Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his one night when I was ready to quit(退出) a political movement I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary. www..com
Tired, feeling the many months of struggle, I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer when I up one of Dad’s old business cards that he was so proud of; Andrea Guomo, Italian American—fine Imported Products. Then I thought about how he with difficult situation. A lot of pictures appeared into my idea, but one scene came sharply into view.
We had just moved to Holliswood, New York. We had our own house for the first time; it had some land around it, even . One, in particular, was a great blue spruce(云杉) that must have been 40 feet tall.
Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible . We came home from the store that night to find the spruce almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our heart . But not Dad’s.
The rain was . Then he announced, “Ok, we’re going to push him up!” “What are you talking about, Dad? The roots are out of the ground !” “Shut up; we’re going to push him up; he’s going to .” We couldn’t say no to him. So we followed him into the house and we got what rope there was and we tied the rope around the top of the tree that lay on the street and he stood up by the house, with me on the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain, helping to up the great blue spruce. In no time at all, we had it standing up straight again! Dad stakes(木桩) in the ground, tied rope from the trunk to the stakes, and said, “Don’t worry, he is going to grow again...”
I looked at the card and wanted to cry. I couldn’t wait to get back into the movement.
A．talks B．lessons C．lectures D．classes
A．came B．took C．picked D．turned
A．dealt B．kept C．helped D．worked
A．field B．yard C．trees D．flowers
A．rain B．snow C．weather D．storm
A．pulled B．put C．stuck D．pushed
A．rose B．sank C．fell D．dropped
A．going B．coming C．falling D．stopping
A．plant B．grow C．die D．stay
A．fixing B．holding C．pushing D．pulling
A．push B．take C．pull D．put
A．shook B．cut C．drove D．made
That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mothers ____me to sleep in. and I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning,___ ___, I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the _____, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ______in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and drive off, I ______and old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ______and a basket of rags and bottles on its back carriage. He ______from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ______washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts ______my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ______T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ______would want to be riding on. But he seemed ______with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ______at passer-by and stopping to chat now and then ______elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of ______ in the way he seemed to be doing things—______the windscreen, then standing back to admire it; scrubbing the wheels and ______, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.
It was a ______ to learn, I left. At no age need one have to beg for a ______if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ______of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.
A．forces B．allows C．causes D．forbids
A．otherwise B．therefore C．however D．besides
A．parking lot B．bus stop C．school D．market
A．interesting B．surprising C．awful D．useful
A．noticed B．recognized C．called D．assisted
A．back B．handle C．wheel D．seat
A．searched B．left C．moved D．wandered
A．stopped B．started C．intended D．finished
A．crossed B．slipped C．disturbed D．inspired
A．attractive B．shiny C．simple D．expensive
A．repairman B．businessman C．drivers D．cyclists
A．busy B．content C．careful D．bored
A．waving B．looking C．laughing D．pointing
A．about B．for C．with D．like
A．worry B．respect C．sympathy D．pride
A．cleaning B．fixing C．replacing D．covering
A．still B．yet C．again D．soon
A．lesson B．subject C．skill D．fact
A．business B．living C．success D．right
A．tired B．doubtful C．fearful D．ashamed
Childish Voice
When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time that taught a man everything. I didn’t understand and wondered why ______had such a big influence ______a person. I thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as a result. But now, _____i come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel _____to express my own _____on this saying. I know that I’m just a high school student with very _____experience. There are still many things ______me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice.
I once read this sentence, “To make this world a happy place to live, you’d better ______yourself and your heart, instead of the whole world.” I was shocked. It made me think about life ______. There are so many things around us that ______our will. We can’t force life ______our wishes. The earth won’t stop turning no matter whether we ______it or not. What we can do is just to make ourselves ______the world. I think we should learn to accept _____life gives us, no matter whether it’s the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy.
Deeply moved by the pop song grandmother, I always try to ______every pleasant thing in life, but now I see I don’t catch most of the pleasant moments. It is more ______ that they slip by and leave you feeling ______. I realized that I’m not just living _____myself and that there are the others around me I should think of. They all pay attention to my growing up, even if it’s just little progress.
Everyone has his or her own attitude towards life, positive or ______. It doesn’t matter, I think. There is one _____ that should be obeyed and that’s to make this world better.
A．man B．time C．thing D．parent
A．about B．with C．on D．in
A．before B．after C．as D．when
A．anxious B．worried C．tired D．glad
A．beliefs B．opinions C．confidences D．expressions
A．a few B．little C．few D．a little
A．waiting for B．sticking with C．dealing with D．doing with
A．ask B．change C．exchange D．force
A．myself B．itself C．oneself D．themselves
A．go with B．go along C．go ahead D．go against
A．being followed B．to be followed C．to be following D．to follow
A．receive B．accept C．refuse D．approve
A．fit B．suit C．beat D．match
A．what B．whatever C．which D．why
A．miss B．catch C．escape D．lose
A．probably B．likely C．possibly D．unlikely
A．regretful B．awful C．successful D．terrible
A．for B．by C．on D．with
A．wrong B．false C．negative D．true
A．point B．rule C．thing D．word
Predictions of many robots in industry have yet come true. For ten years or more, manufacturers of big robots have explained how their machines can make industry more competitive and productive. The maker for ______ robots is oversupplied now, and the driving force of the robotics revolution is __
