Section A
Directions: Read the following two passages: Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper from of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.
A
Several years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me:” You don’t look well” That completely took me by surprise, I told him I had never felt ___25_____ (well). Without hesitation he told me I looked terribly bad and my skin appeared yellow.
When I felt the service station, ___26____(feel) a little uneasy, I pulled over to the side of road and look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was everything all right? Had I picked up__27__ rare disease? Had I picked up hepatitis(肝炎)?
The next time I drove into the service station, I figured out what___28____ (happen). The place had recently been painted a bright yellow, the light__29_____ (reflect) off the walks made someone inside look as though they had hepatitis. I wondered how many folks had reacted the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total stranger__30____ (change) my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single negative observation had a profound effect___31___ the way I felt and acted.
A little while later I saw how funny the incident was. I wonder how many other people that man had told they were ill __32____he realized that the service station had a paint job.
B
My daughter and I were flying to spend a week with my husband in Florida. The plane was totally full. I had noticed some Boy Scouts (童子军) at the gate and promised to my daughter that if ____33___ happened, we would be OK with all those Scouts on our flight!
Unfortunately, our seats were separated by the aisle(走道), Kallie was nervous about the trip and had counted on my reading to her the whole way. ___34____ (try) to read across the aisle would be a challenge.
When the two passengers who shared my row boarded the plane, I asked if they ___35___ switch places with Kallie and me. They refused. Meanwhile, a mother and her three children were panicking several rows ahead of us. There had been a mistake with their boarding passes, and the whole family__36___ (split) up. The passengers in her row also refused to move. The mother was concerned about the younger boy sitting with strangers.
Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said, “Ma’am, we can help you.” He then spent five minutes rearranging his group. The mother’s relief was obvious.
Kallie, however, was still upset. I told her that there wasn’t anything___37____ I could do; we would have to sit____38___ we were. Gradually, the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster (not a Scout himself) turned around and asked, “would you and your daughter like our seats?” We traded seats and continued our trip, very much ___39____(relieve) to be together.
Would that man have offered us his seat if the Scouts hadn’t done so for the mom and
her children?
I don’t know. But the belief lives on in my mind ___40____kindness is contagious(蔓延)！
答案：25. better 26.feeling 27.a 28.had happened
29.reflecting 30.change 31.on 32.before 33.anything
34.Trying 35.could 36.has been split 37.that 38.where 39.relieved 40.that
Section B (10)
Directions: Complete the sentences with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only
be used once. There is one extra which you do not need.
A. strengthens B. imagine C. inspired D. profile E. context F. memorable G. opportunity H. develop I. arousing J. significant K. motivates
Sports would not be sports without its rivalries. Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei, Sun Yang and Park Tae-hwan, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte-these friendly rivalries contributed to some of the most __41__ moments at the London Olympics. In fact, new research on rivalry suggests rivals like Phelps and Lochte are both the better Athletes for their epic battle to be the best.
“ A rivalry in this kind of ___42___is apt(倾向于) to benefit these swimmers’ motivation and performance,’ said Gavin Kilduff, an assistant professor at New York University who studies the causes and consequences of rivalry.
Intense rivalries ___43___for three reasons, according to past research by Kilduff and colleagues. First, competitors turn into rivals when they feel similar to one another, both in terms of characteristics and abilities. Second, a rivalry builds the more times two competitors face off. It further _44__when past contests have been closely decided.
“That could be in part because if you win or lose by a very small margin, you __45___that the opposite could have happened; that can be very emotionally ___46___situation that lives on in your mind,” said Kilduff.
Research by Kilduff and colleagues suggests that the rivalry between Phelps and Lochte could be shaving as much as two percent off their times. Looking at the performance of 82 amateur runners of five-kilometer races over the course of six years, the researchers found that the runner ran, on average, 25 seconds faster when they competed against a runner who fit the __47_____of being their rival.
Although one cannot always reliably apply that number to other sports or situation, Kilduff said the message is clear:” Rivalries produce a(n) ___48____performance boost.”
That holds true for everyone. Kilduff found that having a rival in school, the workplace, or on a sports team__49____ and energizes us. There’s a dark side, however: Kilduff also found that people in a rivalry more often cheat or lie when given the _____50_____
In short, when you have a rival,” you’re going to put forth more effort,” he said,” but you’re also going to cut corners and just do whatever it takes to win.\"
答案： 41. F 42.E 43.H 44.A 45.B 46.I 47.D 48.J 49.K 50.G
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