When sailors are allowed ashore after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. For this reason, the navy ___1___ has its police in big ports. Whenever sailors cause trouble, the police come and ___2___ them.
One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call ___3___ a bar in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and ___4___ the furniture in the bar. The officer in charge of the police guard that evening said that he would come immediately.
Now, officers who ___5___ and punish the sailors ___6___ drunk usually chose ___7___ policeman they could find to go with them. ___8___ this particular officer did not do this. ___9___, he chose the smallest and ___10___ man he could find to go to the bar with him and ___11___ the sailor.
Another officer who ___12___ there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard chose such a small man. ___13___ he said to him, “Why ___14___ you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who ___15___.”
“Yes, you are ___16___ right,” answered the officer of the guard. “That is exactly ___17___ I am taking this small man. If you see two policemen coming ___18___ you, and one is ___19___ the other, which one ___20___ you attack?”
1. A. always B. seldom C. forever D. sometimes
2. A. meet with B. deal with C. see D. judge
3. A. about B. from C. in D. of
4. A. was breaking B. was ordering C. was moving D. was dusting
5. A. would go B. might beat C. dared to fight D. had to go
6. A. slightly B. not at all C. heavily D. much more
7. A. the biggest B. the youngest C. the bravest D. the experienced
8. A. In fact B. But C. So D. And
9. A. Instead B. Therefore C. Although D. Then
10. A. good-looking B. weakest-looking C. ugly-looking D. strongest-looking
11. A. seize B. kill C. get rid of D. catch up with
12. A. will go B. had come C. would start off D. happened to be
13. A. Yet B. But C. So D. Then
14. A. don’t B. couldn’t C. can’t D. do
15. A. looks strong B. is drunk C. seems rude D. is dangerous
16. A. all B. very C. too D. quite
17. A. how B. what C. why D. that
18. A. up B. at C. before D. towards
19. A. not smaller than B. as big as C. as small as D. much smaller than
第二节: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,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卷上将该项填出。
“What kind of Thanksgiving can I provide?”I said to myself.Living in a small house and still jobless,I 36 to make ends meet.
Still,I counted my blessing(知足)when I 37 that a young family in a nearby home lost __38 to a flash fire.I watched as the entire community went to their 39:A church provided shelter;others gathered food,bedding and clothing.Lines of busy people willingly gave their time __40 their money.
The afternoon before Thanksgiving,two women came to our house 41 donations(捐赠物品).Although we had 42 to spare,I helped early items to their car, 43 in my heart to give more.
As we stood 44 chatting,my little Helen,only three,shouted,“Wait! Don’t anybody move.”She rushed into the house,complaining,“We 45 something!”
I looked apologetically at the ladies,but 46 I could follow her,Helen was back outside.
carrying her 47 toy bear,which I had made for her birthday just two months before.
“Mommy,”her green eyes searched my 48,“the little girl doesn’t’t have any toys.I have to give it to her.”
My heart quaked.I thought about the few 49 Helen had and how many hours I had spend sewing(缝)this one.Now she wanted to 50 it away.We stood in silence,the ladies 51 at me.I struggled with my feelings.I thought of all the things we needed and didn’t have.
Everyone held their 52 as I bent down to face Helen.“Of course,Helen.”My voice nearly __53,“you’re right.We forgot the toy.How 54 of you to remember!”
And I 55 my own heart would never be as big as the one pounding(砰砰地跳)in my daughter’s little chest.
