(单词翻译:单击)
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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项A、B、C、D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
“One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness, for it is usually returned.”-----
Mark Ortman.
With several major conferences in town, there was not a room to be rented anywhere. When an elderly couple walked in out of the ___36___ rains, the desk clerk ___37 __ they would never find lodging(临时寄宿). In an act of__38 __, he ___39 ___ them the only bed in town, his only bed.
The couple at first refused, but through ___40___ and kindness, he persuaded the couple to __41__ his offer. When they 42 the next morning, the elderly gentleman said to the desk clerk, “You are 43 person who should managing the best hotel in the United States. Maybe 44 I’ll build one.” They chuckled (laughed quietly) about that and the elderly couple left.
The 45 and the elderly couple were forgotten by the desk clerk 46 two years
47 when he received a letter from the old man 48 he come up to New York and see
him. There was a round-trip airline 49 with the letter.
The desk clerk thought, “Why not?” and took the 50 to New York. The old man met him at the airport and 51 took him to a construction site to show him an enormous castle----like structure 52 there.
“That, said the old man, “is the hotel I’m building for you to 53 !
The old man was William Waldorf Astor, and the hotel would 54 be known as the Waldorf-Astoria. The former desk clerk, George C. Boldt, 55 the first manager.
36. A. freezing B. cold C. warm D. hot
37. A. knew B. realized C. recognized D. admired
38. A. friendship B. respect C. kindness D. mercy
39. A. supplied B. offered C. gave D. provided
40. A. cause B. thought C. argument D. reason
41. A. receive B. get C. accept D. find
42. A. check out B. look out C. go out D. turn out
43. A. the kind of B. the next of C. the very D. the clever
44. A. some time B. sometimes C. sometime D. someday
45. A. affair B. matter C. incident D. thing
46. A. until B. before C. when D. as
47. A. then B. or so C. later D. after
48. A. requiring B. requesting C. demanding D. suggesting
49. A. money B. ticket C. timetable D. port
50. A. ride B. lift C. voyage D. flight
51. A. personally B. attentively C. immediately D. eagerly
52. A. being built B. being made C. being prepared D. being completed
53. A. count B. possess C. control D. manage
54. A. that way B. so C. therefore D. soon
55. A. turned B. became C. designed D. practiced
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。
A
Name: Susan Lane Age: 22
Place: Cambridge, England Time: 2003
Cost: $ 7, 000
Organization: ARELS
Experience: “I like it was a turning point in my life. I began to understand more about my own culture by experiencing another culture and seeing how other people live.”
Name: Sara Small Age: 23
Place: Basel, Switzerland Time: 2001
Cost: $ 8, 000
Organization: Southern Cross Culture Exchange
Experience: “I love the traveling and I made a lot of friends, I found the European school system to be hard but I am fluent now in French, so it was worth it. I did miss my family and friends in Australia but I would love to do it again.”
Name: Helen Smith Age: 20
Place: California, America Time: 2002
Cost: $ 6, 000
Organization: SCCE
Experience: “I learnt how to be really independent. It was great to be on my own and I got on really well with the family I was with. I will certainly go back one day.”
Name: David Links Age: 16
Place: Berlin, Germany Time: 2001
Cost: $ 6, 500
Organization: SCCE
Experience: “I want t try something very different to Australia in culture. In Germany everything was different but I soon got settled. The family I was with were great and I really feel as though I have a second family.”
Name: Linda Marks Age: 19
Place: Beijing, China Time: 2003
Cost: $ 3, 500
Organization: BLCU
