(一) As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious (反叛的) on the outside, ___1___ on the inside, I wanted people to ___2___ me.
Once I left home to hitchhike (搭便车) to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasn’t ___3___ , and there were many times I didn’t feel safe. One situation in particular ___4___ me grateful to still be alive When I returned home, I was different, not so outwardly sure of myself.
I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope, who was ___5___ with us, was wearing my clothes. And my ___6___ seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if I would be ___7___ if I weren’t there. I told my mom, and she explained that ___8___ Penelope was a lovely girl, no one could ___9___ me. I pointed out, “ She is more patient and is neater than I have ever been.” My mom said these were wonderful ___10___ , but I was the only person who could fill my ___11___ , She made me realize that even with my ___12___ ― and there were many ―I was a loved member of the family who couldn’t be replaced.
I became a searcher, wanting to ___13___ who I was and what made me unique (独一无二的). My ___14___ of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from… I started to resist (抵抗) pressure to ___15___ in ways that I didn’t like any more, and I was ___16___ by who I really was. I came to feel much more ___17___ that no one can ever take my place.
Each of us ___18___a unique place in the world． You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think. So ___19___ about being replaced． You ___20___ be.
1. A. and B. but C. as D. for
2. A. leave B. respect C. admire D. like
3. A. easy B. hard C. fun D. long
4. A. succeeded B. kept C. managed D. remained
5. A. playing B. eating C. staying D. running
6. A. family B. friends C. relatives D. class
7. A. loved B. mentioned C. cared D. missed
8. A. before B. after C. though D. unless
9. A. scold B. compare C. replace D. match
10. A. qualities B. girls C. people D. times
11. A. character B. role C. task D. job
12. A. faults B. advantages C. manners D. pities
13. A. look for B. look back C. find out D. give up
14. A. picture B. view C. sense D. drawing
15. A. think B. learn C. change D. act
16. A. thankful B. delighted C. disappointed D. hopeful
17. A. sure B. doubtful C. happy D. lonely
18. A. carries B. catches C. seizes D. holds
19. A. talk B. forget C. care D. argue
20. A. mustn’t B. shouldn’t C. can’t D. needn’t
（二）
Take a taxi from Sydney Airport and chances are that the driver will not say “G’day” with the broad accent you might expect. Probe a little further and you will probably ___1___ that he was not born in Australia. ___2___ the United States, Australia is a society of ___3___ , and Sydney has been a preferred destination for many of these new ___4___. Over the past half century the Anglo-Irish immigrants who ___5___ the city’s original population have been joined by successive waves of Italians, Greeks, Turks, Lebanese, and, more ___6___, Asians. This mixture has ___7___ a cultural activeness and energy that were missing only a generation ___8___. Sydney is a city ___9___.
Compared with the traffic in the ___10___ of Australia, Sydney is fast and impatient. The more than 4 million people in this ___11___ work hard and play harder, moderation is something practiced by the citizens of Melbourne. Sydney ___12___ the tallest buildings, the most expensive real estate, the finest beaches, and the seediest nightlife of any Australian city. Most Australians ___13___ its loud brash ways with a mixture of fear and fascination, ___14___ Sydneysiders prefer to think of home as energetic rather than ordinary. Visiting this city is a(n) ___15___ part of an Australian experience. But remember, as you do so, that Sydney is no more representative of Australia ___16___ New York is of the United States. It has joined the ___17___of the great global cities whose characters are essentially ___18___, offering great looks, style, and sophistication. In 2000, the year that the Olympic Games ___19___ to the city, Sydney became one of the___20___ destinations of the new millennium.
1. A. observe B. discover C. expect D. catch
2. A. Like B. As C. With D. For
3. A. settlers B. immigrants C. citizens D. the rich
4. A. people B. race C. strangers D. arrivals
5. A. took up B. kept up C. made up D. brought
6. A. luckily B. surprisingly C. recently D. possibly
7. A. created B. supported C. given D. expressed
8. A. before B. after C. later D. ago
9. A. in a panic B. in a hurry C. in a way D. in a sense
10. A. rest B. other C. else D. most
11. A. country B. town C. city D. state
12. A. stands B. lies C. exists D. has
13. A. compare B. think C. match D. regard
14. A. if B. unless C. although D. so
15. A. essential B. final C. proud D. reasonable
16. A. than B. what C. that D. and
17. A. routes B. ranks C. circles D. ways
18. A. national B. racial C. personal D. international
19. A. added B. occurred C. came D. appeared
20. A. precious B. fashionable C. widespread D. complex
（三）
On Easter Day 1722, some European explorers found a lonely island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. They ___1___ it Easter Island. The explorers found that the island had good soil ___2___ the 200 natives living there survived with little food. Even more ___3___, these people also lived among the ruins of what might have been a once great civilization.All that is left of it are around 800 giant stone statues ___4___ human heads. They ___5___ up to 270 tons and the tallest measures over 11 metres. The stone men face ___6___, rather than out to sea, and their eyes are focused upon the sky. They are all carved from ___7___ volcanic rock (火山岩) and some have hats on their heads and eyes made from white coral.
Since their ___8___, these huge stone men ___9___ one of the greatest mysteries of all time. Who built them? Why did they do it? Some experts believe the stone men are ___10___ to Inca stonework, and suggest the figures were created by people of Peruvian descent (血统). ___11___ have even gone so far as to say that they came from outer space. The latest suggestion ___12___ the idea that Easter Island represents one of the worst cases of resource abuse in human history. It is said that a small group of Asians settled on Easter Island ___13___ between 400 and 700 AD. They developed a great civilization with huge forests and ___14___ food. At the peak of their civilization, the people began to build the giant ___15___ men. Why they did this is still ___16___ but it is possible the figures represent the settlers’ gods or ancestors. ___17___ the statues grew larger, the people’s lifestyles became more and more wasteful. The forest began to disappear, which ___18___ all the animals dying out.___19___ couldn’t get food and were forced to eat other humans. Society began to ___20___ and the islanders themselves finally destroyed the stone men.
1. A. said B. were called C. named D. spoke
2. A. and B. but C. however D. still
3. A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. surprisingly
4. A. looking B. resembling C. liking D. standing for
5. A. weigh B. lift C. get D. measure
6. A. forward B. outward C. onward D. inward
7. A. broken B. soft C. hard D. burnt
8. A. looking B. invention C. discovery D. covering
9. A. have happened B. have led to C. have taken place D. have created
10. A. usual B. common C. familiar D. similar
11. A. Another B. Other C. Others D. Many
12. A. is focused on B. is based on C. is depended on D.is concentrated on
13. A. some day B. one day C. sometime D. once
14. A. plenty of B. number of C. much of D. amount of
15. A. clever B. stone C. wooden D. iron
16. A. welcome B. known C. unimportant D. unknown
17. A. While B. After C. With D. As
18. A. resulted in B. resulted from C. created D. lay in
19. A. The islands B. The people C. The animals D. The Europeans
20. A. break out B. break in C. break into D. break down
完形填空答案
（一）
1~5 BDABC 6~10 ADCCA 11~15 BACBD 16~20 BADBC
（二）
1~5 BABDC 6~10 CADBA