第二节 完形填空(共20小题,每题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上涂黑。
The sun was shining when I got on No.151 Bus. We passengers sat jammed together in heavy clothes. No one spoke. That’s one of the 36 rules. 37 we see the same faces every day, we prefer to 38 behind our newspapers. People who sit so close together are using those thin sheets of newsprint to keep their 39 .
As the bus came near the Mile, a 40 suddenly rang out “ 41 ! This is your driver speaking.” We looked at the back of the driver’s head. “Put your papers down. All of you.” The 42 came down. “Now, turn and face the person next to you. Go 43 .”
Surprisingly we all did it. Still no one smiled. I faced an older woman, her head wrapped in a red scarf(围巾).I saw her 44 every day. Our eyes met 。We waited for the next 45 from the driver. “Now repeat after me. Good morning neighbor!”
Our voice were 46 .For many of us, these were the 47 words we had spoken that day. But we said them together, like 48 , to the strangers beside us. We couldn’t help 49 .There was the feeling of relief, that we were not being held up(抢劫). But more, there was the sense of ice being 50 . “Good morning, neighbor.” It was not so 51 after all. Some of us repeated it, others shook hands, many laughed. The bus driver said nothing more. He didn’t 52 to. Not a single newspaper went back up. I heard laughter, a warm sound I had never heard before in 53 .
When I reached my stop, I said 54 to my seatmate, and then jumped off the bus. That day was 55 off better than most.
36. A. unwritten B. strict C. bus D. city
37. A. As B. Because C. When D. Although
38. A. read B. sit C. talk D. hide
39. A. ways B. methods C. respect D. distance
40. A. message B. warning C. suggestion D. voice
41. A. Attention B. Minding C. Help D. Listen
42. A. papers B. passengers C. driver D. tears
43. A. on B. round C. ahead D. down
44. A. still B. nearly C. even D. hardly
45. A. turn B. talk C. order D. remark
46. A. loud B. neat C. slow D. weak
47. A. first B. last C. best D. only
48. A. passengers B. citizens C. patients D. schoolchildren
49. A. shouting B. crying C. smiling D. wondering
50. A. formed B. heated C. broken D. frozen
51. A. sad B. hard C. ordinary D. shy
52. A. need B. want C. like D. begin
53. A. my life B. Bus 151 C. public D. other words
54. A. good morning B. good-bye C. hello D. thanks
55. A. starting B. seeing C. taking D. turning
He has been called the “missing link”. Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world — Mount Everest. He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The ___1___ of Snowman has been around for ___2___. Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native people said they ___3___ this creature and called it the “Yeti”, and they said that they had ___4___ caught Yetis on two occasions ___5___ none has ever been produced as evidence (证据).
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has ___6___. In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not ___7___ the tracks of a monkey or bear and ___8___ that the Abominable Snowman might really ___9___.
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were ___10___ footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than ___11___ animal tracks, which had been made ___12___ as they melted(融化) and refroze in the snow. ___13___, in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was ___14___ and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, ___15___, no evidence has ever ___16___ been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman ___17___, but if they ever ___18___ catching one, they may face a real ___19___: Would they put it in a ___20___ or give it a room in a hotel?
1. A. event B. story C. adventure D. description
2. A. centuries B. too long C. some time D. many years
3. A. heard from B. cared for C. knew of D. read about
4. A. even B. hardly C. certainly D. probably
5. A. as B. though C. when D. until
6. A. developed B. changed C. occurred D. continued
7. A. entirely B. naturally C. clearly D. simply
8. A. found B. declared C. felt D. doubled
9. A. exist B. escape C. disappear D. return
10. A. clearer B. more C. possible D. rare
11. A. huge B. recent C. ordinary D. frightening
12. A. strange B. large C. deep D. rough
13. A. In the end B. Therefore C. After all D. However
14. A. imagined B. real C. special D. familiar
15. A. so B. besides C. again D. instead
16. A. rightly B. actually C. normally D. particularly
17. A. lightly B. jokingly C. seriously D. properly
18. A. succeed in B. insist on C. depend on D. join in
19. A. decision B. situation C. subject D. problem
20. A. zoo B. mountain C. museum D. laboratory
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、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。
Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more 31 , waiting for the final school bell. Upon its 32 everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often 33 what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so 34 for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David 35 . I can still remember he was always 36 a smile and willing to help. He always 37 after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He 38 just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly 39 home.
