的人们成了好朋友。ashamed 惭愧的；appropriate 适当的；abstract 抽象的；accustomed 习惯的。
[答案] D
29．I was much__________when I couldn't afford it__________ I liked this car much.
A．disappointed；although C．disappointing；but
B．disappointing；though D．disappointed；as
[解析] 句意：尽管我很喜欢这部车，但是我买不起，我感到很失望。although，though和as 引导让步状语从句，disappointed 修饰人。
[答案] A
30．I said hello to him__________he passed by my house. A．now that C．every time
B．in case D．if
[解析] 句意：每一次他从我家路过，我都和他打招呼。now that 既然；in case 万一；every time 每一次；if 如果。every time 充当连词。
[答案] C
31．He was late__________the very heavy traffic. A．rather than C．as a result
B．due to D．because
[解析] due to 后接名词；because 后接句子。 [答案] B
32．—__________you got in touch with Mr.Smith? —Through a friend of mine.
A．It was how that C．How was it that
B．How was it D．Was it how that
[解析] 在特殊疑问句的强调句中，疑问词放在句首。 [答案] C
33．It is uncommon that she is a person__________four hours' sleep a night.
A．accustomed to having C．accustom to have
B．was accustomed to having D．accustomed having
[解析] accustomed to 后面要接v-ing 形式，to 为介词。accustomed to having...作person 的后臵定语。
[答案] A
34．The young man__________of losing his life to save the drowning child.
A．at the risk C．risked
B．ran the risk D．made the risk
[解析] run the risk of doing sth.，at the risk of doing sth. 都有“冒危险做某事”之意，句中缺谓语，故B项正确。
[答案] B
35．We must__________a topic before we start to write. A．decide C．decide to
B．decide against D．decide on
[解析] decide against doing sth. 决定不做某事；decide on 对??作出决定，选定。
[答案] D
第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Like most people，I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting.It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important__36__：giving-away makes life so much more exciting.You need not worry if you__37__money. This is how I__38__with giving-away.If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store__39__to me，I step in and make the suggestion to the__40__.If an accident takes place，the __41__of which I think the local police could use，I__42__him up and tell him about it，though I am not in__43__here.One discovery I made about this world is to give__44__getting something back，though the__45__often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important __46__letter to my home，though it was__47__to me at my office.I wrote the postmaster a letter of__48__.More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was__49__.I was told at the window that there were__50__boxes left，and that my name would have to go on a long__51__list.As I was about to__52__，the postmaster appeared in the__53__.“Wasn't it you that wrote me that letter a year ago about delivering a special letter to your home？”I said it was.“Well，you certainly are going to have a box in this post office__54__I make one for you.You don't know what a letter like that means to me.I usually get__55__but complaints(抱怨)．”
36．A.decision
B．research
C．speech D．discovery
[解析] 句意：像很多人一样，我生来就认为生活就是获得，直到三十多岁的时候才“发现”，放弃或给予也会使得生活如此精彩。再者，后文也提到了这种发现。
[答案] D 37．A.earn C．spend
B．lack D．steal
[解析] 你缺钱也无需担心，因为生活并不只是一味地索取。lack “缺乏”。
[答案] B
38．A.experimented C．combined
B．connected D．agreed
[解析] 下文列举的事例都是作者生活中“经历”的事情。experiment 此处为动词，意为“尝试”。
[答案] A 39．A.happens C．sticks
B．flashes D．leads
[解析] 本句主语为an idea。主意在某人脑海中闪现是 “flash”。happen to sb. 发生在某人身上；stick to 坚持；lead to 导致，其宾语一般不为人。
[答案] B 40．A.postmaster C．storekeeper
B．headmaster D．policeman
[解析] 根据前文提到的neighborhood store 可知答案。 [答案] C
41．A.story B．damage C．challenge D．material [解析] story 故事，事情。出现事故，警察应了解事情的经过和真相。damage 破坏；challenge 挑战；material 物质，材料。
[答案] A
42．A.call B．hold C．break D．pick
[解析] 根据后文tell him about it 可知作者是打电话告诉警察事情的经过。
[答案] A
43．A.need B．trouble C．common D．charge
[解析] 作者虽然不负责这里的事情，但他却主动帮助警察了解事故经过。in charge 负责。
[答案] D
44．A.within B．without C．for D．before
[解析] 上文列举的事例都表明作者想主动帮助别人而不希望得到什么。
[答案] B
45．A.process B．goal C．return D．concern
[解析] return “回报”。根据转折连词though和下文所列举的事例表明，帮助别人经常会在出人意料时得到回报。
[答案] C
46．A.curious B．immediate C．special D．heavy [解析] 根据下文的postmaster 说的话中可知答案。special 特别的；curious 好奇的；immediate 即刻的。
[答案] C
47．A.realized B．addressed C．forgotten D．brought