At the beginning of this century, medical scientists made an interesting discovery; we are built not just of flesh and blood but also of time. They were 36 to show that we all have “a body clock” 37 us, which controls the 38 and fall of our body energies, 39 us different from one day one to the next.
The 40 of “a body clock” should not be too 41 since the lives of most living things are controlled 42 the 24 hour night-and-day cycle. We feel 43 and fall asleep at night and become 44 and energetic during the day. If the 24 hour-cycle is 45 , most people experience unpleasant 46 . For example, people who are not 47 to working at night can find that 48 of sleep causes them to 49 badly at work.
50 the daily cycle of sleeping and 51 , we also have other cycles which 52 longer than one day. Most of us would 53 that we feel good on some days and not so good on 54 ; sometimes our ideas seem to flow and at other times, they 55 do not exist. 36．A．anxious 37．A．inside
B．able B．around B．supply B．treating B．opinion
C．careful
D．proud D．on D．rise D．changing D．idea D．interesting D．during D．peaceful D．clear D．troubled D．effects D．used D．need D．control D．Rather than D．waking D．happen D．allow D．others D．yet
C．between C．use C．making C．story
38．A．movement 39．A．showing 40．A．invention 41．A．difficult 42．A．from 43．A．dull 44．A．regular
B．exciting B．by
C．surprising C．over
B．tired B．excited
C．dreamy C．lively C．reset C．senses
45．A．disturbed 46．A．moments 47．A．prevented 48．A．miss
B．shortened B．feelings B．allowed B．none B．show
C．expected C．lack
49．A．perform 50．A．With
C．manage C．Except C．living C．last C．realize
B．As well as B．moving B．remain B．believe
51．A．working 52．A．repeat 53．A．agree 54．A．other 55．A．just
B．the other B．only
C．all other C．still
答案解析
36【答案】B
【解析】上文提到本世纪初，科学家们就已经发现人体不仅有血肉组成，还有时间。因此，根据这个发现，他们能够证明在人体内存在生物钟。be anxious to do渴望做某事，此处没有强调科学家的心理活动，故排除。 37【答案】A
【解析】根据常识及文中第一句we’re built not just of flesh and blood but also of time.可知答案。 38【答案】D
【解析】空格上所缺词应与and后面的fall 构成互补关系，才能较全面的概括人的活动。 39【答案】C
【解析】结合前一句话中的controls可知，生物钟能使我们每天的表现不一样。show 证明，展示，指示；treat对待；change使改变。如选change就意为使我们发生变化,与上下文意思不符。 40【答案】D
【解析】 “生物钟”只是科学家经过研究而得出的一种结论或观点。 41【答案】C
【解析】根据空格后面的原因状语从句可知答案。 42【答案】B
【解析】大部分有生命的动物都受到日夜轮回这个时间循环的控制。 43【答案】B
【解析】结合常识可知，人工作一天,到晚上应是比较劳累。另外，后面的fall asleep 应是由劳累引起的。dreamy多梦的，不应出现在fall asleep之前。 44【答案】C
【解析】人休息了一晚上，第二天又充满了生机、活力。 45【答案】A
【解析】如果时间循环被打乱，大部分人就会不舒服。 46【答案】B
【解析】结合下一句的例子可知，此处应为人感到不舒服。 47【答案】 D
【解析】be used to doing something习惯于……。上文中提到人的生物钟如被打乱，可能会感到不舒服。所以，如果不习惯于在晚上工作的人如果晚上工作，工作就会做不好。 48【答案】C
【解析】lack此处为名词，在从句中做主语，lack of…缺乏……。 49【答案】A
【解析】perform工作；表现。 50【答案】B
【解析】根据后面的also可得知答案。 51【答案】D
【解析】人类的日夜循环分为两段时间：即睡眠时的时间和醒着的时间。 52【答案】C
【解析】根据后面的longer than one day 可知，此处last意为持续。 53【答案】A
【解析】大部分人都有这种体验，都同意这种看法。 54【答案】D
【解析】上文提到了some days与之相对应的是other days即others。 55【答案】A
【解析】此处just用于否定句中表强调,它们根本就不存在。
One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel, Life seemed 36 . The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their 37 for granted, just as he 38 himself. Now, however, he felt 39 —and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his 40 .
Seeking more personally satisfying 41 , he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate（命运）played a cruel 42 on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was 43 to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to 44 the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only 45 . Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated（带插图的）books.
According to Jimmy, you are 46 you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy
realized that, while the world 47 seems unfair, your choice can change your life.
This idea can be 48 in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel 49 making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is 50 . Though the world may make us feel small, we must be 51 . Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the“small people”in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are 52 for us.
