完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
During the wars, a soldier looked after his horse with the greatest care. He gave it the best wheat to eat and the ________ water to drink. He dried it carefully with a towel when it got wet and ________ it with a warm blanket on cold winter nights. ________ , the horse was strong and swirl and carried its master ________ out of the dangers of ________ .
When peace came, however, the soldier ________ . He put the ________ out in a field full of wild plants and gave it only a little food to eat. He left the horse ________ in a worn-out place with a ________ roof and a floor made of mud. During the day the________ made the horse work hard on his farm, ________ a large amount of wood and pulling heavy wagons (四轮货车).
After some time war broke out ________ . The soldier prepared himself for the war and went to the field to ________ his horse. Hurriedly brushing the mud from its coat, he________ the horse. For a moment the horse stood there without ________. Then gradually its ________ legs began to bend ________ it sank slowly to the ground. The horse gave the soldier a look of ________ .
"Master," it said, "you' ll have to ________ on foot this time. You have made me work like a mule (骡子) and ________ me like a goat. I cannot change back into a horse in an instant just because you Want me to."
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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
As a teacher, I think all students were dear to me, especially Mark.
Mark was very talkative, I had to ________ him repeatedly that talking without________was not acceptable. Every time I had to correct him for misbehaving. “ Thank you for correcting me, Sister!”________ I became accustomed to hearing it many times a day.
Once my________ was running out when Mark talked again, I ________two pieces of tape(胶带) and made a big X with them over his mouth. When I ________the tape, he still thanked me for correcting him.
One Friday, I asked the students to________the names of the other students on two pieces, leaving a ________between each name, and then write down the ________ thing they should say about others.
Then I________ all the lists and gave each student his or her list. Soon the entire class was smiling. “ I never knew that ________anything to anyone!” “ I didn’t know________liked me so much!” Mark said, “Thank you for keeping me________, Sister.”
Later Mark joined the army and was________in Vietnam. After the funeral(葬礼), his father showed me something________on Mark. It was pieces of notebook paper that had________been taped and folded many times, on which were the good things that Mark’s classmates had said about him. His mother said that he behaved better and better________ my list.
Mark’s classmates told me that they kept their own lists in ________ways. Hearing this, I finally cried.
Sometimes the ________things could mean the most to others. We forget when life will end. So________ the people you love and care about, before it is too late.
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完型填空
阅读下面短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Personally I think trains are exciting and romantic. I must that trains are not important means of transportation in the US, but I do have some with them.
When I was a child, growing up in a small town with very little , we used to go to the station to watch the passenger trains coming in. There was something about the steaming, roaring string of cars coming into view around the mountains, slowly growing larger and and finally crowds of strangers onto the platform.
I took my train trip when I was ten years old. I went with my elder sister to visit our cousins six hundred miles away. The train--so loud and violent on the outside—was and rocking inside. We were very excited, and as that was also our first time away from our parents, we felt somewhat frightened too. However, because I had so much, I was a little disappointed when I was finally one of the passengers I had for so long.
As a college student, I ride overnight train to my roommate’s hometown. We could never afford a , so we played cards, sang, ate, read and talked we finally fell uncomfortably asleep in the straight-backed seats.
My idea that trains are may come from the fact that my husband and I took the train on our honeymoon, spending extra money to eat in the dining car, and the window as the desert scenery slid past.
Now, when I make a trip, I always fly or drive, and are not a very important part of my life. , every time I hear the train whistle faraway on a quiet night, I can always feel the in my heart to pack my bags and jump on board, entering a world of motions, sounds, sights, and experience which just aren’t in the dull environment of an airplane.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
It wasn’t yet 8:30 am. However, instead of entering my office, I was leaving it. Carrying a plastic shopping bag of my personal things, I moved in a(n) ________way to my car, and drove home crying. I had just been_______.
For following weeks, I was troubled by the_______of that sudden lay-off: What about the people who would be_______by my abandoned projects? Would I have a chance to get another job? _______with anxiety, shame and sudden outbursts of tears, I felt completely_______. “What should I do next?” I asked myself.
