完型填空 （共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
A Fool’s Day falls on 1^st of April. People _1_forget the significance （意義） of the day.
In March 1980, I was 2at Durham University with seven other Chinese students. I had 3  to go to another university after graduation and had 4         application (申請)  forms to several 5  . Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office (傳達室) and waited my fate. But no 6  came.
On April 1^st, as I was eating my 7 , Huang came in , with a toothbrush(牙刷) 8  in his hand.  9 fearing that he might forget the important news , he passed me the 10 . “Morning , Wu,” he said , “I saw Mr. G this morning. He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it 11 possible.” I jumped with 12 .
I even didn’t 13 my breakfast and rushed to Mr. G’s office but he wasn’t  14  . I then went to the secretary’s room and  15 everything to her. She opened Mr. G’s room. I looked at everything. There didn’t seem to be a letter for me. “If he had asked you to pick it up from here,” said the secretary , “ he would have put it in  16 or simply left it to me.”
Greatly 17 , I walked out of the room and 18 the secretary lock it. 19 the secretary’s eyes 20  . “Sorry,” she said. “It’s April Fool’s Day!”
【小題1】A sometimes        B. never            C. always       D. seldom

The world is divided into two parts. One half of the world is rich and   26  is poor. In the poor part, a lot of people have  27 got enough to eat. When they are ill, none of the   28 can receive them because they have no money. In the rich   29 , people eat very well,   30 a dog or a cat in North America eats   31 than a child in poorer countries.
The poor countries have some difficult problems. Sometimes the land is too poor to grow  32 on. People there have   33 rich land nor enough water. The land   34 be made better, but a lot of things must be done. The people must be taught and water must   35 .
But rich countries have problems, too. There are not always good places to   36 . Sometimes the air is not clean and the rivers are too   37 to swim in or to drink. The roads and streets are full of people and cars. Cars and buses have to move   38 . Noise is too much. Some people have no houses to live in. Something must be done about these problems. The air and the rivers must be cleaned and be   39 clean. More houses have to be built.   40 these things cannot be done easily.

It all started at the beginning of the ninth grade. Carmen found she couldn't see things ___26___ all the time. She became very worried, but she hoped    27   would know that. When her mother asked her to see the eye doctor, she didn't   28  . But her mother's mind was made up.
Three days later. Carmen got new glasses and instructions   29 . her doctor. "All of the kids will think I'm silly. " Carmen said. Her mother   30   and shook her head. "You look just as beautiful as before, she said. But Carmen didn't believe her.
The next day. Carmen kept the    31   in her pocket(口袋))as she walked into the schoolyard. She stood alone away from her friends, feeling   32  
Suddenly, she heard her friend Theresa shout.
Carmen ran over to the other girls. "What's the    33 ?" she asked.
"My ring is gone!" Theresa cried. "My sister sent it to me from California. It's very _34__  and I can 't lose it. "
Carmen and her friends began to    35   the ring in the grassy area of the playground. Carmen realized that she could do better _36_  she could see better. She took the glasses out and put them on. Everything looked so _37_ ! So clear! She looked down at the ground and a bright light caught her 38  . It was the ring.
"Here it is," she shouted. She handed it to Theresa.
"Thanks, Carmen," she said. "I _39_ thought we'd find it." She paused(停頓). “Hey, 1 didn’t knowyou wore glasses. They look great!"
Carmen had   40   that she was wearing the new glasses. “Thanks,” she replied.
"Maybe wearing glasses won't be so bad after all." Carmen thought.
【小題1】a. clearly            B. carefully           C. freely              D. quickly
【小題2】 a. everybody         B. anybody         C. somebody            D. nobody
【小題3】 a. explain           B. care               C. agree               D.understand
【小題4】 a.by                B. from               C. like            D. to
【小題5】 a. relaxed            B.cheered          C. smiled         D. jumped

【小題11】

A．though B．if C．because D．a(chǎn)s

A passenger (乘客) told an air hostess (空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the  46   soon.
Twenty minutes  47  , when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she  48   to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up (延遲) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he   49  it.
In the following hours on the flight,   50  time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile   51   he needed help or not. But the passenger never   52   her words.
When he was going to get off the  53  , the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意見簿). She was very  54 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her  55   the job.  56  with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she  57  the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times  58 . How can I refuse  59  twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched (感動) the passenger
  60   and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!