阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．

　　Joan of Arc died trying to drive the English from her country. She gave _____1____ the safety of her life as a farm girl to follow an ideal. In modern times John Brown also followed _____2_____ ideal when he led his attack on Harper's Ferry. John Brown believed in God. When he was young, he ____3_____ taken a young run-away slave into his home. He hated _____4_____ and felt it was against God's will. During the battle over Kansas, Brown and his sons fought _____5_____. In 1859 he came to the East to fight ____6___ slavery. With him, in a farmhouse outside the town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, were twenty-one followers, five of them black men. Harper's Ferry lay ___7_____ the Shenandoah and the Potomac Rivers. It was on the border of Pennsylvania, a ____8_____ state. Brown felt that the ____9_____ he would easily free would easily go to the“free”land. Behind Harper's Ferry lay hilly country, where Brown and his men could hide out if the attack _____10_____.

　　As Brown and his men made their way forward, he told them,“Word will soon ____11____ throughout the countryside. Slaves will take up hatches, guns and knives. They _____12_____ join us. ”But Brown didn't succeed. His men ____13_____ take over（占领）the Rifle House and the Engine House. And Brown took a number of hostages（人质）as the ____14_____ spread. But word of the attack reached the Charles Town militia（民兵）, who. surrounded Brown the next day. The militia ____15____ fighting when Brown ____16____ a man with an offer of stopping fighting he was shot down. The next day Colonel Robert E. Lee and a group of US soldiers drew up before the Engine House. During the entire time of the attack, no slave had ____17___ Brown. Brown asked to be allowed to escape with his____18___. Lee____19___. Very soon it was allover. Most of Brown's men were _____20_____. Two soldiers were killed. Brown was badly wounded. Thirty-seven days later, he was hanged.

(1) A．up	B．out	C．in	D．away
(2) A．the	B．a	C．an	D．this
(3) A．was	B．is	C．had	D．has
(4) A．God	B．slavery	C．the ideal	D．the farm girl
(5) A．brave	B．strong	C．hard	D．hardly
(6) A．with	B．without	C．together	D．against
(7) A．among	B．in	C．between	D．from
(8) A．big	B．cold	C．new	D．free
(9) A．followers	B．slaves	C．soldiers	D．sons
(10) A．failed	B．succeeded	C．missed	D．finished
(11) A．pass	B．spread	C．come	D．go
(12) A．must	B．can	C．will	D．shall
(13) A．managed	B．succeeded	C．had to	D．did
(14) A．fighting	B．fight	C．war	D．news
(15) A．kept	B．stopped	C．gave up	D．enjoyed
(16) A．asked	B．sent	C．ordered	D．suggested
(17) A．said	B．joined	C．seen	D．noticed
(18) A．soldiers	B．men	C．slaves	D．sons
(19) A．agreed	B．refused	C．accepted	D．promised
(20) A．black	B．still	fighting	C．dead

第二节   完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。并将答案写在答题卡上。

John Henry was a young man, and he was one of the best steel-drivers in the country,He cjould work for hours without missing a beat, People said he worked so fast that his  36    moved

Like lightening

    One day,a salesman came to the work area with a new   37    machine by powered steam, He said it could drill holes    38   than twelve men working together, The railroad company  39 to buy the machine if it worked as well as the salesman said.

The supervisor(监工头) said,”I have the best steel-driver in the   40     , He can beat more than twenty men working together,”The salesman   41    the statements. He said the company could have the machine without cost   42    he was faster, The supervisor told John about it and said “How about a   43    ?” John Henry looked at the machine and saw   44    of the future, He saw machines taking   45    of America’s best laborers, He saw himself and friends   46   and standing by a road ,asking for food, He saw men losing their families and their    47    as human beings , John Henry told the supervisor he would never let the machine take his job, His friends all cheered.

The competition began, John Henry  48   his hammer and started working. At first, the steam-powered drill worked two times faster than he did,    49     he started working with a hammer in each hand. He worked faster and faster. In the mountain , the dust was so    50   that most men would have had trouble   51    . After a while , the machine was pulled from the tunnel , It had broken down, . But John Henry   52    working faster and faster. At last he became weak ,and his heart    53    . John Henry fell to the ground .”I beat them,” Then he took his 54    breath.

Soon, the steam drill and other machines replaced the steel-drivers ,.Many   55   left their families, looking for work, They took the only jobs they could find, As they worked, some sang about John Henry,

36.A  broom,           B  hammer          C hand         D sleeve

37.A washing            B drilling             C sewing        D flying

38. A quickly            B slower              C faster         D fast

39. A managed          B allowed              C refused       D planned

40 A family             B class                C film           D country

41. A doubted          B hated                C disagreed       D decided

42. A when             B if                   C unless          D despite

43. A lesson             B race                C unless         D despite

44.A images            B faces                C plans          D signs

45. A the place         B the room             C the space        D the air

46. A excited          B unemployed           C moved          D encouraged

47. A food             B rights               C wages        D houses

48.A touched           B kicked              C kissed         D stamped

49. A Otherwise         B But                C Then           D However

50. A thin               B big                C high           D thick

51. A laughing          B talking              C breathing       D singing

52.A stopped           B kept                 C enjoyed        D suggested

53. A burst              B worked             C ran            D lived

54.A  own              B deep               C best           D last

55. A laborers           B women              C villagers       D salesmen

 I just spent a wonderful holiday on a little Greek island together with my family. Ono day , my wife and I left the village we lived in to visit the other side of the island. There we_36_ to see a French lady who was walking with a cane(手杖). Clearly , it was not _37__for  her to climb up the 300 steps leading up to an old building. Noticing she had a French accent(口音) I __38_speaking French with her. She __39_that, saying her English wasn’t very good. We had a _40__. She said the next day she would visit the __41__we were in at that moment. I was looking forward to our___42_ again there, because I enjoyed _43__my French.

