完形填空。(10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
More than three thousand languages are spoken in the world today . Many of these languages are spoken _36 small groups of people . On the 37 ,hand , over two hundred languages are spoken by one million or more people . Chinese is the language spoken by the ___38 ___number of people in the world . But English is most 39 spoken in the world .
English is spoken by more than four hundred million people 40 their first language . It is 41 by most people in the U.S.A. , Great Britain , Canada , Australia and New Zealand . And it is 42 used very widely in many other countries of the world . Look at the back of your watch . You may see the English words “Made 43 China” , or “Japan” , even “Germany” .
English is the first language in 44 of these . Why are English words 45 on it ? That is because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries .
A.as B.by C.for D.with
A.other B.others C.another D.the second
A.biggest B.bigger C.largest D.larger
A.wide B.wider C.widest D.widely
A.of B.in C.by D.as
A.spoke B.spoken C.speak D.speaking
A.either B.as well C.also D.too
A.at B.of C.with D.in
A.no one B.none C.nothing D.no
A.written B.wrote C.write D.writing
I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman."You look36 Come and sit here,she said. 37 are you going?"
"I don’ t know. I just want to catch a 38 and see what it will be like at the
end."
"I’ m afraid you’ 11 see 39 there. Why don’t you enjoy the sights on the way?"
“How can I do that while my heart’s 40 ?” I asked sadly. “My best friend had left me.”
The woman seemed to understand my feeling. "Don’ t cry, little girl. Ive had a similar experience to you.Thirty- five 41 ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was deadly sad.I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took 42 to the sea. 43they seemed to know what would happen, so they 44 loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me 45 . How could I 46 my hope to live for one of life’ s problems? Alter that,I worked hard to raise the children.Now They all live 47 and one of lthem has his own family.
Then the woman gave me a 48 ,” We should never wait for the door to 49 before us.We should find the key to the 50 or try to find another way.”
The bus came and I got on it with a smile.
A. tired B. excited C. happy
A. What B. How C. Where
A. train B. bus C. boat
A. nothing B. everything C. something
A. smiling B. breaking C. dancing
A. days B. weeks C. years
A. her B. them C. him
A. So B. Or C. However
A. laughed B. cried C. spoke
A. in B. out C. up
A. give away B. give up C. get up
A. happily B. sadly C. badly
A. cry B. shout C. smile
A. open B. close C. lock
A. classroom B. office C. door
Choose the best answer to complete the passage.
The English language is different from any 36 language. Yet English words do not 37 the same. It is always 38 . People need new words 39 new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use or older words are used 40 a new way.
English can 41 by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico, the word “coffee” came from Turkey, and “tea” from 42 and so on. Now new space and science words 43 from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words 44 . The words “strawberry”, “postman” and “blackboard” are made up of two parts.
Sometimes, new words are 45 forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the 46 of the long word. The word “plane” was made by cutting off the 47 part of “airplane”. 48 “smog” was made by using only the first two letters of “smoke” and cutting off the front part of “fog”. And products can become new words. Our “sandwich” was named after 49 named Sandwich, and “jelly(果冻)” was a name made up by the company that 50 made this product.
A.other B.others C.another D.else
A.leave B.change C.stay D.use
A.keeping B.changing C.kept D.changed
A.for B.of C.with D.about
A.by B.on C.in D.at
A.change B.changed C.turns D.turned
A.India B.America C.Germany D.China
A.are borrowing B.are being borrowed C.borrow D.borrows
A.alone B.out C.together D.outside
A.longer B.middle C.never D.short
A.beginning B.end C.middle D.front
A.back B.middle C.front D.end
A.While B.During C.When D.as
A.a man B.a kind of food C.a company D.a place
A.first B.last C.again D.once
A goal for life
Do you have a goal for life? What is it? Do you want to become a great writer, a 16 singer or just become a rich person?
A survey 17 that in modern society (现代社会), most people choose practical 18 such as “making money to buy a house and a car”, “making one’s life better” or “finding a good job”.
