完形填空。 I was with my oldest son and we were on the lookout for an open parkin

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完形填空。     I was with my oldest son and we were on the lookout for an open parking space in our jam-packed shopping
center. We spotted a(n)   1 one in the next row of spaces, and I drove our van around the turn, all the while
hoping no one else would spot it and grab it   2 I could. And, as luck would have it, a lady was   3 her
shopping cart right in front of us, and it looked like   4 was getting away from her-filled with bags and cartons
of soda. She herself was carrying three extra bags in her hands while trying to push the cart   5   a strong spring
wind, and looked   6 . Suddenly the cart hit a bump and everything fell off.
     At that point I felt something snap in me. I pulled the van into an unloading   7 and told my son to wait for
a moment. I rushed over to her and the   8 thing she did was to apologize several times. I helped her   9
everything up, took the extra bags  10  from her hands, and walked her to her car. She told me she was trying
to  11  home to her son"s thirteenth birthday party. I helped her load the  12  and she stopped and looked at me
and just said, "Thank you so much". I smiled and said, "I am a mother of three and do you think  13  has ever
helped me out? I am just returning the  14 ." She smiled and said, "God bless you" and got in her car.
     I walked the row over to my van  15  my son was waiting and had been  16 . "Who was that, Mom?" he
asked me. "She was a  17  too, trying to get home for her son"s birthday party. She needed our help," I said.
And I just knew he  18  with that clarity children all seem to have.
     We found a good  19  and walked together towards the store. As we were walking, my son took my hand.
It was the most touching  20  of all, and I realized more than ever that our children are always watching.

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(     )1. A. typical
(     )2. A. before
(     )3. A. driving
(     )4. A. there
(     )5. A. beyond
(     )6. A. exhausted
(     )7. A. position
(     )8. A. first
(     )9. A. set
(     )10. A. smoothly
(     )11. A. walking
(     )12. A. groceries
(     )13. A. no one
(     )14. A. visit
(     )15. A. which
(     )16. A. inspecting
(     )17. A. driver
(     )18. A. realized
(     )19. A. spot
(     )20. A. signal

B. enjoyable
B. because
B. wheeling
B. she
B. against
B. disappointed
B. size
B. next
B. build
B. casually
B. hurrying
B. souvenirs
B. someone
B. favor
B. when
B. learning
B. mom
B. behaved
B. area
B. gesture

C. expensive
C. unless
C. carrying
C. it
C. between
C. annoyed
C. measure
C. last
C. keep
C. firmly
C. leaving
C. furniture
C. everyone
C. pleasure
C. who
C. watching
C. customer
C. imagined
C. target
C. tradition

D. perfect
D. though
D. searching
D. I
D. without
D. ashamed
D. zone
D. latest
D. gather
D. hesitantly
D. catching
D. equipment
D. anyone
D. gift
D. where
D. thinking
D. woman
D. understood
D. scene
D. speech