Weeks passed and the 40 over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of 41 before the holiday break. I smiled in 42 as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David 43 standing by my desk.
“I have something for you,” he said and 44 from behind his back a small box. 45 it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my 46 I saw nothing. I looked at David‘s smiling face add back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s 47 .”
“Oh no, it isn’t,” said David. “It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes 48 I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given 49 to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning 50 the little empty box set on my desk.
31. A. anxious B. courageous C. serious D. cautious
32. A. warning B. ringing C. calling D. yelling
33. A. scolded B. wondered C. realized D. learned
34. A. irregularly B. unnaturally C. untidily D. improperly
35. A. popular B. upset C. special D. funny
36. A. expressing B. delivering C. wearing D. sharing
37. A. practiced B. wandered C. studied D. stayed
38. A. would B. should C. might D. could
39. A. aim at B. turn to C. put off D. head for
40. A. argument B. excitement C. movement D. judgment
41. A. school B. year C. education D. program
42. A. relief B. return C. vain D. control
43. A. weakly B. sadly C. quietly D. helplessly
44. A. searched B. found C. raised D. pulled
45. A. Holding B. Handing C. Sending D. Leaving
46. A. delight B. expectation C. appreciation D. surprise
47. A. cheap B. empty C. useless D. improper
48. A. as B. until C. because D. though
49. A. advice B. support C. attention D. command
50. A. from B. behind C. over D. towards
People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the ___1___ have made up their minds to ___2___ the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest (抗议) against heavy trucks which run ___3___ through the narrow High Street.
“They not only make it ___4___ to sleep at night, but they are ___5___ damage to our houses and shops of historical ___6___,” said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“__7___ we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student. “Why don’t they build a new road that goes ___8___ the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a ___9___ village. Its streets were never ___10___ for heavy traffic.”
Harry Fields also studying ___11___ said they wanted to make as much ___12___ as possible to force the ___13___ to realise what every body was having to ___14___. “Most of them don’t ___15___ here anyway,” he said, “They come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof(隔音), ___16___ they probably don’t ___17___ the noise all that much. It’s high time they realized the ___18___.”
The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were ___19___ on their side, and even if they weren’t they soon would be.
___20___ asked if they were ___21___ that the police might come to ___22___ them.
“Not really,” she said, “Actually we are ___23___ bell-ringers. I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church. There is no ___24___ against practising.”
I ___25___ the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.
1. A. college B. village C. town D. church
2. A. change B. repair C. ring D. shake
3. A. now and then B. day and night C. up and down D. over and over
4. A. terrible B. difficult C. uncomfortable D. unreasonable
5. A. doing B. raising C. putting D. producing
6. A. scene B. period C. interest D. sense
7. A. If B. Although C. When D. Unless
8. A. to B. through C. over D. round
9. A. pretty B. quiet C. large D. modern
10. A. tested B. meant C. kept D. used
11. A. well B. hard C. biology D. education
12. A. effort B. time C. trouble D. noise
13. A. townspeople B. other students C. government officials D. truck drivers
14. A. stand B. accept C. know D. share
15. A. shop B. live C. come D. study
16. A. but B. so C. or D. for
17. A. notice B. mention C. fear D. control
18. A. event B. loss C. action D. problem
19. A. hardly B. unwillingly C. mostly D. usually
20. A. I B. We C. She D. They
21. A. surprised B. afraid C. pleased D. determined
22. A. seize B. fight C. search D. stop
23. A. proper B. experienced C. hopeful D. serious
24. A. point B. cause C. need D. law
25. A. left B. found C. reached D. passed
SECTION B(18 points)
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 word or phrases that best fits the context.
