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,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes.As years
36 ,the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister,a young English
37 , began to believe he might 38 this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th,1954,when Bannister knew he had a 39 chance. Bannister had been 40 hard and was very fit,but the weather conditions were a real 41
to him.Describing the 42 later,Bannister said,“On the way to the track the wind blew strongly.As I 43 for the start I glanced at the flag.It moved 44 now.This was the moment when I made my decision.
“The gun fired.My legs 45 to meet no resistance,as if I was 46 forward by some unknown force.The noise from the faithful 47 gave me greater strength.I felt the 48 of a lifetime had come.”
“I was driven on by a 49 of fear and pride.My body had long since used up all its energy 50 it went on running just the same.This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they 51 could have done in previous years.When I leapt at(冲向) the 52 tape,I fell,almost__53_____.”
“I knew I had done it,even before I 54 the time.The announcement came.‘Result of the one mile...Time,three minutes...’ the rest was 55 in the noise of excitement.”
36.A.passed along B.passed down C.went by D.went over
37.A.coach B.athlete C.captain D.judge
38.A.defeat B.move C.beat D.break
39.A.real B.lucky C.serious D.false
40.A.competing B.training C.fighting D.attending
41.A.eagerness B.pleasure C.relief D.worry
42.A.accident B.event C.issue D.topic
43.A.did up B.made up C.put up D.lined up
44.A.safely B.heavily C.thinly D.gently
45.A.seemed B.used C.happened D.had
46.A.dragged B.drawn C.pulled D.pushed
47.A.mass B.residents C.crowd D.team
48.A.moment B.period C.while D.date
49.A.concentration B.collection C.combination D.classification
50.A.so B.but C.or D.as
51.A.never B.ever C.even D.still
52.A.starting B.lasting C.finishing D.running
53.A.unconcerned B.unconscious C.unknown D.unnoticed
54.A.offered B.told C.announced D.heard
55.A.stuck B.involved C.lost D.spread
When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. __36__the move, my father __37__us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not __38__ that the universe would suddenly change its course. “In May, we′re__39__ to Arizona.”
The words, so small, didn't seem__40__enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country.1 watched the __41__change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that __42__ mysteries yet to come. Finally, we arrived and __43__ into our new home.
__44__ my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I _45_explored our new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring __46__ and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched(蹲)down for a closer look. “You'd better not __47__ that”
I turned around to see an old woman.
“Are you new to this neighborhood?” I explained that I was, __48__,new to the entire state.
“My name is Ina Thorne.” Have you got used to life in the __49__? It must be quite a __50__ after living in Boston.”
How could I explain how I __51__ the desert? I couldn’t seem to find the right words.
“It’s vastness,” she offered. “That vastness __52__ you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert—you can __53__ how little you are in comparison with the world. __54__, you feel that the possibilities are limitless.”
That was it. That was the feeling I’d had ever since I’d first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my __55__ would change with just a few simple words.
“Would you like to come to my home tomorrow?” Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn’t touch.”
A.During B.Until C.Upon D.Before
A.gathered B.warned C.organized D.comforted
A.hoping B.admitting C.realizing D.believing
A.going B.moving C.driving D.flying
A.good B.simple C.big D.proper
A.picture B.ground C.scene D.area
A.suggested B.solved C.discovered D.explained
A.settled B.walked C.hurried D.stepped
A.If B.After C.Once D.While
A.bitterly B.easily C.proudly D.eagerly
A.as well B.as usual C.right away D.on time
A.move B.dig C.pull D.touch
A.of course B.in fact C.after all D.at least
A.desert B.city C.state D.country
A.luck B.doubt C.shock D.danger
A.found B.examined C.watched D.reached
A.why B.when C.how D.where
A.prove B.guess C.sense D.expect
A.However B.Otherwise C.Therefore D.Meanwhile
A.idea B.life C.home D.family
Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Therefore, the choice of an __36__ should be made even before choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, __37__, most people make several job choices during their working lives, __38__ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve __39__ position. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should __40__ enter into a broad flexible training program that will __41__ them for a field of work rather than for a single __42__ .
Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans __43__ benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing __44__ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss __45__. Some drift from job to job. Others __46__ to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.
One common mistake is choosing an occupation for __47__ real or imagined prestige .
Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field, __48__ both the relatively small percentage of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal __49__. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a White-collar job is __50__ good reason for choosing it as life's work. __51__, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the __52__ of young people should take serious __53__ into these fields.
Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants __54__ life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take __55__ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.
A.identification B.accommodation C.occupation D.entertainment
A.thereby B.however C.though D.therefore
A.thoroughly B.mainly C.entirely D.partly
A.its B.his C.their D.our
A.therefore B.since C.furthermore D.forever
A.fit B.make C.take D.leave
A.means B.job C.way D.company
A.to B.for C.with D.without
A.little B.few C.much D.a lot
A.chance B.purpose C.basis D.opportunity
A.apply B.appeal C.turn D.stick
A.its B.their C.your D.our
A.concerning B.following C.ignoring D.considering
A.preferences B.requirements C.tendencies D.ambitions
A.a B.any C.the D.no
A.Therefore B.Moreover C.Nevertheless D.However
A.majority B.mass C.minority D.number
A.proposal B.suggestion C.approval D.consideration
A.towards B.out of C.against D.without
A.turns B.parts C.risks D.choices
My husband and I both work at home. We have four children, so the times when I am 36 in the house are few. Like many work-at-home moms, when I do get a 37 to be by myself, I fill that time with more 38 , whether it’s related to my career or taking care of the housework. Most of the time, I don’t mind. 39 , I wanted this job as wife and mother, and I knew from the start that it often 40 putting others’ needs before my own. But, other times, I can’t help but feel a little 41 because I seldom had any plans for myself, and everyone knew it. My life 42 on my family, but they seldom appreciated this, which often 43 me a lot.
One day, when the kids were at school, I 44 for the movie theater-alone, I’d 45 been to the movies alone before, so I was a little nervous. Would I look pitiful going to the theater by myself? Was I being ridiculous(荒唐可笑) by seeing a movie 46 so much work waited for me at home? I 47 myself to swallow these 48 and bought myself a ticket. And then I walked into the theater with my 49 held high and enjoyed every minute of the movie. I laughed and felt my good spirits 50 for a couple of hours, I was 51 wife or mother. I was just myself.
From that point on, I 52 that Fridays would be mine, 53 for a couple of hours. Some Fridays, I head to(前往) the beach with a good book. Other Fridays, I go shopping, 54 up a little fast food or some clothes just for myself. I really 55 my Fridays after a long week of caring of my family.
A.busy B.alone C.tense D.brave
A.chance B.way C.purpose D.fortune
A.fun B.fear C.work D.love
A.So far B.From then on C.As a result D.After all
A.practiced B.advised C.meant D.considered
A.happy B.excited C.angry D.nervous
A.centred B.insisted C.depended D.knocked
A.moved B.bothered C.amused D.scared
A.applied B.waited C.longed D.headed
A.ever B.also C.never D.instead
A.if B.when C.unless D.until
A.forced B.allowed C.ordered D.taught
A.answers B.efforts C.thoughts D.results
A.hands B.head C.legs D.ticket
A.leave B.happen C.return D.weaken
A.everybody’s B.somebody’s C.anybody’s D.nobody’s
A.expressed B.declared C.agreed D.decided
A.at least B.at last C.in all D.in time
A.making B.picking C.taking D.bringing
A.come up with B.break away from C.look forward to D.pay attention to
“All men are created equal” is one idea that nearly every American would agree upon. 36 they sometimes betray the idea in their daily lives, they have a deep faith 37 in some fundamental way no one is born superior to anyone else.
In the early years of American history, because titles of nobility(贵族) were forbidden, no 38 class system developed in the United States. Firmly believing that being born into a lower class would not 39 them from success and they would have a better chance in America, thousands of immigrants 40 to leave the European societies, where their 41 in life was determined 42 by the social class into which they were born. It was because the dreams of many of there immigrants were 43 in their new country, though there might be 44 in some situations, that Americans came to believe in equality of opportunity.
