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和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

There was a sweet，wonder-filled little girl who was hurt over and over again.She __36__ that she was so bad that others just couldn’t be __37__ to her.

She asked many wise people to help her __38__ why she was so bad that even her mother hurt her，and why she was unable to be __39__ so that others wouldn’t hurt her.So she was on a __40__ that she thought was to help her be “better”，but she carried a big __41__ with her everywhere she went.__42__ was all the hurt she had experienced.During the trip she willingly __43__ what the wise people said about forgiving(宽恕)．

After 50 years，she decided to __44__ the bag up and just see what happened.When she looked inside it was filled with bits of paper.Once they had __45__ on them，detailing the hurt.But as time went on，the words __46__ slowly.She had been carrying this bag that held nothing __47__ the image (印象) of something that once was.

The little girl had now become an almost-old woman.She __48__ the silliness of carrying that bag around.She started __49__ and dancing and she felt free!

She was able to see that her __50__ loved her child，but was __51__ that her little girl felt unloved.By throwing away the bag of paper and forgiving those who __52__ her，she looked in the mirror and said，“I am clever，interesting and kind.”But most __53__，she was able to say“I am lovable”．__54__ it took many years，she was finally open to bringing __55__ into her life.

She finally saw the sweet，wonder-filled little girl that she had always been.

【解题导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。一个小女孩由于屡次受到伤害，就认为别人不喜欢自己，于是踏上寻求原因的旅程。50年过去了，她摒弃对他人的误解，爱在她心中又重新绽放。

36．A.decided B．considered

C．promised D．hoped

答案：B

37．A.bad B．sorry

C．thankful D．nice

解析：选D。因为她总是被伤害，所以她就“认为(considered)”自己是如此糟糕，以至于别人都不会对她“好(nice)”。

38．A.guess B．understand

C．expect D．invent

解析：选B。她请智者帮她来“弄清楚(understand)”为什么她这么不好，就连自己的母亲都伤害自己。

39．A.better B．worse

C．angrier D．harder

解析：选A。根据下文she thought was to help her be “better”可知，此处指“为什么自己不能更好一点，这样别人就不会伤害自己”。

40．A.holiday B．date

C．trip D．path

解析：选C。为此她踏上了寻求能使自己变得更好的旅程。下文的During the trip是提示。

41．A.bowl B．basket

C．bag D．purse

解析：选C。下文的carrying this bag that held nothing是提示。

42．A.Beneath B．Above

C．Outside D．Inside

解析：选D。她随身带的“包里(Inside)”装着她所经历过的所有的伤害。

43．A.agreed with B．fought against

C．gave up D．suffered from

解析：选A。根据下文她对过去所受伤害的释怀可知，这一路上，她十分“同意(agreed with)”这些智者所说的关于原谅的建议。

44．A.pick B．open

C．put D．break

解析：选B。根据just see what happened可知，她打算把包“打开(open up)”。

45．A.pictures B．memories

C．words D．dreams

解析：选C。这些纸上曾经都有“字(words)”，详细描述了那些伤害。

46．A.disappeared B．appeared

C．showed D．changed

解析：选A。随着时间的流逝，字迹逐渐消失不见。But一词的转折是提示。

47．A.and B．with

C．among D．but

解析：选D。这个包里现在什么也没有，除了过去对一些事情的印象。

48．A.refused B．forgot

C．realized D．preferred

解析：选C。she felt free指曾经的那个自认为受到很多伤害的小女孩释怀了。如今，她“意识到(realized)”随身带着那个装着字条的包是多么的愚蠢。

49．A.crying B．laughing

C．shouting D．worrying

解析：选B。由下文的dancing and she felt free可知她开始开怀大笑。

50．A.daughter B．mother

C．teacher D．friend

答案：B

51．A.sad B．happy

C．excited D．hopeful

解析：选A。释怀之后，她可以想象到她的母亲很爱她，但却因为自己的孩子感觉不到被爱而“悲伤(sad)”。

52．A.liked B．hurt

C．educated D．ignored

解析：选B。这里指小女孩原谅了那些曾经“伤害(hurt)”过她的人。

53．A.surprisingly B．terribly

C．nervously D．importantly

解析：选D。此句话是相对于前面的I am clever，interesting and kind而言的，因此，后者说，更为重要的是I am lovable。她意识到自己也是讨人喜欢的。

