完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，
选出最佳选项。
Come rain or come shine，it’s important to know how to check the weather forecast．A quick
look at the newspaper can 36 whether you should carry an umbrella, sunglasses or a warm coat when you go out．
A weather report usually 37 with the heading“Weather Outlook ”or just 38
“Weather”．To put as much information as possible into a 39 space，a weather report has
some 40 language．Words ale chosen not for their attractiveness， 41 for their simplicity and directness．
Most forecasts 42 with a“general situation”report of that day’s 43 and some
other useful information．People 44 a weather page rather than 45 a long time on it, so
writers do not need 46 sentences，but make use of verbs，adjectives and adverbs 47
For example，“Brief sunny periods and heavy thunder showers later．”
48 general forecast is mole detailed information．In Britain，which is a small country，
and the US，which is 49 ，there arc geographical separations like Northern, East coast, and so
on．
There are of course temperature forecasts．Depending On 50 you arc，they will be in Centigrade Of Fahrenheit(华氏)．In Britain temperatures are given in 51 while in the US only Fahrenheit is used．
52 pollution becoming a big problem, many forecasts give the day’s pollution 53
This may be important for people who are affected by air 54 levels．
There is usually information also On when the sun will 55 ．111is is useful for farmers
and people who get up early．
36．A．know B．report C．tell D．see
37．A．comes B．talks C．deals D．faces
38．A．really B．simply C．easily D．rapidly
39．A．clean B．dirty C．big D．small
40．A．unusual B．strange C．common D．recent
41．A．and B．except C．but D．or
42．A．end B．begin C．close D．open
43．A．direction B．pollution C．climate D．weather
44．A．turn B．cover C．miss D．scan
45．A．take B．spend C．cost D．find
46．A．broken B．short C．full D．half
47．A．though B．inside C．instead D．either
48．A．Following B．Preferring C．Developing D．Designing
49．A．tiny B．large C．cold D．warm
50．A．who B．what C．where D．which
51．A．one B．all C．each D．both
52．A．With B．As C．like D．Since
53．A．areas B．places C．limits D．levels
54．A．energy B．strength C．quality D．quantity
55．A．rise B．set C．burn D．disappear
A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling. Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to 36 , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.
“Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t 37 , as I knew, but all the time 38 his foot against mine.
My 39 raced back more than thirty years to the 40 days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The 41 was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.
42 wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to 43 each other very well. Frank West 44 me because he wasn’t 45 , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had 46 of a mind than a baby has. His “ 47 ” consisted of rough sounds—sounds of pleasure or anger and 48 more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank 49 on her entirely. He needed all the 50 of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She 51 nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the 52 ones. So before we 53 that morning, I stood beside Frank and 54 my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his 55 to me was always the same.
A．work B．stay C．live D．expect
A．answer B．speak C．smile D．laugh
A．covering B．moving C．fighting D．pressing
A．minds B．memories C．thoughts D．brains
A．better B．dark C．younger D．old
A．cave B．place C．sight D．scene
A．Discussing B．Solving C．Sharing D．Suffering
A．learn from B．talk to C．help D．know
A．needed B．recognized C．interested D．encouraged
A．normal B．common C．unusual D．quick
A．more B．worse C．fewer D．less
A．word B．speech C．sentence D．language
A．not B．no C．something D．nothing
A．fed B．kept C．lived D．depended
A．attention B．control C．treatment D．management
A．lost B．needed C．destroyed D．left
A．troublesome B．unlucky C．angry D．unpopular
A．separated B．went C．reunited D．returned
A．pushed B．tried C．showed D．measured
A．nodding B．greeting C．meeting D．acting
At least thirty times Bobby has attempted to climb the big snowy mountain, but he had never reached the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures, 26 Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of 27 and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glassed, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 28 . They’ll help you.” Bobby accepted the gift without much thought.
The day came when he was to have another try. About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he 29 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but 30 the sunglasses he could see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.
31 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the 32 through the clouds. He kept climbing, leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of 33 was extremely good, almost as great as that 34 view. The mountain below was surrounded by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t that the clouds were as 35 as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the secret. Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses, 36 Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!
Bobby 37 that the only obstacle (障碍) to reaching the top had been losing 38 when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little 39 to help him see that his 40 was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.
A．ordered B．encouraged C．allowed D．warmed
A．with B．under C．for D．about
A．Happily B．Hopefully C．Unnecessarily D．Unfortunately
A．top B．friend C．climber D．village
A．decision B．success C．freedom D．friendship
A．strong B．popular C．wonderful D．familiar
A．cool B．natural C．wide D．thick
A．or B．and C．if D．though
A．realized B．suggested C．expected D．announced
A．love B．help C．heart D．face
A．word B．trick C．plan D．opinion
A．position B．lesson C．story D．aim
Shaping a child is like shaping clay（粘土）— you have to start from the beginning and work your way to the end with extreme caution but with gentle and loving 16 . However, unlike clay, you don’t get a second 17 with a child. You can put all the clay back together and start again but with a child, what is done is done. 18 it’s even more caution with care.
Building a child’s esteem is no small play; it makes your black hair 19 , steals away years of your life and still will not look done. Therefore you have to learn how to build self-esteem and 20 your child from the beginning. After all, parenting begins from babyhood.
