第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分）
阅读下面两篇短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36 – 55各题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.
A
A man and his girlfriend just got married. The husband didn’t talk much but he was a steady man. The wife was pretty and dreamy.  Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
     A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, “I read in a magazine about how we can  36   our marriage. Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit   37    with the other. Then, we can place them on the table to discuss how we    38    them together and make our life even happier.”
     “Are you sure you are about to do this?” the husband sighed and    39   . So each of them went to a(n)   40    room and thought about the things that annoyed them about the other for the rest of the day.
     The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their    41    .
     “I’ll start,” offered his wife eagerly. She    42    her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. She read all three pages to her husband and seemed to be quite pleased with her hard “work”. After hearing that, the husband stated   43   , “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the   44   that you are. I don’t want you to   45   anything for me.”
     The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for and his   46   of her without any conditions, turned her head and wept. At that moment, she came to understand the saying: “Beauty lies in the lover's eyes”.
     In life, there are enough time when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go  47   for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wonderful things before us? If you are accustomed to judging people, you have no time to love them.

36. A. enrich          B. strengthen          C. lengthen           D. deepen
37. A. annoying        B. surprising          C. satisfying         D. inspiring
38. A. fix          B. do                C. find            D. set
39. A. smiled         B. refused             C. agreed            D. hesitated
40. A. spare          B. separate           C. empty           D. special
41. A. dishes          B. magazines         C. lives            D. lists
42. A. put away        B. handed in          C. took out          D. wrote down
43. A. disappointedly   B. unluckily           C. bitterly           D. quietly
44. A. appearance      B. way            C. situation           D. position
45. A. change         B. accept             C. decide             D. drop
46. A. advice         B. warning            C. acceptance         D. pride
47. A. leaving         B. waiting            C. asking             D. looking

B
     As we get older, the fear of not having a good memory grows for many people. A lot of people   48  that the loss of memory can be the sign of Alzheimer’s(老年痴呆症).
     It is true that as we grow older we are more    49    to develop Alzheimer’s. But with a proper lifestyle that includes a balanced diet and exercise, one can stay mentally     50    into their old age.
     There are many causes of memory loss that have nothing to do with Alzheimer’s. As researchers come    51    to understanding Alzheimer’s, the outlook(前景) is    52    for people with this illness. New treatments are becoming available. With improved diagnosis(诊断), medications and treatment, one day we may be able to    53    or even reverse (反转) memory loss as we age.
     Memory loss is    54    a topic of concern for people. Having Alzheimer’s can lead to increased dependency on others. Not being able to manage basic daily    55    on your own or even not being able to recognize family members would be a serious hit to anyone. This is why many elderly people often have questions and concerns.
48. A. worry       B. guess           C. insist            D. suggest
49. A. eager         B. nervous           C. likely           D. ready
50. A. healthy         B. honest           C. brave             D. kind
51. A. faster        B. slower          C. farther            D. closer
52. A. reducing        B. ending           C. improving          D. waiting
53. A. make         B. take            C. prevent            D. protect
54. A. also           B. still            C. ever            D. even
55. A. activities        B. news           C. meals           D. drinks
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