After years of searching, the seeker was told to go to a cave, in which there was a well. "Ask the well
what is 1 ", he was advised. Having 2 the well, the seeker asked the question. From the 3 came the
answer: "Go to the village crossroad: there you shall find what you are 4 ."
The man ran to the crossroad, only to find three rather small 5 . One was selling pieces of metal,
another sold wood, and thin wires were for sale in the third. 6 seemed to have much to do with the
truth.
Disappointed, the seeker returned to the well to 7 an explanation, but he was told only: "You will
8 in the future."
Angry about having been made fool of, the seeker 9 his wanderings in search of truth. As years
went by, the 10 of his experience at the well 11 faded until one night, while he was walking in the
moonlight, the sound of sitar (一种弦乐器) music 12 his heart. It was wonderful and it was played
with great 13 .
Deeply moved, the truth seeker felt drawn towards the player. He looked at the fingers dancing over
the strings. He became 14 of the sitar itself. And then 15 he let out a cry of joyful recognition: the sitar
was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like those he had 16 seen in the three stores
and had thought them to be without any particular significance.
At last he understood the 17 of the well: we"ve already been given everything we need: our 18 is
to assemble (装配) and use it in the proper way. Nothing is meaningful so long as we 19 only separate
parts. But as soon as the parts 20 , a new entity (实体) will form. |
( ) 1. A. fame
( ) 2. A. filled
( ) 3. A. height
( ) 4. A. seeking
( ) 5. A. entrances
( ) 6. A. Everything
( ) 7. A. demand
( ) 8. A. improve
( ) 9. A. treasured
( )10. A. description
( )11. A. gradually
( )12. A. fixed
( )13. A. curiosity
( )14. A. proud
( )15. A. peacefully
( )16. A. once
( )17. A. goal
( )18. A. advice
( )19. A. finish
( )20. A. come together | B. life
B. missed
B. depth
B. learning
B. stations
B. Nothing
B. offer
B. grow
B. ended
B. memory
B. immediately
B. affected
B. surprise
B. afraid
B. suddenly
B. always
B. use
B. interest
B. consider
B. break down | C. truth
C. dug
C. north
C. losing
C. shops
C. Anything
C. make
C. understand
C. started
C. bravery
C. quickly
C. caught
C. difficulty
C. sick
C. regularly
C. never
C. message
C. dream
C. change
C. dry up | D. success
D. found
D. south
D. gaining
D. offices
D. Something
D. write
D. forget
D. continued
D. pleasure
D. unfortunately
D. broke
D. inspiration
D. aware
D. carefully
D. also
D. imagination
D. task
D. talk
D. take over |
答案
| 1-5: CDBAC 6-10: BACDB 11-15: ACDDB 16-20: ACDBA |
举一反三
| 完形填空。 | I recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important
medical breakthroughs.He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him __1__ he
thought he was able to be so much more __2__ than the average person.
He __3__ that it all came from a(n)__4__ with his mother that occurred when he was
about 2.He had been trying to remove milk from the fridge when he __5__ the slippery
(光滑的) bottle，its contents running all over the kitchen floor.
When his mother came in，__6__ shouting at him or giving him a lecture，she said，
“Robert，what a great and wonderful __7__ you have made! I have __8__ seen such
a huge pool of milk.Well，the damage has already been __9__.Would you like to get
down and __10__ in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up？”Indeed，he
did.After a few minutes，his mother said，“Robert，whenever you make a mess like
this，eventually you have to __11__ everything to its proper order.So，how would you
like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵)，a towel or a mop.Which do you prefer？”
He chose the sponge.
His mother then said，“You know，what we have here is a __12__ experiment in
how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two __13__ hands.Let"s go out in the back
yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can make it.” The little boy learned that
if he __14__ the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands，he could carry it without
dropping it.What a wonderful __15__！
This scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn"t need to
be __16__to make mistakes.Instead，he learned that mistakes were just __17__ for
learning something new，which is，__18__，what scientific experiments are all about.
Even if the experiment “doesn"t__19__，” we usually learn something __20__ from it. | ( )1．A.why
( )2．A.capable
( )3．A.responded
( )4．A.coincidence
( )5．A.fell
( )6．A.rather than
( )7．A.picture
( )8．A.rarely
( )9．A.obtained
( )10．A.jump
( )11．A.recover
( )12．A.failed
( )13．A.strong
( )14．A.controlled
( )15．A.example
( )16．A.anxious
( )17．A.situations
( )18．A.after all
( )19．A.do
( )20．A.worthy
| B．what
B．able
B．reacted
B．experience
B．lost
B．instead of
B．mass
B．happily
B．suffered
B．play
B．return
B．successful
B．tiny
B．possessed
B．teaching
B．nervous
B．opportunities
B．above all
B．finish
B．costly
| C．when
C．creative
C．recalled
C．matter
C．escaped
C．other than
C．map
C．frequently
C．done
C．enjoy
C．restore
C．fantastic
C．thin
C．seized
C．lesson
C．fearful
C．occasions
C．first of all
C．go
C．valuable
| D．how
D．original
D．reminded
D．conflict
D．dropped
D．in place of
D．mess
D．angrily
D．received
D．draw
D．regain
D．painful
D．weak
D．grasped
D．instruction
D．afraid
D．turns
D．in all
D．work
D．interesting
| | 完形填空 | One day I took a bus with my girlfriend. It was so__1__ that we stood for several stops until a
vacant seat was __2__ for her.
Then a pretty girl rushed towards me, saying, "Hi, where are you going?" I was so struck by the
stranger that I had a hard time trying to __3__ her. Clearly she had taken me __4__ somebody else. I
returned her greeting with politeness, __5__ to give explanation to my girlfriend later.
Noticing my dialogue with somebody else, my girlfriend__6__ her eyes and found she was pretty.
She asked jealously, "Who"s she?" The pretty girl, quite __7__ of the situation, spoke out first, "Hi, let
me __8__ myself. I"m Nancy, used to be __9__. Very glad to meet you." She behaved very __10__.
But I was __11__ to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors. I was
worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend __12__ the pretty girl again turned to me, "Will you give
me your cell phone number so that we __13__ keep contacts(联系) later?" I had to submit to her
__14__.
Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop.
A minute later I got a short __15__ on my phone－from a stranger. My girlfriend __16__ my
phone and read the note. It was from the girl, who said, "Just now, two thieves tried to __17__ your
pocket. I had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention. I should have left at the __18__ stop
but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also __19__ to leave at the same stop. Because of the __20__ I delayed my departure. Now you" ll understand all I have done to you. Wish you luck." | ( )1. A. tiring
( )2. A. ready
( )3. A. identify
( )4. A. on
( )5. A. preferring
( )6. A. fixed
( )7. A. proud
( )8. A. explain
( )9. A. partners
( )10. A. naturally
( )11. A. in a hurry
( )12. A. while
( )13. A. would
( )14. A. request
( )15. A. suggestion
( )16. A. removed
( )17. A. steal
( )18. A. terminal
( )19. A. pretending
( )20. A. incident | B. slow
B. available
B. realize
B. by
B. planning
B. opened
B. careful
B. enjoy
B. neighbors
B. generously
B. at a loss
B. before
B. can
B. question
B. warning
B. seized
B. reach
B. former
B. intending
B. matter | C. crowded
C. special
C. remind
C. with
C. managing
C. raised
C. afraid
C. introduce
C. friends
C. cautiously
C. at ease
C. when
C. should
C. command
C. notice
C. found
C. get
C. previous
C. demanding
C. accident | D. messy
D. suitable
D. judge
D. for
D. promising
D. focused
D. aware
D. help
D. colleagues
D. normally
D. in time
D. until
D. must
D. opinion
D. message
D. caught
D. pick
D. latter
D. announcing
D. affair | | 完形填空 | A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a__1__to catch
a train, she__2__a quick way to reach it. "I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!" the driver said__3__.
"You don"t think I know the best way to go?"
The woman tried to explain that she hadn"t__4__to annoy him, but the driver kept__5__. She finally
realized that he was too annoyed to be__6__, so she changed her__7__. "You know, you are right,
" she told him. "It must seem__8__for me not to think you know the best way__9__the city."
10 , the driver glanced at his 11 in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and
got her to the train on time. "He didn"t say another word the rest of the ride, "she said. " 12 I got out
and paid him. Then he thanked me."
When you find yourself 13 with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to 14 your idea. It
can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or 15 marriages. I have discovered one simple 16
extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from 17 in a
disaster.
The 18 is to put yourself in the other person"s shoes and look for the 19 in what that person is
saying. Find a way to 20 , and the result may surprise you. | ( )1. A. hurry
( )2. A. chose
( )3. A. jokingly
( )4. A. supposed
( )5. A. apologizing
( )6. A. reasonable
( )7. A. road
( )8. A. strange
( )9. A. across
( )10. A. Surprised
( )11. A. rider
( )12. A. until
( )13. A. satisfied
( )14. A. give up
( )15. A. combine
( )16. A. and
( )17. A. lying
( )18. A. problem
( )19. A. fact
( )20. A. agree | B. rush
B. made
B. angrily
B. expected
B. driving
B. thoughtful
B. mind
B. wrong
B. at
B. Worried
B. speaker
B. after
B. concerned
B. turn down
B. destroy
B. that
B. resulting
B. importance
B. meaning
B. argue | C. moment
C. found
C. anxiously
C. meant
C. asking
C. normal
C. direction
C. terrible
C. through
C. Annoyed
C. helper
C. because
C. crowded
C. stick to
C. suffer
C. but
C. setting
C. key
C. expression
C. escape | D. way
D. suggested
D. curiously
D. decided
D. shouting
D. practical
D. manner
D. stupid
D. along
D. Disappointed
D. comer
D. since
D. faced
D. point out
D. divide
D. though
D. leading
D. reply
D. truth
D. fight | | 完形填空 | One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue when remembered it was necessary to buy a
pair of socks. I __1__ the first sock shop that __2__ my eye, and a boy clerk, not more than
seventeen, came forward. "I wish to buy a pair of socks." His eyes __3__. " Do you know that you
have come into the finest place in the world to buy socks?" I had not been aware of that, as my
entrance had been __4__.
