二  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

                The Parking-Lot（停车场）Sweeper

    Both my parents came from towns in Mexico. I was born in E1 Paso, Texas, and when I was four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles.

         Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and sisters how    21 we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities. They   22    us with the ideas of family, faith and love.

    I got my first    23    job when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist. He    24   space in a little shopping center and gave his shop the flowery name of Mr. Ben’s Coiffure.

    The owner of the shopping center    25   my Dad’s payment for cleaning the parking lot three    26  a week, which    27 getting up at 3 a.m. Mom and I helped    28 

dustbin and pick up rubbish by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I     29    sleep in the car on the way home.

    I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have     30   a lifetime. I obtained discipline（自律）and the importance of work, and learned at a(n)    31    age the importance of balancing life’s competing interests——in my    32   , school, homework and a job. This

   33    helped during my school years, when I worked 40 hours at a fast-food restaurant while taking a full    34   of college preparation courses.

    The hard work    35   off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to    36   

graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard.     37   , I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly（州议会）. In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have     38  forgotten those nights in the parking lot. The experience taught me that there is value in all work and that if people are working to    39   for themselves and their families, that is    40   we should honor.

  21. A. important  B. different       C. competitive D. fortunate

  22. A. mixed         B. filled        C. piled         D. left

  23. A. true       B. new          C. real          D. good

  24. A. hired      B. bought              C. cleaned        D. created

  25. A. reduced     B. afforded       C. collected      D. charged

  26. A. mornings B. evenings      C. dawns     D. nights

  27. A. meant        B. overcame    C. admitted      D. allowed

  28. A. lift          B. empty      C. throw      D. hold

  29. A. must      B. need        C. would      D. should

  30. A. existed       B. lasted      C. kept         D. stayed

  31. A. small     B. exact       C. early        D. golden

  32. A. mind      B. way          C. part          D. case

  33. A. really     B. nearly      C. simply      D. merely

  34. A. piece     B. length      C. mass        D. load

  35. A. made     B. took         C. paid          D. started

  36. A. receive       B. offer         C. require             D. study

  37. A. Thus     B. Later          C. Again       D. Instead

  38. A. seldom       B. just           C. even         D. never

  39. A. account      B. enter       C. provide         D. call

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

 

 

 

 

（4）完形填空

An earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct. 8, 2005. it took some 75,000 lives, __21_  130,000 and left nearly 3.5 million without food, jobs or homes. __22__ overnight, scores of tent villages bloomed across the region, tended by international aid organizations, military __23__ and aid groups working day and night to shelter the survivors before winter set in.

Mercifully, the season was mild. But with the __24__ of spring the refugees(难民) will be moved again. Camps that _25__ health care, food and shelter for 150,000 survivors have begun to close as they were __26_  intended to be permanent.

For most of the refugees, the thought of going back brings __27__ emotions. The past six months have been difficult. Families of as  many as 10 people have had to shelter under a single tent and share cookstoves and bathing __28__ with neighbors. “They are looking forward to the clean water of their rivers,” officials say. “They are dreaming of free fresh fruit. They want to get back to their herds and start farming again.” But most will be returning to __29__ but heaps of ruins. In many villages, electrical line have not been repaired, nor have roads. Aid workers __30__ that it will take years to rebuild what the earthquake took away. And for the thousands of survivors, the recovery will never be complete.

Yet the survivors have to start somewhere. New homes can be built onto the stones, bricks and beams of old ones. Spring is coming and it is a good time to start again.

 

21.   A) injured     B) ruined           C) destroyed         D) damaged

22.   A) Altogether   B) Almost           C) Scarcely          D) Surely

23.   A) ranks      B) equipment        C) personnel         D) installations

24.   A) falling     B) emergence      C) arrival             D) appearing

25.   A) strengthened    B) aided       C) transferred         D) provided

26.   A) never          B) once       C) ever                D) yet

27.   A) puzzled         B) contrasted   C) doubled             D) mixed

28.   A) facilities     B) instruments    C) implements          D) appliances

29.   A) anything         B) something      C) everything        D) nothing

30.   A) account          B) measure        C) estimate          D) value

 

Excuse me, I want to borrow a book that gives a detailed______ of Alice Munro, who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature.