Small case could leave large 21 on your child’s mind. Reason why you should not overlook something that went wrong. If another child 22 your kid, everyone laughed and you told your son to 23 it, that’s the first wrong step. You have to teach your child to 24 up for himself. Don’t let your child fall down inside. Tell him to ask the child why he is hitting him or 25 to the nearest adult he can reach.
Most of all before you speak to a child you have to be a 26 example. If you go around laughing at people, your kids will do the 27 . If you are a coward（懦夫）yourself and do not stand up to situations, do not 28 your child not to follow you. Children are like monkeys—they copy every 29 , from how you eat to how you handle situations.
Building self-esteem begins at home. Small self-confident acts make a(n) 30 impact on your child.
A．heads B．hands C．tools D．knives
A．test B．grade C．class D．chance
A．Thus B．But C．Or D．Although
A．lost B．gray C．weak D．curl
A．interest B．direct C．order D．encourage
A．impact B．lesson C．mark D．space
A．laughed B．pushed C．pulled D．drew
A．make B．leave C．forget D．move
A．stand B．turn C．take D．set
A．announce B．manage C．leave D．complain
A．caring B．living C．touching D．breathing
A．different B．meaningful C．same D．useless
A．expect B．hope C．allow D．persuade
A．homework B．step C．picture D．action
A．negative B．objective C．positive D．subjective
There was a man who played the piano in a small bar. There were not too many 36 , but because he was a good piano player, some people 37 came in every night just to hear him play. But one night, a patron (老主顾) told him he didn’t want to hear him play but to sing a song.
The man said, “I have never 38 that before in public. I think I’m 39 at playing the piano.”
But the customer 40 . He told the waiter, “I’m 41 listening to the piano day after day. I want to hear something new and I want that guy to sing.”
The waiter 42 across the room, “Hey, buddy! If you want to get 43 , sing a song. The patrons are asking you to sing!”
44 in order to bring some money home that night, the piano player who had never sung in public did so for the very first time. And 45 had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung before 46 that night by Nat King Cole, and it surprised all, including the 47 himself!
He had talent he was 48 on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar, but because he had to sing, he 49 to become one of the best-known entertainers in America.
You, too, have skills and 50 . You may not feel as if your “talent” is particularly 51 , but it may be better than you think! And with persistence (坚持), most skills can be 52 . Besides, you may as well have no ability at all if you sit on whatever talent you 53 ! The 54 is not “What ability do I have that is useful?” It is 55 “How will I use whatever ability I have?”.
Just think a minute…
A．waiters B．customers C．singers D．players
A．never B．still C．ever D．only
A．practiced B．shown C．dreamed D．done
A．better B．richer C．easier D．sooner
A．agreed B．confused C．insisted D．charged
A．familiar with B．fond of C．used to D．tired of
A．served B．explained C．shouted D．complained
A．changed B．broadcast C．paid D．drunk
A．So B．And C．Because D．But
A．nobody B．anybody C．somebody D．everybody
A．until B．after C．since D．when
A．waiter B．singer C．patron D．owner
A．sitting B．waiting C．depending D．playing
A．went up B．went on C．went off D．went away
A．advantages B．character C．principle D．abilities
A．unique B．surprising C．famous D．great
A．recognized B．wasted C．improved D．impressed
A．imagine B．possess C．expect D．develop
A．decision B．answer C．question D．solution
A．even B．rather C．pretty D．fairly
“Sixteen,” I said. I have forgotten the math question my second-grade teacher, Joyce Cooper, asked that day, but I will never forget my 36 . As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started 37 . I felt like the 38 person in the world..
Mrs. Cooper fixed them with a firm look. Then she said: “We’re all here to 39 .”
Once Mrs. Cooper asked us to write a 40 about what we hoped to do in the future. I wrote: “I want to be a 41 like Mrs. Cooper.
She wrote on my report, “You would 42 an outstanding teacher 43 you are determined and you try hard.” I was to carry those 44 in my heart for the 27 years.
After I graduated from high school, I got married and had children.
We needed every penny just to 45 . College and teaching were out of the question.
Then one day I thought of my 46 of how I wanted to help children. I talked it over with my family and 47 to attend college classes in the 48 before work. And when I got home from work, I would 49 . Finally, after seven years, my dream had been realized and I became a teacher.
Not long after I started 50 , something happened that brought the 51 rushing back to me. I had written a sentence with grammatical errors on the blackboard. Then I asked students to come and 52 the mistakes.
One girl got halfway through, became 53 and stopped. As the other children laughed, 54 rolled down her cheeks. I gave her a hug and told her to have a drink of water. Then, remembering Mrs. Cooper, I fixed 55 of the class with a firm look. “We are all here to learn,” I said.
A．question B．answer C．result D．reaction
A．talking B．shouting C．discussing D．laughing
A．stupidest B．happiest C．least amusing D．most important
A．work B．learn C．play D．watch
A．letter B．song C．report D．story
A．teacher B．friend C．reporter D．parent
A．develop B．change C．return D．make
A．because B．unless C．until D．before
A．reports B．words C．teachers D．classmates
A．get by B．get past C．go by D．go ahead
A．plan B．work C．dream D．idea
A．supposed B．promised C．decided D．agreed
A．evenings B．mornings C．afternoons D．nights
A．sleep B．study C．rest D．play
A．studying B．writing C．thinking D．teaching
A．teacher B．life C．past D．feeling
A．correct B．prove C．check D．read
A．mad B．excited C．confused D．confident
A．water B．tears C．seat D．smiles
A．half B．most C．the whole D．the rest
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