完形填空,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。
It had been a nice and sunny day. I stepped slowly towards the edge of the cliff and looked out. The was wonderful. I could the gentle wind coming from the coast while watching the brilliant sunset.
My dad and I used to enjoy the sunset together on that very . We would also watch the waves crash into the below. My mother would always annoy us how it was. I was never worried, __ ___ I always felt safe next to my father, who spent most of his life out in his boat.
I remember one time on his boat;I had off the back and into the cold water accidentally. My dad immediately jumped off to me. I would never forget that day, and from that point I knew would prevent my dad protecting me if I was in danger.
As I there on top of the cliff, I remembered the times I spent with my dad. I looked down sorrowfully at the urn (骨灰瓮) . My father was my rock, someone I could when I needed him most. But now he was gone, and I felt sorrowful and .
It had always been my father’s last to have his ashes scattered out at sea. I the urn, said a farewell (告别) and then slowly twisted off the lid. The wind started to change , blowing out towards the sea. I looked last time down at my father’s ashes and then for a moment, I scattered the contents out over the cliff.
I wiped away a tear, but it was perfect happiness rather than sadness, because I finally knew the man who so much to me, my father, was finally at peace.
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完形填空,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。
Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife.She burst into ______I took them to the shoemaker to get them_____.
The young apprentice (学徒) glanced at the ____and said, "Nothing I can do except replace the upper." His master looked at them and said to me, "If you ____me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes."
I was ___ and asked why.
He explained, "As if the openings were made___ for the sake of special style and reuse."
I didn’t fully understand him ,but I decided to leave the shoes.
Two days later ,I dropped by from work to collect the shoes. I found there were indeed more scratches on______shoe, all the openings were patched (打补丁)by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread,______ more unique and interesting than ever.I couldn't help but______ the master's skill.
Another time, my wife's sister's white blouse had been torn, leaving a large opening on the back.My wife checked the blouse ________ , and then said, "Let me take it home and _______it."
Three days later, seeing the blouse again, I was shocked: all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and _______ thread and they _____ a look of ice crystal (冰晶) hanging from a winter's branch.___ ____ , she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt.I _______with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of _______ !"
"I was inspired by that craftsman.Patches are supposed to be ______, but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife.
Her words inspired me even more: Perfection is____ to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life.Since you can't _______ the existence of wound, you should not expect people's sympathyby exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful.Just sew the wound by patches and produce a most beautiful flower on it, and this is the ____ of life.
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完形填空
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。
Reading and learning new words is about finding their meaning and use within a passage. The meaning of unknown words which you ________ in your reading sometimes can be known by their ________ , that is, their contexts. The context of the sentence can tell us the part of speech(词性) of the ________ word. Using the context of the paragraph to define unknown words can also be ________ .
Readers often have trouble because they understand the sentence word by word but ________ meaning of a word, when they should identify the way it has been used in the passage.
One consideration in using the context is to determine the unknown word's part, of speech. The words around the unknown word can give you ________ . Once you know if the word is a noun or an adjective, it is often enough for you to ________ reading without having to stop to look up the meaning of the word. After coming across the word a few more times, you will know its meaning more ________ than if you had just looked it up.
Comparison clues indicate that two or more things are ________ .A comparison is possible because the known and unknown words have ________ .Words likewise show you that comparisons can be made.
________clues tell you that an example of an unknown word follows. Example clues are usually ________ by the following words and phrases: such as, such, other, for example, and like.
To find meanings from text -based clues, you should look for clues in the sentence. A second kind of clue does not ________ on specific words to indicate meaning. This kind of context clue is called frame-work -based clue. Your knowledge of the meanings of surrounding words ________ you discover the meaning of a word or sentence. Common ________ and your knowledge of the parts of speech also help in defining unknown words. For example: The angry driver shouted vehemently during his fight with the other driver. What does vehemently_________? You know what ________ means, and you know how people ________when they argue. From this, you can ________ out that vehemently has something to do with strong ________ or intense feeling.