Wang You 19 in a small company in Nanjing 3 years ago. The job was good and he didn’t need to work on Saturday or Sunday. However, he felt the work wasn’t 20 at all and the life was _21 . So he gave up his job and went to Beijing in February, 2009. When he 22 in Beijing, he had his new __23 as finding a good job.
Now 24 people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress __25 people’s life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody 26 his or her own life goal. If one man is poor, 27 life goal will be to make more money. If one man doesn’t __28 a diploma (文凭), studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal. And if one man doesn’t have love, his life goal will be to look 29 it. If one man has no life goal, he 30 idle away (虚度) his lifetime.”
A.happy D.kind A.saw D.showed A.works D.results A.worked D.got A.interested D.afraid A.boring D.arrived A.got D.went A.job D.life A.more and more D.many and many A.and D.until A.is D.has A.one’s D.his A.leave D.give A.out D.down A.should D.will |
Everybody needs water. Everything 16 water,too. We use water 17 the bowls, the clothes, and 18 .We use water to plant trees, flowers and crops. 19 does all water come from? It 20 from clouds. Some of rain 21 into the ground. Many people get 22 from under the ground. Some rain water goes 23 the hills. It runs 24 lakes and rivers. Many people get it 25 .
A.need B.needs C.use D.needing
A.wash B.washing C.to wash D.to washing
A.we B.us C.ourself D.ourselves
A.What B.Where C.When D.How
A.comes B.come C.at D.to
A.go B.goes C.to have D.to there
A.them B.their C.it D.go
A.into B.on C.it D.its
A.here B.there C.to D.down
Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea. These objects have often changed the way we 46 . Some help us to do a job more 47 . Others fill a need or solve a problem.
In 1858, Lipman had such an 48 . He took out a pencil, a piece of paper, 49 an eraser. Then he began to write. Sometimes he needed to 50 a word. Each time he had to search under his books and papers to 51 the eraser. “ I wish my eraser would stay in one 52 !” he said.
Then Lipman had his simple idea. He 53 a groove(凹槽) in one end of the pencil. He glued(粘牢) the eraser into the groove. Lipman had solved his problem. Later he thought that others might like to have such a pencil. So he sold his 54 .Some pencils with erasers were 55 . His design earned $ 100000.
A.study B.live C.sleep D.walk
A.easily B.correctly C.carefully D.normally
A.article B.aim C.idea D.action
A.so B.and C.but D.as
A.spell B.read C.write D.change
A.look B.see C.watch D.find
A.place B.desk C.book D.hand
A.marked B.prepared C.cut D.invented
A.books B.pencil C.design D.eraser
A.wonderful B.expensive C.colourful D.common
There are nineteen boys and twenty-eight girls in our class. 1 the boys is English. His 2 is Sam. He is thirteen. Two of the 3 are American. They are twins. 4 names are Lucy and Jane. They are twelve. They are my 5 . All of the other boys and girls are 6 . We all like the English boy and the American girls, 7 they like us, too. We play games together(一起). We help 8 and they help us.
Look, there 9 the twins! They are coming this way. Let’s 10 hello to them.
A.One of B.Two of C.Three of D.Four of
A.school B.sister C.brother D.name
A.brothers B.sisters C.girls D.boys
A.Your B.Their C.Our D.Her
A.teachers B.friends C.brothers D.students
A.Chinese B.English C.American D.friends
A.but B.or C.and D.so
A.her B.them C.him D.you
A.is B.come C.go D.work
A.speak B.tell C.say D.talk
Kate is 1 American girl. She 2 her mother. She lives in Dafeng 3 her father and mother, Mr and Mrs King. Mr King works in a factory. Mrs King is a teacher in our school. She teaches 4 English. 5 are friendly to her and she loves us, too. Kate 6 a lot of friends. She often plays with them. Kate likes 7 Chinese food very much. 8 Sunday morning she often goes 9 with her mother. They often buy a lot of things. Mrs King says the things in Dafeng 10 very cheap.
