完形填空,阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Years ago, a very rich man and his young son shared an interest in collecting art. They traveled around the world, collecting works of art by famous artists like Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet.
When war broke out, the son left to for his country. After a few weeks, the old man received a saying his son had died. The man became very lonely and sad.
One day, a soldier visited the old man and gave him a painting – it was by his son. The painting was important to the man the world would never think it a great work. He told his neighbors it was the gift he had ever received.
The following spring, the old man died. All of the old man’s paintings would be at an auction(拍卖). The auction began with a painting that was not on any of the buyers’ ... it was the painting of the old man’s son. “Who will open the price at $100?” the auctioneer asked. Moments passed and no one spoke or their hand. Someone said: “Who cares about that painting? Let’s get on to the good ones.” More voices followed in . “No, we must sell this one first,” replied the auctioneer. “Now, who will take the picture of the son?”
, a good friend of the old man spoke: “Will you take $10 for the painting? That’s all I have.” “Will go higher?” called the auctioneer. After more he said: “Going once ... going twice ... sold!” The auctioneer looked at the crowd and said that the whole auction was . “According to the father’s will, takes the son’s picture gets the whole collection, ” the auctioneer said.
In the eyes of a father, nothing is more valuable than his son – not even paintings of the famous artists are as important as his son’s.
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An eight-year-old girl heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation (手术) could ________ him now and there was no one to lend them the money.
When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother, “Only a miracle (奇迹) can save him now,” the little girl went to her________ and pulled all her money from its hiding place and counted it ________ .
She hurried to a drugstore(药店)with the money ________ her hand.
“And what do you want? asked the salesman. “It’s for my little brother,” the girl answered. “He’s really, really ________and I want to buy a miracle.”
“Pardon?” said the salesman.
“My brother Andrew has ________ bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle ________ ?” “
“________ we don’t sell a miracle here, child. I’m sorry,” the salesman said with a smile .
“Listen, ________ it isn’t enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me________ it costs.”
A well-dressed man heard it and asked, “What kind of miracles does your brother need?”
“I don’t know,” she answered with her eyes full of ________ . “He’s really sick and mum says he needs an operation. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought all my money.”
“How much do you have?” asked the man. “$ 1.11,but I can try and get some ________ money,” she answered.
“Well, what a luck ” smiled the man. “$ 1.11, the price of a miracle for little brothers.”He took up the girl’s hand and said, “Take me to where you live. I want to see your ________ and meet your parents. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”
That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a famous ________ . The operation was __________ and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again.
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There is a little duck. His name is Becky. Every day Becky and his mother go to a small _ _ Becky’s mother likes swimming in it. But Becky sits on the bank and _____ his mother swim.
His mother calls him, “Becky, it’s time for you to ____ to swim.” Becky puts his foot in the water and says, “The water is too _____.” “Yes, Becky,” says his mother. “It is cold, but you must learn to swim.”
“I don’t like it,” says Becky. “ I’m not going to swim.” “But all ducks swim,” says his mother. “Not this duck,” answers Becky. _____ he sits down on a pile of sand and watches his mother swim.
One day, Becky’s mother calls, “________, Becky, I see a big cat.” Becky sees the cat. It is a big cat, “Run fast,” calls his mother. Becky runs fast. “_____ into the water”, calls his mother. Becky jumps into the water. SPLASH!(溅) He tries _____ to swim to his mother.
“You are _____ now,” says his mother. The cat can’t swim, so he can’t ______ Becky. Good boy, Becky. You can swim now,” says his mother.” “Yes, Mum. I am glad I can swim,” says Becky.
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Every Sunday morning, Alice goes to visit her grandparents. They live in the south of the city. It usually takes her about 20 minutes to ________ there by bus.
It’s Sunday today. Alice gets everything ________ at 8.00. She wants to take some eggs and vegetables to her grandparents. At 8.10, she comes to the bus stop to ________ the No.7 bus to her grandparents’ place. At about 8.30, she knocks ________ the door. Her grandpa and grandma ________ her at home. They are very happy to see Alice.
At about 10.00, Alice and her grandma do some ________ in the supermarket. They put some rice, meat ________ some fruit into the shopping basket. Her grandma is ________ at cooking. Every Sunday, she cooks some nice food for Alice.
