二，完形填空(共15小题；每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Prince was a dog. My husband found him 21 at the corner of the street, shaking in the cold and 22 dead, so he rescued him and 23 him home. He gave him the name Prince. I soon liked this little dog; 24 , I was not satisfied with his name. "Prince" sounded too formal. It was more like the 25 of a German shepherd dog (牧羊犬). I tried to 26 a name more fitting, but I seemed to be stuck with (无法摆脱) "Prince". Before long Prince 27 some of his princely attributes (品性,品质) to our family. It started when our young son Luck was 28 in bed. Prince didn’t usually go upstairs where the boys’ rooms were. He usually 29 me wherever I went like glue, since I was the one who fed him, but on that __30___ day, when I went upstairs to check Luck’s fever, I found that Prince was __31____beside my sick boy. He didn’t leave Luck’s side until Luck began to feel better. The same thing happened repeatedly. Whenever anyone in our family was sick, Prince would be right by that person’s side __32___ it was his job to take care of them until they __33__ . It was incredible to see this little dog set aside his active nature to show his care for a sick family member. Our little Prince lived for nearly sixteen years. He remained___34___to our family the whole time. Even in his final days, when he was in pain, I___35__he would sacrifice his life for any of us. By then I had realized that his name was proper after all —he truly was a Prince among dogs.
21. A. lying B. running C. walking D. screaming
22. A. completely B. suddenly C. unfortunatelyD. nearly
23. A. made B. supplied C. arranged D. brought
24. A. otherwise B. instead C. however D. therefore
25. A. name B. head C. body D. character
26. A. put up with B. come up with C. look up to D. pay attention to
27. A. analyzed B. described C. created D. showed
28. A. asleep B. playing C. sick D. staying
29. A. served B. grasped C. searched D. Followed
30. A. particular B. warm C. meaningful D. Relative
31. A. smiling B. quarreling C. fighting D. resting
32. A. even though B. now that C. as if D. ever since
33. A. disagreed B. returned C. recovered D. cheered
34. A. tender B. common C. loyal D. sensitive
35. A. doubted B. observed C. noticed D. knew
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
(2012年大连高三模拟)Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been ____ a couple of times，but I could hardly ____ to know my ways around the continent.__ __，my knowledge of foreign languages was ____ to a little college French.
I ___.How would I，unable to speak the language，____ familiar with local geography or transportation systems，conduct interviews and do ____？It seemed impossible，and with considerable ____ I sat down to write a letter rejecting the ____.Halfway through，a ____ ran through my mind：you can't learn if you don't try. So I ____ the assignment.
There were some bad ____.But by the time I had finished the trip，I was an experienced traveler. And ever since，I have never hesitated to head for even the most ____ places，without guides or ____ advanced bookings，confident that somehow I will ____.
The point is that the new，the different，is almost by definition ____.But each time you try something，you learn，and as the learning ____，the world opens to you.
I've learned to ski at 40，and flown up the Rhine River in a(n) ____.And I know I'll go on doing such things. It's not because I'm braver or more daring than others. I'm not. But I'll accept worry as another name for ____ and I believe I can ____ wonders.
A．aboard B．abroad C．away D．out
A．claim B．declare C．hope D．deny
A．Somehow B．However C．Instead D．Moreover
A．accustomed B．added C．limited D．suited
A．resigned B．hesitated C．trembled D．suspected
A．only too B．more than C．apart from D．far from
A．operations B．experiments C．research D．business
A．regret B．doubt C．terror D．disappointment
A．request B．job C．trust D．assignment
A．reaction B．thought C．meaning D．conflict
A．accomplished B．received C．accepted D．resisted
A．exchanges B．conditions C．trips D．experiences
A．remote B．accessible C．interesting D．crowded
A．still B．ever C．even D．yet
A．do B．manage C．make D．fit
A．astonishing B．frightening C．fascinating D．exciting
A．comes up B．shows up C．piles up D．steps up
A．airplane B．motorboat C．surfboard D．balloon
A．goal B．opportunity C．struggle D．challenge
A．work B．own C．win D．achieve
阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Ten, nine, eight, seven...zero—lift off. These words____like music to an astronomer's ears. As the countdown progresses, the rocket's engines____and give it the required push to tear through the atmosphere and____the earth's gravitation.
These rockets take astronauts and manmade satellites into____. The satellites are used for communication, weather monitoring and research. But how do satellites____up without falling down, you____ask?
Take a strong rope. Tie a small stone to one____to make a sling. Rotate the sling using one hand, you will____that the rope straightens out and becomes____as the sling rotates. As soon as you stop rotating, the rope slackens again. ____does the rope tighten on being rotated?
The answer to this question will____the answer to our query(疑问)how satellites remain in space without____down. When the sling is rotated, there are two____acting on the stone. The force of rotation, which tries to take the stone away from you and the force applied by your hand, which tries to____the stone towards you.
____you are rotating the sling, the two forces balance each other out and____the stone keeps going round and round. If you____the sling midway, the sling will fly off.
A satellite works in the same way. One of the two____forces acting on the satellite is the force of gravitation. ____force is that which is created by the rotation of the satellite____the earth. An orbiting satellite has these two forces balanced out so the satellite doesn't fall down to the earth.