In spite of his new 53 and wealth, Jimmy prefers working 54 at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could 55 . 36．A．unhappy 37．A．health
B．unusual B．wealth B．had to
C．unfair
D．uneasy D．illnesses D．used to D．endless
C．happiness C．needed to C．helpless
38．A．ought to 39．A．ashamed
B．disappointed
40．A．crying 41．A．home 42．A．game 43．A．unable
B．painting B．condition B．trick
C．imagination C．situation C．role C．unfit C．refuse C．choices C．which
D．consideration D．work D．part D．difficult D．recognize D．interests D．whoever D．usually D．accepted D．before D．successful D．equal D．simple D．job D．quietly D．earn
B．impossible B．face B．efforts B．what B．seldom B．drawn B．about B．hopeful B．strong B．basic B．fame
44．A．understand 45．A．failures 46．A．that 47．A．always 48．A．found 49．A．after
C．sometimes C．written C．with C．useful C．brave C．right C．name C．slowly C．gather
50．A．powerful 51．A．great
52．A．scientific 53．A．product 54．A．rapidly 55．A．offer 答案解析
B．separately B．gain
【解析】根据上一句话可知，Jimmy Liao这位著名的画家哭泣的原因是他得了癌症，生命似乎对他不公平。 37【答案】A
【解析】此处是拿平常人对待健康的态度与 Jimmy Liao现在的情况形成对比。take …for granted认为……是理所当然的。 38【答案】D
【解析】本句为一个省略句，used to do…过去……。used to后省略了take his health for granted。 就像他过去认为健康是理所当然的事情那样。 39【答案】C
【解析】根据后面的一句解释可知答案。 40【答案】B
【解析】下文提到 Jimmy Liao 为一画家，画家只能通过的自己绘画来表达自己的思想。 41【答案】D
【解析】work著作，作品。 42【答案】B
【解析】 play a trick on somebody捉弄， 戏弄某人。
43【答案】A
【解析】根据句意可知，Jimmy Liao 这时得了癌症，不能继续工作。 44【答案】A
【解析】本句为一个同位语从句，结合前面一句可知，Jimmy得了癌症，但他在宾馆里哭泣的那一刻也明白了人生并没有命运，而是看你如何做出选择。空格上如果填face或refuse，fact引导的同位语从句应改为他得病这个事实。 45【答案】C
【解析】下文提到虽然生命对你不公，但你的选择可以改变你的生活。因此，人生没有命运，只看你如何选择。 46【答案】B
【解析】本句为一表语从句，从从句中所缺成分可排除A项；根据后一句话，你可以放弃，也可以继续工作成为一个快乐的人可知本句意思是你选择什么样的生活，你就能成为什么样的人。 47【答案】C
【解析】人生路上不可能总会遇到风雨。 48【答案】A
【解析】根据Jimmy在书中所表达的观点可知他的这种看法可以在他的书中找到。 49【答案】D
【解析】人遇到困难，在做出选择前都会感到茫然无助。 50【答案】B
【解析】Jimmy对待癌症，选择了继续工作来充实自己。因此，他对生命充满了希望，这一点在他的绘画中也可表现出来。 51【答案】C
【解析】尽管世界让我们感到自己很渺小，但我们也应该勇敢，坚强。Jimmy在面对疾病时所表现出的正是这个特征。great伟大的；strong 强壮的；equal平等的。 52【答案】C
【解析】上文提到在面对疾病时，可以放弃也可以继续工作，关键看你选择什么。本句是回答这个问题：只要你做出正确的选择，生命就会充满希望。 53【答案】B
【解析】Jimmy 原本是一名成功的画家，得病之后又继续工作，又赢得了新的名誉和财富。 54【答案】D
【解析】根据Jimmy所患疾病可排除A项，slowly 只强调动作，不符语意；separately与下文with his wife and daughter矛盾。 55【答案】A
【解析】过自己想过的生活比金钱和荣耀所能提供的东西要有意义的多。
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第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The Florida sun baked my shoulders as I worked along the I-595 freeway near Fort Lauderdale, picking up rubbish. I
paused to 36 the sweat off my forehead and look up at the cloudless blue sky.“ 37 can’t it rain?” I thought. That would 38 things down.
I thought about my 39 , who were probably sitting in an air-conditioned 40 right now. I’d had some problems in school, 41 my parents decided to let me 42 full-time with my dad, We both worked for my uncle, who had taken 43 of a maintenance（道路养护）company. It was up to us to keep the roads 44 of rubbish. The job was 45 and dirty, especially on hot days 46 this. I wondered why I ever agreed to do it.
We continued our 47 route along the I-595, 48 for the overpass bridge. Then I noticed an area where some 49
were broken on the ground. It wasn’t like that before.
“Dad! Pull over! I want to 50 something out.”
I jumped off the truck and rushed to the bridge. Something was telling me to 51 …there wasn’t much time. 52 I saw a Toyota that 53 upside down in the tree. Maybe it was a stolen car that somebody 54 there, I thought. Then, just at that 55 , I noticed something moving. It was a bloody leg poking out of the driver’s side window!
“Heeeelp!”a lady moaned.
B．cut B．How B．keep
C．put C．Why C．make C．friends
D．send D．Where D．cool D．school yards D．living room D．so D．spend D．place D．clear D．noisy D．as D．normal D．heading D．glasses D．bring
36． A．wipe 37． A．When 38． A．turn
39． A．parents 40． A．office 41． A．but 42． A．work
B．school-times B．classroom B．or
C．restaurant C．for C．stay
B．study
43． A．business 44． A．away 45． A．easy 46． A．for
B．possession B．from B．lonely B．like
C．position C．far C．smelly C．after
47． A．regular 48． A．reaching 49． A．cars 50． A．check
B．common B．going B．bottles B．help
C．unusual C．looking
C．branches C．take
51． A．decide 52． A．Above 53． A．hung 54． A．stored
B．hurry B．Behind B．trapped
C．consider C．Ahead C．caught C．lost
D．stop D．Below D．fell D．hid D．way
B．deserted B．tree
55． A．bridge C．moment
答案解析
36【答案】A
【解析】根据后面的宾语sweat可知答案，wipe擦。 37【答案】C
【解析】天热，活脏，因此作者希望下雨。此处用特殊疑问句why表达作者渴望下雨的心情。 38【答案】D
【解析】下雨可以使万物凉爽下来。 39【答案】C
【解析】根据后面的定语从句可排除B，D，作者的父亲和他在一起工作，故排除A项。另外，下文也提到了作者在学校时的情形。 40【答案】B
【解析】此处作者通过回忆自己的同学在教室上课的情形与自己工作环境形成鲜明的对比。后文也解释了作者辍学参加工作的原因。 41【答案】D
【解析】此句与上一句为因果关系。 42【答案】A
【解析】结合后文作者的工作性质可知，和父亲一起为叔叔工作。 43【答案】B
【解析】take possession of拥有，掌管。 44【答案】D
【解析】作者的工作就是清除路上的垃圾，保持路面清洁。 45【答案】C
【解析】根据作者的工作（picking up rubbish）可知，这项工作既脏，气味也难闻，尤其是在夏天的时候。 46【答案】B
【解析】第一段提到了这一天很热，像这么热的天，清理垃圾这种工作一定又脏又难闻。 47【答案】A
【解析】regular通常的，例行的。作者的工作是清理路面，这个工作具有反复性，即同一线路要定期清理。
48【答案】D
【解析】head for朝……驶去。结合前一句话可知，作者正往天桥驶去。 49【答案】C
【解析】后文所列举的事故是一辆丰田汽车倒挂在树上。 因此，树枝被折断散落在地上。 50【答案】A
【解析】check…out：检查。作者把车停到路边检查发生了什么事。 51【答案】B
【解析】根据后一句话 there wasn’t much time 可知答案。 52【答案】D
【解析】作者在高速路上工作，汽车落在树上应是坠落。 53【答案】A
【解析】汽车倒挂在了树上。fall下落，强调动作。如选B，C应该用被动语态。 54【答案】B
【解析】desert抛弃。 55【答案】C
【解析】正在我想那是一辆偷来的车时，突然注意到有人正晃动受伤的腿。
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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各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye : Queen City Casket Company . “What is it ?” I wondered . I 36 it over . There , in faded ink , was a hand-scrawled（手写的） 37 . Immediately my mind traveled 38 many years .
