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 Parking-Lot（停车场）Sweeper

    Both my parents came from towns in Mexico. I was born in E1 Paso, Texas, and when I was four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles.

       Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and sisters how    36    we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities. They    37     us with the ideas of family, faith and love.

    I got my first    38     job when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist. He    39    space in a little shopping center and gave his shop the flowery name of Mr. Ben’s Coiffure.

    The owner of the shopping center    40     my Dad’s payment for cleaning the parking lot three    41     a week, which    42    getting up at 3 a.m. Mom and I helped    43    

dustbin and pick up rubbish by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I     44     

sleep in the car on the way home.

    I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have     45    a lifetime. I obtained discipline（自律）and the importance of work, and learned at a(n)    46    age the importance of balancing life’s competing interests——in my    47   , school, homework and a job. This

   48     helped during my school years, when I worked 40 hours at a fast-food restaurant while taking a full    49    of college preparation courses.

    The hard work    50    off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to    51    

graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard.     52    , I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly（州议会）. In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have     53    forgotten those nights in the parking lot. The experience taught me that there is value in all work and that if people are working to    54     for themselves and their families, that is    55     we should honor.

  36. A. important      B. different    C. competitive      D. fortunate

  37. A. mixed      B. filled   C. piled   D. left

  38. A. true B. new    C. real     D. good

  39. A. hired       B. bought      C. cleaned      D. created

  40. A. reduced  B. afforded    C. collected    D. charged

  41. A. mornings      B. evenings    C. dawns       D. nights

  42. A. meant     B. overcame  C. admitted   D. allowed

  43. A. lift    B. empty       C. throw D. hold

  44. A. must       B. need   C. would D. should

  45. A. existed    B. lasted C. kept   D. stayed

  46. A. small       B. exact  C. early   D. golden

  47. A. mind       B. way    C. part    D. case

  48. A. really       B. nearly C. simply       D. merely

  49. A. piece       B. length       C. mass  D. load

  50. A. made      B. took   C. paid    D. started

  51. A. receive    B. offer   C. require      D. study

  52. A. Thus       B. Later  C. Again  D. Instead

  53. A. seldom    B. just    C. even   D. never

  54. A. account   B. enter  C. provide      D. call

  55. A. everything     B. something C. nothing     D. anything

 

 二  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

                The Parking-Lot（停车场）Sweeper

    Both my parents came from towns in Mexico. I was born in E1 Paso, Texas, and when I was four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles.

         Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and sisters how    21 we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities. They   22    us with the ideas of family, faith and love.

    I got my first    23    job when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist. He    24   space in a little shopping center and gave his shop the flowery name of Mr. Ben’s Coiffure.

    The owner of the shopping center    25   my Dad’s payment for cleaning the parking lot three    26  a week, which    27 getting up at 3 a.m. Mom and I helped    28 

dustbin and pick up rubbish by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I     29    sleep in the car on the way home.

    I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have     30   a lifetime. I obtained discipline（自律）and the importance of work, and learned at a(n)    31    age the importance of balancing life’s competing interests——in my    32   , school, homework and a job. This

   33    helped during my school years, when I worked 40 hours at a fast-food restaurant while taking a full    34   of college preparation courses.

    The hard work    35   off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to    36   

graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard.     37   , I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly（州议会）. In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have     38  forgotten those nights in the parking lot. The experience taught me that there is value in all work and that if people are working to    39   for themselves and their families, that is    40   we should honor.

  21. A. important  B. different       C. competitive D. fortunate

  22. A. mixed         B. filled        C. piled         D. left

  23. A. true       B. new          C. real          D. good

  24. A. hired      B. bought              C. cleaned        D. created

  25. A. reduced     B. afforded       C. collected      D. charged

  26. A. mornings B. evenings      C. dawns     D. nights

  27. A. meant        B. overcame    C. admitted      D. allowed

  28. A. lift          B. empty      C. throw      D. hold

  29. A. must      B. need        C. would      D. should

  30. A. existed       B. lasted      C. kept         D. stayed

  31. A. small     B. exact       C. early        D. golden

  32. A. mind      B. way          C. part          D. case

  33. A. really     B. nearly      C. simply      D. merely

  34. A. piece     B. length      C. mass        D. load

  35. A. made     B. took         C. paid          D. started

  36. A. receive       B. offer         C. require             D. study

  37. A. Thus     B. Later          C. Again       D. Instead

  38. A. seldom       B. just           C. even         D. never

  39. A. account      B. enter       C. provide         D. call

  40. A. everything B. something   C. nothing         D. anything

 

 二  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

                The Parking-Lot（停车场）Sweeper

    Both my parents came from towns in Mexico. I was born in E1 Paso, Texas, and when I was four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles.

       Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and sisters how    21 we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities. They   22    us with the ideas of family, faith and love.

    I got my first    23    job when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist. He    24   space in a little shopping center and gave his shop the flowery name of Mr. Ben’s Coiffure.

    The owner of the shopping center    25   my Dad’s payment for cleaning the parking lot three    26  a week, which    27 getting up at 3 a.m. Mom and I helped    28 

dustbin and pick up rubbish by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I     29    sleep in the car on the way home.

    I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have     30   a lifetime. I obtained discipline（自律）and the importance of work, and learned at a(n)    31    age the importance of balancing life’s competing interests——in my    32   , school, homework and a job. This

   33    helped during my school years, when I worked 40 hours at a fast-food restaurant while taking a full    34   of college preparation courses.

    The hard work    35   off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to    36  

graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard.     37   , I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly（州议会）. In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have     38  forgotten those nights in the parking lot. The experience taught me that there is value in all work and that if people are working to    39   for themselves and their families, that is    40   we should honor.

  21. A. important B. different     C. competitive       D. fortunate

  22. A. mixed      B. filled      C. piled       D. left

  23. A. true      B. new        C. real         D. good

  24. A. hired     B. bought           C. cleaned      D. created

  25. A. reduced    B. afforded     C. collected    D. charged

  26. A. mornings        B. evenings     C. dawns     D. nights

  27. A. meant      B. overcame   C. admitted     D. allowed

  28. A. lift        B. empty     C. throw      D. hold

  29. A. must     B. need       C. would     D. should

  30. A. existed     B. lasted      C. kept        D. stayed

  31. A. small           B. exact       C. early       D. golden

  32. A. mind     B. way        C. part        D. case

  33. A. really           B. nearly     C. simply           D. merely

  34. A. piece     B. length     C. mass       D. load

  35. A. made           B. took        C. paid        D. started

  36. A. receive     B. offer       C. require           D. study

  37. A. Thus    B. Later        C. Again      D. Instead

  38. A. seldom     B. just         C. even       D. never

  39. A. account    B. enter       C. provide      D. call

  40. A. everything       B. something  C. nothing      D. anything

 (安徽省马鞍山市2009届高三第三次教学质量检测)

“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect  36 of Chinglish.

 Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a  37  English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American   38  . I was too thrilled to believe her. Her words could not 39__ me at all. So I did a   40  on Google. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages  41 "Long time no see". This sentence has been 42   used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is 43   informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily.  44, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the   45    will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected. Nobody knows the 46   of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully 47   a world wide famous Chinese detective named "Charlie Chan" on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom 48   quoting Confucius. "Long time no see" was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, "Long time no see" became a 49 phrase in the real world 50 the popularity of these movies.

  Some people  51   America to a huge melting pot（大熔炉）. All kinds of culture are  52 in the pot together, and they  53  the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic（少数种族） group in the United States, is also  54   some changes to the stew（混杂物）! Language is usually the first thing to be  55   in the mixed pot.

36. A. example                     B. sign                 C. word                D. change

37. A. damaged                   B. perfected         C. learned            D. ruined

38. A. custom                      B. greeting          C. habit                D. proverb

39. A. persuade           B. encourage              C. convince          D. believe

40. A. job                      B. research          C. survey            D. search

41. A. containing        B. printing            C. publishing        D. expressing

42. A. widely                 B. hardly                  C. seldom            D. deeply

43. A. lots of                 B. plenty of          C. lot of                D. sort of

44. A. Therefore           B. Though            C. However         D. Anyhow

45. A. hardware                   B. software           C. operator          D. speaker

46. A. use                            B. origin               C. expression              D. meaning

47. A. created               B. published         C. did                   D. discovered

48. A. by                       B. in                         C. with                  D. of

49. A. ordinary             B. rare                 C. modern            D. popular

50. A. in spite of            B. as to                C. thanks to         D. but for

51. A. compare                    B. add                  C. join                  D. owe

52. A. joined                 B. mixed               C. piled                D. done

53. A. improve                     B. change                C. lower               D. promote

54. A. owing                  B. putting             C. taking                  D. contributing

55. A. influenced           B. mentioned           C. used                      D. considered