A．look B．seen C．feel D．sound
A．hire B．fire C．break D．rush
A．escape B．reach C．increase D．decrease
A．universe B．world C．space D．stars
A．stay B．put C．keep D．take
A．should B．might C．dare D．ought
A．side B．top C．middle D．end
A．watch B．notice C．examine D．observe
A．loose B．strong C．tight D．short
A．What B．How C．Which D．Why
A．provide B．make C．receive D．accept
A．lying B．falling C．breaking D．turning
A．forces B．powers C．strengths D．energy
A．push B．drag C．throw D．pull
A．Though B．While C．Unless D．Until
A．however B．otherwise C．therefore D．instead
A．release B．tie C．fasten D．interrupt
A．familiar B．important C．opposite D．possible
A．The other B．Another C．Other D．Others
A．through B．into C．above D．around
As the drought seemed to be lasting forever, a small group of farmers were wondering what to do next. The rain was important not only to keep their crops____， but to support the townspeople's way of____. As the problem became more____， the local church felt it was time to get involved and called a prayer meeting to ask for____.
In what seemed a remembrance of a Native American____， the people began to arrive. After they were all____. The pastor(牧师)slowly____his way to the front to officially____the meeting.
Everyone was taking the chance to____with close friends. The pastor's thoughts when he____the front were on quieting those____and starting the meeting.
____he began to ask for quiet, he____through the crowd and he took____of an elevenyearold girl sitting in the front row.
Her face was shining____excitement, but she____sat in her place. Next to her, was a bright red umbrella, ____for use. The beauty and innocence of the girl made the pastor smile as he____the faith she had. No one____at the meeting had brought a(n)____.
They had all come to pray for rain, but she had come expecting God to answer with the needed rain.
A．wealthy B．healthy C．powerful D．necessary
A．working B．remaining C．staying D．living
A．usual B．urgent C．common D．ordinary
A．rain B．help C．money D．advice
A．ceremony B．contest C．match D．celebration
A．covered B．occupied C．crowded D．seated
A．found B．struggled C．felt D．made
A．end B．close C．begin D．hold
A．talk B．tell C．say D．drink
A．arrived B．reached C．got D．hurried
A．possible B．probably C．patient D．present
A．Though B．Until C．While D．As
A．got B．walked C．looked D．saw
A．hold B．sight C．notice D．attention
A．for B．with C．by D．at
A．quietly B．calmly C．anxiously D．worriedly
A．eager B．ready C．anxious D．curious
A．recognized B．promised C．realized D．allowed
A．even B．else C．still D．also
A．book B．pen C．record D．umbrella
阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
What has really changed my life is that now I believe in myself. I came to the United States ten years ago. I would always say that I was trying to to study, but there were always things like work and my kids that would not___me to start.
Now I realized that those were only____. What was stopping me is that I was___to start studying again. I always believed I would____by myself.
One day, ____my son told me that he was embarrassed because his friends would come over and I didn't____them because I didn't speak English. He was also sad____I could never help him with his homework. That same day, I____myself, “Rocio, you have to start believing in yourself and you will see you can____it.” That night I couldn't__ . I was thinking that now I couldn't____my kids down.
The next day, I went downtown to look for a big banner in____of the school that said that they____calsses for adults. I came in to see if I could____， but the classes were____already.
That night I took the kids to the movies, and on the____back, I told them we would take a new route. The following Monday, I went to ask for____. They told me that summer schools was starting that week.
That's how I started studying English last summer. It is difficult, but I have had great____. My daughter had to____a story for school. It was about the person they most admired and____. She wrote that I was the person she most admired because I had started going to college. I will never forget this. When you believe in yourself, you can do anything.
A．make B．force C．promise D．allow
A．reasons B．excuses C．causes D．explanations
A．afraid B．ready C．willing D．happy
A．teach B．direct C．learn D．indicate
A．however B．therefore C．otherwise D．besides
A．recognize B．understand C．realize D．know
A．though B．while C．because D．once
A．spoke B．said C．stated D．told
A．produce B．create C．invent D．make
A．wake B．eat C．sleep D．dress
A．feel B．let C．fall D．drop
A．front B．spite C．middle D．terms
A．offered B．formed C．completed D．finished
A．listen B．hear C．attend D．give
A．begun B．closed C．started D．empty
A．way B．road C．path D．route
A．news B．information C．message D．signal
A．rewards B．prize C．progress D．courage
A．print B．recite C．copy D．write
A．why B．how C．when D．where
During Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father's car to drive to a New Year's Eve____to be held in Vermont. The father was____about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year's Eve. The____that was reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.
So he drove to Vermost, got completely____and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadblock. He was told to____the car and stand in a line of people that were being given the infamous sobriety(not drunk)____. However, the policeman____him out. He was____standing off to the side while the others were____the police officer how well they could walk a____line, etc.
At 700 a．m, his father got up to answer the____. There were____policemen there. They asked him if he was the____of that red FLAT. He replied, “Yes, I am，”One of the policeman asked him if he was driving the car the evening before and he said that his son had been the driver.
When the young man____himself in front of the policemen, he knew he was some sort of____. Upon questioning, he____that he driving the car, but when asked if he had been____， he said, “No！”When the policeman asked if he could see his car, he was unable to remember the____. He said that it was in the garage.
And when the four of them walked out to look at the car, instead of looking at the car he had driven the____before, they saw a____car parked there.
A．party B．meeting C．concert D．sports meeting
A．sure B．worried C．curious D．anxious
A．suggestion B．condition C．conclusion D．agreement
A．excited B．tired C．pleased D．drunk
A．stop B．get out of C．drive D．get into
A．punishment B．test C．education D．talk
A．gave B．made C．missed D．found
A．considered B．required C．suggested D．left
A．showing B．explaining C．asking D．telling
A．long B．straight C．calm D．direct
A．telephone B．call C．doorbell D．question
A．many B．two C．four D．one
A．manager B．father C．student D．owner
A．stood B．found C．put D．took
A．danger B．test C．trouble D．accident
A．believed B．told C．admitted D．said
A．driving B．hurting C．drinking D．missing
A．drive B．test C．time D．line
A．day B．morning C．night D．afternoon
A．similar B．familiar C．police D．damaged
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