完形填空。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
I did very poorly in school. My headmaster thought I was useless. When I was 14 he said “You are never going to be but a failure(失败者).”
After 5 years of working bad jobs, I fell in love a very nice girl. But her mother said to me “You have at everything you’ve ever done. You can’t bring any happiness to my !” it was the most frustrating (令人沮丧的) thing that could have happened to me. I decided to do something about my life because I want to show her that what people said about me was .
So I worked hard on my writing and I during the day and went to evening classes at college. My first book came out at that time. Then I started to write full time. At the same time, I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of -here was once a boy who left school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career(生涯) when I discovered(发现) my own style.
Now I’m rich and , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who put me down had said: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
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In Britain, people have different attitudes(态度)to the police. Most people generally 1 them and the job they do, but some people said that the police shouldn’t have special 2 .
What does a policeman actually do? It is not a(n) 3 job to describe. After all，a policeman has a number of jobs to do. A policeman often has to 4 traffic, either on foot in the centre of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed，in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend a lot of time 5 up and down main roads. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving，stop speeding cars and help when there is a(n) 6 .
A policeman has to help keep the 7 ，too. If there is a fight, we 8 the police to come immediately. And they often have to deal with situation at great risk of their own 9 .
We want the police to solve crimes，of course，so an ordinary(普通) policeman, 10 he is not a detective，he will often have to help 11 criminals. And 12 do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash，a fire or an earthquake？Of course the police. So a policeman has to 13 to face any terrible emergency that may happen in the modern world.
The police do a 14 job，they do it so well that I support them. But I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could 15 do the job of a policeman.
A．dislike B．protect C．admire D．suspect
A．power B．thoughts C．knowledge D．abilities
A．funny B．difficult C．attractive D．easy
A．control B．stop C．remove D．break
A．walking B．driving C．marching D．searching
A．murder B．robbery C．accident D．theft
A．peace B．balance C．situation D．rule
A．order B．encourage C．allow D．expect
A．family B．safety C．future D．work
A．only if B．as C．since D．even if
A．interview B．notice C．arrest D．warn
A．how B．where C．what D．who
A．hope B．promise C．prepare D．decide
A．comfortable B．hopeless C．necessary D．meaningless
A．hardly B．ever C．forever D．never
These days computer games have bcome more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy ___1___ have changed into computer game houses in order to get more ___2__. These places are always crowded with people
In the computer game houses, people __3__ a lot of money matching on the machine. It’s __4__ for one to beat a computer, but one can do well after trying again and again. People want to __5__ when they play computer games. The more they __6__, the more they want to win, and at last they even can’t __7__ without it.
The result is that some people don’t want to _8_ and they play in computer game houses for hours and hours. For school boys, things are __9__. They don’t want to have __10__. When school is over, they rush to the computer houses near their __11__. Some of them can get enough money from their ___12__. Some of them are not _13__ to get the money. So they have to steal or rob others’ and become __14_ . Computer game addiction(上瘾) is a __15_ problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it.
A．streets B．schools C．towns D．cities
A．boys B．money C．computers D．houses
A．take B．spend C．cost D．pay
A．possible B．easy C．good D．hard
A．read B．learn C．win D．download
A．lose B．try C．waste D．watch
A．come B．eat C．study D．live
A．watch TV B．go out C．stay there D．work
A．better B．exciting C．even worse D．interesting
A．lessons B．games C．families D．sports
A．classes B．rooms C．schools D．shops
A．classmates B．teachers C．sisters D．parents
A．lucky B．unlucky C．careful D．polite
A．good B．bad C．rich D．poor
A．important B．serious C．unusual D．wonderful
I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The 1 on his face said that one of us had done something wrong.
“ 2 one of you did this? ”
We all stared down at the step. There was child’s handwriting in chalk there. I was very 3 . I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so scared. When he asked me, I 4 , “Not me, Dad. ”
The others denied (否认) it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of us 5 have done it. But as the 6 and the smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage to tell the 7 .
To find out who had written on the 8 , father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to 9 exactly what you see on the step. ”
I tried my best to write the words 10 . I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me.
He gathered up our pieces of paper and looked at them. “ Since 11 of you will
admit(承认) to have done it, then I will punish you all. ” I stood there and said 12 . The last thing I wanted was for Dad to punish me!
