第二节 完型填空（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36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps. She   36    the driver and, using her hands to feel the   37    of the seats, walked down and found the   38    which the driver had told her was empty. Then she settled in.

It had been a year since Mary, 34,   39    a medical misdiagnosis (误诊), was suddenly thrown into a world of   40   . Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Mary with all his heart. He   41    her how to rely on her other   42   , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and   43    to adapt herself to the new environment. He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could   44    for her, and save her a seat.

  45   , Mary decided that she was ready to try the   46    on her own. Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their   47   ways.

On Friday morning, Mary took the bus to work as usual. As she was   48    the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I   49    envy you.” Mary had no   50  what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you   51   ?”

The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the   52    week, a fine-looking gentleman   53  a military uniform has been standing across the corner   54    you as you get off the bus. He   55    you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building. You are one lucky lady.”           

Tears of gratitude poured down Mary’s cheeks.     

36．A． thanked  B． asked      C． discovered      D． paid

37．A． location  B． shape      C． size D． cost

38．A． ticket      B． bus  C． seat D． bag

39．A． according to   B． instead of       C． thanks to D． due to

40．A． anger      B． darkness  C． happiness       D． light

41．A． asked      B． encouraged     C． taught     D． praised

42．A． feelings  B． sights      C． senses     D． abilities

43．A． how       B． when      C． where     D． who

44．A． make out       B． watch out       C． find out  D． work out

45．A． Finally   B． Luckily   C． However D． Besides

46．A． visit       B． trip  C． bus  D． work

47．A． opposite  B． separate  C． difficult  D． usual

48．A． getting on      B． getting in       C． getting off      D． getting up

49．A． must       B． may C． will D． do

50．A． idea B． opinion   C． way D． thought

51．A． want       B． mean      C． say  D． suggest

52．A． next       B． old  C． past D． following

53．A． by   B． on   C． with       D． in

54．A． searching       B． watching C． calling    D． noticing

55．A． looks out       B． takes up  C． believes in      D． makes sure

Koalas are pictured everywhere in Australia-on cleaning products, on “boxes of chocolate, on sports team shirts. Yet the animals live only in pockets along the east coast.
They once inhabited the entire coastline. The koala population dropped after farmers cut down many of the forests where koalas lived, and hunters killed the animals for their fur.
By the early 1900s, “koalas were basically shot out of south Australia,” says ecologist Bill Ellis, who studies the relationships among living things and their environments.
I recently joined Ellis and his team in a forest on St Bees Is land, 19 miles off the northeastern coast of Australia, with eight other volunteers. The island is a natural laboratory, yielding findings that may help protect koalas elsewhere on the continent.
The volunteers searched the island for koalas in the blue gum trees. When we found a koala, we gathered information about the trees in the area.
Blue gum is a species of the eucalyptus tree in which the funny leaf eaters spend most of their time. Eucalyptus trees are native to Australia, and their leaves are the main food source for koalas. Although koalas can walk on the ground, they are better suited for life in the canopy, the high cover of branches and leaves in a forest.
What has Ellis’s research told him so far? The population of St Bees seems to be healthy. Yet Ellis wonders whether the koalas might be heading for hard times. The island is overrun with wild goats, and Ellis thinks the goats are eating the small blue gum trees.
Without those trees, the koalas will run out of food in the future. Ellis hopes more research will help him understand how to protect the blue gum trees-and the koalas that depend on them. “I think that’s what everyone is trying to do-to make a difference.” Ellis says.
59. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that     .
A. koalas’ pictures can be found everywhere in the world
B. koalas in Australia like to eat chocolate
C. only in the east coast of Australia can you find koalas
D. you can buy the pictures of koalas only in the east coast of Australia
60. Which of the following is TRUE about koalas?
A. They usually hide in a cave.     B. They feed on the leaves of blue gum trees.
C. They prefer to walk on the ground.  D. They don’t adapt to the high cover of branches.
61. What will Ellis most probably start to do next?
A. To keep the population of St Bees healthy.
B. To kill all the goats on the island.
C. To find some new foods for goats.
D. To protect blue gum trees for koalas.
62. The purpose of writing this passage is to      .
A. expect people to concern about the life of koalas
B. record trip to Australia for watching koalas
C. present some basic knowledge of koalas’ life
D. introduce the ecosystem of wildlife in Australia

Have you ever wondered what you’d do in a moment of danger and how you’d  36  to a terrorist on the plane or a guy wearing a mask and waving a gun while you’re standing  37  at the bank?

Stephanie Davies  38 .

