：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
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Soon Tommy’s parents, who had recently separated (分居), would arrive for a meeting on his failing schoolwork and  【小题1】  behavior. Neither parent knew that I had called up   【小题2】 . 
Tommy, an only child, had   【小题3】 been happy, cooperative, and an excellent student. How could I make his father and mother  【小题4】  that his recent failing grades   【小题5】  a brokenhearted child’s reaction to his respected parents’ separation and possible   【小题6】 ?
Tommy’s mother came in and   【小题7】 one of the chairs I had placed near my desk. Then the father   【小题8】  and was surprised to see his wife. They pointedly ignored each other.
As I gave a detailed   【小题9】 of Tommy’s behavior and schoolwork, I prayed for the   【小题10】  words to bring these two together to help them see what they were doing to their son.   【小题11】  somehow the words wouldn’t come.
I found a crumpled (弄皱的), tear-stained  【小题12】  in the back of Tommy’s desk. Writing covered both sides, a single  【小题13】  scribbled (乱写) over and over.
Silently I smoothed it out and gave it to Tommy’s mother. She read it and then without a word   【小题14】 it to her husband. He frowned. Then his face softened. He studied the scribbled words for  【小题15】  seemed a future life.
At last he folded the paper carefully and   【小题16】 his wife’s hand. She wiped the tears from her  【小题17】 and smiled up at him. I also couldn’t keep back tears, but  【小题18】 seemed to notice.
In this way I used the words to  【小题19】  that family. On the sheet of yellow copy paper   【小题20】  with the painful outpouring of a small boy’s troubled heart, it said, “Dear Mother; Dear Daddy; I love you. I love you. I love you.”

My mother used to ask me what was the most important part of the body. Through the years I would   21   what I thought was the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought   22   was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My ears, Mommy”. She said, “No. Many people are   23  . But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”

Several years passed   24   she asked me again. Since making my first   25  , I had often thought of the correct answer. So this time I told her， “Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes.” She looked at me and told me, “You are   26   fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”

   27   the years, Mother asked me a couple more   28   and always her answer was, “No, but you are getting   29   every year, my child.” Then last year, my Grandpa died. Everybody was crying when it was our   30   to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. Mom asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?”

I was   31   when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a   32   between her and me. She saw the   33   on my face and told me, “This question is very important. It shows that you have really   34   your life.” I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your   35  .” I asked, “Is it because it holds up your head?” She replied, “No, it is   36   on them a crying friend or loved one can rest their head. I only hope that you have enough   37   and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry   38   when you need it.” Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a   39   one. It is sympathetic to the pain of   40  .

1.A. notice             B. believe         C. doubt            D. wonder

2.A. love               B. health          C. sound            D. sight

3.A. blind              B. deaf            C. lame          D. foolish

4.A. while              B. once             C. after            D. before

5.A. discovery          B. decision        C. attempt          D. suggestion

6. A. learning          B. thinking        C. growing          D. changing

7.A. Before             B. Till            C. Beyond      D. Over

8.A. ways           B. things          C. questions        D. times

9.A. stronger           B. taller          C. smarter          D. nicer

10.A. duty              B. turn            C. pity             D. chance

11.A. shocked           B. satisfied            C. interested       D. excited

12.A. game          B. test            C. match         D. job

13.A. worry        B. puzzlement      C. regret           D. pain

14.A. enjoyed           B. found           C. disliked         D. lived

15.A. shoulders         B. feet            C. hands            D. hair

16.A. how           B. because         C. why          D. whether

17.A. respect           B. favor           C. love             D. fun

18.A. by           B. on              C. above            D. for

19.A. valuable          B. useful          C. selfish          D. precious

20.A. others            B. the deaf        C. Grandpa     D. the blind

I spent two months with an American family last year when I studied in America.

It is said, “The best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China.” So I took pride （自豪）and __21__ to __22__ “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in __23__ way: changing the dishes’ colour, the meat’s type or the soup’s style. （风味）Thus, my American friends could discover the __24__ of eating Chinese food. Because of my “__25__” job, I was often rewarded （奖励） by their __26__ of appreciation （感激）such as “very delicious”, “excellent”, etc.

