三、完形填空(共20小题;每题1.5分，共30分。)

　　通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。从每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。

　　I went there in 1948, no local planes in those days, so I made the trip by bus. It was a thousand kilometers long and it took twenty hours. I sat by a fellow about my own age, 24. He said his name was Karl Packer, but he told me _31__ anything else. He _32__ me because he had so little to say. No opinions, no memories, no tales to _33__. Had his home, his life, the war and so on _34__ no mark at all on him? It was very puzzling. I was glad when the pillows were _35__, and I could politely try to sleep. I _36__ I would never meet him again. The next time I went to Fairbum was in 1974. By _37__, of course. The president was going to “open” the new town, _38__ had taken twenty-six years to be _39_. I sat next to a man of about fifty, whose face was a book. I guessed he had something _40_ to tell me.

　　The face was rough, brown and lined. There were _41__ of worry and of fear perhaps, two old scars. But _42__ them, and stronger, I saw success and power. I guessed he was the boss of _43__. Perhaps he hadn’t _44__ it big or hadn’t wanted it.

　　He had done it well, no doubt. The thing had clearly _45__ him the power of decision, _46__. We started to talk … The next two hours were for me the most interesting and exciting that I remembered. I did not give a quarter as good as I got. He kept me _47__, open mouthed with wonder. Our plane _48__ at Fairbum. I _49__ his hand and thanked him for making the journey so pleasant. I told him my name. “The _50__ was mine,” he said, “I was Chief Engineer here at Fairbum until last year. I built the new town. Karl Packer is the name. Haven’t we met before somewhere?”

　　( )31.A. hardly B. almost C. nearly D. mostly

　　( )32.A. moved B. excited C. disappointed D. encouraged

　　( )33.A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk

　　( )34.A. kept B. stayed C. remained D. left

　　( )35.A. set out B. given up C. given out D. sent off

　　( )36.A. hoped B. considered C. imagined D. dreamed

　　( )37.A. bus B. land C. air D. chance

　　( )38.A. it B. that C. which D. this

　　( )39.A. built B. made C. set D. founded

　　( )40.A. good B. bad C. wrong D. old

　　( )41.A. lots B. stories C. lines D. places

　　( )42.A. on B. above C. over D. in

　　( )43.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

　　( )44.A. expected B. wanted C. thought D. regarded

　　( )45.A. taught B. offered C. gave D. showed

　　( )46.A. command B. obey C. conclusion D. invention

　　( )47.A. still B. busy C. quiet D. calm

　　( )48.A. landed B. flew C. stopped D. fell

　　( )49.A. snatched B. shook C. seized D. caught

　　( )50.A. thank B. happiness C. excitement D. pleasure

　　四、阅读理解(共15小题;每题2分，共30分。)

　　阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边的括号里。

　　A

　　Mike found that young birds in isolation could only make some simple sound. Mike learned that a young bird has to hear other old birds’ song during the period before it is seven weeks old. Then there is a long time until the next spring before the bird begins to sing. And when it does start, it needs to practise before it finally gets the song right.

　　Further studies have proved that young birds do indeed need musical education. After several of the young birds raised in isolation were put together for about ten months, they learned from one another and finally could sing. The songs they sang, however, were quite different from the wild birds’. On the other hand, the young birds caught after their time was spent listening to the wild birds’ songs, knew how to sing.

　　( )51. Mike found the truth that _________.

　　A. birds were born with the ability to sing

　　B. birds were born without the ability to sing

　　C. birds were born without the ability to make noises

　　D. birds were born without the ability to learn how to sing

　　( )52. Young birds raised in isolation could only make some simple sound because ____.

　　A. they had no choice but to do so

　　B. they couldn’t get the chance of practicing

　　C. they hadn’t heard the old birds’ song

　　D. they were too young to sing

　　( )53. The bird begins to sing when _________.

　　A. it is seven weeks old B. the next spring comes

　　C. it gets musical education D. it is very happy

　　( )54. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

　　A. Why do Birds Learn to Sing? B. When do Birds Learn to Sing?

　　C. How do Birds Learn to Sing? D. What do Birds Learn to Do?

　　B

　　Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventy-five, he gave ￡ 1200 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.

　　As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humour (幽默). He liked whisky (威士忌酒) and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

　　The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

　　( )55. The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson _________.

　　A. had no children B. was a strange man

　　C. was very fond of children D. wanted people to know how rich he was

　　( )56. Many people wrote to Johnson to find out ________.

　　A. what kind of whisky he had B. how to live longer

　　C. how to become wealthy D. in which part of the neck to have an injection

　　( )57. The newspaperman _________.

　　A. should have reported what Johnson had told him

　　B. shouldn’t have asked Johnson what injection he had

　　C. was eager to live a long life

　　D. should have found out what Johnson really meant

　　( )58. When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that ________.

　　A. he drank a glass of whisky in the evening

　　B. he needed an injection in the neck

　　C. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well

　　D. there was something wrong with his neck