__ to be with maker of machines that handle a few kilos at most.
“ Heavy-robot manufacturers are in some difficulty ______ finding customers. They are offering big ___
___ just to get in the door. There has been a ___
___ growth everywhere in the numbers of robots, so we admit we are either deceiving ___
___or that the market is slowly growing,” said John Reekie, chairman of Colen Robotics. “The following things must happen ___
__ the robotics revolution to occur. We must achieve widespread robot literacy. ___
___ there has been a computer ___
__program, there must be a robot literacy program. __
___, some kind of artificial intelligence needs to be ___
___.
Colen makes educational robots and machine tools. It is small _____ with companies like ASEA or Fujitsu Fanuc. But Colen with others in departments in universities such as Sirrey, Manchester, and Durham possesses an advantage ___
__ the giants. The big companies sell very expensive ___
__to nosiness with expert knowledge of automation. The ___
__companies make robots for teaching people, and now they have realized that there is a need for small, ___
__robots that they can meet.
The little companies either bring their educational machines ______ an industrial standard or design from the start. One technique that they all adopt is to choose ___
__ components when possible. The major cost making ___
___their models is the electronics, which will fall in price. There is __
___scope for reductions in mechanical costs. The use of standard parts, which are easily placed, should give these robots a mechanical life of something in the order of five years.
A. small B. educational C. big D. business
A. claimed B. called C. thought D. told
A. to B. with C. over D. in
A. money B. discounts C. prices D. costs
A. exciting B. encouraging C. satisfying D. disappointing
A. ourselves B. customers C. companies D. us
A. to B. for C. in D. with
A. As if B. Even though C. Just as D. Although
A. custom B. literacy C. poem D. tradition
A. However B. Finally C. Whereas D. Because
A. capable B. possible C. probable D. available
A. compared B. comparing C. contrasted D. contrasting
A. than B. above C. over D. from
A. tools B. robots C. machines D. electronics
A. other B. big C. little D. robot
A. expensive B. artificial C. educational D. low-cost
A. up-to B. on C. in D. about
A. mechanical B. standard C. cheap D. small
A. much B. many C. both D. some
A. more B. less C. no D. least
Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled howshe became a percussion soloist（打击乐器独奏演员）in spite of her disability.
“Early on I decided not to allow the of others to stop me from becoming a misician. I grew up on a farm in the northeast Scotland and began
piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion for music grew. But also began to gradually lose my
. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the
and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never
me.”
“My was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I
to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can
the pitch of note by the vibrations I feel through my body and through my
. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every
that I have.
“I was to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of music in London. No other deaf student had
this before and some teachers
my admission. Based on my performance, I was
admitted and went on to
with the Academy’s hignest honours.”
“After that, I established myself as the first fulltime solo percussionist. I and arranged a lot of musical compositions since
had been written specially for solo percussionist.”
“I have been a soloist for over ten years. the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t
that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be
by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”
A. conditions B. opinions C. actions D. recommendations
A. enjoying B. choosing C. taking D. giving
A. sight B. hearing C. touch D. taste
A. evidence B. result C. excuse D. cause
A. left B. excited C. accompanied D. disappointed
A. purpose B. decision C. promise D. goal
A. turned B. learned C. used D. ought
A. tell B. see C. hear D. smell
A. carefulness B. movement C. imagination D. experience
A. sence B. effort C. feeling D. idea
A. dissatisfied B. astonished C. determined D. discouraged
A. done B. accepted C. advised D. admitted
A. supported B. followed C. required D. opposed
A. usually B. finally C. possibly D. hopefully
A. study B. research C. graduate D. progress
A. wrote B. translated C. copied D. read
A. enough B. some C. many D. few
A. However B. Although C. When D. Since
A. mean B. seem C. conclude D. say
A. directed B. guided C. taught D. limited
The concept of solitude(独处)in the digital world is almost non-existent. In the world of digital technology, e-mail, social networking and online video games, information is meant to be . Solitude can be hard to discover it has been given up. In this respect, new technologies have our culture.
The desire to be connected has brought solitude to a(n) as we’ve known it. People have become so in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted they’d rather not be. Today we can talk, text, e-mail, chat and blog, not only from our
, but from our mobile phones as well.
Most developed nations have become on digital technology simply because they’ve grown accustomed to it, and at this point not
it would make them an outsider. , many jobs and careers require people to be . from this point of view, technology has changed the culture of work. Being reachable might feel like a to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times.
I suppose the positive side is that solitude is still possible for anyone who wants it. Computers can be shut and mobile phones can be turned off. The ability to be “connected” and “on” has many , on mountains, and mobile phones have saved countless lives. They can also make people feel and forced to answer unwanted calls or to unwanted texts.
Attitudes towards our connectedness as a society across generations. Some find today’s technology a gift. Others consider it a curse. Regardless of anyone’s view on the subject, it’s hard to imagine what life would be like daily advancements in technology.
A．updated B．received C．shared D．collected
A．though B．until C．once D．before
A．respected B．shaped C．ignored D．preserved
A．edge B．stage C．end D．balance
A．sensitive B．intelligent C．considerate D．reachable
A．even if B．only if C．as if D．if only
A．media B．computers C．databases D．monitors
A．bent B．hard C．keen D．dependent
A．finding B．using C．protecting D．changing
A．Also B．Instead C．Otherwise D．Somehow
A．connected B．trained C．recommended D．interested
A．pleasure B．benefit C．burden D．disappointment
A．slightly B．hardly C．merely D．really
A．out B．down C．up D．in
A．aspects B．weaknesses C．advantages D．exceptions
A．hidden B．lost C．relaxed D．deserted
A．trapped B．excited C．confused D．amused
A．turn B．submit C．object D．reply
A．vary B．arise C．spread D．exist
A．beyond B．within C．despite D．without
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