After lunch, Alice ________ her grandma do the dishes. Then Grandpa takes Alice to his small ________ . They water the flowers there.
Alice feels very happy to stay with her grandparents.
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Six-year-old Brandon decided one morning to make his parents pancakes. He ________ a big bowl and a spoon, pulled a chair to the table, opened the cupboard and pulled out the heavy flour(面粉)bag. He put some flour ____ the bowl with his hands, mixed in a cup of milk and _______some sugar.
Soon Brandon __________ flour and getting frustrated(懊恼的). He wanted this to be something ____for Mum and Dad, but it was getting very bad. He didn’t know what to do _____.
Suddenly he saw his cat near the bowl and went to push her away, ____________ the egg box to the floor. He tried to clean up but slipped(滑倒)on the eggs, getting his clothes ____. Just then, he saw his Dad___________ at the door.
Brandon’s eyes were full of tears. All he wanted to do was something good, but now. He was sure his Dad would beat(揍)him, but his father didn’t. ____________, he picked up his crying son and kissed him.
That’s what we sometimes face in ___________. We try to do something good, but it turns into a mess(一团糟). Sometimes we just________ there in tears ____________we can’t think of anything else to do. Hopefully, that’s someone close to us picks us up, loves us and forgives us. But we can’t ___________ trying to “make pancakes” for Dad or for other. Sooner or___________ we’ll get it right, and then they’ll be glad we tried.
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________ name is Li Lei. I have ________ brothers, Li Ping and Li Shan. We ________ hamburgers for lunch. Li Ping and I like French fries(炸薯条). But Li Shan ________ like them. I don’t like eggs for dinner, but my brothers like eggs. I think we need to eat ________ food every day. I eat many ________and bananas every day. My brothers eat ice-ream. I ________ like ice-cream. I don’t want ________ fat. Please tell(告诉) me something(一些事) ________ your ________ habits.
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Mr. Brown, a teacher in a primary school, often fell asleep in class, but he didn’t want his ________to know and do that. One day he again fell asleep________ .When he woke up, one of the________, Tom, asked him, “Why did you fall asleep in class just now, dear sir?”
Mr. Brown's face turned ________ . “I…I…The Sungod (太阳神) asked me to visit him in my dream.” he said.
Tom wanted to say something, ________ he said nothing. The next day, Tom also ________ in class. When the teacher saw him, he ________ Tom up and asked him, “Why did you fall asleep in class and not ________ me, Tom?”
Tom answered with a smile on his ________,“The Sungod asked me to visit him, too. ” The teacher became________ when he heard this and asked, “What did he say to you, then? ” “He told me he didn't see you yesterday.” Tom said.
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On Sunday morning, Helen usually gets up very late. She washes her face and then goes out to________ morning exercises. It is about 8.20 a.m. After eating her , she goes to a shopping centre called Times Shopping Centre ________ her mother. The shopping centre is not far their home. It only ________ them about 20 minutes to get there ________ , so they like walking there. Helen enjoys shopping ________there very much. It is new________big.________ many things, such as TVs, fridges, bikes, computers, clothes, books, food and drinks. There are many ________ too. There are men and women, old and ________ . Parents must ________ their children. The shopping centre is so big. Young children may get lost (迷失) in it. ________ do so many people come here to buy things? Do you know? Helen says that things there are usually good and ________ .The workers there are always nice and friendly. She also says that she would take ________there and have a look if (如果)you come to her home.
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完形填空。
根据短文内容,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格处的最佳答案。
Whenever(任何时候)we hear about “the homeless”, most of us think of the developing world. But in fact, the truth is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a wealthy, developed country like Germany?
Kurt Muller and his Rita have spent eleven years making meals for the homeless of Berlin, Germany’s capital. They first began to do that in a hot summer when most Germans were away and enjoyed themselves on holiday. Kurt and his wife stayed at , made sandwiches and some delicious food by themselves, set up a table in the street and gave the to the homeless.
The Mullers soon realized that food wasn’t enough. Most of the homeless people are lonely, they have no friends or relatives. “ these people also need is warmth and caring,” says Rita. The Mullers gave their phone number to the street people thinking and told them to phone anytime. Rita made sure there was at home to answer the phone and their home was always open to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street.
