2 . 完形填空。
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。
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling_______，but I always knew he was_______He never criticized us，but used_______to bring out our best. He’d say，“If you pour water on flowers，they flourish. If you don’t give them water，they die.” I_______as a child I said something_______about somebody，and my father said，“_______time you say something unpleasant about somebody else，it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best_______people，I would get the best_______From then on I’ve always tried to_______the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very________At 15，I started a magazine. It was________a great deal of my time，and the headmaster of my school gave me a________：stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave，and Dad tried to sway me from my decision，________any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind，he said，“Richard，when I was 23，my dad________me to go into law. And I’ve________regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist，________I didn’t pursue my________You know what you want. Go and fulfill it.”
As________turned out，my little publication went on to become Student，a national________for young people in the U．K. My wife and I have two children，and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad________me.1.

A．biologist

B．manager

C．lawyer

D．gardener

2.

A．strict

B．honest

C．special

D．learned

3.

A．praise

B．courage

C．power

D．warmth

4.

A．think

B．imagine

C．remember

D．guess

5.

A．unnecessary

B．unkind

C．unimportant

D．unusual

6.

A．Another

B．Some

C．Any

D．Other

7.

A．on

B．in

C．at

D．about

8.

A．in case

B．by turns

C．by chance

D．in return

9.

A．revise

B．set

C．review

D．follow

10.

A．understanding

B．experienced

C．serious

D．demanding

11.

A．taking up

B．making up

C．picking up

D．keeping up

12.

A．suggestion

B．decision

C．notice

D．choice

13.

A．and

B．as

C．even if

D．as if

14.

A．helped

B．allowed

C．persuaded

D．suggested

15.

A．always

B．never

C．seldom

D．almost

16.

A．rather

B．but

C．for

D．therefore

17.

A．promise

B．task

C．belief

D．dream

18.

A．this

B．he

C．it

D．that

19.

A．newspaper

B．magazine

C．program

D．project

20.

A．controlled

B．comforted

C．reminded

D．raise

3 . I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the _______ of the restaurant came over and said our meal was free. I was _______. He stood there smiling at me and there was an air of _______. Finally I asked him if he knew me. He said I had _______ forgotten him, but I had _______ his life. My friend was quite _______ and asked him how I had done this.

He said twelve years ago I was teaching a stress management class and he was one of the _______. I asked the group what their number one _______ was and most of them said it was from their bosses.

I listened to everyone, then _______ a chair and invited everyone to stand on it. I wanted them to look at the room from ________ there. After that, I asked the group to think about how the room looked ________ when they changed their perspective (角度).

Then I asked them to ________ their bosses. Was this the same person who had ________their good qualities and hired them? Do they remember how ________ they were to be chosen for the job?

He said I looked at him and asked if he had ever thanked his boss for the ________ to earn a living and ________him new skills and to be a better employee.

He said he went back to work the next day with a thank-you card to his ________. He learned to ________ stress in a smart way. Now he has been the manager of the restaurant for eight years. He said I had taught him to ________life from different perspectives and to express ________.

1.

A．waiter

B．manager

C．cook

D．owner

2.

A．satisfied

B．excited

C．surprised

D．moved

3.

A．familiarity

B．understanding

C．importance

D．dignity

4.

A．hardly

B．rarely

C．specially

D．probably

5.

A．changed

B．planned

C．built

D．noticed

6.

A．patient

B．anxious

C．curious

D．doubtful

7.

A．Employers

B．students

C．organizers

D．teachers

8.

A．joy

B．stress

C．danger

D．pride

9.

A．removed

B．broke

C．held

D．took

10.

A．down

B．outside

C．up

D．inside

11.

A．natural

B．different

C．funny

D．strange

12.

A．consider

B．ask

C．visit

D．watch

13.

A．seen

B．predicted

C．chosen

D．improved

14.

A．puzzled

B．touched

C．Happy

D．calm

15.

A．ability

B．chance

C．process

D．luck

16.

A．allowing

B．advising

C．encouraging

D．teaching

17.

A．colleague

B．customer

C．boss

D．parent

18.