Those days I’ve prepared to complete my college degree. The last project was named “smile”, which required us to go out and smile at three people and 36 their reactions.
It was freezing. My friend and I went out to a fast food restaurant. We were standing in line, waiting to be 37 , when all of a sudden people around us began to back away from their position.
As I 38 I smelt a terrible “dirty body” smell, and there standing behind me were two poor homeless men. As I looked down at the short gentleman close to me, he was smiling and his nice sky – blue eyes searched for 39 .
To sit in the restaurant and 40 up, they had to buy something. When the young casher at the counter asked what they wanted to order, one of them said coffee because that was all they could 41 . I smiled and asked the casher for two more breakfast meals on two 42 plates. Then I walked around the corner to the table that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the plates on the table and 43 the blue – eyed little man’s cold hands with my hands. With tears in his eyes, he said. “Thank you”. I noticed that all the 44 in the restaurant were set on me at that time.
I returned to college and 45 a paper about this story as my project to the instructor. She read it and though highly of my project. Just then I realized in my own way I had 46 the people at the restaurant, my friend, the instructor, and every person that shared the classroom. I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn unconditional acceptance.
Much love and compassion is sent to each person who may read this and learn how to 47 people.
36.A.recognize B.record C.describe D.imagine
37.A.paid B.treated C.served D.charged
38.A.turn up B.turn down C.turn to D.turned around
39.A.assistance B.acceptance C.advice D.admission
40.A.break B.pick C.cheer D.warm
41.A.afford B.enjoy C.spend D.drink
42.A.big B.separate C.beautiful D.special
43.A.shook B.shared C.clapped D.covered
44.A.customers B.hands C.eyes D.sounds
45.A.handed in B.wrote down C.took out D.search for
46.A.involved B.contacted C.investigated D.touched
47.A.hate B.please C.love D.beat
You are near the front line of a battle . Around you shells are exploding ;people are shooting from a house behind you .What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier .You aren’t 36 carrying a gun .You’re standing in front of a 37 and you’re telling the TV 38 what is happening.
It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter ,and it can be very 39 .In the first two years of the 40 in former Yugoslavia(前南斯拉夫),28 reporters and photographers were killed .Hundreds more were 41 . What kind of people put themselves in danger to 42 pictures to our TV screens and 43 to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?
“I think it’s every young journalist’s 44 to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s 45 you find the excitement .So when the first opportunity comes, you take it 46 it is a war.”
But there are moments of 47 . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes ,when you’re lying on the ground and bullets (子弹)are flying 48 your ears ,you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling 49 after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be 50 .”
“None of us believes that we’re going to 51 ,” adds Michael. But he always 52 a lucky charm(护身符)with him .It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.”Does he ever think about dying?“Oh, 53 ,and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this ,I 54 I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God 55 , because you know he doesn’t believe you .”
36.A.simply B.really C.merely D.even
37.A.crowd B.house C.battlefield D.camera
38.A.producers B.viewers C.directors D.actors
39.A.dangerous B.exciting C.normal D.disappointing
40.A.stay B.fight C.war D.life
41.A.injured B.buried C.defeated D.saved
42.A.bring B.show C.take D.make
43.A.scenes B.passages C.stories D.contents
44.A.belief B.dream C.duty D.faith
45.A.why B.what C.how D.where
46.A.even so B.ever since C.as if D.even if
47.A.fear B.surprise C.shame D.sadness
48.A.into B.around C.past D.through
49.A.returns B.goes C.continues D.occurs
50.A.there B.away C.out D.home
51.A.leave B.escape C.die D.remain
52.A.hangs B.wears C.holds D.carries
53.A.never B.many times C.some time D.seldom
54.A.consider B.accept C.promise D.guess
55.A.whispering B.laughing C.screaming D.crying
第二节完形填空 (共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从31—50 各题后给的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。
In a national spelling contest in America,an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her 31 voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and 32 decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now,the girl knew she had 33 the word. But instead of lying,she told the truth that she had said the 34 letter. So she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the 35 ,the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her 36 .
