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I was very disappointed not to be able to go to jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the paper said that you could buy ___1___ at the theater box office in Richland Hills ___2___ day between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Since I work from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the ___3___ time I could go to the theater was ___4___ my 45-minute lunch break. ___5___, the theater is on the other side of the town, and the bus ____6___ between by office and Richland Hills in not very good. ____7___ if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes.

Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for a bus. ___8___ the time I saw one come around the corner. There was not enough time ___9___ to make the trip so I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and ___10___ on Wednesday. On Thursday, my ___11___ changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theater in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a ___12___ line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for ___13___ an hour, ___14____ I would not have enough time to wait in line, I ___15___ the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only ___16____ was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive. But I felt it would be ___17___ it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only ___18___ 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theater, I was glad to see ___19___was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly ___20___was that they had already sold all the tickets.

(C)1. A. food B. stamps C. tickets D. newspapers

(A)2. A. any B. some C. whole D. all

(D)3. A. early B. exact C. certain D. only

(B)4. A. for B. during C. after D. before

(C)5. A. Surprising B. Luckily C. Unfortunately D. Surely

(A)6. A. service B. driver C. seat D. stop

(D)7. A. So B. Ever C. As D. But

(D)8. A. In B. Before C. After D. By

(C)9. A. remained B. used C. left D. spent

(B)10. A. never B. again C. then D. more

(D)11. A. time B. bus C. mind D. luck

(B)12 A. short B. long C. new D. strange

(B)13. A. past B. over C. more D. beyond

(A)14. A. Realizing B. Awaking C. Expecting D. Understanding

(C)15. A. found B. waited C. caught D. missed

(A)16. A. hope B. plan C. idea D. expression

(C)17. A. made B. worthy C. worth D. possible

(A)18. A. took B. cost C. spent D. paid

(D)19. A. little B. few C. someone D. nobody

(C)20. A. thought B. considered C. discovered D. explained

【语篇解析】本文讲述作者好几趟去购买音乐会票而未能如愿这件事。

1.【解析】C。根据下文的at the theatre box office 可得出答案。

2.【解析】A。any在此处表示“任何、无论”之意。

3.【解析】D。作者由于上班等原因，只有午饭时间可利用。

4.【解析】B。中午有45分钟的午饭休息时间，可利用这段时间去买票。

5.【解析】C。 the theater is on the other side of the town及the bus 31 (service) between my office and Richland hills is not very good 均为“我”去买票的不利条件，故选unfortunately。

6.【解析】A。bus service指公共汽车运行情况。

7.【解析】D。在此转折。从if you are lucky可得出此答案。

8.【解析】D。by the time I saw one come around the corner 意为“等到我看到有一辆车从拐角处过来时”。

9.【解析】C。left在此意为“剩下的”，作后置定语修饰time, 其他选项不符合题意。

10.【解析】B。and表示顺接。从The same thing happened on Tuesday可得出此答案。

11.【解析】D。星期四那天“我”能坐上车去买票了，因而说“我的运气改变了”。

12.【解析】B。“我发现售票处排着长队”选项B符合逻辑。

13.【解析】B。选项C有干扰性，然而more应与此同时than连用，构成固定词组修饰名词an hour。

14.【解析】A。看到这种情况使我认识到，故用realizing。 awaking清醒；expecting期待；understanding明白，均与题意不符。

15.【解析】C。在此为坐上回来车, catch a bus指赶上汽车。

16.【解析】A。（我能买上票的）惟一希望是坐出租车，故选hope。

17.【解析】C。worth it为固定词组，意为“值得”。

18.【解析】A。cost 花钱，spend, pay 要用人作主语，故用take所以选A。

19.【解析】D。l was glad 的原因是没有人在那里等。

20.【解析】C。当我到达剧院的时候，没有人在那里排队，我很快便明白其原因——票早已售完， discover指“发现”。

B

It’s difficult for doctors to help a person with a hurt brain. ___1___ enough blood, the brain can live only three to 5 minutes. Usually doctors can’t fix the hurt ___2___ such a short time.