1-5 DABCB 6-10 ADADC 11-15 BAABD 16-20 CBDAB

阅读理解。

     Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor of the apartment building. Behrman was a failure
in art. For years, he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it. He earned a
little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model. He was a fierce, little,
old man who protected the two young women in the studio apartment above him.
     Sue found Behrman in his room. In one area was a blank canvas (画布) that had been waiting twenty-five
years for the first line of paint. Sue told him about Johnsy and how she feared that her friend would float away
like a leaf on the old ivy vine climbing hopelessly up the outside block wall.
     Old Behrman was angered at such an idea. "Are there people in the world with the foolishness to die because
leaves drop off a vine? Why do you let that silly business come in her brain?"
    "She is very sick and weak," said Sue, "and the disease has left her mind full of strange ideas."
     "This is not any place in which one so good as Miss Johnsy shall lie sick," yelled Behrman. "Some day I will
paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away."
     Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the shade down to cover the window. She and
Behrman went into the other room. They looked out a window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at
each other without speaking. A cold rain was falling, mixed with snow. Behrman sat and posed as the miner.
    The next morning, Sue awoke after an hour"s sleep. She found Johnsy with wide-open eyes staring at the
covered window.
     "Pull up the shade; I want to see," she ordered, quietly.
     Sue obeyed.
     After the beating rain and fierce wind that blew through the night, there yet stood against the wall one ivy
leaf. It was the last one on the vine. It was still dark green at the center. But its edges were colored with the
yellow. It hung bravely from the branch about seven meters above the ground.
     "It is the last one," said Johnsy. "I thought it would surely fail during the night. I heard the wind. It will fall
today and I shall die at the same time."
     "Dear, dear!" said Sue, leaning her worn face downtoward the bed. "Think.of me, if you won"t think of
yourself. What would I do?"
     But Johnsy did not answer.
     The next morning, when it was light, Johnsy demanded that the window shade be raised. The ivy leaf was
still there. Johnsy lay for a long time, looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was preparing chicken
soup.
     "I"ve been a bad girl," said Johnsy. "Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how bad I
was. It is wrong to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now."
     An hour later she said:"someday I hope to paint the Bay of Naples."
     Later in the day, the doctor came, and Sue talked to him in the hallway.
     "Even chances. With good care, you"ll win," said the doctor. "And now I must see another case I have in
your building. Behrman, his name is-some kind of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia (肺炎), too. He is an old,
weak man and his case is severe. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital today to ease his pain."
     The next day, the doctor said to Sue:"She"s out of danger. You won. Nutrition and care now-that"s all."
     Later that day, Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay, and put one arm around her.
     "I have something to tell you, white mouse," she said."Mister Behrman died of pneumonia today in the
hospital. He was sick only two days. They found him the morning of the first day in his room downstairs
helpless with pain. His shoes and clothing were completely wet and icy cold. They could not imagine where
he had been on such a terrible night.
     And then they found a lantern, still lighted. And they found a ladder that had been moved from its place.
And art supplies and a painting board with green and yellow colors mixed on it.
     And look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn"t you wonder why it never moved
when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it is Behrrnan"s masterpiece-he painted it there the night that the last leaf felt."

1. What was in Johnsy"s mind all the time?

A. When the last leaf falls I must go.
B. The old ivy leaves have little to do with my getting well.
C. I am such a bad girl as to make everything messy.
D. Someday I hope to paint a masterpiece.

2. Which detail in the passage suggests that Behrman was a failure?

A. He worked as a miner to make ends meet.
B. His drawing board had waited 25 years to receive the first line of his masterpiece.
C. He was protective of the two girls but mostly sensitive and fierce.
D. He was a professional model waiting for his great opportunity.

3. One can safely assume after reading the story that _____.

A. the relationship between the two artist girls was developed on material comfort
B. the three artists mentioned in the story shared a studio apartment
C. Behrman showed great sympathy for the two youth
D. Johnsy was somehow annoyed to be accompanied by a never-succeeded artist

4. What does the underlined part "Even chances" suggest?

A. The doctor indicated that Johnsy was doomed to die.
B. The doctor thought that they should let her go.
C. The doctor believed that Johnsy had every chance of recovery.
D. The doctor put her chances at fifty-fifty.

5. When Johnsy said she had been a bad girl, she meant that _____.

A. asking for death was not right
B. she deserved more severe punishment
C. she should never forget about her dream
D. she was ashamed not to be able to support the other two