A. account         B. imagination   C. reference     D. impression

 

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. account  B. unable  C. psychologically   D. fulfill   E. physical F. concern  G. habits   H. devotion   I. exposure   J. academic  K. lead to

Addiction （沉溺，上瘾）to computer games has been on the increase with its rise in popularity. It is not a 1  disease or mental illness. A person with this type of addiction sets aside practically all other activities in favor of playing computer games almost endlessly.
Computer games addicts tend to separate themselves from normal, face-to-face human contact. They spend hours playing the online games, without much __2__ for those around them. They also do not care to __3__ the responsibilities awaiting them and they are more likely to feel depressed. The fact that computer games reduce time available for family and friends may __4__ for the drop in well-being. Faceless, bodiless "virtual" communication may be less __5__ satisfying than actual conversation, and the relationships formed through it may be shallower. In addition, __6__ to the wider world via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives.
Many addicts spend as long as 100 hours a week playing computer games. Such a lifestyle will result in decreased job or __7__ performance. Late nights and days spent playing the games make the addict  8 to perform as well as he would have. Some gamers even spend real money on virtual products to make their characters distinct from others.
Computer games addicts have unwittingly developed a set of habits. These  9 have become part of their lives and if not dealt with, their jobs, relationships and careers may collapse. However, breaking these habits is easier said than done. Sometimes these habits could 10  depression, stress and other emotional problems. Therapy, counseling programs can be helpful to them. The earlier treatment is sought, the greater the chance it will be successful.

：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Soon Tommy’s parents, who had recently separated (分居), would arrive for a meeting on his failing schoolwork and  1.   behavior. Neither parent knew that I had called up   2.  . 

 

Tommy, an only child, had   3.  been happy, cooperative, and an excellent student. How could I make his father and mother  4.   that his recent failing grades   5.   a brokenhearted child’s reaction to his respected parents’ separation and possible   6.  ?

Tommy’s mother came in and   7.  one of the chairs I had placed near my desk. Then the father   8.   and was surprised to see his wife. They pointedly ignored each other.

As I gave a detailed   9.  of Tommy’s behavior and schoolwork, I prayed for the   10.   words to bring these two together to help them see what they were doing to their son.   11.   somehow the words wouldn’t come.

I found a crumpled (弄皱的), tear-stained  12.   in the back of Tommy’s desk. Writing covered both sides, a single  13.   scribbled (乱写) over and over.

Silently I smoothed it out and gave it to Tommy’s mother. She read it and then without a word   14.  it to her husband. He frowned. Then his face softened. He studied the scribbled words for   15.   seemed a future life.

At last he folded the paper carefully and   16.  his wife’s hand. She wiped the tears from her  17.  and smiled up at him. I also couldn’t keep back tears, but  18.  seemed to notice.

In this way I used the words to  19.   that family. On the sheet of yellow copy paper   20.   with the painful outpouring of a small boy’s troubled heart, it said, “Dear Mother; Dear Daddy; I love you. I love you. I love you.”

21. A. satisfying       B. exciting         C. disappointing            D. surprising

22. A. the others       B. the other            C. another one              D. each other

23. A. never            B. rarely               C. always                   D. usually

24. A. hope         B. believe          C. promise              D. trust

25. A. stood for        B. looked for           C. cared for                D. made for

26. A. happiness        B. cruelty              C. selfishness              D. divorce

27. A. got              B. took             C. sat                  D. seated

28. A. reached          B. sat              C. arrived                  D. went

29.A. account           B. record               C. writing              D. paper

30. A. common       B. exciting         C. mistaken             D. right

31. A. So               B. And              C. But                  D. Then

32. A. letter           B. sheet                C. message              D. schoolwork

33. A. word         B. article              C. phrase                   D. sentence

34.A. threw         B. took                 C. handed               D. picked

35. A. which            B. as if                C. what                 D. when

36. A. reached for      B. hunted   for            C. kept off             D. searched for

37. A. faces            B. eyes             C. head                 D. nose

38. A. both         B. neither              C. either                   D. none

39. A. reunite          B. unite                C. satisfy                  D. keep

40. A. lined            B. colored          C. written                  D. covered