43．A．funny　　　　　　　　　　 B．ridiculous　　　　　　　　　　 C．serious　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．careful

42．A．rose up　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．made up　　　　　　　　　　　 C．showed up 　　　　　　　　 D．held up

41．A．followed　　　　　　　　　　　 B．continued 　　　　　　　　　 C．raised　　　　　　　　　 　　 D．happened

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

答案　 36-40　ACBAD　41-45　CBACD　46-50　DABCB　51-55　CADCB

[09年12月更新]

Passage 29

(湖北省部分重点中学2009届高三第二次联考)

“Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?” I asked the aging German professor of Greek culture and history．The usual laughter　 41　　 ，and people stirred(搅动)to go．

Papaderos　 42　 his hand, stilled the room，and looked at me lot a long time．Asking with his eyes if I was　 43　 and seeing from my eyes that I was．

“I will answer your question．”Taking his　　 44　 out of his pocket，he brought out a very． small　 45　 mirror，about the size of a quarter．And what he said went like this．“When I was a small child，during the war, we were very poor and we 　　46　　 in a remote village．One day, on the road．I found the　 47　 piece of a mirror．A German motorcycle had been wrecked(破坏)in that place．”

“I tried to find all the pieces and 　48　 them together, but it was not possible，so I kept only the largest piece．this one．And by scratching it on a stone I　 49　 it round．And I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could　 50　 light into dark places where the sun would　 51　 ．shine-in deep holes，crevices(裂缝)and dark clothes．It became a game for me to get light into the most 　52　 places I could find．”

“I kept the little mirror, and as I grew up，I　 53　 take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game．As I became a man，I　 54　 to understand that this was not　　 55

a child’s game but a metaphor(象征)for what I might do with my life．I understood that I am not the light or the　 56　 of light．But light-truth．understanding．knowledge--is there。and it will　 57　 in many dark places if I reflect it．”

　“I am a fragment(碎片)of a mirror whose design and shape I do not know．　 58　 ，with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world--into the black places in the　 59　 of men-and change some things in some people．Perhaps others may see and do likewise．This is what I am about．This is the 　　60　 of my life．”

54．A．coming on　　 　　　　　 B．going through　　 　　 C．going on 　　　　　　　　　　 D．coming by

53．A．pays　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B．pub　　 　　　　　　　　　　　 C．breaks　　 　　　　　　　　 D．takes

52．A．hunting　　 　　　　　　　　 B．meeting　　 　　　　　　　 C．knowing　　 　　　　　　　 D．harming

51．A．cheap　　 　　　　　　　　　 B．hard　　 　　　　　　　　　　 C．easy 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．brave

50．A．possible　　 　　　　　　　 B．important　　 　　　　　 C．adventurous　　　　　　　　 D．likely

49．A．and　　 　　　　　　　　　　　 B．so　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．but 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．then