第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。

It was a very cold evening, an old man was waiting for a ride across the river. He saw several horsemen pass by but he didn’t ask for any help. The wait seemed   31  (end). Then came another rider, the old man   32  (catch) his eye and said, “Sir, would you mind doing me a favor?”

Stopping his horse, he replied, “Of course.” Almost   33  (freeze), the old man could not get   34   the ground. The horseman helped him onto his horse. He took the o1d man not just across the river,   35   to his home.

“Sir, you didn’t even ask the other riders for help, why? What   36   I had said ‘no’ and 1eft you there?” the horseman asked.

The old man looked at him straight in the eyes and said, “I looked into their eyes, I found they didn’t care,   37   told me it would be useless, but when I looked into   38  , I saw kindness.”

These words touched the rider deeply. “Thank you for   39   you’ve said, I hope I will never be too busy to help others.” With that, Thomas Jefferson, the   40  (three) president of the US, turned his horse around and went away．

第二节 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36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。
A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a   36__   to catch a train, she   37   a quick way to reach it. “I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!” the driver said   38   . “You don’t think I know the best way to go?”
The woman tried to explain that she hadn’t   39  to annoy him, but the driver kept   40  . She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be  41  , so she changed her  42 . “You know, you are right,” she told him. “It must seem   43  for me not to think you know the best way  __44   the city.”
45   , the driver glanced at his   46   in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. “He didn’t say another word the rest of the ride,” she said, “  47   I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me.”
When you find yourself   48   with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to   __49_   your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or   50   marriages. I have discovered one simple   51   extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from   52   in a disaster.
The   53   is to put yourself in the other person’s shoes and look for the  54  in what that person is saying. Find a way to   55  , and the result may surprise you.
36. A. hurry       B. rush       C. moment     D. way
37. A. chose       B. made     C. found     D. suggested
38. A. jokingly          B. angrily          C. anxiously   D. curiously
39. A. supposed      B. expected     C. meant     D. decided
40. A. apologizing  B. driving     C. asking     D. shouting
41. A. reasonable  B. thoughtful  C. normal          D. practical
42. A. road        B. mind      C. direction    D. manner
43. A. strange     B. wrong     C. terrible          D. stupid
44. A. across      B. in               C. through    D. along
45. A. Surprised     B. Worried     C. Annoyed    D. Disappointed
46. A. rider        B. speaker      C. helper     D. comer
47. A. until        B. after      C. because      D. since
48. A. satisfied          B. concerned   C. crowded     D. faced
49. A. give up     B. turn down  C. stick to          D. point out                 
50. A. combine      B. destroy       C. suffer     D. divide
51. A. and         B. that        C. but        D. though
52. A. lying       B. resulting     C. setting     D. leading
53. A. problem          B. importance C. key        D. reply
54. A. fact         B. meaning     C. expression  D. truth
55. A. agree       B. argue     C. explain       D. escape

第二节：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，然后从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
In the wake of Chicago’s worst ever winter, when all of the rooftops were loaded, many overloaded with snow…Robert McGrath saw his wife run out to the backyard garage to    1   some boxes．
Seconds later he heard the    2  !
Looking out he saw the    3   of the garage had caved in(下塌). McGrath did not    4   for hat or coat…He ran from the house,    5   a snow shovel, and called out for neighbors to    6  ．
Yelling and    7  , with sweat freezing on his face---throwing snow and pulling away    8  ----he heard her voice and then saw her    9  . He kept digging, throwing and pulling…
And within minutes he had his wife in his arms and was    10   “Are you all right? Are you all right? I thought you were    11  ．Oh baby, I love you so much!” She was    12  ．
What Robert McGrath did not    13   was this: Mrs. McGrath had gone into the garage through one door and    14   through another. She was    15   in the house when she looked out and saw her husband digging and    16   orders and throwing planks of wood，feverishly trying to    17   her. She could not let her gallant(英勇) rescuer    18  . So she put her coat on again and went outside and    19   entered the garage through the    20   door--and allowed her husband to be her hero．
36、 A、fetch                       B、put                    C、1ay                   D、fix  
37、 A、overload              B、accident             C、crash                    D、falling
38、 A、doors                      B、roof                     C、top                   D、wall
39、 A、search                   B、look                     C、hesitate                 D、stop
40、 A、snatched                  B、grabbed             C、robbed                D、carried
41、 A、escape                     B、run                       C、help                     D、move
42、 A、digging                 B、working                C、complaining         D、crying  
43、 A、bricks                     B、stones                   C、grass                    D、boards
44、 A、hand                       B、body                    C、face                 D、feet
45、 A、sobbing                B、questioning           C、tired                    D、happy
46、 A、missing                   B、hidden                  C、crazy                    D、hurt
47、 A、excited                   B、fine                     C、surprised             D、happy  
48、 A、find                        B、mind                    C、know                   D、care
49、 A、away                       B、up                     C、off                       D、out
50、 A、safe                        B、waiting                 C、watching              D、anxious
51、 A、receiving                 B、placing               C、giving                  D、shouting
52、 A、pull                        B、rescue                   C、uncover                D、protect
53、 A、in                          B、away                   C、up                        D、down
54、 A、finally                     B、unexpectedly         C、quietly                D、carefully
55、 A、back                       B、open                     C、front                   D、broken  

第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为31-40的相应位置上。
In social life, time plays a very important part．In the U．S．A．guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation  31    a dinner party is extended only three or four days  32    the party date．But it is not true in all countries．In       33     areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make  34    appointment too far in advance because plans that are made for a date more than a week away tend   35          (forget)．The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world．Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from cultures  36    time is treated differently．Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example．If people are not punctual, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully   37       (responsibility). In the U.S.A. no one would think of keeping a business associate   38     (wait) for an hour;   39       would be too impolite．A person who is 5 minutes late will say a few words of explanation,   40       perhaps he will not complete the sentence．

第二节   语法填空（共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中的词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。
Habits,whether good or bad,are gradually formed．When a person does a certain thing again,he   31  (drive)by an unseen force to do the same thing   32   (repeat);then a habit is formed．Once   33   habit is formed,it is difficult,and sometimes   34   (possible),to get rid of．It is therefore very important that we pay great attention to the formation of habits．
Children often form bad habits,some of   35   remain with them as long as they live．  36  
(lazy),lying,stealing and so on are all easily-formed bad habits．However,there are many   37   habits formed in early life that are of great help．Many successful men say much of their success has   38   to do with certain habits in early life,like early rising and honesty．We should keep away   39   all the bad habits and try to form such habits   40   will be good for ourselves and others．