第三节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
The Colors of Friendship
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. Green said, “Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would  21  .”
Blue interrupted, “You only think about the  22  , but consider the sky and the sea.
23   the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. Without my peace, you would all be  24  .”
Yellow chuckled (笑道), “You are all so serious. I bring laughter, fun, and   25  into the world.”
Orange started next to blow her trumpet, “I am the color of health and strength. I may be  26  , but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. When I fill the sky      27  , my beauty is so striking that no one gives another  28  to any of you.”
Red could stand it  29   and he shouted out, “I am the ruler of all of you. I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to  30  truth. I am also the color of passion and of love.”
Then came Purple and Indigo (深蓝) …
The colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own  31 . Their quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder. Rain started to pour down  32  . The colors crouched (蜷缩) down  33  , drawing close to one another for comfort.
In the midst of the clamor (叫嚷), rain began to speak, “You foolish colors, fighting  34  yourselves, each trying to dominate _35_. Don’t you know that you were each made for a special purpose, _36_? Join hands with _37_ and come to me.”
Doing as they were told, the colors _38_ and joined hands. They formed a colorful rainbow. From then on, whenever a good rain _39_ the world, a rainbow appears in the sky. They remember to _40_ one another.
21. A. stay             B. leave             C. go out      D. die
22. A. earth           B. moon            C. star          D. sun
23. A. That is         B. I am             C. It is         D. This is
24. A. anything         B. nothing            C. something    D. everything
25. A. warmth         B. sadness             C. depression    D. anxiety
26. A. usual           B. normal                 C. common      D. scarce
27. A. at midnight      B. at noon or at night  C. at sunrise or sunset   D. during the day
28. A. gift             B. honor            C. thought     D. respect
29. A. for more         B. any more          C. very much    D. no longer
30. A. turn to         B. fight for           C. struggle with       D. bend over
31. A. superiority      B. disadvantages       C. inferiority   D. weakness
32. A. gently          B. quietly             C. violently      D. peacefully
33. A. with care       B. in fear            C. by chance     D. on purpose
34. A. among            B. by                C. for              D. against
35. A. others          B . themselves        C. the other      D. the rest
36. A. equal and simple  B. ordinary and similar C. more or less D.unique and different 
37. A. each other       B. me                C. one another  D. them
38. A. combined        B. separated          C. united      D. divided
39. A. cleans          B. washes             C. brightens      D. dampens
40. A. appreciate       B. quarrel with         C. ignore      D. praise

第三节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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。
Laughter and tears are part of living. But do you find enough time for laughter? I am not asking if you  21  lost of good times.   22  we should laugh during the happy times. But do you also laugh during the  23  times?
Eram Bombeck is known for her humorous books, but she wrote one that  24  a more serious topic:  25 in children. Erma talks with many children with cancer and learns  26  life lessons from them. She learns, for instance, that cancer survivors know how to  27  .
She   28  the experience of 15-year-old Jessica from Burlinton. Jessica’s leg was cut off at the knee because of cancer. She was learning to  29  a prosthesis（假肢）. Jessica tells about playing  30  . She kicked the ball  31 and it flew off in one  32  while her artificial leg flew into another. She fell on the  33  and laughed.
Jessica may not have laughed about her cancer, but she laughed about handling the  34  of it. And her laughter helped her a deal.
There is the story of 17-year-old Betsy. She   35  her way to the radiation room for her regular radiation therapy（化疗）. As   36  , she dropped her hospital gown and, wearing only her birthday suit,  37 onto the table and waited. The extra people in the room were not the medical students she had thought, but   38 painters giving an estimate on painting! Betsy laughed heartily about the incident. And like Jessica, her  39  to laugh helped her to deal with one of the most difficult thing a young person can endure-cancer.
Do you find plenty of  40  for laughter? You can…if you also find reasons to laugh during the especially difficult times.
Survivors know how to laugh. If you can laugh even when the going is rough, you’ll make it. And you’ll smile at the end.
21．A．lose      B．miss         C．experience       D．laugh
22．A．Of course B．In addition       C．At first     D．First of all
23．A．ordinary   B．difficult       C．pleasant    D．usual
24．A．connected B．reported       C．referred    D．covered
25．A．cancer      B．disability     C．illness       D．laughter
26．A．serious     B．important     C．careful      D．thoughtful
27．A．cry       B．shout         C．laugh     D．face
28．A．describes  B．learns          C．keeps     D．imagines
29．A．put       B．have         C．wear     D．make
30．A．basketball B．badminton          C．volleyball D．soccer
31．A．gently      B．hard         C．slightly     D．Straightly
32．A．way     B．method        C．direction   D．point
33．A．floor     B．table         C．chair     D．bed
34．A．causes      B．results         C．process     D．ends
35．A．fought      B．took         C．made     D．pushed
36．A．common   B．often         C．before      D．usual
37．A．climbed    B．lay           C．jumped     D．sat
38．A．also      B．rather              C．already     D．almost
39．A．strengh     B．willingness       C．ability      D．confidence
40．A．times     B．places          C．days     D．Moments

第三节  完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。

  A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A  21  friend is someone who stays with you for life”. 22 teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily  23.

  It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place  24 enough for true friendship to develop. However, there can be  25 disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.

  To most of us, friendships are considered very important,  26  we need to have it clear in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or  27  at arm’s length? Do we want to    28 ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are  29  enough. And that’s all right. But at some  30  we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations. The sharing of personal experience including our tears as well as our dark  31  is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must  32 slowly and carried on only if there are  33  of interest and action in return.