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完形填空,阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。
On the morning of May 18, 2010, Enzo PiscoPo’s alarm clock went off, signaling the start of another workday. Moments later, unbearable pain shot through his back.
“I ________ so loud that I probably woke up the whole neighborhood,” he says. He became paralyzed (使瘫痪,使麻痹) from the waist down, Doctors said he’d likely never ________ again.
The last three years have been a challenging, but equally ________ , journey for Enzo, a Coca-Cola employee since 1966. He has gone through great pain, relearned everyday tasks and got used to life in a ________ .
“These lessons have made me the happiest I’ve ever been,” Enzo says. Nearly every day, someone asks Enzo how he can be so ________ after such a life-changing ________ . It’s a question, he admits; he’s asked himself more than a few times.
One particular ________ changed Enzo. A few weeks after his injury, he was talking to his wife in his hospital room. ________ focusing on what he had, he fixed his attention on what he thought he’d ________.
His wife told him the things that mattered most to them were ________ intact (完好无损的), and that they would continue to follow their dreams and do everything they ________ to do, including traveling.
“That conversation ________ me that I have the most wonderful wife and four beautiful and healthy kid,” he says.
Enzo, who returned to work three months after his injury, ________ that happiness is a choice. “You can find millions of ________ to either be happy or unhappy. The choice is yours. Many people who seemingly have everything are ________ , while some of the ________ people in the world are deeply happy. The ________ is focusing on the things that really matter. Today I make an effort to ________ all the ‘little things’ that make me happy. I still want to ________ and grow as a person in all aspects of my life, ________ I’m now enjoying the abundance of things I already have much more.
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完形填空,阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A.B.C和D)中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Plane travel can be tiring especially when the holiday is over. Three happy-go-lucky video makers decided to provide some ________ to passengers returning to San Francisco Airport in the U.S. and ________ “free hugs". The group, from Canada , ________ in the “arrival" gate with the ________ “you deserve a hug" chalked up on a board. And their ________ act actually moved one man to tears after they played another by ________ ¨Happy Birthday". ________ smartly with the board in their hands, they seem to be ________by the passengers. Passengers walk past, focusing on their mobiles, their________ ,or friends waiting, to avoid being offered a(an) ________.“Everyone thinks we're Uber drivers ,”says Thomas Brag.
After the “awkward beginning", ________,things take a ________ turn. Their first hug comes from a woman in a yellow jacket. Passengers began to__________ the group with smiles, although some appear still puzzled. One female passenger appears ________ to be offered a free hug, jumping over to the three men, and being raised into the air. ________ passengers became more receptive. Family members waiting for their loved ones to ________ began directing the group to greet incoming passengers. A tender ________ is then shown as the men greet one man, who is called Ani, with a(an) ________ performance of “Happy Birthday". "This week we were lucky to be flown out to San Francisco," reads the video description on the group's YouTube channel. “We realized how ________we were to be together and have someone greet us.”
“So we decided we'd try and make some lone travelers' days________ welcoming them like they were part of our big happy family.”
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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。
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 granny 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 granny 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 granny 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 granny .
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完型填空
A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful _______ , and knowing her husband could __________ it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the _________, her husband told her how________he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He _________her a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and _____ a Bible. _______, she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so________that she left him.
Many years passed and the lady was very___________in business. She________large companies . She realized her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to ______ him. She wrote a letter but soon received a _________ telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions to her. She needed to come back and__________things .
When she arrived at his house, sadness___________ her heart. She saw the still new________, just as she had left it years before. With _________, she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring________ from the Bible to the floor and a _________could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LOVE U ALWAYS”.
__________your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it’s because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, for they must be felt with the ____________.
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C﹑D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In 2014, I had just ________ form a serious illness when I received an invitation to a writer's conference in Orlando, Florida. My family persuaded me that a(n) ________ might be just what the doctor ordered, so off I went .