“ I 13 it. ” My sister stepped forward and said she had done something she hadn’t. She was punished for a month.
We didn’t talk 14 that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was safe to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry 15 it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame for me.
A．sound B．taste C．look D．feeling
A．What B．Which C．Who D．Where
A．unhappy B．surprised C．angry D．frightened
A．lied B．said C．talked D．told
A．can B．may C．must D．might
A．oldest B．kindest C．youngest D．healthiest
A．answer B．story C．truth D．thing
A．step B．ground C．floor D．door
A．write B．draw C．paint D．print
A．carefully B．differently C．heavily D．badly
A．all B．none C．neither D．both
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．did B．done C．do D．doing
A．on B．with C．to D．about
A．because B．because of C．though D．except
It was Friday. Andy Barton was in a bad mood . At six o’clock his __1__ programme, “Travel with us”, was on TV. Andy liked to get home in ___2___ for that. But then, just as he was leaving his office a little earlier , a customer (顾客) rang up with a few complaints for the next fifteen minutes. “I can ___3__ get home in time if I hurry,” Andy told himself as he___4___out of the office. As he drove off in his car, he ___5___ that he was almost out of petrol(汽油). “I’ll have to stop at Fenton’s”, Andy thought. He ___6___Fenton’s because it was a self-service petrol station. “You do all the work yourself, but you pay___7____for the petrol,” he used to complain. At Fenton’s, the pump (泵) was not working properly and it ___8__ much time to get petrol. So when Andy got home, it was already two minutes past six. Just then the phone rang. “Shall I answer it?” Andy thought. He tried to___9__ his attention on the programme and forget the phone. But it kept ringing and finally he picked it up.
“Mr Barton?”__10__said. “Fenton’s Garage here.”“Fenton’s?” Andy said. “Why, I was at your place only a few minutes ago, getting some petrol. Did I _11_ something behind or what?” “No, you didn’t, Mr Barton.” And the voice went on. “That’s just the __12__ ! You went off without paying for your petrol, you __13___！ Now normally, when that happens, we ring up the police. But Luckily I knew you and I know it was a _14__.” “I’m really very sorry,” Andy said. “Oh, that’s all right, Mr Barton. But could you __15__round now and pay for your petrol? And please hurry! We close at half past six!”
A．favourite B．funny C．popular D．lovely
A．chance B．time C．seat D．spirit
A．surely B．obviously C．normally D．still
A．stepped B．climbed C．looked D．rushed
A．observed B．noticed C．thought D．suggested
A．hated B．liked C．meant D．promised
A．a little B．the same C．a lot D．the bill
A．cost B．spent C．took D．spared
A．draw B．pay C．fix D．force
A．a woman B．a man C．a recorder D．a voice
A．lose B．leave C．forget D．destroy
A．trouble B．worry C．excuse D．reason
A．remember B．see C．do D．drive
A．mistake B．joke C．trick D．truth
A．look B．come C．show D．turn
These days computer games have bcome more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy ___1___ have changed into computer game houses in order to get more ___2__. These places are always crowded with people
In the computer game houses, people __3__ a lot of money matching on the machine. It’s __4__ for one to beat a computer, but one can do well after trying again and again. People want to __5__ when they play computer games. The more they __6__, the more they want to win, and at last they even can’t __7__ without it.
The result is that some people don’t want to _8_ and they play in computer game houses for hours and hours. For school boys, things are __9__. They don’t want to have __10__. When school is over, they rush to the computer houses near their __11__. Some of them can get enough money from their ___12__. Some of them are not _13__ to get the money. So they have to steal or rob others’ and become __14_ . Computer game addiction(上瘾) is a __15_ problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it.
A．streets B．schools C．towns D．cities
A．boys B．money C．computers D．houses
A．take B．spend C．cost D．pay
A．possible B．easy C．good D．hard
A．read B．learn C．win D．download
A．lose B．try C．waste D．watch
A．come B．eat C．study D．live
A．watch TV B．go out C．stay there D．work
A．better B．exciting C．even worse D．interesting
A．lessons B．games C．families D．sports
A．classes B．rooms C．schools D．shops
A．classmates B．teachers C．sisters D．parents
A．lucky B．unlucky C．careful D．polite
A．good B．bad C．rich D．poor
A．important B．serious C．unusual D．wonderful
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