完形填空题（10空，每空1.5分） BOT Investment BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer), as a way of 1 , is still a new concept in China. It is also not long for BOT to gain importance in foreign countries. That is because this 2 which embraces the three stages of BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer) is completed by a package 3 so it has its own characteristic. BOT is mainly applicable to 4 Projects such as highway, underground railway, bridge, dock and power plant in a developing country or zone which is especially short of capital but is eager to 5 on reform and opening to the outside world. It involves at the same time government, group in charge of preparation for project construction, construction contractor, banking and financing institutions, operation management company and others, thus forming nearly integral 6 operation. Besides, in the whole BOT project, about ten contracts, big and small, need to be concluded with various parties. To carry out such complicated investment, one ring 7 with another, can be both difficult and easy. The risk in BOT should be 8 by all parties, rather than being undertaken by one party. In the whole BOT project, the risk undertaken by the government is obviously the smallest, relative to the other parties. It is just because of this that the government is willing to adopt the BOT way of investment, assigning a private company to build and operate a large-scale capital construction, considering the serious
9 in capital and the numerous infrastructures to be built. When the government decides to adopt the BOT way of investment on certain infrastructure project, the first thing to be done is legislation, to be followed by 10 of license, looking for target of cooperation,
conducting negotiation and then concluding contract. The risk of the government lies in issuing the license to a private project company with reliable strength to plan the whole BOT project, not making the mistake of “trusting the wrong person”. 1. [ 3 分 ]

完形填空。On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three,1my husband,

Chris, fell from his horse as it jumped over a fence. Chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down, unable to

breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of2with lots of unexpected

challenges. We went from the "haves" to the "have-nots". Or so we thought.

3what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of sharing difficulties. We came to learn that

something wonderful could happen in a disaster (灾难). All over the world people4Chris so much that letters

and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week in a medical center in Virginia, about 35,000

pieces of5had been received and sorted.

As6, we opened letter after letter. They gave us comfort and became a source of strength for us. We

used them to7ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with "Funny" if we needed a8, or to the

"Disabled" box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or even in bed living happily and successfully.

These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so here we offer one of them to you.

Dear Chris,

My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your9accident last week. No doubt your family and your

friends are giving you the strength to face this10challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best

wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you close.

Yours Sincerely,Nancy Reagan() 1. A. since

() 2. A. disability

() 3. A. So

() 4. A. wrote for

() 5. A. news

() 6. A. patients

() 7. A. encourage

() 8. A. cry

() 9. A. driving

() 10. A. technicalB. before

B. possession

B. For

B. cared for

B. paper

B. a family

B. express

B. laugh

B. flying

B. differentC. when

C. inconvenience

C. Or

C. hoped for

C. equipment

C. nurses

C. control

C. chat

C. running

C. difficultD. while

D. experience

D. Yet

D. sent for

D. mail

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l上将该项涂黑。 Dad loved children and always wanted a （36) family. Eventually （最终) , he got what hewanted （37) there were twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us off to visi-tors. once, Dad （38) presented the first three children in the family, Anne, Mary and Ernestine ,to some visitors. Then he picked up the fourth child, Martha, and said, '- And this is our （39model, complete with all the improvements. And don ' t think that this is all; we ' re （40) the1951 model some time next month. " But what he （41) most was taking us out for a drive in the car. Just the （42) 0f all of uswould cause people t0 （43) their houses. On one occasion （场合) a man in a village we werepassing through shouted （44) that he had seen eleven people in our car, not （45) Mum and Dad. （46) , Dad called out over his shoulder, " You （47) the second baby up from the front here, Mister. " Another time, Dad told us this joke, （48) we were not sure then whether he was telling usthe （49) . Mum, who was a psychologist （心理学家) , once went to give a lecture and left Dadin charge of the （50) . When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had run （51). He said that everything was fine （52) 0ne of the children had been taught a lesson because he had been （53) . When he pointed at the child that had been （54) , Mum looked at him calmly and said, "That' s not one of ours, dear. He （55) next door. "

[A]rich [B]lovely [C]close [D]large