完形填空部分（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，选出最佳选项。
Anna lived on the side of a valley. One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses  36   Anna's were washed away. Anna's house was high enough to escape the flood, so when the water had disappeared and the other houses were __37   there with no roof and no walls and all covered with __38   , her house was   39   quite 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 houses.
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  48   lived found herself very poor, because her husband   49    in the war and she had a lot of children,   50    I have now. The day before Christams, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for   51    this year, so I’m going to   52    only one present for all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back   53    a girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our present, ’ she said to her children. The children were    54    to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister.   55    was that Christmas present.”
36．A．down below       B．just around         C．next to       D．above
37．A．rising B．appearing  C．falling         D．standing
38．A．water         B．trees C．dust   D．mud
39．A．just    B．already       C．yet     D．still
40．A．so       B．but     C．for      D．since
41．A．nothing      B．everything C．anything    D．something
42．A．made B．found C．shared        D．built
43．A．possible     B．necessary  C．important  D．valuable
44．A．worried      B．disappointed      C．puzzled      D．impressed
45．A．them B．herself        C．them all     D．her
46．A．support      B．supply         C．grow  D．keep
47．A．explained to       B．asked for   C．talked with         D．spoke as
48．A．actually      B．then   C．before        D．later
49．A．had killed   B．might be killed   C．had been killed  D．killed
50．A．for      B．as       C．like     D．that
51．A．you     B．us       C．Christmas D．your birthday
52．A．get     B．send  C．buy     D．make
53．A．for      B．from  C．like     D．with
54．A．sad     B．happy         C．worried      D．sorry
55．A．It        B．She     C．Such   D．I

A wise man was visiting the Ganges, a river which flows through northern India, to take a bath. He found a group of family members on the   26  , shouting angrily at each other. He___27    his disciples(弟子), smiled and asked, “Why do people shout in    28   at each other ?” The disciples   29    for a while and one of them said, “ Because we   30__   our calm, we shout.” “But, why should you shout    31   the other person is just next to you ? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a(n)   32   manner,” asked the wise man. Some disciples gave some other answers, but none   33   the other disciples. Finally the wise man explained, “When two people are angry at each other, there is a distance between their   ___34   . To cover that distance they must shout to be able to  35   each other. The angrier they are, the louder they will have to shout to __36    that great distance. What   37__    when two people fall in love ? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, because their hearts are very  38   . The distance between them is either nonexistent or very small.”

The wise man  39    , “When they love each other even more, they do not   __40   , but only whisper and they get even closer to each other. Finally they   41 need not whisper. They only look at each other and that’s   42  . That’s how close people are when they love each other.”

He looked at his disciples and said, “So, when you   43  , do not let your hearts get distant. Do not say words that distance each other more.   44   there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to  45  . You may end up becoming enemies, for instance.”

1.                A．roof           B．platform        C．bank D．street

2.                A．referred to      B．attended to      C．shouted to D．turned to

3.                A．anger          B．excitement      C．disappointment D．surprise

4.                A．thought        B．relaxed         C．listened  D．waited

5.                A．control         B．disturb         C．lose D．enjoy

6.                A．as long as       B．in case         C．when D．unless

7.                A．soft            B．impressive      C．weak D．responsible

8.                A．encouraged     B．satisfied        C．entertained   D．bothered

9.                A．directions       B．bodies          C．goals D．hearts

10.               A．hurt           B．attack          C．understand D．hear

11.               A．keep          B．measure        C．cover D．shorten

12.               A．matters        B．happens        C．works D．succeeds

13.               A．close          B．huge           C．special    D．open

14.               A．doubted        B．continued       C．replied    D．promised

15.               A．pass           B．cry            C．care  D．speak

16.               A．sometimes      B．still            C．even D．ever

17.               A．nothing        B．all             C．one  D．something

18.               A．argue          B．apologize       C．criticize   D．explain

19.               A．Worse still      B．Therefore       C．Or else    D．Besides

20.               A．beat           B．follow          C．walk  D．return

完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后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。
I was standing on stage before 200 people, dressed up as George Washington. I had the lead role in my sixth grade  36  and, for the past two months, I had walked back and forth in my room  37  to say my lines.
Now it was time to give a  38  , and my heart was beating rapidly. At my  39 , I began to speak smoothly and clearly, but then it  40  : I stuttered（口吃）. I knew I would, and I did.
From that moment on, I  41  that my role in that play would be my first and my last. My speech problem affected  42  .
As a child, I struggled to say a full sentence, repeatedly hearing the  43  comments of my parents. “Take a deep breath and think about what you’re going to say.” I was too  44 to admit I had a problem.
 45  my school career progressed my speech problem became less noticeable, but it never 46  . It held me back.
After realizing that class officers had to speak in front of the entire student body, I  47 running in class elections . I feared reading aloud and meeting new people.
I would  48  sit in my room and cry, imagining what it would be like to be  49 , like everyone else.
Finally, I came to my senses. I read articles about famous people who 50  their speech problems. I  51  the fact that I do have a problem that will always be with me.
It has made me a 52  person and, with time, I know I’ll gain the confidence to stand up and 53  to myself that it will never hold me back.  54  , I know that I’m not the only one who  55 , because nobody is perfect.
【小题1】  

【小题5】

A．happened B．seemed C．broke D．remained

【小题12】

A．insisted on B．put off C．approved of D．gave up

【小题14】

A．normal B．special C．usual D．alive

—Is your neighbor Mr. King a man with good manners?

—Actually, he is ________ but polite. And nobody likes to talk to him.

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
A
No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon（外科医生） and part of it taken out． Today， however， we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation． The sick person falls into a kind of sleep， and when he awakes， the operation is finished． But these happy conditions are fairly new． It is not many years since a man who had to have operation felt all its pain．
Long ago， operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything． The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him． He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off， and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched．
Soon after 1770， Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called “laughing gas”．Laughing gas became known in America．Young men and women went to parties to try it． Most of them spent their time laughing，but one man at a party，Horace Wells，noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas．He decided to make an experiment on himself．He asked a friend to help him．
Wells took some of the gas，and his friend pulled out one of Well’s teeth．Wells felt no pain at all．
As he didn't know enough about laughing gas， he gave a man less gas than he should have． The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out．
Wells tried again，but this time he gave too much of the gas，and the man died．Wells never forgot this terrible event．
56.It is ___________since a man being operated felt all the pain.
A.a few more years           B.not long       C.few years       D.two thousand years
57. Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he___________.
A.could feel nothing                  B.could not want anything
C.could feel all the pain             D.could do anything
58.Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to___________.
A.be afraid of anything     B.feel pain         C.want to go to the parties    D.be ill
59.If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on he___________.
A.felt nothing     B.felt very comfortable    C.still felt pain         D.would die