完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 Do you have the ab
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完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选
项中，选择最佳选项。
Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl, Sarah. After Sarah left university, 36 began to live in New York City on her own. She 37 a job in a publishing house, but the salary was less than $30，000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah could live on her _38 and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that 39 in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people, that means housing. So Sarah chose to 40__ a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was 41 . When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. 42 she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then 43_ the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often 44 a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐). But Sarah said, “I enjoy walking 45 in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.” Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She 46 managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, the other to Portland.
“Don’t think of saving money as something 47 . It’s a kind of game,” said Sarah.
| 小题2: | | A．found | B．tried | C．asked for | D．looked for |
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| 小题3: | | A．salary | B．time | C．dream | D．idea |
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| 小题4: | | A．difficult | B．possible | C．useful | D．different |
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| 小题5: | | A．buy | B．sell | C．stay | D．share |
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| 小题6: | | A．food | B．rest | C．studying | D．playing |
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| 小题7: | | A．Soon | B．Finally | C．Once | D．Again |
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| 小题8: | | A．prepared | B．took | C．caught | D．picked |
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| 小题9: | | A．pay | B．lend | C．spend | D．save |
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| 小题10: | | A．along | B．up | C．down | D．around |
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| 小题11: | | A．even | B．seldom | C．always | D．never |
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| 小题12: | | A．hard | B．interesting | C．nice | D．great |
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答案
小题1:B小题1:A小题1:A小题1:B小题1:D
小题1:A小题1:C小题1:B小题1:C小题1:D
小题1:A小题1:A |
解析
小题1:B。she她。她开始独自居住在纽约市，在一家出版社找了一份工作。
小题1:A。根据后面的but the salary was …意为“薪水是……”可知是找到了工作。因此tried“尝试”，asked for“请求”，looked for“寻找，(强调动作)”都不符合，found为find的过去式，意为“找到(强调结果)”符合句意。
小题1:A。但Sarah能够靠她的薪水（salary）生活。
小题1:B。根据上文可知此处句意为“在世界上消费最贵的城市之一，那怎么可能？”所以，difficult“困难的”，useful“有用的”，different“不同的”不符合句意，possible“可能的”符合。
小题1:D。share sth with sb和某人分享某物。因此Sarah选择和其他3个朋友共住一间公寓。
小题1:A。根据后面讲述的关于她吃饭方面的事情，可以推测出这里是说“她接下来最大的花费是食物”。
小题1:C。后面是描述Sarah某次吃饭的经历，所以用once“一次”，其他选项soon“不久”，finally“最后”，again“又；再”不符合。
小题1:B。根据句意判断，此处是说“她把骨头带回家，用他们做汤”。其他动词无此意。
小题1:C。spend some money on sth.意为“在某事上花费金钱”。
小题1:D。考查词组walk around意为“四处走走；四处转转”。
小题1:A。even甚至。她甚至两次成功的旅游。
小题1:A。根据短文最后一句It’s a kind of game,“这是一种游戏”，可知Sarah认为节约花钱不是一件困难的（hard）事情。 |
举一反三
Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work.
There are some particular blue flowers that have always caught my eye. I’ve noticed that they bloom only in the morning hours and the afternoon sun is too warm for them. Every day for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty…” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel（铲子）one year in my car to be used for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was shocked to see that the highway department had destroyed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring.” A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister has a terminal brain tumor（肿瘤）. She is 20 years older than me and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven’t been as close as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I’ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
小题1: Why did those flowers the writer saw only bloom in the morning? | A．Because it was hot in the afternoon. | | B．Because someone picked them away. | | C．Because someone took them into houses. | | D．Because the writer passed them in the morning. |
小题2: Which of the following statements is right according to the passage? | A．The writer’s sister died of lung tumor. | | B．The writer was regretful when she heard her sister’s death. | | C．The writer planned to dig the flowers to give them to her husband. | | D．The writer’s husband planned to plant some flowers in the garden. |
小题3: The writer wrote the passage to tell us ________.| A．to enjoy what we have now | | B．to value now and not to lose chances | | C．to protect the beautiful flowers we see | | D．to love those who are your close relatives |
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A passenger (乘客) told an air hostess (空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the 16 soon.
Twenty minutes 17 , when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she 18 to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up (延迟) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he 19 it.
In the following hours on the flight, 20 time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile 21 he needed help or not. But the passenger never 22 her words.