54．A.Although B．If

C．Because D．So

解析：选A。本句话的意思是：尽管花费了多年时间，但是她最后还是……。前后句之间是转斩关系。

55．A.trouble B．love

C．money D．future

解析：选B。由于爱的缺失，在这个小女孩的眼里，别人对她不好，伤害她，而她也不相信别人对她好。但学会了原谅之后，爱在她的生活里重新绽放。

第三部分阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

It was almost four o’clock in the morning when the fire broke out.“We watch one window blow out，and then another，and heard people shouting，”says Stanley,21，a junior from Westfield State College in Massachusetts.Students were throwing ropes made from bed sheets out their windows，and a couple of them were trying to climb down.

Almost all the hotel’s 502 rooms were filled with college students from across the United States who were spending their holiday here in Acpulco，Mexico.As the smoke thickened，Moreno ran upstairs to where other Westfield students were rooming.“Some people had no idea what was going on，”he says.“I was shouting at the top of my voice.I made sure I hit every door.”At the same time，Stanley was downstairs helping people get through the smoke-filled hall.There he joined forces with Nalewanski who had just come back from his own night out.

“Let’s go.”Nalewanski says.He and Stanley wet their shirts in the bathroom and wrapped them around their mouths and noses so they could breathe.Then they ran up the stairs.

Nalewanski and Stanley found Moreno on the fourth floor.They all ran upstairs and down the corridors(走廊) on every floor，hitting every door hard.

In the end，no one was seriously injured.Even more unbelievable，all the Westfield students made it back to Massachusetts later that same day.

Westfield president Evan Dobelle says，“I have a great deal of pride in these young men and they were able to react in such an emergency.”

56．What’s the best title for this passage?

A．College students have a terrible holiday

B．College students survived a big fire

C．Heroes：close call in a hotel fire

D. A big fire broke out in a hotel

解析：选C。本文为记叙文，主要讲了Stanley，Moreno和Nalewanski在火灾中冒着生命危险，逐个房间敲门，全部学生脱险的故事，最后校长说“I have a great deal of pride in these young men...”。由此我们可以看出文章的主题突出了对“英雄”的介绍。

57．What do we learn from Stanley from the passage?

A．He is in his last year in college.

B．He is a very brave young man.

C．He was reading a book when the fire broke out.

D．He was the first one to find out there was a fire.

解析：选B。细节推断题。根据第一段．..，a junior from Westfield State College...可知A项错误。C、D两项文中未提及。

58．According to the passage ________ might not have woken up people during the fire.

A．Evan Dobelle B．Nalewanski

C．Stanley D．Moreno

解析：选A。细节理解题。A项为大学校长，不在现场。

59．The students helped people out through all of the following ways EXCEPT ________.

A．helping people get through the hall

B．shouting loudly to warn people

C．hitting doors to wake people up

D．Making ropes for people to climb down

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段Stanley was downstairs helping people get through the smoke-filled hall.可知A项符合原文。根据第二段I was shouting at the top of my voice.I made sure I hit every door.可知B、C两项符合原文。

B

A trip to the library can change your life.That is the idea of the Get It Loud in Libraries project，which challenges the habit of speaking in a low voice.The sweet tones of singer Diana Vickers rang out recently，surrounded by books as well as fans，at Lancaster Library.Plan B，Adele，Florence and the Machine，Speech Debelle，and the Thrills have also performed for the project.

This five-year project aims to increase access(进入) to libraries while developing youth talent and has attracted more than 8,500 visitors,5,000 of whom are first-time library users.

“I think it’s wonderful，”Vickers says.“I’ve been playing in front of big crowds and I’m excited about close environments where you can be close to your fans.”

As a child growing up in nearby Blackburn，she says that her school library was a “second home”to her.When she was young she loved Peter Rabbit and Mr.Men books，and later her favorites included Little Women and The Lovely Bones.

