一、补全短文（共100小题；共100分）
A
Yangshuo, China
It was raining lightly when I 1. (arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn't care. A few hours 2. , I'd been at home in Hong Kong, with 3. (it) choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.
I'd skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River 4. are pictured by artists in so many Chinese 5. (painting). Instead, I'd head straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it's only an hour away 6. car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city. Yangshuo 7. (be) really beautiful. A study of travelers 8. (conduct) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it 9. (regular) arranges quick getaways here for people 10. (live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong. B
Mary will never forget the first time she saw him. He suddenly appeared in class one day, 11. (wear) sun glasses. He walked in as if he 12. (buy) the school. And the word quickly got around that he was from New York City.
For some reason he sat beside Mary. Mary felt 13. (please), because there were many empty seats in the room. But she quickly realized that it wasn't her, it was probably the fact that she sat in 14. last row. 15. he thought he could escape attention by sitting at the back, he was wrong. It might have made it a little 16. (hard) for everybody because it meant they had to turn around, but that didn't stop the kids in the class. Of course whenever they turned to look at him, they had to look at Mary, 17. made her feel like a star. “Do you need those glasses for medical reasons?” the teacher asked. The new boy shook his head. “Then I'd appreciate it if you didn't wear them in the class. I like to look at your eyes when I'm speaking to you.” The new boy looked at the teacher 18. a few seconds and all the other students wondered 19. the boy would do. Then he took 20. off, gave a big smile and said, “That's cool.”
C
Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned 21. farm, which looked almost abandoned. 22. (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearly 23. other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what 24. (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass 25. it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she 26. (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnsons tried to make a living 27. the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees 28. (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children's clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market 29. people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to 30. that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.
D
One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he 31. (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, \"Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 32. too little.\" His son looked surprised. \"I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, 33. not save a bit of money?\" \"That would be a very 34. (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,\" Nick said.
Nick's guests, 35. had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied,\" The only reason a man would sell salt 36. a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 37. the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.\"
\"But such a small thing couldn't 38. (possible) destroy a village.\" \"In the beginning, there was only 39. very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always 40. (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.\"
E
A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. 41. water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder 42. had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man 43. (present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled 44. (warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home 45. a happy heart. After the student left, the teacher let 46. student taste the water. He spit it out, 47. (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, \"Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like 48. ?”
The teacher replied, \"You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be 49. (sweet).”
We understand this lesson best 50. we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe on a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.
F
One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about 51. (be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop, 52. some of them looked very anxious and 53. (disappoint). When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next 54. the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike 55. (catch) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused 56. (stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept 57. (ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked, \"58. anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?\" A woman on the bus shouted, \"Oh, dear! It's 59. (I)\". She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully. Everyone on the bus began talking about what the boy had done and the crowd of strangers 60. (sudden) became friendly to one another. G
One Sunday morning in August I went to local music festival. I left it early because I had an appointment 61. (late) that day. My friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with me 62. the bus arrived. I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man 63. (sit) at the front. He 64. (pretend) that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. He must be 65. (mental) disabled. Behind him were other people to 66. he was trying to talk, but after some minutes 67. walked away and sat near me, looking annoyed. I didn't want to be laughed at for talking to him but I didn't like leaving him 68. his own either.
After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. I sat next to the man and introduced myself. We had 69. amazing conversation. He got off the bus before me and I felt very happy the rest of the way home.
I'm glad I made a choice. It made 70. of us feel good. H
Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends who had been there before said 71. was a wonderful holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.
After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six months 72. (early), but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We 73. (tell) that our rooms hadn't been reserved for that week, 74. for the week after. I didn't understand 75. this would happen and my credit card had already been charged 76. the reservation. What's worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was 77. (surprise) helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on 78. top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren't charged extra.
The next day, my brother and I went to the beach 79. we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little 80. (sunburn), but the day had been so relaxing that we didn't mind. I
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Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It 81. (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it 82. (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of 83. most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.
But the river wasn't changed in a few days 84. even a few months. It took years of work 85. (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 86. (clean) than ever. Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit 87. is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don't know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don't you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?
While there are 88. (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the 89. (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be 90. (patience). J
The adobe dwellings(土坯房) 91. (build) by the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest are admired by even 92. most modern of architects and engineers. In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their 93. (able) to \"air condition\" a house without 94. (use) electric equipment. Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that heat 95. (slow) during cool nights, thus warming the house. When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough 96. (cool) the house during the hot day: 97. the same time, they warm up again for the night. This cycle 98. (go) day after day: The walls warm up during the day and cool off during the night and thus always a timely offset(抵消) for the outside temperatures. As 99. (nature) architects, the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly 100. thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.
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一、补全短文
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