完形填空(共20小題；每小題I. 5分，满分30分)
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，选出可以填入空内处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When Dunstan Cass left the cottage, Silas Marner was only a hundred meters away. He was walking home from the village, where he had 21 to buy what he needed 22 his next day’s work. His legs were tired, but he felt almost happy. He was looking forward to 23 ,when he would bring out his gold. Tonight he had an extra reason to hurry home. He was going to eat hot meat, which was 24 for him. And it would 25 him nothing, because someone had given him a piece of meat as a present. He left it 26 over the fire. The door key was needed to hold it safe in place, but Cass was not at all 27 about leaving his gold in the cottage with the door 28 . He could not imagine that a thief would 29 his way through the mist, rain and darkness to the little cottage by the quarry (釆石场).
When he reached his cottage and opened the door, he did not notice 30 anything was different. He 31 his wet coat, and pushed the meat 32 the fire. 33 he was warm again, he began to think about his gold. It seemed a long time to wait until after super, when he usually brought out coins to look at. 34 he decided to bring out his gold immediately, while the meat was still cooking.
But when he 35 the floorboards near the loom (织布机)，and saw the 36 hole ,he did not understand 37 . His heart beat violently as his trembling hands felt all round the hole. There was 38 ！ He put his hands to his head and tried to think. Had he put his gold in a different place, and forgotten about it? He 39 every corner of this small cottage, until he could not pretend to himself any more. He had to accept the truth 一 his gold had been 40 ！
A．arrived B．been C．left D．gone
A．to B．in C．for D．with
A．holiday B．home C．supper-time D．meat
A．ordinary B．unusuall C．normal D．common
A．boiling B．cooking C．smoking D．making
A．interesting B．worried C．interested D．worrying
A．unlocked B．uncovered C．discovered D．locked
A．go B．lead C．find D．lose
A．whether B．that C．because D．as
A．turned off B．threw into C．threw off D．got off
A．away from B．farther on C．on to D．closer to
A．As soon as B．As well as C．As far as D．As long as
A．But B．As C．So D．For
A．took down B．took off C．took over D．took up
A．dark B．empty C．small D．deep
A．at last B．at once C．at most D．at least
A．everything B．something C．nothing D．anything
A．searched B．gathered C．researched D．found
A．Gone B．missing C．lost D．stolen
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I walked into the grocery store not particularly interested in buying something. The sorrow of my husband of 37 years was still too painful. And this grocery store held so many sweet . Bob often came with me and almost every time he'd to go off and look for something special. I'd always see him walking down the walkway the three yellow roses in his hands. Bob knew I loved yellow roses. With a heart with pain, I came to the meat shelf, I searched for the small steak and remembered how Bob had loved his steak.
Suddenly a woman came beside me. She was in a soft green dress. I as she picked up a large pack of T-bones, them in her basket, hesitated, and then put them back. She saw me watching her and she smiled. "My husband loves T-bones, but , at these prices, I don't know."
"My husband passed away eight days ago," I told her. "Buy him the steaks. And value every you have together."
She smiled and I saw the feeling in her as she placed the package in her basket and away. I turned and pushed my cart forward too. Several minutes later I saw first the green suit and then the pretty lady coming to me. In her arms she carried something. On her face was the smile I had ever seen.
As she came closer, I saw what she held and welled down. "These are for you, " she said and placed three beautiful yellow roses in my arms. She placed a gentle kiss on my cheek, then smiled again. I wanted to tell her what the roses , but still unable to speak. I watched as she walked away as tears clouded my . I looked down at the beautiful roses and found it almost . How did she know?
Suddenly the seemed so clear. I wasn't alone. "Oh, Bob, you haven't me, have you?" I whispered, with tears in my eyes. He was still with me, and she was his angel.
