完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound o
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完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the 36 and have made up their minds to ring the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest（抗议）against heavy trucks(卡车) which run 37 through the narrow High Street.
“They not only make it 38 to sleep at night, but they are 39 damage to our houses and shops of historical interest,” said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“ 40 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student，“why don’t they build a new road that goes 41 the town？Burlington isn’t much more than a 42 village．Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic．”
Harry Fields also studying 43 said they wanted to make as much 44 as possible to force the 45 to realise what everybody was having to 46 ．“Most of them don’t 47 here anyway，” he said，“they come in for meetings and that，and the Town Hall is soundproof（隔音）， 48 they Probably don’t 49 the noise all that much．It’s high time they realised the 50 ．”
The fourth student，Liza Vernum，said she thought the public were mostly on their side，and even if they weren’t they soon would be.
51 asked if they were afraid that the police might come to 52 them．
“Not really，” she said，“actually we are 53 bell-ringers．I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church．There is no 54 against practising．”
I 55 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.
| 小题1: | | A．college | B．village | C．town | D．church |
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| 小题2: | | A．now and then | B．day and night | | C．up and down | D．over and over |
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| 小题3: | | A．terrible | B．difficult | C．uncomfortable | D．unpleasant |
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| 小题4: | | A．doing | B．raising | C．putting | D．producing |
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| 小题5: | | A．If | B．Although | C．When | D．Unless |
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| 小题6: | | A．to | B．through | C．over | D．round |
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| 小题7: | | A．pretty | B．quiet | C．large | D．modern |
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| 小题8: | | A．well | B．hard | C．biology | D．education |
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| 小题9: | | A．effort | B．time | C．trouble | D．noise |
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| 小题10: | | A．townspeople | B．other students | | C．government officials | D．truck drivers |
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| 小题11: | | A．stand | B．accept | C．know | D．share |
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| 小题12: | | A．shop | B．live | C．come | D．study |
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| 小题14: | | A．notice | B．mention | C．fear | D．control |
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| 小题15: | | A．event | B．loss | C．action | D．problem |
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| 小题17: | | A．seize | B．fight | C．search | D．stop |
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| 小题18: | | A．proper | B．experienced | C．hopeful | D．serious |
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| 小题19: | | A．point | B．cause | C．need | D．law |
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| 小题20: | | A．left | B．found | C．reached | D．passed |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:A |
解析
试题分析：文章报道四个学生在教堂的钟楼内敲钟以示抗议大卡车不分昼夜地穿行在这条街上的，噪音扰民，他们想连续两周不停地敲钟制造尽可能大的噪音以迫使政府意识到噪音扰民这一问题。
小题1:考查上下文串联：由下文可知，这四名学生是在教堂的钟楼内敲钟以示抗议的，“我”也是在此对他们进行采访的。(参见文章最后一句I 55 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.)可知选D。
小题2:考查词组：A．now and then时而B．day and night日日夜夜C．up and down上上下下D．over and over一遍一遍，由下文(使人在夜间难以入睡)可知，这些大卡车是不分昼夜地穿行在这条街上的，选B。
小题3:考查形容词：A．terrible可怕的B．difficult困难的C．uncomfortable不舒服的D．unpleasant不愉快的，大卡车的噪音扰民，使人很难入睡。选B。
小题4:考查动词短语：do damage to对……造成损坏。参考：do good/wrong to。选A。
小题5:考查连词：A．If如果B．Although虽然C．When当…时候D．Unless除非，“If”引导条件状语从句，意为：如果必须让这些噪音很大的卡车在路面上行驶，那为何不新建一条环城公路呢？选A。
小题6:考查介词：A．to去B．through通过C．over越过D．round环绕，解析同上，选D。
小题7:考查形容词：A．pretty漂亮B．quiet安静C．large大的D．modern现代的，照应下句，意为：镇和一个大的村庄没有什么两样，街道狭窄，本来就不是为通行这么多车辆而设计的。选C。
小题8:考查名词：A．well好B．hard努力C．biology生物学D．education教育，Jean Lacey是一个生物系学生，由一词可知也是学生物的。选C
