第二节 完型填空（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41—60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项的标号涂黑。

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced 41   for a few days. I was   42   to wait tables on my own. All went   43  that first week. When Saturday night came,  I was luckily   44    the tables not far from the kitchen.   45  , I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays(托盘).

            Before I knew it, the   46   was full of people. I moved slowly,   47   every step. I remember how   48   I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was   49   on. It had nice handles, which made it   50   to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to   51   I was a natural at this job.

            Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved   52   you work. It seems your tray stand has been very   53   to you, but we are getting ready to   54   now, and my wife needs her   55   back.”

           At first his   56   did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker(助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was   57 . I wanted to get into a hole and   58  .

           Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just    59  . I have learned to be more   60   and not to be too sure of myself.

41. A. manager                      B. assistant               C. cook                        D. waitress

42. A. promised                 B. invited                    C. allowed                  D. advised

43. A. well                           B. quickly          C. safely                     D. wrong

44. A. left                                      B. given                      C. brought                 D. shown

45. A. Therefore                B. However               C. Otherwise             D. Finally

46. A. kitchen                     B. street                     C. restaurant            D. table

47. A. minding              B. changing               C. taking                     D. saving

48. A. angry                        B. calm                        C. sad                          D. happy

49. A. fixed                          B. trained                            C. loaded                    D. waited

50. A. slower                      B. lighter                    C. quieter                            D. easier

51. A. believe                     B. agree                     C. regret                    D. pretend

52. A. letting                      B. making                   C. watching               D. having

53. A. useful                       B. familiar                  C. unusual                  D. interesting

54. A. rest                      B. order                      C. eat                          D. leave

55. A. bag                     B. walker                    C. tray                         D. coat

56. A. idea                           B. praise                     C. message               D. need

57. A. cold                           B. full of joy                C. pale                        D. on fire

58. A. lie                              B. hide                        C. defend                   D. stay

59. A. repeated                     B. discovered            C. corrected              D. described

60. A. clever          B. patient                            C. honest                   D. practical

 

After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced   36   for a few days. I was   37   to wait tables on my own. All went   38   that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily   39   the tables not far from the kitchen.   40  , I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays(托盘).

    Before I knew it, the   41   was full of people. I moved slowly,   42   every step. I remember how   43   I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables; it looked different from the one I was   44   on. It had nice handles, which made it   45   to move around. I was pleased with everything and began to   46   I was a natural at this job.

    Then, an old man came to me and said, “Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved   47   you work. It seems your tray stand has been very   48   to you, but we are getting ready to   49   now, and my wife needs her   50   back.”

    At first his   51   did not get across. “What was he talking about!” Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wife’s orthopedic walker(助步器). I stood frozen as ice, but my face was   52  . I wanted to get into a hole and   53  .

    Since then, I have learned from many mistakes such as the one I just    54  . I have learned to be more   55   and not to be too sure of myself.

A. manager         B. assistant            C. cook             D. waitress

A. promised            B. invited              C. allowed          D. advised

A. well                B. quickly          C. safely               D. wrong

A. left                    B. given                C. brought          D. shown

A. Therefore           B. However          C. Otherwise            D. Finally

A. kitchen             B. street               C. restaurant           D. table

A. minding         B. changing         C. taking               D. saving

A. angry               B. calm             C. sad              D. happy

A. fixed               B. trained              C. loaded               D. waited

A. slower             B. lighter              C. quieter              D. easier

A. believe                B. agree                C. regret               D. pretend

A. letting                B. making           C. watching         D. having

A. useful             B. familiar         C. unusual          D. interesting

A. rest               B. order                C. eat              D. leave

A. bag                B. walker               C. tray             D. coat

A. idea               B. praise               C. message          D. need

A. cold               B. full of joy          C. pale             D. on fire

A. lie                    B. hide             C. defend               D. stay

A. repeated           B. discovered           C. corrected            D. described

A. careful                B. patient              C. honest               D. practical

“Look, it’s Baldy!” A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was

used to regular insults（侮辱）because of the   41   on my head, it was   42   horrible to hear. I sighed as I headed back to the class.

         When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious   43   after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head. I was   44   to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors   45   to save my life. “Holly’s very   46   to be alive,” they told Mum and Dad. “But she’ll be   47   with scars on her head, and of course her hair won’t grow there.”

         As a child, I cared much about my scars, so I   48   wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home.   49   I didn’t, people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me, they never   50   understood how it felt.

         Then through the hospital I was   51   to a children’s burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There I   52   14-year-old Stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is so  53   that she never lets anyone put her down. “You shouldn’t   54   what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from anyone else, Holly, ”  She   55   me. “And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great   56   it!” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something   57   . So weeks later, at my 13^th birthday party,   58   by her bravery, I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to   59   away behind my scarf.

         Now, I am   60   of what I look like and much happier, because I have realized it is your personality that decides who you are.

