二、完形填空（ 共20 小题;每小题 1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A 、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Elizabeth Clay decided to go home and spend the holiday with her parents . The next day she drove her old car home along the road .    16     she found she got a flat . The 22-year-old student    17     to stop her car by the side of the road in the winter night and opened the trunk（汽车车尾的行李箱）. No     18    tire（轮胎）.

At this time , a car    19     . Paul and Diane told Clay to    20     them to a service station near their     21    . They arrived to see that it had no suitable tires to    22     with her car. “Follow us home,” said Paul.

The couple called around to find a tire , No   23      . They decided to let her use their own car. “Here,” Paul said, handing Clay a    24     of keys, “Take our car. We    25     be using it over the holiday.”

Clay was    26      . “But I’m going all the way to South Carolina, and I’ll be gone for two weeks,” she     27     them.

“We know,” Paul said. “We’ll be     28     when you get back.. Here’s our number if you need to     29     us.”

Unable to believe her eyes , Clay watched as the     30     put her luggage into their car and then    31      her off . Two weeks later she     32     to find her old car cleaned inside and out with three new tires and the radio      33    .

“Thank you so much,” she said . “How much do I     34     you?” “Oh, no,” Paul said , “we don’t want any money . It’s our     35     .” Clay realized that while it might have been their pleasure, it was now her duty to pass on their “do unto others” spirit.

16．A．Finally     B.Suddenly     C．Immediately    D．Fortunately

17．A．afforded B.wanted       C．managed        D．allowed

18．A．full       B.free        C．spare           D．empty

19．A．stopped   B.passed      C．paused       D．started

20．A．help              B.follow    C．take         D．push

21．A．house       B.garage       C．shop            D．hotel

22．A．agree       B.go           C．match           D．deal

23．A．way      B.message      C．luck           D．success

24．A．number    B.set           C．pair            D．chain

25．A．can’t       B.shouldn’t    C．won’t               D．mustn’t

26．A．satisfied   B.worried      C．disturbed      D．astonished

27．A．persuaded       B.advised       C．promised  D．reminded

28．A．here      B.happy      C．away           D．busy

29．A．be in touch with          B.keep in touch with

C．get in touch with            D．put in touch with

30．A．repairmen       B.cleaners      C．couple      D．friends

31．A．shook          B.sent          C．watched   D．drove

32．A．shocked      B.returned       C．happened  D．came

33．A．fixed       B.loaded         C．tied D．rebuilt

34．A．give        B.lend            C．owe   D．offer

35．A．wish           B.job           C．pleasure    D．duty

The Bride（新娘）Comes To Yellow Sky

       But as the distance from Yellow Sky grew shorter, the husband grew more restless. As a matter of fact, Jack Potter was beginning to get very nervous. He, the sheriff（警察）of Yellow Sky, a man known, liked, and feared, a well-respected person, had gone to San Antonio to meet a girl he believed he loved, and there, after the usual prayers, had actually married her, without telling anyone in Yellow Sky. Because he knew everyone in the community would be surprised and shocked, he was not looking forward to bringing his bride back home.

       Of course, people in Yellow Sky were free to marry, and the town often celebrated their marriages, but Potter, a bachelor（单身汉）of long standing, thought of his duty to his friends. He had promised them he would remain a bachelor forever, but face to face with this woman in San Antonio, he had gone head over heels（uncontrollably in love）. Because no one knew him in San Antonio, he had found it easy to get married. But now they were approaching Yellow Sky.

       He knew full well that his marriage was an important thing in his town. The men in town would not forgive him. Frequently he had thought of telling them by telegraph, but even though as sheriff he had often faced the guns of outlaws（歹徒）without fear, he was afraid to do it. And now the train was hurrying him toward his friends, who would laugh at him, curse him, and never drink with him again.

       Knowing that soon the train would leave them standing by the tracks in Yellow Sky, he planned the trip from the station to his house. They would get to his home as fast as possible, so no one would see them. Then, once home, he would quietly go out alone, tell someone—anyone—the awful news, and retreat to his house to hide until the citizens got tired of talking about him and his new bride.

1．Why was Jack afraid to tell his friends about his marriage?

       A．He had already married a nice girl.         B．Another woman was waiting for him.

       C．He had promised to remain a bachelor.   D．His bride was not very good-looking.

2．“Jack was not looking forward to bringing his bride back home” suggests       .

