第一节(共20小题； 每小题1.5分， 满分30分)
阅读下面短文， 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In a remote village, selling chestnuts was the main source of livelihood for local villagers. In late autumn, the hills were covered by the trees and chestnuts were __21__ from the branches of the trees, which __22__ with the wind attracting local villagers to __23__ them at this time of year.
The villagers took the chestnuts, carried them home and __24__ them out. The whole family sifted(筛) and sorted them according to their __25__， and then transported them to the city for wholesale or retail. Every villager knew that if they wanted to sell for a good price, what really __26__ was to send the selected chestnuts to the market first. Many families, which were short of __27__， would go to the nearby villages to hire workers with high __28__．
Still, to many people’s __29__， there was a young man in the village who could never need help, __30__ he had limited hands. He lived with his blind and old mother. He always arrived at the market one step ahead of the other ones __31__ he could sell out of all the chestnuts and then happily drove back with his truck __32__.
The secret of the young man was after picking chestnuts, he put them __33__ into a sack(麻袋) and carried them to the truck. When he set out, he chose the road, __34__ and bumpy(不平的), to go, __35__ the small ones would jump to the __36__ of the bag and the larger ones would stay on the top of the bag. It would save time for classification and selection. When inquired how he found the way, the young man __37__：“If you put your heart into it, you will find the right way. This is not an accident but a(n) __38__ result.”
There will always be people who get __39__ or complain when they hear bad news. As a matter of fact, if you use your head, you will be __40__ to the people and things in the environment. When you turn your mind into action to move forward step by step, you can also create a new world for yourself.
21.A. holding B．filling
C.planting D．hanging
22．A. fell B．shook
C. jumped D．folded
23．A. enjoy B．view
C. seek D．pick
24．A. poured B．took
C. thought D．figured
25．A. shape B．size
C. taste D．color
26．A. mattered B．cared
C. interested D．minded
27．A. hands B．power
C. experience D．ways
28．A. quality B．quantity
C. money D．salary
29．A. puzzlement B．relief
C. astonishment D．delight
30．A. only if B．as if
C. even if D．if only
31．A. which B．where[
C. whom D．who
32．A. full B．filled
C. empty D．loaded
33．A. suddenly B．shortly
C. directly D．hurriedly
34．A. tough B．rough
C. regular D．smooth
35．A. even B．or
C. but D．so
36．A. hole B．tip
C. middle D．bottom
37．A. sighed B．excited
C. smiled D．sneezed
38．A. unexpected B．necessary
C. accidental D．deliberate
39．A. stricken B．satisfied
C. upset D．surprised
40．A. sensitive B．accessible
C. relative D．Flexible
第一节 完形填空
阅读下面短文， 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In a remote village, selling chestnuts was the main source of livelihood for local villagers. In late autumn, the hills were covered by the trees and chestnuts were __21__ from the branches of the trees, which __22__ with the wind attracting local villagers to __23__ them at this time of year.
The villagers took the chestnuts, carried them home and __24__ them out. The whole family sifted(筛) and sorted them according to their __25__， and then transported them to the city for wholesale or retail. Every villager knew that if they wanted to sell for a good price, what really __26__ was to send the selected chestnuts to the market first. Many families, which were short of __27__， would go to the nearby villages to hire workers with high __28__．
Still, to many people’s __29__， there was a young man in the village who could never need help, __30__ he had limited hands. He lived with his blind and old mother. He always arrived at the market one step ahead of the other ones __31__ he could sell out of all the chestnuts and then happily drove back with his truck __32__.
The secret of the young man was after picking chestnuts, he put them __33__ into a sack(麻袋) and carried them to the truck. When he set out, he chose the road, __34__ and bumpy(不平的), to go, __35__ the small ones would jump to the __36__ of the bag and the larger ones would stay on the top of the bag. It would save time for classification and selection. When inquired how he found the way, the young man __37__：“If you put your heart into it, you will find the right way. This is not an accident but a(n) __38__ result.”
There will always be people who get __39__ or complain when they hear bad news. As a matter of fact, if you use your head, you will be __40__ to the people and things in the environment. When you turn your mind into action to move forward step by step, you can also create a new world for yourself.
21.A. holding B．filling
C.planting D．hanging
22．A. fell B．shook
C. jumped D．folded
23．A. enjoy B．view
C. seek D．pick
24．A. poured B．took
C. thought D．figured
25．A. shape B．size
C. taste D．color
26．A. mattered B．cared
C. interested D．minded
27．A. hands B．power
C. experience D．ways
28．A. quality B．quantity
C. money D．salary
29．A. puzzlement B．relief
C. astonishment D．delight
30．A. only if B．as if
C. even if D．if only
31．A. which B．where[
C. whom D．who
32．A. full B．filled
C. empty D．loaded
33．A. suddenly B．shortly
C. directly D．hurriedly
34．A. tough B．rough
C. regular D．smooth
35．A. even B．or
C. but D．so
36．A. hole B．tip
C. middle D．bottom
37．A. sighed B．excited
C. smiled D．sneezed
38．A. unexpected B．necessary
C. accidental D．deliberate
39．A. stricken B．satisfied
C. upset D．surprised
40．A. sensitive B．accessible
C. relative D．Flexible
第一节 完形填空
