第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A, B, C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were 1. .The rivers were long gone back into the 2. .If we didn’t see some rain soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true 3. of sharing and 4. the only miracle I had seen with my own eyes.
I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. Minutes after he 5. into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.
I went back to make sandwiches, 6. that what he had been doing was completed. Moments later, 7. ,he was once again toward the woods. This 8. went on for an hour—walked 9. to the woods, and ran back to the house.
10. I couldn’t take it any longer, so I went out of the house quietly and 11. him on his journey. As I leaned into spy on him. I saw the most 12. sight. Several large deer were in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. And I saw a tiny young deer lying on the ground 13. suffering from dehydrateion (脱水) and heat exhaustion, lifting its head with 14. effort to drink up the water in my beautiful boy’s 15. .
When the water was 16. ,Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap that we had 17. .Billy opened it all the way up and a small trickle(细流) began to creep out. When he stood up and began to 18. ,I was there in front of him. His little eyes were just filled with tears.
“I’m not 19. ,”was all he said.
As the tears that rolled down his face began to hit the ground,they were suddenly 20. by other drops…more drops…and more.
All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm, just like one little boy saved deer.
21..A.dying B.producing C.harvesting D.drying
22..A.sea B.gas C.earth D.land
23..A.skill B.lesson C.impression D.opinion
24..A.found B.expected C.noticed D.witnessed
25..A.disappeared B.broke C.turned D. looked
26..A.admiring B.thinking C.imagining D.desiring
27..A.consequently B.eventually C.however D.therefore
28..A.experience B.activity C.exercise D.arrangement
29..A.hurriedly B.secretly C.worriedly D.carefully
30..A.Immediately B.Finally C.Fortunately D.Unexpectedly
31..A.stopped B.caught C.followed D.urged
32..A.amusing B.interesting C.appealing D.amazing
33..A.anxiously B.disappointedly C.naturally D.obviously
34..A.no B.brave C.great D.poor
35..A.hands B.face C.eyes D.legs
36..A.gone B.cool C.running D.faded
37..A.put out B.taken away C.shut off D.set up
38..A.stop B.leave C.smile D.run
39..A.washing B.drinking C.throwing D.polluting
40..A.melt B.added C.attached D.joined
—Please tell Nana she has won the first prize in the teaching skill contest in April.
—_________! She never did so well before.
A.Congratulations B.Good luck
C.That’s right D.What a good surprise
The serious situation made it possible for laws preventing pollutions_________in many countries.
A.from passing B.to pass C.by passing D.to be passed
—Mr.Smith,you are wanted on the phone.
—Thank you. _________no one knows I’m here.
A.For B.And C.But D.So
— I’d like to invite you to our party this weekend.
— Thank you, but _________I’ll have time I’m not sure at the moment.
A. whether B. what C. when D. that
The actress doesn’t care about the profits _______ she plays her favourite roles.
A. as long as B. in case C. ever since D. even though