One day, over dinner with my good friend Sophia in a restaurant, I told her about my_______, “Being fired came as a_______. I am not a bad person. I don’t know _______it happened to me. In fact, I was so hard-working and _______to my company”. After listening to my words, she_______ me, “Never be so depressed. Being fired isn’t the same thing as being bad. There are lots of_______that we cannot escape in life, and we have to face them_______and find solutions. I think you should make some changes to help you_______ this issue. Unemployment just means a new start.” Her words gave me a lot of confidence and strength, which_______me to take action to change the bad situation. I had a firm belief that everything would hopefull_______fine.
Then a long journey of applying for new jobs began. In addition, I made a decision — starting to _______the people who helped me either with the emotional support of my unemployment or in my search for a new job. I would send each of them a thank-you card. Sophia had helped me a lot, and she got my first card.
Expressing gratitude is the best thing that I have done to _______my negative thoughts and move forward. Fortunately, I have got a(n) _______job that fits my skills and interests. No matter what happens in the future, I will _______ this wonderful decision and show more people my thanks.
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完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
“It’s no use, Mum,” said Johnny. “I’m just no good at dancing.”
“You’ve got to keep trying. Tonight will be , dear. Try a turn with that pretty Lisette.”
Johnny . Every Saturday night used to be the best of the week. He and his parents went to the at the Club, where his hero, Alcide, played the accordion（手风琴）with the band. But lately everything had changed. Now that Johnny was older, he was to dance with a girl!
_____Johnny and his parents arrived at the Club, music had already started. Johnny got up his________to approach Lisette. “May I have this dance?” Johnny asked. “That’s all right,”
said Lisette. Johnny struggled to keep up with Lisette’s steps, but he was always one beat behind her. Then Johnny heard his friend Pierre say, “Look! Johnny has two left feet!” .burst from the crowd. Johnny and ran outside, determined never to go to another dance.
The next Saturday, Alcide to Johnny’s house for some potatoes. He happened to hear Johnny playing the accordion. Alcide’s eyes . “Bring that accordion and play some songs tonight,” Alcide said. Then he drove off, leaving Johnny staring open- mouthed him.
At the Club, Johnny scanned the crowd for Lisette and her. The band played for a long time before Alcide said, “Dear friends, I got a for you tonight. Young Johnny is going to join us!” , Johnny stepped up on the platform, his eyes on the floor. He began to play, and the band behind him. When the song ended, he heard cheers. Johnny kept playing until the dance was . “You did a fine job tonight. Play with us again next Saturday night,” Alcide said. “Yes, sir!” said Johnny. he went outside, Johnny saw Lisette and her friends near the door. Lisette stepped , smiling. “You played really good tonight!” she said.
“Thank you,” Johnny blushed （脸红）. As he walked on, Pierre moved out of the way for him to pass.
Johnny patted his accordion. Come to think of it, in his whole life, he had never once seen Alcide out on the dance floor.
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完型填空
阅读下面短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always . Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was . I’ve always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big for the kids was the fun of Christmas .
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for to share by all five of us.
The big arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would ___ back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, to be angry again. This is what she told me:
“I was looking thinking of what to buy, and I to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so as I did that day.
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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。
One day I was taking a bus. The driver didn't to start the bus soon because it was not yet .A middle-aged woman got on. Tired and sad, she told her story , not to anyone particular. On her way to the station, half of her was stolen. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she still had some left. A few minutes later, she stopped crying, but still looked .
When all the seats were taken, the driver started the engine. The conductor（售票员；列车员） began to collect the fares. When she came to an old man in worn-out clothes, he that he had spent all his money as he accidentally got on a wrong bus and now was trying to go home. On hearing this, she ordered the old man to the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he her to let him take the bus home. The driver took the conductor's side and repeated the conductor's .
The woman was watching the incident. the driver and the conductor raised their voices at the old man, she interfered（干涉，介入，干预）.
“Stop him! Can't you see he's only trying to get home”
“He doesn't have any money!” the driver .
“Well, that's no to throw him off the bus.” She insisted.
Then she reached inside her blouse, took out her money, and handed it to the conductor. “Here's his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a time.
All heads turned to the woman. “It's only money,” she shrugged(耸肩).
She rode the rest of her way home a happy smile, with the money she'd lost earlier .