The couple were soon all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to ask for donations. Today, over thirty companies donate food and other goods and volunteers ________ to give them away to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a backpack producer donates new backpacks.
Kurt and Rita put their love to good use by helping homeless people in Berlin, they didn’t receive any payment for their hard work. “ We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t expect money for helping their children. The love ________ we get on the streets is our salary.”________ Rita says she often gets tired, she feels good about helping other people.
They will go on with their work because they like the feeling of having made a difference in the world.
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“What’s the matter, mum?”
As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is ________ . It’s unusual──she usually ________ the door and welcomes me with a smile!
“She’s dying,”mum says sadly. I ________ what she says. The tulip (郁金香),my mother’s ________ is dying.
A month ago, we moved ________ our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. ________ she was free, she would sit ________ her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour ________ sweet smell.
She treated it like a baby and looked after it ________ . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to ________ to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she ________ every morning was ________ the tulip.
She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more beautiful and ________ . But the tulip was dying ________ too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It’s true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love ________ be harmful. Love can sometimes kill what you love.
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Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were very .
The moneylender then told them that he would put a small stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s and her father’s debt(债务) would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would be let go. Her father would be put into prison(监狱)if she refused to pick a stone.
As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.
The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it became lost among all the other stones. “Oh how I was!” She said, “But never . If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to which stone I picked.” This tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a way. Most difficult problems do have an solution
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完形填空: 从每小题三个选项中,选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。
A young man was going to finish school. For a long time he had a to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well it, so he told him that a sports car was all he wanted.
Then on the day of his graduation, he to his father’s room. His father told him how he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. The young man opened the box and found a Bible(圣经) with his name on it. , he raised his voice and said to his father, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then ________out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. Realizing that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a phone telling him that his father had died. He had to go home at once and care for the things his father left him.
he was searching through his father’s important papers, he saw the still new Bible, just as he left it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag(标牌) dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN FULL”.
Sadness and regret filled his heart.
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A.afford B.spend C.cost
A.calls B.called C.was called
A.interesting B.proud C.disappointed
A.Happily B.Angrily C.Carefully
A.rushed B.looked C.walked
A.on B.for C.since
A.who B.that C.what
A.When B.While C.Before
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完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从下列各题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。
I think festivals are time for us to have fun. My friends often ask me ________ festival I like best. Well, I think ________ favourite festival is National Day.
Why do I like the festival? ________ I don’t have classes for a week. And I don’t have ________ homework to do. It usually takes me two days________ my homework and then my parents usually take me to see my grandparents and cousins. They all live ________ Beijing and we don’t have many chances(机会) to see ________ other. My grandparents always cook nice food for us when we’re in Beijing. I can play games with my cousins. Sometimes we ________ about our school lives and our classmates. We can also buy some gifts ________ books, toys and model planes. We usually take many nice pictures there.
We usually stay in Beijing for about 5 days and then we go back home with a happy feeling. We ________ have a good time during the long holiday!
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完型填空,阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
The first two there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang________ for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.
As we were ________on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them stared at the walls or floor. However, one lady ________my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing, at least they didn’t________like that. As we got________ with each song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got.________ she was singing, she was also________ out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my ________ were to my students. People who worked at the care center could attend to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling ________about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
Justin also ________the same lady. The difference between us is that he________on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her eyes and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my________to let you know that.”
This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek(脸颊) with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No ________can completely describe that touching moment...
It________a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a lesson that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day.
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Hello! Look here! There’s ________ apple tree behind Dick’s house. Dick is near the tree. There are some apples ________ the tree. Dick is looking ________ the apples. They are big and red. Dick is hungry. He wants to ________ an apple. Dick isn’t tall. He is short. He can’t reach(够到) the apples. He puts a ________ under the tree. Can he reach the apples on the box now? ________,he can’t. He is too________. Here comes Paul. He is Dick’s brother. “Hello, Dick, ________ do you want to do?”
“Please help ________ , Paul. I can’t ________ the apples.”
“Here you are, Dick. One is for you, and one is for me!”
“Thank you ,Paul.”
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