A．leave behind

B．deal with

C．suffer from

D．bring about

19.

A．look at

B．talk about

C．work on

D．take over

20.

A．apology

B．regret

C．appreciation

D．sympathy

4 . A Welcome Gift

Dario and his mother loved their new apartment. The living room was large enough for their piano. That night, the two of them _______ side by side at the piano. They played jazz music to celebrate their new home. The loud _______ filled the room and made them feel very happy.

The next morning, _______, their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a _______ under their door during the night. One of their neighbors had written to complain about the sound of the piano. Dario’s mother asked the building superintendent(管理员) if he knew anything about it. But he said that they were all _______ people and he couldn’t imagine any of them had done that. Later that morning, Dario suggested that they write a letter to their _______ and apologize for their playing.

“Maybe we could go and _______ everyone in person.” his mother said.

“What if we invited them to come here for a _______ instead?” Dario asked.

They both loved the _______. Over the next few days, they sent out invitations and prepared desserts __________ their guests. They decorated the apartment with streamers(彩带) and party lights.

Finally, the day of the party __________. Some guests brought presents. Others brought flowers. Some even brought desserts to __________. One woman, Mrs. Gilbert, __________ Dario’s mother with a book of piano music by Chopin.

“I heard you playing the other night,” she said. “The sounds woke me out of bed. I __________ that you might play like this every night. So I wrote a short note. I hope you don’t think I disliked the playing.”

Dario’s mother smiled at Mrs. Gilbert. “I think maybe we __________ you an apology.” she said. “I didn’t __________ how late it was when we were playing. Maybe we should play some quieter music at night.”

“You play, you play!” Mrs. Gilbert said. “I like what you play! Just not so loud at night.” She pointed to the book she had given them. “These songs are not such __________ music.”

“These songs are beautiful music.” Dario’s mother said. “We will be __________ to play them in the evening.”

“And we won’t play so loud or late!” Dario said. He was already looking forward to __________ the new music. More than that, however, he was happy to see the big smile on his mother’s face. It gave him a feeling of __________ and made him feel that they were home at last.

1.

A．sat

B．stood

C．lay

D．walked

2.

A．voice

B．ring

C．music

D．cry

3.

A．therefore

B．however

C．otherwise

D．instead

4.

A．note

B．poster

C．bill

D．report

5.

A．proud

B．rich

C．lucky

D．nice

6.

A．neighbors

B．friends

C．relatives

D．audience

7.

A．blame

B．instruct

C．question

D．visit

8.

A．party

B．concert

C．show

D．play

9.

A．experience

B．idea

C．performance

D．action

10.

A．to

B．with

C．for

D．from

11.

A．continued

B．arrived

C．passed

D．finished

12.

A．order

B．sell

C．share

D．advertise

13.

A．treated

B．presented

C．helped

D．served

14.

A．promised

B．admitted

C．agreed

D．worried

15.

A．give

B．send

C．offer

D．owe

16.

A．realize

B．remember

C．understand

D．accept

17.

A．sweet

B．strange

C．funny

D．loud

18.

A．brave

B．sorry

C．happy

D．afraid

19.

A．changing

B．practicing

C．recording

D．writing

20.

A．equality

B．freedom

C．warmth

D．sympathy

5 . A man who was out of job applied for the position of office boy at a very big firm. A manager____him, then a test: Clean the floor. ____ that, he said, “You are tired. Give me your email address, and I’ll send you the application to ____ .” The man replied, I don’t have a ____ or an email address.”
“I’m ____ ,” said the manager. “You don’t have a ____ And whoever doesn’t exist cann’t have the____”
The man felt ____ and left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only 10 dollars in his pocket. He then____ to go to buy a 10-kg tomato crate(箱). And he ____ the tomatoes in a door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded in earning 10 dollars. The man realized that he could ____ in this way, and started to go every day____ and return late. Thus, his____ doubled or even tripled. Shortly afterwards, he bought a truck to transport his____ , and then he had own fleet of delivery vehicles.
Five years later, the man became one of the____ food retailers(零售商) in the US. He started to plan his family’s____, and decided to have a life insurance.
He called an insurance broker(经纪人). When the conversation was____, the broker asked him his email address. The man replied, “I don’t have one.” The broker replied____, “You don’t have an email aggress, and yet have succeeded in building an empire(大企业). Do you____ what you could have been if you had an email address?”
The man____ for a while and replied, “An office boy!”1.