       A．Potter thought their train would be late   B．Potter was afraid to face his friends

       C．Potter regretted having got married        D．Potter didn’t love his bride very much

3．He planned to retreat to his house to hide because       .

       A．he feared those outlaws in his town      

       B．he wanted to get retired and have a rest

       C．he needed time to avoid people’s attention

       D．he wanted to stay with his bride at home

4．What kind of man should a sheriff be in the eyes of the town folks?

      A．A brave bachelor                                  B．A thoughtful father

       C．A loving husband.           D．A nervous fellow

　　A language never stands still. It is always changing and developing. These changes are rapid in primitive societies, but slow in advanced ones, because the invention of printing and the spread of education have fixed a traditional usage. The only important change that English has undergone since the first of the 16th century is a large increase in its vocabulary. It is interesting to trace the different way in which new words are invented. Let us take just two English words and see how they were made sandwich and television.

　　Sandwich, which is now no longer an entirely English word, but also international, comes from the Earl of Sandwich (died in 1792), who invented the particular form of quick meal so that he could go on gambling all through the night without stopping for dinner. Many names of things are in fact taken from the name of the first inventors, for example, the electrical terms Watt and Volt.

　　Television is one of many new scientific words which are invented from old Greek and Latin words.“Tele”is Greek, meaning“far”, while“vision”comes from the Latin verb, meaning“to see”.

(1) “Stand”in the first sentence means__________.

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(2) What do you think Volt was? He was __________.

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(3) The invention of sandwich has something to do with ___________.

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(4) English has undergone an important change in its vocabulary for almost centuries.

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(5) The language cannot develop rapidly in advanced societies because ________.

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A．the societies have stopped changing

B．the printing has been invented

C．the education has spread

D．both B and C

A new book written by a Chinese American on her super-strict parenting ---- “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” has raised fierce debates in the US.

Amy Chua is a Yale Law School professor and the mother of two teenage girls. She is the daughter of Chinese immigrants. In the Chinese culture, the tiger represents strength and power. In her book, Ms. Chua writes about how she demanded excellence from her daughters. Chua writes that her daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to go on a date, be in a school play, watch TV or play computer games. They couldn't choose their own after-class activities or get any grade less than an A. They had to play piano or violin and no other musical instruments.

She writes that if a Chinese child gets a B - which she says "would never happen" - there would be "a screaming, hair-tearing explosion." She describes making her 7-year-old daughter play a piano piece perfectly - yelling and not letting her leave the bench even to use the bathroom ---- until it was.

Many people have criticized Amy Chua. Some say her parenting methods were abusive. She even admits that her husband, who is not Chinese, objected to her parenting style. But she says that was the way her parents raised her and her three sisters.

Stacy Debroff, who has written four books on parenting, says Amy Chua’s parenting style is not limited to Chinese families. She says it represents a traditional way of parenting among immigrants seeking a better future for their children. But she also sees a risk. When children have no time to be social or to follow their own interests, they might not develop other skills that they need to succeed in life. Stacy Debroff advises parents not to just repeat the way they were raised.

Alison Lo, an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Washington’s Bothell campus, said, “I don’t think Amy is advocating a best practice of parenting style, or that success and achievements are critical yardsticks of a good life. But I can imagine how strong her daughters’ college applications are going to be. For many parents whose dreams are seeing their kids graduating from a competitive university, Amy is sharing with the readers that it is achievable by persistent, dedicated parental guidance,” Lo said, “In that sense, a young adult’s giftedness can be born, or made.”

50. We can learn that Amy Chua is _________.

A. an assistant professor                           B. an easy-going woman

C. a cruel teacher                                    D. a demanding mother

51. What are Sophia and Louisa allowed to do?

A. Getting an A minus                               B. Playing the guitar

C. Dating with boys                                  D. Playing the piano

52. What do you know about Amy Chua’s husband?

A. He came from China                             B. He is against her parenting style

C. He approved of her parenting style

D. He thinks her parenting methods are abusive

53. Stacy Debroff advises parents to ________.

A. follow Amy Chua’s parenting style

B. develop their own style of parenting

C. be strict with children

D. seek a better future for their children

54. Alison Lo concludes that ___________.

A. a teenager can be raised to be a talent

B. a gifted child was born with talent

C. persistent, dedicated parental guidance is the best parenting style

D. parents should respect children’s personalities