第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，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，选出最佳答案,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last year I was put into a lower-level math class at school. The reason I was in this class had
21   to do with my intelligence. I am blind. The school   22  that it would be better for me to learn at a lower level because it takes me a great deal longer to complete school tasks.
The only problem with being in this class was that I was   23  by "at-risk" students, who did not perform well in school and were   24   in trouble with the school and the law. On Monday mornings, the kids talked about what they had done during the past   25  . I tried not to listen, but it was almost   26  not to. I heard things in that classroom that shocked me.   27  
the teacher was in the room, that didn't stop my classmates from   28  their stories of drugs and violence.
­­­­      29   I was tired of their rude words. I even began to   30  the fact that I had to be there. One Tuesday morning, I went to a Christian Student Union meeting before school, where a guest speaker talked to us about praying for our   31  no matter how much we hated them. I thought a lot and began to pray for the kids in my class, asking God to   32  them for they weren't bad kids; they were just   33  .
34   what I did was automatic. When I heard their voices in class, I would pray, "Dear God, please bless so-and-so . . ." But as I continued, something was growing   35   my heart for them. My classmates gradually became more than just annoying kids to me. They began to feel like family, and I was learning to love them in a way I   36  thought possible.
I now see that praying is such a   37   act. When I pray for those around me, it also   38  
my life, and it changes my understanding of others. I realized God's blessings enabled me to see the world through   39  eyes. The prayers I said for others   40  to help me the most.
21.     A. something              B. nothing                  C. everything              D. anything
22.     A. described             B. doubted               C. decided                  D. defended
23.     A. laughed                 B. beaten                    C. tricked                 D. surrounded
24.     A. constantly              B. regularly                C. occasionally            D. especially
25.     A. holiday               B. month                    C. weekend              D. party
26.     A. informal              B. unnecessary            C. illegal                    D. impossible
27.     A. Only if                  B. Now that                C. As though               D. Even though
28.     A. sharing                  B. admiring                C. learning               D. creating
29.     A. No wonder             B. Without doubt         C. Without delay         D. No sense
30.     A. prove                    B. refuse                    C. hate                     D. ignore
31.     A. friends                   B. enemies                  C. teachers                  D. relatives
32.     A. appreciate              B. dismiss                   C. promote                 D. forgive
33.     A. lost                       B. forgotten                C. cheated                  D. disturbed
34.     A.In general             B. After all                 C. At first                   D. On the whole
35.     A. beyond                  B. under                     C. above                     D. inside
36.     A. never                     B. ever                       C. even                      D. once
37.     A. technical             B. powerful              C. typical                   D. suitable
38.     A. reflects                  B. satisfies                  C. risks                      D. blesses
39.     A. loving                   B. shining                   C. bright                    D. blind
40.     A. turned up               B. turned away            C. turned out              D. turned over

My grandparents were married for over half a century, and played their own special game from the time they had met each other. The goal of their game was to write the word "shmily" in a     31     place for the other to find. They took turns leaving "shmily" around the house, and as soon as one of them     32     it, it was their turn to hide it once more.

There was no     33     to the places where "shmily" would appear. Sometimes, "Shmily" was written in the     34     left on the mirror after a hot shower, where it would reappear bath after bath.     35    , my grandmother even unrolled an entire roll of toilet paper to     36     "shmily" on the very last sheet.

It took me a long time before I was able to fully     37     my grandparents' game. It was     38     their funny little game; it was a way of life. Grandma and Grandpa held hands every chance they could. They    39     kisses as they ran into each other in their tiny kitchen. Before every meal they bowed their heads and gave their     40    : a wonderful family, good fortune, and     41   .

But there was a    42    cloud in my grandparents' life: my grandmother had breast cancer, which had first appeared ten years earlier. As always, Grandpa was with her every

    43     of the way. He comforted her in their yellow room, painted that way     44____     she could always be surrounded by sunshine, even when she was too     45     to go outside.    Then one day, what we all     46     finally happened. Grandma was gone.

"Shmily." It was written in yellow on the pink ribbons of my grandmother's funeral bouquet. As the crowd     47     and the last mourners (哀悼者) turned to leave, my aunts, uncles, cousins and other family members     48     and gathered around Grandma     49    . Grandpa stepped up to my grand-mother's casket and,     50     with sorrow, he began to sing to her. Through his tears and grief, the song came, a deep and throaty lullaby (摇篮曲).

SHMILY: See how much I love you.

I wandered in the park. The park bench was___21___ as I sat down to read beneath the long, straggly (蔓延的) branches of an old willow tree. I was disappointed by life with ___22___ reason to frown, for the world was intent on dragging me down.

