完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It has been over eleven years now. It was a snowy afternoon. Laura, our tenyearold daughter, sat quietly, and was busy with her work. Suddenly, she asked how to spell a name of someone in our ____， and then wrote the notes one by one. Next, she ____ some flowers with grass, a red sun, and the blue sky on them.
That evening. I noticed a “mailbox” on the doors to each of our bedrooms. There was one for Steve, one for Tom. She hadn't forgotten Sam or baby Paul. My heart felt ___ when I saw that Reed, her dad, and I also ____ one.
For the next few weeks, we received notes that showed __ love for each of us. When Steve lost a baseball game, there was a note telling him she thought he was the best ____ player in the world. After I had a busy day, there was a note thanking me for my hard work, with a smiling face on it. In baby Paul's notes, there were lots of colorful ____ including flowers with happy faces.
“He can't ___ yet，” she said. “But he can look at the pictures.”
However, one night, I noticed the mailbox that Laura had made for herself. Suddenly, I ____ that our little angel's mailbox had been ____ but the others had enjoyed her love notes. My eyes were filled with tears.
“I'll take care of it，” Reed said. And in the following weeks, her ____ wrote the sweetest of love notes to this little girl, our daughter.
____ this little girl is grown now, driving to the college every day, some things about her have ____ changed. One afternoon only about a week ago, I found a love note on my bed.
“____ always being there for me. Mom.” It read, “I'm glad that we're the best of friends.”
I always remember the nice child whose smile and ____have brought me thousands of hours of joy during these years. There are angels among us. I know, I live with one.
A．class B．office C．family D．company
A．drew B．bought C．picked D．planted
A．warm B．worried C．sad D．afraid
A．gave B．borrowed C．had D．pushed
A．his B．her C．our D．my
A．basketball B．football C．volleyball D．baseball
A．pictures B．books C．clothes D．toys
A．write B．read C．speak D．sing
A．laughed B．said C．realized D．told
A．empty B．full C．beautiful D．dirty
A．sister B．boy C．mom D．dad
A．And B．Though C．So D．But
A．never B．always C．often D．usually
A．Ask for B．Thanks for C．Wait for D．Care for
A．voice B．study C．reason D．love
One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped. So the boy to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin . The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even growth, without it , there's no way of life. We can't avoid or problems. So, next time you are a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!
A．hole B．worm C．tall D．snake
A．it B．it's C．itself D．its
A．decided B．asked C．showed D．ordered
A．afraid B．interested C．surprised D．grateful
A．slimmer B．bigger C．shorter D．smaller
A．touched B．sounded C．looked D．smelt
A．wings B．feet C．eyes D．head
A．success B．excitement C．kindness D．humour
A．get B．getting C．to get D．got
A．ready B．quiet C．glad D．used
A．Somewhere B．Something C．Some time D．Sometimes
A．as helpful as B．as weak as C．as strong as D．as creative as
A．repeats B．recommends C．requires D．represents
A．happiness B．difficulties C．pleasure D．hope
A．served with B．growing into C．bringing in D．faced with
Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage
There is a saying in England which goes; ‘the rain in Spain(西班牙. falls mainly on the plain’. I can tell you now that it is a . The rain in Spain seems to fall mostly on me. I am spending a year in Galicia and, although it is certainly a beautiful part of the world, I think it rains more than in England.
There are no plains here. It is a coastal area, and clouds and storms directly get pushed in from over the ocean with force. As I write, there is a heavy rain outside. I have three umbrellas. Two big ones and a little one which I keep on me , just in case. Believe me what I tell you is all true.
The problem is that very often, umbrellas offer no help at all. The wind is so strong that even the best umbrella in the world becomes useless. , I often arrive at work with a dry head and shoulders (protected by my umbrella., but with wet feet and legs. The rain falls hard and fast, and there is no escaping it.
When people from England think of Spain, they imagine beaches and sunshine. Those things are a world away from my experiences here in Galicia. But I’m not . It is because of all this rain that the countryside here is so green and beautiful. In the town a very nice white wine is made. And there are beautiful beaches here in Galicia, although there probably is on them at the moment.