Later,dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl's honesty,even when it 37 her the contest. But the fact is that she 38 the biggest contest that day: the contest of her 39 .
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get 40 .This young girl could easily have 41 and nobody would have known it but herself. But that's just it: She would know she did wrong. It's been said, "If you 42 , you make yourself cheap." This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own 43 and character more than the prize from a spelling 44 . Her respect for herself was more important than any 45 others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the 46 she made in that moment will have long-lasting influence.
It's so true that the choices you make today 47 what you are tomorrow. Our children will 48 our behavior much more than our advice. So if we want them to 49 to be honest,we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember,our kids are 50 what we do and how we live even when we don't think they see or know.
31. A. high B. sweet C. tough D. soft
32. A. finally B. kindly C. secretly D. totally
33. A. forgotten B. mispronounced C. misspelled D. lost
34. A. correct B. wrong C. different D. same
35. A. stage B. studio C. test D. classroom
36. A. bravery B. honesty C. courage D. cleverness
37. A. cancelled B. cost C. offered D. wasted
38. A. achieved B. broke C. won D. defeated
39. A. reputation B. knowledge C. 1ife D. character
40. A. paid B. awarded C. caught D. reported
41. A. escaped B. 1ied C. changed D. answered
42. A. accept B. fight C. cheat D. insist
43. A. conscience B. feeling C. diligence D. modesty
44. A. contest B. champion C. judger D. expert
45. A. sense B. pride C. respect D. awareness
46. A. plan B. conclusion C. discovery D. choice
47. A. make B. change C. keep D. create
48. A. give B. take C. follow D. set
49. A. grow up B. bring up C. take up D. come up
50. A. recording B. inspecting C. correcting D. watching
第二节、完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,然后从文章后面所给的各个选项中选出一个最佳答案,
使文章内容通顺、正确。
Some years ago, an American policeman found a woman lying near a lonely road.She did not appear to have 16 , but she was trembling and clearly in a state of shock, so he rushed her to the __17 __hospital.She began to tell the doctor on duty a story which was 18__ in all respects.She had been __ 19 along a country road __ 20 she had been stopped by a flying saucer 21 in front of her.She had been forced to leave the car and 22_ the flying saucer by creatures which looked like human beings and which could easily make themselves 23_ although they could not __ 24__ They could read her thoughts and she could read 25 They tested her politely and allowed her to 26 after carrying out a number of tests on her.As she otherwise seemed to be __ 27 , the doctor decided that she was probably suffering from the side effects of some medicine.The woman insisted on being 28 to go home, but when she gave her address, it was in a town over a thousand miles from the _ 29 The police then started to make inquiries(打听)and soon ___30_ that there was already a __ 31_ going on for the woman. 32 _ husband badly reported that she had 33 .Her car had been found with the driver's door open and the engine running. 34__ the car, the surface of the road had been completely destroyed, not by an explosion or anything of that kind, but 35 a large, round, white, hot object had burnt through it.
16.A.a rest B.an accident C.a test D.an idea
17.A.most famous B.most expensive C.best D.nearest
18.A.funny B.sad C.moving D.astonishing
19.A.driving B.walking C.running D.wandering
20.A.as B.since C.when D.if
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21.A.rising B.flying C.running D.landing
22.A.enter B.visit C.watch D.seeMy friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other 36 , including her “sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression she’s 37 anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, 38 that she doesn’t push too hard on them, 39 really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house. She moves around so fast that often 40 don’t realize she’s blind.