Arriving in the Sunshine State was rather tiring, but I ________ to catch a taxi to my ________ and settle in. Next morning, I took another________ to the shopping center to buy a few souvenirs. ________ I went to a cafe to have lunch, but all the tables were ________ . Then I heard a friendly voice saying, "You can ________ my table."
I ________sat down with the old lady and we had a happy lunch together. As the ________ came to an end she asked how long I would be in Orlando. I had already told her that I hadn't hired a car, and hadn't ________ how expensive taking taxis ________ be, After a while she said, "My dear, don't use any more taxis. I'm retired and________would be my pleasure to ________you wherever you wish." I told her that I couldn't put her to that ________ ,but she brushed aside my protests (反对). She asked me where I was ________ and next morning she was waiting at my apartment at the appointed time to take me to Disney World. She spent some time with me before leaving me to ________alone. At the end of the day, she________ to take me back to my accommodation. I ________ her money but she refused to take any.
I'll never forget that wonderful lady who, through her ________ , filled my brief holiday in Florida with wonderful memories.
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完形填空
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。
One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried ________ for hours as the farmer tried to figure out ________ to do. Finally he decided the animal was ________ and the well needed to be________ up anyway, so it just wasn’t ________ to save the donkey.
He invited all his ________ to come over and help him. They all grabbed (握起) a shovel (铁铲) and began to shovel ________ into the well. At first, the donkey ________ what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s ________ , he was quiet.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked ________ the well and was ________ at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that ________ his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would ________ it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors ________ to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a ________ up. Pretty soon, everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the ________ of the well and ran off.
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The best way of ________ out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our ________ is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest ________ just by not stopping, never ________ ! Shake it off and take a step upward!
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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,选出可以填入的最佳选项。
It has been about forty years since the invention of post-it notes (便利贴). These sticky notes, as people often________ them, can be used to mark a ________ in a book. They can be used to ________ a note to a report turned in to a teacher. They can even be used to post a reminder note in a place where it will be . Many people question how they were invented. The is surprising because the discovery was actually a(n) .
In 1968, Spencer Silver was working with different types of adhesives (胶). He was trying to develop new for a company that created and sold clear tape. One particular adhesive just would not for long periods of time, it could be peeled off easily. He passed the around the company to see if anyone could find a(n) for it. Nobody could imagine a way to use an adhesive that did not stick to a permanently.
Six years later, Art Fry, another scientist with the same company, became frustrated while ________ with his choir (唱诗班). The piece of paper he used to mark his place on his music kept . Fry wished he had something that would make the paper stay in place. , he remembered the________adhesive Dr. Silver had passed around. Fry wondered, “Would it be possible to use the adhesive?”
It turned out to be quite ! Applying the adhesive to the back of a piece of paper made the paper stick wherever it was placed. , it didn’t stick permanently. The paper could be easily . Thus, the sticky note was born.
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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。
James’s New Bicycle
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __________ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! ___________ on earth was he going to get the _________ of the money ?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __________ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no _________ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to ___________.
There was only one way to get money, and that was to __________ it. He would have to find a job. ___________ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had ____________ on most things.
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”
That was the __________ of James’s odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __________ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the __________ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the _________ increased and he knew that he would soon have ___________ for the bicycle he longed for.
The day _________ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He ___________ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __________ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard _________for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more ________he had bought it with his own money. He had __________what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
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完形填空
Presently selfie (自拍) is popular among many young persons, even some elders. Danny Bowman was so crazy about it in order to attract girls when he was at school. He spent 10 hours a day ________ more than 200 selfies trying to find the ________ one.
He would take 10 photos of ________before he washed and would go ________ class secretly three times every hour. At 16, he dropped out of school________ he could throw himself into his addiction, and he ate ________.He did not leave his house for six months, and when he failed to take the perfect picture, he tried to ________ himself by taking an overdose(过度用药). His mother, Penny, ________ to save him, and forced him to ask for help after his addiction had become ________ .