A.a B.an C.the D./
A.looks B.looks the same C.look like D.looks like
A.with B.and C.coming D.have
A.our B.we C.us D.ours
A.All we B.All us C.All of us D.All they
A.has B.have C.is having D.likes
A.eats B.eating C.eatting D.to eating
A.In B.At C.On the D.On
A.to shopping B.shops C.shopping D.for shop
A.is B.are C.like D.likes
A healthy diet along with exercise will help you look better, feel better and live longer. But I am 1 to say that many children don’t have a healthy lifestyle. They eat much junk(垃圾)food 2 French fries and fried chicken. Eating too much junk food and dessert is 3 .If you want to 4 a long and healthy life, you have to 5 your living habits(习惯).
It is important to get a yearly physical examination(体检),too. You don’t hope to 6 any bad news, but the doctor will tell you _7 healthy you are. It’s also a good idea for you to 8 a book on healthy eating. 9 milk or juice from fruits and vegetables can help to improve your health, too.
I am 10 good health now. People tell me that I look very young. Healthy eating has helped me and it will also help you!
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A.happy B.sad C.excited D.angry
A.with B.as C.like D.about
A.cheap B.difficult C.delicious D.unhealthy
A.live B.try C.show D.play
A.look for B.look after C.think of D.agree with
A.hear B.look at C.see D.feel
A.what B.how C.when D.where
A.write B.sell C.read D.take
A.Drink B.Eat C.Drinking D.Eating
A.in B.with C.off D.out of
John is a famous writer now. Bob said he was not a good student ___1_____ he was young. He was often late for____2___ and didn’t like doing his homework. Sometimes, he ______3____ in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn’t understand much, ____4____but he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher ___5___ the students a question, “When Jack was ten years old, _____6____ brother Ben was twenty. Jack is fifteen now and _____7___ is his brother Ben? John said, “That’s easy. Ben is twice as old as Jack, so he is thirty now.”
Another time, the ____8_____ in a science class asked, “When it thunders(打雷), __9___ do we always see the light before we hear the sound?”
“But, Miss,” said John quickly, “don’t you ___10_____ our eyes are in front of our ears?”
A.when B.tall C.rich D.fat
A.sleep B.lunch C.class D.play
A.sleep B.sleeps C.slept D.sleeping
A.and B.or C.but D.still
A.sent B.asked C.told D.found
A.your B.my C.his D.her
A.how many B.how old C.what D.who
A.teacher B.farmer C.nurse D.policeman
A.what B.when C.where D.why
A.read B.hope C.study D.know
阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.
A young man once asked Albert Einstein, the great scientist, 1 the secret of success(成功) is. The scientist told him that the secret of success is 2 work. A few days later the young man asked him the same question again. Einstein was very 3 . He did not say 4 , but wrote 5 words on a piece of paper and handed it 6 the young man. The young man looked at the piece of paper. 7 it was written: A=X+Y+Z.
“What does this mean?” asked the young man.
“A means success,” explained the old scientist. “X stands for(代表) hard work, Y stands for good methods(方法), and Z…, Z means stopping 8 and getting down to work.”
A.how B.what C.which D.why
A.hard B.easy C.good D.bad
A.pleased B.happy C.angry D.sorry
A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything
A.a little B.little C.a few D.few
A.for B.to C.of D.with
A.Over B.On C.In D.At
A.talk B.to talk C.talked D.talking
When Bill and Kate married(结婚), neither of them had much money, so they were not able to __44__ a house. Two years later, Bill’s father died (去世了) and ____45____ him some money, so they bought a house..When they moved into ___46___ for the first time, one of Bill’s friends sent him a bottle of wine _____47____ a present. The bottle was in a paper box.
At that time, Bill and Kate had a lot of ____48___to do. They had to clean the house and decided where to put their TV sets, beds, cupboards, desks and tables. They were so busy that they forgot about the bottle of wine. They put it in a cupboard and didn’t ____49___open the paper box. A few months later, when they had a baby, Bill __50___ some friends to his house. He thought of the wine and found it out from the cupboard. It was so sweet. Bill had never thought that would be the best present for the wonderful party for his wife and his baby.