A．examined

B．introduced

C．interviewed

D．employed

2.

A．Besides

B．Before

C．During

D．After

3.

A．check

B．fill

C．copy

D．repeat

4.

A．computer

B．tool

C．bag

D．radio

5.

A．proud

B．sorry

C．fine

D．comfortable

6.

A．arrive

B．appear

C．exist

D．leave

7.

A．test

B．address

C．company

D．job

8.

A．encouraged

B．disappointed

C．annoyed

D．frightened

9.

A．decided

B．failed

C．remembered

D．pretended

10.

A．sold

B．showed

C．planted

D．tasted

11.

A．win

B．grow

C．survive

D．control

12.

A．quickly

B．slowly

C．later

D．early

13.

A．advantage

B．money

C．interest

D．weight

14.

A．tomatoes

B．workers

C．customers

D．animals

15.

A．cleverest

B．cleanest

C．biggest

D．bravest

16.

A．behavior

B．education

C．location

D．future

17.

A．started

B．concluded

C．paused

D．broken

18.

A．curiously

B．patiently

C．nervously

D．angrily

19.

A．plan

B．want

C．imagine

D．ask

20.

A．insisted

B．argued

C．whispered

D．thought

6 . While traveling abroad,   Mr. Jackson Frank ran short of money.
So he wrote to his brother,____for ＄500.“Send the money____telegram(电报),” he wrote,“ to the Fisher Bank in P…”
After a week he began____at the Fisher bank. He showed his passport（护照）. “ ____has come for you.”He was told. This went on for two weeks, and Mr. Frank got very ____He sent a telegram to his brother, asking____he money was. There was no reply,____no money arrived for him.
In the fourth week Mr. Frank was arrested for____to pay his hotel bill. His passport and baggage were____ him. He tried to____the problem, but no one believed him. He was sent to prison for sixty days.
When he came____, he went immediately to the Fisher Bank. The____he spoke to was a new man. “Have you____＄500 for me?”he asked.“My name is Jackson Frank.”
The clerk____his books. “Yes, Mr. Jackson, it’s here. It____by telegram—let me see—oh, more than two months ago. We ____where you were. ”He showed Mr. Frank the order.
The order read: “Pay Mr. Frank Jackson the sum of ＄500…”
“But my name is Jackson Frank, not Frank Jackson.”
“Oh, that’s all right, sir. It was in our books____ the letter‘j’,but it’s your money.” The clerk laughed.“A human ____ , sir! We’re all human beings, aren ’ t we?____we all make mistakes. A family name like Frank sounds strange to me.”
Mr. Frank was silent. He really wanted to hit____At last he said,“A human mistake—is that what you call it? I think some humans need kicking.”1.

A．sending

B．asking

C．calling

D．caring

2.

A．by

B．to

C．for

D．on

3.

A．looking

B．arriving

C．calling

D．shouting

4.

A．Something

B．Everything

C．Nothing

D．Anything

5.

A．excited

B．worried

C．sorry

D．ashamed

6.

A．how much

B．how

C．what

D．where

7.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．yet

8.

A．refusing

B．wanting

C．failing

D．willing

9.

A．taken from

B．sent to

C．arrived for

D．drought to

10.

A．explain

B．solve

C．discuss

D．say

11.

A．in

B．out

C．over

D．along

12.

A．manager

B．customer

C．banker

D．clerk

13.

A．received

B．accepted

C．found

D．seen

14.

A．looked

B．examined

C．checked

D．searched

15.

A．came

B．reached

C．sent

D．went

16.

A．guessed

B．knew

C．asked

D．wondered

17.

A．after

B．under

C．below

D．with

18.

A．mistake

B．being

C．language

D．wrong

19.

A．Although

B．But

C．Because

D．And so

20.

A．everybody

B．anybody

C．somebody

D．nobody