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，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was 15 when I walked into McCarley' s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at  36  on the shelves, the man behind the counter,  37 , asked if I'd like  38 . I needed to start saving for college, so I said yes. I  39  after school and during summers for the lowest wages, and the job helped  40  my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college; I was a hotel maid and 41 made maps for the U.S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most  42 .

One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost  43  we had at that time 44 and found other books we could order. She left the store less  45 .I've always remembered the pride I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a  46  in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born  47  his fingers connected, weblike. His family could not afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in      48 , hiding his hand in his pocket.

I  49  my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the  50  for free.

I visited the boy in the  51  room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, "Thank you." I felt a sense of  52 .

In the past, while I was  53  ,I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it's the  54 . NBC News pays my salary, but I feel as if I work for the  55 , helping them make sense of the world.

36. A. maps                    B. articles                           C. titles                                    D. reports

37. A. the reader           B. the shop owner         C. the college student        D. the customer

38. A. a book                  B. any help                        C. some tea                           D. a job

39. A. worked                  B. studied                         C. cooked                               D. read 

40. A. fit for                    B. pay for                          C. run for                                D. enter for

41. A. even                       B. yet                                 C. so                                          D. still

42. A. boring                   B. surprising                    C. disappointing                     D. satisfying

43. A. anything              B. something                   C. everything                          D. nothing

44. A. in need                 B. in all                              C. in store                                D. in order

45. A. satisfied                B. worried                           C. excited  D. puzzled

46. A. doctor                  B. store owner                C. TV reporter                        D. bookseller

47. A. with                        B. in                                     C. by                                        D. for

48. A. honour                   B. shame                           C. horror                                 D. danger

49. A. advised                B. forced                           C. permitted                           D. persuaded

50. A. operation              B. program                      C. treatment                         D. action

51. A. waiting                 B. operation                               C. reading                              D. recovery

52. A. sadness                 B. pleasure                        C. interest                        D. disappointment

53. A. at McCarley's Bookstore                                   B. in the Students Union

C. at the U. S. Forest Service                            D. at the TV station

54. A. difference            B. usual                             C. same                                    D. request

55. A. readers                B. passengers                  C. customers                         D. viewers

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，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was 15 when I walked into McCarley' s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at  36  on the shelves, the man behind the counter,  37 , asked if I'd like  38 . I needed to start saving for college, so I said yes. I  39  after school and during summers for the lowest wages, and the job helped  40  my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college; I was a hotel maid and 41 made maps for the U.S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most  42 .

One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost  43  we had at that time 44 and found other books we could order. She left the store less  45 .I've always remembered the pride I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a  46  in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born  47  his fingers connected, weblike. His family could not afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in      48 , hiding his hand in his pocket.

I  49  my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the  50  for free.

I visited the boy in the  51  room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, "Thank you." I felt a sense of  52 .

In the past, while I was  53  ,I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it's the  54 . NBC News pays my salary, but I feel as if I work for the  55 , helping them make sense of the world.

36. A. maps                B. articles                     C. titles                            D. reports

37. A. the reader         B. the shop owner        C. the college student        D. the customer

38. A. a book             B. any help                  C. some tea                      D. a job

39. A. worked             B. studied                    C. cooked                        D. read

40. A. fit for              B. pay for                   C. run for                               D. enter for

41. A. even                 B. yet                                C. so                                D. still

42. A. boring              B. surprising                C. disappointing                D. satisfying

43. A. anything           B. something               C. everything                    D. nothing

44. A. in need             B. in all                      C. in store                        D. in order

45. A. satisfied            B. worried                    C. excited                        D. puzzled

46. A. doctor              B. store owner             C. TV reporter                  D. bookseller

47. A. with                 B. in                            C. by                              D. for

48. A. honour              B. shame                      C. horror                         D. danger

49. A. advised            B. forced                     C. permitted                     D. persuaded

50. A. operation          B. program                  C. treatment                     D. action

51. A. waiting            B. operation                        C. reading                       D. recovery

52. A. sadness             B. pleasure                   C. interest                     D. disappointment

53. A. at McCarley's Bookstore                          B. in the Students Union

C. at the U. S. Forest Service                    D. at the TV station

54. A. difference         B. usual                      C. same                            D. request

55. A. readers             B. passengers                C. customers                    D. viewers