完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分 30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C、和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑

   Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen   36   his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but   37   for a glance.

   One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden,   38   in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he   39   the old gardener was blind.40   , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t  41  in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you  42   reasons. First I was a   43  when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can   44  them. Third，I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s  45  .

   “Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man   46   .

   “Yeah, it’s   47  that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never   48   them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good  49   . In the meantime, it also   50  a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

    The old man’s  51  astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and  52  them as a link of minds so as to make   53   enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness？

   I believe every flower has   54  with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though   55  to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.

A. loving        B. watering         C. tending          D. planting

A. stop     　　 B. stay             C. live         D. run

A. kept          B. dropped          C. fallen       D. lost

A. realized           B. noticed          C. felt         D. thought

A. Excited       B. Frightened       C. Shocked      D. Satisfied

A. feel            B. see              C. hear         D. eat

A. one            B. two              C. three            D. four

A. gardener        B. teacher          C. farmer       D. painter

A. taste              B. plant            C. touch        D. appreciate

A. it              B. me               C. them        D. you

A. with pleasure      B. in surprise          C. with hope    D. in anger

A. true               B. possible         C. a pity       D. a shame

A. put                B. turn             C. get         D. knock

A. mind            B. life             C. future       D. mood

A. introduces          B. offers           C. stands      D. leaves

A. words           B. behavior         C. story        D. attitudes

A. treats             B. acts             C. works        D. serves

A. anybody         B. somebody         C. everybody   D. nobody

A. ears               B. soul             C. eyes        D. heart

A. refusing       B. trying          C. pretending   D. Failing

One of my next-door neighbors is a sweet 92-year-old Polish lady. A few days ago, I came back home from a trip. As I was  1 my clothes in my room, I heard a(n)       2  ,violent knock on the door. It was 10:30 pm, and I wasn’t sure who it could be. I went downstairs and  3  the peephole（貓眼）, and saw that it was our sweet next-door neighbor.
I quickly   4  the door, and she seemed really distressed and kept 5 , “please help me, I need your help. The fire alarm won’t go off. Please help me.” I  6  told her that everything would be okay, and  7  her to her house to see what was going on  8  the fire alarm.
She  9 that the alarm had been going on and off inconsistently for the past two hours, and that her  10  to call her daughter to come and fix it was fruitless. So I took a chair from her dining room table,  11  it, and looked at the fire alarm.
After twisting the fire alarm off, I blew into it, because sometimes  12 causes it to make strange noises. She seemed  13 but was exactly shaking out of fear. I asked her  14 she was okay, and she said she was 15  , so I gave her a hug. I felt her shaking in my embrace, and held her _16_ for a few minutes until she stopped shaking and sighed a breath of relief.
We then  17 and talked for ten minutes, until I felt that she was okay, and safe to sleep. She was so generous with  18 for being with her, but I thanked her for  19 me that hugs are indeed good tools! So, sometimes, a(n) 20  hug is a good and powerful way to hold someone going through a difficult period.

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，共30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Mr. Jones had always wanted to make a trip into the middle of Africa to shoot wild animals. 36  first he had no enough money, and then he was married. His wife had not wanted him to 37 her. At last his wife   38  to the trip if he allowed her to go, too.

“But it will be very uncomfortable,” Mr. Jones   39  her. “ It will be very hot and we shall live in a tent, and it   40  be dangerous. ”“I don’t care.” said his wife. “I want to go with you.” So they bought a big tent, camp beds, a refrigerator (電冰箱)which did not need   41  and many other things which would make the trip comfortable, and went off to the__42 of Africa.

The first morning, 43  Mr. Jones took his gun and left the tent, he  44 his wife a bell and explained to her, “If you fell in 45 and you need me ,  46 this bell and I’ll come at once.”

After a few minutes, he heard the bell and returned   47   to the tent. “What’s the matter?” he asked.“   48   ” said his wife, “I was only   49  the bell.” Mr. Jones went off, but after a quarter of an hour, the bell rang   50   .

Mr. Jones hurried back to the tent, but his wife said, “I’m   51 . I was cleaning our tent, and I knocked the bell over by mistake.” Mr. Jones returned to his  __52 , but soon he heard the   53  once more. This time, when he got back to his   54 , the tent was burning and Mrs. Jones was lying on the ground, with  55 running from a big cut on her shoulder. “That’s better!” said Mrs. Jones. “This time the bell had been used correctly!”

36. A. And                       B. But                       C. For                     D. So

37. A. leave                    B. miss               C. marry              D. care

38. A. allowed              B. permitted                   C. satisfied            D. agreed

39. A. told                 B. advised             C. persuaded           D. warned

40. A. may                B. ought                      C. can’t               D. shall

41. A. money              B. electricity           C. force               D. power

42. A. south                B. middle                     C. east                D. west

43. A. while               B. until              C. before             D. after

44. A. gave                B. sent                 C. lent                D. bought

45. A. hurry               B. surprise              C. safety              D. danger

46. A. hit                  B. knock               C. beat                D. ring

47. A. again                B. back              C. quickly             D. home

48. A. Something         B. Nothing            C. No                        D. None

49. A. ringing             B. trying              C. using                D. testing

50. A. again                B. once              C. across               D. away

51. A. happy              B. sorry               C. tired                       D. all right

52. A. wife                        B. tent                C. trip                 D. hunting

53. A. cry                         B. shot                C. bell                D. shout

54. A. garden                      B. house              C. camp                D. office

55. A. water                       B. tears               C. blood                      D. Sweat

A few months earlier I had been painting two portraits for each of my parents．I'd planned to give them the portraits as Christmas gifts．This would be a   36   for everyone，as I had not studied  37  ．
While painting one day, I was surprised by a knock on the door. Quickly having put all my  38 materials out of sight, I opened the   39  . To my astonishment, my father came in .
Immediately I wanted to show him the paintings, but I was   40  to destroy his Christmas surprise. Yet something  41  me to share the gifts with him. After making him promise to keep it secret, I   42   he keep his eyes closed until I had the portraits set on easels(畫架). “Okay, Daddy. Now you can   43  !”
He appeared dazed at first. Finally , he said, “I don’t believe it. The eyes are so  44 that they follow you everywhere—and look how   45   your mother is. Will you let me have them  46 ?”
Excited with his response, I happily volunteered to   47  them to the frame shop the next day. Several weeks passed. Then one night the   48   rang—my father had a stroke(中風(fēng)). He died the next day, and it seemed all   49    escaped from the life of my mother and me .
I finally remembered to  50   about the framed portraits. I was surprised when the shopkeeper told me my father had visited the shop,   51 for the framing and had them gift-wrapped.
 52 we had lost our loved people, everyone gathered on Christmas Day making an effort to be   53  . As I looked into my mother’s sad eyes and unsmiling face, I decided to give her Daddy’s and my   54  . After she saw it, with a wide smile, she quickly said, “I knew Daddy would be with us on Christmas Day!”
I glanced at the gift card written in my father’s   55 . “ Mother—Our daughter reminded me why I am so blessed. I’ll be always looking at you.—Daddy.”

--What happened to Mr. Smith early this morning?

--Oh, he was seen __ down and the driver __ away.

A. knock; drive                B. knocking; driving

C. knocked; drove            D, to knock; driven