40.A.questions B.ideas C.trouble D.doubt

41.A.up B.out C.off D.away

42.A.called B.helped C.invited D.allowed

43.A.peacefully B.willingly C.freely D.pleasantly

44.A.continued B.agreed C.forced D.offered

45.A.graduation B.movement C.separation D.vacation

46.A.would B.should C.could D.must

47.A.demanded B.reminded C.removed D.asked

48.A.ever B.usually C.even D.never

49.A.checked B.took C.cleaned D.put

50.A.over B.into C.with D.for

51.A.find B.pick C.pack D.hold

52.A.talking B.playing C.reading D.watching

53.A.before B.if C.while D.as

54.A.forgotten B.passed C.left D.lost

55.A.helped B.recovered C.improved D.changed

第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题，每题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

In 1944 a 22-year-old Army medic (卫生兵) was answering a battle-field cry for help when pieces of an exploding German shell tore into him . “Gee doe , I feel like both my arms were blown off ,” George Lott told his surgeon as he was rushed into a first-aid station near the front in northeastern France , It was the beginning of a painful 5000-mile journey through three hospitals as doctors tried to save the medic’s life .

After five operations and two and a half years in Army hospitals , Lott , regained use of his left arm , but his right was painfully paralyzed (使丧失活动能力), “I begged the doctors to cut off my arm,” he recalls . They did .

An orphan since he was two , with a third grade education , Lott has lived on his pension (抚恤金) and Social Security (社会保险金)for the past 40 years . In 1962 he bought a house in Albany . N. Y. , not far from the Adirondack Mountains where he hunted and fished . He still has the Purple Heart award him after he was wounded , although he has had a difficult time keeping it . His girlfriend , explains the bachelor , has wanted to wear it .

“Sometimes I still dream about the guys I held in my arms that were dying ,” says Lott, “I’m proud that I fought for my country , but I’m still here , drinking beer. The guys who didn’t come back are the real heroes.”

56.George Lott got wounded when he was .

A.fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with other soldiers

B.fighting against French soldiers

C.in a battlefield crying for help

D.running toward a wounded soldier who was crying for help

57.From the passage we can infer that .

A.Lott has to move about in a wheelchair

B.he lost both his arms

C.he never got a job after he was wounded

D.he has once allowed his girlfriend to wear the medal

58.Which of the following is true ?

A.Lott didn’t think much of his wartime service .

B.Lott and his girlfriend are proud that he fought for this country .

C.Lott feels ashamed that he is still drinking beer .

D.Lott lost his Purple Heart .

59.Lott thinks that real heroes are .

A.those dying people whom he held in his arms

B.those who died for their country