() 11. I think the robot needs every two years.

A.check
B.to check
C.to be checking
D.checking

11. D

() 12. Our city is building Subway Line 2. Life will be easier for us. I can’t feel now.

A.excited
B.more excited
C.most excited
D.the most excited

12. B

() 13. Old people now, for they did a lot for our society and they’re getting older day by day.

A.should be well looked after
B.should take good care of
C.must be taken good care
D.must look after well

13. A

() 14. —Could you tell me ?
—Yes. I’ll ask others for more advice and find a better way to solve it.

A.what will you do with the problem
B.how you will deal with the problem
C.how would you deal with the problem
D.what you would do with the problem

14. B

() 15. —A big fire destroyed the beautiful ancient building in Paris in 2019.
—. As we all know, it is one of the world’s greatest cultural places.

A.It happens
B.I’m sorry to hear that
C.I’ve seen worse
D.Don’t worry about it

15. B

二、完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
Simon was a middle - aged leather businessman. He always failed in his career, which made him a depressed (沮丧的) man. So he often 16 that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so disappointed with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the 17 of a weekend. When Simon and his wife were busily tidying up their new home, the light suddenly went out. They had to 18 work. Simon was regretful to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait 19 in a low mood. Just then he heard a slight hesitant (犹豫不决的) knock on his door that sounded 20 in the quiet night. “Who’s it?” he wondered, since Simon knew 21 in this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be disturbed, so he went to the door and opened it 22. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your 23.” “No,” answered Simon quickly and shut the door in 24. “What a nuisance (讨厌鬼)!” He complained about it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than somebody came to 25 things.” After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. 26 this time she was holding two candles, saying, “I live upstairs. My grandma told me you might need candles. She sent me here to give you these.” Simon was very 27 by what he saw. When he became fully aware, he said, “Thank you and your grandmother.”
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his 28 in life. It was his unkindness to other people. The person who had cheated him in life was actually nobody else but 29, for his life had been darkened by his cold 30.
() 16. A. hoped
B. told
C. complained
D. advised
() 17. A. morning
B. afternoon
C. evening
D. noon
() 18. A. change
B. stop
C. talk about
D. think about
() 19. A. helplessly
B. worthlessly
C. fearlessly
D. cheerlessly
() 20. A. noisy
B. clear
C. terrible
D. strange
() 21. A. somebody
B. nobody
C. something
D. nothing
() 22. A. surprisingly
B. impatiently
C. slowly
D. willingly
() 23. A. friend
B. relative
C. student
D. neighbour
() 24. A. fear
B. danger
C. anger
D. silence
() 25. A. ask
B. destroy
C. buy
D. borrow
() 26. A. But
B. And
C. So
D. For
() 27. A. frightened
B. pleased
C. puzzled
D. surprised
() 28. A. failure
B. sadness
C. complaint
D. business
() 29. A. itself
B. himself
C. the girl
D. the wife
() 30. A. opinion
B. behaviour
C. mind
D. look

16—20 CCBAB 21—25 BBDCD 26—30 ADABC