第三节 完形填空（共20小题，计分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21￣40各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

    Louise was 72 years old and she lived by herself．The first thing she noticed when she came downstairs that Sunday morning was that her  21  window was open. In fact，it was so wide open that she had  22  closing it．Then she realized that things were not in their proper    23  ．Finally，when she found her empty  24  on the kitchen table，she realized the awful   25 ．At first, she didn’t know what to do．Then she decided to  26  her son，Derek．

    Derek’s wife Sybil answered the phone，“It's your mother，”she  27   him coldly．Louise told Derek about the open window，about things being in the wrong places and about the  28  missing from her purse．

    “All right，”said Derek，“Don’t  29  anything．I'll be  30  in half an hour.”

     Louise  31   and made herself a pot of tea and some toast．Then she went from room to room wondering  32  anything else was missing．

    When Derek arrived，he was content to  33  her looking so calm．“Have you rung the  34    ?”he asked.“No? Then I’ll do that straight away．”So he rang the police．

    As it was Sunday，  35  the only detectives were out．However，the police were polite，but vague(含糊的)．“We’ll send  36  round as soon as possible，”they said.

    Derek telephoned his wife．“I'm not sure when I'll be home，love．”he told her,“I’ve got to  37  for the police．”While Derek and his mother waited，Derek  38  the catches(挂钩) on the windows and locks on the doors．All of them were old and some of the catches hardly  39  at all．Derek felt   40 ．His mother was an old woman，after all．“I'll have to change all these，”he told her．

 21．A．kitchen   　　  B．bedroom   　 C．washroom　　　    D．bathroom

 22．A．strength   　　 B．trouble   　　 C．reason 　　　 　   D．puzzle

 23．A．positions   　　B．situations   　 C．directions 　 　     D．places

 24．A．purse          B．vase          C．pot              D．envelope

 25．A．mistake        B．message       C．news             D．truth

 26．A．visit           B．ask           C．ring             D．punish

 27．A．invited         B．informed      C．stated            D．scolded

 28．A．money         B．coin          C．note             D．bill

 29．A．say            B．move         C．touch            D．prepare

 30．A．round          B．here          C．off               D．away

 31．A．sighed         B．relaxed        C．whispered         D．hurried

 32．A．how           B．why          C．if                D．where

 33．A．realize         B．find          C．know             D．sense

 34．A．hospital        B．neighbour       C．police             D．friend

 35．A．generally       B．luckily         C．considerably        D．unfortunately

 36．A．someone       B．anyone          C．everyone           D．none

 37．A．hope          B．ask             C．wait               D．call

 38．A．tested         B．repaired          C．fixed              D．examined

 39．A．locked        B．worked           C．helped             D．opened

 40．A．excited        B．silly             C．worried            D．guilty

第三节 完形填空（共20小题，计分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21￣40各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

    Louise was 72 years old and she lived by herself．The first thing she noticed when she came downstairs that Sunday morning was that her  21  window was open. In fact，it was so wide open that she had  22  closing it．Then she realized that things were not in their proper    23  ．Finally，when she found her empty  24  on the kitchen table，she realized the awful   25 ．At first, she didn’t know what to do．Then she decided to  26  her son，Derek．

    Derek’s wife Sybil answered the phone，“It's your mother，”she  27   him coldly．Louise told Derek about the open window，about things being in the wrong places and about the  28  missing from her purse．

    “All right，”said Derek，“Don’t  29  anything．I'll be  30  in half an hour.”

     Louise  31   and made herself a pot of tea and some toast．Then she went from room to room wondering  32  anything else was missing．

    When Derek arrived，he was content to  33  her looking so calm．“Have you rung the  34    ?”he asked.“No? Then I’ll do that straight away．”So he rang the police．

    As it was Sunday，  35  the only detectives were out．However，the police were polite，but vague(含糊的)．“We’ll send  36  round as soon as possible，”they said.