I was nine years old , walking down the cold , wet streets of Springfield , with a bag of magazines on my shoulder . On my 39 that day , I came to that Company finally , whose owner , Mr Rader , had always taken me there to ask his workers 40 they wanted any magazines .
Shaking off the 41 like a wet dog , I entered Mr Rader’s office . After a quick glance he 42 me over to the fire-place . Noticing the 43 in the top of my 44 , he said , “ Come with me !” pulling me into his pickup 45 . We pulled to a stop before a shoe store . Inside , a salesman 46 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 47 seen . I 48 about 10 feet tall when I got up 49 them . “ We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said .
Back in his office , Mr Rader took out a 50 , wrote something on it , and handed it to me . With 51 eyes , I read , “ Do to others as you would have them do to you .” He said affectionately (深情地), “Jimmy , I want you to
52 I love you”.
I said good-bye , and for the first time I 53 a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 54 . With people like Mr Rader in the world , there was hope , kindness and love , and that would always make a 55 . 36．A．read
B．thought B．list B．so
C．turned
D．passed D．information D．back D．arrival D．why D．rain D．carried D．cover D．bag D．store D．comforted D．hardly D．felt D．in D．notebook D．puzzled D．express D．gained D．possible D．difference
37．A．address 38．A．forward 39．A．return
C．message C．ahead C．trip
B．rounds B．how B．sweat
40．A．if only 41．A．dust 42．A．led 43．A．hole
C．whether C．tail
B．followed B．mud B．shoe
C．watched C．water C．sock C．home
44．A．magazine 45．A．truck
B．factory B．fitted
46．A．dressed 47．A．ever
C．showed C．never
B．already B．seemed B．with B．paper
48．A．appeared 49．A．for 50．A．pen
C．looked C．on C．card
51．A．tearful 52．A．admit
B．unbelievable B．know
C．curious C．consider C．lost
53．A．sensed 54．A．mistaken 55．A．deal
B．received B．right
C．all right C．choice
答案解析
B．fortune
36【答案】C
【解析】turn over把翻过来。作者看到的是一张卡片，卡片的一面注有地址，要想看到内容，得把它翻过来。 37【答案】C
【解析】根据后文，Mr Rader在卡片上写的是送给作者的赠言。address地址；list目录；information消息，信息。 38【答案】D
【解析】作者见到这张卡片，思绪又回到了从前。forward或ahead如指时间，应往后推。 39【答案】B
【解析】根据下文提示可知，作者当时的工作是卖杂志，应来回沿街叫卖。
40【答案】C
【解析】作者是卖杂志的，Mr Rader帮作者询问他的工人是否需要杂志。 41【答案】D
【解析】根据第二段首句和空格后面的wet dog可推出答案。 42【答案】A
【解析】作者是在Mr Rader的办公室，当时又冷又潮，故Mr Rader把他带到炉火旁取暖。 43【答案】A
【解析】下文提到Mr Rader给作者买的是一双鞋和袜子，因此可推测作者的鞋子坏了。 44【答案】B
【解析】根据下文Mr Rader给作者买的东西可推出答案。 45【答案】A
【解析】pick up皮卡；一种小型货车。 46【答案】B
【解析】dress给……穿衣服；show展示；comfort安慰；fit…with给……提供。服务员给我拿出了一双很好的鞋。 47【答案】A
【解析】Mr Rader给作者买的鞋子是作者那时曾经见过的最好的鞋子。 48【答案】D
【解析】这是作者当时曾经见过的最好的鞋子，又非常适合他，穿上一定感到比穿那双已经坏了的鞋要舒服很多。 49【答案】D
【解析】本题考查在特定语境下使用介词的能力。in …穿着……。 50【答案】C
【解析】根据第一段首句可得知答案。 51【答案】A
【解析】Mr Rader给了作者无私的帮助，令作者非常感动。 52【答案】B
【解析】admit承认；consider认为，考虑；express表达。如用这三个词与作者所要表达的感情不符。 53【答案】A
【解析】作者当时的生活条件很差，九岁就沿街卖杂志，Mr Rader对他无私的帮助让他感到生活又充满了希望。 54【答案】C
【解析】此处意思为：一切事情都会好起来的。 55【答案】D
【解析】世界上有Mr Rader这样的好心人，就会有希望，生活就会出现转机，有所不同。
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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，选出最佳选项。 One of the political issues that is heard a lot about in the States lately is campaign（竞选）finance reform（改革）. The people who are 36 for reform usually want the 37 to pay for campaigns and/or limit the amount of money that candidates（候选人）and their 38 can spend.
One reason that reform is called for is that it costs so much to 39 for political office. Candidates have to spend a great deal of time and effort 40 money. The incumbents (those already in office) have less time to do chief jobs since they must 41 so many money raising events.
Another 42 is the fear that candidates will be owned or 43 by the “special interest groups” that give money to their campaigns. Sometimes this certainly seems to be the 44 . On the 45 side are those who say that it doesn’t mean it’s really 46 just because you call something “reform”. They argue that the right to freedom of speech is 47 if the government can limit anyone’s ability to get his or her message out to the people.