I 41 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very 42 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was 43 excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. "I learned how to 44 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle 45 with us.
To my great 46 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!
Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my 47 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really 48 what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt 49 Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never 50 in conversation.
When I told her, she was 51 for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla 52 . And I knew my child was 53 because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's 54 in her work,
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my 55 .”
Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
A.ways B.means C.methods D.senses
A.enjoyed B.found C.missed D.lost
A.and B.except C.even D.but
A.who B.it C.she D.which
A.guests B.family C.children D.friends
A.realized B.heard C.recognized D.witnessed
A.excited B.sad C.satisfied D.enjoyed
A.especially B.not so C.a little D.not at all
A.paint B.draw C.create D.mix
A.stayed B.painted C.talked D.played
A.excitement B.encouragement C.delight D.surprise
A.attitude B.color C.picture D.paper
A.touched B.distinguished C.saw D.understood
A.after B.before C.until D.when
A.referred to B.turned out C.come up D.talked about
A.curious B.quiet C.puzzled D.worried
A.cried B.insisted C.complained D.informed
A.right B.wrong C.worried D.uncertain
A.shortcomings B.difficulties C.pride D.description
A.paper B.pens C.hands D.eyes
Two runners stand side by side at the starting line of a race. Both look every strong and fast. __41__ one runner speeds ahead and wins the race. The other falls behind.
Some sportsmen can reach great goals__42_ the achievement of an Olympic gold medal while others__43__live up to their promise. What kind of __44_ before a race or other event makes the __45__?
Everyone knows that sportsmen work out to strengthen(加强) their __46_. But research shows that strengthening the mind may be just as __47__. Careful study shows that the best sportsmen win __48__ because they think they can win.
Thinking positive(乐观的) thoughts seems to give possibility for __49__ in sports. People who say to themselves over and over, “I know I can do this,” often find they have the __50__ to win. On the other hand, people who think “I can’t win” often __51__.
One procedure(步骤)that helps many sportsmen is creating __52__ in the mind. They are told to think of each __53__ they must make to win. Some use pictures that are more fanciful. One skater liked to __54__ a star bursting inside her, __55__ her with energy. Another sportsman who wanted to feel __56__ pictured himself as a __57__ floating(漂浮) in the air.
Next time you want to do something well, try training your __58__ to help you. Perhaps a teacher or other instructor can help you plan your training. If you imagine yourself doing better, you may soon see __59__ in what you __60__ can do. Positive thinking and picture created in your mind can help you win!
A.Therefore B.And C.But D.While
A.for example B.so on C.in all D.such as
A.always B.never C.sometimes D.not
A.preparation B.picture C.plan D.working
A.same B.difference C.most D.best
A.mind B.thought C.bodies D.legs
A.important B.interesting C.possible D.correct
A.mostly B.almost C.partly D.nearly
A.success B.goals C.win D.failure
A.disadvantage B.advantage C.luck D.hope
A.fail B.succeed C.win D.pass
A.ideas B.pictures C.thoughts D.movements
A.move B.step C.jump D.place
A.think B.imagine C.hope D.wish
A.giving B.helping C.filling D.supporting
A.calm B.excited C.encouraged D.happy
A.fish B.bird C.cat D.horse
A.body B.mind C.thoughts D.imagination
A.improvement B.advantage C.chance D.winning
A.usually B.really C.possibly D.mostly
Instroduction to Letters to Sam
Dear Reader,
Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my 36 ,Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then,and I have been 37 ill many times.So I wonderfuled if would have the 38 to tell Sam what I had 39 .
For years I have been hosting a program on the 40 and writing articles for a magazine.Being 41 to move freely,I have learned to sit still and keep my heart 42 , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and 43 . So when Sam was born ,I 44 to tell him about school and friendship,Romance and work,Love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these 45 . I hoped that Sam would 46 them sooner or later.