36.A.struggled B.decided C.prepared D.happened
37.A.expected B.announced C.learned D.believed
38.A.nothing B.something C.anything D.everything
39.A.trouble B.help C.experience D.work
40.A.except for B.instead of C.rather than D.as well as
41.A.collecting B.reporting C.requiring D.allowing
42.A.less B.more C.little D.much
43.A.refusing B.offering C.waiting D.wishing
44.A.downstairs B.upstairs C.outside D.inside
45.A.needed B.gave C.remembered D.forgot
46.A.since B.before C.when D.though
47.A.expensive B.favorite C.friendly D.ugly
48.A.face B.head C.heart D.body
49.A.books B.clothes C.friends D.toys
50.A.take B.throw C.give D.put
51.A.aiming B.shouting C.glimpsing D.staring
52.A.words B.steps C.breath D.hands
53.A.broke B.failed C.appeared D.stopped
54.A.proud B.thoughtful C.natural D.clever
55.A.admitted B.wished C.explained D.Realized
第二部分:语言知识及应用(共两节,满分35分)
第一节完形填空 (共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called 21, but Dr. Kleitman has a new 22 . He has proved that everyone has a23 energy cycle. During the hours when you 24through your work you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s 25 . The time of day when you feel most 26 is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the 27comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it28 such familiar monologues as: “Get up, John! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the 29 . Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives 30what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has. You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better.
21. A. patience B. laziness C. sadness D. comfort
22. A. discovery B. invention C. explanation D. statement
23. A. changing B. increasing C. full D. daily
24. A. labour B. get C. go D. look
25. A. honest B. actual C. true D. real
26. A. pleasant B. energetic C. excited D. comfortable
27. A. power B. energy C. peak D. altitude
28. A. comes to B. gets to C. leads to D. refers to
29. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. noon
30. A. realize B. recognize C. memorize D. See
三:完形填空 (共20小题, 每小题1.5分, 满分30分)。
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Nancy had just got a secretary's job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 26 . She got up very early and arrived at the 27at twenty to eight. She pushed the door open and found 28 there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her 29 . She was surprised to 30a large bunch(束) of flowers on it. They were 31 . She picked the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried 32. She then 33for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the 34 first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder. The day passed very 35 and Nancy did everything 36 great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she 37 herself to her work. Then came another 38 . When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, 39 the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to 40 the sender.
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to 41 a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk 42his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook 43 with “Records of managers' meetings”, and 44 the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company 45that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk .” Later, she was told that their general manager was a wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business.
26. A. disappointed B. excited C. encouraged D. surprised
27. A. office B. workshop C. classroom D. bookshop
28. A. everybody B. others C. nobody D. somebody
29. A. room B. desk C. seat D. place
30. A. pick B. cover C. smell D. find
31. A. old B. fresh C. good D. sweet
32. A. joyfully B. tearfully C. sadly D. repeatedly
33. A. looked up B. looked at C. looked aroundD. looked down
34. A. happy B. very C. funny D. quite
35. A. slowly B. normally C. quickly D. hardly
36. A. at B. to C. for D. with
37. A. devoted B. focused C. buried D. made
38. A. Sunday B. Saturday C. Monday D. Tuesday
39. A. taking B. took C. replacing D. replaced
40. A. find out B. look down uponC. catch hold of D. understand
41. A. send for B. hand out C. try out D. hand in
42.A. asking for B. waiting for C. looking for D. searching for
43. A. said B. given C. used D. marked
44. A. glanced at B. staredat C. glaredat D. lookedat
45. A. has ordered B. has demanded C. has decided D. has said
第三节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Laughter and tears are part of living. But do you find enough time for laughter? I am not asking if you 21 lost of good times. 22 we should laugh during the happy times. But do you also laugh during the 23 times?
Eram Bombeck is known for her humorous books, but she wrote one that 24 a more serious topic: 25in children. Erma talks with many children with cancer and learns 26 life lessons from them. She learns, for instance, that cancer survivors know how to 27 .
She 28 the experience of 15-year-old Jessica from Burlinton. Jessica’s leg was cut off at the knee because of cancer. She was learning to 29 a prosthesis(假肢). Jessica tells about playing 30 . She kicked the ball 31and it flew off in one 32 while her artificial leg flew into another. She fell on the 33 and laughed.