If one person or a group of people want to tell the 48 what they think about an issue or candidate, they have to buy 49 on TV, radio, and in newspapers and magazines. They might want to put up advertisements along highways and on websites. All this costs a lot of 50 . Those against laws that control or limit spending say that you don’t really have freedom of 51 or freedom of the press if you can’t get your message out. They say the government should never be able to control 52 discussions. They believe that this is most important when the voters are about to make 53 . What do you think about this 54 ? Listen to what the candidates for national office have to say. Which candidates 55 the most sense to you? 36．A．waiting
B．calling
C．standing C．candidates C．supporters C．wait C．giving C．guard C．reason
D．preparing D．citizens D．states D．work D．getting D．attend D．office D．ordered D．example D．different
37．A．government 38．A．leaders 39．A．pay 40．A．raising 41．A．notice 42．A．event
B．president B．bosses
B．compete B．earning B．report B．cost B．forced
43．A．encouraged 44．A．joke 45．A．other
C．controlled C．case C．another
B．purpose B．same
46．A．worse
B．better
C．easier
D．harder D．impossible D．public D．advertising D．money D．election D．special D．decisions D．affair D．produce
47．A．meaningless 48．A．reporters 49．A．time 50．A．energy
B．unimportant B．truth B．copies B．effort B．opinion
C．unnecessary C．story C．rights C．time C．speech C．general C．plans C．issue C．create
51．A．argument 52．A．common 53．A．profit 54．A．quarrel 55．A．find
B．political B．trouble
B．problem B．make
答案解析
36【答案】B
【解析】根据第二段第一句话可得知答案。call for号召。 37【答案】A
【解析】根据下文支持改革和持反对意见的人的观点及其原因可知答案。 38【答案】C
【解析】根据常识可知，西方国家每次竞选，候选人及其支持者都会花大量的钱进行宣传。 39【答案】B
【解析】候选人及其支持者花费如此多的钱就是为了竞争政府的某个职位。 40【答案】A
【解析】raise money募集资金。竞选者要竞选成功，得需要大量的资金用于宣传。因此竞选之前要想方设法募集资金。根据后一句中的money raising events也可得知答案。 41【答案】D
【解析】候选人在募集资金的过程中会出现很多问题，出现问题政府工作人员就要进行协调，他们可能因为解决这些问题而无暇顾及自己的主要工作。attend此处为负责，处理。 42【答案】C
【解析】上文提到了改革的一个原因，本段是解释另一个原因。 43【答案】C
【解析】own与control同义，控制。 44【答案】C
【解析】case情况。本段解释的是一些人主张改革的原因，是担心候选人因为钱而受到某个组织的控制。他们之所以担心是因为有时候情况就是这样。
45【答案】A
【解析】上文所列举的是一些人主张改革的原因。本句起承上启下的作用，引出站在另一方立场上的人的观点及其原因。 46【答案】B
【解析】本句句意为：你称呼某些东西为改革，而改革未必就是好的。 47【答案】A
【解析】如果政府能限制人对外界进行宣传，那么人的言论自由权就变的名存实亡，毫无意义了。 48【答案】D
【解析】联系上文及常识可知，如果要想竞选成功，候选人或某个组织必须对公众进行宣传，获得群众的支持和选票。 49【答案】D
【解析】结合句意及常识可知，要想宣传自己的观点或看法，必须在媒体上大肆宣传，而宣传的主要途径就是广告。 50【答案】D
【解析】要想在媒体上宣传，必须做大量的广告，而广告势必需要大量的资金做后盾。 51【答案】C
【解析】根据第四段最后一句话可得知答案。 52【答案】B
【解析】本篇介绍的是关于候选人所用奖金的改革问题，都是关于政治方面的问题。反对人士认为政府不能限制人的言论自由，不能限制人们在政治方面的谈论自由。 53【答案】D
【解析】本句与上一句为递进关系。意为：政府更不能干涉人们决定赞成哪位候选人。 54【答案】C
【解析】本句为本段的总结句，与第一段首句相对应。 55【答案】B
【解析】make sense有意义，有道理。
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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各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
In some cities , workaholism（废寝忘食工作）is so common that people don’t consider it unusual . They accept the lifestyle as 36 . Government workers in Washington , D. C. , 37 , frequently work sixty to seventy hours a
week . They don’t do this because they have to ; they do it because they 38 to . Workaholism can be a 39 problem . Because true workaholics would rather work than do anything else , they 40 have no idea of how to
relax ; that is , they might not 41 movies , sports , or other types of entertainment . Most of all , they 42 to sit and do nothing . The lives of workaholics are usually stressful , and this tension（紧张）and worry can cause 43 problems such as heart attacks and stomach diseases . 44 , typical workaholics don’t pay much attention to their families . Their marriages may end in 45 as they spend little time with their families .
Is workaholism 46 dangerous ? Perhaps not . There are , certainly , people who work 47 under stress . Some studies show that many workaholics have great energy and interest in work . They feel 48 is so
pleasurable that they are actually very happy . For most workaholics , work and entertainment are the same thing . Their jobs 49 them with a challenge ; this keeps them busy and creative .
50 do workaholics enjoy their jobs so much ? There are several 51 to work . Of course , it provides people with paychecks , and this is important . But it offers 52 financial security . It provides people with self-confidence（自信心）; they have a feeling of satisfaction 53 they have produced a challenging piece of work and are able to say “I 54 it” . Psychologists （心理学家）claim that their work gives people an identity （自身价值）. After they take part in work , they 55 a sense of self and individualism . 36．A．strange
B．boring
C．pleasant
D．normal D．after all D．want D．difficult D．mostly D．allow D．hate D．mental D．Besides D．surprise D．hardly D．slowly D．work D．fill D．Where D．ways D．more than D．until D．made
37．A．for example 38．A．agree 39．A．slight 40．A．still 41．A．afford 42．A．dream
B．on the other hand C．what’s more B．promise B．serious B．probably B．enjoy B．decide
C．dare
C．obvious C．certainly C．watch C．intend C．social
43．A．physical 44．A．Therefore 45．A．happiness 46．A．sometimes 47．A．sadly 48．A．study 49．A．equip 50．A．When
B．cultural B．However B．silence B．always B．differently B．family B．pack B．Why
C．Anyway C．failure C．seldom C．efficiently C．life
C．provide C．How C．steps
51．A．factors 52．A．no more 53．A．when
B．advantages B．more or less B．before B．failed
C．no more than C．unless
54．A．valued C．caught
55．A．give B．lose C．get
答案解析
D．need
36【答案】D
【解析】废寝忘食工作这种现象是如此的普遍，以至于人们认为这种工作方式是正常的。 37【答案】A
【解析】 本句是为对第一句话进行论证而举的例子。 38【答案】D
【解析】联系上下文意思可知，废寝忘食工作者没有其它的兴趣爱好，而他们又宁愿工作而不愿无所事事。因此，本句句意为：他们不忘我的工作，因为他们确实没有其他办法，他们这样工作是因为他们愿意。 39【答案】B
【解析】下文所举的例子表明废寝忘食的工作，可能导致身体上严重的疾病或家庭的破裂。因此可知，这种工作方式有时候会导致很严重的问题。 40【答案】B
【解析】根据下一句所进行的解释中might可知答案。 41【答案】B
【解析】横线上所缺的是谓语动词，根据所缺宾语和上下文的解释可得知答案。 42【答案】D
【解析】根据上文的解释，废寝忘食的工作者宁愿工作也不愿无所事事可得知答案。hate doing/to do 不喜欢做某事。 43【答案】A
【解析】下文列举的疾病都是指身体方面问题。 44【答案】D
【解析】前文所列举的是因废寝忘食的工作导致身体方面的疾病，后文所列举的是因为废寝忘食的工作而导致的家庭方面的问题，这两者之间应是并列递进关系。 45【答案】C
【解析】根据空格后面as所引导的原因状语从句和上一句的解释可得知答案。 46【答案】B
【解析】上文所列举的例子都是因为废寝忘食工作而引起的不良影响，而下文所举的例子都是一些积极的作用。根据这一点可知，此句既是对上一句的反问，又起承上启下的作用。 47【答案】C
【解析】本题考查在特定语境下使用动词修饰语的能力。sadly伤心地；differently不同地；slowly慢慢地；efficiently有效率地。根据下文意思 “工作狂”在工作的时候感到精力充沛，兴趣盎然可得知答案。 48【答案】D
【解析】根据前后句的解释可得知答案。 49【答案】C
【解析】根据上文的解释可知，只有工作才能使他们精力旺盛，因为这给他们提供了一个挑战的机会。再者，根据53个空后面也可得知答案。 50【答案】B
【解析】上文主要阐述的是，很多人喜欢废寝忘食工作，以及因其所产生的影响，而下文则是解释为什么废寝忘食工作者这么喜欢工作。 51【答案】B
【解析】下文所列举的都是废寝忘食工作所带来的积极影响。 52【答案】D
【解析】根据上下文意思可知，废寝忘食工作不仅能为这些工作者提供资金，而且还能给他们自信。no more不再……；more or less或多或少 ；no more than仅仅。 53【答案】A
【解析】本句为一个时间状语从句。当工作能给他们提供一个挑战的机会，而且最后他们能说“我成功了”的时候，他们会有一种成就感。 54【答案】D
【解析】本题考查固定词组的搭配。make it成功。 55【答案】C
【解析】 本句是对本段大意所进行的总结。根据上下文可知，在工作之后，他们能体会到自我成功的价值。
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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各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Some personal characteristics play an important role in the development of one’s intelligence . But people fail to realize the importance of training these factors in young people .
