阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16－35各题所给的A. B. C. D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to ___16___. Now she was Portia, a strong–willed ___17___ in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing ___18___ form her.

___19___, Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition (选拔试演). She ___20___ being in front of other people. She was very ___21___ at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to ___22___ much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making ___23___ friends. She had excellent grades, ___24___ she always thought that something was missing.

Two weeks before the audition, Robertsa’s mother had heard about it and ___25___ her to join in.

“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to ___26___ the part. Remember all the plays you used to act our for us?”

Her mother wouldn’t let the ___27___ drop. “You’re just a little scared (害怕). Everyone gets scared. You know you ___28___ do it. The trick is to look past the ___29___ to find the love of what you’re doing.”

So Roberta had made an appointment (预约) with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself excited by the ___30___ of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia’s part, ___31___ the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn’t hard; she ___32___ every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new ___33___ of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.

On the day of the audition, she ___34___ two of Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the ___35___ was hers.

A. sing            B. dance               C. speak                D. report

A. member      B. actress              C. player               D. character

A. weakly        B. rapidly             C. smoothly           D. slowly

A. At first        B. In fact              C. After all            D. In all

A. hated           B. enjoyed            C. appreciated        D. regretted

A. honest         B. shy                   C. polite                D. patient

A. avoid           B. focus                C. pay                   D. attract

A. few              B. a few               C. several              D. many

A. or                B. so                     C. for                   D. but

A. forced         B. requested         C. encouraged      D. reminded

A. accept         B. play                 C. offer                 D. learn

A. role             B. matter              C. interest             D. grade

A. can             B. must                 C. may                  D. should

A. anger          B. pain                  C. sadness             D. fear

A. purpose       B. way                  C. idea                  D. importance

A. memorizing B. organizing         C. checking           D. improving

A. disliked        B. loved                C. expected           D. bore

A. consideration B. description       C. selection           D. understanding

A. practiced     B. planned             C. performed         D. delivered

A. part             B. play                   C. speech              D. position

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16~35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Roberta appeared on the stage.She took a deep breath and began to   16   .Now she was Portia,a strong-willed   17    in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.The theater was filled with people.She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced,the words flowing

   18    from her.

  19  .Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition(选拔试演).She  20    being in front of other people.She was very   21    at school.She had never thought she was good enough at anything to  22   much attention.She stayed mostly to herself,making  23   friends.She had excellent grades,   24    she always thought that something was missing.

Two weeks before the audition,Roberta’s mother had heard about it and   25    her to join in.

“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to   26    the part.Remember all the plays you used to act out for us?”

Roberta looked down.“I’m not interested.”

Her mother wouldn’t let the   27    drop.“You’re just a little scared(害怕).Everyone gets scared.You know you   28   do it.The trick is to look past the   29    to find the love of what you’re doing.”

So Roberta had made an appointment(预约)with the head of the Drama Club.She had read the play and found herself excited by the  30  of speaking such rich words.In secret she practiced Portia’s part,  31   the lines by repeating them over and over.It wasn’t hard;she  32    every minute of it.Every time she spoke the words,she had a new  33    of the lines,as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.

On the day of the audition,she   34    two of Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors.When she had finished,the head of the Drama Club announced the   35    was hers.

16.A.sing                            B.dance                      C.speak                        D.report

17.A.member                B.actress                       C.player                       D.character

18.A.weakly                 B.rapidly                      C.smoothly                   D.slowly

19.A.At first                 B.In fact                       C.After all                    D.In all

20.A.hated                    B.enjoyed                     C.appreciated                D.regretted

21.A.honest                  B.shy                           C.polite                        D.patient

22.A.avoid                   B.focus                        C.pay                           D.attract

23.A.few                      B.a few                        C.several                      D.many

24.A.or                        B.so                             C.for                            D.but

25.A.forced                  B.requested                   C.encouraged                D.reminded

26.A.accept                  B.play                          C.offer                         D.learn

27.A.role                      B.matter                       C.interest                      D.grade

28.A.can                      B.must                         C.may                          D.should

29.A.anger                   B.pain                          C.sadness                      D.fear

30.A.purpose                B.way                          C.idea                          D.importance

31.A.memorizing                                             B.organizing

C.checking                                                      D.improving

32.A.disliked                B.loved                        C.expected                    D.bore

33.A.consideration                                           B.description

C.selection                                                       D.understanding

34.A.practiced                     B.planned                     C.performed                 D.delivered

35.A.part                      B.play                          C.speech                       D.position

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Anna lived on the side of a valley. One summer, there was a very big 36 , and a lot of houses down below Anna’s were washed away. Anna’s house was 37 enough to escape the flood, so when the water had 38 and the other houses were  39  there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud(泥), her house was just all right.

