第二节 完形填空先通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后面各题所给的选项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Suppose you find a bright yellow bike on a street corner in the city. You hop on(跨上)it and 31 . But wait—isn’t this stealing？ No, it isn’t. 32 shouts,“Stop! Thief!” That is 33 this free ride is just fine with the city.

You 34 find hundreds of free yellow bikes in some US cities. The idea began in Portland, Oregon, in 1994. People saw a need for 35 transportation, and they wanted to help 36

pollution. So, to get citizens(市民) 37 their cars and onto pollution-free bikes, they 38 the Yellow Bike Project.

The 39 bikes are painted bright yellow and placed throughout the city. People can hop on the yellow bike and ride to run errands(短程差事), to work 40 to school. Then, they leave the bike for the 41 rider. There have been times when bikes have been stolen, but most people 42 the rules, because they think it is not wise to 43 the bike that’s already free.

Portland’s 44 was quickly loved by a lot of people. Within two years of its starts, similar programs were 45 in cities in six other states.

A. drive away B. ride away C. ride back D. run awayA. No one B. Someone C. Anyone D. EveryoneA. whether B. so C. because D. thoughA. have to B. don’t have to C. can’t D. canA. expensive B. crowded C. free D. commonA. protect B. control C. make D. bringA. out of B. into C. up D. nearA. ended B. started C. changed D. refusedA. public B. private C. clean D. dirtyA. but B. as C. until D. orA. next B. last C. best D. firstA. break B. make C. discuss D. followA. buy B. repair C. produce D. stealA. citizen B. street C. idea D. schoolA. looked up B. made up C. put up D. set up

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

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