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，掌握大意，然后从16~35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Sometimes the people who get you through are strangers, who make a 16 — in your day or your life. In my 20s I moved to Manhattan to pursue my acting career. In the first few months I felt very 17 . I wasn’t sure I was going to 18 . One miserable winter morning on the bus, I asked a woman near me what time it was. She looked closely at my face and said 19 , “It’s 9, baby.” It was as if she had 20 my soul and saw my self-doubt and 21 . And when she smiled at me, it was 22 the city itself was opening its arms. I stayed for four years.

More recently, I 23 our house had some problems and called in a guy to handle one of them. He said small-animal traps were 24 and he happened to have one he’d like to just give us. I 25 , wanting to pay for it. Finally he said, “You just don’t know how to accept a(n) 26 , do you?” It was 27 . I loved giving presents, but I’d always felt 28 receiving them. Now when someone is uncommonly 29 , I just smile and say thank you.

And then there was the guy I met on my way to see Stephanie, one of my dearest friends, who was dying too young. I was worried about our visit. It became clear that though she’d been fighting against it, the cancer was going to 30 . I wanted to be there for her, but I worried my 31 would get in the way. I was lost in 32 when the guy said something about the 33 . Yes, it was a great day, I 34 . “It’s a great day every day,” he said. The man wasn’t smiling. He was 35 , and he was right. Every day is a great day. 16. A. mistake 17. A. excited 18. A. stay

B. choice B. curious B. work

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C. promise C. lonely C. start C. coldly

D. difference D. angry D. move D. gently D. taken away D. surprise D. in case D. imagined D. bought D. refused D. invitation D. fun

D. uncomfortable

19. A. sadly B. doubtfully B. looked into B. shame B. as if B. expected B. found B. obeyed B. apology B. true

20. A. come across 21. A. fear

C. searched for C. guilt C. because C. realized

22. A. when 23. A. suggested 24. A. needed 25. A. tried 26. A. gift

C. borrowed C. failed C. post C. simple C. impolite

27. A. annoying 28. A. natural

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B. pleased

29. A. honest 30. A. disappear

B. powerful B. win

C. generous C. change C. anxiety C. thought C disease C. hoped C. proud

D. patient D. pass D. sorrow D. memory D. journey D. challenged D. strict

31. A. indifference 32. A. sight

B. delight

B. suffering B. visit B. agreed B. serious

33. A. weather 34. A. decided 35. A. humorous

第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A DINERS

TONY SOPRANO’S LAST MEAL

Between 1912 and the 1990s, New Jersey State was home to more than 20 diner manufacturers who made probably 95 percent of the diners in the U.S., says Katie Zavoski, who is helping hold a diner exhibit. What makes a diner a diner? (And not, say, a coffee shop?) Traditionally, a diner is built in a factory and then delivered to its own town or city rather than constructed on-site. Zavoski credits New Jersey’s location as the key to its mastery of the form. “It was just the perfect place to manufacture the diners,” she says. “We would ship them wherever we needed to by sea.”

VISIT “Icons of American Culture: History of New Jersey Diners,” running through June 2017 at The Cornelius House / Middlesex County Museum in Piscataway, New Jersey

GOOD FOOD, GOOD TUNES

Suzanne Vega’s 1987 song “Tom’s Diner” is probably best known for its frequently sampled “doo doo doo doo” melody (旋律) rather than its diner-related lyrics. Technically, it’s not even really about a diner — the setting is New York City’s Tom’s Restaurant, which Vega frequented when she was studying at Barnard. Vega used the word “diner” instead because it “sings better that way,” she told The New York Times. November 18 has since been called Tom’s Diner Day, because on that day in 1981, the New York Post’s front page was a story about the death of actor William Holden. In her song Vega sings: “I Open / Up the paper / There’s a story / Of an actor / Who had died / While he was drinking.”

LISTEN “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega MEET THE DINER ANTHROPOLOGIST

Richard J.S. Gutman has been called the “Jane Goodall of diners” (he even consulted on Barry Levinson’s

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1982 film, Diner). His book, American Diner: Then Now, traces the evolution of the “night lunch wagon,” set up by Walter Scott in 1872, to the early 1920s, when the diner got its name (adapted from “dining car’’), and on through the 1980s. Gutman has his own diner facilities (floor plans, classic white mugs, a cashier booth); 250 of these items arc part of an exhibit in Rhode Island.

READ American Diner: Then & Now (John Hopkins University Press)

VISIT “Diners: Still Cooking in the 21st Century,” currently running at the Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island 36. In what way is a diner different from a coffee shop? A. Its location.

B. Its management. D. Where it is constructed.

C. From what it is built.

37. What do we know about New Jersey? A. It is a coastal U.S. state.

B. It is building lots of ships. D. Its diners provide quality service.

C. Its diners are constructed on-site.

38. What do we know about Vega’s 1987 song “Tom’s Diner”? A. It warns people not to drink. B. It was inspired by Tom’s Diner Day. C. Its melody is preferred to its lyrics. D. Its original title was Tom’s Restaurant.

39. What is American Diner: Then & Now mainly about? A. Historical facts.

B. Analytical data. D. Diners on Rhode Island.

C. Personal experiences.

40. Where are those interested in modem diners supposed to go? A. Tom’s Restaurant.

B

Many years ago, my mother read from the book Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey to me. I remember as if it were yesterday, hearing her voice at my side on a cold wintry night. My mother’s voice changed my world.

Long before I could read on my own, she shared with me the strength and beauty of McCloskey’s language a story of a little girl and her mother out in nature, co-existing with a mother bear and her own baby. The power of the story, of language and of my mother all came together. And it happened many times after that, over and over. The read aloud made me a reader.

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B. John Hopkins University. D. Middlesex County Museum.

C. Johnson & Wales University.

Years later, I was reading aloud a picture book to a small child in a classroom. His life, so far, had not been easy. His childhood was troubled by poverty and loneliness. In that moment, in the joy of the read aloud, he had an idea that started something big.

What he said was this: “Mrs. Allyn, let’s make sure everyone knows how good this feels. Let’s have a holiday for the read aloud?” Therefore, my organization, LitWorld, created a grassroots movement World Read Aloud Day in 2010 to honor this young boy’s wish for everyone to be able to have a read aloud every day.

Since the day he shared that good idea with us, World Read Aloud Day has become a worldwide event reaching over one million people in more than 65 countries around the world. This year we are over 600 cities strong, a number that is growing every day.

Children who grow up as readers become engaged citizens of the global world, and every child deserves the right to read. When I say that reading aloud will change the world, I know it sounds simple. But one of the many great things about giving kids access to the power of stories and sharing them together is that it is simple. It is also cheap and easily done. And the impact is huge. 41. How did the author’s parent change her life? A. By reading aloud to her.

B. By listening to her reading. D. By encouraging her to read aloud.

C. By buying many books for her.

42. According to Paragraph 3, the author was probably the little boy’s . A. mother

B. teacher D. favorite writer

C. best friend

43. What does the small child’s idea in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. To start a holiday.

B. To reduce poverty. D. To overcome loneliness.

C. To found LitWorld.

44. What can we know about World Read Aloud Day from Paragraph 5? A. Its origin. C. Its purpose.

B. Its future. D. Its development.

45. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. Sticking to reading isn’t easy. B. Reading gives a high rate of return. C. Reading aloud isn’t actually simple. D. Kids should try to change the world.

C

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