The so-called ‘non-intelligence factors’（非智力因素）include 36 feelings , will , motivation （动机）, interests and habits . After a 30-year follow-up study of 8000 males , American psychologists （心理学） 37 that the main cause of disparities in intelligence is not intelligence 38 , but non-intelligence factors including the desire to learn , will power and self-confidence .
39 people all know that one should have definite objectives , a strong will and good learning habits , quite a number of teachers and parents don’t pay much attention to 40 these factors .
Some parents are greatly worried 41 their children fail to do well in their studies . They blame either genetic （遗传的）factors , malnutrition ,（营养不良）or laziness , but they never take 42 consideration these non-intelligence
factors . At the same time , some teachers don’t inquire into these , as reasons 43 students do poorly . They simply give them more courses and exercises , or 44 criticize or laugh at them . After all , these students lose self-confidence . Some of them just feel defeated and 45 themselves up as hopeless . Others may go astray（迷途）because they are sick of learning . 46 investigation of more than 1,000 middle school students in Shanghai showed that 46.5 per cent of them were 47 of learning , because of examinations , 36.4 per cent lacked persistence , initiative （主动）and consciousness （正直地、谨慎的）and 10.3 per cent were sick of learning .
It is clear 48 the lack of cultivation （培养） of non-intelligence factors has been a main 49 to intelligence development in teenagers . It even causes an imbalance between physiological （生理的）and 50 development among a few students .
If we don’t start now to 51 the cultivation of non-intelligence factors , it will not only affect the development of the 52 of teenagers , but also affect the quality of a whole generation . Some experts have put forward 53 about how to cultivate students’ non-intelligence factors .
First , parents and teachers should 54 understand teenage psychology . On this basis , they can help them to pursue （调动）the objectives of learning , 55 their interests and toughening their willpower . 36．A．one’s
B．their
C．his
D．her D．worked out D．on its own D．Moreover D．developing D．whether D．over D．how D．more D．give D．A D．ashamed D．which D．obstacle(障碍) D．physical D．urge
37．A．came out 38．A．in itself 39．A．Though 40．A．believing 41．A．about 42．A．for 43．A．why 44．A．ever 45．A．put 46．A．The 47．A．afraid 48．A．that
B．found out B．by itself
C．made out C．itself
B．Nevertheless B．studying B．when B．in B．that B．even B．get B．An B．ahead B．how
C．However C．cultivating C．how C．into C．when C．still
C．handle C．Another C．aware C．why C．threat
49．A．difficulty 50．A．intelligent 51．A．practise
B．question
B．characteristic B．thrust
C．psychological C．strengthen
52．A．intelligence 53．A．projects
B．diligence B．warnings
C．maturity（成熟） D．performance C．suggestions
D．decision
54．A．fully
B．greatly B．going
C．very D．highly D．exciting
55．A．insuring C．encouraging
答案解析
36【答案】A
【解析】本题考查所有格的形式。人们的非智力因素包括其情感、意志、动机、兴趣和习惯。此处表泛指。 37【答案】B
【解析】come out出版，发芽； make out辨认出； work out计算出，制定出。 心理学家对8000名男性进行研究，目的就是为了找出影响智力的因素发展的原因。 38【答案】C
【解析】根据后面的but non-- intelligence可知，此处所表达的意思为：使人智力不同的原因不在于智力本身，而在于非智力因素。in itself本来，就其本身而言；by itself独自，单独；on it’s own独立地。 39【答案】A
【解析】联系上下文可知，很多父母和教师不注重培养儿童的非智力因素，尽管他们都知道人应该具备这些非智力因素。 40【答案】C
【解析】根48个空下面的the lack of cultivation of non---intelligence factors可知答案。 41【答案】B
【解析】孩子成绩不好的时候，父母必然会担心。 42【答案】C
【解析】take…into consideration考虑…… 。 43【答案】A
【解析】本句为一定语从句，先行词reason在从句中作状语，用why。 44【答案】B
【解析】 句中两个分句应为递进关系。 45【答案】D
【解析】结合前文的lose self-confidence; feel defeated及后面的 hopeless可知give…up意为放弃；认为……无可救药。 46【答案】B
【解析】对上海在校生的调查，在文中第一次提到，并且表示泛指，故用an。 47【答案】A
【解析】学生害怕考试，而学习就有考试，因而导致学生害怕学习。be ahead of超过；be aware of知道，意识到；be ashamed of对……感到羞耻。 48【答案】A
【解析】本句为一个主语从句。it是形式主语，因为从句中不缺成份，也没有疑问，故真正的主语为that从句。 49【答案】D
【解析】文中提到，影响人的智力因素主要在于非智力因素的养成，而大多数父母和教师又不注重培养孩子的非智力因素。因此，非智力因素培养缺乏问题，成为孩子智力发表的一个障碍。threat恐吓;difficulty困难；question问题。 50【答案】C
【解析】学生的生理与心理应该是均衡发展。 51【答案】C
【解析】上文提到因为缺乏非智力因素的培养阻碍了青少年智力因素的发展，因此，我们应当加强对青少年非智力因素的培养。 52【答案】A
【解析】文中主要阐述了非智力因素对智力发展的影响。 53【答案】C
【解析】根据后文的how to cultivate students’ non-intelligence factor可知此外应是提出建议。 54【答案】A
【解析】本题主要考查在特定语境下，使用动词修饰语的能力。fully understand充分理解。 55【答案】D
【解析】excite意为唤起（兴趣）；引起（感情等）。
十一
第二节：完形填空（共20小题：每小题1分，满分20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。 You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes’ break between classes. But when the bell for the next class rings, you can’t 36 how quickly time has passed.
