第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I come from one of those families where you have to yell at the dinner table to get in a word. Everyone has a strong 36 , and talks at the same time, and no one has a 37 leading to heated arguments. We often talk or even debate with each other on different topics.
38 a family like mine has made me more 39 about the world around me, making me tend to question anything anyone tells me. But it has also made me realize that I’m not a good listener. And when I say “listening”, I’m not 40 to the nodding-your-head-and- 41 -answering-Uh-huh-or-Ooh-I-see variety. I mean the kind of listening where you find yourself deeply 42 the person you’re speaking with, when his story become so 43 that your world becomes less about you and more about him. No, I was never good at that.
I spent summer in South Africa two years ago. I worked 44 for a good non-profit 45 called Noah, which works on behalf of children affected by AIDS. But 46 you asked me what I really did in South Africa, I’d tell you one thing: I listened, and I listened Sometimes I 47 , but mostly I listened.
And if I had not spent two months 48 , I might have missed the 49 moment when a quiet little girl at one of Noah’s community centers, who lost her parents at the age of three, whispered after a long 50 , “I love you.”
51 that summer, I knew a little about how to hear. I could sit down with anyone hear their 52 and nod and respond at the 53 time----but most of the time I was 54 about the next words out of my own mouth. Ever since my summer in South Africa, I have noticed that it’s in those moments when my mouth is closed and my 55 is wide open that I’ve learned the most about other people, and perhaps about myself.
36．A．qualification B．influence C．opinion D．assumption
37．A．time B．problem C．schedule D．request
38．A．Belonging to B．Believing in C．Bringing up D．Struggling for
39．A．anxious B．curious C．nervous D．adventurous
40．A．objecting B．appealing C．turning D．referring
41．A．rudely B．loudly C．politely D．gratefully
42．A．understanding B．judging C．discussing D．catering
43．A．vivid B．magical C．mind-numbing D．time-consuming
44．A．effortlessly B．timelessly C．aimlessly D．tirelessly
45．A．school B．organization C．factory D．church
46．A．unless B．because C．although D．if
47．A．applauded B．spoke C．wept D．complained
48．A．studying B．traveling C．listening D．working
49．A．touching B．frustrating C．astonishing D．fascinating
50．A．delay B．course C．journey D．silence
51．A．Before B．After C．Except D．Since
52．A．needs B．stories C．comments D．cases
53．A．valuable B．free C．right D．same
54．A．talking B．arguing C．learning D．thinking
55．A．sympathy B．spirit C．mind D．family
36．C37．B38．A39．B40．D41．C42．A43．A44．D45．B46．D47．B48．C49．A
50．D51．A52．B53．C54．D55．C
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I come from one of those families where you have to yell at the dinner table to get in a word. Everyone has a strong 36 , and talks at the same time, and no one has a 37 leading to heated arguments. We often talk or even debate with each other on different topics.
38 a family like mine has made me more 39 about the world around me, making me tend to question anything anyone tells me. But it has also made me realize that I’m not a good listener. And when I say “listening”, I’m not 40 to the nodding-your-head-and- 41 -answering-Uh-huh-or-Ooh-I-see variety. I mean the kind of listening where you find yourself deeply 42 the person you’re speaking with, when his story become so 43 that your world becomes less about you and more about him. No, I was never good at that.
I spent summer in South Africa two years ago. I worked 44 for a good non-profit 45 called Noah, which works on behalf of children affected by AIDS. But 46 you asked me what I really did in South Africa, I’d tell you one thing: I listened, and I listened Sometimes I 47 , but mostly I listened.
And if I had not spent two months 48 , I might have missed the 49 moment when a quiet little girl at one of Noah’s community centers, who lost her parents at the age of three, whispered after a long 50 , “I love you.”
51 that summer, I knew a little about how to hear. I could sit down with anyone hear their 52 and nod and respond at the 53 time----but most of the time I was 54 about the next words out of my own mouth. Ever since my summer in South Africa, I have noticed that it’s in those moments when my mouth is closed and my 55 is wide open that I’ve learned the most about other people, and perhaps about myself.
36．A．qualification B．influence C．opinion D．assumption
37．A．time B．problem C．schedule D．request
38．A．Belonging to B．Believing in C．Bringing up D．Struggling for
39．A．anxious B．curious C．nervous D．adventurous
40．A．objecting B．appealing C．turning D．referring
41．A．rudely B．loudly C．politely D．gratefully
42．A．understanding B．judging C．discussing D．catering
43．A．vivid B．magical C．mind-numbing D．time-consuming
44．A．effortlessly B．timelessly C．aimlessly D．tirelessly
45．A．school B．organization C．factory D．church
46．A．unless B．because C．although D．if
47．A．applauded B．spoke C．wept D．complained
48．A．studying B．traveling C．listening D．working
49．A．touching B．frustrating C．astonishing D．fascinating
50．A．delay B．course C．journey D．silence
51．A．Before B．After C．Except D．Since
52．A．needs B．stories C．comments D．cases
53．A．valuable B．free C．right D．same
54．A．talking B．arguing C．learning D．thinking
55．A．sympathy B．spirit C．mind D．family
36．C37．B38．A39．B40．D41．C42．A43．A44．D45．B46．D47．B48．C49．A
50．D51．A52．B53．C54．D55．C
