Part Ⅱ

　　Section B (18 marks)

　　Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B. C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

　　"What's it like to have a gap between your teeth?" a girl asked me one day.

　　Nobody had ever _. 36 _ before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But, as she looked at me, sincerely waiting for__ 37__, 1 realized she was not trying to be rude. "I never think about it," I truthfully replied. She nodded and turned away. I was left wondering if people _38__ me and saw only gappy teeth.

　　Later that day at home, I began to __39 __ my teeth again. I felt upset. I thought my life would be somehow better if my teeth were not gappy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have!

　　Of course, Mom 40 everything. She has lived her entire life with gappy teeth, and tried to convince me that there was nothing to __41__. When I refused to listen, she told me I could get the surgery to close the gap if it was that important. "Let's be 42__, though," she said. "If everyone got surgeries to become pretty, everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in differences."

　　Her __43__ made me consider my teeth seriously. The thought of losing my gap was more terrible than the reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me. It is part of my 44 _.

　　Nowadays many people do ridiculous things to realize their dream of "perfection." The__45_ is that no one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the

　　potential for 46__.

　　So if that girl ever asked about my teeth 47___, I would truthfully answer. "You know? It's really cute."

　　36. A. faced B. guessed C. asked D. imagined

　　37. A. an offer B. an answer C. a suggestion D. a result

　　38. A heard of B. thought of C. talked about D. looked at

　　39. A. consider B. brush C. cover D. appreciate

　　40. A. admitted B. noticed C. controlled D. changed

　　41. A. worry about B. put off C. give up D. wipe out

　　42. A. friendly B. lovely C. honest D. helpful

　　43. A. words B. jokes C. dreams D. acts

　　44. A. ability B. decision C. goal D. identity

　　45. A. possibility B. purpose C. truth D. choice

　　46. A. courage B. wisdom C. kindness D. beauty

　　47. A. once B. again C. too D. instead

　　36. C. 以前没人问及过上述问题.

　　37. B. 等着我的回答

　　38. D. 是不是人们看我的时候就看到我的缺牙呢.

　　39. A. 回到家再次考虑我的缺牙问题. 答案B意为“刷”, C “覆盖”, D “感激,欣赏”.

　　40. B. 母亲自然注意到所发生的一切. 答案A意为“承认”; C “控制”; D “改变”.

　　41. A. 没有什么可担心. 答案B意为“推迟”; C “放弃”. D “消灭”.

　　42. C. 不过我们还是诚实点吧 (言下之意就是不要做手术来掩盖真实面目以到达所谓的完美).

　　43. A. 母亲的话让我认真地考虑起我的牙齿来.

　　44. D. 这是我特征的一部分. 答案A “能力”; B “决定”; C “目标”.

　　45. C. 事实上没有人是完美的. 答案A “可能性”. B “目的”; D “选择”.

　　46. D. 所有丑陋的东西都去掉的时候,所有美好的东西也随之东流. 答案A意为“勇气”; B “明智”; C “善良\帮助”。

　　47. B. 所以,如果哪位女孩再问我牙齿的事情,…