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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes.As years
36 ，the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister,a young English
37 , began to believe he might 38 this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th,1954,when Bannister knew he had a 39 chance. Bannister had been 40 hard and was very fit,but the weather conditions were a real 41
to him.Describing the 42 later,Bannister said,“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.As I 43 for the start I glanced at the flag.It moved 44 now.This was the moment when I made my decision.
“The gun fired.My legs 45 to meet no resistance,as if I was 46 forward by some unknown force.The noise from the faithful 47 gave me greater strength.I felt the 48 of a lifetime had come.”
“I was driven on by a 49 of fear and pride.My body had long since used up all its energy 50 it went on running just the same.This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they 51 could have done in previous years.When I leapt at(冲向) the 52 tape,I fell,almost__53_____.”
“I knew I had done it,even before I 54 the time.The announcement came.‘Result of the one mile...Time,three minutes...’ the rest was 55 in the noise of excitement.”
36.A.passed along B.passed down C.went by D.went over
37.A.coach B.athlete C.captain D.judge
38.A.defeat B.move C.beat D.break
39.A.real B.lucky C.serious D.false
40.A.competing B.training C.fighting D.attending
41.A.eagerness B.pleasure C.relief D.worry
42.A.accident B.event C.issue D.topic
43.A.did up B.made up C.put up D.lined up
44.A.safely B.heavily C.thinly D.gently
45.A.seemed B.used C.happened D.had
46.A.dragged B.drawn C.pulled D.pushed
47.A.mass B.residents C.crowd D.team
48.A.moment B.period C.while D.date
49.A.concentration B.collection C.combination D.classification
50.A.so B.but C.or D.as
51.A.never B.ever C.even D.still
52.A.starting B.lasting C.finishing D.running
53.A.unconcerned B.unconscious C.unknown D.unnoticed
54.A.offered B.told C.announced D.heard
55.A.stuck B.involved C.lost D.spread
36-55 CBDAB DBDDA DCACB ACBDC
【解析】36.答案：C
解析：go by 意为“(时间)经过”，as years passed by表示“随着许多年过去”。pass along意为“沿……走,路过”；pass down意为“往里面走，代代相传”；go over意为“转变,仔细检查,润色,复习”。
37.答案：B
解析：athlete意为“运动员”。根据下文的内容可判断出Roger Bannister是一位英国年轻的体育运动员。coach意为“教练”；captain意为“队长”；judge意为“裁判员”。
38.答案：D
解析：break意为“打破”，根据其宾语barrier可判断出他开始相信可以会越过这个几乎是不可思议的障碍，故选D项。defeat意为“打败(敌人)，使受挫折”；move意为“感动,鼓动,激动；引起(人)……的兴致,打动,发动，刺激,鼓励”；beat意为“打败(敌人等)，胜过，超过”。
39.答案：A
解析：real意为“真正的”，根据下文中他参加测试的情况可判断出他知道这是一次真正的机会。lucky意为“运气好的，侥幸的”；serious意为“严肃的，一本正经的”；false意为“虚伪的，虚假的，捏造的，撒谎的，不诚实的，错误的”。
40.答案：B
解析：train意为“训练”，作为体育运动员在测试前都要参加训练。compete意为“比赛”；fight意为“战斗，奋斗，斗争”；attend意为“出席，到场，参加，上，到”。
41.答案：D
解析：worry意为“苦恼”。根据下文中的“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.”可判断出由于天气很糟糕，而引起Bannister的苦恼。eagerness意为“渴望，殷切，热忱，热情”；pleasure意为“愉快，快乐，满意，愉快的事情”；relief意为“慰藉，安慰，安心”。
42.答案：B
解析：event意为“运动项目”。根据下文的内容可判断出他参加了测试，所以是在后来描述那次测试的情况。 accident意为“故障，事故，偶发事件，偶然”；issue意为“结果，结局，成绩，论点，争论问题，商讨”；topic意为“论题，题目，话题，标题”。
43.答案：D
