阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)We rented our u
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分) We rented our upstairs rooms to the out-of-town patients of Johns Hopkins Hospital. One evening, a bad-looking man, who was even shorter than my 8-year-old son, knocked at the door; 36 , his voice was pleasant as he said, “Good 37 . I come to see if you’ve a room. I came for (a) 38 this morning from the eastern shore”. He told me he’d been 39 a room since noon but with no 40 ; no one seemed to have one. “I guess it’s my 41 face…” I know why they 42 him away! It was clear that they would 43 roomers by putting up such people. For a moment, I 44 , but his next words convinced me, “I could sleep in this rocking chair on the porch(门廊). My 45 leaves early in the morning.” I told him we would find him a bed, but to rest on the porch. He told me he fished for a living to 46 his daughter, her five children and her husband, who was 47 in a terrible accident so that he couldn’t work. He didn’t tell it by way of 48 ; in fact, he was grateful that no pain 49 his disease, which was apparently a form of skin cancer. He thanked God for giving him the 50 to keep going. The next morning, the bed linen was 51 folded and the little man thanked me and waited for his bus. Three months later when I almost 52 the man, we received packages in the 53 , with fish and oysters in it and a note 54 , “Thank you for having kept my father a night. He just 55 because of skin cancer. Before his death, he asked me to post these as gifts. Thank you again, sir.” All this happened long ago — and now, I imagined, in God’s garden, how tall this lovely soul must stand. 36. A. otherwise B. though C. however D. unless 37. A. luck B. evening C. job D. morning 38. A. treatment B. travel C. meeting D. prayer 39. A. dealing with B. dreaming of C. hunting for D. living with 40. A. money B. patience C. success D. help 41. A. serious B. terrible C. happy D. long 42. A. took B. sent C. drove D. turned 43. A. lose B. discourage C. impress D. attract 44. A. doubted B. believed C. wondered D. hesitated 45. A. doctor B. bus C. daughter D. graduation 46. A. educate B. support C. encourage D. protect 47. A. unfriendly B. ugly C. sad D. disabled 48. A. complaint B. inspiration C. humor D. joke 49. A. removed B. accompanied C. avoided D. suffered 50. A. fantasy B. time C. disease D. strength 51. A. formally B. expectedly C. neatly D. messily 52. A. forgot B. missed C. called D. forgave 53. A. hospital B. envelope C. air D. mail 54. A. reading B. writing C. speaking D. drawing 55. A. gave up B. stayed out C. passed away D. lay down |
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36. CBACC 41. BDADB 46. BDABD 51. CADAC |
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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分) 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 There is one thing better than making a new friend, and that is keeping an old one. ——Elmer G Letterman Two years ago my family moved. The day we left, my best friend and I cried together in my 36 bedroom for hours. I was miserable during the five-hour car ride to my new house. Life was 37 . On the first day of school, I called my best friend to tell her how it had gone. Then on Halloween, I sent her a letter and a picture of my new friends and me. Finally, she wrote me a letter. It wasn’t 38 a letter—a piece of paper saying, “Best friends forever”. When I finally got her e-mail address, I e-mailed her the 39 letter I have ever written. After the third e-mail with no 40 , my messages grew shorter and shorter. 41 each passing day, my 42 grew.I never received a reply from her. Mom said that I 43 try calling my other friends, and that I didn’t need to always call her. 44 my best friend, the girl that I had known from my childhood? My first 45 was automatic.“No way!” But after five more e-mail messages, I started to consider what my mom had 46 .Every night for about a week, I stayed up in bed, 47 , “Should I keep trying or...?” The way I looked at it was that: if I’m her best friend, she’d 48 a minute to push a few buttons on the phone, or type a short “hello” on the computer. To me, keeping in touch is part of being a friend and it is important. To her, it really didn’t seem to 49 . After two years of 50 , I finally got a phone call from her—my best friend. It was a big 51 .She told me how sorry she was for not writing, and about how busy she had been. I forgot about everything that had happened and how annoyed I had been with her.I 52 her.I guess keeping in touch just isn’t her 53 . I have realized true friends never really lose their special 54 .Even after two years, it felt like we had just talked yesterday. Now she and I write regularly—or at least she tries to, 55 she tries hard. What more could a friend ask for? 36.A.cold B.empty C.small D.dirty 37.A.uneasy B.uncertain C.uninteresting D.unbearable 38.A.just B.only C.even D.hardly 39.A.longest B.best C.simplest D.funniest 40.A.return B.information C.message D.response 41.A.On B.For C.With D.As 42.A.patience B.anger C.worry D.curiosity 43.A.must B.had to C.would D.could 44.A.Put away B.Leave out C.Give up D.Cut off 45.A.reaction B.opinion C.thought D.impression 46.A.reminded B.offered C.stated D.suggested 47.A.asking B.thinking C.whispering D.struggling 48.A.save B.spend C.take D.waste 49.A.matter B.care C.value D.mind 50.A.disappointment B.fear C.silence D.regret 51.A.step B.surprise C.advance D.change 52.A.ignored B.accepted C.criticized D.forgave 53.A.style B.hobby C.idea D.nature 54.A.way B.connection C.heart D.image 55.A.but B.so C.and D.though |
