第二节 完形填空 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡1上将该项涂黑。 My father believed that there were mysterious forces（神秘的力量）at work in the world. One day, he was lecturing me on these mysterious forces （36) suddenly the door opened, and a woman entered,（37) two geese. She smiled （38) and looked frightened. "Yusef , I have a very （39) problem. These dead geese, they keep shrieking（尖声叫 )insuch a sad voice. . . " （40) hearing this, my father turned pale. "（41)dead geese don' t shriek," my mothercut in. "You' II hear for yourself ,"replied the woman. It is impossible t0 （42) what I heard. Myhands grew （43 and I wanted to run from the room. Father was no less （44 ) than I was. He jumped away from the table. " Yusef ,what shall I do？"the woman cried. "（45)？ I' m a poor woman. Two geese! They （46) me a fortune! " Father did not know what to answer. （47)face was growing sharper and more （48 ) . "I want to hear it again ,"she said. And so for the second and the third time, the shrieks were （49).Nobody said anything. The woman asked ,"Well ,l didn' t （50) it, did I？" Suddenly my mother laughed. "Did you （51 the windpipes（气管)？"my mother asked. " The windpipes？ No. . . " " Let me （52) ,"said Mother. She took hold of one of the geese, and pulled out the windpipe She did the same with the other one. I was surprised by my mother' s （53) . "Now, try it again. "I was （54) to hear the geese shriek, but they were dead silent. "There is always （55). Dead geese don't shriek,"said my mother. "Now go home and cook them for the meal. They won ' t make a sound in your pot. "

[A]when [B]while [C]then [D]later

第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，，满分30分）

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Born in America , I spoke English ,not Chinese ,the language of my ancestors . When I was three . my parents flashed cards with Chinese 36 at my face , but I pused them 37 ,my mom believed I would learn 38 I was ready .But the 39 never came. On a Chinese New Year’s Eve , my uncle spoke to me in Chinese , but all I could do was 40 at him , confused , scratching my head . “ Still can’t speak Chinese?” He 41 me , “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown .” “Hey ,this is America , not Chinese.I’ll get some 42 with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for 43 . “Remenber to ask for fresh fish , Xin Xian Yu ,” she said ,handing over a $20 bill .I 44 the words running downstairs into the srreets of Chinatown. I found the fish 45 surrounded in a sea of customers . “I’d like to buy some fresh fish ,” I should to the fishman .But he 46 my Engish words and turned to serve the next customer .The laugh of the people behind increased 47 their impatience . With every 48 , the breath of the dragons (龙)on my back grew stronger—my blood boliing— 49 me to cry out . “Xian Sheng Yu ,please ” “Very Xian Sheng ,” I repeated .The crowd erupted into laughter . My face turned 50 and I ran back home 51 , execpt for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket . Should I laugh or cry They ‘re Chinese . I should feel right at 52 . Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language. Sometimes , I laugh at my fish 53 , but , in the end .the joke is on 54 . Every laugh is a culture 55 ; every laugh is my heritage (传统)fading away.

36 A. custorn B. games C .characters . D. language

三）完形填空（共20小题，每小题1. 5分，满分30分）

One afternoon，my son Adam asked me，“Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”

I thought for a minute，and then I said，“I’ll explain, _21_ you can just wait until we make a quick 22 at the grocery store. I have something 23 to show you.＂

At the grocery store， we 24 some apples—red，green and yellow ones．Back home．I told Adam，＂It’s time to 25 your question．”I put one

apple of each 26 on the table．Then I looked at Adam, who had a 27 look on his face.

“People are like apples．They come in all 28 colors，shapes and sizes．On the 29 ,some of the apples may not 30 look as delicious as the others．”As I was talking, Adam was 31 each one carefully.

Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, 32 them back on the table, but 33 a different place.

“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”

He said, “I 34 tell. They all look the same now.” “Take a bite of 35 . See if that helps you 36 which one is which.”

He took 37 , and then a huge smile came across his face. “People are 38 like apples! They are all different, but once you 39 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside.”

He totally 40 it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.

21．A．although B．so C．because D．if

假设你叫李华。你校原外籍教师Mrs.Smith曾经在外语学习上给过你很多的帮助。上周她从澳大利亚来信，询问你高考英语的复习情况。最近你在外语考试中，听力、阅读和写作进步很大，但在做完形填空时还存在一些问题。请你给Mrs.Smith写封回信，感谢她对你的帮助，说明目前学习情况，分析取得进步的原因和存在的问题，并请她提出指导意见。 注意：1. 词数110左右。

Dear Mrs. Smith, Thank you very much for your letter last week .               ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________ I hope this letter will find you happy and healthy. Please remember me to your family. Yours, LI Hua