But the joke was here: Yesterday, I cooked Sichuan style __27__ for dinner. I was __28__ at my achievement.（成就）

When all the family members arrived at the table, they first looked __29__ at the fish, then looked at me. “Why do all the fish have their __30__?” they asked, “It’s terrible!”

Terrible or beautiful? I don’t know. But I __31_ know that fish heads are delicious. The __32__ is the best part of fish; in __33__ only the respectable （受敬重的）guest can have the special honour of __34__ it.

Another __35__ thing is: The American friends often said to me “__36__” as they __37__ fruits or other things. According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness __38__ actually helping myself to any of the food. __39__, I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me, no matter how much or how often I brought home food, as long as it was nice to their taste, they __40__ hesitated （犹豫）to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished

After stepping into the classroom, I glanced round all the students and began my following words. “Thank you” are my  1. words, which I would like to use to express my deepest  2. to all of you.

Thinking back to the past 3 years, a lot of things  3. remain fresh in my memory. I cannot forget your  4. smile the first time I met you. I cannot forget that you were to  5.  for your being late for class,   6.  when I asked why you were late, you tried to 7.  the fact of buying me a lovely teddy bear for Teacher's Day. I cannot forget your humorous words of breaking  8.  when I was angry about your bad performance. I cannot forget that we share the happiness of success after making great   9..

With time going by, I come to 10.  that you are the mirror of my life. The mirror can reflect my past and  11. my future. Looking through the mirror, I'm more aware of my   12. and weaknesses.

It is you who made me believe love can be  13. . It is you who made me realize sometimes in the  14. of pursuing our dreams, we may  15. some difficulties and setbacks（挫折）, but if we set up our mind to do it,   16. is impossible to a willing heart.

So standing in a higher position, I will help you to  17.  the dreams confidently and firmly,   18. suffering the mistakes I made when I was your age.

19. , I pray that kind of friendship can stand the test of  20.  and last forever. I pray that you can get good performance in the entrance examination and make your dreams come true.

I’m Monty Don. Though I’m a host and writer now, I had an unhappy study experience actually. I changed   21   many times.

I first went to school at five. None of my teachers or classmates liked me, because I always gave them a lot of   22  . I once put a worm in a girl's pocket. When I was seven, I was asked to      23   the school. Then I was sent off to a boarding school. I missed my   24   very much at first; I didn't want to leave once I returned home. Later I met a very   25   teacher, who cared for me and helped me with study. He was also the   26   person to encourage me to act and write. At 13, I moved to Malvern College, but I was kicked out at 15 for   27   school rules. Then I went to another school where I failed my English A level. In fact, I didn't like studying.

I finally   28   that life shouldn't be like this. So I retook the  29   and got an A grade. And more   30  , I made a decision: to go to college, so I began to   31   for the entrance exam. I   32   passed the exam and went to Cambridge to read English. I met my wife there and I was   33   I made that decision, otherwise I wouldn't have had a happy family. Looking back on what I've   34  , I come to know that if you devote yourself to it, nothing is   35  .

1.A. schools            B. majors          C. jobs         D. directions

2.A. attention      B. respect          C. trouble          D. help

3.A. leave          B. join         C. visit            D. describe

4.A. friend         B. childhood        C. teacher       D. family

5.A. rude           B. good         C. terrible     D. new

6.A. first          B. youngest     C. last         D. right

7.A. following      B. changing     C. misusing     D. breaking

8.A. guessed            B. doubted      C. remembered   D. realised

9.A. lesson         B. exam             C. photo            D. position

10.A. difficultly       B. effectively      C. importantly     D. likely

11.A. prepare       B. call         C. wait         D. hope

12.A. suddenly      B. unluckily        C. accidentally     D. finally

13.A. sorry         B. proud            C. glad              D. afraid

14.A. written           B. experienced C. seen         D. concerned

15. A. strange          B. perfect          C. impossible    D. false