6. The short story can be listed as a typical example of stories with _____.

A. surprise endings
B. vivid contrasts
C. artistic imagination
D. arresting openings

完形填空。

     "Excuse me," said the young man, standing shyly at the open church door. "I"m here to   1   an Easter
basket for my daughter. Am I in the   2 place?" "Well, we have baskets,   3 they"re not East baskets for
kids; they"re food baskets," I explained.
     That morning I had arrived at St. Michael"s Church in Carmichael, California, to help   4 the baskets
to needy families for Easter. To make sure the needy would   5   the offer, we had handed out numbers
to them   6   matched the basket they were supposed to receive. Each one contained a full Easter dinner-a
whole ham, potatoes, bread, vegetables and a pie- enough food to help   7 a family for a week.
     "Why don"t you come in?" I said to the man. He looked   8 . He   9   his head, "I can"t. My daughter is
waiting for me over there. I"m  10  for the food, but  11  I heard you were giving away baskets for Easter,
well, I thought they would be Easter baskets for  12 ." He continued, "I  13  my daughter one, and I wanted
to surprise her."
     I felt bad, but there was  14  we could do. The man handed me his  15 , and I walked over to the baskets.
A bulge (凸出) in one of the baskets caught my  16 . What was that? I wondered. Leaning over and looking
more  17 , I could see, unmistakably, an Easter basket-filled with candy, chocolate and Easter eggs-decorated
with ribbons (丝带). One of the  18  must have added it by mistake! I thought. Then I looked at the man"s
number in my  19 . Well, he"ll be...
     "Happy Easter," I said to the man, handing him the only food basket with an Easter basket inside-the very
same basket with his number on it. "Someone already knew just  20  you need."

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(     )1. A. send up
(     )2. A. wrong
(     )3. A. and
(     )4. A. give out
(     )5. A. accept
(     )6. A. that
(     )7. A. offer
(     )8. A. disappointing
(     )9. A. nodded
(     )10. A. helpful
(     )11. A. while
(     )12. A. the rich
(     )13. A. gave
(     )14. A. nothing
(     )15. A. name
(     )16..4. eye
(     )17. A. hardly
(     )18. A. baskets
(     )19. A. pocket
(     )20. A. which

B. pick up
B. same
B. or
B. give up
B. bring
B. who
B. feed
B. disappointed
B. turned
B. careful
B. when
B. the poor
B. bought
B. something
B. wish
B. hands
B. quickly
B. volunteers
B. shop
B. how

C. give out
C. different
C. but
C. give in
C. carry
C. whom
C. match
C. pleasing
C. shook
C. grateful
C. before
C. adults
C. asked
C. anything
C. number
C. feet
C. closely
C. workers
C. list
C. what

D. take out
D. right
D. so
D. give off
D. receive
D. what
D. work
D. pleased
D. raised
D. useful
D. until
D. children
D. promised
D. everything
D. food
D. clothes
D. hopefully
D. sellers
D. hand
D. that

阅读理解。

     The 92-year-old, thin, calm and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o"clock, even
though she is nearly blind, moved to a nursing home today.
     Her husband of 95 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After hours of waiting
patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when I told her the room was ready.
     As she walked slowly to the lift, I provided a true description of her tiny room, including the old sheets
that had been hung on her window. "I love it," she said with the happiness of an eight-year-old having just
been presented with a new puppy (小狗).
     "Mrs. Jones, you haven"t seen the room... just wait."
     "That doesn"t matter," she replied. "Happiness is something you decide ahead of time. Whether I like my
room or not doesn"t depend on how the furniture is arranged. It"s how I arrange my mind. I have already
decided to love it. It"s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. Each day is a gift, and as long as
my eyes open I"ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I"ve stored away." She went on to explain,
"Old age is like a bank account. You take what you"ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to put in a lot
of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my memory bank." And
with a smile, she said, "All my memories are happy ones."
     Mrs. Jones was always happy in the nursing home and she died at the age of 108.

1. When she had to wait hours for her room to be ready, the old lady was _____.

A. angry
B. patient
C. surprised
D. excited

2. What did the writer say to the old lady when she moved slowly to the lift?

A. How her room was.
B. How big the room was.
C. How to get to her room.
D. What to do in the room.

3. What was the old lady"s suggestion to the writer?

A. Remember something bad.
B. Arrange things every morning.
C. Remember the amount of money in the bank.
D. Put as many happy things as you can in the mind.