解析：line up意为“排队”。根据下文中“The gun fired.”可判断出在即将开始测试时，运动员列队在起跑线上。do up意为“束起,重新整修,收拾齐整,疲乏,包好”；make up意为“弥补,虚构,缝制,整理,包装,和解”；put up 意为“举起,抬起,进行,提供,表现出,建造,提名,推举”。
44.答案：D
解析：gently意为“轻轻地”。根据句意选D项。safely意为“安全地,确实地”；heavily意为“很重地,沉重地”；thinly意为“稀疏地”。
45.答案：A
解析：seem意为“似乎”。根据下文中的as if可判断出他的两腿几乎没有任何阻力。use意为“用，使用，利用，应用”；happen意为“发生”。
46.答案：D
解析：push意为“推”，因为是在进行赛跑，所以他感觉到一种未知的力量在把他向前推进。drag意为“拖，曳，拖动，拖着，硬拖”；draw意为“拉，牵，曳”；pull意为“拉，拖，牵，曳”。
47.答案：C
解析：crowd意为“人群”，这里指赛场上的观众，表示观众的欢呼声给了他更大的力量。mass意为“群众，集团”；resident意为“住户，居民”；team意为“(运动比赛的)队，团”。
48.答案：A
解析：moment意为“片刻，瞬息”，指一生中最重要的时刻来到了。period意为“期间，阶段”；while意为“一段时间，一会儿”；date意为“日期”。
49.答案：C
解析：combination意为“结合”。根据下文中的fear and pride可判断出Bannister感到既害怕又骄傲。concentration意为“集中”；collection意为“收集，采集，集团，收集品，珍藏”；classification 意为“选别，分等，分级，分选”。
50.答案：B
解析：but意为“但是”，比较“My body had long since used up all its energy”和“it went on running just the same”可判断出它们是转折关系，表示虽然身体用完了能量，但这种能量仍然像过去一样释放着。so意为“因此”；or意为“或，或者，还是，亦或是”；as意为“当……的时候，因为”。
51.答案：A
解析：never意为“从来没有”。根据上文中的“This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards”可判断出Bannister的腿从来没有像现在那么有力。ever意为“曾经”；even意为“甚至”；still意为“还，仍是”。
52.答案：C
解析：finishing line意为“终点线”。根据上文中的the last few yards可判断出Bannister冲向了终点线。starting line意为“起跑线”。
53.答案：B
解析：unconscious意为“失去知觉的”。根据上文的内容可判断出Bannister以飞快的速度冲向终点线，摔到了，失去了知觉。unconcerned意为“漫不经心的，不关心的，冷淡的，满不在乎的”；unknown意为“未知的，未详的，未被发觉的”；unnoticed 意为“不受人注意的；没有受到注意的，不触目的，没人理睬的”。
54.答案：D
解析：hear意为“听见”。根据下文中的Result of the one mile...Time,three minutes...可判断出Bannister听见了自己赛跑所用的时间。offer意为“提供，提出，提议，伸出”；tell意为“告诉，吩咐”；announce意为“宣布，宣告，发表”。
55.答案：C
解析：lose意为“输掉”；stick意为“坚持，坚守，忠实，不变心，不离开，留住不动”；involve意为“包括，涉及，引起，包含，含有……的意义”；spread意为“散布，流传，传播，普及”。根据句意选C项。
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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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I really hated having to ask questions, for math is very difficult for me, so I don’t know why I thought I could take classes in pre-calculus in my junior year.
I like Mr Trout, his values and what he believed in 36 a teacher. He wanted us to really __37 what we were doing. I respected that, but all the numbers were still so 38 to me. I studied endless hours, and it 39 at first, until the algebra（代数）was over. That was 40 I learned how to ask for help on something as silly as 41 problems. I realized that the only 42_ I would survive pre-calculus would be to 43 a tutor.
Oh, how I 44 having to tell my parents that I needed a tutor. I felt so 45 .
Mr Hicks came to my house the next week. I 46 how I was going to bring myself to ask this man questions. But he 47 took his pen and paper out, asked me what chapter we were __48 , and began to teach.
It was amazing. I began to understand math. I did example 49 with him, worked them out several times until I understood the process. I didn’t feel 50 asking questions because it was helping.
Asking for help was not what I thought it would be. 51 , it was a very good thing. I actually felt smarter for it, and it was a really satisfying 52 . In fact, I plan on asking for help as 53 as possible. But I have found that I can still be 54 and ask for help when I need it. The only stupid question is the one you didn’t 55 .
