完形填空(共1小题)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse (松鸡).It's impossible for a grouse to have any contact (接触) with people.In fact, they're hard to spot, ________ they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.
This grouse came into our lives in ________ .Tom was working out in the field when he________ her walking around at the edge of the field.She was ________unafraid and seemed to be curious about what he was doing.
Tom saw the ________bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him.We quickly grew ________of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.
One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch.Tom ________ he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.
Apparently, she didn't like to be ignored.She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then ________off to see what he would do.This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the ________and left.
As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to________ more and more often.________ Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a picture of the two of them together.This friendly grouse soon felt________ not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.
When hunting season opened, we put a ________at the end of our driveway asking ________ not to shoot our pet grouse.My father, who lived down the road, ________warned people not to shoot her.In fact, hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.
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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
In many countries,people eat rice every day.________ they eat it two or three times a day, for breakfast, lunch and supper.They can ________it, fry(煎)it or ________ it into rice noodles.They usually eat it ________meat,fish and vegetables.
Some people do not eat some kind of ________. Muslins,for example,do not eat pork,and Hindus do not eat beef.
The Japanese eat a lot of fish.Japan is an island and its ________go all over the Pacific looking for fish to ________.The Japanese sometimes eat uncooked fish, and they also eat a lot of rice.
In ________such as Britain,Australia and the United States,the most important food is ________or potatoes.People there usually make their bread from wheat flour.They ________potatoes in different ways.They can boil them,fry them and roast(烤)them.
In Africa,maize(玉米)is the most important food.________rice and wheat,maize is a kind of cereal(谷物).African people make the maize________flour.From this flour they make ________kinds of bread and cakes.Many Africans are very________and they can’t afford to eat much________with their cereal.
Cereals are a very important kind of food________we also need plenty of vegetables and lots of fresh________.
Some people eat ________fruit and vegetables.They do not eat meat or fish or ________that comes from animals.They eat only food from________.Some people say that food from plants is better for us than meat.
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完形填空(共1小题)
The two teachers were sitting in the teacher's room.For a moment there was_____.Then one of them, Miss Smith said, "I'm afraid I'd have to fail him."
"Now, Alice,” said her friend Mrs.Jackson, "is he _____ terrible student?"
"That's just the______,”the other woman replied."Tom is my best student.The problem is that he's now so lazy that he never gets his______done.He hasn't handed me______of his homework_______ three weeks and I'd be surprised if he did now."
____before had Mrs.Jackson seen Miss Smith look so unhappy." Have you______with him about it?" she asked.
"Why should I? He knows he has to prepare his lessons and do his homework.I_____that clear the first day for class.When the course started he did so_____that I considered ____ the school to give him a scholarship (奖学金) .But now he even _____ in class! I've never seen such a ______in a student!"
"You should have a______with him.Give him a chance to tell his side of the story."
Miss Smith spoke to Tom and ______all about it.He was studying all day and______most of the night in a factory to pay for his education.Of course he was tired in the______and sometimes could hardly keep______.Miss Smith soon arranged for him to have a_______and he was able to give up his________and concentrate(集中精力) on his studies.
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阅读下面短文,从短文后面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。
Dawson was an old grouch (脾气坏的人), which everyone in town knew. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious , even off the ground, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his gun.
One Friday, 12-year-old Jane and her friend Amy were on the way to Amy’s house, but as they got close Jane saw Dawson sitting on his front porch (前廊) and they cross over to the other side of the street. She was of the old man because of the stories she’d heard about him.
Amy said not to worry, Mr. Dawson wouldn’t hurt anyone. , Jane was growing more nervous with each step to the man’s house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown (皱眉), but when he saw Amy, a broad changed his entire face as he said, “Hello, Miss Amy. You’ve got a little friend with you today.”
Amy smiled back and told him Jane was staying overnight and that they were going to play games. Dawson said that sounded fun, and them each a fresh apple off his tree. They gladly accepted. Dawson had the best apples in town.
When they got Dawson’s earshot (听力范围), Jane asked, “Everyone says he’s the meanest man in town. he was so nice to us?”
Amy explained that at first he wasn’t friendly and she was afraid of him, but she he was wearing an invisible (看不见的) smile, so she always smiled at him. It took a while, but one day he -smiled back at her.
After some more time, he started smiling real smiles and then started to her. Just a “hello” at first, then more, and now always plus an apple.
“An invisible smile?” Jane.
“Yes. My grandma said if I pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back, sooner or later he would really smile. Grandma says are contagious (传染的).”
We’re always trying to accomplish so much, getting groceries, cleaning the house, mowing the lawn… It’s so easy to get in everyday life that we forget how it can be to bring cheer to ourselves and others. Giving a smile away so little effort and time. Let’s make sure that we are not the one that have to pretend is wearing an invisible smile.
