第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各小题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出一个最佳答案。Annaarrivedfartooearly.Us

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第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各小题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出一个最佳答案。

Anna arrived far too early. Usually she left things to the last minute    36   today was a very special occasion. It was almost   37   by getting there an hour beforehand that she   38   to cause the plane to arrive sooner.   39   raced through her mind. “Do I look all right? Will he notice that I’m wearing a   40   trouser suit? Will he even   41   me?” After all it was a year almost to the day since she had   42   seen Joe. She fished a   43   out of her handbag and inspected her face. Too much make-up? Joe had  44   made any comment but she knew that he did not approve of heavy make-up — “gilding the lily”（画蛇添足） he   45   it. It was funny how much importance she attached to   46   a good impression on him. After all friends do not judge each other by   47  . All the same it was the first meeting after a long separation and she wanted everything to   48   right.

Looking out of the window Joe   49   a first glimpse through a break in the   50  of the town far below. Certainly it was very flattering that they had   51   him to be the guest lecturer at their Autumn Congress yet again. The Chairman of the Organizing Committee as a matter of courtesy (礼貌)，had   52  to meet him at the airport as he had done on previous occasions. This time    53  it was not necessary    54   because Joe was quite familiar with the city but mainly because Anna had said that she could   55   the afternoon off in order to come and meet him.

36. A. and          B. but             C. for          D. as

37. A. because     B. since           C. as if        D. when

38. A. thought     B. liked           C. had         D. hoped

39. A. Idea         B. Facts           C. Thoughts    D. Matters

40. A. new          B. strange           C. latest       D. single

41. A. like          B. recognize       C. terrify     D. tell

42. A. before      B. recently          C. most       D. last

43. A. purse        B. handkerchief      C. mirror     D. book

44. A. never        B. almost         C. often       D. regularly

45. A. told          B. called          C. saw         D. thought

46. A. offering           B. taking         C. having           D. making

47. A. appearance   B. clothes               C. make-up     D. looking

48. A. come across B. turn up           C. go off     D. get out

49. A. caught      B. left             C. enjoyed      D. met

50. A. air         B. rain            C. train       D. clouds

51. A. employed     B. invited               C. told        D. informed

52. A. offered     B. arrived               C. intended    D. attempted

53. A. therefore      B. however         C. instead           D. as well

54. A. luckily      B. really          C. partly      D. separately

55. A. put               B. make          C. leave       D. take

Answer 1

36---55   BCDCA   BDCAB   DACAD   BABCD