    Derek telephoned his wife．“I'm not sure when I'll be home，love．”he told her,“I’ve got to  37  for the police．”While Derek and his mother waited，Derek  38  the catches(挂钩) on the windows and locks on the doors．All of them were old and some of the catches hardly  39  at all．Derek felt   40 ．His mother was an old woman，after all．“I'll have to change all these，”he told her．

 21．A．kitchen   　　  B．bedroom   　 C．washroom　　　    D．bathroom

 22．A．strength   　　 B．trouble   　　 C．reason 　　　 　   D．puzzle

 23．A．positions   　　B．situations   　 C．directions 　 　     D．Places

 24．A．purse          B．vase          C．pot              D．envelope

 25．A．mistake        B．message       C．news             D．truth

 26．A．visit           B．ask           C．ring             D．punish

 27．A．invited         B．informed      C．stated                   D．scolded

 28．A．money         B．coin          C．note             D．bill

 29．A．say            B．move         C．touch            D．prepare

 30．A．round          B．here          C．off               D．away

 31．A．sighed         B．relaxed        C．whispered         D．hurried

 32．A．how           B．why          C．if                D．where

 33．A．realize         B．find          C．know             D．sense

 34．A．hospital        B．neighbour       C．police             D．friend

 35．A．generally       B．luckily         C．considerably        D．unfortunately

 36．A．someone       B．anyone          C．everyone           D．none

 37．A．hope          B．ask             C．wait               D．call

 38．A．tested         B．repaired          C．fixed              D．examined

 39．A．locked        B．worked           C．helped             D．opened

 40．A．excited        B．silly             C．worried            D．guilty

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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，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

Jane’s mother worked on the farm from dawn till dark, which just could make ends meet. To make Jane live a   21  life，Mother was very careful about spending money.   22   , Jane didn’t understand her. Every day Mother was busy with her  23   while Jane was studying at school, so they had little time to enjoy themselves.  

One day, Mother realized Jane was unhappy and even _ 24__ to her, so she decided to go   25   with Jane to make Jane happy.

On Sunday morning they went happily to the snowfield. Since they were    __26    in white clothes, the manager advised them to buy ski clothes. He said   __27   there was an accident, they might be easily   _28_  in their ski clothes. Mother couldn’t   29   them, so she refused.

Then they went skiing in their white clothes. They were skiing happily on the   30   when suddenly the snowfield began to   31   . It was the snowslide(雪崩). They ran a long way and _  32   the snowslide finally, but they couldn’t find their way. Later, a helicopter was flying above,    33    people on it couldn’t see or hear them. Jane was   34    because she had hurt her head seriously and  _35_   dropped on the snow. Just then an idea struck Mother. She pierced (刺破) her wrist  _36 _  and then bright red blood dropped down on the snowfield. A red SOS was on the snow. At last Jane   37   , but Mother died.

Every time I   38   the blood dropping onto the snowfield, I feel    39  . I believe anyone who hears the tragedy will _  40   Mother for her selfless love to her daughter.