Attracted by the stage，the young who would once never have been to a library have been returning to borrow books and CDs.The project’s founder，Stewart Parsons，has worked in libraries for 25 years.He feels that the concerts have made libraries something that the young want to be part of.A mother，Lauren Zawadzki，sent him a text message after a concert：“Your work is great！！！Both Izaak and Dom have been reading in the library for the last half hour...You should be proud.They would never have suggested that before the concerts.”

Parsons hopes that the activity is changing the way people view libraries.“My big worry is that libraries trail(拖拉)behind slightly；they shouldn’t.This is about bringing libraries up to date.The beautiful thing is that people are reconnecting with the library in a way they haven’t done before.”

【解题导语】本文是一篇新闻，报道了一些图书馆为了吸引读者，在图书馆举办音乐活动，颠覆了人们认为图书馆应该安静的认识。

60．The Get It Loud in Libraries project aims to ________.

A．collect money for libraries to buy books

B．attract more people to read in libraries

C．provide a performing place for music lovers

D．develop youth talent for singing

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段的A trip to the library can change your life.That is the idea of the Get It Loud in Libraries project，...和第二段的This five-year project aims to increase access(进入) to libraries while developing youth talent可知其目的是让更多的人来图书馆读书。

61．According to the passage，Vickers’s attitude towards Libraries project is that of ________.

A．praise B．unconcern

C．doubt D．worry

解析：选A。推理判断题。由第三段Vicker的话可推断出，她认为Libraries project非常好，持支持态度。故A正确。

62．What can we know about Diana Vickers from the passage?

A．She once worked at a library.

B．She doesn’t like being close to her fans.

C．She liked reading in her childhood.

D．She complains about the noisy environment.

解析：选C。推理判断题。结合第四段的As a child...she says that her school library was a “second home” to her.When she was young she loved...可知Vickers小的时候喜欢读书。

63．According to the passage，Zawadzki ________.

A．advised libraries to keep quiet

B．praised Parsons for helping her reading

C．found her children’s talent for singing

D．praised the Get It Loud in Libraries project

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据Zawadzki发的短信Both Izaak and Dom have been ... that before the concerts可知，她的两个儿子现在喜欢到图书馆看书了，而在图书馆举办音乐会前，儿子从未要求去过，因此推断她很赞赏这个项目。

C

What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question，you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-technology.With the help of new medicine，the human body will last a very long time.Death will come mainly from accidents，murder and war.Today’s leading killers，such as heart disease，cancer，and aging itself，will become distant memories.

In discussion of technological changes，the Internet gets most of the attention these days.But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times.How long can humans live? Human brains were known to decide the final death.Cells are the basic units of all living things，and until recently，scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells，such as those of brain cells，would not last forever.But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine.Sometime between 2050 and 2100，medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so，people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs.The medicine，made up of the basic building materials of life，will build new brain cells，heart cells，and so on－in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.

It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence，but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.

【解题导语】随着科技、医学的发展，未来的某天，人类的寿命会得到无限制地延长。年龄与疾病对生命不再构成威胁。

64．According to the passage，human death is now mainly caused by ________.

A．diseases and aging B．accidents and war

C．accidents and aging D．heart disease and war

解析：选A。根据第一段最后一句“Today’s leading killers，such as heart disease，cancer，and aging itself，will become distant memories.”可知目前导致人类死亡的主要原因是疾病和衰老。

65．In the author’s opinion，today’s most important advance in technology lies in ________.

A．medicine B．the Internet

C．brain cells D．human organs

解析：选A。根据第二段“But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times.”可以推断出答案选A。

66．Humans may live longer in the future because ________.

A．heart disease will be far away from us

B．human brains can decide the final death

C．the basic materials of cells will last forever

D．human organs can be repaired by new medicine

解析：选D。根据第二段“But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine...medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so，people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs.”可知医药将能够修复人的器官，从而使人活得更长。

67．How long can humans live in the future according to the passage?

A．Over 100 years.

B．More than 120 years.

C．About 150 years.

D．The passage doesn’t tell us.

解析：选B。根据第二段第五、六句“...scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells，such as those of brain cells，would not last forever.But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine.”可知答案为B。

D