三、完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)
I sat at my table, signing my name to the most difficult letter I’d ever written. The letter was ___1___ my son---Luke’s birth mom, a single mother of three children with little money, struggling for ___2___. This was not the first time that I had ___3___ her, I’d sent several letters over the years with ___4___ of Luke, which the adoption agency agreed to forward,, ___5___ had never received a single reply. “Please read this letter,” I ___6___, for Luke’s life may depend on it.
I adopted Luke when he was less than one. A gene from his birth parents had ___7___ Luke to be born with a blood disease. Much was done. But nothing was a ___8___ sign.
Then, the doctor told us there was a chance that Luke’s disease ___9___ be cured with a bone-marrow(骨髓) transplant. My heart lighted up but it ___10___ coldly when the doctor inquired if Luke had any brother or sister.
I was at a loss.
“Do I have the ___11___ to ask Luke’s birth mother for help?” I asked the adoption agency official.
Luke is your child. You have the right to do whatever it ___12___ to save his life.“
And so I penned the letter describing Luke’s ___13___ to her. “Would you consider having your other children tested as ___14___ marrow donors?” I wrote. I ___15___ the letter into the mailbox, waited and prayed.
Two weeks later, the doctor called that Luke’s birth mother had her children tested and one of them was a 100 percent ___16___. The transplant operation ___17___ well and Luke survived.
In another letter I shared the happy ___18___ with Luke’s birth mother, who this time wrote back: “I’ve written many letters but never had the ___19___ to mail them. Many times I felt like I did the wrong thing, but I know now it was right. He is right ___20___ God needed him to be. Luke has two families who love him.”
1.A. ofB. toC. aboutD. on
2.A. dreamB. workC. marriageD. life
3.A. understandB. complainC. contactD. touch
4.A. lettersB. photosC. booksD. clothes
5.A. butB. so C. andD. or
6.A. smiledB. sighedC. prayedD. cried
7.A. helpedB. allowedC. forbiddenD. caused
8.A. hopefulB. wonderfulC. thankfulD. peaceful
9.A. mustB. couldC. needD. should
10.A. liftedB. loadedC. landedD. locked
11.A. rightB. dutyC. chanceD. time
12.A. asksB. getsC. bringsD. takes
13.A. progressB. conditionC. changeD. worry
14.A. possibleB. necessaryC. importantD. special
15.A. castB. laidC. droppedD. delivered
16.A. discoveryB. companyC. choiceD. match
17.A. went onB. took onC. put onD. got on
18.A. story B. operationC. newsD. message
19.A. confidenceB. courageC. patienceD. determination
20.A. whoB. whatC. whenD. where
四、语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)
If words like beautiful and elegant apply to the majority of actresses in Hollywood, brainy and intelligent only apply to a few, one of 1. ________ is Natalie Portman. Her first big break was The Professional. Portman was just 13 then. She played a girl who becomes friends 2. ________ a hitman after her family is murdered. Later, her role as Queen Amidala in Star Wars made her 3. ____ international superstar.
By that time, she 4. ____________(accept) by Yale University and Harvard University in the US. 5. ____________(prevent) her life from becoming a typical child actor soap opera, Portman decided to take a break from acting to study psychology at Harvard. And after 6. ____________(graduate) in 2004, she continued to work for graduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 7. ________ is more amazing is that Portman co-authored two research papers that were published in professional scientific journals.
Portman’s educational background has influenced one of her 8. __________(project). Her company worked with the actress to start a program. The program aims at connecting girls aged 14 and older with 9. ___________(success) women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics so they can meet, work with and learn from 10. ________.
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