Having searched for many years, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, where he would find a well. “Ask the well what is    , ” he was advised, “and the well will reveal (揭露) it to you.” After finding the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important   . And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroads, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”

With his heart full of   , the man ran to the crossroads only to    three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold   , and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to    much to do with the revelation of truth.

Depressed and   , the seeker returned to the well to demand an    , but he was told only: “You will discover in the future.” With years     by, the memory of his experience at the well gradually    until one night. While he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music   his attention. It was wonderful and it was played with great skill and   .

   and moved deeply, the truth seeker felt drawn towards the   . He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful   : the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like    he had once seen in the three stores.

Eventually he understood the   of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our    is to gather and use them in the proper way. Nothing is   so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have     by considering the fragments alone.

1.A. life     B. dream   C. truth     D. success

2.A. cause          B. reason          C. problem                D. question

3.A. energy       B. hope     C. happiness             D. strength

4.A. find    B. observe         C. understand      D. feel

5.A. instruments        B. clothing         C. furniture                D. wood

6.A. have  B. link        C. connect         D. relate

7.A. surprised          B. shocked         C. disappointed      D. excited

8.A. excuse       B. explanation      C. advice              D. opportunity

9.A. gone  B. passed          C. pass       D. going

10.A. doubled   B. forgot   C. disappeared       D. recovered

11.A. paid B. caught          C. focused D. fixed

12.A. inspiration        B. courage         C. thought  D. wisdom

13.A. Annoyed B. Affected         C. Confused          D. Frightened

14.A. composer        B. director          C. adviser  D. player

15.A. imagination      B. appreciation      C. recognition         D.admiration

16.A. those        B. one       C. it   D. that

17.A. theory      B. message         C. secret   D. note

18.A. project                 B. difficulty           C. task                           D. shortcoming

19.A. available         B. successful          C. accessible               D.meaningful

20.A. foreseen        B. witnessed          C. judged                     D. formed

 

第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，共30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。   

"How did you do it, Dad? How have you  36  to not take a drink for almost 20 years?" It took me almost 20 years to have the___ 37___to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first   38    drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he 39   a situation that, in the past, would have   40   him drinking again. For a few years we were afraid to bring it up   41   the drinking would begin again.

"I had this little poem that I   42  recite to myself at least four to five times a day," was Dad's reply to my 18-year-old   43   question. "The words were an instant relief and constant 44   to me that things were never so   45   that I could not handle them," Dad said. And then he 46   the poem with me. The poem's simple, yet profound words immediately became part of my daily 47   as well.

About a month after this talk with my father, I   48   a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily affirmations （誓词）with one affirmation   49   for each day of the year.

It has been my experience that when you get   50   with days of the year on it, you automatically turn to the   51   that lists your own birthday.

I   52   opened the book to November 10 to   53   what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. I did a double-take and tears of   54   and appreciation rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the   55   same poem that had helped my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity （安详）Prayer:

God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the Courage to change the things I can; and the Wisdom to know the difference.

36. A. prepared       B. promised       C. managed     D. performed

37. A. courage        B. opportunity     C. inspiration     D. reason

38. A. began         B. avoided        C. permitted      D. quit

39. A. got away with   B. got into        C. got down to    D. got through

40. A. forbade        B. started         C. attracted       D. caused

41. A. for fear        B. for sure        C. so that         D. otherwise

42. A. should         B. might         C. would         D. had to

43. A. unanswered     B.unasked        C. unexpected     D. unwelcome

44. A. prayer         B. performer      C. inspector       D. reminder

45. A. rough         B. severe          C. tough         D. urgent

46. A. created        B. explained       C. spared         D. shared

47. A. schedule       B. routine         C. habits        D. customs

48. A. mistook       B. posted          C. accepted       D. received

49. A. copied        B. presented        C. listed          D. printed

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

51. A. date          B. page           C. matters         D. problems

52. A. doubtedly      B. eventually       C. patiently        D. hurriedly

53. A. see           B. recite           C. repeat          D. forecast

54. A. sadness        B. loneliness       C. disbelief        D. belief

55. A. exact          B. correct         C. almost          D. much

 

第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，共30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。   

"How did you do it, Dad? How have you  36  to not take a drink for almost 20 years?" It took me almost 20 years to have the___ 37___to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first   38    drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he 39   a situation that, in the past, would have   40   him drinking again. For a few years we were afraid to bring it up   41   the drinking would begin again.

"I had this little poem that I   42  recite to myself at least four to five times a day," was Dad's reply to my 18-year-old   43   question. "The words were an instant relief and constant 44   to me that things were never so   45   that I could not handle them," Dad said. And then he 46   the poem with me. The poem's simple, yet profound words immediately became part of my daily 47   as well.

About a month after this talk with my father, I   48   a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily affirmations （誓词）with one affirmation   49   for each day of the year.

It has been my experience that when you get   50   with days of the year on it, you automatically turn to the   51   that lists your own birthday.

I   52   opened the book to November 10 to   53   what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. I did a double-take and tears of   54   and appreciation rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the   55   same poem that had helped my father for all these years! It is called the Serenity （安详）Prayer:

God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the Courage to change the things I can; and the Wisdom to know the difference.

36. A. prepared       B. promised       C. managed      D. performed

37. A. courage        B. opportunity     C. inspiration     D. reason

38. A. began         B. avoided        C. permitted      D. quit

39. A. got away with   B. got into        C. got down to    D. got through

40. A. forbade        B. started         C. attracted       D. caused

41. A. for fear        B. for sure        C. so that         D. otherwise

42. A. should         B. might         C. would         D. had to

43. A. unanswered     B.unasked        C. unexpected     D. unwelcome

44. A. prayer         B. performer      C. inspector       D. reminder

45. A. rough         B. severe          C. tough         D. urgent

46. A. created        B. explained       C. spared         D. shared

47. A. schedule       B. routine         C. habits         D. customs

48. A. mistook       B. posted          C. accepted       D. received

49. A. copied        B. presented        C. listed          D. printed

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

51. A. date          B. page            C. matters         D. problems

52. A. doubtedly      B. eventually       C. patiently        D. hurriedly

53. A. see           B. recite           C. repeat          D. forecast

54. A. sadness        B. loneliness       C. disbelief        D. belief

55. A. exact          B. correct         C. almost          D. much