However,that expedition 47 when Sam showed signs of autism(自闭症)at the age of two.He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs.He 48 to communicate with others,even the family members.That was 49 for me but didn’t stop me writing on.I realized that I had even 50 now to tell him.I wanted him to 51 what it means to be “different ”from others,and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll 52 as I myself,his grandfather,did. I just 53 if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.
Now, 54 the book has been published,I have been given the chance.Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam:some about my life,and all about what it means to be a 55 .
Daniel GOttliebe
A.son B.Nephew C.brother D.grandson
A.seriously B.mentally C.slightly D.quietly
A.ability B.Time C.courage D.responsibility
A.written B.suffered C.observed D.lost
A.Radio B.Television C.stage D.bed
A.ready B.unable C.anxious D.eager
A.warm B.broken C.closed D.open
A.hosts B.visitors C.readers D.reporters
A.Began B.stopped C.forgot D.decided
A.Letters B.emails C.books D.diaries
A.find B.read C.collect D.keep
A.developed B.disappeared C.changed D.arrived
A.tried B.refused C.regretted D.hoped
A.exciting B.acceptable C.strange D.heartbreaking
A.less B.everything C.more D.nothing
A.understand B.explain C.believe D.question
A.fear B.face C.know D.cause
A.felt B.guessed C.saw D.doubled
A.as B.once C.though D.if
A.teacher B.child C.man D.writer
第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
One evening after dinner,Mr.and Mrs.Bond called a family meeting.“We’ve had to make a 36 decision,” Mr.Bond announced.“You see,your mother has been offered a post as co-director of a TV station in Chicago. 37 ,the station is not here.After 38 long and hard about it,we’ve 39 that the right decision is to move to Chicago.”
Marc looked 40 ,while his sister Rachel breathlessly started asking when they’d be moving.“It’s surprising but exciting!” she said.Marc simply said,“I can’t leave my 41 . I’d rather stay here and live with Tommy Lyons !”
The Bonds hoped that by the time they moved to Chicago in August,Marc would grow more 42 the idea of leaving.However,he showed no 43 of accepting the decision,refusing to 44 his belongings.
45 the morning of their move,Marc was nowhere to be found.His parents called Tommy Lyons’ house,but Mrs.Lyons said she hadn’t seen Marc.Mrs.Bond became increasingly 46 while her husband felt angry with their son for behaving so 47 .
What they didn’t know was that Marc had started to walk over to Tommy’s house with a faint idea of 48 in Lyons’ attic (阁楼) for a few days.But as he walked along,all the 49 landscape of his neighbourhood 50 him of the things he and his family had done together : the green fence he and his mother had painted;the trees he and his sister used to 51 while playing hide-and-seek;the park 52 he and his father often took walks together.How much would these 53 without his family,who made them special in the first place ? Marc didn’t take the 54 to answer that question but instead,he hurried back to his house, 55 if the were any boxes the right size to hold his record collection.
36.A.different B.quick C.wise D.final
37.A.Besides B.However C.Therefore D.Even though
38.A.thinking B.quarrelling C.complaining D.arguing
39.A.known B.recognized C.concluded D.insisted
40.A.shocked B.puzzled C.disappointed D.excited
41.A.classmates B.friends C.neighbours D.parents
42.A.delighted at B.pleased with C.used to D.worried about
43.A.ways B.signs C.interests D.hopes
44.A.pack B.collect C.tie D.pile
45.A.Before B.In C.On D.During
46.A.anxious B.angry C.frightened D.miserable
47.A.rudely B.irregularly C.irresponsibly D.naughtily
48.A.hiding B.staying C.sleeping D.living
49.A.beautiful B.familiar C.splendid D.modern
50.A.recalled B.remembered C.warned D.reminded
51.A.plant B.water C.climb D.hide
52.A.which B.where C.that D.what
53.A.cost B.value C.mean D.measure
54.A.time B.courage C.strength D.patience
55.A.looking B.wondering C.asking D.expecting
第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When Winsion Chruchill was a young man, his father concluded that Churchill was “unfit for a career in law or politics” because he did so badly in school.