Then 19-year-old, believed to be Britain's first selfie ________ , is now under special treatment ________ . He has not taken a picture of himself in seven months and has ________ that achieving perfection is ________ . He told the Sunday Mirror, "I was constantly ________the perfect selfie and when I realized I couldn't, I wanted to die. I ________ my friends, my education, my health and almost my life. The only thing I ________ about was having my phone with me so that I could satisfy the desire for a picture of myself at any time of the day." He expressed his ________ to the doctors and said their help kept him ________ and called on others to ask for help __________ they ended up in hospital.
One psychologist at a clinic ________ Danny was treated said the addiction to taking
selfies has now become a mental illness.
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完形填空
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。
Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay (海湾).She stepped into the ________ and rowed(划船) out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and________ to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach ________ side. The waves struck against the side of the boat, ________ and uneven; it became ________ difficult to row. If she ________ for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the ________ .
She wasn' t even halfway, ________ she was already tired and her hands ________ from pulling on the rough wooden oars (船桨). “I'm never going to ________ it”, she thought. She rested the oars on her knees and ________her head helplessly, then looked up as she ________ the boat shift(晃动) against the tide.
The east wind , which had swung(旋转) around from the south-west, ________ her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be ________ . Her hands weren't so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst________.
The lights of the town became ________ . one of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she ________ it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just ________ ? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last ________ on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves ________ and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.
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完形填空,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。
A young man stole into a room through an open window. He ________ through all the room, but he didn’t find any money ________ a bankbook(存折). He thought, “If I have some credentials (证件)of the ________ , I’ll be able to get the money in the bank. ” Suddenly to his ________ , he caught sight of an identity card(身份证)on the ________ of the desk just before him. So he snatched it quickly and rushed to the bank with ________ .
________ the bankbook and the identity card, the woman clerk in the bank was so ________ that her face suddenly turned ________ and she sat there dumbfounded (发呆) for a minute. But she tried the best to hide her ________ , and then in a ________ voice said to the uncommon man, “Excuse me, can you tell me what is the ________ between you and the owner of the bankbook?” Being so ________,the young man who was waiting turned red:“He…he…oh, sorry, I ________ she…she is my wife…” “Now I see,”said the woman clerk, and almost at the time, she gave a quick ________ on a button. Immediately an aged policeman came out of a side room.
“Come along with me, young man! ” said the policeman.
“What’s the matter?” the man ________ back in a cold voice.
“Look at this!”it was a woman’s angry voice.
The man couldn’t ________ looking up and to his surprise he found ________ was the woman clerk who was holding the identity card ________ her face. Also, the photo on it suggested she happened to be the ________ owner of the bankbook.
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完形填空,阅读下面的短文,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。
It was the first day of kindergarten. I walked in with my mom and was at all the toys against the walls. I ran over to them and started to play. Most of the other were doing the same. In the corner, though, I saw one girl sitting . She was small and weak, the only one in the class than me. Her red eyes she had been crying. None of the other kids seemed to notice her.
I was playing with the toy cars. When I , I saw her sad and lonely eyes. Suddenly I felt something inside my heart . I wasn’t sure what it was. Being the youngest in my family I had become spoiled. My elder brothers always did while I was free to play. However, that day it was that I should think of someone other than myself. Finally, I two toy cars and went over to her. “Do you want to play?” I asked . She smiled at me and her head yes.
What made me remember that first act was a letter that little girl wrote to me after we both . She told me how her illness made other kids her and how my act had changed her . She cherished(珍惜) the friendship I had . From then on we continued our friendship through the mail for several years the bad health finally took her life.
Today I still think of her and thank her for stirring something in my selfish that day. I ask myself how a bit of can move a heart, touch a soul, and change a life.
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