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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 lost my elderly mother a few weeks ago. Actually, my mother had fallen over during the night and had not been able to ________again. She had woken up the neighbors by banging on the wall. The ________ called an ambulance, which took her ________ to the hospital.
My mother has ________ thought that hospitals are a real horror. She believes that doctors and hospitals give you ________ diseases. My father went to hospital a year ago, and after a few weeks, he ________ . The fact that he was also in the final ________ of lung cancer was certainly related, but by my mother's logic, my father's death was ________ with the hospital.
When a neighbor ________ me up and told me that my mother had been taken off in an ambulance, the first thing I did was similar, which was to ring Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The paramedics(护理人员) had told my neighbor that my mother would ________ be taken there,________ I was told that no one by that name had been ________ , so they gave me the numbers of two other West Midland hospitals. Both of them also ________ that they were holding my mother. I rang the ________ and asked them to find her, but the nice officer said he could only do that if she had been reported as a(n) ________ person.
It took six calls to ________ my mother. She had been in Queen Elizabeth Hospital all along, but because their computer system hadn't been updated overnight, there was no record of her ________ . My mother had spent more than a ________ in the hospital when it turned out there was nothing 59 with her. I managed to get her out within 10 days, but only by agreeing that in the future, she would live downstairs. In return, the hospital said they would ____ for a social worker to visit the house three or four rimes a day.
Luckily, my mother is safe. Thank all the people who have given their help to us.
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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后面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。
Being a physician who flies much often, a lot of my time is spent on planes listening for that fearful “Is there a doctor on board?” announcement. I’ve been ________only once --- for a woman who had merely fainted(昏厥). But the ________ made me quite curious about how________this kind of thing happens. I wondered what I would do if ________ with a real mid-air medical emergency --- without access ________ a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment. So ________ the New England Journal of Medicine last week________a study about in-flight medical events, I read it with ________.
The study estimated that there are a(n) ________of thirty in-flight medical emergencies on U.S. flights every day. Most of them are not ________; fainting and dizziness are the most frequent complaints. ________13% of them --- roughly four a day --- are serious enough to ________ a pilot to change course. The most common of the serious emergencies ________ heart trouble, strokes, and difficult breathing.
Let’s face it: plane rides are ________. For starters, cabin pressures at high altitudes are set at roughly ________they would be if you lived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty ________, but passengers with heart disease ________experience chest pains as a result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood. ________ common in-flight problem is deep venous thrombosis(静脉血栓) --- the so-called economy class syndrome. ________ happens, don’t panic. Things are getting better on the in-flight-emergency front. Thanks to more recent laws, flights with at ________one attendant are starting to install(安装) emergency medical equipment to treat heart attacks.
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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。
My grandmother was diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease(老年痴呆症)when I was 10 . At that point in my life , I was ________ as all kids are , so I didn’t think twice about it . I had no idea how it would ________ affect my life , as well as my family .
As I grew up , I ________ my grammy changing . She ________ forget where she set her book , or she couldn’t find her purse . ________ , I didn’t think it was serious . Yet one incident ________ was my wake-up call .
About three years ago , my father and I went to visit my ________ after a tornado went through our town . I went inside , gave my grammy a hug and took my ________ seat on the couch by her side . Suddenly , she ________ me , hesitated for a moment and with ________ eyes that stared right past me , asked , “ Now you’re graduating this year , aren’t you ? ” I was a freshman , so I was ________ by why she was asking me about ________ . Grammy used to well recall the birthdate of every one of her grandchildren . I assured her that I still had a few years ________ graduation and moved the conversation along ________ .
As soon as I got into the car , I started to ________ , realizing how her disease had ________ , transforming my grammy into someone I could hardly ________ . We used to picture my grandmother as the only ________ of the whole family . ________ , The role has switched . Now she is the one who ________ our help . From now on , I will try to cherish the good days and to get through the bad days as best as I can . She will always be my grammy .
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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
The first couple of weeks in my writing classes are always a bit unsettling.I’m unfamiliar________ the students, most of them trying to________ themselves to their new environment. When Jennifer ________ me with a question on the second day, I was________ for the chance toconnect at least one name with a face.
Her writing wasn’t perfect, ________ her effort was. She worked hard and pushed herself to achieve. She was excited to ________, which made me enjoy teaching her. I didn’t ________ then how much she would also teach me.
One Friday afternoon, Jennifer ________ after class. She wasn’t clarifying anassignment or asking a question about a paper I’d returned. ________, she said quietly:“I didn’t attend classes yesterday. I was at the health center the whole day.”I gave her a sideways look, ________.“It was just a virus.I’m fine now,” she ________ me. Then she was gone.
