完型填空。 The yearly Marathon (马拉松) in my town usually happened during a heat w
The yearly Marathon (马拉松) in my town usually happened during a heat wave. My job was to
follow behind _1_ in an ambulance (救护车) in case any of them needed medical attention.
"We"re supposed to stay behind the last runner, so drive it _2_ ," I said to the driver, Doug
, as
the race started.
The front-runners started to _3_ and then my eyes were drawn to the woman _4_ blue silk
running shorts and a white T-shirt.
We knew we were already watching our "last runner." Her _5_ were so crippled (残疾的) that
it seemed almost impossible for her to be able to walk, let alone run a marathon.
Doug and I _6_ in silence when she slowly moved forward. Finally, she was _7_ runner left
in sight. Tears streamed down my face when I watched with respect as she pushed forward with great
determination through the last miles.
When the finishing line came into sight, rubbish was everywhere and the _8_ crowds had long
gone home. __9_ , standing straight and ever so proud stood a lone man. He was holding one _10
of a ribbon (缎带)of crepe paper (皱纹纸) tied to a post (标杆). She slowly crossed through, leaving
_11_ ends of the paper fluttering (飘扬) behind her.
I do not know this woman"s name, but that day she became part of my 12 _ a part I often depend
on. For her, it wasn"t about 13_ the other runners or winning a prize, but about finishing _14_ she
had set out to do, no matter what. When I think things are too difficult or I get those "I-just-can"t-do-it,"
I think of the last runner. Then I realize how _15_ the task before me really is.
| ( )1. A. the runners ( )2. A. happily ( )3. A. run ( )4. A. by ( )5. A. hands ( )6. A. drove ( )7. A. the only ( )8. A. tiring ( )9. A. Besides ( )10. A. end ( )11. A. either ( )12. A. dream ( )13. A. following ( )14. A. what ( )15. A. difficult | B. the drivers B. slowly B. go B. with B. legs B. looked at B. the next B. waiting B. And B. part B. both B. study B. hoping B. that B. boring | C. the crowds C. quickly C. disappear C. for C. arms C. watched C. the first C. cheering C. However C. beginning C. each C. idea C. running C. how C. easy | D. the volunteers D. quietly D. appear D. in D. body D. walked D. the back D. patient D. But D. start D. neither D. life D. beating D. why D. hard |
| 1-5 ABCDB 6-10 CACCA 11-15 BDDAC | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| Anyone may 1 a bad day. Two young thieves were walking in the street 2 a cold, dark winter evening together. They tried their best 3 a chance to steal something from the rich house. By the time the clock struck twelve, most of the people 4 to bed. After a short time, they came to a very beautiful and quiet house whose owner must have a lot of money. And it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen 5 . When they stood at the front gate, one thief said in English to 6 in a low voice, "You wait here. I"ll go around to the back door and then get into the house. " Suddenly out the house ran a dog 7 was barking at them loudly. The two men were so 8 of dogs that they ran away as fast as they could. Twenty minutes later, they were too exhausted to run any further. 9 they stopped to have a rest at a dark corner. One man said breathlessly, "It"s too bad. I hadn"t expected that the dog could understand English so well." The other said, How 10 you are You shouldn"t speak English to me. You should have used body language(身势语). " | |||
| ( )1. A. have ( )2. A. in ( )3. A. finding ( )4. A. went ( )5. A. slept ( )6. A. another ( )7. A. what ( )8. A. terrified ( )9. A. But ( )10. A. foolish | B. has B. at B. to find B. was going B. asleep B. other B. where B. terrifying B. And B. fool | C. had C. from C. find C. goes C. sleepy C,. the others C. that C. terrible C. Because C. foolishly | D. having D. on D. found D. had gone D. sleep D. the other D. why D. worried D. So D. clever |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| An old friend from New York, who was going to spend a few days with me, called from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was not able to leave the office, but I had prepared for his arrival. After telling him my new house address, I told him that I had left the key under the doormat(门前擦鞋垫). Since I knew it would be quite late before I could get back,I said that he could make himself at home and helped himself to anything that was in the refrigerator. Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house. At the moment, he said he was listening to some of my records after having had a nice meal. He had found the pan and cooked some fish, and had also helped himself to some juice and he hoped that I would join him soon. When I asked him if he had any difficulty in finding the house, he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but luckily, the living-room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the window. I listened to all this in great surprise. There are no apple trees outside my windows, but there is only one by the living-room window of my next door neighbor"s house! | |||
| 1. Where was the key? | |||
| A. Under the door. B. Under the apple tree. C. Under the doormat. D. Under the window. | |||
| 2. In paragraph l, the word" refrigerator" means | |||
| A. kitchen B. bridge C. fridge D. bedroom | |||
| 3. Paragraph 2 tells us _____. | |||
| A. the writer phoned his old friend first B. the writer"s old friend was happy C. the writer"s friend had found the key D. the writer"s friend didn"t have any difficulty | |||
| 4. There are no apple trees outside the writer"s window, are there? | |||
| A. Yes, there are. B. No, there aren"t. C. Yes, there aren"t. D. No, there are. | |||
| 5. The title for this passage is _____. | |||
| A. A Clever Friend B. A Foolish Friend C. A Careful Friend D. A Careless Friend | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Mr Edwards likes singing very much, but he is bad at it. He went to dinner at a friend"s house last week, and there were some other people there too. They had a good dinner, and then the hostess went to Mr Edwards and said, "You can sing, Peter. Please sing us something." Mr Edwards was very happy. He began to sing an old song about the mountains of Spain. They listened to it for a few minutes and then one of them began to cry. She was a small woman with dark hair and very dark eyes. One of the other people went to her, put his hand on her back and said, "Please don"t cry. Are you Spanish?" Another young man asked, "Do you love Spain?" ""No," she answered, "I"m not Spanish, and I"ve never been to Spain. I"m a singer, and I love music." | |||
| 根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。 ( )1. Mr Edwards likes singing very much. ( )2. He sang before dinner. ( )3. He sang a song about England. ( )4. The woman cried because she loved Spain. ( )5. A Spanish means a man or woman of Spain. | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| Most people were asleep at night, but Frank was 1 . Frank was a night watchman. His work was to guard a large factory. He had to keep everything 2 . He felt lonely because there was 3 there to talk with. Frank liked his work. If he heard a noise, he went 4 to see what it was. Most of time he walked around inside the big building but he also walked around outside 5 . When he was 6 , he could sit on a chair by the door. In the winter it was very cold. He 7 a warm coat when he left the factory. Last night when Frank went outside, he heard a noise near the gate of the factory. He went very quietly to the noise to see 8 somebody was there, but he saw only a small dog. It looked cold and sad. He took the dog inside the factory and the happy dog 9 him around. The dog was a good friend for the night watchman. Frank was no longer 10 . He could talk to the dog. | |||