第二节：完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分, 满分30分)

阅读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mr. Cronin has a clock shop in the center of the town. He tries his best to  36  it well. He often receives the customers(顾客)  37  and people like to buy  38  in his shop.

It was a cold day and  39  people would go out to do some _40_. Mr. Black, one of Mr. Cronin’s_41_, came to the shop. He knew the man was_42_ his miserliness (吝啬). But he tried to persuade (说服) him to buy a watch in his shop.

“You’d better buy a watch for  43 _, Mr. Black,” said Mr. Cronin. “It’ll be _44_ to you whenever.”

“No, no,” said Mr. Black. “I’ll _45_need any watches.”

“But how do you know when it’s time to _46_?”

“The people who live around me always _47_ their televisions at seven for the news. So I can hear the announcer(播音员) say,  “ The time is seven o’clock.. Here is the news.”

“But you don’t know when to go to work.”

“That’s _48_,” Mr. Black said with a smile. “It takes me ten minutes to _49_ and shave(刮脸). I have breakfast at twenty past seven. I get to the bus stop at twenty to eight and fifteen minutes later arrive at my office and _50_ working.”

“When do you _51_ your office, then?”

“There’s a _52_ near it, its siren(汽笛) can tell me the right time.”

“How do you know the time if you _53_ in the middle of the night?”

“I always put a stick by my bed”

“But a stick can’t tell you the time”

“You’re _54_. But I can use it to knock on your wall. You always _55_, “What are you knocking on my wall for at two in the night?”

36. A. watch     B. build     C. manage      D repair

37. A. warmly   B. luckily   C. simply   D. coldly

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

39. A. many     B. few      C. plenty of   D. most

40. A. work     B. shopping   C. reading   D. fishing

41. A workmates   B. friends   C. classmates   D. neighbors

42. A. famous for   B. good at   C. proud of   D. fond of

43. A. you       B. me   C. yourself  D. myself

44. A. helpless   B. helpful   C. necessary   D. important

45. A. always    B. sometimes   C. often    D. never

46. A. go to bed   B. get up   C. go to work  D. have breakfast

47. A. show    B. turn off   C. turn on   D. sell out

48. A. easy    B. possible   C. different   D. probable

49. A. cook    B. wash    C. tidy    D. rest

50. A. finish    B. enjoy    C. start    D. keep

51. A. leave    B. clean    C. go to       D. find

52. A. railway station  B. post office   C. university   D. factory

53. A. sit up   B. stand up   C. wake up   D. get up

54. A. clever    B. right    C. wrong   D. foolish

55. A. shout    B. wonder   C. laugh    D. request

第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题, 每小题2分, 满分40分)

阅读下面的短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs. She was soon out of breath.

“I suppose I had better go to the doctor,” she thought.

She went to the doctor and told him her problem.

“I’m not at all surprised, ”he said. “It’s clear what your problem is.”

He examined her and then gave her some advice.

“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said, “you will have a heart attack. It could kill you.”

Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and it would take time.

The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop(肉铺).

“I’d like ten pounds of steak(牛排), please,” she said.

“Certainly, madam,” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and placed it on the scale(天平).

“That’s just under ten pounds,” he said.

“That’s big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.

The butcher worked out the price.

“At $4. 99 a pound that will be $49. 50, please. Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?”

“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.

“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “why did you ask me to get it for you?”

“My doctor told me that I am overweight and have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of flesh looked like.”

56. The reason why Ellen Parker visited the doctor is that________.

A. she had had a heart attack.

B. she had a problem with her health.

C. she was unhappy about her weight.

D. she could not sleep well.

57. Ellen Parker asked for ten pounds of steak because ________.

A. she wanted to buy some for dinner.

B. she wanted to lose weight.

C. her doctor had told her to eat steak.

D. she wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.

58. What was Ellen Parker’s real problem ?

A. She ate too much steak.   B. She weighed too much.

C. The doctor did not know.   D. She could not walk very quickly.

59. What did the doctor think might happen to Ellen ?

A. She might put on more weight.     B. She might stop eating too much.

C. She might have a heart attack.     D. She might go to another doctor.

B

Without plant, people could not live. We eat plants. We breathe the oxygen(氧气)that plants produce. And we need plants for another reason: we need them for their beauty.

Imagine a world with no plants. Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colors and their lovely shapes. Imagine when the wind blows, not being able to hear the leaves in the trees or watch the branches sway(摇摆)from side to side.

Everywhere people need the beauty of plants. That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers. That is why people always try to design houses with room for some grass and a garden.

Do you talk to your plants? Do you give them love and attention?

Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, writers of a book called THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS, tell of an experiment in which two seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas. The other plant was given only hopeless ideas. After six months, the loved plant was bigger. Under the earth it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem (茎) and more leaves.

60. According to the passage, which of the following is right?

A. If there are no flowers, there will be no sweet smells.

B. Without plants, we can’t hear the wind.

C. We plant trees to watch the branches sway from side to side.

D. We need plants not only for food and oxygen but also for their beauty.

61. In the experiment, the plants were________.

A. talked to in two different ways    B. of different kinds

C. both given love and attention    D. grown in the same place

62. At the end of six months,________.

A. the plants were of the same size

B. one plant had longer roots while the other had a thicker stem

C. one plant had longer roots than the other and had a thicker stem

D. one plant had a thicker stem while the other plant had more leaves

63.The experiment has proved(证明) that________-.

A. without plants people could not live

B. we should talk to plants and give them love

C. we should grow as many plants as possible

D. plants need plenty of water, sunshine and attention

C

WHERE TO STAY IN BOSWELL;  YOUR GUIDE TO OUR BEST HOTEL

Name/Address No. of Rooms Single Double Special Attractions

FIRST HOTEL

222 Edward Road

Tel.414-6433 120 $25 $35 Night club,

Swimming-pool, Shops,

Coffee shop and bar,

French restaurant,

Close to the city center

FAIRVIEW HOTEL

129 North Road

Tel.591-5620 50 $12 $18 Close to the air-port, Telephone

in each room, Bar, Restaurant,

Garage, Swimming-pool

ORCHARD HOTEL

233 Edward Road

Tel.641-6646 120 $15 $20 Facing First Hotel,

European restaurant,

Coffee shop, Dry-cleaning,

Shops, TV, night-club

OSAKA HOTEL

1264Venning Road

Tel.643-820 180 $30 $50 Air-Conditioned (空调)rooms,

Shops; Japanese and Chinese restaurants, night club

Swimming-pool, Large garden

64. The number of the rooms in the best hotels in Boswell is       .

A. 120   B. 240   C. 450   D. 470