第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,掌握其大意,然后从每小题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中,选出最佳选项。
A Shelter for the Homeless
Last summer I was a volunteer (志愿者) at a shelter for the homeless, a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn’t working that summer and was 36 only two classes in summer school, so I had some 37 time.
Three nights a week, I 38 in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and 39 for 45 people hot meals 40 vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit. The homeless people 41 this good food because many of them usually didn’t eat well.
I 42 this volunteer work, making 43 with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife, one a movie actor, another a young teacher, and the other a college student, 44 me.
I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories 45 me with sympathy (同情). Some of them had 46 with alcohol (酒) or drugs while others only had bad 47 . One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and 48 she lost her job. She looked for a 49 job,but couldn’t find one, for she was too 50 . She could do nothing but sell her furniture — sofas, chairs, and tables 51 she could pay for her food.The woman 52 on job hunting, but she 53 couldn’t find one.She had no money for her 54 and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone, 55 , and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.
36. A. studying B. planning
C. holding D. taking
37. A. full B. free
C. extra D. long
38. A. helped B. waited
C. appeared D. washed
39. A. ordered B. bought
C. cooked D. finished
40. A. with B. from
C. by D. in
41. A. demanded B. needed
C. collected D. requested
42. A. wanted B. had
C. owned D. enjoyed
43. A. decisions B. wishes
C. friends D. changes
44. A. as B. like
C. except D. besides
45. A. struck B. filled
C. seized D. provided
46. A. habits B. worries
C. difficulties D. problems
47. A. luck B. pain
C. experience D. loss
48. A. so B. again
C. then D. thus
49. A. good B. fresh
C. skilled D. new
50. A. old B. poor
C. sick D. dull
51. A. if B. because
C. so that D. in case
52. A. went B. moved
C. came D. worked
53. A. also B. still
C. almost D. even
54. A. block B. cottage
C. building D. flat
55. A. afraid B. shy
C. shocked D. mad
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