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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。

　　Columnist Dave Barry says this about his father:"My dad would try anything - carpentry(木匠活),electrical wiring,roofing and so on.From watching him,I learned a lesson that still 36 to my life today:no matter how difficult a task may seem, 37 you're not afraid to try it,you can do it."

　　I learned from my parents the value of "going for it"." 38 ventured(冒险),nothing lost" is the motto of too many of us.Many people are so afraid to 39 that they never venture beyond the familiar."Better to be safe than sorry",has 40 too many people in the cocoon(保护膜) of their 41 zones.

　　A delightful 42 tells that Col.Robert Johnson of Salem,New Jersey,announced that he would take a 43 risk.He let the town know that he would 44 a wolf peach on the steps of the country courthouse at noon on September 26,1820. "Why would he take such a chance?" asked the 45 people.

　　Scientists and doctors had long declared the wolf peach to be 46 .If the wolf peach was too ripe and warmed by the sun,they told him he would be exposing himself to brain fever.Should he somehow 47 the experience,the skin of the 48 would stick to the lining of his stomach(他的胃黏膜) and 49 cause cancer.

　　Nearly 2,000 people 50 the square to see Col.Johnson eat the "poisonous" peach - now known as the tomato.

　　Col.Johnson believed his 51 was small,but it must be take if the 52 about the peach were to be 53 .Who has accompished anything worthwhile 54 taking a risk?

　　Much like the tortoise it makes 55 only when it sticks its neck out.

　　36.A.refers         B.applies       C.tends          D.leads

　　37.A.if            B.since         C.although       D.unless

　　38.A.Anything      B.Something    C.Nothing        D.Everything

　　39.A.fail           B.win          C.succeed        D.leave

　　40.A.turned        B.trapped       C.forbidden      D.orced

　　41.A.comfortable    B.miserable     C.surprising     D.unimportant

　　42.A.novel         B.message      C.joke          D.story

　　43.A.private        B.public       C.secret        D.national

　　44.A.buy          B.sell          C.eat           D.cut

　　45.A.puzzled       B.disappointed   C.angry        D.happy

　　46.A.delicious       B.smelly        C.salty        D.poisonous

　　47.A.enjoy         B.survive         C.understand  D.know

　　48.A.wolf         B.seed           C.peach      D.body

　　49.A.eventually     B.firstly          C.lately       D.hardly

　　50.A.reached      B.decorated         C.surrounded  D.crowded

　　51.A.audience     B.risk            C.fruit        D.size

　　52.A.myths        B.ingredients    C.truths         D.prices

　　53.A.changed      B.adopted        C.removed      D.grasped

　　54.A.without      B.for            C.with         D.except

　　55.A.sense        B.trouble         C.room        D.progress

 

假设你是李华，你的美国笔友George来信询问你家乡的家庭旅馆的情况，打算今年暑假在这种旅馆住一段时间。请你给他回信介绍，具体内容如下：

吃	和住户主人一家一起吃中餐，有菜单，可点菜, 也可以自己做饭。
住及价格	单人间每天30元；双人间每人每天20元；餐费每人每天20元。
活动	海水浴、游泳、登山，不付工资的温室劳动（自愿）
说明补充	近距离了解中国，还可以感受到家庭气氛

注意： 1. 短文必须包括表格中的所有内容, 可以适当增加细节, 使其连贯;
4. 参考词汇: 家庭旅馆 household hotel，单人间 a single room, 双人间a double room, 温室greenhouse
Dear George,
　　I’m very glad to have received your letter. …
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 
Yours，
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　      Li Hua

　4月20号，星期二。天气晴朗。你在家里做完作业后，决定去电影院看电影。正要到电影院的时候，你突然发现一位外国人，站在路边非常焦急。于是，你走上器拿去问出了什么事。可彼此都听不懂对方说的话。最后，你们依靠身势语才知道对发个意思。原来这位外国人士想去人民公园。于是你叫了辆出租车，并告诉司机他要到哪里。然后，你就去了电影院。

　　要求：1、各是正确，文章通顺。2、词数：100左右。