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(一)

As a teenager， I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious (反叛的) on the outside， ___1___ on the inside， I wanted people to ___2___ me.

Once I left home to hitchhike (搭便車) to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasn’t ___3___ ， and there were many times I didn’t feel safe. One situation in particular ___4___ me grateful to still be alive When I returned home， I was different， not so outwardly sure of myself.

I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope， who was ___5___ with us， was wearing my clothes. And my ___6___ seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if I would be ___7___ if I weren’t there. I told my mom， and she explained that ___8___ Penelope was a lovely girl， no one could ___9___ me. I pointed out， “ She is more patient and is neater than I have ever been.” My mom said these were wonderful ___10___ ， but I was the only person who could fill my ___11___ ， She made me realize that even with my ___12___ — and there were many —I was a loved member of the family who couldn’t be replaced.

I became a searcher， wanting to ___13___ who I was and what made me unique (獨(dú)一無二的). My ___14___ of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from… I started to resist (抵抗) pressure to ___15___ in ways that I didn’t like any more， and I was ___16___ by who I really was. I came to feel much more ___17___ that no one can ever take my place.

Each of us ___18___a unique place in the world． You are special， no matter what others say or what you may think. So ___19___ about being replaced． You ___20___ be.

1. A. andB. butC. asD. for

2. A. leaveB. respectC. admireD. like

3. A. easyB. hardC. funD. long

4. A. succeededB. keptC. managedD. remained

5. A. playingB. eatingC. stayingD. running

6. A. familyB. friendsC. relativesD. class

7. A. lovedB. mentionedC. caredD. missed

8. A. beforeB. afterC. thoughD. unless

9. A. scoldB. compareC. replaceD. match

10. A. qualitiesB. girlsC. peopleD. times

11. A. characterB. roleC. taskD. job

12. A. faultsB. advantagesC. mannersD. pities

13. A. look forB. look backC. find outD. give up

14. A. pictureB. viewC. senseD. drawing

15. A. thinkB. learnC. changeD. act

16. A. thankfulB. delightedC. disappointedD. hopeful

17. A. sureB. doubtfulC. happyD. lonely

18. A. carriesB. catchesC. seizesD. holds

19. A. talkB. forgetC. careD. argue

20. A. mustn’tB. shouldn’tC. can’tD. needn’t

（二）

Take a taxi from Sydney Airport and chances are that the driver will not say “G’day” with the broad accent you might expect. Probe a little further and you will probably ___1___ that he was not born in Australia. ___2___ the United States， Australia is a society of ___3___ ， and Sydney has been a preferred destination for many of these new ___4___. Over the past half century the Anglo-Irish immigrants who ___5___ the city’s original population have been joined by successive waves of Italians， Greeks， Turks， Lebanese， and， more ___6___， Asians. This mixture has ___7___ a cultural activeness and energy that were missing only a generation ___8___. Sydney is a city ___9___.

Compared with the traffic in the ___10___ of Australia， Sydney is fast and impatient. The more than 4 million people in this ___11___ work hard and play harder， moderation is something practiced by the citizens of Melbourne. Sydney ___12___ the tallest buildings， the most expensive real estate， the finest beaches， and the seediest nightlife of any Australian city. Most Australians ___13___ its loud brash ways with a mixture of fear and fascination， ___14___ Sydneysiders prefer to think of home as energetic rather than ordinary. Visiting this city is a(n) ___15___ part of an Australian experience. But remember， as you do so， that Sydney is no more representative of Australia ___16___ New York is of the United States. It has joined the ___17___of the great global cities whose characters are essentially ___18___， offering great looks， style， and sophistication. In 2000， the year that the Olympic Games ___19___ to the city， Sydney became one of the___20___ destinations of the new millennium.

1. A. observeB. discoverC. expectD. catch

2. A. LikeB. AsC. WithD. For

3. A. settlersB. immigrantsC. citizensD. the rich

4. A. peopleB. raceC. strangersD. arrivals

5. A. took upB. kept up C. made upD. brought

6. A. luckilyB. surprisinglyC. recentlyD. possibly

7. A. createdB. supportedC. givenD. expressed

8. A. beforeB. afterC. laterD. ago

9. A. in a panicB. in a hurryC. in a wayD. in a sense

10. A. restB. otherC. elseD. most

11. A. countryB. townC. cityD. state

12. A. standsB. liesC. existsD. has

13. A. compareB. thinkC. matchD. regard

14. A. ifB. unlessC. althoughD. so

15. A. essentialB. finalC. proudD. reasonable

16. A. thanB. whatC. thatD. and

17. A. routesB. ranksC. circlesD. ways

18. A. nationalB. racialC. personalD. international

19. A. addedB. occurredC. cameD. appeared

20. A. preciousB. fashionableC. widespreadD. complex

（三）

On Easter Day 1722， some European explorers found a lonely island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. They ___1___ it Easter Island. The explorers found that the island had good soil ___2___ the 200 natives living there survived with little food. Even more ___3___， these people also lived among the ruins of what might have been a once great civilization.All that is left of it are around 800 giant stone statues ___4___ human heads. They ___5___ up to 270 tons and the tallest measures over 11 metres. The stone men face ___6___， rather than out to sea， and their eyes are focused upon the sky. They are all carved from ___7___ volcanic rock (火山巖) and some have hats on their heads and eyes made from white coral.

Since their ___8___， these huge stone men ___9___ one of the greatest mysteries of all time. Who built them? Why did they do it? Some experts believe the stone men are ___10___ to Inca stonework， and suggest the figures were created by people of Peruvian descent (血統(tǒng)). ___11___ have even gone so far as to say that they came from outer space. The latest suggestion ___12___ the idea that Easter Island represents one of the worst cases of resource abuse in human history. It is said that a small group of Asians settled on Easter Island ___13___ between 400 and 700 AD. They developed a great civilization with huge forests and ___14___ food. At the peak of their civilization， the people began to build the giant ___15___ men. Why they did this is still ___16___ but it is possible the figures represent the settlers’ gods or ancestors. ___17___ the statues grew larger， the people’s lifestyles became more and more wasteful. The forest began to disappear， which ___18___ all the animals dying out.___19___ couldn’t get food and were forced to eat other humans. Society began to ___20___ and the islanders themselves finally destroyed the stone men.

1. A. saidB. were called C. namedD. spoke

2. A. andB. butC. howeverD. still

3. A. surpriseB. surprisedC. surprisingD. surprisingly

4. A. lookingB. resemblingC. likingD. standing for

5. A. weighB. liftC. getD. measure

6. A. forwardB. outwardC. onwardD. inward

7. A. brokenB. softC. hardD. burnt

8. A. lookingB. invention C. discoveryD. covering

9. A. have happenedB. have led toC. have taken placeD. have created

10. A. usualB. commonC. familiarD. similar

11. A. AnotherB. OtherC. OthersD. Many

12. A. is focused onB. is based onC. is depended onD.is concentrated on

13. A. some dayB. one dayC. sometimeD. once

14. A. plenty ofB. number ofC. much ofD. amount of

15. A. cleverB. stoneC. woodenD. iron

16. A. welcomeB. knownC. unimportantD. unknown

17. A. WhileB. AfterC. WithD. As

18. A. resulted inB. resulted fromC. createdD. lay in

19. A. The islandsB. The peopleC. The animalsD. The Europeans

20. A. break outB. break inC. break intoD. break down

完形填空答案

（一）

1~5 BDABC6~10 ADCCA11~15 BACBD16~20 BADBC

（二）

1~5 BABDC6~10 CADBA