should be the correct order?

(1) The woman driver stopped her car suddenly.             ??

(2) The driver’s wife dropped her cake on the road.

(3) Only two dogs were happy.

(4) Two cars hit each other.

(5) The truck driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.

A. (2)(3)(3)(5)(1)  B. (4)(1)(2)(5)(3)

C. (3)(5)(2)(4)(1)   D. (1)(4)(2)(3)(5)

Which of the following is true?

A. The woman’s husband brought three guests home to dinner unexpectedly.

B. The meal got burnt.

C. Her baby pulled the table-cloth off the table.

D. It is not strange to experience such accidents.

What does the word "these" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refer to?

A. Your husband brings three guests to dinner unexpectedly.

B. The meal gets burnt.

C. The baby pulls the table-cloth off the table.

D. Both B and C.