In 1934, a bronze statue (青铜塑像) of a dog called Hachiko was set up at the Shibuya Train Station in Tokyo, Japan. Everyone will be   36   by the following story of the dog.

   Hachiko was born in 1923 and was   37   by Eisaburo Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department   38   the University of Tokyo. The professor used to take a   39   from the Shibuya Station every day to go to the university. Each day Hachiko   40   with the professor to the train station when he left for   41  . Upon returning, the professor would find the dog   42    waiting for his master (主人) and wagging (摇摆) his tail.

   This happy habit   43   until one terrible day in 1925, when the   44   was taken ill on the job and unfortunately   45   before he could return home.   46  , the dog waited at the train station that day for his master to return home. However,   47   that he wasn’t coming back, Hachiko waited till   48   fell and returned home.

   The   49   day Hachiko went back to the train station again,   50   for his master to come back. He patiently waited till sunset and then   51   home. The dog was so devoted (忠诚的) to the professor that he continued to   52   the train station every day for the next 10 years! People who   53   the devoted dog each day were so touched by his   54   that they built a statue in his honor in 1934.

   In 1935, Hachiko died at the very   55   place where he used to wait for his master.

36. A. paid                  B. refused                  C. moved                           D. amazed

37. A. treated                    B. owned                   C. stopped                  D. killed

38. A. for                           B. on                         C. near                        D. at

39. A. train                 B. plane                     C. taxi                         D. boat

40. A. stayed up         B. went along            C. looked around        D. ran away

41. A. work                 B. school                   C. money                           D. home

42. A. hardly               B. suddenly                      C. patiently                 D. recently

43. A. changed                   B. appeared                      C. happened               D. continued

44. A. dog                   B. professor                      C. worker                           D. student

45. A. died                  B. slept                     C. lost                         D. awoke

46. A. For example             B. In turn                  C. As usual                  D. At present

47. A. saying               B. seeing                  C. forgetting               D. repeating

48. A. rain                   B. snow                    C. light                        D. night

49. A. next                  B. other                    C. last                         D. first

50. A. standing           B. looking                        C. waiting                   D. asking

51. A. found                B. returned                      C. left                         D. missed

52. A. catch                B. clean                    C. watch                            D. visit

53. A. passed                     B. bought                         C. kept                        D. discovered

54. A. life                           B. lesson                   C. joke                        D. story

55. A. different           B. strange                        C. same                       D. beautiful

In 1934, a bronze statue (青铜塑像) of a dog called Hachiko was set up at the Shibuya Train Station in Tokyo, Japan. Everyone will be   36   by the following story of the dog.

   Hachiko was born in 1923 and was   37   by Eisaburo Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department   38   the University of Tokyo. The professor used to take a   39   from the Shibuya Station every day to go to the university. Each day Hachiko   40   with the professor to the train station when he left for   41  . Upon returning, the professor would find the dog   42    waiting for his master (主人) and wagging (摇摆) his tail.

   This happy habit   43   until one terrible day in 1925, when the   44   was taken ill on the job and unfortunately   45   before he could return home.   46  , the dog waited at the train station that day for his master to return home. However,   47   that he wasn’t coming back, Hachiko waited till   48   fell and returned home.

   The   49   day Hachiko went back to the train station again,   50   for his master to come back. He patiently waited till sunset and then   51   home. The dog was so devoted (忠诚的) to the professor that he continued to   52   the train station every day for the next 10 years! People who   53   the devoted dog each day were so touched by his   54   that they built a statue in his honor in 1934.

   In 1935, Hachiko died at the very   55   place where he used to wait for his master.

36. A. paid                  B. refused                  C. moved                           D. amazed

37. A. treated                    B. owned                   C. stopped                  D. killed

38. A. for                           B. on                         C. near                        D. at

39. A. train                 B. plane                     C. taxi                         D. boat

40. A. stayed up         B. went along            C. looked around        D. ran away

41. A. work                 B. school                   C. money                           D. home

42. A. hardly               B. suddenly                      C. patiently                 D. recently

43. A. changed                   B. appeared                      C. happened               D. continued

44. A. dog                   B. professor                      C. worker                           D. student

45. A. died                  B. slept                     C. lost                         D. awoke

46. A. For example             B. In turn                  C. As usual                  D. At present

47. A. saying               B. seeing                  C. forgetting               D. repeating

48. A. rain                   B. snow                    C. light                        D. night

49. A. next                  B. other                    C. last                         D. first

50. A. standing           B. looking                        C. waiting                   D. asking

51. A. found                B. returned                      C. left                         D. missed

52. A. catch                B. clean                    C. watch                            D. visit

53. A. passed                     B. bought                         C. kept                        D. discovered

54. A. life                           B. lesson                   C. joke                        D. story

55. A. different           B. strange                        C. same                       D. beautiful

I will never forget the two impressive things that happened last winter. One of my classmates and I were   36   our project work late at night on my university's campus far from home.  Since there was   37   in the forecast, I had worn a winter   38   to school that day with a raincoat in my bag.

Throughout our work on the project, I could   39   that my friend was tired from a very long day working.  As we stepped outside to begin the   40   walk home, I   41   she was shivering(颤抖).  The temperature had dropped to the low thirties (Fahrenheit) and she   42   had a sweater on. I   43   offered her my warm jacket. She accepted it and asked me what I   44   wear then.  I told her I had another one and pretended that my   45   was a jacket.  She said later that she   46   the next morning and the first thing on her mind was feeling moved about my   47   of the jacket.

Coincidentally(碰巧), the next day I went to an open-air play and I was freezing   48   I didn’t expect it to be so   49  .  A person who I hardly   50   insisted that I wear his jacket.  I was   51   touched by this warm gesture.  He was so matter-of-fact(讲究实际的) about me   52   his coat, too:  he simply took it off and handed it to me telling me that I should   53   it. I used to think that this vast universe was a cold   54  .  It turns out that even when the temperature drops low, the people never   55   to warm each other's hearts.