36. A. as B. with C. for D. like
37. A. count B. repeat C. practice D. understand
38. A. puzzling B. increasing C. limited D. unknown
39. A. stopped B. remained C. worked D. succeeded
40. A. what B. when C. where D. whether
41. A. practical B. difficult C. math D. science
42. A. period B. result C. key D. way
43. A. become B. make C. get D. help
44. A. hated B. enjoyed C. admitted D. considered
45. A. hopeful B. weak C. patient D. lonely
46. A. decided B. feared C. imagined D. wondered
47. A. almost B. just C. even D. finally
48. A. on B. from C. about D. below
49. A. experiments B. explanations C. problems D. figures
50. A. afraid B. certain C. mad D. stupid
51. A. Anyway B. Instead C. Otherwise D. Besides
52. A. subject B. duty C. form D. feeling
53. A. long B. early C. often D. soon
54. A. independent B. comfortable C. gifted D. delighted
55. A. think B. want C. feel D. ask
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第三节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“I’m going to make you attractive,” said Mika Hill, looking at the 21 of the woman sitting before her．The women once had long, 22 , dark hair．But alopecia（秃头症） had 23 her just a little of it．Hill, a wig（假发） maker, was about to change that．
At 30, Hill knows from experience how a woman feels when she 24 her hair．Her own hair fell out several years ago 25 a lack of iron after giving birth．“I cried when I washed it, when I combed it, and when I looked in the 26 ,” she says．Then she bought a wig．“It was too small,” she says, “but my 27 went up greatly．”
Hill enrolled（注册） in a wig-making 28 in New York．Back home with what she learned, she started making wigs that she planned to 29 for $300 each．
But many of her customers with alopecia and cancer couldn’t 30 that much, and their health insurance often didn’t 31 the cost．So Hill started giving the wigs away, eventually spending $10,000 of her own money．Last year, she and her friend Lita Warren 32 Pink Barrette, a non-profit organization that has 33 about 60 wigs to poor women．
Hill pays 34 the donations with profits from her other products． 35 , she and her husband have also spent much of their savings keeping the organization running．
Hill’s customers can’t thank her enough．Elyssa Montoya was too 36 to be seen in public with her 37 thinning hair．“I didn’t feel I could show my bald head outside．Thanks to Mika, I now have beautiful hair, and feel 38 about myself again．”
“Seeing their self-confidence 39 after they try on their wigs,” says Hill, “brings 40 to my eyes．This is a job for me, and a most rewarding one．”
21．A．head B．face C．nose D．mouth
22．A．light B．thick C．little D．ugly
23．A．showed B．destroyed C．left D．offered
24．A．washes B．changes C．loses D．dyes
25．A．thanks to B．except for C．as for D．because of
26．A．picture B．room C．sky D．mirror
27．A．confidence B．belief C．power D．image
28．A．speech B．company C．course D．club
29．A．sell B．produce C．rent D．order
30．A．supply B．appreciate C．allow D．afford
31．A．recover B．cover C．admit D．contain
32．A．set up B．put up C．set down D．put down
33．A．donated B．imported C．picked D．valued
34．A．up B．off C．back D．for
35．A．Besides B．Therefore C．Somehow D．Otherwise
36．A．embarrassed B．excited C．happy D．angry
37．A．hardly B．badly C．heavily D．largely
38．A．frightened B．strange C．grateful D．good
39．A．limit B．exchange C．improve D．cut
40．A．doubt B．tears C．fear D．joys
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第三节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21--40个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
I left my friend’s house nearly after seven. It was still too early for me to have my evening meal, _21_ I walked along the sea front for about an hour _22__ I began to feel hungry. By that time I was not far from a favorite restaurant of mine, _23__ I often went to eat. I went into the restaurant and _24_ my meal. While I was waiting for the soup _25_ I looked around to see if I knew anyone in the restaurant. It was then _26_ I noticed that a man seated at a corner table kept glancing _27_ my direction, as if he knew me. The man had a newspaper in front of him, which he was _28_ to read. When the waiter _29_ my soup, the man was clearly puzzled by the _30__ way in which the waiter and I addressed (称呼) each other. He became more _31_ as time went on and it was _32_ that I was well known in the restaurant. Eventually, he stood up and went into the _33__ . After a few minutes he came out again, _34_ the bill and left. Then I called the owner of the restaurant and asked him _35_ the man had wanted. At first the owner did not want to tell me, but I _36__ . “Well,” he said. “That man was from the police.” “Really?” I said, considerably surprised. “He was very _37_ you.” “But why?” I asked. “He _38_ you here because he thought you were the man he was _39__ ,” the owner said. “When he came into the kitchen, he showed me a photograph of the _40__ . Of course, it was you.”
