第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分；满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41-60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出一个最佳选项。

  When I was twelve, I suddenly developed a strong feeling for writing poetry(诗歌). I gave up all my other hobbies, such as   41  stamps, and spent all my   42  time reading poetry and writing it. The   43  of writing poetry on every possible occasion (机会) soon   44  me into trouble at school. If a lesson did not  45  me. I would take out my notebook and start writing poems in class. Of course I did this very   46  , but it was not long before I got   47  . One day while I was busy writing a poem during a  48  lesson, I looked up to find the teacher standing   49  me in   50    because I was not   51  attention. He tore the poem up, with a  52  not to waste time in his lesson.   53  I was sure that I had written a good poem, 54  that evening I wrote it out from memory again. Not long after, I  55  about a poetry competition and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, long   56  I had given up hope, I got a letter informing me that I had won the first  57  . Everyone at school    58  me for it except the geography teacher, who  59  me more carefully than ever. He was quite  60  that I was not going to write poetry in his lesson!

41．A．keeping      B．collecting    C．gathering  D．getting

42．A．other                  B．rest                         C．free                 D．more

43．A．habit                    B．kind                                C．means                 D．type

44．A．came              B．entered                        C．arrived                 D．got

45．A．interest               B．surprise                        C．understand        D．develop

46．A．silently                 B．carelessly                     C．carefully              D．quickly

47．A．held                      B．caught                          C．taken              D．improved

48．A．Chinese              B．English                          C．maths                  D．geography

49．A．over                      B．on                                   C．below                   D．after

50．A．pride               B．anger                                C．care                      D．satisfaction

51．A．calling                  B．making                          C．noticing               D．paying

52．A．warning               B．smiling                          C．suggestion             D．demand

53．A．As usual        B．In other words            C．By the way         D．All the same

54．A．however       B．so                                   C．thus                      D．even

55．A．read                        B．got                                 C．noticed                D．looked

56．A．before                B．after                              C．ago                       D．until

57．A．position               B．reward                          C．victory                 D．prize

58．A．praised                B．thanked                        C．surprised            D．puzzled

59．A．saw                      B．watched                       C．looked at             D．cared about

60．A．afraid                  B．angry                       C．sure                      D．sorry

---I’m taking part in the 200-meter race tomorrow.  ---_________.

   A. Nothing at all       B. congratulations       C. No problem       D. Good luck

—Why didn’t you tell him about the exciting news?

   —He rushed out of the room ______ I could say a word.

A. before       B. after       C. when      D. until

______ production going up by 60%, the company had another excellent year.

A. As                     B. For          C. With               D. Though

---How much salt did you put in the dish? ---I’m sorry to say, _______. I forgot it.

A. nothing          B. no one      C. no         D. none

 Is this the third time that you ________ late?

A. have been        B. am         C. was        D. had been

Chinese athlete Liu xiang’s dropping out of the Olympic Games was really ______; it surely _____ the whole world.

   A. astonished; astonished          B. astonishing; was astonished

   C. astonishing; astonished          D. astonished; was astonished

 On May 12, 2008, southwestern China was hit by an 8.0 Richter scale earthquake, from _____ effects the people are still suffering.

   A. that           B. whose       C. those       D. what

---How many ________ are there in your school?  ---There are fifty-five.

   A. woman teachers   B. woman teacher    C. women teachers       D. women teacher

 It was in the street ______ I met John yesterday.

   A. where    B. which   C. that    D. when