21. A. happy         B. healthy               C. busy               D. meaningful

22. A. Moreover      B. However           C. Anyway            D. Though

23. A. writing           B. housework            C. work               D. research

24. A. unfriendly        B. loyal                C. kind                     D. cruel

25. A. skating            B. dancing              C. hiking            D. skiing

26. A. all            B. both                C. either              D. every

27. A. now that          B. in case                   C. as though            D. even if

28. A. searched          B. examined             C. found               D. caught

29. A. pay              B. manage             C. afford               D. stand

30. A. mountain         B. farmland            C. playground           D. snowfield

31. A. change           B. melt                C. shake                    D. jump

32. A. escaped           B. passed            C. experienced          D. overcame

33. A. but              B. so                   C. since                D. while

34. A. in despair         B. in danger            C. in peace             D. in ruins

35. A. hair             B. blood               C. tears                 D. jewels

36. A. carefully         B. slowly               C. immediately          D. hardly

37. A. cried            B. died                 C. woke             D. survived

38. A. find out          B. think of              C. suffer from        D. come across

39. A. satisfied         B. curious               C. anxious           D. painful

40. A. admire           B. envy                 C. reward                   D. thank

第三节 完形填空(每空1分，共20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
After the war between Britain and France which lasted 7 years, James Cook got married and   21   down in London. For several years, Captain Cook   22   to the east of America   23   he made a map of its  24  ．In 1768 came Cook's   25   for a major expedition. The navy was   26   a plan for an expedition   27   the South Pacific Ocean in   28   of watching a very unusual   29 ， that is the planet Venus   30　　between the earth and the sun in 1769. His   31   hope was to find a new land   32   was thought to be   33   in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.   34   Captain Cook was to be there in charge of this expedition   35   Captain of the ship   36  "Endeavour". It was an old merchant ship just like   37   on which Cook had learnt his seamanship. It was strongly built and had a lot of space   38   for storage. Cook understood there would be a lot of hardship for them, so he got everything   39   it. In this expedition, he had sailed around   40   and up the east coast of Australia, charting(绘制) over 8,000 miles of coastline that had been unknown before.
21. A. set         B. sailed     C. sent      D. settled
22. A. went      B. flew       C. sailed    D. came
23. A. which     B. where     C. that       D. when
24. A. countries    B. coasts     C. cities     D. seas
25. A. chance          B. hope      C. ship      D. expedition
26. A. finding      B. learning     C. doing    D. making
27. A. in              B. to              C. for        D. at
28. A. the hope     B. a view     C. an idea   D. plan
29. A. accident     B. incident      C. matter    D. event
30. A. existing      B. setting     C. passing   D. appearing
31. A. first       B. second          C. third      D. last
32. A. which     B. where     C. what      D. on which
33. A. passing      B. going     C. existing      D. sailing
34. A. but        B. as          C. and        D. for
35. A. of          B. for         C. like       D. as
36. A. which called      B. called  C. call       D. calling
37. A. one        B. it         C. the one       D. what
38. A. down     B. off         C. up         D. away
39. A. full prepared for           B. fully prepared for
C. fully preparing        D. full preparation
40. A. Endland         B. Australia   C. New Zealand      D. Tasmania

第三节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
　    When I was 6 years old, my parents got me a used __21____ for Christmas.
A year or so later, I badly wanted a Sting-Ray, a tricked-out bike that was __22__in the 1960s. So my father took my old bike, slapped a new coat of paint on it, and _23____ it with a banana seat, monkey handlebars and a sissy bar（保护杠）. ___24___didn't matter to me that some friends had new Sting-Rays straight from the Schwinn factory. Or even that my dad put the sissy bar on backward, _25____ exposed me to some teasing（嘲笑） before we _26____ it. I loved that bike.
　　So it was for my __27___. We weren't poor. But we always had modest Christmases. And I _28____ to do the same when I got married 27 years ago.
　　My wife, Clarissa, had different _29____. She, too, had some __30___Christmases growing up. She vividly remembers when she was 14 or 15 years old and her father lost his __31__in the construction industry. She overheard her __32___ talking about how _33___ they were.
　　So when her parents asked her what she wanted that year, she said, 'Nothing.' When her mother insisted she had to get ___34__, Clarissa asked for socks. 'I felt very good about myself afterward,' she recalls.
　　But as her family's finances _35_____, Christmas went back to being a __36__ bigger production. By the time I arrived on the scene, the __37__ family -- more than 20 people -- would gather at her grandmother's house in Mexicali, Mexico, on Christmas Eve. Around 10 p.m., Santa (my future brother-in-law in a costume) showed up with an enormous bag of _38____ and stepped into a roomful of children crying with __39____
　　'It was all about the children,' says Clarissa, who thought the experience was _40___ .And she has spent hundreds of dollars on presents every year to duplicate(重温 )it.
21．A．car             B．bike          C．book           D．coat
22．A．popular        B．common       C．ordinary        D．regular
23．A．add         B．equipped      C．placed         D．supplied
24．A．That           B．This          C．It           D．What
25．A．so            B．thus          C．Which         D．it
26．A．bought         B．placed         C．fixed          D．changed
27．A．childhood      B．life           C．children        D．youth
28．A．imagined      B．expected       C．suggested      D．supposed
29．A．ideas          B．life           C．childhood      D．Christmas
30．A．unforgettable   B．modest         C．happy         D．wonderful
31．A．life          B．job            C．interest        D．present
32．A．friends        B．mother        C．father         D．parents
33．A．broke         B．rich           C．wealthy        D．well-off
34．A．nothing        B．something     C．everything       D．anything
35．A．improved     B．caught         C．reduced       D．decreased
36．A．very          B．more          C．less           D．much
37．A．all         B．big            C．small         D．entire
38．A．bikes         B．food          C．presents        D．books
39．A．surprise       B．joy           C．fear           D．satisfaction
40．A．wasteful       B．valueless      C．priceless    D．useful