第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分 20分)

　　 One evening, sitting at the window sewing, my mother called me, “Come here,” she said. “ 36 .” She held my head against her 　37 , and after a puzzled moment I felt a 　38 　foot drumming on my cheek. “You see?” she said, “It’s alive. You can 　39 　it, can’t you ?” I accepted it, as I accepted everything, without 　40 . It was as good a place for the baby to be as any other and I never 　41 　about why it got in nor how it would finally get out.

A baby would come? I 　42 　noticed. That there were soon to be 　43 　of us would not make any difference to me. I had my place, star-like in my small universe. 　44 , certainly not a baby, could 　45 　that.

I was 　46 , however. I soon found that things had 　47 　a great deal. I had never been the 　48 . Now I was no longer the youngest. I was simply the one in the 　49 . My sister had certain 　50 　because she was the oldest, and my brother was the baby, the son, the much 　51 　boy. More than that, he had all sorts of things that never came to me.

As he grew, it became 　52 　that my brother had been the center of everything. People smiled when they saw him. He made them happy 　53 　by being there. And he had the sort of childish beauty that always turns heads and draws a second 　54 . He was so charming that he was immediately loveable. Later he also turned out to be 　55 , although perhaps not quite as clever as I was.

36．A．Look　　　　　　　　　 B．See　　　　　　　　　　 C．Listen　　　　　　　　 D．Stop

37．A．stomach　　　　　　　 B．back　　　　　　　　　 C．side　　　　　　　　　　 D．shoulder

38．A．strong　　　　　　　　 B．hard　　　　　　　　　　 C．soft　　　　　　　　　　 D．tiny

39．A．believe　　　　　　　　 B．feel　　　　　　　　　　 C．notice　　　　　　　　 D．touch

40．A．surprise　　　　　　　 B．delay　　　　　　　　　 C．trouble　　　　　　　　 D．effort

41．A．worried　　　　　　　 B．argued　　　　　　　　 C．regretted　　　　　　 D．doubted

42．A．hardly　　　　　　　　 B．certainly　　　　　　　 C．possibly　　　　　　　 D．willingly

43．A．two　　　　　　　　　　 B．three　　　　　　　　　 C．four　　　　　　　　　　 D．five

44．A．Anything　　　　　　 B．Something　　　　　 C．Nothing　　　　　　　 D．Everything

45．A．improve　　　　　　　 B．threaten　　　　　　　 C．compare　　　　　　　 D．prevent

46．A．curious　　　　　　　 B．careless　　　　　　　 C．wrong　　　　　　　　 D．anxious

47．A．improved　　　　　　 B．changed　　　　　　　 C．increased　　　　　　 D．disturbed

48．A．oldest　　　　　　　　　 B．youngest　　　　　　 C．cleverest　　　　　　 D．dearest

49．A．family　　　　　　　　 B．house　　　　　　　　　 C．middle　　　　　　　　 D．trouble

50．A．manners　　　　　　　 B．knowledge　　　　　 C．opinions　　　　　　　 D．rights

51．A．admired　　　　　　　 B．blamed　　　　　　　　 C．hated　　　　　　　　　 D．loved

52．A．strange　　　　　　　　 B．obvious　　　　　　　 C．serious　　　　　　　　 D．special

53．A．usually　　　　　　　　 B．curiously　　　　　　 C．gradually　　　　　　 D．simply

54．A．look　　　　　　　　　　 B．smile　　　　　　　　　 C．care　　　　　　　　　　 D．comfort

55．A．ordinary　　　　　 　 B．perfect　 　　　　 C．clever　　　 　　　 D．similar

35. He tried his best to solve the problem, ____difficult it was.

A. however 　　　　　　　　 B. no matter 　　　　 　　　 C. whatever 　　　　　　　　 D. although

34. It is pretty well understood ____controls the flow of carbon dioxide in and out the atmosphere today.

A. that　 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. how　 　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 C. when　 　　　　　　　　　　 D. what

33. It was __________back home after the experiment.

A. not until midnight did he go 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. until midnight that he didn’t go

C. not until midnight that he went 　　　　　　　　　　 D. until midnight when he didn’t go

32. The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the jobs_____they are being trained.

A. in that　 　　　　　　　　　 B. for that 　　　　　　　　　 C. in which　 　　　　　　　 D. for which

31. That was really a splendid evening. It’s years _______ I enjoyed myself so much.

　 　　 A. before 　　　　　　　　　　 B. since 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. that 　　　　　　　　 　　D. when

30. It now occurs to me that you are the man______ the world news on television.

　 　　 A. reporting 　　　　　　　　 B. having reported　 　　　 C. reported　 　　　　　　　　　　 D. to report

29. The lady stood in the sitting room as if ______ a visit ______a friend.

A. expecting…from 　　 B. expected… from　 　 C. expected…to　 　 　　D. expecting…at

28. A parent who does not spend time with their child could miss out on the fact that the child has the problem, _______it can go untreated and get worse.

　　　 A. meant 　　　　　　　　　　 B. meaning　 　　　　 　　　 C. means　 　　　　　 　　　 D. meaned

27. With two more professional hands _____ you with the work later on, scarcely will you have trouble _______ your task ahead of time.

　　　 A. helping…completing　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. help…to complete　 　

C. will help…completed 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. to help…completing