A．losing B．leaving C．passing D．failing
A．flowers B．roses C．memories D．thoughts
A．decide B．happen C．refuse D．pretend
A．by B．with C．during D．between
A．full B．filled C．pleased D．crowded
A．very B．beautiful C．pretty D．perfect
A．watched B．saw C．found D．glared
A．fell B．carried C．dropped D．took
A．exactly B．generally C．usually D．honestly
A．moment B．dinner C．time D．year
A．hands B．eyes C．voice D．basket
A．left B．ran C．slipped D．wheeled
A．realized B．recognized C．received D．thought
A．saddest B．funniest C．brightest D．strangest
A．words B．tears C．feelings D．sweats
A．stood B．described C．meant D．designed
A．sight B．cart C．roses D．package
A．unknown B．uncommon C．unreal D．unlike
A．question B．answer C．case D．puzzle
A．missed B．disappointed C．hated D．forgotten
I had been playing hockey（冰球）for about 10 years. I was always the one sitting at the end of the bench, and got into a game. I went to all the and showed up even when it was so that your ‘breath froze’ and when the otherplayers had decided to stay home. I felt I had enough and thought of quitting.
I finally decided to the news to my mom that I was leaving the team. My mom may have looked like a tiny and quiet lady but on my words, she said, “Remember, ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ Your mother didn’t raise , so think about yourself in a way and see yourself as a winner!” So I worked harder than ever at getting in better shape, my shot（投球） accuracy and changing my .
Once in a match, we our first game badly. What’s worse, one of our best players got hurt. I was sitting at my place, at the end of the bench, when the coach came over and told me I was going . I was nervous, excited and terrified all at the same time.
The opposing team was fast and I had to admit I was a little . But my mom’s words out in my head like a church bell. Instead of being afraid, I was “pumped” and I very quickly found that all my work was paying off. I was as fast a skater as anyone else on the ice, and I seemed to get the to score. The crowd went quiet. All the time I spent on the ice when everyone had
gone home had me for this moment.
Won! I won!
The lesson I learned from my mom’s has stayed with me over the years. I hear them whenever I am faced with a challenge, or whenever I myself.
A．once B．seldom C．usually D．even
A．meetings B．shows C．matches D．practices
A．cloudy B．wet C．cold D．windy
A．suffered B．explained C．planned D．escaped
A．write B．break C．read D．speak
A．noticing B．gathering C．hearing D．analyzing
A．talkers B．dreamers C．attackers D．losers
A．positive B．familiar C．brief D．convenient
A．testing B．improving C．questioning D．affecting
A．aim B．taste C．habit D．attitude
A．lost B．controlled C．practiced D．continued
A．usual B．safe C．secret D．private
A．off B．in C．by D．up
A．annoyed B．awkward C．scared D．bitter
A．put B．rang C．gave D． stood
A．exact B．extra C．creative D．casual
A．chance B．message C．order D．note
A．spared B．requested C．prepared D．sent
A．actions B．reasons C．words D．promises
A．judge B．express C．comfort D．doubt
The Johnson family from England believe they are lucky to be alive after surviving an incredible incident off the coast of Australia. The Johnsons had been ____ that they might see some whales when they were ____ a yacht—a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing ____ around the Whitsunday Islands. ____, they had no clue just how ____ their viewing would be. Two hours into their journey a nine-meter-long humpback whale ____ out of the ocean and crashed into their boat before returning to the water.
Mark Johnson，the eldest son，was sailing the yacht when he heard an immense bang and a thud (重击声). He ____ thought the yacht had hit a rock. But when he looked up, he saw the whale ____ down the deck of the boat. He told the reporters, “We were staring into its right eye. It was a very ____ moment. The eye was about the ____ of a dinner plate. It was huge!”
____ for the Johnson family, no one was hurt, but the yacht suffered ____ damage. The whale had ruined the mast and rigging—the pole and ropes which hold the ____ —and so the family was left with no way at sea, 10 miles from the shore. The ____ equipment was also damaged, but fortunately they had a cell phone and were able to call for help.
Why the whale jumped onto the yacht is a ____，but the family thinks that maybe the boat had not ____ sailed between the whale and its baby calf. Perhaps the whale was trying to ____ its calf when it jumped, and hit the yacht by accident.
____ the reason, people are completely ____ that this incident happened. There is over 135 million square miles of ocean, so what are the ____ of a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht? The possibility of something like this happening is extremely small, but it just shows that life is full of surprises.