1.A. starting       B. destroying        C. showing           D. doing

2.A. rain          B. fog              C. snow             D. cloud

3.A. suit          B. jacket            C. cap               D. coat

4.A. think         B. guess            C. see               D. check

5.A. easy         B. short             C. safe              D. long

6.A. heard        B. believed          C. noticed            D. expected

7.A. bravely       B. nearly           C. only               D. usually

8.A. suddenly      B. immediately      C. madly             D. calmly

9.A. would        B. could            C. should             D. might

10.A. blouse        B. sweater          C. dress              D. raincoat

11.A. ran away      B. woke up         C. fell ill              D. got hurt

12.A. sale          B. size             C. color              D. offer

13.A. though        B. until            C. since              D. if

14.A. warm         B. cold            C. sunny             D. dark

15.A. knew         B. mattered         C. loved              D. blamed

16.A. deeply        B. wrongly         C. finally             D. firmly

17.A. envying       B. watching        C. holding             D. wearing

18.A. keep          B. buy             C. borrow            D. throw

19.A. environment    B. place           C. wind               D. situation

20.A. deny          B. agree           C. help               D. stop

happened towards evening, when I was resting in a cafe. I   36 a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then  37  came to me.

He was in an unfit shirt,  38  pale and weak. He looked about eleven or twelve. No sooner39  begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He bent down, 40 my leather shoes, and began to shine them.

He was concentrating on his job when heavy rain began to pour 41 . People rushed into the cafe for protection from the  42 . More and more people crowded in and gradually 43  the boy from me.

Hours passed, and 44 turned dark. I had no shoes on my feet and wondered 45  the boy had been. I thought he would not  46  my leather shoes, and I would have to walk back home on  47  in the night.

When it was near midnight the rain  48 , people started to go out. The cafe  49  closed. I had to move to the door. I was surprised to see the boy sleeping on the floor with his head leaning  50  a box. He held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.

I  51   him slightly and woke him up. He jumped up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he 52 me. Then he opened the   53   hurriedly, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly.

I paid him and wrapped around him his unfit shirt, which  54  my leather shoes. After saying goodbye to the boy, I was  55  home, with the image of the boy stay in my mind.

A. put on            B. dressed              C. wore                          D. wore out

A. a boy             B. a woman              C. a girl                      D. an old man

A. looked            B. look                         C. to look                     D. looking

A. had I              B. I had                C. I did                        D. did I

A. taking up B. took off                   C. taking off          D. took on

A. in                  B. down          C. on                         D. up

A. wind              B. snow                        C. rain                         D. fire

A. separated B. connected          C. joined               D. divided

A. this         B. that                          C. it                      D. what

A. there              B. where               C. how                         D. what

A. polish             B. clean                 C. turn                         D.return

A. feet  B. my foot             C. my bare feet    D. my own foot

A. started            B. began                C. ended          D. came

A. was         B. was to be           C. had been           D. has been

A. against           B. with                         C. under                D. over

A. cover             B. shook                C. grasped        D. caught

A. thanked          B. made out   C. recognized      D. passed

A. wallet           B. arms     C. shoes    D. package

A. was wrapping B. was wrapped C. had wrapped D. wrapped

A. on the way to B. on a way     C. on my way D. in my way

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia(费城). Trying to get out of the   36  , the couple went to the front desk hoping to  37 for the night.
“Could you   38   give us a room here?” the husband asked.
The waiter, a   39   man with a big smile, looked at the couple and   40   that three conventions(大会) would be held in the town and lots of visitors had come here.
“All of our   41   are taken,” the waiter said. “But I can’t send a   42   couple like you 43   into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning , what’s more, it’s raining hard outside . Would you please be   44   to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite（套房）, but it will be good enough to make you   45   for the night.”
The couple said “ no” politely.
“Don’t   46   me. It is just fine with me,” the waiter told them. They agreed and thanked the waiter later.
The next morning, the elderly man said to the waiter, “You are so __47__ a manager that I think you should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build   48   for you….” The three of them had a good laugh and the couple then left.
Two years passed. The waiter had almost forgotten it   49   he received a letter from the old man. It recalled that stormy night and a round-trip   50   to New York was in the letter ,too, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and   51  him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He then pointed to a great new   52   there, a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to   53  .”
“You must be   54  ,” the young man said.
“Of course not,” said the old man. In fact, the name of   55  was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent building was the famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young waiter, George C. Boldt became its first manager.
36. A. rain B. sun C. snow D. hunger
37. A. leave    B. work C. stay D. play
38. A. surely   B. possibly C. really   D. freely
39. A. lazy B. bored    C. nervous  D. friendly
40. A. shouted  B. explained    C. believed D. agreed
41. A. hotels   B. desks    C. streets  D. rooms
42. A. nice B. famous   C. rich D. poor
43. A. beyond   B. out  C. up   D. under
44. A. kind B. willing  C. good D. generous
45. A. enjoyable    B. careful  C. hopeful  D. comfortable
46. A. worry about  B. take care of C. make use of  D. carry out
47. A. bad  B. interesting       C. kind            D. confident
48. A. one  B. it   C. them D. those
49. A. after    B. as soon as   C. while    D. when
50. A. ticket   B. bill C. check    D. picture
51. A. led  B. told C. treated  D. invited
52. A. building B. car  C. bedroom  D. place
53. A. live B. sell C. manage   D. rent
54. A. lying    B. joking   C. dreaming D. cheating
55. A. the building     B. the waiter   C. the man  D. the manager