21. A. and B. but C. so D. yet
22. A. until B. when C. because D. after
23. A. where B. what C. which D. that
24. A. sent B. ordered C. carried D. got
25. A. making B. to arrive C. carrying D. prepared
26. A. that B. when C. who D. which
27. A. back B. in C. off D. at
28. A. trying B. pretending C. holding D. going
29. A. brought B. fetched C. sent D. took
30. A. familiar B. strange C. interesting D. easy
31. A. puzzled B. interested C. funny D. impatient
32. A. obvious B. known C. difficult D. impossible
33. A. office B. restaurant C. kitchen D. WC
34. A. gave B. sent C. paid D. ordered
35. A. how B. that C. which D. what
36. A. thought B. said C. explained D. insisted
37. A. excited at B. worried about C. satisfied with D. interested in
38. A. searched B. followed C. persuaded D. advised
39. A. finding B. looking for C. talking to D. listening to
40. A. wanted man B. owner C. policeman D. waiter
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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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool．It is a division that___36___ in school．The cool kids are good at _37____ ．They are ______38 with the opposite sex ．They are good-looking and people want to __39___ their style．They can do their homework but they don’t make a big effort．That would __40______ be cool．
The uncool kids are in the other corner of the playground．They are very bright ,but they don’t have great___41___skills and they are ____42____ at sports ．When they are not programming computers or doing calculus（微积分）in their heads ,they are reading comic books and watching shows like the “X Files” ．They are __43____ as the geeks（古怪的人）．
Here’s the news．The geeks are _44_____．Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and__45_____ your maths homework to ruin．Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations, and they might not be too popular at university, but ______46____ good degrees．
The most important___47____ of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks ．Geek heroes like Bill Gates___48_____ others to follow their example ．Being a geek is a way of earning good money ．And the creation of the Internet gave them a___49_____ of their own to work and play in, making them a global___50_____．Besides ,the effect of the geeks ___51_______ popular culture has started a new trend．It is now cool to be ___52____ ．Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture, in which what you know is more important than___53______ you look like．
But there are also_54_____ ．Geeks were often bullied or laughed at in school．Now a geek may be your boss ．Perhaps it is time for __55___ ．
36．A．continues B．makes C．remains D．starts
37．A．computers B．study C．sports D．maths
38．A．pleasant B．popular C．crazy D．average
39．A．copy B．advance C．take D．act
40．A．not B．indeed C．perhaps D．actually
41．A．speaking B．operating C．social D．experimental
42．A．speechless B．sharp C．active D．hopeless
43．A．known B．referred C．thought D．admired
44．A． taking on B．taking up C．taking over D．taking in
45．A．put B．cause C．bring D．serve
46．A．win B．take C．wish D．finish
47．A．industry B．discovery C．progress D．development
48．A．promise B．discourage C．demand D．excite
49．A．chance B．space C．world D．career
50．A．force B．company C．organization D．department
51．A．of B．on C．in D．for
52．A．rich B．attractive C．handsome D．uncool
53．A．how B．that C．what D．how much
54．A．opportunities B．dangers C．possibility D．question
55．A．punishment B．argument C．competition D．employment
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完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
When she was seven, we found out that Jenny had a few problems. Several ___36___ and many speech classes later, we found out that besides hearing, she also had Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis（幼儿类风湿性关节炎）.
She could not put ___37___ on the heels of her feet, so she walked on tiptoe and when the pain became unbearable, I carried her.
All ___38___ grade school, and on into high school, Jenny suffered, yet never complained. She ___39___ a smile on her face, a song on her lips, and a(n) ___40___ and acceptance of others. I don’t remember her ever
___41___ self-pity. She ran when she could run. She played when she could play, and she danced when she could dance. And, when she could do ___42___ of these things, she took her medicine, and she waited until she ___43___.
Jenny never competed in a sport. She could not even take part in a gym class. Jenny continued to have one operation after another on her ___44___. Finally, her hearing improved to 60%, and she taught herself to ___45___ lips.
She was ___46___ popular and funny, attending every football game, and cheering the team on. She carried her pillow everywhere she went, so that she could ___47___ the pain, when she sat down. Then came her senior year. She would be considered for scholarships; however, school activities, especially ___48___, could often mean the ___49___ between receiving an award and losing out.
So Jenny came to a decision. She ___50___ the high school football coach to let her participate. She got her best friend to sign up with her. Finally the coach ___51___, saying, “If you miss one game, you are out!” So, Jenny became a member o the Garrett High School Football Team.
She carried bottles of water to her teammates. She did much preparation work for the team. She worked so actively that it ___52___ to be one of the best year for the Garrett High School Football Team, in its 25-year history.
When asked why he thought the team was winning all their games, even in the ___53___ of injury, one team member explained, “Well, when you’ve been knocked down, and you can’t seem to move, you ___54___ and see Jenny Lewis. It makes anything the rest of us may suffer seem pretty ___55___.”
36. A. trials B. examinations C. experiments D. treatments
37. A. control B. power C. strength D. pressure
38. A. through B. across C. over D. above
39. A. expressed B. wore C. took D. made
40. A. love B. admiration C. envy D. desire
41. A. speaking B. talking C. sharing D. voicing
42. A. nothing B. all C. none D. some
43. A. would B. could C. should D. might
44. A. ears B. legs C. arms D. mouth
45. A. see B. learn C. read D. hear
46. A. never B. totally C. occasionally D. seldom
47. A. struggle B. lose C. stop D. ease
48. A. grades B. relationships C. sports D. communication
49. A. importance B. difference C. chance D. choice
50. A. begged B. demanded C. required D. managed
51. A. gave out B. gave in C. held up D. held on
52. A. turned over B. turned out C. turned up D. turned in
53. A. sight B. fear C. risk D. face
54. A. looked down B. looked in C. looked up D. looked out
55. A. different B. worth C. difficult D. unimportant
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