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题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。

My grandmother was an iron-willed woman, the feared head of the family.

When I was five years old, she invited some friends to her apartment for a party. __36__ the guests was a neighborhood big shot who was doing well __37__. His wife was proud of their social status. They had a little girl about my age who was __38__ and very much used to getting her own way.

At one point during the party, I __39__ my way to the bathroom and closed the door behind me. A minute or two later, the little girl __40__ the bathroom door and grandly walked in. I was still sitting down. "Don't you know that little girls aren't __41__ to come into the bathroom when a little boy is using it!?" I shouted. The __42__ I had heaped upon her shocked the little girl. Then she started to cry. She tearfully __43__ to her parents and my grandmother. Grandmother was waiting for me when I left the bathroom. I received the longest, sharpest __44__. After her scolding was over and I had been __45__, the party continued．

Twenty minutes later, all that changed．Grandmother walked by the bathroom and noticed a flood of water __46__ out from under the door. She __47__ the bathroom door and saw that the sink and tub were plugged up and that the __48__ were going at full blast (拧到最大). Everyone knew who did it. The guests quickly formed a __49__ wall around me, but Grandmother was __50__ angry that she almost got to me anyway.

My grandfather took me __51__ to the window. He was a kind and gentle man, full of wisdom and patience. __52__ did he raise his voice to anyone, and never did he __53__ his wife. He looked at me with much curiosity, __54__ angry or upset.

"Tell me," he asked, "why did you do it?"

"Well, she yelled at me __55__," I said earnestly. "Now she's got something to yell about."

Grandfather didn't speak right away. He just sat there, looking at me and smiling. "Eric," he said at last, "you are my revenge."

36．A．Between B．Among    C．Around    D．Beside

37．A．on business     B．for wealth       C．in money        D．in business

38．A．spoiled    B．harmed    C．liked        D．concerned

39．A．made       B．found      C．pushed    D．wound

40．A．closed      B．opened     C．beat D．tapped

41．A．expected B．asked       C．supposed D．told

42．A．happiness        B．depression       C．embarrassment        D．anger

43．A．complained     B．apologized     C．replied     D．referred

44．A．crying     B．scolding   C．murmuring   D．whispering

45．A．fined       B．hired       C．dismissed        D．fired

46．A．moving    B．stirring    C．floating    D．streaming

47．A．pushed open    B．pulled down  C．shut up    D．knocked at

48．A．pipes       B．taps C．tubes       D．switches

49．A．productive      B．hard        C．protective        D．rough

50．A．so    B．too   C．as     D．very

51．A．by his hand     B．by the hand     C．by surprise      D．with anxiety

52．A．Often      B．Sometimes      C．Always    D．Rarely

53．A．argue with      B．talk with   C．put up with     D．discuss with 

54．A．at least     B．at most    C．not at all D．more than

55．A．for something        B．for nothing      C．without doubt D．with sympathy

I work as a volunteer（志愿者）for an organization that helps the poor in Haiti. Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to   16   him.

Before setting out. I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and   17  . For the first two days, he said almost nothing. I worried the trip was too   18   for a 17-year-old. Then, on day three, as we were   19   over high rocky mountains, he turned to me and grinned（咧嘴笑）, “Pretty hard. ”

After that there was no turning back. A five-year-old girl, wearing a dress several sizes

  20   large and broken shoes, followed Barrett around, mesmerized（着迷）. He couldn’t stop

  21  . Later he said   22  . “I wish I could speak French.” I was   23   －this from a boy who hated and   24   French classes throughout school.

Usually silent, he   25   Gaby, our host, and kept asking questions about the country and its people. He blossomed（活泼起来）.

   26  , the moment that really took   27   breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains. I was   28   a woman villager for an article. 135 centimeters tall, she was small in figure but strong in   29  . Through determination, she had learned to read and write, and   30   to become part of the leadership of the   31  .

Learning her story. Barrett was as   32   as I by this tiny woman’s achievements. His eyes were wet and there was a   33   of love and respect on his face. He had finally understood the importance of my work.

When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay   34   as a volunteer. My insides suddenly felt struck. This   35   achieved all I’d expected. Soon he will celebrate his 18^th birthday. He’ll be a man.