The 21-year-old girl  39  such a moment last week in a  40  in Aurora, Colo., where she went to a late night showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” with her  41  , Allie. All of a sudden, a gas can flew by close to the two girls.  42  , Allie stood up and was shot in the  43  by a gunman. Stephanie saw Allie fell down in the aisle(过道), blood pouring out of her neck.  44  she moved on her knees to her friend, pulled her out of the aisle and pressed the wound with her fingers  45  the gunman moved around, firing into the  46  crowd. When the gunman again walked past the aisle, they played dead until he  47  .

Heroic? Well, clearly heroic.

“  48  Stephanie’s timely actions, I just talked with Allie, who is going to be fine,” said President Barack Obama after meeting the two girls in the hospital.

And Stephanie wasn’t the  49  hero in the theater that dark night in Aurora. Three young men---Jon,26, Matt,27 and Alex, 24---used their own  50  to protect their respective(各自的) girlfriends from the gunman’s bullets. Jon took a bullet for his girlfriend. The stories were  51  for Matt and Alex. The three men were among the 12 who didn’t come out of the theater alive.

“The  52  actions of these young Americans,” President Obama said, “represent what’s best in us, and they  53  us that out of this darkness a brighter day is going to come. I have the greatest  54  for people like Stephanie, Jon, Matt and Alex who don’t  55  to do what the situation demands, bringing heroic light to the darkest of dark nights.”

1.                A．refer          B．respond        C．adapt D．talk

2.                A．in turn         B．in silence        C．in time   D．in line

3.                A．knows          B．appears         C．wonders  D．imagines

4.                A．missed         B．faced          C．expected D．enjoyed

5.                A．street          B．restaurant       C．theater   D．stadium

6.                A．friend          B．sister           C．aunt D．cousin

7.                A．Tired           B．Annoyed        C．Frightened    D．Puzzled

8.                A．leg            B．wrist           C．arm  D．neck

9.                A．Madly          B．Suddenly        C．Secretly D．Hurriedly

10.               A．since          B．as             C．until  D．because

11.               A．waiting         B．chatting        C．staring    D．screaming

12.               A．passed         B．stopped        C．hid   D．escaped

13.               A．In spite of       B．Regardless of    C．Because of     D．In terms of

14.               A．typical         B．unique         C．usual D．only

15.               A．methods        B．bodies         C．tools  D．hands

16.               A．common        B．strange         C．similar D．different

17.               A．brave          B．immediate      C．generous  D．active

18.               A．warn          B．show          C．promise   D．inform

19.               A．hope          B．concern        C．pity  D．respect

20.               A．hesitate        B．regret          C．pretend   D．refuse

A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected their future to be worse.

The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96. The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003.

Survey respondents (受访者) were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions.

The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middle-aged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future. Adults of 65 and older, however, were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction. Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed to suffer a lower ratio (比率) of disability and death for the study period.

“We observed that being too optimistic in predicting a better future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade,” wrote Frieder R. Lang, a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future.

“Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions (预防措施),” the authors wrote.

Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low incomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline. Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability.

The authors of the study noted that there were limitations to their conclusions. Illness, medical treatment and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes.

However, the researchers said a pattern was clear. “We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic,” the authors concluded.

1.According to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction?

A．Optimistic adults.                       B．Middle-aged adults.

C．Adults in poor health.                    D．Adults of lower income.

2.Pessimism may be positive in some way because it causes people ______.

A．to fully enjoy their present life

B．to estimate their contribution accurately

C．to take measures against potential risks

D．to value health more highly than wealth

3.How do people of higher income see their future?

A．They will earn less money.

B．They will become pessimistic.

C．They will suffer mental illness.

D．They will have less time to enjoy life.

4. What is the clear conclusion of the study?

A．Pessimism guarantees chances of survival.

B．Good financial condition leads to good health.

C．Medical treatment determines health outcomes.

D．Expectations of future life satisfaction decline with age.

完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上相应的括号内。

71．I am trying to make up the time I lost _______________________ (在我生病期间). (while)

72．My bicycle isn’t where I put it. Who ________________________ (可能移动) it? (move)

73．It was only when I had finished reading the novel once again ____________________________ (我开始) to like it. (begin)

74．When _______________________________ (问到他的秘诀) of his success, he said he owed much of his success to his family. (ask)

75．So _______________________________ (这本书非常有趣) that I can hardly tear myself away from it. (interesting)

76．_______________________________ (我们生来具备的) is a general ability to learn and adapt, not a language specific part of the brain. (born)

77．The house _______________________________ (他付了) a large sum of money last year is now worth twice as much. (pay)

78．The head master responded to the parents, saying their kids were _________________________ (太小而不能) attend school. (too)

79．They spent a lot of money ___________________________________ (装备学校) new computers. (equip)

80．My eye fell on the letter she _______________________________________ (留在) on the table. (leave)