4. From the passage we know that the old lady has a(n) _____ attitude toward life.

A. subjective
B. objective
C. negative
D. positive

完形填空。

     Darlene Johnson thinks she knows why she looks so young. Looking at herself in the mirror, she takes
  1   in her healthy skin and pink cheeks. "It"s probably because I haven"t   2 makeup," she says. Not wearing
makeup had another   3  , however. It caused her to lose her job.
     In the 21 years that Johnson worked at Harrah"s Casino in Reno, most of the years spent   4 drinks, she
felt makeup was no big deal. But last spring the manager   5 a new "Personal Best Program" for women. This
  6   everything. "Makeup must be worn and   7 neatly. And it must be used in complementary colors,"   8
the orders. It should be noted that the orders did not   9   to men who were employed there. Johnson was angry
10 this. "You"re telling me my God-given face has to be  11  to do this job?" she asked.
     Refusing to wear makeup, she was  12  from her $ 30 000-a-year job. Johnson  13  it to the US Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission. She hopes to  14  lost pay. She also wants money for  15  caused by her
job loss. But Jan Jones, Harrah"s manager, defends the company"s move. "We are an  16  company," she says.
"We want people we employ to be  17 ."
     Johnson is not  18  being dressed-up.  19 , she dutifully wears good-looking clothes and styles her hair to
look nice. However, she refuses to touch up her face. It had never  20  to her that she would lose her job. "The
Personal Best Program," says Johnson, "plain and simple, just got too personal."

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(     )1. A. pride
(     )2. A. dressed
(     )3. A. event
(     )4. A. caring
(     )5. A. established
(     )6. A. placed
(     )7. A. put up
(     )8. A. wrote
(     )9. A. expand
(     )10. A. on
(     )11. A. made up
(     )12. A. depressed
(     )13. A. said to
(     )14. A. discover
(     )15. A. harm
(     )16. A. trade
(     )17. A. dressed up
(     )18. A. opposed for
(     )19. A. In truth
(     )20. A. occurred

B. option
B. shown
B. effect
B. affording
B. imagined
B. exchanged
B. put on
B. reported
B. extend
B. of
B. made of
B. frustrated
B. spoke to
B. recover
B. hurt
B. advertisement
B. dressed down
B. opposed by
B. In fact
B. happened

C. honor
C. made
C. action
C. serving
C. settled
C. replaced
C. put off
C. read
C. express
C. to
C. made for
C. replaced
C. complained about
C. uncover
C. gains
C. entertainment
C. dressed for
C. opposed to
C. In return
C. appeared

D. chance
D. worn
D. accident
D. making
D. planned
D. changed
D. put down
D. recited
D. explain
D. about
D. made in
D. fired
D. talked about
D. reuse
D. damages
D. business
D. dressed in
D. opposed with
D. In case
D. showed

完形填空。

     Let me take you back a couple of years. Come with me as we relearn a lesson, one that has stuck with me,
in my present memory, and   1 me yet.
     We walked into Elida Road Hardware, an old-fashioned hardware   2 . No automatic door, not a computer
in the building, it was one that I went to fairly often. As we entered the door, two sounds   3   us. The sleigh
bells of last year made that sweet, peaceful tinkle as we opened the door. The other sound was the electronic
beeper that reminded Andy of our   4 .
     "Good afternoon, Ryan,"   5   the cheerful acknowledgment. Andy was a very   6 sort of owner. He was
of medium build height, and the smile on his face welcomed us.
     We walked across the old wood floor. Andy asked us what he could help us with. I told him we were   7
a spring. He very patiently replied, "I have lots of springs. You"re going to need to be more   8 ."
     "Just a spring for an old-fashioned screen door."
     "That"s it. A screen door spring. Right down there." We   9 where he was pointing, and sure enough, there
they were. Andy knew his store, and his products. That was why I came here instead of Meijer. The service
couldn"t be beaten. The price; Yes. But service and  10 ; No.
    I picked up one and followed him to the  11 .
     He  12  the price, doing the math in his head."$1.88, with tax comes to $1.99."
     "Put it on my dad"s account."
     He nodded and smiled, "Good dad"s account" He chuckled. "I don"t know what you boys would do  13  dad"s
account!"
     He handed me the ticket and as I  14  it I asked, "You really trust my signature?"
     His reply surprised,  15  delighted me. "When I can"t trust Jerry Hoover"s boys, I can trust nobody!"
     We left, and the brain  16  started to forget things, in order of importance. But what Andy said that day rang
in my ears. And it rings in my ears today. That"s a tall order to live up to. It"s a high standard of  17 . My father
made a fame for that name, and I get to  18  the benefits. But on account of this, I  19  maintain that fame. And
that"s  20  business.

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