A library is a place to find out about anything. In it there are mostly books, but there are also pictures, papers, maps, magazines and records. Special science and art shows, story hours, films, plays and contests may also be 1 in a library. Long ago a library had only books, and other things were 2 to get. There were so 3 books that no one was 4 to take them out of the library. After the printing machine was 5 , books could be made faster and librarians got more books. To borrow a book to 6 home today, a person just 7 a library card. The person goes to the main desk to have a librarian check the book out. The librarian prints the card with the 8 by which the book must be returned. If the book is returned 9 , the person must usually pay money for having broken the 10 . Books in a library are put in a certain 11 to help people to find 12 they want. In some libraries, all books about animals might be placed together. In 13 libraries, all books 14 by the same person may be placed together. Cabinets of cards list each book and tell where it can be found. People who live in the country may have trouble going to a city library. For these people there are librarians on wheels that 15 from place to place. |
( )1. A. asked ( )2. A. ready ( )3. A. great ( )4. A. moved ( )5. A. invented ( )6. A. arrive ( )7. A. needs ( )8. A. class ( )9. A. earlier ( )10. A. magazine ( )11. A. desk ( )12. A. out ( )13. A. all ( )14. A. written ( )15. A. walk | B. heard B. nice B. little B. borrowed B. found B. take B. gives B. date B. soon B. rule B. place B. that B. that B. brought B. run | C. seen C. difficult C. interesting C. allowed C. discovered C. return C. sees C. page C. in time C. window C. order C. which C. these C. bought C. travel | D. held D. easy D. few D. refused D. operated D. get D. meets D. address D. late D. book D. shelf D. what D. other D. kept D. jumps | 完形填空。 | During a recent vacation I visited Dusseldorf, a city in the dormer West Germany. The nine-day trip left a deep impression on me. I arrived at Dusseldorf airport at six. It was already dark outside. The first thing I needed to do was to find a place to 1 . I decided to telephone the youth hotel. But to use the 2 I needed some coins. I asked a lady for help. To my 3 , she 4 me five coins to use! But all the phones in the 5 needed phone cards. And phone cards could only be 6 at post office during the daytime. I was afraid I wouldn"t be able to call the 7 . An old gentleman helped me. He couldn"t speak English but 8 that I needed to make a phone call. He showed me where the 9 was and inserted (插入) his phone card. I called the youth hotel and found a place to stay that night. The kindness of the German people made me feel 10 and it seemed that I was not far from 11 . And my first day in Germany wasn"t as 12 as I expected previously. Whenever I went, I asked people for 13 . What surprised me most was that almost every young German could tell me the way in 14 English. Older Germans couldn"t speak English so well, 15 , they would try to help me whenever they could. One middle-aged man I asked for directions even 16 me to the place I was looking for. My experience in Germany completely changed my 17 of Germans. Before, I thought they were unfriendly to foreigners. In the World War II in the 1940s, Germans were always 18 . But things have 19 since then. And Germans today couldn"t be more 20 , in my opinion. | ( )1.A.study ( )2.A.hotel ( )3.A.surprise ( )4.A.covered ( )5.A.college ( )6.A.bought ( )7.A.police ( )8.A.explained ( )9.A.phone ( )10.A.amased ( )11.A.Germany ( )12.A.brilliant ( )13.A.directions ( )14.A.immediate ( )15.A.as a result ( )16.A.waved ( )17.A.enthusiam ( )18.A.amusing ( )19.A.completed ( )20.A.good-looking | B.stay B.taxi B.disappointment B.shared B.airport B.found B.website B.admitted B.coins B.shy B.home B.interesting B.instructions B.fluent B.however B.moved B.behaviour B.serious B.changed B.energetic | C.work C.phone C.joy C.organised C.activities C.used C.hotel C.appreciated C.card C.nervous C.the hotel C.terrible C.discipline C.incorrect C.so that C.drove C.impression C.impatient C.improved C.stupid | D.visit D.money D.delight D.gave D.vacasion D.kept D.headmaster D.understood D.post-office D.relaxed D.province D.formal D.topics D.scientific D.in other words D.followed D.interest D.cruel D.avoided D.friendly | Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. | The first attempt of even the most talented artists, musicians, and writers is