-Young man, come off the grass; we forbid________ on the grass here.
-Sorry, I didn’t notice it.

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A man was exploring caves by the seashore when he found a bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had  31  the balls and left them out in the dun to bake.
They didn’t look like much, but they   32  intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he walked along the beach, he   33  the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it  34  he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open（裂开）on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!   35  , the man started breaking open the   36  balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars’   37  of jewels in the 20 or so leftover ones.
Then it   38  him. He’d been on the beach a long time, throwing maybe 50 or 60 of the balls, with their hidden treasure, into the   39  . Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he  40  have taken home tens of thousands but he had just thrown it away!
It’s like that   41  people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, but we  42  see the clay shell. It doesn’t look like much from the   43  . It isn’t always beautiful or shining, so we  44  it. we see that person as less important than someone more  45  or stylish or well known or wealthy. But we haven’t taken the time to find the treasure  46  inside that person.
There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person and ask God to show us that person the  47  He sees them, then the clay begins to  48  and the brilliant jewel begins to shine forth. May we not come to the  49  of our lives and find out that we’ve thrown away a   50  in friendships because the gems were hidden in balls of clay! May we see the people in our world as God sees them.
31．A．invented      B．rolled              C．handled       D．bounced
32．A．confused      B．encouraged      C．interested     D．relaxed
33．A．dipped         B．pushed         C．kicked         D．threw
34．A．until         B．when         C．since         D．though
35．A．Frightened       B．Determined      C．Excited        D．Disappointed
36．A．shining        B．floating       C．surviving     D．remaining
37．A．worth          B．value         C．cost          D．wealth
38．A．shocked       B．rejected       C．struck          D．delighted
39．A．caves          B．waves          C．seashore       D．storms
40．A．might          B．must         C．could         D．should
41．A．with         B．towards       C．about         D．between
42．A．hardly         B．actually       C．simply         D．luckily
43．A．distance       B．outside        C．weight         D．pattern
44．A．removed      B．suspected     C．ignored        D．reserved
45．A．beautiful      B．cautious       C．positive       D．grateful
46．A． lost         B．hidden         C．divided        D．mixed
47．A．moment       B．point         C．degree         D．way
48．A．come off     B．break away      C．take over     D．fall down
49．A．sight         B．best          C．middle         D．end
50．A．relation       B．position       C．fortune        D．memory

In 1898 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,ooo people in less than four minutes. In the middle of complete damage and disorder, a father rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be,  26  that the building was   2 7.

   After the unforgettably shock, he 28  the promise he had made to his son: “ No matter  29 happens, I’ll always be there for you!” And tears began to 30 his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his 31  to his son. He rushed there and started 32 the ruins.

  As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived , 33 : “It’s too late ! They are all dead! 34  , face reality; there’s nothing you can do!” To each parent he responded with 35 : “Are you going to help me now? ”No one helped. And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone.

  Courageously he went on alone because he needed to know 36 : “Is my boy 37 or he is dead?” He dug for eight hours … 12 hours…36 hours…then , in  38  hour , he pulled back a large stone and heard his son’s 39 . He screamed his son’s name, “ARMAND!” He heard back, “Dad!?! It’s me, Dad! I told other kids not to worry.  I told them that if you were alive, you 40 me and 41 you saved me, they’d be saved. You promised, ‘No matter what happens, I’ll always be there for you!’ You did it, Dad!”

  “What’s going on in there? ”the father asked

“There are 14 of  us  42  43  33,Dad. We’re scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful you are here. When the building collapsed, it made  44  , and it saved us.”

“Come out , boy!”

“No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, 45 I know you’ll get me! No matter what happens, I know you’ll always be there for me!”

1.A. only discovering      B. only to discover  C. only realizing         D. only to realize.

2. A. as flat as a pancake                B. as high as a mountain

C. as strong as an ox                                            D. as weak as a kitten

3.A. memorized          B. forgot        C. kept           D. remembered

4.A. what               B. that                    C. which                 D. who

5.A. fill                B. fill in                            C. come                  D. burst

6.A. picture         B. promise   C. present                 D. encourage

7.A. digging       B. digging through   C. digging out             D. digging into

8.A. to say     B. said   C. and saying             D. saying

9.A. Come out      B. Come again   C. Come on               D. Come off

10.A. one word     B. one sound   C.one row                D. one line

11.A. for himself      B. of himself   C. by himself             D. to himself

12.A. live         B. living   C. alive                  D. lively

13. A. 38           B. the 38   C. 38^th                   D. the 38^th

14.A. sound       B. voice   C. noise                  D. tone

15.A will save       B. would  save   C. save          D. would have saved

16.A.if           B. because  C. even if                  D. though

17.A. remained        B. missing  C. left                    D. gone

18.A. for            B. behind   C. out of                 D. over

19.A. a promise        B. space   C. room                 D. a triangle

20.A. because        B. though   C. when                 D. even though

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Smoking not only can wrinkle(起皱纹) the face and turn it yellow -- it can do the same to the whole body, researchers reported on Monday.

The study, published in the Archives of Dermatology, shows that smoking affects the skin all over the body -- even skin protected from the sun.

"We examined non-facial skin that was protected from the sun, and found that the total number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day and the total years a person has smoked were linked with the amount of skin damage a person experienced," Dr. Yolanda Helfrich of the University of Michigan, who led the study, said in a statement.

"In participants older than 65 years, smokers had significantly more fine wrinkling than nonsmokers. Similar findings were seen in participants aged 45 to 65 years," Helfrich's team added in their report.

The researchers tested 82 people, smokers and nonsmokers, taking pictures of the inner right arms. They ranged in age from 22 to 91 and half were smokers. Independent judges decided how wrinkled each person's skin was.

When skin is exposed to sunlight, notably（尤其）the face, it becomes coarse, wrinkled and discolored with a pale yellow tint, Helfrich's team wrote.

Several previous studies have found that cigarette smoking contributes to premature（过早的）skin aging as measured by facial wrinkles, the study said, but little has been done to measure the aging of skin not exposed to light.

The report did not discuss the mechanism involved but previous research has found that cigarette smoke, among other things, causes blood vessels（血管）beneath the skin to constrict（紧缩）, reducing blood supply to the skin.

Smoking can also damage the connective tissue (组织)that supports both the skin and the internal organs.

1.The best title for this passage would be_______.

A．The danger of smoking                   B．Smoking causes skin aging

C．Quit smoking for health                   D．A survey of smokers

2.It can be inferred from the study _______ .

A．smoking won’t make skin protected from the sun

B．smoking will do damage to skin rather than other organs

C．smokers over 65 usually won’t worry about their skin

D．the age of smokers is not connected with the result of the test

3. From the passage smoking results in skin aging mainly because_____.

A．it will lower blood supply to skin            B．it can make you feel tired

C．it can make skin come off                 D．it can make blood run faster

4.The main purpose of the passage is to ______.

A．inform people about the result of the study

B．advise people how to protect skin

C．warn people not to smoke again

D．introduce a new way of avoiding skin aging

---I think we should buy a car so that it will be convenient for us to go to work.
---______, but do you think we have so much money ?