On the road of life, the help of strangers can our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the will be when we make it a little smoother for others!
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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
Is the world really going mad? ____day I was sitting in a restaurant _____ a quick drink and a talk with a few friends when it suddenly_____ me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long _____ the whole room was _____ with smoke. I asked with an apology for_____ to open a window to stop myself _____!
Nowadays air pollution is something that hardly question any more. However, I still can’t walk down the street in any of the big cities without _____ that people are _____ the air pollution. It is time for the government departments of the world to introduce emission(废气排放) controls on all cars and _____ the public transport system(公共交通体系) to encourage people to _____ their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lesson each morning and it really makes him _____ when he climbs above the smog layer(烟雾) and looks down _____ it and thinks: “I’m breathing that!” This kind of ____ results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can _____ should, be treated properly. House building, road _____, and industrial development are all earthmoving(or earth-reducing) operations and can change the balances of _____ created over millions of years. I would like to _____serious studies done on all these main works before they are built. Also, there should be _____ national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural _____.
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完型填空，阅读下面短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
What a busy day! The three boys were fed, bathed and changed into their nightclothes. Mary had _ __ them a story and finally they were asleep. “Babysitting（照看）the three boys aged eight, six and four is extremely __ __,” she thought.
“Sleep,” she considered, “if only I could!” But she had difficult homework to complete. Leaning back, she __ __ her feet onto the sofa to get comfortable. Whoever said babysitting was a (an) __ _ way to make money obviously hadn’t met the three boys, she thought. The television was on, the room was warm, and the lights were dim. Mary’s __ _ felt heavier and heavier. I mustn’t sleep, she thought — which was __ _ what she did, of course.
Strangely enough, she soon __ _ that she was a world-famous chef（主厨）. She made a __ __ and wore diamonds and designer clothes. Most days she relaxed by the pool, meeting the rich and famous or __ __ — her favorite hobby. She _ __ took the leading role in her own TV show.
That is, until she became too __ __. “I am definitely the best in the world,” she thought, as she prepared a tasty chicken dish. But _ __ seemed to go right. She spilt the flour, she dropped an egg and she cut her finger. Despite all the troubles, she __ __ to get the chicken into the dove. Soon, smoke blanketed the room. The chicken was on fire.
___ set in, but Mary could not run — she was __ ___to the spot. She tried hard to move, but could not, __ __ a sharp sound awoke her.
She got shocked and confused — __ __ was pouring from the kitchen. Rushing to investigate, she was met by three _ ___little faces and some very burnt bread. “Sorry, we were hungry and you were __ __, so we tried to make some bread,” explained a boy. Relieved, Mary made them a snack and sent them back to bed. She__ __ them never to fall asleep on the job again!
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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
When I was about twelve, I suddenly developed a great passion(热情) for writing poetry(诗). I gave up all my other hobbies, such as ______ stamps and spent all my ____ time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of writing poetry on every possible time soon got me ____ trouble at school. If a lesson did not interest me, I ______ take out my notebook and ______ poems in class. Of course I ____ ___ this very cautiously(小心地), but it was not ________ I got caught. One day while I was __ ____ writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up _____ the teacher standing over me, fuming with anger (=" getting" very angry) because I was not _____ attention. He tore the poem up, with a____ not to waste time in his lesson._____ I felt certain that I had written a good poem,___ _ that evening I wrote it out again from ________ . Not long after, I read _____ a poetry contest and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, long after I had given up ______ , I got a letter informing me I had won first________. Everyone at school was very impressed,_____ the geography teacher, who______ me more carefully than ever. He _____ that I not write poetry in his class!
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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
Two old beggars (乞丐) were sitting on a busy street corner of a big city.They watched ____ as a lot of people walked by without looking at them.Sometimes, a kindhearted woman or a small child would ____ a few coins in the hats in front of them.
Today was not a ____ day for begging.The men were able to ____ enough for a big meal.As it was getting dark, they started to ____ their things.
Just as they were getting ready to leave, they ____ a man walking toward them.He was a ____ man — they could tell that from his fine clothes.The first beggar said to the second with ____, “He’s coming our way！” The man stopped, ____ into his pocket and took something out.What looked like a piece of hard ___, wrapped (包裹) in white paper, hit each of their waiting hats.The rich man turned and ____ his way.