If you are familiar with this 37 , you’ll know how time flies when you are having fun-and 38 when you are bored. Now scientists have 39 a reason why this is the case.
Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain 40 according to how we focus on a task. When we are 41 , we concentrate more on how time is passing. And this makes our brains 42 the clock is ticking more slowly.
In an experiment 43 by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image 44 researchers monitored their brain activity.
The volunteers were told to 45 concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then
46 the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and color. The results showed that 47 was more active when the volunteers paid 48 subjects.
It is thought that if the brain is 49 focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to 50 its resources, and pays less
attention to the clock. 51 , time passes without us really 52 it, and seems to go quickly. If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its 53 energies on monitoring the passing of time. 54 , time seems to drag.
Next time you feel bored 55 , perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is saying! 36．A．guess 37．A．view 38．A．drags
B．learn B．point B．stops
C．believe C．scene C．backs
D．doubt D．experience D．gains D．come up with D．slow D．active D．see D．performed D．but D．first D．tell apart D．the brain
39．A．thought over 40．A．change
B．made up B．develop B．bored B．think B．carried B．when B．quickly
C．suggested C．grow C．excited C．decide C．tried C．while C．how C．forget
41．A．sleepy 42．A．report
43．A．produced 44．A．so
45．A．partly
46．A．remember B．focus on
47．A．the researchers 48．A．much attention to
C．attention to many 49．A．busy 50．A．focus
B．the experiment
C．the clock
B．more attention to D．attention to more C．ready C．reach
B．likely B．gather
D．sure D．spread D．Finally D．counting D．proper D．Instead D．of lessons
51．A．However 52．A．recognizing 53．A．enough 54．A．In fact 55．A．in class
B．Furthermore B．watching B．full
C．Therefore C．noticing C．right
B．As a result B．with work
C．For example C．in mind
答案解析
36【答案】C
【解析】课间十分钟玩得很开心，时间在不知不觉中就过去了。此处用can’t believe表示对这段时间飞快流逝的惊讶与感叹。 37【答案】C
【解析】上文提到的是一种特定的心理场面描写，而不是人所经历的某一件具体的事情，故选C。scene情节,场面 ；experience经验,经历,阅历。 38【答案】A
【解析】根据文中倒数第二段的解释可得知答案。drag拖长，此处指时间过的很慢。 39【答案】D
【解析】thought over仔细考虑 ;make up 组成; suggest建议；表明; come up with提出。 科学家是以实验为基础进行研究而提出的一种原因。 40【答案】A
【解析】联系下文的实验可知，当人的大脑集中于一个任务的多个面的时候，就变得比较活跃，反之，则变得不那么活跃。所以当大脑所注意的任务不同的时候，大脑的活动状态是不一样的。 41【答案】B
【解析】联系上下文可知，人在比较厌烦或感到无事可做的时候，才觉的时间过得很慢。 42【答案】B
【解析】时间过得很慢只是人的一种潜在的意识。 43【答案】D
【解析】空格所缺的词做定语，应与前面的experiment构成动宾关系，结合下文进行的实验可知，只有D项符合。B项应改为carried out 。 44【答案】C
【解析】此处用while强调在实验过程中，被实验者与研究人员的任务对比关系。 45【答案】D
【解析】根据后面的then; thirdly可得知答案。 46【答案】B
【解析】根据后文49个空后面的解释可知，实验的目的是让大脑不停的专注于一个任务的多个方面。 47【答案】D
【解析】此处指被研究人员的大脑思维比较活跃。 48【答案】D
【解析】结合上文的实验可知，研究人员是让实验者的大脑专注于一个任务的多个方面。 49【答案】A
【解析】be busy doing…忙于……为固定搭配；be likely to do…可能做……； be ready to do…准备做……； be sure of/about对……确信。 50【答案】D
【解析】联系上下文可知，当大脑专注于一个任务的多个方面时，它的精力就会被分散，因而就转移了对时间的注意。spread 此处为分散。 51【答案】C
【解析】此处是上述实验所得出的一个结论 。
52【答案】C
【解析】根据后文的 seems to go quickly可知，时间在不知不觉中过去。 53【答案】B
【解析】如果大脑不太活跃的时候，就会把相当多的精力集中在计算时间上，right/ proper正确的，恰当的，同义，可排除。enough足够的；full充足的；相当多的。 54【答案】B
【解析】 本句是根据前面的分析而得出的结论。 55【答案】A
【解析】本句与文章第一段相对应，是对第一段在课堂出现的问题的一种解决方法。另外，根据最后一句也可得出答案。
十二
第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20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。
Do you remember last summer , when angry travelers were urging the government to do something about airline customer service ? Airlines 36 to improve , and they adopted (采用)new standards just before Christmas . 37 as another summer nears , plenty of 38
travelers don’t see much improvement in customer 39 overall .
This month , the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) office will publish its first critical 40
on whether airlines are 41 their promises . One survey（调查）suggests problems : the number of 42 to the DOT about the top 10 airlines in the first 43 rose 89% from a year ago .
Hit last summer by passenger complaints and the threat (威慑)of consumer-protection laws by the 44 , 14 airlines 45 to adopt a set of basic customer-service standards called Customers First . The “12 promises” to passengers were introduced 46 a mjor effort to improve service . Since then , airlines have been redesigning websites , retraining employees and upgrading technology .
Recently , DOT inspector general Kenneth Mead , at McCain’s request , sent 20 examiners to airports to 47 whether each airline is doing what it promised . Mead warns travelers shouldn’t 48 too much . Most of the promises are 49 better communication with customers , not problems with flights .
“Passengers should show more understanding to airlines about their 50 to better air service .” Spokeswoman Shelly Sasson says . “And when 51 are made , it takes a long time for them to be noticed,” she says .
Now , the efforts may be working . During the first quarter , Delta had the second-lowest rate of complaints among the 52 10 carriers . 53 , its rate , along with other carriers’ , is up from last year . McCain and other lawmakers say there may be a 54 to pass new consumer-protection 55 .