A.borrow B.live C.buy D.move
A.gave B.lent C.returned D.left
A.that B.it C.there D.here
A.to B.like C.as D.for
A.job B.work C.thing D.working
A.yet B.ever C.even D.just
A.took B.invited C.asked D.brought
Maria Gomez was born in Peru (秘鲁). She grew up in a small village. She went to school when she was six years old. She went to an elementary school (小学), but she didn’t 36 to high school. Her family was very 37 and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She worked in a shoe factory.
When Maria was seventeen years old, her family 38 to the United States. First they lied in Los Angeles, and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria 39 to the United States, she was not very happy.
She missed her friends in Peru, and she couldn’t 40 a word of English. She began to study English at night, 41 work in a factory during the day.
Maria studied very hard, and now se speaks English well. She’s 42 at night, but now she’s studying typing. She wants to 43 a secretary (秘书). Maria still misses her friends in Peru. But she’s very happy now, and she hopes she will have a good future in the new country.
A.want B.go C.began D.study
A.rich B.poor C.happy D.glad
A.moved B.changed C.happened D.started
A.talked B.called C.got D.spoke
A.tell B.talk C.know D.say
A.when B.so C.or D.and
A.studying B.thinking C.sleeping D.writing
A.do B.work C.be D.play
My name is Jenny. I 1 a sister. Her name is Katty.
It is 2 November5th.it’s her birthday .She is thirteen, 3 she likes cakes (蛋糕) very much, my father and mother 4 her a big cake. Look! The cake is 5 the table of her room. It’s her nice cake. You can see her 6 on it. There are 7 things for her birthday.
8 are apples, oranges, bananas and some CDs. I 9 her a new book. Her good 10 Kelsey, Jane and Sally are coming (要来) . She likes to eat the birthday cake with (和) her friends.
A.there is B.am C.have D.has
A.on B.in C.at D.to
A.but B.and C.also D.when
A.find B.give (给) C.put D.help
A.of B.in C.on D.under
A.name B.books C.friends D.store
A.a B.this C.many D.two
A.They B.That C.This D.It
A.let B.need C.give D.know
A.brothers B.uncles C.names D.friends
One will feel happy when others flatter( 奉承) him in his face. It is said that the best way of flattering someone is to give him a “top hat” 31 .
A student was going to leave the capital to become 32 official (官员) in a city far away. Before he started, he came to say 33 to his teacher.
“It is 34 job to be a good official.” his teacher said. “ you must be strict 35 yourself and never be careless.”
“Don’t worry about me, sir.” The student answered. “I have already 36 anyone hundred top hats, which will 37 those people quite happy.”
“But we are really gentlemen! 38 could a real gentleman do such a thing ? ” His teacher was a bit _39 . “ Never forget 40 I taught you in class!”
“ 41 are always right, sir. I also hate such things. But, sir, 42 no one really gentleman like you can be seen in the world now.” said the student. It seemed that he had to do so.
43 hearing this, the teacher was pleased. “What you said is true!”
“I have 44 one top hat already. Now I have ninety-nine 45 .” the student said to his friend later on when he asked the student what he had talked with the teacher about.
( ) A. to dress B. dressing C. wearing D to wear
( )
A.a B.the C.an D./
A.hello B.goodbye C.OK D.thanks
A.not an easy B.not easy C.a good D.difficult
A.about B.with C.from D.to
A.made B.bought C.prepared D.repaired
A.give B.let C.keep D.make
A.How B.What C.Why D.When
A.pleased B.angry C.excited D.sorry
A.that B.how C.why D.what
A.You B.We C.They D.Us
A.hardly B.about C.almost D.nearly
A.Before B.After C.Because D.If
A.sent out B.bought C.sold D.borrowed
A.left B.already C.yet D.else