　  Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, 40 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 41 in the flood and she 42 her home with them until it was 43 for them to rebuild their house.

　　Anna’s friends were 44 when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give 45 so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 46 .

   “Well,” Anna  47  her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very  48 , because her husband had been killed in the  49  and she had a lot of children, 50  I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to 51 only one present to all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a  52  who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our 53 ,’ she said to her children.

　　The children were 54 and happy to get such a present. They 55 the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. Such was that Christmas present.”

A. earthquake          B. accident           C. flood                  D. fire

A. below                 B. high                  C. big                D. small

A. reduced                  B. come            C. appeared             D. disappeared

A. rising                 B. flowing           C. falling              D. standing

A. so                    B. but                     C. for               D. since

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

A. gave                B. found               C. shared             D. built

A. possible            B. necessary            C. important           D. obvious

A. worried             B. disappointed      C. puzzled           D. satisfied

A. them                B. herself                  C. him               D. us

A. support            B. supply           C. grow              D. educate

A. explained to               B. asked for         C. talked with        D. turned up

A. sad                 B. poor              C. rich              D. happy

A. war                 B. storm                   C. rain                D. flood

A. because            B. as              C. which              D. that

A. get                  B. send           C. buy                D. make

A. boy                 B. girl          C. student              D. teacher

A. child                B. daughter         C. sister               D. present

A. angry               B. excited           C. lovely              D. sorry

A. disliked           B. gained         C. welcomed          D. led

Roberta appeared on the stage.She took a deep breath and began to   16   .Now she was Portia,a strong-willed   17    in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.The theater was filled with people.She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced,the words flowing

   18    from her.

  19  .Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition(选拔试演).She  20    being in front of other people.She was very   21    at school.She had never thought she was good enough at anything to  22   much attention.She stayed mostly to herself,making  23   friends.She had excellent grades,   24    she always thought that something was missing.

Two weeks before the audition,Roberta’s mother had heard about it and   25    her to join in.

“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to   26    the part.Remember all the plays you used to act out for us?”

Roberta looked down.“I’m not interested.”

Her mother wouldn’t let the   27    drop.“You’re just a little scared(害怕).Everyone gets scared.You know you   28   do it.The trick is to look past the   29    to find the love of what you’re doing.”

So Roberta had made an appointment(预约)with the head of the Drama Club.She had read the play and found herself excited by the  30  of speaking such rich words.In secret she practiced Portia’s part,  31   the lines by repeating them over and over.It wasn’t hard;she  32    every minute of it.Every time she spoke the words,she had a new  33    of the lines,as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.

On the day of the audition,she   34    two of Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors.When she had finished,the head of the Drama Club announced the   35    was hers.

A.sing                       B.dance                      C.speak                        D.report

A.member                  B.actress                       C.player                       D.character

A.weakly                   B.rapidly                      C.smoothly                   D.slowly

A.At first                   B.In fact                       C.After all                    D.In all

A.hated               B.enjoyed                     C.appreciated                D.regretted

A.honest                    B.shy                           C.polite                        D.patient

A.avoid                     B.focus                        C.pay                           D.attract

A.few                        B.a few                        C.several                      D.many

A.or                          B.so                             C.for                            D.but

A.forced                  B.requested                   C.encouraged                D.reminded

A.accept                   B.play                          C.offer                         D.learn

A.role                      B.matter                       C.interest                      D.grade

A.can                       B.must                         C.may                          D.should

A.anger                    B.pain                          C.sadness                      D.fear

A.purpose                B.way                          C.idea                          D.importance

A.memorizing                 B.organizing        C.checking     D.improving

A.disliked                B.loved                        C.expected                    D.bore

A.consideration       B.description   C.selection     D.understanding

A.practiced               B.planned                     C.performed                 D.delivered

A.part                      B.play                          C.speech                       D.position

 A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,”he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.”The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer , neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,”said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”

 The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles (运货车队). Five years later, the man was the one of the largest food retailers (零售商)in the US.

 One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said,“I haven’t got one.”

His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied,“Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft.”

1.The man didn’t get the job because he _______________________.

A disliked the job           B didn’t pass the test

C didn’t have an e-mail       D knew nothing about computers

2.Why could the man become one of the largest food retailers in the US?

A Because he had many friends to help him.

B Because he was smart and worked very hard.

C Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

D Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living.

3.What does the story want to tell us?

A Computers are very important in our daily life.

B Everyone can make a lot of money with only $10.

C The HR manager didn’t find the ability of the man.

D Nothing in the world is impossible if we work hard,