第二节语法选择(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从26~35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

People all over the world celebrate Valentine’s Day.However,the holiday  26 differently in different countries  27  each culture has its own Valentine’s Day customs.

For example，people in the United States and Japan both celebrate Valentine’s Day  28February 14.But in Japan，only romantic partners come together,while in America，it can be shared by anyone  29  is close，friend or lover.Chocolate is the most preferred gift in the US  30  it is common in Japan，too.However,in the US other kinds of gifts are  3 1  given，and many people exchange cards.

The biggest  32  is that in Japan，only girls and women.33  chocolates to boys and men，but in the US boys and girls will give cards or small gifts to all of  34  friends.And while American men and women both receive gifts，women usually get  35  expensive gifts than men.That’s why I would like to be a man in Japan but a woman in the US!

26.A.celebrates    B.is celebrating    C.celebrated   D.is celebrated

27.A.although    B.where    C.because D.if

28.A.on    B.in    C.at D.by

29.A.whom    B.who    C.whose D.which

30.A.so    B.as        C.and D.or

31.A.too    B.either    C.neither D.also

32.A.difference    B.differences    C.different D.differently

33.A.give    B.to give    C.giving D.givenwww.Examw.com

34 .A.theirs    B.they    C.them D.their

35.A.many    B.more    C.few D.fewer

三、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~45各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Although it was only autumn，everything outside was covered in white.Unexpectedly,we were hit with a big  36  storm and no one was prepared.

We have two apple trees in our backyard.Prana，our dog，loves  37.When she goes outside，she usually grabs a dirty apple from the ground to eat later on.Prana knows that when she brings her treasure into the house，I am not always  38，so she tries to hide it from me.It is our little game.

On the day that it snowed too  39  in the season，Prana went outside and I  40  her from the window.I noticed that she was  41 lots of holes and bringing out the apples buried beneath the snow.She seemed to be  42 to dig up as many apples as she could.

But when she came back inside，she brought back only one.About five minutes later,I looked outside.The yard was completely  43 with birds.Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat.She knew that they hadn’t prepared  44 food for the early winter.

This beautiful act of unconditional love from a(an)  45 taught me what real kindness was.

36.A.sand    B.snow    C.thunder D.rain

37.A.apples    B.winter    C.games D.bones