When Charles Darwin was getting ready to 36 on his five-year expedition on The Beagle, his father was extremely 37 . he thought his son was falling into a life of sin and idleness.
Gorge Washington’s mother was a complaining, 38 woman by all accounts. She thought little of Washington’s achievements and didn’t 39 at either of his presidential inaugurations(就职典礼). She was always 40 that her children overlooked her and she was especially angry when her son George ran off to 41 the army for the American Revolution. She 42 believed it was his duty to stay home and take care of her.
In his youth, the 43 Leonard Bernstein, one of the most talented and successful composers in American history, was continually pressured by his father to 44 his music and do something worthwhile, like help out in his family’s beauty-supply business. After Leonard became 45 , his father was asked about that, and he answered, “Well, how was I supposed to know he was the Leonard Bernstein?”
People may criticize you or make fun of your ideas or actively try to 46 you. Often their efforts are only attempts to protect you from 47 . But obviously failure is only a possibility if you stop. If you keep 48 , a “failure” is just another learning 49 . Besides, giving up on a heartfelt goal is worse than failing. “Many people die”, said Wendell Holmes, “with their 50 still in them.” That’s true tragedy.
So listen 51 to the worries and criticisms of your friends and family, and do your best to put their minds 52 , but then carry on. Listen last to your own heart. You 53 yourself better than anyone on earth. Make sure your song is 54 .
Listen to your own heart. Don’t let your music 55 with you.
36.A.set sail B.take charge C.make progress D.set examples
37.A.excited B.pleased C.disappointed D.affected
38.A.self-confident B.self-centered C.kind-hearted D.cold-blooded
39.A.show off B.show up C.pick out D.pick up
40.A.claiming B.expecting C.complaining D.declaring
41.A.fight B.beat C.attend D.command
42.A.foolishly B.secretly C.bravely D.honestly
43.A.late B.latter C.former D.later
44.A.take up B.give up C.pick up D.bring up
45.A.proud B.diligent C.professional D.famous
46.A. advise B.suggest C.stop D.keep
47.A.failure B.success C.stop D.keep
48.A.stopping B.starting C.going D.coming
49.A.method B.experiment C.approach D.experience
50.A.music B.article C.movie D.poem
51.A.politely B.rudely C.responsibly D.actively
52.A.in order B.at case C.in use D.at war
53.A.trust B.believe C.know D.doubt
54.A.finished B.completed C.written D.sung
55.A.live B.die C.sound D.play
第二节: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。
I was told just now in the hospital that I was having a Bell's palsy attack, a condition in which the face muscles tighten because of stress. During the long car ride home, all I could think about was my coming interview. But now I could not even 31 myself in the mirror and my lips was unable to open normally, surely all the other applicants would have the 32 , I concluded.
However, I wouldn’t let my own self-consciousness 33 me. Not now, not when I had 34 so hard for so long to be given this opportunity. This was the kind of position I'd dreamed of for all these years. “Mom, 35 me off on Jacob Street. I'm going to the 36 .”
“Honey, I don't think you should. You look... 37 ,” she said, ever so gently.
I knew she was 38 . But if I didn't, I'd always 39 if I could have gotten my dream job.
"No, Mom, take me there.”
40 , she took me where I wanted to go.
"Hello,” a gray-haired man sitting behind the large desk 41 me. “Miss Jenkins?”
“Yes. Please excuse me. I'm having a Bell's palsy attack. My doctor explained to me that it would last a few days. I came right from the 42 .”
“You're very 43 to come when you're in such a state,” he 44 , after a pause.
He spent a few minutes looking through my 45 . “Is everything on here 46 ?” he asked.
“Yes, but I 47 to mention I type seventy-five words per minute.”