小题9:考查名词：A．effort努力B．time时间C．trouble困难D．noise噪音，他们要连续两周不停地敲钟制造尽可能大的噪音以迫使政府意识到噪音扰民这一问题。选D
小题10:考查名词：A．townspeople镇上的人B．other students其他学生C．government officials政府官员，D．truck drivers卡车司机，解析同上，选C。
小题11:考查动词：A．stand忍受B．accept接受C．know知道D．share分享，我们每个人要忍受的是什么？选A。
小题12:考查词义辨析：A．shop商店B．live生活C．come来D．study学习，不管怎么说大多数官员是不住在这儿的，选B。
小题13:考查连词：A．but但是B．so因此C．or 或者D．for 因为，这些官员既不住在这儿，进城里开会，又呆在有隔音功能的大厅内，所以很有可能注意不到噪音的严重性。选B。
小题14:考查动词：A．notice注意B．mention提到C．fear 害怕D．control 控制，解析同上，选A。
小题15:考查名词：A．event 事件B．loss损失C．action行为D．problem问题，是他们意识到问题的时候了。选D。
小题16:考查人称代词： I 是指作者在采访这四个学生，从最后一句话也可以看出，选A．
小题17:考查动词：A．seize抓住B．fight争吵C．search搜寻D．stop停止，come to stop them (from doing that)来阻止他们(这样做)。选D。
小题18:考查形容词：A．proper适当B．experienced有经验的C．hopeful有希望的D．serious严肃的，Proper = right,suitable,correct适当的；恰当的；对的。此处意为实际上我们是正当的敲钟人———是帮助教堂敲钟的。选A。
小题19:考查名词：A．point观点B．cause导致C．need需要D．law法律，他们不担心警察来阻止他们，是因为他们是专门负责帮助教堂敲钟的。没有一条法律规定不准练习敲钟。选D。
小题20:考查名词：A．left离开B．found发现C．reached 到达D．passed通过，“我在采访完这四名大学生后，离开教堂，耳边还回荡着钟声。选A。
点评：文章报道四个学生在教堂的钟楼内敲钟以示抗议大卡车不分昼夜地穿行在这条街上的，噪音扰民，他们想连续两周不停地敲钟制造尽可能大的噪音以迫使政府意识到噪音扰民这一问题。答题前一定要读懂全文，弄清文章要表达的思想，注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。 |
举一反三
Chelsea Clinton, the 31-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is stepping into her own spotlight.
According to the New York Times, NBC has hired Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent（记者） for NBC News. Her feature stories will reportedly be used in the “Making a Difference” series, which runs on “NBC Nightly News”. The sections attract people who volunteer to improve the lives of others in their communities.
When Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992, the first lady asked the press to keep Chelsea out of the public eyes. As a young adult, Chelsea continued to avoid media attention in order to attend college and quietly enter the business world. Once her mother decided to run for the presidency in 2007, however, Chelsea made hundreds of public appearances, mostly on college campuses, to support the campaign. More recently, she has worked for New York University and promoted her father’s latest book. She is currently pursuing a doctor’s degree at Oxford.
Clinton is the second daughter of a president hired by NBC News; Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former President George W. Bush, works as a correspondent for NBC’s “Today” show.
小题1: Chelsea Clinton continued to stay out of media attention to _____.| A．improve the lives of others | | B．help her father in the election | | C．study and go to the business circle | | D．support her mother for the presidency |
小题2: What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 2?| A．is shown | B．flows | C．is managed | D．spreads |
小题3: Which is the right order of the events?
a. Chelsea helped to sell Bill Clinton’s latest book.
b. Chelsea pursues her doctor’s degree.
c. Chelsea supported her mother’s career.
d. Chelsea was out of the public attention.| A．d, a, c, b | B．c, d, b, a | | C．c, b, d, a | D．d, c, a, b |
小题4: According to the text, we can conclude that _____.| A．Chelsea Clinton is the second daughter of Bill Clinton | | B．Chelsea Clinton is in favour of her parents’ careers | | C．Chelsea Clinton always follows her mother’s advice | | D．Jenna Bush Hager is a correspondent for “NBC Nightly News” |
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That Upper class people generally have more educational opportunities, greater financial security, and better jobs than people from lower social classes, but that doesn’t mean they’re more skilled at everything. A new study finds, surprisingly, that lower class people are better at reading the emotions of others.
The researchers were inspired by observing that, for lower class people, success depends more on how much they can rely on other individuals. For example, if you can’t afford to buy support services, you have to rely on your neighbors or relatives to watch the kids while you’re busy.
One experiment researched on volunteers who worked at a university: some had graduated from college and others had not. Researchers used the educational level as an indicator（标志）for social classes. The volunteers did a test of emotion perception（感知）, in which they were instructed to look at pictures of faces and indicate which emotions each face was displaying. People with more education performed worse on the task than people with less education.