1.A. hat                        B. scarf                        C. scars                        D. cuts

2.A. still                       B. just                           C. never                      D. seldom

3.A. hunger                          B. cold                         C. defeats          D. burns

4.A. rushed                          B. led                           C. invited           D. forced

5.A. learned                         B. fought                     C. returned                 D. decided

6.A. happy                           B. lucky                        C. lonely                      D. poor

7.A. pressed                        B. occupied                C. left                           D. painted

8.A. possibly               B. usually           C. finally                      D. nearly

9.A. Although             B. Since                       C. If                               D. Before

10.A. correctly           B. roughly          C. easily                       D. really

11.A. promoted                  B. introduced             C. reported                 D. carried

12.A. met                    B. recognized             C. remembered         D. caught

13.A. honest                        B. strong                      C. active                      D. young

14.A. write down                B. agree with              C. pass on          D. listen to

15.A. promised          B. encouraged  C. ordered                  D. calmed

16.A. in                                 B. for                            C. without          D. beyond

17.A. similar                         B. strange          C. hard                         D. important

18.A. allowed             B. required                 C. guided           D. inspired

19.A. hide                            B. give                          C. keep                        D. put

20.A. sick                    B. awake                      C. tired                        D. proud

 

When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could do to advise me against becoming a brewer(造酒人). He’d  36   his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, ___37    had his father and grandfather befere him. He didn’t want me  38   near a vat(酿酒用的桶)of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good ___39  , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that  40   me to study law and business at the same time.

In my second year of graduate school, I began to realize that I’d  41   done anything but go to school. So, at  24 I decided to drop out. 42  , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t  43__   till you’re 65 to do what you want in life.

I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to  44  . I finished Havard and got a highly-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group Still, after working there five years, I  45  ,  “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?”  At that time, Americans spent good  money on beer in  46    quality. Why not make good beer for  47  ? I thought.

I decided to give up my job to become  48  . When I told Dad, he was  49  , but in the end he  50   me. I called my beer  Samuel Adams,   51   the brewer and patriot(爱国者) who helped to start  the Boston Tea Party.  52   I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get  the   53   out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager（淡啤酒） won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined(注定) to be a brewer. My  54   to the young is simple:Life is very  55  , so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan.  

36.A.cost B.spent    C.taken   D.paid

37.A.like B.as if     C.so D.nor

38.A.anywhere       B.anyway       C.anyhow       D.somewhere

39.A.habits     B.teachers       C.grades  D.work

40.A.promised       B.convinced    C.advised       D.allowed

41.A.never     B.ever     C.always D.hardly

42.A.Fortunatnely  B.Obviously   C.Possibly      D.Surprisingly

43.A.assure     B.decline C.deny    D.wait

44.A.school    B.Colorado     C.my home     D.my decision

45.A.thrilled   B.stressed       C.wondered    D.sneezed

46.A.cheap     B.expensive    C.low      D.high

47.A.Englishmen   B.Europeans   C.the world    D.Americans

48.A.a lawyer B.a brewer      C.an instructor       D.an engineer

49.A.astonished      B.satisfied      C.interested    D.anxious

50.A.hated      B.supported    C.raised   D.left

51.A.for  B.at C.in D.after

52.A.Therefore      B.Otherwise    C.Also    D.Yet

53.A.price      B.name   C.company     D.party

54.A.advice    B.life      C.job      D.experience

55.A.hard       B.busy    C.short    D.long

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，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。

One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been  16  me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly ___17__. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could __18__ my moves, because she 19___ to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I ___20  she had strict sleeping habits,  21  I thought she ought to be able to  22  some of this strictness. I said to her, “  23  , you can stay up late for once. We’re having   24  .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked   25  . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it  26  , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we   27   for another ten minutes, until __28  my daughter burst into tears, and  29  that she was beaten.

Clearly I had made  30  . I had started the evening wanting to have a  31  time with my daughter but had 32  my desire to win to become more  33  than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win  34   me well. As a parent, I  35  that it got in my way. So I had to change.

A. guiding         B. asking          C. training         D. advising

A. allowed         B. expected        C. replied          D. accepted

A. change          B. repeat          C. hurry           D. pass

A. agreed          B. needed          C. begged           D. hated

A. knew          B. learned          C. guessed           D.heard

A. so              B. for             C. but            D. or

A. put up           B. take up          C. pick up        D. give up

A. As usual         B. Go ahead         C. By the way     D. Come on

A. patience         B. luck             C. fun            D. success

A. excited          B. proud            C. anxious         D. angry

A. well            B. again             C. fairly          D. regularly

A. discussed        B. continued         C. counted        D. argued

A. nervously        B. immediately       C. strangely       D. suddenly

A. promised        B. admitted           C. wondered      D. discovered

A. a mistake        B. a decision          C. an attempt     D. an effort

A. free            B. different           C. full           D. happy

A. managed        B. recognized         C. allowed       D. reduced

A. important     B. attractive      C. practical      D. interesting

A. offered          B. served           C. controlled       D. taught

A. realized         B. apologized        C. imagined       D. explained