When he was going to get off the 23 , the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿). She was very 24 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her 25 the job. 26 with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she 27 the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times 28 . How can I refuse 29 twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched (感动) the passenger
30 and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!
| 小题1: | | A．milk | B．juice | C．coffee | D．water |
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| 小题2: | | A．late | B．later | C．ago | D．after |
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| 小题3: | | A．remembered | B．forgot | C．wanted | D．learned |
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| 小题4: | | A．accepted | B．took | C．refused | D．received |
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| 小题5: | | A．some | B．either | C．another | D．each |
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| 小题6: | | A．why | B．when | C．whether | D．how |
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| 小题7: | | A．paid attention to | B．thought of | C．heard of | D．worried about |
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| 小题8: | | A．coach | B．bus | C．train | D．plane |
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| 小题9: | | A．happy | B．cheerful | C．sad | D．excited |
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| 小题10: | | A．lose | B．loses | C．losing | D．lost |
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| 小题12: | | A．opened | B．closed | C．destroyed | D．hid |
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| 小题13: | | A．at all | B．in all | C．of all | D．all over |
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| 小题15: | | A．peacefully | B．comfortably | C．deeply | D．slowly |
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There was a man who had a little son. He loved him very much. Every day after work the man would come home and play with the little boy.
When the man came home from work one night, he found that he had some extra work to do. And he wasn’t able to play with his little son. He wanted to give the boy something to keep him busy. So, looking around his study, he saw a magazine with a large map of the world on the cover. He got an idea. He patiently tore the map up into pieces. Then he led his son into the dining room and spread the pieces on the table. He explained to the boy that it was a map of the world. He told the boy to put it back together and they could play together when he finished. Surely this could keep the child busy for hours, he thought.
After about thirty minutes, the boy came to the man and said, “Okay, it’s finished, Dad. Can we play now?”
The man was surprised, saying, “That’s amazing! How did you do that?” The boy said, “It was easy. On the back of the page was a picture of a man. When I put the man together, the whole world appeared completely.”
小题1: Why couldn’t the man play with his son that night? | A．He had to read a magazine. | B．He had some extra work to do. | | C．He had to learn something about a map. | D．He had to stay at his office for extra work. |
小题2:What did the man ask his son to do?| A．To read the magazine to find the map. | | B．To tear the map of the world up into pieces. | | C．To put the pieces of the map of the world back together. | | D．To clean the dining room first, and then read the map of the world. |
小题3: How long did it take the boy to finish the work?| A．A few hours. | B．About an hour. | C．About half an hour. | D．The whole night. |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE about the passage?| A．It’s a report about a father’s extra work. | | B．It’s a story between a father and his clever son. | | C．It’s an advertisement for the map of the world. | | D．It’s a poster about how to deal with parents’ problems. |
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When you are curious about something and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions. Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers. The following steps can guide you during the research.
Step 1 Write down the subject that you are interested in on a piece of paper. Just get the main idea down. For example, you might write:
Discover more about robots.
Step 2 Stop and think for a moment about what you have already known about your subject. List what you have already known like the sentences below:
1. The first robot appeared in the USA in 1959.
2. A robot can do housework and act as a teacher.
3. Sometimes a robot catches viruses and causes a lot of problems.
Step 3 What can you do with what you want to learn? By asking questions, start writing down questions about the robots on the paper:
1. What might robots be like in the future?
2. What other things can robots do for people?
3. What kind of power will robots possibly use in five years?
Step 4 Armed with your list of questions, you can now go to the nearest library or computer to begin your research. As you learn more about your subject, you’ll probably discover some new questions.
For example, you might discover that robots can help scientists explore dangerous places, like the sea and outer space. How? What happened? Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely.
The next time you find something interesting to research, take time to organize your thinking by asking good questions. And remember that learning more always brings more questions.
小题1:What does the writer advise us to do when we’re curious about something? | A．To read more books about it. | | B．To look it up in the dictionary. | | C．To turn to the teacher for help. | | D．To raise questions and find the answers. |
小题2:What does the underlined part “Armed with your list of questions” mean?| A．Writing down your list of questions. | | B．Discussing your questions with others. | | C．Taking your list of questions with you. | | D．Putting your list of questions under your arm. |
小题3:What might be the correct order of the steps when you do research?
① List what you want to learn. ② Find new problems.
③ List what you’ve already known. ④ Choose a research subject.小题4: What might be the best title for this passage?| A．Doing Research onRobots | | B．Asking Good Questions While Doing Research | | C．Having Interesting Answers on Robots | | D．Finding Subjects before Doing Research |
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小题1: We can see this ad _________.| A．at a cafe | B．at a library | C．at school | D．at home |
小题2: We can go for lunch at _________on Monday.| A．10:30 | B．11:45 | C．12:30 | D．14:30 |
小题3: Mrs. Zhou will spend _________ if she goes for dinner on Friday.小题4:Mr. Brown and his 8-year-old son had to pay _________ for dinner last Sunday. 小题5: You can _________ according to the ad.| A．take away the food in one box for $ 8 | B．enjoy all you can eat and barbecue | | C．get a free bottle of wine with your friend | D．call the Chinese Cafe at 9651 4655 |
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