16．A．comfort                B．please                  C．attract                 D．educate

17．A．rough                   B．dangerous            C．troublesome         D．violent

18．A．little                      B．much                  C．fast                     D．slow

19．A．moving                 B．running               C．climbing              D．looking

20．A．too                       B．very                    C．even                   D．so

21．A．joking                   B．crying                 C．shouting              D．smiling

22．A．patiently                B．regretfully            C．lightly                 D．cheerfully

23．A．ashamed               B．disappointed         C．determined          D．surprised

24．A．took up                B．went in for          C．fought against      D．called off

25．A．befriended             B．disregarded          C．avoided               D．recognized

26．A．Thus                    B．Even                   C．Meanwhile           D．However

27．A．my                      B．his                      C．our                     D．her

28．A．asking                  B．interviewing         C．arranging             D．describing

29．A．brain                    B．wish                   C．will                     D．health

30．A．appeared               B．struggled             C．hesitated              D．failed

31．A．village                   B．city                     C．organization         D．state

32．A．pleased                 B．bored                  C．puzzled               D．touched

33．A．combination          B．composition         C．connection          D．satisfaction

34．A．in                         B．behind                 C．out                     D．away

35．A．interview               B．flight                   C．article                 D．trip

Back in my country, when I was a child, I used to go to “market day” with my mother. One day each week, farmers used to ___1___ their fruit and vegetables into the city. They ___2___ one street to all cars, and the farmers set up tables for their ___3___. This outdoor market was a great place to ___4___. Everything was fresher than produce in grocery stores because the farmers brought it in ___5___ after the harvest. My mother and I always got there early in the morning to get the ___6___ produce.

The outdoor market was a wonderful adventure for a small child, ___7___ was like a festival — full of colors and ___8___. There are red tomatoes, yellow lemons, green lettuce, peppers, grapes, onions. The farmers did their own ___9___. They all shouted loudly for ___10___ to buy their produce. “Come and buy my beautiful oranges! They’re juicy and delicious and full of vitamins to ___11___ your children healthy and strong!”

Everyone used to ___12___ with the farmers over the ___13___ of their produce. It was like a wonderful drama in a theatre; the buyers and sellers were the “___14___” in this drama. My mother was an ___15___ at this. First, she picked the freshest, most attractive tomatoes, for example. Then she asked the price. The seller told her.

“What?” she said. She looked very surprised. “ So ___16___?”

The seller looked terribly ___17___. “My dear lady!” he replied. “I’m a poor, ___18___ farmer. These are the cheapest tomatoes on the market!”

They always argued for several minutes before agreeing ___19___ a price. My mother took her tomatoes and left. Both buyer and seller were ___20___. The drama was over.

1. A. carry            B. take　        C. bring             D. fetch

2. A. opened　         B. closed　　     C. started　　             D. stopped

3. A. produce　       B. goods　　     C. food　　         D. product

4. A. buy           B. sell　　    C. bargain　　         D. shop

5. A. hurriedly       B. immediately    C. directly            D. straightly

6. A. best　　       B. finest　　     C. freshest            D. cheapest

7. A. who　          B. that　　　     C. which　　       D. what

8. A. voices          B. noises　　     C. sounds　　              D. accent

9. A. shopping       B. business　     C. shouting　        D. advertising

10. A. customers      B. producers　   C. themselves        D. sellers

11. A. keep              B. let　　      C. expect              D. make

12. A. argue          B. talk　　　     C. discuss　　          D. speak

13. A. order          B. price　　　   C. quality　　         D. form

14. A. viewers       B. listeners　      C. actors             D. directors

15. A. actress　       B. inventor　      C. advancer　         D. expert

16. A. wonderful      B. exciting       C. cheap　　　         D. expensive

17. A. injured　        B. hurt　　      C. damaged　         D. wounded

18. A. excellent        B. fair　　　     C. honest　　           D. easy

19. A. with           B. to　　　           C. in　　　　               D. on

20. A. disappointed　B. encouraged  C. satisfied　　　      D. tired

Tom does speak Chinese well, but his reading and writing skills leave much _______.

   A. to improve     B. to be improved    C. improving    D. improved

Did you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s．Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent（聪明的） than women．Right? Wrong．Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size．Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain．The brain consists of “grey matter” and “white matter”．While men have more of the latter, the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes．

It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women．This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time．When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time．

There are other important differences between two sexes．As white matter is the key to spatial（空间的） tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things．“A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher．That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for directions…and women often need to!

The differences begin when fetuses（胎儿） are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one．A boy would try to climb a barrier （障碍物） before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others．These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills．It may all go back to our ancestors（祖先）, among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research．

If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t．“The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it．” says a biologist．

The passage mainly tells us ________．

         A．the difference between men’s and women’s brains    

         B．the changes in brain throughout our lives

         C．that men are better at spatial tasks                 

         D．that brain differences are related to our ancestors

Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?

       A．Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s             

         B．Grey matter plays the same role as white matter．k.s.5.u

         C．Grey matter controls thinking in the brain．          

         D．Both sexes have the same amount of white matter．

What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?

       A．Women prefer doing many things at a time．        

         B．Men do better dealing with one job at a time．

         C．Women do not need to tell directions．             

         D．Men have weaker spatial abilities．

What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage?

A．Defensive．            B．Persuasive．    C．Supportive．  D．Objective．