第三部分 英語知識運用(共兩節(jié)，滿分45分)

　　第一節(jié) 完形填空(共20小題：每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

　　閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

　　If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I’d be picking roses for a lifetime.

　　----------- Swedish proverb

　　Mary had her own special kind of joy, and she knew exactly how to spread it around. She lifted children from 41 into laughter, love and belonging.

　　Each time she found a new 42 for a child, she gave the family one of her little homemade paper roses. It had become a 43 for her, and the families didn’t ever forget it.

　　One evening, Mary was 44 a meeting for adoptive parents. One of the 45

　　fathers stood up to introduce himself. But before he spoke, he reached into his coat pocket and held up a 46 , red paper rose. Then he explained. Twenty years ago, I felt alone and 47 . I didn’t know the talents inside me or what was possible for me. Then Mary

　　48 two wonderful people into my life. They taught me what it was like to feel 49 . They not only loved me 50 . They opened a world of 51 that I didn’t know existed. My new parents told me, “Reach for your dreams!” I did, and today I’m 52 to be giving that chance to a child who 53 just like me. My mother gave me this little rose. By now, all of you 54 where she got it so long ago.

　　Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday. And my new rose 55 a new spring, a beautiful new 56 for my own little girl. It 57 me to show her what unconditional love is, and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams. Thank you, Mary, for the special little things like roses that 58 our lives together. And thank you for all you’ve done for me and so many families over the years!

　　One brief event can send our spirits soaring or 59 us in quiet to ponder a new beginning. 60 it is also the very small things, like Mary’s roses, that tie together the meaningful things.

　　41. A. suffering B. poverty C. loneliness D. misery

　　42. A. place B. home C. life D. school

　　43. A. tradition B. habit C. favor D. glory

　　44. A. planning B. attending C. organizing D. hosting

　　45 A. kind B. new C. active D. grateful

　　46. A. faded B. broken C. treasured D. dried

　　47. A. powerless B. tasteless C. worthless D. priceless

　　48. A. introduced B. directed C. accepted D. brought

　　49. A. protected B. loved C. cheered D. cared

　　50. A. unconditionally B. silently C. continuously D. unintentionally

　　51. A. beauties B. riches C. necessities D. possibilities

　　52. A. willing B. proud C. eager D. lucky

　　53. A. came up B. turned out C. started out D. grew up

　　54. A. know B. understand C. guess D. tell

　　55. A. equals B. symbolizes C. replaces D. creates

　　56. A. beginning B. challenge C. chance D. mystery

　　57. A. helps B. drives C. accompanies D. reminds

　　58. A. close B. tie C. fix D. gather

　　59. A. push B. put C. leave D. cause

　　60. A. Besides B. Yet C. Therefore D. Otherwise