第二部分：语言知识与运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。
I have been blessed with the opportunity in my life. It took the near-death experience of my dad to make me realize that my purpose in life is to   21   others. My dad suffered from leukemia(白血病) in 1998.   22   the pain and treatment that he endured inspired me to be a more kind and   23   person. I realized life is just too   24   and it was time for me to make some changes — do the things in life that I wanted to do without making   25   why I couldn’t do them.
My dad   26   a bone marrow transplant(骨髓移植) operation, and after that he was able to reuse his own “cleaned” marrow, so a donor(捐献者) was not needed. That was excellent   27    because donors who are a match are hard to come by. That   28   me to become a bone marrow donor and hopefully help someone else one day. I also   29   money for the cancer patients. Yet, I was not satisfied with just that. I had to do more, I   30   blood every other month and seek opportunities to do other acts of kindness daily. The opportunity, some days, presents itself very   31   and some days I have to seek it out. Either way, it comes.
I would like to   32   one of my favorite quotes with you all.
“In an average lifetime, a person   33   about sixty-five thousand miles. That’s two and half times around the world I wonder   34   your steps will take you. I wonder how you’ll use the rest of the   35   you’re given.”
I want to use my miles to create foot prints of love in this world.
21. A. advise               B. ask             C. help                 D. understand
22. A. Suffering              B. Watching        C. Discovering            D. Bringing
23. A. stronger              B. independent    C. giving                       D. receiving
24. A. short                   B. wonderful       C. dangerous            D. boring
25. A. efforts                     B. promises              C. excuses              D. plans
26. A. refused             B. had            C. learned             D. stopped
27. A. expression          B. knowledge      C. news               D. sense
28. A. forced                    B. inspired         C. allowed                  D. expected
29. A. raised                  B. kept               C. paid                     D. hid
30. A. check                     B. test              C. donate                     D. sell
31. A. secretly             B. clearly           C. peacefully            D. wildly
32. A. share                         B. divide                      C. record                D. repeat
33. A. conveys            B. owns          C. measures             D. walks
34. A. where              B. why            C. when                  D. if
35. A. materials             B. miles              C. world                 D. wealth