36．A．promised 37．A．So
B．managed B．But
C．hoped
D．refused D．Even D．puzzled D．travel D．article D．improving D．complaints D．summer D．public D．failed D．by D．check D．suggest D．made from D．efforts D．improvements D．bad D．Meanwhile D．use D．reports
C．Merely C．tired
38．A．skilled 39．A．flight 40．A．news
B．experienced B．opinion
C．service C．doubt C．giving
B．information B．making B．travelers B．year
41．A．honoring 42．A．problems 43．A．quarter 44．A．customer 45．A．wished 46．A．to 47．A．explain 48．A．travel
C．passengers C．month
B．company B．agreed B．for B．discuss
C．government C．remembered C．as
C．discover C．complain C．joined to C．reality
B．expect
49．A．aimed at 50．A．difficulty
B．considered as B．situation B．rules B．first
51．A．suggestions 52．A．large 53．A．Still
C．decisions C．top C．Instead
B．Therefore B．need
54．A．possibility C．chance C．laws
答案解析
55．A．examinations B．service
36【答案】A
【解析】原文提到航空公司采取了一系列措施，其中包括对乘客的十二项保证。因此可知航空公司在政府的要求下已答应改善服务。 37【答案】B
【解析】尽管他们采取了措施，但乘客们仍然没有看到很多改善。 38【答案】B
【解析】experienced travelers此处意思为经常乘飞机出行的乘客。skilled有技能的；tired劳累的；puzzled感到迷惑的。结合常识可知，只有经常乘飞机的乘客才能体会出航空公司服务的改变。 39【答案】C
【解析】上文提到政府要求航空公司改善顾客服务。因此可知，航空公司应是在服务这一块采取的措施。 40【答案】D
【解析】根据本句的谓语动词publish可以得知答案。 41【答案】A
【解析】honor此处意思为履行，遵守。上文航空公司许诺改善服务，交通部门作为监督主管部门看他们是否履行了自己做出的许诺。 42【答案】D
【解析】此处是拿今年顾客的投诉数量与去年的相比。 43【答案】A
【解析】最后一自然段对此处作了进一步的解释，根据最后一段第二句话可知答案。quarter季度。 44【答案】C
【解析】法律应是由政府部门制定的。结合上文可知航空公司改善服务，一是由于顾客的抱怨；一是迫于政府的压力。 45【答案】B
【解析】根据下文航空公司采取的措施可知他们同意改善服务，wish to do希望做…… ; remember to do记着去做……； fail to do…没有做……。 46【答案】C
【解析】as作为。对乘客的几项许诺应是为改善服务而做出的努力中的一部分。 47【答案】D
【解析】交通部门派出20名工作人员应是去检查航空公司是否履行了自己的许诺。 48【答案】B
【解析】此处选A、C、D三项不符常理。根据下一段的解释可知，Mead是希望顾客不要对航空公司服务的改善寄予过高的期望。 49【答案】A
【解析】根据promises与better communication的关系可知答案。aim at旨在……。 50【答案】D
【解析】上文多次提到了航空公司为改善服务采取的措施或做出的努力。 51【答案】D
【解析】联系上一句可知，既然航空公司已经做出努力改善服务，就会有提高。只不过这个进步要很长一段时间才能被人注意到。 52【答案】C
【解析】根据第二段最后一句话可知答案。 53【答案】A
【解析】联系上下文可知，去年顾客投诉的数量很多，航空公司采取了一些措施。尽管最好的十家航空公司的投诉
率下降，可是加上其他的航空公司，投诉率与去年相比仍然是呈上升趋势。 54【答案】B
【解析】因顾客的投诉率是上升趋势，McCain 和其他立法者认为有必要通过一项新的顾客保护法。 55【答案】C
【解析】前文提到了保护顾客权益法，此处指再通过一项新的保护顾客权益法。
十三
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 About 1,000 students were having a final exam in a huge lecture hall. Obviously the teacher wasn’t very well liked, who kept shouting out how much time was left. During the exam he was so 36 going around the room making sure that nobody 37 . He asked the students to pile the 38 tests on the huge desk. This made for quite a mess(混乱).
Anyway, everyone needed a fairly good 39 . Many students did poorly when rushed. 40of the students thought that he must get a good grade, so he went on when the professor said “ 41 down and check up your exam sheets”.
Five 42 turned into ten, ten into twenty, twenty into forty … almost an hour 43 the test was over, our friend finally put down his pencil, 44 up his work, and headed to the front to present his final. The whole time, the professor sat there, 45 waiting for the student to complete.
“What do you think you are doing?” It was clear that the professor had 46 only to give the student a 47 time. “Turning in my exam,” replied the student confidently.
“I’m afraid I have some bad 48 for you,” the professor gloated(幸灾乐祸), “Your 49 is an hour late. You’re FAILED it. And I’ll see you next term when you 50 my course.”
The student smiled slyly(狡诈地) 51 asked the professor, “Do you know who I am?” “No,” cried out the professor 52 .
