第二节：完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从41-55各题所给的三个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

A farmer asked his son, a fifteen-year-old boy to work on the farm for one year. Every day the boy got up early and worked  41  until evening, just like his father. Time passed quickly. The boy’s crops(庄稼)grew well.   42  the last day of the year, the father called his son to him, “I’m very happy to see that you have done well for the whole year”, said the father, “I’ll give you a present, tell me  43  you want ”.The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat(小麦). “I’ve already got the  44  present. No pains, No gains. I think this is what you wanted   45   to know”. His father was quite pleased to hear that.

41、A. hard           B. slowly           C. hardly

42、A. At               B. On               C. In

43、A. what           B. how             C. where

44、A. worst          B. least             C. best

45、A. I                 B. my              C. me

B

Around the world, people have different ideas about what good manners are.

When you go to restaurants in different parts of the world, it’s  46  to know the right and wrong things to do. For example, in China it’s OK to  47  a lot of noise in a restaurant. In fact, if a restaurant isn’t   48  or lively, you may think there’s something wrong with it. However, in many western countries, restaurants are quiet places. If a table is too loud, other people who are eating there might even  49  to the owner of the restaurant.

Paying the bill    50  also different from country to country. In China, one person usually pays  51  everybody. In western countries, one person pays  if he or she is entertaining clients(宴请宾客), but  52  friends eat together, they usually share the cost. This is called “Going Dutch（均摊费用）”.Also, when westerners pay the bill, they usually leave some money for the  53  .This is called “leaving a tip(小费)”. Leaving a tip is thought to be polite. In the US, it’s  54  to leave tips of 10％,15％,or 20％ of the bill, which is decided by how good the service is. Good waiters can make a lot of money!

The way people eat food is different in the world, but you can  55  the same kind of food in man y countries. Chinese and Italian food, for example, are popular all over the world.

46、A. popular            B. difficult               C. important

47、A. cause              B. keep                   C. make

48、A. noisy               B. noise                  C. lucky

49、A. shout              B. explain               C. complain

50、A. are                  B. is                        C. be

51、A. on                   B. for                      C. in

52、A. until                 B. when                  C. unless

53、A. gatekeeper       B. seller                  C. waiter

54、A. terrible             B. common             C. serious

55、A. invent              B. find                    C. prefer