“He could have easily left us a few ____ or a bill, but he laughed at us with a piece of rock candy,” said the first beggar.He looked at the offering ____.“There’s no way we can ____ this — we have no teeth.” With these words, he picked up the thing and threw it away.Then he collected his things and ____.
The second beggar wanted to do the same, ____ a second thought made him change his ____.“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” he thought.“How ____ of that man to offer me something so sweet!” With that, he opened the white paper.To his ____, there was no hard rock candy inside.____, a shiny white pearl (珍珠) worth thousands of dollars fell into his hand.
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完型填空,阅读下面短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day_ __ I drove to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my _______stopped. It was out of gas on a _______ road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone _______ could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile ____ ___I finally found a house near the ____ ___ . I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair __ ___ . She said, “I’ve been ____ ___ for you here for a long time. Come in. ___ _____is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t ___ ___ what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You___ ___tea,” said she.
I quickly ____ ___ that my car was out of____ ____ , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept ____ ____ me Alfred and talking about how long it had been ___ _____ she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I ____ ____ .
__ ____, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my ___ ____, he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t ___ _____ anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and ____ ___ came back because of the war.”
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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
Abraham Lincoln was one of the few great men who really were great. _______ he became president, Lincoln spent twenty years as a(n) ____ lawyer – at least in financial terms. But when you_______the good he did, he was very rich _______ .
For example, Lincoln didn’t like to _______ people much who were as poor as he was. Once a man gave him twenty-five dollars, but Lincoln______him back ten of it, saying he was being too ________.
Lincoln won a case for an old woman in________ poverty. He didn’t charge(收费) her for his _____and, in fact, paid her hotel bill and gave her money to buy a ticket home!
He once _____a cheater(骗子) from gaining possession of some land ______ by a mentally ill girl. After he case, Lincoln’s assosciate(同事) came to ______ their fee, but Lincoln reprimanded(训斥) him. His associate ________that her brother had agreed on the fee _____ , and that he was ______satisfied.
“That may be,” said Lincoln, “but I’m not satisfied. That money comes out of the ________of a poor, mad girl; and I would rather ________ than take it. You return half the money at least, or I’ll not take a cent of it as my ________ .”
He was a fool, perhaps, by certain standards. He didn’t have much, and it was his own ________ . But he was a good human being by anyone’s standards.
Lincoln didn’t talk much about religion. But he once said, “When I do_____ , I feel good, and when I do bad, I feel bad, and that’s my religion.”
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完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
This past Thanksgiving Day the boss of the company I work for decided to serve a Thanksgiving meal for the poor. I couldn't ________ this and decided that I wanted to ________ ! I could deliver foods and send out my smile card.
I arrived at my ________ around 11 and found a line of families waiting outside the doors. I wasn't sure _______ I wanted to give my card to because there were so many people there ________ I knew I wanted to give it to a mother.
I served ________ table plates of turkey with all the fixings and slices of pumpkin pie for desert. Everyone was so happy and honestly seemed ________ for what my co-workers and I were doing.
At my last ___ there was an older lady with about eight kids. She looked tired, but _____ that her children were ___ _. Smiling at her, I exchanged a few words ________her and knew that she was a foster mom(养母) and that ____ she would have liked to cook at home she couldn't ______it because of the size of her family. She then thanked me for _____ time with my family to serve hers.
She burst _______ a smile and gave me a hug______ .I gave my smile card to her.
At the end of the day I didn't think about how I gave up time with my _____ to do this because I got so ______ out of this special and unforgettable experience, ______ made me so incredibly thankful for ______ I have and I now realize it is important to give back, and not just on the holidays.
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完型填空，阅读下面短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day ________ I drove to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my ________ stopped. It was out of gas on a________ road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone _______ could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile _______ I finally found a house near the _______. I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair ______. She said, “I’ve been ______ for you here for a long time. Come in. ______ is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t _______what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You _______ tea,” said she.
I quickly _______ that my car was out of ______ , but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept ________ me Alfred and talking about how long it had been _______ she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I ______ .
_________, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my ________ , he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t ________ anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and _______ came back because of the war.”
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