Two nights later, her father called to tell me that Jennifer would be ________ a few classes. She had been hospitalized with meningitis(脑膜炎). I________ him again a few days later, and again after that.Her condition grew worse. We made trips to the hospital room. I was ________ terrified when I saw the pale, thin and weak girl who,only ten days earlier, had displayed life and ________ in my classroom.
A week later, Jennifer herself called me to tell me she was on the road to ________ .“I’ll be back,” she insisted. “I have no ________ ,”I told her, fighting back tears. I remembered what her father had said in his first phone call: “School________ everything to Jenny.”
Then five weeks later, I walked into my classroom to find Jenny in her seat, smiling. I caught my breath as her rail-thin body approached my desk,and she ________ all of her missed assignments, completed with thought and excellence. The ________ of her will to overcome shone out of her pale, weak, eighteen-year-old face.
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Make the Most of What You Have Got
For Nick Vujicic, life was going to be difficult from the day he was born. When Nick arrived into this world, he________everyone. He was not like the other babies and it was ________obvious to his parents and to the doctors in the hospital.
There was no ________or answers for his condition. Nick was born without any limbs—that is he was born without any arms or legs. But despite being physically ________, he was mentally________ and the rest of his body was functioning fine.
________he had loving parents, Nick would find school hard as he would often be looked down upon by the other children and at the young age of 10, he considered ________his life by drowning himself in a bathtub. These dark thoughts were ________by his negative attitude to being disabled and at the time, he thought that he would never be able to do________by himself, that he would never have a job and that he would always have to ________on his parents for help.
Nick was wrong.
As an adult, Nick is a successful public speaker and is famous for his motivational ________which focus on life with a disability, hope and finding meaning in life worldwide. He ________so many people with the story of his life, how he has________so many difficulties and most importantly how he is happy every day.
Despite having no arms or legs, Nick lives________, even finding ways to do almost ________things like brushing his teeth on his own and swimming. He has to work harder than a full bodied person and he achieves his goals.
At the first impression, you may look at Nick and feel________. You may feel sad that this man has no arms or legs and you might feel his________ and upset that he could find everyday situations difficult. But we should ________Nick, as he is extremely positive and he gets on with life. He ________ every day and makes the best of what he has: a positive attitude, a creative mind and a powerful ________. He also has a very kind and very beautiful wife and they are truly happy and in love.
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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
Mr. and Mrs. Moore were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one year. They ____ their car outside and went in. Mr. Moore had never got drunk before, so he was____not to drink too much, ____ his friends asked him to drink more ____.
During the party, Mrs. Moore found that she had ____ to bring her bag, so she asked her husband to go out to the car and____it for her. He____so,but on his way back to the hotel gate, he heard a car horn(喇叭) blowing near his own car. He thought ____ might be in need of help and went over to the car with the ____. He found a small black bear sitting in the driving-seat and blowing the horn.
When Mr. Moore____the party, he told several people about the bear, but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk. When he took them out of the hotel to ____that his story was ____, he found that the car with the ____ in it had gone. There were so many ____ about Mr. Moore's black bear during the next week that he at last put an advertisement in the newspaper;“If anyone saw a black bear blowing the horn in a car outside the Century Hotel ____ the evening of Christmas Day, please tell…”
Two days later____Mrs. Richards called him and said that she and her husband had left their pet bear in their car outside the Century Hotel for a few minutes that evening, and that ____he had blown the horn.
Mrs. Richards did not____to think there was anything ____about that.“Our bear likes blowing car horns,”she said,“and we don't ____when we are not driving the car.”
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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。
Annie, a neighbor’s daughter, was away for her first semester (学期)at college this school year. She was a very sweet girl but just a bit shy. When her birthday came around, I found out she was feeling a bit ________ .
Her family was quite poor and ________ were tight, so there wouldn’t be any birthday visitors. I wanted to________ her a card and maybe a small ________ to brighten her day a bit. I got her school ________ from her mom and planned to pick something up. Then I got a (n) ________ !
I ________ perhaps a bit more birthday cheer was needed here. I bought some balloons, birthday hats, and________novelties (新颖小巧而廉价的物品) at a store. I took a small ________and asked three other people in my area at work to ________ Happy Birthday and send some birthday wishes to her. It was such fun making the recording! Other people ________ what we were doing and________their voices, so it really sounded like we had a party going on!
Then I bought her a small present and a card as ________planned. The real fun was packing them to be sent. I ________ everything so it was like opening a mini birthday party! At the last minute I added a pack of cupcakes and a box of birthday candles ________ sending them off. I got a call a few days later. Annie said her roommates and one of their neighbors in the ________ got together with her and held a party for her the moment they arrived. She sounded so________ and I was so glad that she had some friends to ________ her special day with.
It was such an easy and ________thing to do. The people who helped me make the tape still laugh and talk about it. And Annie ________me it was the most fun birthday she would remember!