"Hold on, lad, I am going to buy only one pair!" "I know that, but I want you to see how
marvelously __5__ these are." There was on his face an expression of serious and holy joy, as if he
were revealing to me the __6__ of his religion. I looked at him in __7__. " My friend, " said I, "if you
can keep up this zeal and excitement day after day, in ten years you will __8__ every sock in the
United States."
My amazement at his __9__ and joy in salesmanship will be easily understood. In many shops the
customer has to wait for someone to 10 him. And when finally some clerk does 11 you, you are
made to feel as if you were 12 him. He shows no interest either in you or in the goods he is 13 to
sell. 14 possibly every clerk began his career with hope and 15 . The daily work was too much
and dull for him； gradually his only pleasures were found 16 of working hours. He became a 17 ,
not inspired salesman. After being mechanical, he became incompetent, then sour. That was the last
18 . His usefulness was over.
I have observed this melancholy (可悲的) 19 in the lives of so many men in so many occupations
that I have come to the 20 that the surest road to failure is to do things mechanically. | ( )1. A. rushed into
( )2. A. hit
( )3. A. opened
( )4. A. accidental
( )5. A. various
( )6. A. mysteries
( )7. A. amazement
( )8. A. occupy
( )9. A. affection
( )10. A. wait upon
( )11. A. observe
( )12. A. asking
( )13. A. paid
( )14. A. And
( )15. A. sadness
( )16. A. outside
( )17. A. mechanical
( )18. A. procedure
( )19. A. improvement
( )20. A. faith | B. turned into
B. caught
B. glared
B. deliberate
B. strange
B. opinion
B. interest
B. sell
B. prejudice
B. care about
B. notice
B. inviting
B. ordered
B. However
B. enthusiasm
B. beyond
B. strong
B. approach
B. decrease
B. conclusion | C. stole into
C. fixed
C. brightened
C. considerate
C. long
C. idea
C. puzzle
C. own
C. success
C. concern about
C. view
C. interrupting
C. motivated
C. Therefore
C. doubt
C. inside
C. courageous
C. stage
C. increase
C. summary | D. changed into
D. focused
D. widened
D. special
D. beautiful
D. thought
D. admiration
D. attract
D. pride
D. take care
D. see
D. punishing
D. permitted
D. Yet
D. consideration
D. dull
D. demanding
D. pace
D. decline
D. intention | | 阅读理解 | My father was Chief Engineer of a merchant ship, which was sunk in World War Ⅱ. The book
Night of the Uboats told the story.
Memories
In September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my father"s ship was
getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep
him safe.
Then I remember my mother lying face down, sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship
had been sunk by a torpedo(鱼雷).
I can remember the arrival of the telegram(电报), which in those days always brought bad news.
My grandmother opened it. It read, "Safe.Love Ted."
My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father"s knee, his arm in a
bandage.
He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For
as long as I can remember, he had a weak heart.Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He
said it was because of the cigarettes. Whichever, he died suddenly in his early 50s.
Ten years later I read Night of the Uboats and was able to complete the story.
Torpedo
One torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room, where the third engineer was killed.
He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned.
By the time he got on deck(甲板) he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had
stuck fast. When he tried to cut it free, it swung against the ship, injuring his hand and arm.He had
no choice but to jump-still with the photograph in his pocket.
Three days later, he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow.All 23 with him signed the back of
the photograph.
A Toast
In my room is the book and the photograph. Often, glass in hand, I have wondered how I would
have dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue? Lest(以
免)we forget, I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.
1. We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea________.
A. to meet a friend
B. to see the father off
C. to take a family photo
D. to enjoy the sailing of the ship
2. What did the author learn about the father from the telegram?
A. He was still alive.
B. His knee was broken.
C. His ship had been sunk.
D. He had arrived in Glasgow.
3. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 6 refers to the father"s________.
A. weak heart
B. taking a shore job
C. failure to return to sea
D. injury caused by a torpedo
4. What can we know about the author"s father after his ship was attacked?
A. He lost his arm.
B. He repaired the engines.
C. He managed to take a lifeboat.
D. He was the last to leave the ship.
5. What is the passage mainly about?
A. A group of forgotten heroes.
B. A book describing a terrifying battle.
C. A ship engineer"s wartime experience.
D. A merchant"s memories of a sea rescue. | 最新试题
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