___23___ that weren't enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of ___24___ approached me, all tired from play. He stood right before me and said with great excitement, "Look what I found!"

In his hand was a flower, and what a ___25___ sight, with its petals(花瓣) all worn --- not enough rain, or too little light. I faked a small ___26___, wanting him to take his dead flower and leave, and then ___27___.

But instead of leaving he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with surprise, "It surely smells pretty and it's beautiful, too. That's why I picked it; here, it's for you."

The weed before me was dying or dead. Not brilliant colors, orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must ___28___ it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need."

But ___29___ him placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without ___30___ or plan. It was then that I noticed for the very first time, that young boy could not see: he was blind.

My ___31___ trembled, and tears shone like the sun as I ___32___ him for picking the very best one. "You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, not ___33___ of the impact he'd had on my day.

I sat there and wondered how he ___34___ to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he ___35___ my difficult situation? ___36___ from his heart, he'd been blessed with true ___37___.

At last I could see, ___38___ the eyes of a blind child, the problem was not with the ___39___; the problem was me. And for all of those times I myself had been ___40___, I vowed(发誓) to see beauty, and appreciate every second that's mine.

I held that wilted(枯萎) flower up to my nose and breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose and smiled as that young boy.

1.A. equipped       B. painted      C. deserted         D. taken

2.A. good           B. temporary        C. opposite     D. mistaken

3.A. For fear       B. As if            C. Even though  D. Now that

4.A. happiness      B. fortune      C. question     D. breath

5.A. negative       B. serious      C. ridiculous      D. pitiful

6.A. gift           B. preference       C. discussion      D. smile

7.A. turned away        B. wandered off C. stood up    D. set out

8.A. take           B. adjust           C. comfort     D. submit

9.A. in spite of    B. instead of       C. in case of      D. because of

10.A. connection        B. delay            C. hesitation      D. reason

11.A. heart         B. hands            C. voice           D. legs

12.A. praised           B. thanked      C. approved    D. delighted

13.A. hopeful       B. content      C. aware           D. successful

14.A. managed       B. promised     C. desired     D. accomplished

15.A. get across        B. know of      C. care about      D. deal with

16.A. Actually      B. Somehow      C. Obviously       D. Perhaps

17.A. love          B. experience       C. sight           D. power

18.A. With          B. Across           C. Around      D. Through

19.A. worldB. flower            C. complaint       D. appearance

20.A. particularB. unforgettable    C. blindD. sensitive

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并把答案填在题号前括号内。

You Did More Than Carry My Books

   Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark __16__ down and helped the boy pick up these articles. __17__they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark __18_ the boy’s name was Bill, that he __19__ computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of _20_ with his other subjects and that he had just broken _21__ with his girlfriend.

   They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was __22__in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed __23__ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They __24__ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before __ 25_ , Bill asked Mark if they _26_ talk.

   Bill __27__ him of the day years ago when they had first met. “ Do you __28__ wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “ You see, I __29__ out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess ( 脏乱) __30__ anyone else . I had planned to run away and I was going home to __31__ my things. But after we spent some time together __32_ and laughing, I realized that __33_ I had done that , I would have _34_ a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark , when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more . You __35__ my life.

A. fell         B. sat             C. lay             D. knelt

A. Although B. Since         C. After          D. Until

A discovered       B. realized      C. said           D. decided

A. played     B. loved         C. tried          D. made

A. questions B. ideas          C. trouble              D. doubt

A. up           B. out            C. off             D. away

A. called             B. helped        C. invited              D. invited

A. peacefully       B. willingly    C. freely         D. pleasantly

A. continued       B. agreed        C. forced        D. offered

A. graduation    B. movement  C. separation        D. vacation

A. would    B. should        C. could         D. must

A. demanded     B. reminded    C. removed     D. asked

A. ever             B. usually       C. even          D. never

A. checked B. took           C. cleaned      D. put

A. over             B. into           C. with           D. for

A. find              B. pick           C. pack          D. hold

A. talking   B. playing      C. reading      D. watching

A. before   B. if        C. while         D. as

A. forgotten      B. passed        C. left            D. lost

A. helped          B. recovered C. improved   　　　D. changed 

When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life”. To talk before the whole class! Just imagine how   31   (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other   32   (choose), though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer－something to pride myself in. But the hard part   33   (lie) in my oral presentation; to read from   34   paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech   35   my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs   36   (tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found????  37   back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After   38   seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building   39  , I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it,   40   we will be able to achieve our goals.