A．explained B．learned C．told D．taught
A．taking B．driving C．hiring D．running
A．competition B．game C．training D．trip
A．Moreover B．Thus C．Meanwhile D．However
A．exciting B．close C．vivid D．tense
A．swam B．leapt C．slipped D．stretched
A．suddenly B．occasionally C．immediately D．casually
A．drifting B．jumping C．falling D．sliding
A．surprising B．annoying C．frightening D．astonishing
A．size B．sample C．range D．form
A．Certainly B．Luckily C．Definitely D．Possibly
A．severe B．extreme C．actual D．special
A．boat B．beach C．sail D．journey
A．radio B．craft C．guide D．compass
A．problem B．mystery C．suspect D．question
A．carefully B．surely C．deliberately D．simply
A．see B．touch C．tend D．reach
A．Whenever B．Wherever C．Whoever D．Whatever
A．amazed B．worried C．interested D．touched
A．wonders B．chances C．predictions D．consequences
A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She was of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one appeared.
Her father, a cook, took her to the . He filled three pots with and placed each on a high fire. In one he placed carrots, in the second , and in the last ground(磨碎的) coffee beans.
The daughter waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he the fire. He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then he poured the out and placed it in a cup. to her he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee." she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to the carrots. She did and said that they were . He then asked her to take an egg and it. After pulling off the , she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to drink the coffee. She smiled, as she its rich aroma(芳香).
"What does it , Father?" she asked.
He explained that each of them had the same adversity(逆境), boiling water, but each reacted . The carrot went in strong and hard but then it turned softened and weak. The egg had been fragile(易碎的), but at last its inside became . The ground coffee beans were unique, however, after they were in the boiling water, they had the water.
"Which are you?" he asked his daughter.
When adversity knocks on your door, how do you ? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?
A．tired B．ashamed C．fond D．proud
A．hall B．kitchen C．living room D．bathroom
A．milk B．sugar C．water D．powder
A．rice B．eggs C．apples D．potatoes
A．impolitely B．carelessly C．vengefully D．impatiently
A．put on B．put off C．turned on D．turned off
A．wiped B．pulled C．cleaned D．washed
A．wine B．pot C．beans D．coffee
A．Lying B．Talking C．Turning D．Devoting
A．cut B．buy C．feel D．cook
A．soft B．hard C．cold D．dirty
A．sell B．boil C．hold D．break
A．plug B．shell C．road D．program
A．made B．tasted C．served D．observed
A．mean B．cost C．matter D．contain
A．faced B．studied C．provided D．recognized
A．finally B．equally C．differently D．successfully
A．upset B．hardened C．effective D．accustomed
A．wasted B．skimmed C．polluted D．changed
A．find B．know C．respond D．practise
Most glasses help people see better, but a new invention from Japan may soon improve language skills and language barriers instead.
High-tech Company NEC has a device that it says will users to communicate with people of different .
Shaped like a pair of eyeglasses without the lenses(镜片), the computer-assisted Tele Scouter would a picture-forming device to present almost real-time translations directly onto the retina（视网膜）. The text, provided instantly voice recognition and programs, would effectively provide movie-like “subtitles” （字幕） during a conversation between two people the glasses.
“You can keep the flowing,” NEC market development official Takayuki Omino told reporters at Tokyo exposition (展览会) the device was on display. “This could also be used for talks with secret information,” says Omino, stating that there would be no for translators.
Each user’s words would be by microphone, translated, and be instantly for conversation partners in visual text and as audio delivered through headphones.
Users can still see their conversation partner’s face because the text is onto only part of the retina—the first time such technology is used in a commercial product, according to NEC.
The company plans to put the Tele Scouter in Japan in November next year, at the beginning without the translation mode.
A．cut off B．cut down C．cut in D．cut up
A．come up with B．come across C．come through D．come down
A．force B．promise C．allow D．leave
A．backgrounds B．cultures C．customs D．languages
A．so B．but C．or D．while
A．adopt B．admit C．agree D．adapt
A．designer’s B．translator’s C．user’s D．producer’s
A．through B．during C．within D．beyond
A．inventiong B．invitation C．preparation D．translation
A．bearing B．wearing C．carrying D．taking
A．discussion B．argument C．conversation D．translation
A．which B．where C．why D．how
A．connected B．satisfied C．joined D．covered
A．hope B．doubt C．need D．wonder
A．expected B．imagined C．written D．spoken
A．picked up B．made up C．turned up D．brought up
A．agreeable B．acceptable C．believable D．available
A．either B．neither C．both D．none
A．placed B．passed C．got D．knocked
A．therefore B．while C．however D．although
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