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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。
Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. One day he asked God, “They tell me you are ________ me to the earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so ________ and helpless?”
God replied, “Among many angels(天使), I ________ one for you. She will be waiting for you and will ________you. What’s more, your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s love and be ________.But here in heaven,I do nothing else but sing and smile!That’s enough for me.”
“And how am I going to be able to ________ when people talk to me?”the child ________ .“I don’t know the language.”
God answered gently,“Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet ________ , and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to ________.”
“I’ve heard that on the earth there are bad men, Who will ________me?”
“Your angel will shelter you even if it ________risking(冒险) her life!”
“But I will always be sad because I will not ________you any more,”the child continued. God smiled at him.“Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the________for you to come back to me, and as a matter of fact I will ________ be next to you.”
At that moment it was ________ in Heaven, but voices from the ________could be heard. The child ________he had to start on his journey very soon. He asked God one more question softly,“Oh God, if I am about to ________ now, please tell me my angel’s ________ .”
God touched the child on the shoulder and answered,“It’s easy to remember. You will simply call her ________ .”
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完形填空(共1小题)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
You Can’t Be Replaced
As a teenager,I felt I was always letting people down.I was rebellious(叛逆的)on the outside,________ on the inside I wanted people to ________me.
Once I left home to hitchhike(搭便车)to California with my friend Penelope.The trip wasn’t ________ and there were many times I didn’t feel safe.One situation in particular left me ________for still being alive.When I returned home,I was different —not so outwardly(外表上)sure of myself.
I was happy to be home.But then I noticed that Penelope,who was ________ with us,was wearing my clothes.And my ________ seemed to like her better than me.I wondered if I would be ________ if I weren’t there.
I told my mom,and she explained that________ Penelope was a lovely girl,no one could ________ me.I pointed out,“She is more patient and is neater than I have ever been.” My mom said these were wonderful ________ but I was the only person who could fill my ________ .She made me realize that even with my ________,—and they were many—I was a loved member of the family who couldn’t be replaced.
I became a searcher,________ who I was and what made me unique.My ________of myself was changing.I wanted a solid base to start from.I started to resist pressure to ________ in ways that I didn’t like any more,and I ________ who I really was.I came to feel much more ________ that no one can ever take my place.
Each of us holds a unique place in the world.You are ________ no matter what others say or what you may think.So ________ about being replaced.You ________ be.
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完形填空(共1小题)
“Can I see my baby?” the happy new mother asked.When the baby was placed in her arms, she was .The baby had been born without ears.Time that the baby’s hearing was perfect.It was only his that was damaged.When he rushed home from school one day and himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed, that he would have many heartbreaks in his life.He grew up and became a(n) with his classmates.He might________have been class president, but for that.The boy’s father with the family physician in secret.“Could ________ be done?” the father asked.“I believed I could________on a pair of outer ears, if they could be got.” the doctor answered.So the ________ began for a person who would make such a ________ for a young man.Two years went by.Then the father said, “You are going to the hospital, son.Mother and I have someone who will give the ears you need.________it’s a secret,” said the father.The operation was very ________ , and a new person appeared.“But I must know!” he urged his father.“Who ________ so much to me? I could never do enough for him.” “I do not believe you could,” said the father.The secret was ________ for years till he stood with his father over his mother’s coffin(棺材).Slowly and ________ , his father raised his mother’s thick brown hair to ________that his mother had no outer ears.“Mother said she was ________ she never let her hair be cut,” he whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought she was less________ , did they?”
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完形填空(共1小题)
Money was a constant source of tension and stress when I was growing up. My parents were , well-educated and hard-working, but they lived from paycheck to paycheck. When I was 13, they split up. Then my mom to raise three kids, often relying on free lunch tickets and food stamps. As my mother retirement age, she was filled with over the fact that she hadn’t saved enough for her golden retirement years, she often sighed. My father had always been to work—we had always he’d work less and spend more time with us . But he is just a workaholic(工作狂).
My parents were trying so hard to make ends meet, so I couldn’t become a on them. As a result, I college and spent the next couple of years drifting from one minimum wage job to another. I my broken-down car, went to work on foot, reduced my by sharing a one-bedroom apartment with three other women, and got free food during Happy Hour at our local bar. I learned to do whatever it took to .
One night, while I was working at a donut shop and 34 coffee for a homeless customer, I that I was one paycheck away from being homeless myself. That was my wake-up . Motivated by fear of an uncertain , I opened the Yellow Pages(电话黄页), professional dog trainers and negotiated an unpaid apprenticeship(学徒工作). Less than a year later, I was by a dog trainer, and I loved the work. A couple of years later, I started my own dog-training school, which luckily turned out to be . My efforts paid off.
Though I didn’t have rich parents to rely on, I discovered the power of asking for what I want.
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