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，然后从下列各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳 选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23-year-old son, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to ______a different life. It was a transitional(过渡的)time in Daniel's life. I wanted to______him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the ______time I had let such moment pass.
When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, "What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?" Then he walked ______ the steps of the bus and disappeared ii\side. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar . ______ played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him ______and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words        me.
Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those  ______opportunities. How many times have I let such moments______ ？ I don't ^nd a quiet moment to tell him what they have ______to me, or, in the years ahead what he might ______to face. Maybe, I thought it was not necessary to say anything.
What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him?
______ as I stood before-Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always ______ never in all my life hearing him put his feelings into ______ . Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tightien. Why was it so 50 to tell a son something from the heart?
My mouth turned dry，and 1 knew I would he able to get______ only a few words clearly. "Daniel,‘' I said, "if I could have picked, I would have picked von." That's all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the
world ______ , and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, hut tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All 1 was______of was the stubble (短须）on his chin as his ______pressed against mine. What I had said to Daniel was ______ . It was nothing. And yet, it.was everything.

Nancy had just got a secretary’s job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 　35   . She got up very early and arrived at the office at twenty to eight. She   36　 the door open and found nobody there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk   37  she was surprised to find a large bunch of flowers on it. They were   38  . She picked up the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried joyfully. She then   39  for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the   40  first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.
The day passed very   41　 and Nancy did everything   42  great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she __ 43　 herself in her work.
Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk, she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to find out the 　44　.
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to   45　a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk   46  his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook 　47  with “Records of managers' meetings”, and   48  the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company       49   that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk.”
Later, she was told that their general manager was a wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business.

The driver tried everything he could think of, but the car just ______ not move.

 A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little “gift” in its mouth—a dead animal of some sort. Taking a closer look, he was surprised to  36 it as the bunny(小兔子) that  37 Mary, the young daughter of the family next door. My friend felt  38 , believing his cat had killed Mary’s bunny.
My quick-thinking friend came up with a plan.  39  from the cat’s mouth the dead animal, which by now was a     40 mess, he put it in the kitchen sink. With a little warm water and some shampoo, he tried to  41 the dead bunny as best he could. Then he took a hair dryer and blowdried the bunny  42 it looked pretty good.
Finally, under the cover of darkness, he crept into the next-door garden and placed it  43 in the cage. He managed to make the bunny look very  44 there in his little box.
The next morning, my friend looked out of the window and noticed a crowd of people  45 around the rabbit hutch(笼). Everyone seemed to be talking and pointing. My friend  46 to go over and act like any normal  47 neighbor and find out what was going on.
When he got there, Mary’s mother said to my friend, “You won’t believe this! It’s a(n)   48 thing! Mary’s bunny  49 a few days ago, and we buried that little bunny right over there…”
Have you ever tried to cover up one wrongdoing with another? Covering up only makes matters  50 .
When we get caught doing something  51 , for example, we may  52 to cover it up with a lie. But just like Mary’s bunny, the result is  53 what we expected. We  54 looking foolish. We would have been better off admitting we were wrong and accepting the  55 . What do you think of it?

三：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。
Nancy had just got a secretary's job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 26 . She got up very early and arrived at the 27  at twenty to eight. She pushed the door open and found 28  there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her 29   . She was surprised to   30  a large bunch(束) of flowers on it. They were 31  . She picked the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried  32 . She then   33  for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the  34　 first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.  The day passed very 35 and Nancy did everything  36 great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she 37 herself to her work. Then came another  38   . When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase,   39  the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to  40   the sender.                       
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to  41  a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk  42 his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook  43   with “Records of managers' meetings”, and  44   the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company  45 that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk .”                    Later, she was told that their general manager was a wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business.
26. A. disappointed        B. excited          C. encouraged       D. surprised
27. A. office          B. workshop         C. classroom        D. bookshop
28. A. everybody       B. others           C. nobody         D. somebody
29. A. room            B. desk           C. seat            D. place
30. A. pick            B. cover           C. smell            D. find
31. A. old              B. fresh             C. good             D. sweet
32. A. joyfully          B. tearfully        C. sadly                 D. repeatedly
33. A. looked up                  B. looked at         C. looked around    D. looked down
34. A. happy          B. very                 C. funny          D. quite
35. A. slowly           B. normally       C. quickly         D. hardly
36. A. at                    B. to               C. for             D. with
37. A. devoted         B. focused         C. buried          D. made
38. A. Sunday         B. Saturday             C. Monday        D. Tuesday
39. A. taking          B. took             C. replacing       D. replaced
40. A. find out         B. look down upon  C. catch hold of           D. understand
41. A. send for          B. hand out        C. try out          D. hand in
42.A. asking for        B. waiting for        C. looking for        D. searching for
43. A. said             B. given            C. used           D. marked
44. A. glanced at       B. stared at        C. glared  at       D. lookedat
45. A. has ordered       B. has demanded    C. has decided        D. has said