36．A．regularly　　 　 　　　 B．smoothly　　 　 　　　 C．carefully　 　　　　　　　 D．happily

40.　 A. creating　　　　　 B. mending　　 　 C. developing　　 D. managing

答案 　21-40 BADCA　　 CBDCB　　 ADCCA　　 BDDBA

Passage 45

(甘肃省皋兰一中2010届高三上学期期中考试)

The professor’s house, big and untidy, stood alone at one end of a huge garden.

The place was totally uncared for, quite　 　21 　and overgrown with all sorts of useless things. I 　22　 　my way through bushes and tall weeds to the front door and rang the bell.

I was glad that I had found him. In twenty minutes he 　23 　me right on all the 　24　 　that had puzzled me. I was on the 　25 　of leaving when I looked out of his study window and said, “You’re very fond of gardening, I see.”

“No, I’m not,” he said. “ 　26　 , I love this garden, though. It’s　 　27　 　I always wanted it to be. I never touch it at all.”

“It could be made lovely. It 　28　 　a pity to let all this ground go to waste. But perhaps you don’t 　29 　that way?” said I.

“I don’t. I lived here when I was a child, and I had 　30 　of gardening then. It was my father’s hobby, you see. Unfortunately, he wasn’t 　31　 enough to do it himself. My brother and I did all of it between us year after year. There was one right way and many wrong ways. Each blade(叶片) of grass was an enemy to be　 32　 by hand, not just cut off. I’ve spent a good part of life at work here.”

“I see. You took a dislike to it, and now you’re getting even!”

“I dislike it. Then, of course, I didn’t understand the 　33 　it had. It used to　 34　 me. It appeared in my dreams --- a mistake here, something not quite straight here, the enemy showing its head in a place I was 35　 to have cleaned. The work was too much. It seemed endless. The size of the place was itself a fight to a boy.”

“And now it’s yours, you’re just letting it go to…”

“ 　36 　?” he said. “No, I don’t agree with that. This garden and I are now the best friends. I like 37　 it grow 38 　its own way. I make no demands on it. I never disturb it, and it never disturbs me. It has 39 　at last, and so have I.”

“But the path is over grown. It’s inconvenient for you, isn’t it ?”

“That’s part of my 　40　 ,” he laughed. “You can go out the back way. The weeds are shorter there because they don’t get the sun.”

答案 　21---25 A D B C B　　 26---30 D A A C D　 31---35 B C A C B　　 36---40 D D B A B

Passage 46

(江西省新余一中、宜春中学2010届高三11月联考)

My daughter performed on behalf of her class in the annual school concert today．She played so　 　36_ that I could not help cheering her．The very _37_ reminded me of her experiences of piano practicing．

When she was five, we gave her a piano as a birthday present．With great _38 _, she began learning it．However, when she was no longer _39_, she became sick of it．_40 _, it is a tough job to learn the piano, not to mention the daily routine (常规) of _41_．

When her first teacher left, my friend _ 42_ me to an American teacher whose way of teaching was completely American．After practicing, she would give my daughter some _43_ comments, and then point out what should be _44_．Every time she came, _45_ beginning the lesson right away, she would first play some _46_．She said, “To learn the piano, you should learn not only the _47_ of playing, but more importantly, to _48_ the music and love it．”

After some time, my daughter became fond of her lessons．Sometimes she _49_ would like to _50_ a little bit when her skill had reached a certain level．Surprisingly, my daughter said to me one day, “Mom, I was _51_ that you didn’t give up my piano lessons．Learning it is like climbing a mountain．You’ll feel _52_ when you are on the way．When you look _53_ from where you are, you will realize that you have been making _54　 ．But if you _55_, you’ll never take one more step．” That was the very thing I wanted to teach her．

39.　 A. foolish　　　　　 B. childish　　 　　 C. clever　　　　 D. useful

38.　 A. by　　　　　　　 　 B. with　　　　 　　 C. on　　　　　 D. in

37.　 A. help　　　　　　 B. clothing　　 　　 C. food　　　　 　 D. change

36.　 A. every　　　　　　 B. each　　　 　　 C. neither　　　　 　　　 D. none

35.　 A. much　　　　　 　 B. little　　　　 　 C. many　　　　 　　　 D. few

34.　 A. give in　　　　　 　 B. give up　　 　　 C. give away　　 D. give out

33.　 A. village　　　　　 　 B. hometown　 　　 C. temple　　　　 　　　 D. house

32.　 A. where　　　　　 　　 B. that　　　　 　 C. so　　　　　 　 D. when