And most important of all is the people. They are very friendly here. Most people I have spoken to are helpful. So I think that’s worth having a bit of for. Anyway, I love my life here in Galicia.
A．story B．warning C．lie D．tradition
A．at all times B．in the future C．for the time being D．in time
A．In addition B．After all C．In all D．As a result
A．studying B．complaining C．dreaming D．questioning
A．somebody B．anybody C．everybody D．nobody
A．money B．wine C．rain D．work
先通读短文，然后根据短文内容，选择适当的单词填空，使短文意思完整。
In recent years, studying Chinese in China has become popular with foreigners. Some Chinese classroom manners are______ from western classroom manners. It might be a good idea to know something about these ______ you take a Chinese class.
Being respectful (尊重的)
Students in China respect their teachers very much. When ______ your teacher, you should always use your teacher’s surname (姓), followed by "laoshi" to call him or her. So______ your teacher’s surname is Shu, you should call her "Shu laoshi".
Being on time
Being on time is ______ for Chinese students. Being at your desk before the bell rings is ______ you need to do in a Chinese classroom.
Listening, not talking
In China, teachers talk and students listen. Students ______ to ask questions, but most Chinese students are too ______ to open their mouth in class. So sometimes the teacher needs to ask somebody to answer questions.
When studying Chinese in China, you will soon learn that it’s ______ hard work. You need to write the Chinese characters (汉字) and ______ your reading, speaking and listening. If you try your best, you will make it!
A．helpful B．typical C．different D．the same
A．before B．after C．since D．where
A．helping B．remembering C．visiting D．speaking to
A．if B．who C．until D．though
A．nice B．important C．relaxed D．pleasant
A．when B．that C．what D．how
A．are refused B．are allowed C．are prevented D．are offered
A．shy B．proud C．full D．safe
A．hardly B．gradually C．really D．possibly
A．describe B．point C．trouble D．practice
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. Life today is easier than it was years ago, but it has brought some new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution（污染）. We can see it, smell it, drink it and even it. Man has polluted the . The more people, the more pollution.Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so people. When the land was used up (用光), the river was not clean in a place,man went to place. Now man is slowly polluting the whole world pollution is still the most serious, it’s bad for things in the world.Many countries don’t le t people burn for air in houses and factories in the city. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of pollution. It’s caused by heavy traffic. People say it’s to ride bikes. When you are , there is no pollution. But even in developed countries, most people don’t go to work by bike. It’s not bikes are expen sive or people are tired if they ride to work. It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. So more people their bikes and go to work by cars, then things are getting . We should have special roads only for bikes and make it difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bikes.
A．hundred B．hundredsof C．hundredof D．hundreds
A．listen B．listento C．hearof D．hear
A．moon B．star C．earth D．sun
A．lot B．little C．many D．much
A．others B．theothers C．theother D．another
A．Air B．Food C．Water D．Noise
A．life B．live C．living D．lives
A．somethingbad B．badsomething C．somethinggood D．goodsomething
A．water B．air C．noise D．white
A．least B．best C．most D．worst
A．driving B．biked C．riding D．ridden
A．why B．because C．what D．how
A．puton B．lookat C．putaway D．lookup
A．betterandbetter B．moreandmore C．worseandworse D．biggerandbigger
A．quite B．such C．very D．so
In the USA, children start school when they are five years old. In some states(州) they must stay in school they are sixteen. But most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they secondary(中等的) schools. There are two kinds of schools in the USA: public schools and private(私立的) schools. children go to public schools. Their parents don’t have to their education because the school get from the government（政府）.
If a child goes to a private school, his parents have to get enough money for his schooling. Some parents like private schools though they are much more expensive.
Today about half of the high school students in universities after they finish secondary schools. A student at a state university doesn’t have to pay very much his parents live in that state. Many students while they are studying at universities. In this way they get into working habits(习惯) and live by their own hands.
A．and B．so C．until D．since
A．leave B．enter C．reach D．pass
A．Several B．Most C．A few D．Few
A．look up B．pay for C．ask for D．think over
A．books B．teachers C．food D．money
A．still B．never C．surely D．already
A．play B．change C．study D．meet
A．before B．because C．because of D．though
A．smoke B．drink C．fight D．work
A．good B．bad C．happy D．wrong
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