三.完型填空(共20個小題,每題1.5分)
Almost every office has an office trouble-maker. My friend Jenny said there was a woman in her team whom everyone
36 . For months my friend had been thinking about what she could do to get
37 to this person.
38 she tried hard, she could come up with no good idea.
One Saturday morning, she woke up and had a
39 desire to bake a cake for
the trouble-maker. She had no idea
40. this thought had come to her or what cake
she could bake. The only thing that she had ever heard this woman say about what she
liked was
41 So that morning my friend
42 her day by baking a chocolate cake. After
43 the woman's address in the phone book, she took the cake to her
44 .
You can imagine the trouble-maker's
__45 when she opened the door. "What
are you
46 here?" the woman asked.
"Well," my friend said, "it is kind of hard to
47 . I know you like chocolate
and I woke up this morning
48 to bake you a cake, so I did." She held the cake out
49 The woman smiled very slightly and
50 her to go in. They spent the next
hour
together at the kitchen table. They did not talk about the woman's
51 or her
behavior toward team members. They simply
52 small talk and ate the cake.
On Monday morning the woman arrived at work as usual, but she was
53 to my friend.
54 by my friend, the woman
55 started becoming friendly to others.
The change took months, but it did happen.
36. A. feared B. disliked C, knew D. disagreed
37. A. ready B. tired C. close D. right
38. A. So B. As C. Since D. Although
39.A. clear B. funny C. sudden
D. bad
40. A. why B. when C. what D. where
41. A. milk B. vegetable C. fruit
D. chocolate
42. A. started B. spent C. planned D. reached
43. A. pointing out B. looking up C. looking in D. settling down
44. A. office B. house C. team D. school
45. A. anger B. worry C. surprise D. relief
46. A. doing B. asking C. finding D. Trying
47. A. begin B. pretend C. admit D. explain
48. A. choosing B. wanting C. advising D. learning
49. A. proudly B. silently C. carefully D. gratefully
50. A. invited B. refused C. expected D. ordered
51. A. opinion B.hobby C. feeling D. attitude
52. A. gave B. enjoyed C. joined D. organized
53. A. rude B. selfless C. hopeful D. nice
54. A. Educated B. Protected C. Forced D. Encouraged
55. A. slowly B. easily C. swiftly D. Quietly