The student 53 the professor right in the eyes and said slowly, “I didn’t think so,” so he lifted up one of the 54 half way, put his test neatly into the center of the pile, let the pile fall 55 his test in the middle, turned around, and walked out of the huge lecture hall. 36．A．kind
B．busy B．failed
C．strict C．slept
D．serious D．passed D．completed D．paper D．Each D．books D．piles
37．A．cheated 38．A．written 39．A．teacher 40．A．All 41．A．pencils
B．succeeded B．friend B．One B．papers
C．unfinished C．grade C．None C．hands C．sheets
42．A．students B．minutes
43．A．if
B．though
C．before C．sent
D．after D．made D．curiously D．worked D．good D．news D．turn D．begin D．however D．firmly D．looked D．piles D．sticking
44．A．gathered 45．A．strangely 46．A．promised 47．A．easy
B．brought B．excitedly B．managed B．hard B．result B．time B．repeat B．but B．calmly B．hit
C．anxiously C．waited C．long C．advice C．arrival C．learn C．so
48．A．information 49．A．exam 50．A．accept 51．A．and 52．A．cruelly
C．angrily C．blamed C．desks
53．A．searched 54．A．hands
B．eyes
55．A．changing B．burying C．improving
答案解析
36【答案】B
【解析】be busy doing …忙于做……。这名教师不停地在教室走动，确保没有学生作弊。 37【答案】A
【解析】因为学生们正在考试，教授不停地在教室走动的目的就是为了防止学生作弊。 38【答案】D
【解析】根据后文可知，考试已经结束，他让学生把完成的答卷交到前面讲桌上。 39【答案】C
【解析】学生进行的是期末考试，所有的学生都希望考出一个好的成绩，以防留级。 40【答案】B
【解析】下文讲述的只是其中的一个学生在考试结束后继续答题。 41【答案】A
【解析】根据常识，考试结束，学生应把笔放下，再检查一下试卷。另外，根据43个空后面的一句话，也可得知答案。 42【答案】B
【解析】根据后面的almost an hour可知，时间在一分一分地过去。 43【答案】D
【解析】考试结束后过了将近一小时，这名考生才停止答卷。 44【答案】A
【解析】gather up收拾起来；send up发射；bring up养育,扶养；make up组成。 考生答完试卷后，应把试卷按顺序整理好再交上去。 45【答案】A
【解析】一般情况下，考试结束，监考教师应让学生停止答题，把试卷收起来。可这名教师却出人意料地等待这名考生把试卷做完。 46【答案】C
【解析】根据上文可知，教授一直在等这名考生把试卷答完。 47【答案】B
【解析】这名教授在考试结束后，又等了一小时，这种令众人惊讶的举动本身就有一定的目的。另外，根据后文教授幸灾乐祸的言语可知，他等的目的就是为了教训一下这名“不听话”的学生。 48【答案】D
【解析】教授所等说的话对这名学生来说是一个不好的消息。 49【答案】A
【解析】此处指学生交卷晚了一个小时。 50【答案】B
【解析】根据前面You’re FAILED it可知，教师是想告诉学生考试没有通过。期末考试不及格，当然得再读一年。 51【答案】A
【解析】此处用and连接两个并列的谓语动词，学生笑了笑，然后问道……。 52【答案】C
【解析】考生考试本来违反纪律，但竟然还笑着对教授提问题，教授理所当然地十分生气，根据前面的cried也可知教授的心情。 53【答案】D
【解析】 look … in the eyes :look in one’s eyes目不转睛地注视着某人。此处是考生为了转移教授的注意力故意做出的动作。 54【答案】D
【解析】联系上文可知，其他考生已经把试卷交上，放在一起，这名考生只是掀开其中的一摞。根据下一句话“put his test neatly into the centre of the pile”也可得知答案。 55【答案】B
【解析】bury掩埋。结合语境可知，考生把他的试卷放入这一堆试卷的中间，是为了不让这名教授找到他的试卷。
十四
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important 36 : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you 37 money.
This is how I 38 with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store 39 to me,
I step in and make the suggestion to the 40 . If an accident takes place, the 41 of which I think the local police could use, I 42 him up and tell him about it, though I am not in 43 here. One discovery I made about this world is to give 44 getting something back, though the 45 often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important 46 letter to my home, though it was 47 to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of 48 . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was 49 . I was told at the window that there were 50 boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long 51 list. As I was about to 52 , the postmaster appeared in the 53 .“Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office 54 we make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get 55 but complaints（投诉）.” 36．A．decision 37．A．earn
B．research B．lack
C．speech C．spend
D．discovery D．steal D．agreed D．leads D．policeman D．material D．pick D．charge D．before D．concern D．heavy D．brought D．appreciation D．starting D．more D．waiting D．conduct D．yard D．as if D．something
38．A．experienced 39．A．happens 40．A．postmaster 41．A．story 42．A．call 43．A．need 44．A．within 45．A．process 46．A．curious
B．connected B．flashes
C．combined C．sticks
B．headmaster B．damage B．hold B．trouble B．without B．goal
C．storekeeper C．challenge C．break
C．common C．for C．return C．special
B．immediate B．addressed B．apology B．providing B．some B．relating B．shout
47．A．realized 48．A．invitation 49．A．dealing 50．A．enough
C．forgotten C．instruction C．operating C．no
51．A．admitting 52．A．leave
C．examining C．guess C．library C．even if C．nothing
53．A．window 54．A．in case 55．A．anything
B．doorway B．now that B．everything
答案解析
36【答案】D
【解析】本句句意为：像很多人一样，我生来就认为生活就是获得，直到三十多岁的时候才发现，放弃或给予也会使得生活如此精彩。再者，后文也提到了这种发现。 37【答案】B
【解析】你缺钱也无须担心，因为生活并不只是一味的索取。 38【答案】A
【解析】下文列举的事例都是作者生活中经历的事情。 39【答案】B
【解析】本句主语为 an idea。主意在某人脑海中闪现用flash 。happen to …发生在某人身上；stick to坚持; lead to导致，其宾语一般不为人。 40【答案】C
【解析】根据前文提到的neighborhood store可知答案。 41【答案】A
【解析】story故事，事情。出现事故，警察应了解事情的经过真相。damage 破坏；challenge 挑战；material物质，材料。 42【答案】A
【解析】根据后文tell him about it 可知作者是打电话告诉警察事情的经过。 43【答案】D
【解析】作者虽然不负责这里的事情，但他却主动帮助警察了解事故经过。 44【答案】B
【解析】上文列举的事例都表明作者想主动帮助别人而不希望得到什么。 45【答案】C
【解析】return回报。根据转折连词though和下文所列举的事例表明，帮助别人有时候在不经意时也会得到回报。 46【答案】C
【解析】根据下文的postmaster说的话中可知答案。 47【答案】B
【解析】address此处为动词，注明……的地址。信上标明收信人的地址是我办公室的地址，但邮递员却把它送到了我的家里。 48【答案】D
【解析】appreciation欣赏，赞赏。邮递员把本来该送到办公室的信送到家里，人们通常只会责备他们，而作者却与此相反，非但没有责备，而是写了一封表扬信。他也因此得到了回报。
49【答案】D
【解析】本句为定语从句，横线上所缺动词的宾语为new business 。deal 为不及物动词，故排除。作者开办了一项新的业务。 50【答案】C
【解析】结合上下文可知，邮局里已没有剩余的邮箱，但作者原来无意的付出却使得邮递员愿意为他做一个。 51【答案】D
【解析】邮局里没有剩余的邮箱，要想安装邮箱，只能等到有的时候。 52【答案】A
【解析】作者被告知已没有邮箱，只好离开。 53【答案】B
【解析】根据故事发生的地点，可排除C，D。另外，根据介词in排除A项。作者正要离开，邮递员在门口拦住了他。 54【答案】C
【解析】本句句意为在这个邮局里，你应该得到一个邮箱，即便是我们给你做一个。in case以防; now that既然,因为；as if 好像。 55【答案】C
【解析】本题考查not …but…结构。不是………而是……。邮递员从顾客那里一般不会得到任何东西，只有抱怨
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