Mr Black once decided to travel by air on business because of some reason. He liked　16 beside a window when he was　17 ,so when he got onto the plane, he　18　 a window seat. He　19  that all of them had already been taken  20  one, and there was a soldier sitting in the seat beside this one. Mr Black was 21  that he had not taken the one by the window, but, anyhow, he at once went towards 22 .
When he  23 it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it. It was written 24  ink and said,“This is reserved for proper load balance. Thank you.” Mr Black had never seen such a notice in a plane  25 ,but he thought that the plane  26   be carrying something particularly heavy in 27  baggage room which made  28  necessary to have passengers properly balanced, so he walked on and  29  another empty seat, not beside the  30 ,to sit in.
Two or three other people tried  31   in the window seat beside the soldier, but they, too, 32  the notice and went on. Then, when the plane was nearly full, a very beautiful girl stepped into the plane. The soldier, who was 33  the passengers coming in, quickly took the notice off the seat beside him－and  34   that way succeeded in  35   the company of the girl during the whole of the trip.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

If you asked high school girls to name their favourite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would 　21　: surfing. But isn’t that a boy thing? Some people 　22　.  

I started surfing about five years ago and 　23　 in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first wave was the best feeling I had ever 　24　.

When I try to 　25　　surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my 　26　,

there’s nothing like it. It involves（涉及）body, 　27　, and soul. There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all 　28　us. The feeling I get when I’m surfing across that   29 , becoming one with the ocean, is like I’m   30  .

The one thing I can get from surfing and not any other sport is endless   31  . You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean   32  an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing;   33   are very aggressive（攻击性的）and sharp. All of these things attract me to surfing and make it   34   from any other sport.

I’ve   35   to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do. It’s part of being human to advance to new levels, so shouldn’t it be   36   that girls should step up and start pushing the limits of things boys and men   37   dominate (主宰)?

There’re women   38   side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys   39  the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to succeed, and they   40  .

21. A. tell                            B. answer                     C. give                          D. realize

22. A. wonder                          B. understand                   C. reply on                       D. believe

23. A. stayed                            B. came                              C. dropped                      D. fell

24. A. experienced                 B. adventured                   C. worked out                D. discovered

25. A. bring                               B. connect                         C. compare                     D. tie

26. A. work                               B. study                              C. holiday                        D. life

27. A. mind                               B. figure                             C. health                          D. control

28. A. over                                B. above                             C. around                        D. among

29. A. beach                             B. water                                      C. board                                    D. lake

30. A. weight                           B. overweight                    C. weight-loss                 D. weightless

31. A. success                          B. challenge                      C. ability                          D. trouble

32.   A. catches                          B. includes                         C. offers                                    D. collects

33. A. others                            B. other                              C. another                       D. the other

34. A. exciting                          B. attractive                      C. enjoyable                  D. different

35. A. chosen                           B. tried                               C. learned                       D. promised

36. A. expected                       B. supposed                      C. achieved                     D. proved

37. A. hated to                        B. hoped to                        C. used to                        D. had to

38. A. sitting                            B. walking                          C. fighting                       D. working

39. A. of                                     B. from                               C. on                                    D. with

40. A. had                                 B. will                                  C. have                               D. do

For most of the day construction worker Sidney Smith and his brother – in – law Joseph Chambers had been   21  along the banks of Lake Waco with little   22 . Chambers suggested they go home, but Smith　33　　that there were still several hours of daylight　24　　and there was one other place they might try a bit longer before 　25　.

Smith drove his pickup（小货车）a couple of miles along the　26　road to get to the other side of the lake. This road, in the truest sense, was a path wagging in the heavy　27　area. Even with the sun still high in the cloudless sky, the　28　of trees formed a leafy　29　over the road and it suddenly seemed 　30　in the evening.

“A guy could get lost and nobody would ever find him,” said Chambers.

Smith smiled, “We’re　31　there.” He said. A few seconds later, the smile was 　32　　from his face.

“What the hell is that?”

　　He braked to a stop. Less than twenty feet away was what appeared to be a  33 .

　　For several minutes the two men sat in the pickup　34　to decide whether they had happened to　35　someone’s bad practical joke or something far more serious. Smith with his brother-in-law got out of the pickup and 　36　walked towards that thing some distance before them.