Dr Robert White thinks he knows a ___3___ of help. He thinks doctors should make the hurt brain ___4___ to live for 30 minutes without blood. This gives the doctor ___5___ time to do something for the brain. Dr White experimented his ___6___ on fifteen monkeys. ___7___ he taught them to do different jobs. Then he operated on them. He made the monkeys’ blood go ___8___ a machine. When the brains’ ___9___ was 10℃,he stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes, he turned the blood back on. He ___10___ the blood again. After their operations, the monkeys were almost ___11___ before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the job the doctor ___12___ them.

Dr White’s idea works well on monkeys. He thinks it will work on ___13___. He thinks it will help with heart problems. A person ____14___ die when his heart stops; doctors can ___15___ it again. The problem comes: when the brain is without blood for about 5 minutes, it ___16___. If doctors start the heart again after 5 minutes, the person has ___17___ body but a dead brain. Maybe in the future, doctors will ___18___ Dr White’s idea. When the person’s heart stops, the doctor will ___19___ cool the brain. They will have 30 minutes to start the heart again. Maybe there will be no ___20___ the brain.

(B)1. A. Don’t have B. Without C. Having not D. Only with

(C)2. A. for B. after C. in D. since

(A)3. A. way B. brain C. doctor D. man

(C)4. A. too cool B. enough cool C. cool enough D. another

(A)5. A. a longer B. enough C. a shorter D. another

(C)6. A. medicine B. manners C. idea D. brain

(D)7. A. Besides B. Instead C. However D. First

(C)8. A. to B. across C. through D. onto

(B)9. A. heat B. temperature C. coolness D. feeling

(C)10. A. cooled B. operated C. warmed D. stopped

(C)11. A. the same as B. different from C. used to D. cleverer than

(D)12. A. was taught B. was teaching C. was to teach D. had taught

(B)13. A. other people B. human beings C. other things D. more people

(A)14. A. doesn’t have to B. needn’t C. will be able to D. is afraid to

(A)15. A. start B. take C. make D. begin

(D)16. A. loses B. goes C. kills D. dies

(C)17. A. no B. a dead C. a living D. a lively

(D)18. A. get B. accept C. keep D. try

(B)19. A. soon B. quickly C. slowly D. rapid

(D)20. A. use for B. wrong with C. value to D. problem with

【语篇解析】本文通过对猴子的实验，提出对于大脑损伤患者一种新的疗法。

1.【解析】B。without短语表示“在没有足够的供血情况下”与句型、句意相符；C项不合语法。

2.【解析】C。此处要表示“在如此短时间之内，大夫不能修复大脑之伤”，故要用in。

3.【解析】A。全文介绍“一种有助的方法”，故用way，指“方法、途径”。

4.【解析】C。too…to… 表示“太……而不能……”，与句意不符；cool为形容词，只能用cool enough.

5.【解析】A。30分钟针对5分钟只是a longer time.大夫处理大脑之伤的时间不一定仅仅30分钟就足够了，故不用enough。

6.【解析】C。验证自己的想法、主意。

7.【解析】D。first与下句then一起表示实验的步骤。

8.【解析】C。下文用机器来控制供血，应用through，表示从机器通过。

9.【解析】B。此处表示“在大脑的温度降至10℃时，停止供血30分钟”。

10.【解析】C。warmed用作动词，表示“给[大脑的血液]加热”。

11.【解析】C。通过下面两句可以看出，手术前后的猴子几乎一样。

12.【解析】D。had taught表示是在手术前“教”的，应是“过去的过去”。

13.【解析】B。对猴子的实验成功了，Dr.White认为此方法对人类也会有效。

14.【解析】A。have to更强调客观因素。有了此法，心脏停止动后，人在客观上不是非得死去不可了。

15.【解析】A。start可作“发动、启动”解，在此表示“大夫起搏停止跳动的心脏”。

16.【解析】D。it指大脑。上文反复提到大脑缺血五分钟就会死亡，故要用die。

17.【解析】C。此处要表示“活着的身体、死亡的大脑”，前后对比，故选living。lively意为“活泼的”不能用。

18.【解析】D。将来大夫将“试用[try]此法。

19.【解析】B。quickly强调速度快，与全文意义相符。

20.【解析】D。Dr Whiter主意可能解决大脑存活这一难题，故选择problem with.