seldom a masterpiece, If you consider your drafts as dress rehearsals (彩排), or tryouts, revising will seem a natural part of the writing 1 . What is the purpose of the dress rehearsals and the out-of-town previews that many Broadway shows go through? The answer is adding, deleting, replacing, reordering, 2 revising. Andrew Lloyd Webber"s musical Phantom of the Opera underwent such a process. When Lloyd Webber began writing in 1984, he had in mind a funny, exciting production. However, when Phantom opened in London in 1986, the audience saw a moving psychological love story set to music. The musical had. 3 several revisions due, in part, to problems with costuming and makeup (戏服和化妆). For instance, Lloyd Webber 4 some of the music because the Phantom"s makeup prevented the actor from singing certain sounds. When you revise, you change aspects of your work in 5 to your evolving purpose, or to include 6 ideas or newly discovered information. Revision is not just an afterthought that gets only as much time as you have at the end of an assignment. 7 , it is a major stage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. Even your decision to 8 . topics while prewriting is a type of revising. However. don"t make the mistake of skipping the revision stage that follows 9 . Always make time to become your own 10 and view your dress rehearsal, so to speak. Reviewing your work in this way can give you 11 new ideas. Revising involves 12 the effectiveness and appropriateness of all aspects of your writing, making your purpose more clearly, and refocusing or developing the facts and ideas you present. When you revise, ask yourself the following questions, keeping in mind the audience for whom you are writing: Is my main idea or purpose 13 throughout my draft? Do I ever lose sight of my purpose? Have I given my readers all of the 14 that is, facts, opinions, inferences-that they need in order to understand my main idea? Finally, have I included too many 15 details that may confuse readers? | ( )1. A. technique ( )2. A. in particular ( )3. A. undergone ( )4. A. rewrote ( )5. A. addition ( )6. A. fixed ( )7. A. However ( )8. A. discuss ( )9. A. drafting ( )10. A. director ( )11. A. personal ( )12. A. mixing ( )13. A. amazing ( )14. A. angles ( )15. A. unnecessary | B. style B. as a result B. skipped B. released B. response B. ambitious B. Moreover B. switch B. rearranging B. master B. valuable B. weakening B. bright B. evidence B. uninteresting | C. process C. for example C. rejected C. recorded C. opposition C. familiar C. Instead C. exhaust C. performing C. audience C. basic C. maintaining C. unique C. information C. concrete | D. career D. in other words D. replaced D. reserved D. contrast D. fresh D. Therefore D. cover D. training D. visitor D. delicate D. assessing D. clear D. hints D. final | 阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号 中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在标号为1-10的相应位置上。 | The year 2009 is the Year of the Ox, which is a representative of the farming culture of China. In the farming economy, oxen are the major animals 1______ (pull) plows (犁). Of course, the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. In fact, they are seen as "boats on land" for their ability to carry loads. Besides, the whole body of an ox is full of treasures, with their meat and milk as food full of nutrition, 2______ their skin used to make clothes and shoes. In the past, oxen played an important role in the 3______ (spirit) life of the Chinese. Even today, oxen still play a special part in some folk activities. For example, some people who 1ive in southwest China will cook cattle bone soup and share 4______ among family members when holding a ceremony for children 5______ reach 13. They believe that the cattle bone soup represents the blood relationship among family members. 6______ (express) their love for oxen, people in some 7______ areas will run to shake off diseases on the 16th day of the first month by the lunar calendar, and during their run they will take their oxen along, which 8______ (indicate) they regard the creature as human. Because of the contribution of oxen in their lives, the Chinese people are very grateful to 9______ animal. In addition, the use of oxen in ceremonies and the thanks people owe 10______ oxen help to develop various traditional customs, which becomes an important part of the folk culture of the Chinese nation. |
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