完形填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

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

Although my father wasn’t a doctor, he made his own brand of “house calls”. I followed him as he    46    a plate of my mother’s home cooking to an elderly man named Frank    47    all major holidays, and when Frank was    48   . As far as I know, their only    49    was that Frank was an occasional    50    at Dad’s small gas station. Frank’s home was a two-room house on the rough side of town with a rotten front porch(門廊) that you could fall through if you weren’t    51   . Through his caring    52   , my father was teaching me to be a doctor,    53    neither of us knew it at the time.

    When I was 13, my father    54    lung cancer. He brought home a    55    the doctor drew showing    56    his cancer was and told me that he was going to    57   .

    The big green oxygen tank with plastic tubing    58    a central feature of our living room next to his easy chair. Several months passed and his condition    59   . He asked me to    60     my mother when he was gone. He said, “I love you, son.” That night he died.

    When you’re 13 and your father dies, you have some    61    to make. You can use the circumstance as a (n)    62     for letting your behavior and grades go down the drain, or you can honor his memory and try to do something    63    with yourself. I    64    my energy on my school work and my goal of becoming a    65   .  .

A. lent     B. brought           C. bought         D. showed   

A. for         B. in                C. at             D. on      

A. happy    B. well              C. sick           D. homesick    

A. function B. connection        C. information       D. instruction  

A. patient      B. doctor            C. customer       D. passenger  

A. careful     B. strong            C. reasonable     D. punctual    

A. words    B. attitude          C. attention      D. appearance  

A. and       B. because        C. although       D. as      

A. developed B. found             C. constructed       D. recovered   

A. photo    B. picture           C. report         D. film     

A. where    B. how            C. which          D. what    

A. rest     B. retire            C. die        D. leave     

A. decorated B. remained          C. equipped       D. became   

A. worsened B. decreased         C. increased      D. bettered   

A. take care of B. make friends with C. make up for        D. look into  

A. mistakes B. friends           C. choices    D. changes    

A. reason      B. guide             C. cause          D. excuse     

A. positive    B. active            C. productive     D. motive    

A. attracted   B. consumed          C. focused    D. depended   

A. doctor       B. driver             C. teacher    D. nurse 

Great ________ should be made to speed up higher education to meet the needs of industry and agriculture.

A. measures     B. goals                C. efforts          D. effects

For those who don’t have          to safe water, life is a constant struggle.

    A. approach     B. access               C. way              D. passage

—Have you seen Jiang Wen’s movie Let the Bullets Fly recently?

   —Yes. I         it twice last week, At home and in the theatre.

    A．had enjoyed  B．enjoyed  C．have enjoyed D．was enjoying

There was a            reaction from the public when the singer was sent to prison last week.

A. violent              B. religious            C. fundamental          D. genuine

—Tom, help me buy two tickets for this weekend’s concert online.

—Sorry, there is no ticket _______ online now.

A. acceptable      B. convenient     C. accessible      D. available

It is said that he ________ football in Beijing this afternoon.

A. is about to play     B. is going to play   C. plays   D. playing

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入的最佳選項。

    It was a cold winter morning. Half asleep at the train station, I stared into the distance,   31   for the train to take me to my   32   in Boston. The world was quiet. The very few people on the street kept to themselves,   33   their steaming cups of coffee.

Reaching into my pocket as the   34   was approaching, my numb hand searched for the $ 20 bill to pay my fare. The pocket was   35  ! I searched through my bag and then I felt   36  . Unless the money dropped from the sky, I’d be   37   there.

“What’s the matter?” A short, elderly man stood before me.

“Oh, nothing…Well, I   38   my money and now I can’t pay for the ticket. I’m going to   39   my math class and the train is leaving.”

“Here, use this.”

The man held a $ 20 bill. I looked up,   40  . People just didn’t do that any more. Everyone worried about their own   41  , rarely stopping to think about others, especially teenage strangers.

“Thank you, but no, I can’t.”

“  42   it—go!” The man pushed me   43   the train. I bought a round-trip ticket, and he refused the change I   44   to give him back. I did not know what to say — a million thoughts raced through my mind, yet I stood   45  .

For the train ride I was silent. I began to see the world through   46   eyes. That man made a difference with such a simple   47  .

A week later I was at the train station again, with an extra $20   48   I saw the man. And there he was.

“Excuse me, sir, I believe I owe you this.” I   49   the money into his hand.

Failing to refuse, he said, “Just remember to do the same for someone in your shoes some day.” I smiled,   50  .

The elderly man is my hero. For many, heroes are famous, but my hero is a giving stranger who taught me a lesson in life. I will never forget his kindness.

A. watching    B. looking  C. reaching D. arranging

A. home    B. class    C. office   D. factory

A. serving B. carrying C. minding  D. making

A. chance  B. crowd    C. driver   D. train

A. deep    B. empty    C. messy    D. tight

A. hopeless    B. useless  C. relieved D. dissatisfied

A. blocked B. drawn    C. stuck    D. tied

A. wasted B. counted  C. spent    D. lost

A. miss    B. skip C. fail D. stop

A. frightened  B. disturbed    C. surprised    D. concerned

A. problems    B. complaints   C. positions    D. challenges

A. Seize   B. Get  C. Catch    D. Take

A. in  B. beyond   C. toward   D. on

A. offered B. managed  C. happened D. attempted

A. unconsciously   B. silently C. seriously    D. uncomfortably

A. curious B. changed  C. bright   D. widened

A. task    B. act  C. example  D. performance

A. so that B. even if  C. now that D. in case

A. dropped B. pushed   C. pressed  D. placed

A. content B. scared   C. annoyed  D. numb

If _______ unsolved, this may lead to more serious problems.

A. making   B. remained      C. left    D. taking

The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep. A few dogs started barking at it. The elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safety.That didn't stop the elephant. It destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people. The villagers were scared and angry. Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess.

   Parbati Barua's father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer. He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk. He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant round-up -- how to catch wild elephants.

   Parbati hasn't always lived in the jungle. After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city. But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old life. "Life in the city is too dull. Catching elephants is an adventure and the excitement lasts for days after the chase," she says.

   But Parbati doesn't catch elephants just for fun. "My work," she says, "is to rescue man from the elephants, and to keep the elephants safe from man." And this is exactly what Parbati has been doing for many years. Increasingly, the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, illegal hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called to guide the animals back to the jungle before they can kill.

   The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion. A good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant. "Eventually they grow to love their tamers and never forget them. They are also more loyal than humans," she said, as she climbed up one of her elephants and sat on the giant, happy animal. An elephant princess indeed!

For Parbati, catching elephants is mainly to             .

   A. get long lasting excitement              B. keep both man and elephants safe

   C. send them back to the jungle             D. make the angry elephants tame

Before Parbati studied in a boarding school,             .

   A. she spent her time hunting with her father

   B. she learned how to sing love songs

   C. she had already been called an elephant princess

   D. she was taught how to hunt tigers

Indian elephants are getting increasingly angry and they revenge because             .

   A. they are caught and sent for heavy work                

   B. illegal hunters capture them and kill them

   C. they are attacked and their land gets limited

   D. dogs often bark at them and chase them

The passage starts with an elephant story in order to explain that in India              .    

   A. people easily fall victim to elephants' attacks

   B. the man-elephant relationship is getting worse

   C. elephant tamers are in short supply

   D. dogs are as powerful as elephants

Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

A. Both Parbati and his father are elephant tamers

B. Parbati spent much time living in the jungle to be an elephant tamer.

C. Devotion makes a great difference to an elephant tamer.

D. Parbati’s work is to rescue both elephants and man.