A. forbid B. guarantee C. overcome D. distinguish

17. —Hi, Lucy! When did yoarrive in Berlin?

—Last weekend, I __________a different culture since then.

A. was experiencing B. will be experiencing

C. have been experiencing D. had been experiencing

A. to see B. seeing C. see D. seen

19. We are going to spend the Spring Festival in Canada this year, ______live my grandparents and some relatives.

A. that B. which C. who D. where

20. —Yomean he won’t come to our party?

—Yeah, ______. He has a very important meeting to attend.

A. that’s all right B. yogot it C. it doesn’t matter D. it depends

第二节：完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1 分，满分 20 分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 21—40 各题所给的四个选项中(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

I had just picked up my new car, a very beautiful automobile if you’re into cars. A few months later, I was involved in an 21 . That new and very beautiful car was destroyed.

It was clearly not my 22 . The other guy was so busy on his cell phone that he went right through a red light and knocked into the passenger side of my car. It was even 23 because my niece was asleep on the back seat and her father, my brother, was in the front passenger seat. He was not 24 , to say the least.

The police arrived and began taking statements. I 25 that my speed had been up to about 55kmph. So yowere going about 50kmph…"he said.

“No, I said I was doing about 55kmph,"I said.

“Right, so yowere doing about 50kmph…" again he 26 .

In a slightly 27 tone because I felt I wasn’t being heard, I said: ―No! I was doing about 55kmph!"

“OK, if that’s 28 yowant it," this time the officer simply replied.

I didn’t 29 it at the time, but I was shooting myself in the foot. My insurance company paid me for the damages to my car. 30 , I totally missed the boat on the other driver’s insurance company.

It suddenly 33 me that the traffic policeman had been trying to help me out. He hadn’t 34 about the 5kmph; he had known 35 about the insurance that I had not.

I thought about what had 36 over and over again. I might have carried on insisting that I told the 37 , but I could at least have said ―Thank you‖ to him 38 acting so rudely. After all, he had been trying to help me out.

Sometimes the 39 thing to do is to let other people talk while yosimply shut up and listen.

Never forget – to 40 , yohave to be able to listen.

21. A. accident B. event C. incident D. exam

22. A. effort B. attempt C. intention D. fault

23. A. luckier B. scarier C. angrier D. sadder

24. A. frightened B. happy C. nervous D. worried

25. A. argued B. shouted C. explained D. introduced

26. A. reminded B. required C. resisted D. repeated

27. A. contented B. surprised C. puzzled D. annoyed

28. A. the speed B. the way C. the result D. the fact

29. A. believe B. imagine C. realize D. think

30. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Furthermore

31. A. ended up B. gave up C. took up D. made up

32. A. thought B. said C. insisted D. suggested

33. A. turned B. struck C. occurred D. came

34. A. talked B. found C. minded D. noticed

35. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything