完形填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，共15分)On a hot summer day in south Florida, a little boy decid

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完形填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，共15分)
On a hot summer day in south Florida, a little boy decided to go for a swim in the lake behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out of the 36 door, leaving behind his shoes, socks, and shirt as he went.
He 37 into the water, not realizing that as he swam to the middle of the lake, a(n) 38 was swimming toward the 39 . His mother in the house saw the two. Full of 40 , she ran toward the water, screaming at her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became 41 and made a U-turn to swim hurriedly to his mother. But it was too late. Just as he reached her, the crocodile 42 him. The mother grabbed her little boy by the 43 just as the crocodile seized his legs.
The crocodile was 44 stronger than the mother; but the mother was much too 45 to pull her son back. A farmer heard the 46 , raced from his truck, took aim and shot the crocodile.
Remarkably, a few weeks later, the little boy 47 . His legs were extremely scarred by the attack of the animal. 48 , on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother’s fingernails dug into his flesh(肉体) in her 49 to hang on to the son she loved.
The newspaper reporter, who 50 the boy after the accident, asked if he would show him his scars（疤痕）: The boy, with obvious 51 , said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom would not let go.”
You and I can 52 with that little boy. We have scars, too. Not from a crocodile, but the scars of a painful 53 . some of those scars are ugly and have 54 us deep regret. But , some wounds, my friend, are because our relatives have 55 to let go. In the course of your struggle, they have been there holding on to you.

小题1:

A．back

B．front

C．open

D．closed

小题2:

A．swam

B．flew

C．went

D．drived

小题3:

A．child

B．fish

C．animal

D．crocodile

小题4:

A．shore

B．centre

C．middle

D．lake

小题5:

A．shock

B．surprise

C．fear

D．joy

小题6:

A．realized

B．alarmed

C．cleared

D．pleased

小题7:

A．hold

B．arrived

C．closed

D．reached

小题8:

A．body

B．head

C．arms

D．hands

小题9:

A．less

B．much

C．little

D．few

小题10:

A．hurried

B．worried

C．

eager

D．anxious

小题11:

A．screams

B．shouts

C．voices

D．sound

小题12:

A．lived

B．saved

C．rescued

D．survived

小题13:

A．And

B．Therefore

C．But

D．However

小题14:

A．force

B．power

C．effort

D．strength

小题15:

A．asked

B．interviewed

C．questioned

D．reported

小题16:

A．regret

B．pride

C．joy

D．worry

小题17:

A．agree

B．disagree

C．admire

D．respect

小题18:

A．past

B．future

C．memory

D．reminder

小题19:

A．kept

B．made

C．left

D．led

小题20:

A．accepted

B．delayed

C．denied

D．refused

答案

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:D小题1:C小题1:B小题1:C
小题1:A小题1:D小题1:A小题1:C小题1:B
小题1:B小题1:A小题1:A小题1:C小题1:D

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Once upon a time, there lived many doves(鸽子) in the jungle. One day they went out in search of food. They flew long distances   36  did not get anything to eat. All of them were 37 .
A young dove asked the King Dove, “Your Majesty(陛下),please 38 us to take some rest.” The King replied, “Have   39 , my dear young fellow. We shall  40   get something to eat very soon.”
The young dove started flapping(拍打) his wings(翅膀) with   41  and soon left everyone else behind. After some time, he 42 and spoke to others, “Hey, I see lots of 43 down there.”
Hearing this, all the doves started 44 the grains(谷物) under a banyan tree. 45   The King Dove said, “It’s too good to be true. There is something wrong. Don’t rush towards the grains. It might be a 46 .Some hunter must have laid a trap(下了陷阱).”
But the doves were very hungry. The   47   of the grains was too tempting(诱惑人的).Without giving a(n)   48   to the king’s advice, they flew

down and started eating the grains. After having a big 49 , they tried to fly away, only to 50 that they were caught in a net.
The King Dove said, “ I told you before that it is a trick(骗局) of some hunter.
All of them felt ashamed and 51 . One of them said to the King Dove. “Oh Your Majesty, please save us.”
So the King Dove said, “All of you must try to fly with the 52 at the same time and in the same 53 , all of you.”
Just then they saw a(n) 54 show up. The King Dove said, “ Now all of you, fly together.”
So all the doves flapped their wings together and flew with the net. The hunter stood dazed(眩晕). He couldn’t ____55___ what he had just seen.
小题1:..

A．but

B．and

C．so

D．or

小题2:..

A．excited

B．surprised

C．tired

D．angry

小题3:.

A．help

B．teach

C．allow

D．accept

小题4:..

A．rest

B．courage

C．luck

D．interest

小题5:..

A．slowly

B．happily

C．possibly

D．surely

小题6:..

A．surprise

B．pleasure

C．force(用力)

D．anger

小题7:..

A．turned down

B．turned back

C．broke out

D．watched out

小题8:..

A．persons

B．doves

C．plants

D．grains

小题9:.

A．rushing towards

B．looking for

C．picking up

D．dropping down

小题10:.

A．Gladly

B．Amazedly

C．Hardly

D．Suddenly

小题11:..

A．magic

B．trick

C．dream

D．mistake

小题12:..

A．color

B．smell

C．view

D．sight

小题13:..

A．sound

B．thought

C．idea

D．care

小题14:..

A．meeting

B．discussion

C．meal

D．break

小题15:..

A．appreciate

B．understand

C．realize

D．worry

小题16:..

A．pleased

B．scared(害怕)

C．full

D．sick

小题17:..

A．food

B．king

C．net

D．wing

小题18:..

A．way

B．place

C．circle

D．direction

小题19:..

A．hunter

B．guide

C．adult

D．child

小题20:..

A．believe

B．remember

C．tell

D．catch

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Hobbs was an orphan（孤儿）. He worked in a factory and every day he got a little money. Hard work made him thin and weak. He wanted to borrow a lot of money to learn to paint pictures, but he did not think he could pay off the debts.
One day a lawyer said to him, “One thousand dollars, and here is the money.” As Hobbs took the package of notes, he was very dumbfounded. He didn’t know where the money came from and how to spend it. He said to himself, “I could go to find a hotel and live like a rich man for a few days; or I give up my work in the factory and do what I’d like to do: painting pictures. I could do that for a few weeks, but what would I do after that? I should have lost my place in the factory and have no money

to live on. If it were a little less money, I would buy a new coat, or a radio, or give a dinner to my friends. If it were more, I could give up the work and pay for painting pictures. But it’s too much for one and too little for the other.”
“Here is the reading of your uncle’s will（遗嘱）,” said the lawyer, “telling what is to be done with this money after his death. I must ask you to remember one point. Your uncle has said you must bring me a paper showing exactly what you did with his money, as soon as you have spent it.”
“Yes, I see. I’ll do that,” said the young man.
小题1:.. Hobbs wanted to borrow money to _______.

A．study abroad	B．work abroad
C．pay off the debts	D．learn to paint pictures

小题2:. What does the underlined word “dumbfounded” （in Paragraph 2） probably mean?

A．Surprised.	B．Frightened.
C．Satisfied.	D．Excited.

小题3:. With the money he got, at first Hobbs _______.

A．planned to have a happy life for a few days

B．decided to give up his work in the factory

C．was to give a dinner to his friends

D．had no idea what to do

小题4:.. Hobbs was asked to _______.

A．tell the lawyer what he did with the money after spending it

B．read his uncle’s will

C．tell the lawyer what was to be done with the money

D．buy some pictures

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Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour（幽默感）. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.
　　 One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”
　　After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few（许多） mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.
　　Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes a

re very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
　　But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.
小题1:.That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.

A．to see one of his friends

B．because he wanted to do something there for his writing

C．because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there

D．to see one of his relatives

小题2:. The waiters felt sorry because _____.

A．they did something wrong to Mark Twain

B．their hotel was too small

C．the room was not very clean

D．there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room

小题3:. All the people present laughed heartily because _____.

A．the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room

B．the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number

C．Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents

D．Mark Twain made a joke

小题4:. From the story we know _____.