But the next day I didn’t see her. I __44_she had said that she would leave the island the day after. I must have __45__her. Yet , three days later I suddenly met her again at the beach. She told me she was taking the ferry boat that night 2 a.m. and was now___46_ a place to stay close to the port(港口),__47__she has difficulty taking her suitcase to the port herself. The hotel she mentioned was rather __48_and I suggested another restaurant which would cost her less, and was a short _49__for her to reach the port.  50 ,her hotel could not help her carry her suitcase anywhere. So I  51 _to carry the suitcase to the _52 _for her.

I did as I had promised, and the lady was  53  and kept thanking me . I did it _54__ , for my parents broght me up to give others a helping hand.

Watching the  55  on the lady’s face ,I wish I got the chance to do it more often.

36. A. failed                  B. happened           C. planned                    D. expected

37. A. common             B. hard                  C. tired                      D. relaxing

38. A. enjoyed            B. continued          C. started                         D. stopped

39. A. appreciated       B. shared               C. believed                 D. refused

40. A. discussion           B. conversation      C. fight                  D. competition

41. A. hotel                   B. house                C. country                    D. village

42. A. exam                  B. train                  C. meeting                    D. lesson

43. A. copying                  B. understanding    C. practicing              D reading

44. A. joked                  B. remembered       C. imagined               D. mentioned

45. A. missed                B. called                C. accepted            D. disappointed

46. A. escaping from     B. checking on       C. cleaning up         D. looking for

47. A. though                B. because             C. so                            D. but

48. A. dirty                   B. suitable              C. comfortable          D. expensive

49. A. flight                  B. walk                 C. sail                       D. sight

50. A. Unfortunately    B. Strangely          C. Differently          D. Unusually

51. A. hoped                 B. liked                  C. offered                     D. forgot

52. A. island                  B. building             C. beach                    D. restaurant

53. A. happy                 B. kind                  C. worried                    D. confused

54. A. seriously             B. luckily               C. naturally                D. carefully

55. A. pleasure                  B. excitement         C. surprise                 D. fear

      

   I just spent a wonderful holiday on a little Greek island together with my family. Ono day , my wife and I left the village we lived in to visit the other side of the island. There we_36_ to see a French lady who was walking with a cane(手杖). Clearly , it was not _37__for  her to climb up the 300 steps leading up to an old building. Noticing she had a French accent(口音) I __38_speaking French with her. She __39_that, saying her English wasn’t very good. We had a _40__. She said the next day she would visit the __41__we were in at that moment. I was looking forward to our___42_ again there, because I enjoyed _43__my French.

But the next day I didn’t see her. I __44_she had said that she would leave the island the day after. I must have __45__her. Yet , three days later I suddenly met her again at the beach. She told me she was taking the ferry boat that night 2 a.m. and was now___46_ a place to stay close to the port(港口),__47__she has difficulty taking her suitcase to the port herself. The hotel she mentioned was rather __48_and I suggested another restaurant which would cost her less, and was a short _49__for her to reach the port.  50 ,her hotel could not help her carry her suitcase anywhere. So I  51 _to carry the suitcase to the _52 _for her.

I did as I had promised, and the lady was  53  and kept thanking me . I did it _54__ , for my parents broght me up to give others a helping hand.

Watching the  55  on the lady’s face ,I wish I got the chance to do it more often.

36. A. failed                  B. happened           C. planned                    D. expected

37. A. common             B. hard                  C. tired                      D. relaxing

38. A. enjoyed            B. continued          C. started                         D. stopped

39. A. appreciated       B. shared               C. believed                 D. refused

40. A. discussion           B. conversation      C. fight                  D. competition

41. A. hotel                   B. house                C. country                    D. village

42. A. exam                  B. train                  C. meeting                    D. lesson

43. A. copying                  B. understanding    C. practicing              D reading

44. A. joked                  B. remembered       C. imagined               D. mentioned

45. A. missed                B. called                C. accepted            D. disappointed

46. A. escaping from     B. checking on       C. cleaning up         D. looking for

47. A. though                B. because             C. so                            D. but

48. A. dirty                   B. suitable              C. comfortable          D. expensive

49. A. flight                  B. walk                 C. sail                       D. sight

50. A. Unfortunately    B. Strangely          C. Differently          D. Unusually

51. A. hoped                 B. liked                  C. offered                     D. forgot

52. A. island                  B. building             C. beach                    D. restaurant

53. A. happy                 B. kind                  C. worried                    D. confused

54. A. seriously             B. luckily               C. naturally                D. carefully

55. A. pleasure                  B. excitement         C. surprise                 D. fear