  What are some of the  34  of our friendship? The greatest is to  35  too much too soon. Deep relationships  36  time. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to think one “possesses” the other, including his time and attention.  37 , friendships require actions in return. In other words, you must  38  as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend 39  time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die  40  .

21. A. true                   B. fair-weather                    C. school                     D. useful

22. A. Knowledge         B. Experience                     C. Hardship                 D. Schooling

23. A. understood         B. formed                           C. realized                   D. produced

24. A. certain                      B. patiently                         C. long                        D. fortunately

25. A. some                 B. any                                C. great                       D. no

26. A. but                    B. and                                C. or                           D. while

27. A. remained            B. left                                C. kept                        D. stayed

28. A. hide                   B. deepen                           C. strengthen                D. share

29. A. quite                  B. not                                 C. less                         D. very

30. A. degree                      B. point                              C. places                      D. length

31. A. clothes                      B. clouds                            C. dreams                    D. letters

32. A. be undertaking                                              B. have been undertaking    

C. have been undertaken                                          D. be undertaken

33. A. marks                B. signs                              C. sciences                   D. sights

34. A. disadvantages     B. differences                      C. difficulties                      D. requirements

35. A. expect                B. pull out                          Ｃ.command                D. develop

36. A. waste                 B. spend                             C. kill                         D. take

37. A. Similarly           B. Differently                     C. Strangely                 D. Surprisingly

38. A. give                   B. possess                           C. act                          D. walk

39. A. considerate         B. wonderful                       C. reasonable                      D. comfortable

40. A. down                 B. away                              C. out                          D. off

第三节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

James’s New Bicycle

James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully  26  the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90!  27   on earth was he going to get the  28  of the money?

He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was  29  to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no  30  asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to  31  .

There was only one way to get money, and that was to  32  it. He would have to find a job.  33   who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had  34  on most things.

“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”

That was the  35  of James’s odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the   36   of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the  37  of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the   38  increased and he knew that he would soon have   39   for the bicycle he longed for.

The day   40  came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He   41  no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode   42  home, hoping to show his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard   43   for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more   44   he had bought it with his own money. He had   45  what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.

26. A. cleaned    B. covered       C. counted        D. checked

27. A. How        B. Why              C. Who             D. What

28. A. amount     B. part               C. sum               D. rest

29. A. brave       B. hard              C. smart              D. unfair

30. A. point          B. reason            C. result             D. right

31. A. cost          B. spend             C. spare             D. save

32. A. borrow      B. earn               C. raise               D. collect

33. A. Or           B. So                 C. For                D. But

34. A. decisions   B. experience      C. opinions         D. knowledge

35. A. beginning  B. introduction   C. requirement    D. opening

36. A. similarity  B. quality           C. ability            D. variety

37. A. brand       B. number           C. size               D. type

38. A. effort       B. pressure          C. money            D. trouble

39. A. all            B. enough          C. much             D. some

40. A. finally       B. immediately    C. normally         D. regularly

41. A. gave         B. left                       C. took               D. wasted

42. A. patiently    B. proudly          C. silently          D. tiredly

43. A. applying   B. asking            C. looking          D. working

44. A. since         B. if                  C. than               D. though

45. A. deserved    B. arrived           C. achieved         D. learned

第三节  完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。

  A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A  21  friend is someone who stays with you for life”. 22 teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily  23.

  It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place  24 enough for true friendship to develop. However, there can be  25 disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.

  To most of us, friendships are considered very important,  26  we need to have it clear in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or  27  at arm’s length? Do we want to    28 ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are  29  enough. And that’s all right. But at some  30  we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations. The sharing of personal experience including our tears as well as our dark  31  is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must  32 slowly and carried on only if there are  33  of interest and action in return.

  What are some of the  34  of our friendship? The greatest is to  35  too much too soon. Deep relationships  36  time. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to think one “possesses” the other, including his time and attention.  37 , friendships require actions in return. In other words, you must  38  as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend 39  time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die  40  .

21. A. true                   B. fair-weather                    C. school                     D. useful

22. A. Knowledge         B. Experience                     C. Hardship                 D. Schooling

23. A. understood         B. formed                           C. realized                   D. produced

24. A. certain                      B. patiently                         C. long                        D. fortunately

25. A. some                 B. any                                C. great                       D. no

26. A. but                    B. and                               C. or                           D. while

27. A. remained            B. left                                C. kept                        D. stayed

28. A. hide                   B. deepen                           C. strengthen                D. share

29. A. quite                  B. not                                 C. less                         D. very

30. A. degree                      B. point                              C. places                      D. length

31. A. clothes                      B. clouds                            C. dreams                    D. letters

32. A. be undertaking                                              B. have been undertaking    

C. have been undertaken                                          D. be undertaken

33. A. marks                B. signs                              C. sciences                   D. sights

34. A. disadvantages     B. differences                      C. difficulties                      D. requirements

35. A. expect                B. pull out                          Ｃ.command                D. develop

36. A. waste                 B. spend                             C. kill                         D. take

37. A. Similarly           B. Differently                     C. Strangely                 D. Surprisingly

38. A. give                   B. possess                           C. act                          D. walk

39. A. considerate         B. wonderful                       C. reasonable                      D. comfortable

40. A. down                 B. away                              C. out                          D. off