“Well, you have an impressive background with related experience, you are 48 qualified. When are you 49 ?” he asked.
I took a deep breath and asked, “You're hiring me?”
“Not only have you got the skills I'm looking for, you also have the 50 .” He gave me a big smile.
31. A.forgive B.recognize C.believe D.control
32. A.chance B.advantage C.courage D.sympathy
33. A.pardon B.stop C.help D.transform
34. A.driven B.turned C.prepared D.worked
35. A.take B.pull C.drop D.send
36. A.supermarket B.interview C.doctor D.office
37. A.weak B.annoying C.angry D.strange
38. A.right B.kind C.wrong D.sensitive
39. A.regret B.believe C.wonder D.quit
40. A.Hopefully B.Unwillingly C.Fortunately D.Unexpectedly
41. A.doubted B.greeted C.examined D.discouraged
42. A.hospital B.home C.office D.work
43. A.determined B.crazy C.disrespectful D.funny
44. A.stressed B.interrupted C.commented D.complained
45. A.face B.health C.application D.situation
46. A.correct B.normal C.incredible D.contradictory
47. A.pretended B.demanded C.focused D.failed
48. A.narrowly B.possibly C.impossibly D.certainly
49. A.accessible B.convenient C.energetic D.available
50. A.qualification B.appearance C.character D.disadvantage
第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从第21—40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
Just ten years ago, I sat across the desk from a doctor with a serious look. “Yes,” he said, “there is a serious injury in the left lung…” I listened, too 21 to speak, as he continued, “You’ll have to 22 work at once and go to bed. Later on, we’ll see.” He gave no definite promise of recovery.
Feeling like a man who has suddenly been placed under 23 of death. In the next three days, I 24 my affairs; then I went home, got into bed, and set my watch to tick off not the minutes, 25 the months. Two and a half years and many crashed hopes later, I left my bed and began the long 26 back. It was another year before I made it.
I speak of this experience because these years that passed so 27 taught me what to believe and what to 28 . They said to me: Take time, 29 time takes you. I realize now that this world I’m living in is not my oyster(牡蛎)to be opened but my opportunity to be 30 . To me, each day is such a 31 gift. The sun comes up and presents me with 24 brand new, wonderful hours—not to pass, but to 32 .
I’ve learned to 33 those little but all-important things I never thought I had the time to notice before: the play of light on 34 water, the music of the wind in my favorite pine tree. I seem now to see and hear and feel with some of the recovered 35 of childhood. I recall the touch of the springy earth under my feet the day I first stepped upon it after the years in bed. It was like 36 one’s citizenship in a world one had nearly lost. 37 ,I sit back and say to myself, let me make a 38 of this moment I’m living right now. All this, I owe to that long time spent on the deadlines of life. Wiser people come to this awareness 39 having to acquire it the hard way. But I wasn’t wise enough. I’m 40 now, a little, and happier.
21.A.frightened B.embarrassed C.shocked D.confused
22.A.pick up B.give up C.take up D.keep up
23.A.sentence B.shadow C.pressure D.trial
24.A.figured out B.looked after C.cleared up D.concentrated on
25.A.or B.and C.nor D.but
26.A.jump B.walk C.rush D.climb
27.A.quickly B.slowly C.quietly D.easily
28.A.expect B.desire C.obtain D.value
29.A.before B.after C.until D.when
30.A.picked B.accepted C.grasped D.quitted
31.A.precious B.potential C.pleasant D.permanent
32.A.spend B.fill C.employ D.kill
33.A.observe B.appreciate C.ignore D.respect
34.A.falling B.rolling C.running D.pouring
35.A.Ignorance B.absence C.Carelessness D.freshness
36.A.regaining B.requiring C.rebuilding D.recovering
37.A.Regularly B.Immediately C.Frequently D.Continuously
38.A.copy B.note C.study D.summary
39.A.beyond B.by C.without D.through
40.A.better B.stronger C.wiser D.Healthier