第二节 完形填空

He was driving home one cold evening on a country road when he saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road. He stopped to give her a   36  . "Why don't you wait in the car where it is warm, Madam? It won’t take me long. ” He said, “  37  , my name is Joe. ”

She had a flat tire. Joe crawled under the car and changed the tire. But he got dirty and his hands hurt. She couldn’t thank him   38   and asked him how much she   39   him. He told her that if she really wanted to   40  him back, the next time she saw someone in   41   of help, she could give that person the   42   they needed, and Joe added, “And think of me”.

She drove off with gratefulness. A few miles   43   the road the lady saw a small  44  . She went in. The waitress who was nearly eight months pregnant,   45    her with a sweet smile. The old lady   46   how someone like her who seemed so poor could be so genuinely happy and how she could   47   her enthusiasm in her work in such inconvenient conditions. Then Joe’s words   48  her. After the lady finished her meal, the waitress went to get her   49  from a hundred-dollar bill.   50  , the lady stepped right out of the door.

When the waitress came back, she noticed a note on the table,   51   “I’m helping you because someone once helped me. If you really want to pay me back, here is   52   you can do―--Do not let the chain of love   53   with you. ”

The waitress went home that night with the   54  tip and what the lady had written. With the baby   55   next month, she and her husband needed money. She knew how worried her husband was and as he lay sleeping next to her, she whispered, “Everything’s going to be all right. I love you, Joe.”

36.A.surprise    B.glance      C.sympathy    D.hand

37.A.Just in case B.As you wish  C.For one thing D.By the way

38.A.enough     B.right     C.straight        D.extra

39.A.charged   B.provided    C.offered       D. owed

40.A.pay      B.bring      C.put        D.hold

41.A.honor     B.need      C.favor        D.possession

42.A.guidance B.  consequence  C.acquaintance  D. assistance

43.A.beside     B.off         C. down        D.beyond

44.A.bank     B.grocery      C.gas station   D.restaurant

45.A.introduced  B.greeted      C.identified     D.spotted

46.A.wondered  B.suspected   C.thought     D.questioned

47.A.taste     B.measure      C.maintain     D. remain

48.A.struck     B.moved      C.obtained     D.reminded

49.A.tip        B.change      C.order        D.service

50.A.Moreover B.Otherwise   C.However     D.Eventually

51.A.writing   B.showing      C.saying         D.going

52.A.how     B.which      C.what         D.whether

53.A.combine  B.end      C.disagree     D.deal

54.A.honest     B.modest      C.generous     D.graceful

55.A.born      B.ready      C.  due         D.likely

第三部分：阅读理解

A

Jetlag can often be a headache, literally, for those who travel through different time zones. The leading travel search site Tianxun. cn conducted a survey on the most popular methods to tackle jetlag among 1,000 airline passengers. The top 12 suggestions, in order of preference, are listed below.

1. Maintain a healthy and light diet that includes fruits and vegetables.

2. Exercise before the flight.

3. Do stretching exercises during the flight.

4. Set watch to new time zone.

5. Stay awake for flight’s duration.

6. Avoid alcohol for 24 hours before the flight.

7. Sleep during the flight if you take alcohol.

8. Herbal remedies(草药疗法)

9. Viagra

10. Motion sickness medication.

11. Melatonin(眠通灵)

12. Sleeping pills.

A light diet and exercise are the most effective choices for Chinese passengers on

long-haul flights.

While about 22 percent think one should avoid alcohol before the flight, 15 percent claim drinking alcohol during the flight can help them.

Of the respondents, 37 percent said they tried taking Viagra to tackle jetlag, as some reports said it may help to reduce jetlag and about 7 percent said it helped. Herbal and motion sickness medication also helped, they said.

“It seems that a lighter diet and exercise can go a long way to prevent jetlag. We hope the survey will make your long journey a more comfortable one,” said Andy Sleigh, Asia Pacific General Manager of Tianxun. cn.

56. From the article, which of the following is most likely to prevent your jetlag?

A. Looking at your watch from time to time

B. Taking some painkillers before going abroad

C. Stretching your neck, arms and legs before you fly

D. Not sleeping during the period of flight

57. The underlined word “tackle” probably means ______.

A. handle     B. tolerate       C. support        D. defend

58. These tips come from ________.

A. flight attendants                  B. experts in medicine

C. airline passengers                 D. Andy Sleigh

59. We know from the passage ________.

A. the majority of the respondents questioned think it helps to take Viagra

B. there are a few of the respondents who think highly of drinking alcohol during the flight

C. the aim of the survey is to find out how often people travel by plane

D. on a long flight journey, the most effective choice for passengers is Herbal remedy

B

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A.Experienced in exam preparations.    B.Experienced in teaching Chinese.

C.Excellent command of English.       D.Degree holder.

61. To look for a person to work in your restaurant, you can contact

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62.If you rent the apartment near West Nanjing Road,        .

A.you should pay RMB 13,000 each month

B.you can work out in the gym

C.you can go shopping in the neighborhood

D.you can swim in an outdoor swimming pool

63.What does the underlined word “incumbent” mean?

A.Businessman.     B.Student.

C.Employee.     D.Employer.

C

“Experience may possibly be the best teacher, but it is not a particularly good teacher.” You might think that Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words, but they actually come from James March, a professor at Stanford University and a pioneer in the field of organizational decision making. For years March (possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has studied how humans think and act, and he continues to do so in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience.

He begins by reminding us of just how firmly we have been sticking to the idea of experiential learning: “Experience is respected;experience is sought;experience is explained.” The problem is that learning from experience involves serious complications (复杂化), ones that are part of the nature of experience itself and which March discusses in the body of this book.

In one interesting part of the book, for example, he turns a doubtful eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential learning. In our efforts to make stories interesting, he argues, we lose part of the complicated truth of things. He says   “The more accurately reality is presented, the less understandable the story, and the more understandable the story, the less realistic it is.”

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64. According to the text, James March is ________.

A. a poet who uses experience in his writing

B. a teacher who teachers story writing in university

C. a researcher who studies the way humans think and act

D. a professor who helps organizations make important decisions

65. According to James March, experience ________.

A. is overvalued

B. is easy to explain

C. should be actively sought

D. should be highly respected

66. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?