Jessica may not have laughed about her cancer, but she laughed about handling the 34 of it. And her laughter helped her a deal.
There is the story of 17-year-old Betsy. She 35 her way to the radiation room for her regular radiation therapy(化疗). As 36 , she dropped her hospital gown and, wearing only her birthday suit, 37 onto the table and waited. The extra people in the room were not the medical students she had thought, but 38painters giving an estimate on painting! Betsy laughed heartily about the incident. And like Jessica, her 39 to laugh helped her to deal with one of the most difficult thing a young person can endure-cancer.
Do you find plenty of 40 for laughter? You can…if you also find reasons to laugh during the especially difficult times.
Survivors know how to laugh. If you can laugh even when the going is rough, you’ll make it. And you’ll smile at the end.
21.A.lose B.miss C.experience D.laugh
22.A.Of course B.In addition C.At first D.First of all
23.A.ordinary B.difficult C.pleasant D.usual
24.A.connected B.reported C.referred D.covered
25.A.cancer B.disability C.illness D.laughter
26.A.serious B.important C.careful D.thoughtful
27.A.cry B.shout C.laugh D.face
28.A.describes B.learns C.keeps D.imagines
29.A.put B.have C.wear D.make
30.A.basketball B.badminton C.volleyball D.soccer
31.A.gently B.hard C.slightly D.Straightly
32.A.way B.method C.direction D.point
33.A.floor B.table C.chair D.bed
34.A.causes B.results C.process D.ends
35.A.fought B.took C.made D.pushed
36.A.common B.often C.before D.usual
37.A.climbed B.lay C.jumped D.sat
38.A.also B.rather C.already D.almost
39.A.strengh B.willingness C.ability D.confidence
40.A.times B.places C.days D.Moments
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 central problem of economics is to satisfy the people's and nation's wants.
The problem we faced with is that our resources, here identified as money are __50__. The only way we can solve the problem is to make choices. After looking at our resources, we must examine our list of __51__ and identify the things we need immediately, those we can postpone, and __52__ we cannot afford. As individuals, we face the central problem involved in economics---deciding how to allocate(分配) our limited resources to provide __53__ with greatest satisfaction of our wants.
Nations face the same problem. As a country's population __54__, the need for more goods and services grows correspondingly. Resources necessary to production may increase, but there are __55__ enough resources to satisfy the total desires of a nation. Whether the budget meeting is taking place in the family living room, in the conference room of the corporation __56__ of directors, or in the chamber of the House of Representatives in Washington, the basic problem still exists. We need to find __57__ of allocating(分配) limited resources in order to satisfy unlimited wants.
A short time ago, economists divided goods into two categories, free and economic. The former, like air and water, were in __58__ abundance(丰富) that economists had___59____ them. After all, economics is the __60__ of scarcity and what to do about it. Today many of these "free goods" are __61_ very expensive to use. Population has made clean air and water expensive for producers extra cost, and __62__ taxpayers who pay for the government's involvement in cleaning the environment.
In the 1990s, almost all goods are __63__. Only by effort and money can they be obtained .
Meeting needs of people and the demands from resource available __64__ the basic activity of production. In trying to meet unlimited wants from limited economic goods, production leads to new problems in economics.
50.A. limited B. unlimited C. scarcity D. abundant
51.A. want B. problem C. wants D. resources
52.A. those B. some C. others D. many
53.A. them B. themselves C. ourselves D. ours
54.A. expand B. extends C. grows D. increase
55.A. always B. sometimes C. often D. never
56.A. management B. function C. board D. group
57.A. people B. economists C. way D. methods
58.A. so B. great C. such D. such an
59.A. much concern forB. no concern with C. no concern for D. much concern in
60.A. form B. study C. means D. source
61.A. possibly B. in practice C. in fact D. practically
62.A. from B. at C. for D. with
63.A. plentiful B. scarce C. abundant D. in full supply
64.A. are led to B. leading to C. lead to D. leads to