()40.— How long have you been a doctor? — two years ago.

A.Until
B.Since
C.while
D.After

40.B

【分析】
首先明确问句是现在完成时的特殊疑问句，询问动作持续的时长，回答需匹配现在完成时的时间状语。先分析各选项的用法：A选项until多用于一般过去时/将来时，不与现在完成时搭配；B选项since后接时间点，可与现在完成时连用；C选项while是连词，需引导从句，不符合此处结构；D选项after一般不用于现在完成时的时间表达，据此筛选正确选项。
【解析】
问句“How long have you been a doctor?”为现在完成时，询问动作从过去到现在持续的时长。答句需对应现在完成时的时间结构：
1. A项until：表“直到”，多用于一般过去时或将来时，无法与现在完成时搭配，排除；
2. B项since：表“自从”，后接时间点（two years ago），符合“since + 时间点”与现在完成时连用的规则，表动作从两年前持续到现在，匹配语境；
3. C项while：表“当……时”，为从属连词，需引导从句，此处不适用，排除；
4. D项after：表“在……之后”，不用于现在完成时的时间回答，排除。
综上，正确答案为B。
【答案】
B
【知识点】
现在完成时、连词辨析
【点评】
本题考查现在完成时的时间标志词用法及常用连词的区分，属于基础题型，需掌握since与现在完成时的搭配规则，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.8

二、阅读(共 50 分)
6. 完形填空。(15 分)
I believe everyone has something they don’t like about themselves. For me, it was the birthmark (胎记) on my face. It was the colour of a strawberry.
When I walked on the street, I felt people secretly looking at my face. But when I turned my head, they looked away. On full buses and trains, it just felt with so many people around me, my birthmark burned red hot, I always kept my hair long to cover it until that day.
It was a cloudy morning. A new named Maddie arrived in our class. She sat me, and she became my desk mate. Instead of looking away, Maddie studied my face. This made me so . Clouds came through the window and filled my heart. Suddenly, she said something I would never .
“Sally, right? ” she said. “You have a red rose on your face. How ! ”
I looked up and met her smiling eyes. Although I only replied “thank you”, it turned in my heart. The moment I got home from school. I the bathroom and looked in the mirror. For the first time, I could look at my birthmark without quickly turning away. The of it was truly like a flower. The next day, to my , Maddie painted a red rose on her own face!
I haven’t told the whole story yet. Anyway, she has me. I have already learnt that I am what I am. Everyone has something special and different—that is what is interesting
()41. A. white B. red C. brown D. yellow
()42. A. happily B. seriously C. slowly D. quickly
()43. A. boring B. terrible C. exciting D. interesting
()44. A. so B. but C. or D. because
()45. A. teacher B. student C. cleaner D. doctor
()46. A. next to B. far from C. across from D. in front of
()47. A. relaxed B. proud C. silly D. nervous
()48. A. like B. accept C. forget D. understand
()49. A. big B. ugly C. beautiful D. strange
()50. A. rainy B. cloudy C. windy D. sunny
()51. A. fixed up B. cleaned up C. hurried to D. ran out of
()52. A. weight B. shape C. size D. colour
()53. A. surprise B. shame C. sadness D. worry
()54. A. it B. him C. her D. them
()55. A. lost B. chosen C. caught D. changed

41.B 42.D 43.B 44.A 45.B 46.A 47.D 48.C 49.C 50.D 51.C 52.B 53.A 54.C 55.D

【分析】
做完形填空需遵循“先通览全文明主旨，再逐空结合语境/词义/逻辑选答案”的思路：首先通读全文，把握核心——作者因脸上的红色胎记自卑，新同学Maddie的善意赞美让作者走出自卑、学会接纳自己；再逐空分析，结合前后文提示（如41题的strawberry）、逻辑关系（如44题的因果）、词义辨析（如42题的副词）确定选项，同时注意固定搭配（如53题的to my surprise）。
【解析】
41. 由前文“birthmark”和后文“the colour of a strawberry”可知，草莓为红色，故选B（red）。
42. 前文提到人们“secretly looking at my face”，作者转头时，人们快速移开视线，quickly（快速地）符合语境，选D。
43. 满是人的公交车上，作者因胎记感到糟糕，terrible（糟糕的）符合语境，选B。
44. 因胎记是红色，所以作者留长发遮盖，so表因果结果，选A。
45. 由“in our class”可知是新学生，student（学生）符合，选B。
46. 由“she became my desk mate”可知她坐在作者旁边，next to（在……旁边）符合，选A。
47. 别人盯着自己的脸，作者感到紧张，nervous（紧张的）符合，选D。
48. Maddie的话是作者永远不会忘记的，forget（忘记）符合，选C。
49. Maddie将胎记比作红玫瑰，赞美它美丽，beautiful（美丽的）符合，选C。
50. 作者的心情从自卑转为阳光，sunny（阳光的）符合，选D。
51. 作者放学回家匆忙去浴室照镜子，hurried to（匆忙去）符合，选C。
52. 胎记的形状像花，shape（形状）符合，选B。
53. “to my surprise”是固定搭配，意为“令我惊讶的是”，选A。
54. 指代女性Maddie，用her，选C。
55. Maddie的行为改变了作者，changed（改变）符合，选D。
【答案】
41.B 42.D 43.B 44.A 45.B 46.A 47.D 48.C 49.C 50.D 51.C 52.B 53.A 54.C 55.D
【知识点】
完形填空解题、词义辨析、上下文语境理解
【点评】
本文是情感类记叙文，围绕“接纳自我”展开，贴近学生生活，考查学生对语境的把握、词汇运用及逻辑推理能力，传递了积极的价值观。
【难度系数】
0.6