Question

第三節．完形填空(共20小題；每小題1．5分，滿分30分)

  閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從21--40各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中選出最佳選項。     

Greg Mortenson is a mountaineer. In 1993, he   21   but failed to reach K2, one of the most forbidding of the Himalyayan  22  . He staggered(蹣跚) into a tiny village of Korphe in Pakistan, barely alive. The   23   villagers cared for him and fed him back to health. The __24   they showed to a stranger moved Mortenson, and filled him with a' desire to 25   it.

     Looking around, he saw that the poor villagers had actually nothing. 26   , he could see the desire of the villagers to   27   their community. For example, they dreamed of 28   for their children. The children received schooling two days a week from a teacher they   29   with another village, because they couldn't   30   to hire one alone. Naturally, the village had no schoolhouse. Moretenson thought it was by building a school   31   he could best express his   32   for their kindness to him. He left,   33   he would return with necessary materials.

 However, things didn't go  34   as he had expected. He was a nurse by profession, and wasn't  well   35    It was a struggle for him to raise the $10,000 or so needed to buy the building materials.    36   problems, including his then Cultural   37   of the area led to a series of frustrations. But with his efforts and cooperation of the villagers, he eventually overcame the __ 38  . He fulfilled his promise.

      After that he wanted to return to America,build a career and start a family. However, it ba-came clear that a school for Korphe was just the start. There were so many other villagers in Pa-kistan that had the similar needs. The more   39   he became, the more he came to understand the area and the more he realized how important education was. The   40   was that, in the pe-riod of over a decade, 55 schools were built.

 21. A. approached      B. paused           C. hesitated          D. attempted

 22. A. peaks           B. levels             C. hills              D. slopes

 23. A. cold            B. mean             C. kind              D. tiny

24. A. bravery         Ｂ. ability             C.poverty           D.generosity

 25. A. receive         B. repay              C. respect          D. recycle

 26. A. Besides         B. However          C. Therefore          D. Moreover

 27. A. develop         B. visit              C. design            D. increase

 28. A. career          B. development       C. education         D. health

 29. A. traded           B. worked           C. communicated     D. shared

 30. A. help             B. manage           C. decide            D. afford

 31. A. that              B. which            C. what              D. if

 32. A. sympathy         B. gratitude          C. attitude           D. anger

 33. A. adding           B. promising         C. demanding        D. warning

 34. A. smoothly         B. badly             C. closely            D. properly

 35. A. dressed           B. received           C. respected          D. paid

36. A. Some              B. Others            C. Other             D. Another

37. A. interaction        B. ignorance         C. background       D. difference

38. A. difficulities        B. fears             C. temptations(誘惑)D, shortcomings

39. A. interested         B. rooted            C. involved          D. lost

40. A. result             B. idea              C. cause             D. report

Answer 1

21---40   DACDB   BACDD   ABBAD   CBACA