In another study, university students who were of higher social status had a more difficult time accurately（准确）reading the emotions of a stranger.
These results suggest that people of upper-class status aren’t very good at recognizing the emotions other people are feeling. This is because they remember their upper status and they think they can solve their problems without relying on others.
In the third experiment, people were made to feel that they were at a lower social class than they actually were, and they got better at reading emotions.
“The differences between upper-class people and lower-class people are not something ingrained（根深蒂固的）,” Kraus says. “It’s the cultural environment leading to them.” This work helps show that the traditional image of the classes is wrong. “It’s not true that a lower-class person, no matter what kind of person, is going to be less intelligent than an upper-class person. It’s all about the social environment the person lives in, and the specific challenges the person faces. If you can change the environment even temporarily, social class differences in lots of behaviors can be removed.”
小题1:According to the passage, when lower-class people meet problems, they tend to ______.| A．turn to others | B．work even harder | | C．feel more frustrated | D．learn from upper-class people |
小题2:Why did people perform better in emotion perception in the third experiment?| A．Because they became less independent. | | B．Because they didn’t know they were cheated. | | C．Because they felt they must ask for help from other. | | D．Because they were made to understand lower-class people. |
小题3:What does the passage mainly talk about?| A．Upper-class people are not skilled at everything. | | B．Upper-class people have trouble recognizing others’ emotion. | | C．Lower-class people need to be given more employment opportunities. | | D．There are many differences between upper-class people and lower-class people. |
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First lady Michelle Obama urged students to visit China at the “100,000 Strong” China Study Abroad Forum at Howard University.
President Barack Obama announced the “100,000 Strong” Initiative（十万强计划）during his 2009 visit to China. The program aims to increase the number of American students studying in China by making study abroad more affordable.
During the event at Howard, Mrs. Obama spoke about the importance of studying abroad. “Studying in a country like China is about so much more than just improving your own prospects（前途） in the global market. The fact is that with every friendship you make and every bond of trust you establish you are shaping an image of America projected to the rest of the world and making America known better.” she said.
Mrs. Obama encouraged students to set aside the opinion that studying abroad is for “rich kids only” or for those attending “certain schools”. The first lady also announced that the Chinese government is giving 10,000 “Bridge Scholarships” to cover costs for American students studying in China.
Some students who had studied in China shared their experiences. David Marzban from Pepperdine University recalled a time when he formed a cross-cultural bond with a complete stranger at a restaurant near Fudan University in Shanghai. He noticed a young chef signaling him to come over. “He pressed the play button on his media player and started singing California Dreaming and wanted me to sing along with him,” Marzban said. “At that time I knew a great friendship had started during my first two weeks in China.”
Nicole Baden from Howard University recalled how her time in China really helped her master the language. “You have to experience the culture while learning the language to really master it to understand why things are how they are compared to your own culture,” Baden said.
12-year-old Sarah Davis, who studied in China last summer, said she was very excited to hear Michelle Obama talk about the country. “I love Chinese. Out of all the languages I’ve learned, Chinese is the most difficult and interesting.” She said.
小题1: According to the passage, the “100,000 Strong” Initiative ______.| A．provides convenience for American students to study in China | | B．was made by First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009 | | C．got little support from the Chinese government | | D．isn’t well-accepted among American students |
小题2:According to Mrs. Obama, ______.| A．American students used to be unable to study abroad | | B．Studying in China can make American students’ future better | | C．the Chinese government will offer all the US students scholarships | | D．American students’ studying in China helps improve the relationship between China and the US |
小题3:Three examples are given mainly to indicate that ______.| A．American students are very popular in China | | B．Chinese is the most difficult to learn in the world | | C．Many US young people have actually been studying in China | | D．American students’ studying in China is important and worthwhile |
小题4: What is the best title for the passage?| A．A great program for American students to study in China | | B．Michelle Obama encourages students to study in China | | C．More American students will go to China to study | | D．China is attracting more and more American students |
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When talking with young Swedish students, Mo Yan showed respect for Chinese authors that he learned writing from, particularly Shen Congwen, who was twice nominated（提名）for the Nobel Prize.
“Lu Xun, Lao She, Mao Dun and Shen Congwen, they are more qualified（有资格的）for the Nobel Prize than me,” he said,. Among the writers he learned from, he said he especially felt close to Shen Congwen, as they have similar life experiences.
