(2013·高考山东卷)The room is empty except for a bookshelf ________ in one corner.

A．standing?? B．to stand

C．stands? D．stood

“Billy! It is February 25, 2099, seven o’clock. Time to   1   and go to school.” said the clock-robot   2   a mental voice. Then the kitchen-robot gave him toast and eggs. Billy was   3  . While he was eating, the whole wall  4   a TV screen and Billy thought that it was great having robots to do   5   for him. Billy ate his meal watching a TV  6  . When he finished eating, the   7   gave him his clothes very fast and   8   him. Then Billy went off to school.

When Billy went outside, he saw a car with no   9   waiting for him. The car said, “Hello, I will be   10   you to school every day. Now would you please   11   your school ID card?” said the car. So Billy showed the car his school ID card and got in. The   12   began to talk to Billy about his school and his schoolwork. After that the car said, “I will   13   your homework today   14   you will have a very, very important lesson to   15   in school today. Please put your homework on the blackboard.” Billy did so.

The car checked Billy’s homework and then said, “You are a(n)   16   student. All of your homework is   17  .” When they   18   the school, Billy said to the car, “Goodbye. See you later.” The car said to Billy, “Good luck in your school.” Billy got into the classroom and   19   his seat at the front of the room. Then his teacher came in and said, “Welcome, children! Today we will have a hard but   20   lesson — ‘How do robots help a human being?’...” 

1. A. get up                 B. show up          C. take up           D. dress up

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

3. A. angry              B. amazed         C. worried       D. quick

4. A. changed for               B. became of      C. looked like      D. turned into

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

6. A. show                         B. screen            C. set              D. box

7. A. driver-robot              B. clock-robot     C. kitchen-robot   D. clothes-robot

8. A. dressed                     B. cleaned       C. pushed        D. pleased

9. A. teacher                      B. student          C. robot           D. driver

10. A. driving                                               B. accommodating  

      C. loading                                               D. holding

11. A. give                      B. show             C. send            D. lend

12. A. teacher                    B. driver           C. robot           D. car

13. A. check                    B. prepare          C. inspect          D. do

14. A. if                              B. when             C. but             D. because

15. A. miss                      B. learn             C. study            D. check

16. A. energetic                  B. optimistic        C. great            D. handsome

17. A. easy                            B. difficult                 C. correct          D. wrong

18. A. rushed in                     B. got to          C. turned to      D. left off

19. A. took                  B. found         C. made         D. kept

20. A. easy                   B. important      C. boring       D. influential

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s   1. filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so   2.  that I decided to write an article about her.

I   3.  Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She   4.  and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I   5.  I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there   6. , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that   7.  Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The   8.  was almost unbearable. I struggled for days   9.  draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn’t take long. My manuscript   10. . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I   11.  in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t   12.  the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While   13.  my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in   14. :

Ms. Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some more relevant materials. Please   15.  those and return the article immediately. We would like to   16.  your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to   17. . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and the chance of having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of   18.  writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer.   19.  this experience, I’ve learned a very important lesson: You can’t   20.  to doubt yourself.

21.               A．voice          B．joy            C．smile D．speech

22.               A．proud          B．moved         C．satisfied   D．active

23.               A．visited         B．emailed        C．interviewed    D．phoned

24.               A．refused        B．agreed         C．hesitated  D．paused

25.               A．explained       B．discovered      C．knew D．replied

26.               A．seriously       B．nervously       C．patiently   D．quietly

27.               A．fooling         B．blaming        C．inviting    D．urging

28.               A．hardship        B．failure         C．comment  D．pressure

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

30.               A．disappeared     B．improved       C．spread    D．returned

31.               A．compare       B．survive         C．compete  D．struggle

32.               A．face           B．deliver         C．ignore D．receive

33.               A．decorating      B．repairing       C．leaving    D．cleaning

34.               A．anxiety         B．disbelief        C．horror    D．trouble

35.               A．increase        B．replace         C．add  D．mix

36.               A．broadcast       B．create         C．assess D．publish

37.               A．concentrate     B．prepare        C．escape    D．recover

38.               A．energetic       B．enjoyable       C．typical D．endless

39.               A．Holding on to    B．Dating back to    C．Looking back on D．Dropping in on

40.               A．afford          B．attempt        C．expect    D．pretend

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.
When my three children were young, my husband, Roy, and I were very 【小题1】.
“Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky  【小题2】. “Please.”
I had said no so many times in the 【小题3】 months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could wait. To her 【小题4】, I agreed.
I prepared a few sandwiches and 【小题5】a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy
【小题6】. My eleven-year-old twin sons put the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some 【小题7】 time together as a family.
About the time I got the lunch 【小题8】out on the table, Roy arrived on the 【小题9】.
That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with
【小题10】. We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school 【小题11】for so many months. Roy and the boys 【小题12】rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly on the picnic table, 【小题13】 God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.
That night as our 【小题14】 went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and realized what a wonderful life I had.
As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest 【小题15】 could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you 【小题16】.
Even though the kids have now grown up and 【小题17】from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.
Maybe today would be a good time to 【小题18】 potato salad, call all of my grown kids, feed some hungry    【小题19】and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a 【小题20】.

【小题31】

A．orders B．charges C．activity D．responsibilities

完形填空（每题1分，共20分）
All 34 of my students I taught at Saint Mary’s School in Morris，Minnesota were dear to me，but Mark was one in a million. His happy­to­be­alive attitude made even his occasional naughtiness_16_.
Mark 17consantly in class. I had to remind him again and again that talking without permission was18 What 19 me so much，though，was his sincere response every time I had to_20_him for misbehaving, “Thank you for correcting me，Madam！” I didn’t know what to make of it at first，but before long I became_21_hearing it many times a day.
One morning my_22_was growing thin when Mark talked once too often.I_23_Mark. “If you say one more word，I am going to tape your mouth shut！”
It wasn’t ten seconds later_24_Chuck blurted out，“Mark is talking again.” I hadn’t asked any of the students to help me_25_Mark，but since I had stated the_26_in front of the class，I had to act on it.
Taking out a roll of masking tape from the drawer of my desk，I_27_to Mark’s desk，_28_two pieces of tape and made a big X with them over his_29_.I then returned to the_30_of the room.
As I glanced at Mark to see how he was doing，he winked at me naughtily. That he did so funnily！I started_31_.The entire class_32_as I walked back to Mark’s desk，_33_the tape，and shrugged my shoulders. His first_34_were，“Thank you for correcting me, Madam！”
Several years passed until one cold rainy day when my father_35_the news to me that Mark was killed in Vietnam war，I broke down and cried in my heart，“Mark, I would give all the masking tape in the world if only you could talk to me！”