完形填空（共20 小题，每小题1 分, 满分20分）
Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really  41  your feelings?”
Immediately, he said, “Yes, last Christmas you promised us a special  42 that I really wanted but you  43 gave it to me.”
The  44  was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I  45  , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but I haven’t apologized  46  ?”
Again, his  47  was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you had to go to the  48  because Kate, my little sister, was going to be born? You left us at home and  49    in a hurry. Remember?”
“Well, you left and forgot the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he  50  all the details! “After you came back from the hospital you were  51 to see the suitcase had been opened and  52  had been thrown all over the place, and then you  53  me.”
“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.
“No, I didn’t. I was just searching for my gift.”
My heart sank. I felt  54 . I hugged Keith and asked him to  55  me. His honesty made me think of my other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the  56    question. Kevin answered as immediately as his  57 , “Last Christmas you promised us a special toy, but you forget about it.”
58 Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The  59  thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was that I’d made a promise too  60  and didn’t keep it as their mother.

The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady came in and asked, “You don’t   31  the house any more?” He kept silent and she   32  shook her head.
The landlady began   33  the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have   34  my house? The walls are full of nails! How could I rent it to others?”
She began looking around her   35 room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply   36  to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for   37  you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”
This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other   38  . At that time, she threw all her stuff such as her bag and umbrella on the   39  once she entered the room, staring at the whole   40  and feeling terribly upset. Then he began   41  more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which   42  his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to   43  their wedding photo frame.
The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were   44 , the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were   45  nonstop through these holes.
　　She   46  to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house   47  we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.
She   48 realized that marriage was like a wall and that all   49  and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall.  50 , when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.

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21~40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street.What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric.   21   his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.
He had   22   set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today.He would just  23  
the books in the outside return box.But there was a   24  ;it was locked.
He went into the building,only a few minutes   25   closing time.He put the books into the return box.And after a brief   26   in the toilet,he would be on his way to the playground to   27   Eric.
David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in   28  —the library lights were off.The place was   29  .The doors had been shut.They   30   be opened from the inside.He was trapped(被困)—in a library!
He tried to   31   a telephone call,but was unable to   32  .What’s worse,the pay phones were on the outside of the building.  33    the sun began to set,he searched for a light and found it.
   34   he could see.David wrote on a piece of paper:“    35   !I’m TRAPPED inside!”and stuck it to the glass door.   36  ,someone passing by would see it.
He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant,   37  .Rows and rows of shelves held books,videos and music.He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf.He settled into a chair and started to   38  .
He knew he had to   39  ,but now,that didn’t seem to be such a   40   thing.
21.A.but                       B.because                     C.or                             D.since
22.A.ever                            B.nearly                       C.never                        D.often
23.A.pass                            B.drop                         C.carry                        D.take
24.A.problem               B.mistake                     C.case                          D.question
25.A.during                  B.after                         C.over                          D.before
26.A.rest                      B.break                        C.walk                         D.stop
27.A.visit                            B.meet                         C.catch                         D.greet
28.A.delight                 B.anger                        C.surprise                     D.eagerness
29.A.lonely                  B.empty                       C.noisy                        D.crowded
30.A.wouldn’t                     B.shouldn’t                   C.couldn’t                    D.needn’t
31.A.make                    B.fix                            C.use                           D.pick
32.A.get on                  B.get up                       C.get through                D.get in
33.A.If                         B.As                            C.Though                     D.Until
34.A.On time                                                   B.Now and then
C.By the way                                                  D.At last
35.A.Come                   B.Help                         C.Hello                        D.Sorry
36.A.Surely                  B.Thankfully                C.Truly                        D.Gradually
37.A.at most                 B.after all                            C.in short                            D.as usual
38.A.watch                   B.play                          C.read                          D.write
39.A.wait                            B.stand                         C.sleep                         D.work
40.A.bad                     B.cool                          C.strange                      D.nice

It was her laughing that drew my attention. Note taking really wasn’t all that funny.
Walking over to the offender (someone that does something wrong), I asked for the   36 . Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet   37  between teacher and student. When she finally   38  it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it.”
It was a hand-drawn   39  of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth.
I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind,   40 , was working angrily as I struggled not to   41 . I figured I knew the two students who were most likely to draw the picture. It would do them some   42  to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!
Thankfully, I was able to keep myself   43 .
When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how   44 this was for me. I told them there must be a reason   45  and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffled(抽鼻子) in the back of the classroom.
As I   46  the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing against you,” or “I’m sorry you were hurt.” A number of them said, “You give us too much homework.” Some kids said, “We’re   47  of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I   48   were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too   49  , too strict…
Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of   50 my students, I had begun commanding them to   51 . Where I thought I was driving them to success I was   52  driving them away.
I had some apologizing to do. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one   53  by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for   54 .
This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the   55 . 

第二节完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第31至第40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. Immediately my mind traveled back many years.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of   31       on my shoulder. Finally, I came to that Company, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had taken me there to   32   his workers whether they wanted any magazines.
Shaking off the rain, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he led me over to the fire-place. Noticing the   33   in the top of my shoe, he said, “Come with me!” Then, he took me to a shoe store. Inside, a salesman   34   me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had ever seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up in   35  . “We’d like a pair of   36   socks, too.” Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a   37  , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said affectionately(深情地), “Jimmy, I want you to   38   I love you.”
I said good-bye, and for the first time I sensed that somehow things would be   39  . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a  40  .
31. A. newspapers                B. magazines                C. books                       D. tools
32. A. tell                              B. say                          C. answer                    D. ask
33. A. dirt                           B. water                       C. hole                    D. mud
34. A. bought                         B. fitted                       C. sold                        D. comforted
35. A. it                         B. them                     C. one                         D. this
36. A. new                          B. old                          C. big                      D. small
37. A. pen                           B. paper                             C. card                        D. notebook
38. A. admit                    B. know                             C. consider                  D. express
39. A. mistaken                   B. right                       C. all right                   D. possible
40. A. rule                          B. cake                        C. thing                        D. difference