Both of them left school early and did not get formal education. Shen quit after high school and Mo only finished the fifth grade. They both joined the army after school. “ We both learned from the book of life,” said Mo.
The themes of their writing are also similar. Both writers have their hometown as the theme and root of their writings. Shen’works are mostly about his hometown, Xiangxi, and most of Mo’s stories are set in his hometown, Gaomi, in Shandong Province.
Mo said he also learned from Shen how to deal with characters in a fiction. Unlike most Chinese writers, Shen has a humanistic（人文主义的） touch towards all of his characters. Said Mo, “In his works, there are no particularly bad person or good person. Even gangsters（匪徒） and thieves have their humane（仁慈的）side,” he said.
“I try to use the same approach in my writing. It shows the ability of a novelist when he treats all the characters as humans,” he said.
Mo said he also learned Lu Xun’s depth and Lao She’s humor. “They are all my teachers, and I am the student,” he said. “I feel ashamed from my heart that teachers did not get the prize, but the student got it.”
小题1:Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the similarity between Mo Yan and Shen Congwen?| A．Writing themes | B．Sense of humor | | C．Life experiences | D．Approaches in writing |
小题2:By saying “We both learned from the book of life”, what did Mo Yan mean?| A．They both love reading throughout their life. | | B．They both earned their living by writing books. | | C．They both got nutrition（营养）from life. | | D．They both experienced many difficulties. |
小题3:According to Mo Yan, Shen Congwen was special in the way _________.| A．he described bad persons | B．he created characters | | C．he made sentences | D．he told stories |
小题4:From what Mo Yan said in the last paragraph, we can learn that ________.| A．he is a modest person | B．he feels shy | | C．Lu Xun’s depth influenced his early life | D．he thinks he doesn’t deserve the prize |
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A 34-year-old mother has spoken of how she woke up thinking she was 15 years old and living in 1992.
Naomi Jacobs, from Manchester, was convinced she was still a teenager. In her mind, John Major was Prime Minister and George Bush Sr. was running the White House. She also showed how she screamed when a boy appeared and called her “Mum”. Mobile phones and e-mails were puzzling and Google, Facebook and YouTube sounded like made-up words, she said.
Ms. Jacobs, who had no memory of the years, was told by doctors that she had Transient Global Amnesia (TGA). She has now written a book about the experience which happened in 2008.
“I fell asleep in 1992 as a brave, very confident know-it-all-15-year-old, and woke up as a 32-year-old single mum living in a rented house,” Ms. Jacobs said. “The last thing I remember was falling asleep in my bed, dreaming about a boy in my class. When I woke up, I looked in the mirror and had the fright of my life when I saw an old woman with wrinkles staring back at me. Then a little boy appeared and started calling me Mum. That’s when I started to scream. I didn’t know who he was. I didn’t think he was much younger than I was, and I certainly didn’t remember giving birth to him. I began sobbing uncontrollably. I just wanted my mum. I couldn’t get my head around going to bed one night and waking up in a different century.”
TGA is a rare type of amnesia which can occur suddenly, affecting around three people per 100,000 each year. Fortunately, permanent memory loss is rare. Ms. Jacobs’ memory started to return after eight weeks.
Some people who often suffer from migraines (偏头痛) also appear to be more likely to have TGA. The cause of TGA is unknown. Some think that it may be caused by a temporary cut of blood flow to parts of the brain involved in memory.
小题1:When a little boy came to call her “Mum”, Naomi Jacobs was _____.| A．excited | B．frightened | C．worried | D．embarrassed |
小题2:What was the last thing Naomi Jacobs could remember?| A．She was a brave and confident girl. | | B．She met an old woman with wrinkles. | | C．George Bush Sr. was elected President. | | D．She fell asleep dreaming of a boy in her class. |
小题3:According to the text, TGA _____.| A．is quite common | B．is caused by brain injuries | | C．results in permanent memory loss | D．causes people to lose part of their memory |
小题4:What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Naomi Jacobs has a poor memory.
B. Naomi Jacobs gets an amazing career after TGA.
C. Naomi Jacobs wakes up with the memory of her youth.
D. Naomi Jacobs succeeds in overcoming the disease.
小题5:According to the passage, we know _______.| A．Ms. Jacobs’ memory returned to normal now | | B．Ms. Jacobs often doesn’t remember things | | C．Ms. Jacobs has not got married yet | | D．Ms. Jacobs is very young now in deed |
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