1685 was a very good year for German composers. Within the space of a month, two of the greatest were born: Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Handel’s father was a barber and surgeon, which sounds like a strange combination today, but back then those occupations went hand in hand. Even though Handel was very interested in music, his father didn’t think that was a good way to earn a living, so he wanted his son to be a lawyer. The story goes that Handel smuggled a quiet piano into the house so that he could practice in secret. One day, Handel went along when his father went to shave a duke. While his father was working, Handel sat down and played the duke’s organ. The duke was so impressed that he convinced Handel’s father to let his son study music, and Handel finally got to learn how to compose. Handel soon discovered that what he liked most was opera. In fact, he was so passionate about opera that he even fought a duel (决斗) over it with one of his friends. Since Italy was the place to learn about opera composing, Handel went off to Italy to study. When he got home, he got a job as court composer for a German prince. Having landed such a wonderful job, Handel immediately asked his boss for time off. He wanted to go to England, where he’d heard that there weren’t nearly enough composers to satisfy the British taste for Italian opera. After great success writing opera in London, Handel came back to Germany. Then fate played a funny trick on Handel and his boss. The Queen of England died, and it just so happened that the prince Handel worked for was next in line to the British throne ( 王位 ). When he arrived in London as King George, followed Handel, his court composer in Germany. In addition to serving the King, Handel became one of the most successful opera composers of his time. And he also produced them and traveled all over Europe to hire the best singers. There are stories of battles with rival ( 对手 )opera producers and of fights between rival singers. Handel apparently had quite a temper. If you ever go to London, look for Handel’s grave in Westminster Abbey, where there’s a wonderful monument to him. 66. How did Handel begin to learn to compose? A. His father was sure of his future success. B. His performance impressed a duke. C. He begged his father to send him to Italy. D. He practiced hard and taught himself music. 67. What does the underlined word “smuggled” mean in the passage? A. bought secretly B. took secretly C. carried in advance D. possessed personally 68. Why did Handel later settle down in Britain instead of Germany? A. Because he could find better jobs in London. B. Because he enjoyed greater fame in London. C. Because his boss became King of Britain and brought him along. D. Because London was a wonderful place to learn about opera. 69. Which of the following words can NOT be used to describe Handel, as shown in the passage? A. bad-tempered B. talented C. enthusiastic D. optimistic 70. Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage? A. Handel was born in the same year with Bach. B. Many people worked both as a barber and surgeon. C. Handel quit his job to learn about opera in Italy. D. Handel was buried in London and was built a monument. |
We’d been flying for hours, deeper and deeper into the desert of southeastern Niger. The mission: to find what is probably the last wild population of the great Saharan antelope called the addax (旋角羚)—the most endangered animal of its size in Africa. Pilot Peter Ragg flew our bright red helicopter low over two parallel dunes (沙丘). The pale sand below us was dotted by the black bushes, the plants that are favorite food for the addax. Then, almost as if the dune extruded (使突出) them, two perfect addaxes appeared. Their long tails swung from side to side as they ran, heads held high on thick necks, horns reaching for the sky. We made a few turns in the plane, then let them be. In just a few seconds they were swallowed again by the Sahara. Soon they could just as easily disappear from the planet. In September 2004 the government of Niger and a small NGO called SOS Faune du Niger surveyed this last known pocket of wild addaxes. They counted 128 individuals. Since then, the number has dropped as hunters have taken more for meat. How many addaxes remain in the Sahara is anybody’s guess, but those that do survive could be considered the living dead: There may not be a viable (能生存的) population left to reproduce. I’m now helping to make an emergency plan for the last wild addaxes. With a few hundred thousand dollars, some trucks, and a strong group with the local Toubou guides, we may just be able to save these guys from extinction. 36. What do the addaxes in the passage usually eat? A. Vegetables. B. Black bushes. C. Grass. D. Fruits. 37. All of the following descriptions of the addax are true EXCEPT that ____. A. its tail is long B. its neck is thick C. its legs are short D. its horns are long 38. What does the writer probably mean by saying that “There may not be a viable population left to reproduce”? A. Wild addaxes will die out soon unless effective measures are taken. B. The number of wild addaxes will increase if they are not hunted. C. Wild addaxes cannot support themselves any longer. D. Humans cannot survive without enough addaxes. 39. It can be inferred that the writer of the passage might be ____. A. a journalist B. an official C. an engineer D. a zoologist |
You may have never heard of Ladislao Biro, but you have certainly heard of the pen he invented—the ballpoint pen, or biro. Before Biro invented his pen, people wrote with fountain pens. The ink smudged(弄脏) and blotted and the pens sometimes leaked. In the 1930s Biro was a magazine editor in Budapest in Hungary. He noticed that the inks which the magazine’s printers used dried very quickly. Biro wondered if quick-drying inks could be used in pens. He came up with the idea of a tube of ink with a free-moving ball on the end. As a person wrote, the ball collected ink from the tube and rolled it on to the paper. The pen would be cheap and could be thrown away when the ink ran out. Biro began to work on his invention, but before he could patent it the Second World War broke out. Biro left war-torn Europe and fled to Buenos Aires in Argentina. There, he and his brother Georg, who was a chemist, began to improve the pen. In the early 1940s Biro began to manufacture his new pen, the biro. In 1944, he sold his invention to another company, who began to mass-produce the pen for the British and American armed forces. Biro was pleased that his pen was popular, but he did not gain much from his invention. The biro was later sold to the French firm, Bic, who now sell twelve million pens a day. Biro sank into obscurity in South America. His name, however, has become a household word. 48. The reasons for the popularity of ballpoint pens are these EXCEPT that_______. A. the inks dried very quickly B. they were cheap C. they were easy to carry around D. they were mass-produced 49. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Biro? a. applied for patent for first ballpoint pen b. began to manufacture pens c. fled from Hungary to escape Nazis d. sold his invention A. a c d b B. c d a b C. a c b d D. c a b d 50. The underlined part “sank into obscurity”(last paragraph) is closest in meaning to“_______”. A. became unknown to many people B. became popular with people C. lost interest in business D. lost a lot of money 51. What does the passage mainly tell us about Biro? A. He is successful in business. B. He is an important inventor. C. He is a famous magazine editor. D. He is a popular writer. |
It is impossible to think about “growing up” in modern America without considering “youth culture” which every young person—even those who do not attend public schools—is confronted by and must deal with. It is impossible to be so isolated that we are untouched by the surrounding culture. Nor should we wish to be—as we are called to be—salt and light in a very confused and broken world. Popular culture deserves neither uncritical acceptance nor knee-jerk rejection, but thoughtful critique(批评). On the contrary, China paid too little attention to youth culture in the past. However, with society developing, more and more people have realized the importance of analyzing, understanding and promoting youth culture. About 100,000 young Chinese people from all over the world will attend the first China Youth Culture Week scheduled to open Saturday in Shenzhen’s China Folk Culture Villages, a press conference was told Thursday. A series of cultural activities will be staged from Saturday to Wednesday, including a huge performance expected to challenge for a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records. About 10,000 young people will attend the opening ceremony Saturday. A final list of the Chinese Youth Idol Award to five outstanding young Chinese was announced at the conference. They are the country’s first astronaut, Yang Liwei, Chinese NBA star, Yao Ming, IT entrepreneur, Ding Lei, anchorperson, Wu Xiaoli, and Olympic Games gold medalist, Deng Yaping. The youth idols were selected by Chinese teenagers with 380,000 votes cast nationwide. During the past two months, the organizers received more than 3,000 applications from young people in Hong Kong and Macao who wanted to take part in the performance. 52. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “confronted by”? A. Concerned about. B. Thought of. C. Confused with. D. Faced with. 53. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 1? A. People can be isolated from the surrounding culture. B. The American youth accept popular culture without any thought. C. People shouldn’t refuse popular culture totally. D. Americans ignore cultures at all while growing up. 54. The list of the five Chinese youth idols indicates that ____. A. success is considered the most important factor in the Chinese youth’s values B. the Chinese youth don’t care about their idols’ personalities C. there are only five people admired by the Chinese youth D. the parents want to set those people as examples 55. What can we infer from this passage? A. America paid too much attention to youth culture. B. China pays more attention to youth culture nowadays. C. Chinese youth admire movie stars and regard them as their idols. D. America thinks their youth are more important than the Chinese youth. |
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