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，从每题所给的（A、B、C和D）四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

You may have heard of Osceola McCarty, an 88-year-old woman in Mississippi who had worked for over 75 years as a    36    woman.

One day after she retired, she went to the bank and discovered that her small monthly   37    had grown to over＄150,000. Then to everyone’s surprise, she turned around and   38    almost all of the money to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for a   39   fund for students with financial needs. Immediately, she made national   40  .

What you have not heard is how Osceola’s gift had   41   my life. I am 19 years old and the first   42   of an Osceola McCarty Scholarship.

I was a   43   student, and I was determined to go to USM. But I   44   being qualified for a regular scholarship by one point on the entrance exams, and a scholarship was the   45   way I could attend.

One Sunday, I came across the story in the paper about Osceola McCarty and her generous    46  . The next day I went to the financial aid office, and they told me there was still no money    47   for me, but if anything came up they’d call.

A few days later, I was going out with my mother   48   the phone rang. I was told I had been chosen to be given the first Osceola McCarty Scholarship. I was   49  !

McCarty worked hard her whole life, washing clothes by hand. Now that she is   50  , she sits most of the day and reads the Bible, that is, when she is not getting rewards. Every time I go to visit her, she has a new    51  . She’s even gone to the White House. She is so happy and proud. We have tried to talk her into getting a VCR (录像机) so she can tape the programs and see   52   on TV—she just smiles.

McCarty gave me much more than a scholarship. She taught me about the gift of   53  . Now I know there are good people in the world who do good things. She worked hard and helped others, and in turn she has inspired me to   54   when I can some day. So   55   I plan to add to her scholarship fund.

36. A. café                          B. buffet                      C. laboratory                D. laundry

37. A. expenses                    B. profits                   C. savings                     D. wages

38. A. returned                    B. donated                    C. delivered                 D. removed

39. A. welfare                      B. project                            C. scholarship               D. research

40. A. headlines                   B. customs                    C. sympathies               D. doubts

41. A. affected                            B. formed                     C. disturbed                  D. ruined

42. A. designer                   B. receiver                  C. contributor              D. reporter

43. A. considerate               B. dedicated                  C. casual                      D. sensitive

44. A. advocated                  B. regretted                  C. missed                            D. avoided

45. A. normal                      B. wrong                      C. legal                        D. only

46. A. gift                           B. idea                         C. decision                   D. plan

47. A. left                           B. raised                      C. available                  D. enough

48. A. since                         B. before                      C. though                            D. when

49. A. shocked                            B. excited                     C. puzzled                    D. encouraged

50. A. retired                       B. dismissed                 C. promoted                 D. transferred

51. A. job                            B. hobby                      C. life                          D. award

52. A. everybody                 B. everything                C. herself                            D. us

53. A. giving                       B. understanding           C. receiving                  D. loving

54. A. give up                      B. give back                 C. give off                    D. give in

55. A. suddenly                    B. originally                 C. gradually                  D. eventually

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A．  B．  C．   D．

My command of English is not _____ yours.

       A. as half as   B. so half good as   C. good as half as   D. half as good as

According to their predictions, more than 20,000 tourists are expected     by the hotel this year.

        A．to be received B．to receive        C．receiving  D．received

We bought the big house with the saving we had.      for several years.

       A．put aside   B．put off      C．put down  D．put in

--How did ____ feel to run 3000 meters at the sports meet?

--Terrible! Especially when I saw I was left so far _____ by the others.

       A. that; alone  B. it; alone     C. that; behind       D. it; behind

The little girl was crying            help and suddenly she ran out            tears.

       A．for; in      B．to; with    C．to; in D．for; with

So important         it to get on well with people around me that I have to learn some communication skills .

       A．I have found   B．have I found    C．I was feeling   D．was I feeling

We hoped to be able to move into our new house at the end of the month , but things didn’t          as we expected .

       A．work out B．move out        C．carry out D．get out

Excited by the news, Marie lay in bed with her eyes                open while all her family were

                      asleep.

       A．widely; soundly       B．wide; sound     C．widely; sound   D．wide; soundly