A. has been attracting B. had attracted C. would be attracting D. was attracting
( )33. -Shall we go to the seven o'clock performance or the eight?
-________ suits you fine.
A. Whatever B. Whichever C. Whenever D. Wherever
( )34. Modesty is a kind of good quality, which is ________ it takes to be your personal best.
A. what B. where C. which D. when
( )35. -Which classical Chinese poem do you like best?
-Don't laugh if we lay drunken on the battleground; how many soldiers ever came back ________?
A. old and young B. up and down C. safe and sound D. right and wrong
第二节: 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
As Ryan Lee Cox was waiting to pay for his coffee order at an Indiana, US fast food drive-through, he decided to try something he'd seen on a TV news show-he paid for the coffee order of the driver in the car behind. The small __36__ made the young businessperson feel __37__, so he shared his experience on Facebook. An old friend suggested that __38__ paying for people's coffee, Ryan put that money towards helping school students pay off their delinquent(拖欠税款的)school lunch accounts. Sometimes because of __39__ hardship, the accounts fall into __40__ balance and the kids suffer. She got the idea after hearing that a Utah student was __41__ lunch.
So the following week Ryan visited his nephew's school __42__ and asked if he could give some help, and __43__ $100. Impressed by his __44__, the supervisor began __45__ fines before Ryan asked what the entire school's balance for lunches was. It was $1261.98. "I'll see you next Friday,"he told the supervisor.
When he got home, Ryan shared what he had done on social __46__, and that he __47__ to help Lakeside Elementary have no lunch accounts in the negative. He set up a bank account and encouraged people to __48__. Their target was __49__ in a matter of days. With more than enough money to pay for Lakeside, Ryan __50__ another school.
Within two weeks they had __51__ $4142.82 and were able to help four schools. Inspired by people's __52__,Ryan organized a non-profit called Feed the Kids, Inc., which __53__ a website, www.kidslunches.org, for people to start __54__ for specific schools or to set up repeated payments to __55__ a student. Today, this "paying it forward" organization is onto its fifth school.
( )36. A. gesture B. reaction C. proposal D. request
( )37. A. awkward B. annoyed C. great D. inspired
( )38. A. rather than B. due to C. apart from D. along with
( )39. A. artificial B. economic C. unconscious D. controversial
( )40. A. negative B. beneficial C. transparent D. delicate
( )41. A. awarded B. paid C. required D. denied
( )42. A. cafeteria B. facility C. dormitory D. website
( )43. A. handed out B. handed in C. handed over D. handed on
( )44. A. curiosity B. generosity C. purity D. reliability
( )45. A. taking off B. putting off C. paying off D. letting off
( )46. A. context B. club C. system D. media
( )47. A. ended B. pretended C. extended D. intended