Americans do not mean that everyone should be 45 equal when they say they believe in equality of opportunity. 46 , they do mean that each person should have an equal chance for success. Abraham Lincoln once said, “We wish to 47 the humblest(最微贱的) man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else. When one starts poor, free society is 48 that he knows he can 49 his condition.”
However, competition is the price to be 50 for his equality of opportunity. Americans match their energy and intelligence against that of others in a competitive contest for success, because they believe competition 51 the best in any person. Indeed, the pressure of competition causes an American to be 52 , but it also places a constant emotional stress on him. In fact, in a society that gives so much 53 to those “winners”, 54 does not compete successfully for whatever reason never 55 into it as well as those who do.
A.Since B.As C.Although D.Because
A.what B.that C.as D.which
A.normal B.moral C.formal D.general
A.benefit B.prevent C.save D.limit
A.forced B.required C.chose D.looked forward
A.place B.meaning C.function D.purpose
A.slightly B.largely C.originally D.publicly
A.come true B.ruined C.succeeded D.realized
A.excitements B.expectations C.exceptions D.disappointments
A.really B.totally C.actually D.truly
A.Besides B.Meanwhile C.Moreover D.Instead
A.allow B.encourage C.approve D.share
A.so B.the one C.such D.as
A.enjoy B.better C.maintain D.stand
A.paid B.asked C.cared D.sought
A.gives out B.comes out C.brings out D.stands out
A.exhausted B.energetic C.realistic D.effective
A.honor B.pressure C.happiness D.burden
A.anyone B.who C.one D.whoever
A.enters B.fits C.falls D.matches
Steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents, was failing. Surprisingly, he could read. 21 his good reading skills, Steve had been failing since first grade. Steve was a big boy, yet, he went unnoticed... 22 Miss White.
Miss White was a smiling, beautiful, young lady. For the first time in his 23 life, Steve couldn’t take his eyes off his teacher; yet, 24 he failed. In the middle of the first term, the entire seventh grade was 25 for basic skills. Steve hurried through his tests, and 26 to dream of other things, as the day passed slowly. One day, Miss White’s 27 voice broke into his daydreams. “Steve!” Startled (吓了一跳), he 28 to look at her. “Pay attention!” She began to 29 the test results. “You all did pretty well,” she told the class, “ 30 one boy, and it breaks my 31 to tell you this, but...” She hesitated, pinning Steve to his seat with a sharp 32 . “... The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!”
After that, Steve still 33 do his homework. “Just try it,” Miss White said one day. “Steve! Please! I care about you!” Wow! Suddenly, Steve got it! Someone cared about him? Someone, so beautiful and perfect, cared about him! Steve went home from school, 34 , that afternoon.
The following Monday he arrived at school on time, and waited for Miss White to enter the classroom. She walked in, all sparkle and smiles! Immediately, she gave a 35 on the weekend homework. Steve was the first to 36 his paper. With a look of 37 , Miss White took his paper. Steve walked back to his desk, his heart beating strongly within his chest.
Miss White’s face was in total 38 ! Suddenly, her face broke into a bright smile. The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just 39 his first test! From that moment 40 was the same for Steve.
A.In honor of B.In spite of C.In addition to D.In case of
A.to B.before C.until D.upon
A.rich B.young C.fresh D.simple
A.still B.even C.also D.forever
A.observed B.corrected C.selected D.tested
A.struggled B.agreed C.continued D.declared
A.cheerful B.impatient C.enthusiastic D.shy
A.decided B.managed C.turned D.forgot
A.go over B.run over C.turn over D.hand over
A.except B.due to C.as for D.up to
A.will B.record C.heart D.back
A.pain B.stare C.sense D.contrast
A.wouldn’t B.needn’t C.mustn’t D.shouldn’t
A.amused B.doubtful C.approved D.thoughtful
A.survey B.speech C.report D.quiz
A.give up B.hand in C.turn down D.come across
A.respect B.curiosity C.surprise D.fear
A.victory B.shock C.sadness D.confidence
A.escaped B.taken C.missed D.passed
A.nothing B.something C.anything D.everything