A. Driven     B. Being driven       C. To drive      D. Having driven

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21–40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric,  21  his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.

He had  22   se foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today. He would just  23  the books in the outside return box. But there was a  24  ; it was locked.

He went into the building, only a few minutes  25  closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief  26  in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to  27  Eric.

David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in  28  — the library lights were off. The place was  29 . The doors had been shut. They  30  be opened from the inside, he was trapped(被困) — in a library!

He tried to  31  a telephone call, but was unable to  32 . What’s more, the pay phones were on the outside of the building.  33  the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.

 34  he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: “  35  ! I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door.  36  , someone passing by would see it.

He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant,  37  . Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to  38  .

He knew he had to  39  , but now, that didn’t seem to be such a  40  thing.

21. A. but              B. because             C. or                D. since

22. A. ever             B. nearly               C. never             D. often

23. A. pass             B. drop                C. carry              D. take

24. A. problem          B. mistake             C. case               D. question

25. A. during           B. after                C. over               D. before

26. A. rest              B. break               C. walk              D. stop

27. A. visit             B. meet                C. catch              D. greet

28. A. delight           B. anger               C. surprise            D. eagerness

29. A. lonely            B. empty              C. noisy              D. crowded

30. A. wouldn’t         B. shouldn’t             C. couldn’t           D. needn’t

31. A. make            B. fix                  C. use               D. pick

32. A. get on            B. get up               C. get through        D. get in

33. A. If               B. As                   C. Though           D. Until

34. A. On time          B. Now and then          C. By the way        D. At last

35. A. Come            B. Help                 C. Hello             D. Sorry

36. A. Surely           B. Thankfully             C. Truly             D. Gradually

37. A. at most           B. after all               C. in short           D. as usual

38. A. watch            B. paly                  C. read              D. write

39. A. wait             B. stand                  C. sleep             D. work

40. A. bad              B. cool                  C. strange            D. nice

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题；第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say, “ Hey, Butterfly Man,” his face would break into a smile. The title suits him. And he loves it.

“ I knew it had hurt my mom,” Bonner said after he got out of prison. “ So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again.”

One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat(栖息地) for an endangered butterfly called El Segundo blue.

“ I saw the sign ‘ Butterfly Habitat’ and asked, ‘ How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?’” Bonner recalls. “Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass(放大镜) , ‘Look at the leaves.’ I could see all these caterpillars(蝴蝶的幼虫) on the plant. Dr Mattoni explained, ‘Without the plant, there are no butterflies.’”

Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni, who told him there was a butterfly needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then he’s been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back. He grows astragalus, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.

The butterfly’s population, once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni receiced lots of awards. But for Bonner, he earned something more: he turned his life around.

For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he’s bringing back the Palos Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too.

41. When he was young, Arthur Bonner _______.

   A. broke the law and ended up in prison

   B. was fond of shooting and hurt his mom

   C. often laughed at people on the streeets

   D. often caught butterflies and took them home

42. Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he _______.

   A. found the butterfly had died out               B. won many prizes from his professor

   C. met Dr. Mattoni, a professor of biology         D. collected butterflies and put them into a lab

43. From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has _________.

   A. made Bonner famous                      B. changed Bonner’s life

   C. brought Bonner wealth                     D. enriched Bonner’s knowledge

44. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

   A. A Promise to Mom                         B. A Man Saved by Butterflies

B

   People who have lost the ability to understand or use words due to brain damage are called aphasics(失语症患者). Such patients can be extremely good at something else. From the changing expressions on speakers’ faces and the tones of their voices, they can tell lies from truths.

Doctors studying the human brain have given a number of examples of this amazing power of aphasics. Some have even compared this power to that of a dog with an ability to find out the drugs hidden in the baggage.

Recently, scientists carried out tests to see if all that was said about aphasics was true. They studied a mixed group of people. Some were normal; others were aphasics. It was proved that the aphasics were far ahead of the normal people in recognizing false speeches — in most cases, the normal people were fooled by words, but the aphasics were not.

Some years ago, Dr. Oliver Sacks wrote in his book about his experiences with aphasics. He mentioned a particular case in a hospital. Some aphasics were watching the president giving a speech on TV. Since the president had been an actor earlier, making a good speech was no problem for him. He was trying to put his feelings into every word of his speech.