A．no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night

B．the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night

C．Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night

D．there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer

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Every morning a woman made some bread for members of her family and an extra piece for whoever needed it. She would always 36.    the extra piece on the windowsill(窗台).
She 37.   an old man came every day and took the extra piece without expressing his 38.   . This went on day after day. The woman felt very 39.   . In order to punish him, she decided to add 40.   to the bread she 41. for him! As she was about to place it on the windowsill, she 42.   and gave up eventually. Immediately, she prepared another one and put it on the sill. 43.   , the man came that day, picked up the bread and left, totally 44. of the anger in the heart of the woman.
That evening, there was a 45. on the door. As she opened it, she was 46. to find her son standing in the doorway. He had gone to a distant place to 47. his fortune. For many months she had heard no news of him.
Looking at his mother he said 48.  , “ Mom, it is truly 49. I’m here. My business  50.  so I had to beg for food on my way home. I would have died this morning, but just then an old man passed by. He was 51.  enough to give me a piece of bread, and said, ‘ this is what I eat every day. Today, I shall give it to you, for your 52. is greater than mine!’ ”

As the mother 53. those words, her face turned pale. She 54. the

poisoned bread that she had made that morning. Had she not thrown it away, it would have been eaten by her own son and he would have 55. his life!
小题1:..

A．cut

B．taste

C．place

D．sell

小题2:.

A．doubted

B．noticed

C．hoped

D．worried

小题3:.

A．appreciation

B．concern

C．regret

D．sympathy

小题4:.

A．strange

B．sad

C．satisfied

D．angry

小题5:.

A．sugar

B．salt

C．poison

D．milk

小题6:.

A．cared

B．applied

C．prepared

D．begged

小题7:..

A．agreed

B．hesitated

C．accepted

D．understood

小题8:.

A．As usual

B．On the way

C．As a result

D．On the other hand

小题9:.. A. uncertain B. unaware C

. unashamed D. unafraid
小题10:.

A．message

B．key

C．knife

D．knock

小题11:.

A．curious

B．surprised

C．nervous

D．disappointed

小题12:.

A．assess

B．spend

C．seek

D．bring

小题13:..

A．cheerfully

B．carefully

C．proudly

D．weakly

小题14:.

A．normal

B．amazing

C．terrible

D．necessary

小题15:.

A．failed

B．succeeded

C．grew

D．continued

小题16:..

A．unique

B．smart

C．kind

D．mean

小题17:.

A．strength

B．job

C．help

D．need

小题18:.

A．said

B．wrote

C．read

D．heard

小题19:.

A．threw

B．remembered

C．kept

D．discovered

小题20:.

A．lost

B．saved

C．started

D．built

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You might say that Barack Obama was elected President of the US because h

e knows how to give a good speech. In 2004, the little-known Obama gave a speech at the Democratic national Convention(民主党全国会议). It was a great speech---poetic, and inspiring. The people who heard it would remember it for a long time.
Since 2004, Obama has written and delivered thousands of speeches. These are usually praised for two reasons: he treats the audiences like intelligent adults, and he is able to express difficult ideas in a straightforward, natural way.
Before becoming President, Obama was a lawyer, a college professor, and a successful writer---his two memoirs have become best-sellers. The skills he needed to succeed in

his previous jobs have also contributed to his success as a speechmaker.
As a lawyer, Obama learned how to make strong, convincing arguments. As a professor, he learned how to explain complex subjects in ways that helped students understand without boring them. As a writer, he learned how to use language to have a powerful influence on his audience.
Secret weapons of Obama
Writing team: Obama has a team of people who write his speeches. The writers chat with Obama for hours about what he wants to say. They listen to recordings of past presidential addresses and seek advice from advisers. Obama usually edits and rewrites the drafts several times.
Make fun of the guests: Obama starts his speech by gently making fun of his guests. His opening lines attract the audiences’ attention while giving them an opportunity to relax and laugh at themselves and each other.
Making fun of himself: Obama laughs at his past mistakes and is never afraid of showing them to the public.
Obama delivers speeches to audiences large and small. He can make his audiences laugh or cry. His speeches are always thoughtful, well written, and just right for each occasion.
小题1:.. The third and fourth paragraphs mainly talk about _____.

A．why Obama’s speeches are praised

B．how Obama acquired his speaking ability

C．what subjects Obama’s speeches about

D．Obama’s success as a writer and a lawyer

小题2:. When delivering a speech, Obama ______.

A．usually starts with some famous sayings	B．sometimes turns his speech into a song
C．sometimes shares a joke with the audience	D．is very strict most of the time

小题3:. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Obama won the election campaign.	B．Obama is a brilliant speechmaker
C．Obama had taken a couple of jobs.	D．Obama is good at writing.

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