It was a young man who was already dead. They had got to tell　37　. Back into the pickup, Smith backed the pickup down the road　38　he could turn around, then　39　back. With the dead young man still on his mind, Smith felt as if he was going to be sick. God, how he　40　　they had given up fishing and gone home early.

 阅读下列短文，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。
A young man, a student in one of our universities, was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students’ friend, for his kindness to those who waited on his instructions．
　   As they went along, they saw   21  in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had   22  finished his day’s work．
　The student   23  the professor, saying, “Let’s play the man a（n）   24 : we will hide his shoes, and we stay behind those bushes, and wait to see his  25  when he cannot find them.”
　  “My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never  26  ourselves at the expense of the poor．You are   27 , and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by means of helping the poor man．Put a  28  into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how the   29  affects him.”
　  The student did so,  30  they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by．
　  The poor man soon finished his work, and came   31  the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes．While   32  his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something 33 , he bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin．
　  Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face．He gazed upon the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again．He then looked around 34  on all sides, but no person was to be seen．He now put the money into his pocket, and went on to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was  35  on finding the other coin．
　  His feelings   36  him; he fell upon his  37 , looked up to heaven and let out a sincere thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and  38 , and his children without bread, whom the timely giving, from some unknown hand, would save from dying．
　  The student stood there deeply affected, his eyes filled with tears．“Now,” said the professor,
“Are you not much better pleased than if you had played your  39  trick?” The youth replied, “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget．I feel now the  40 of those words, which I never understood before: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
【小题1】．

A．healthy

B．kind

C．mean

D．rich

A．faith

B．fact

C．truth

D．reliability

  阅读下列短文，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。

A young man, a student in one of our universities, was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students’ friend, for his kindness to those who waited on his instructions．

　   As they went along, they saw   21   in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had   22   finished his day’s work．

　The student   23   the professor, saying, “Let’s play the man a（n）   24  : we will hide his shoes, and we stay behind those bushes, and wait to see his  25   when he cannot find them.”

　  “My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never  26   ourselves at the expense of the poor．You are   27  , and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by means of helping the poor man．Put a  28   into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how the   29   affects him.”

　  The student did so,  30   they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by．

　  The poor man soon finished his work, and came   31   the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes．While   32   his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something 33  , he bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin．

　  Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face．He gazed upon the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again．He then looked around 34   on all sides, but no person was to be seen．He now put the money into his pocket, and went on to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was  35   on finding the other coin．

　  His feelings   36   him; he fell upon his  37  , looked up to heaven and let out a sincere thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and  38  , and his children without bread, whom the timely giving, from some unknown hand, would save from dying．

　  The student stood there deeply affected, his eyes filled with tears．“Now,” said the professor,

“Are you not much better pleased than if you had played your  39   trick?” The youth replied, “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget．I feel now the  40  of those words, which I never understood before: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

1.．A．hanging        B．lying          C．sitting        D．hiding

2.A．nearly           B．seemingly      C．closely        D．equally

3.A．looked backB．referred to          C．turned to      D．puzzled over

4.A．fun              B．amusement      C．entertainment  D．trick

5.．A．opinion        B．confusion      C．emotion        D．enthusiasm

6.A．treat            B．dedicate       C．amuse          D．occupy

7.．A．healthy        B．kind           C．mean           D．rich

8.A．coin             B．penny          C．dollar         D．pound

9.A．pleasure         B．discovery      C．tiredness      D．possibility

10.A．and             B．but            C．thus           D．therefore

11.．A．around        B．across         C．into           D．toward

12.A．taking on       B．looking on     C．putting on     D．hanging on

13.A．hard            B．tight          C．soft           D．loose

14.A．that            B．it             C．themselves     D．himself

15.A．folded          B．accelerated    C．doubled        D．improved

16.A．mastered        B．beat           C．betrayed       D．overcame

17.A．hands           B．knees          C．feet           D．legs

18.．A．beautifulB．merciless           C．hopeful        D．helpless

19.A．intended        B．required       C．wanted         D．interested

20.．A． faith        B．fact           C．truth          D．reliability