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.
Oliver Twist, one of the most famous works of Charles Dickens, is a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in the 19th century.
The author who himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel in his twenties with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals and to 36 the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London.
The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist, an orphan, who was thrown into a world full of 37
and crime. He suffered enormous pain, 38 hunger, thirst, beating and abuse. While reading the tragic experiences of little Oliver, I was shocked by his sufferings. I 39 the poor boy, but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief, as was written in all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered 40 and Oliver lived a happy life in the end. One of the plots that attracted me 41 is that after the theft, little Oliver was allowed to recover in the kind care of Mrs Maylie and Rose and 42 a new life.
How can such a little boy who had already suffered oppressive pain 43 pure in body and mind? The reason is the nature of goodness. I think it is the most important information 44 in the novel by Dickens --- he believed that goodness could conquer 45 difficulty.
Goodness is to human what water is to fish. He who is without goodness is an utterly 46 person. On the contrary, as the famous saying goes, “ The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.” He who is with goodness undoubtedly is a happy and useful person. People receiving his help are grateful to him and he also gets gratified from what he has done, and thus he can do 47 to both the people he has helped and himself.
36. A. open B. exploit C. expose D. cover
37. A. honor B. poverty C. glory D. imagination
38. A. such like B. for example C. such as D. for instance
39. A. looked down upon B. made an apology for
C. played a joke on D. felt sorry for
40. A. relationship B. kindness C. carelessness D. devil
41. A. mainly B. most C. mostly D. best
42. A. began B. launched C. set D. changed
43. A. bear B. remain C. hold D. maintain
44. A. contained B. implied C. imported D. added
45. A. every B. some C. little D. much
46. A. gracious B. worthless C. modest D. earnest
47. A. harm B. damage C. good D. justice
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16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Kindness at fast-food restaurant
It was summer and I had gotten one of the few jobs a 14-year-old can find—working at Burger King,a fast-food restaurant.It 16 wasn’t a good job,but it meant money, 17 was something I needed.
One day,I was working behind the front counter,taking 18 .The customers were coming and going,and the woman who 19 didn’t seem any different from most others.
She ordered her meal and I told her the total.As she searched 20 her purse to find some change,the woman soon 21 that she was about a dollar short.“I’m 22 to say this,but I guess I won’t be able to make my purchase 23,”she said sadly
That’s when I had the idea of paying the difference for her. She refused at first,but after I 24 ,she agreed.She thanked me and moved to the end of the counter to 25 her order.I continued with my work and thought 26 more of it
About an hour later 27 had slowed down and I was waiting for my next customer.Then I glanced over towards the 28 and saw the same woman whom I’d helped with the money entering again.I 29 recognized her.
She walked straight up to me and said,“I want to thank you again for what you did.You see,I’m a diabetic(糖尿病患者),and 30 I need to eat something right away.That’s 31 I came in earlier.If you hadn’t helped me as you did,I 32 have fainted.Thank you.”
She handed me two dollars, 33 I’d given her.
34 the woman walk away,I realized that God had used me to help me.In the end,I was 35 not only with money but also with the satisfaction of knowing that I’d helped someone out of a tight spot.
16.A.firstly B.roughly C.certainly D.strictly
17.A.which B.what C.that D.it
18.A.menus B.orders C.service D.food
19.A.reached B.moved C.presented D.approached
20.A.through B.for C.about D.across
21.A.recognized B.realized C.admitted D.said
22.A.guilty B.disappointed C.embarrassed D.regret
23.A.above all B.first of all C.in all D.after all
24.A.insisted on B.insisted C.stuck to D.stuck
25.A.pick up B.pick out C.carry out D.bring out
26.A.none B.anything C.nothing D.something
27.A.cnstomers B.orders C.pressure D.business
28.A.entrance B.restaurant C.counter D.window
29.A.suddenly B.immediately C.surely D.completely
30.A.at a time B.at time C.sometime D.sometimes
31.A.when B.where C.why D.how
32.A.shall B.may C.might D.need
33.A.twice that B.twice what C.that twice D.what twice
34.A.Watching B.Looking C.Observing D.Noticing
35.A.awarded B.honored C.returned D.rewarded
第二节完型填空(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。
Charles and I used to hang out all the time, together with a few other guys, but he seemed too cool for us recently.We couldn’t understand the 36 , and we didn’t ask him for an explanation. 37 , we decided to 38 him a lesson in the way he treated us.
Once we started giving Charles the 39 shoulder, almost everyone was taking no notice of him.He looked so 40 , especially at lunchtime when he sat alone in the cafeteria.Now and then he nodded and said, “Hey!” when 41 passed his table, but all he got 42 return were mean looks and silence.
At first I was glad my plan had 43.I only wanted him to know 44 it felt like to be blown off, but I hadn’t thought about how badly my “lesson” would 45 him.
During one lunch period, Charles 46 glanced at his watch, obviously 47 the minutes until he could leave the cafeteria.I suddenly realized I had done wrong.“Hey! Man.I’m terribly sorry.” I called out.“Oh, so you are talking to me now?” he asked.
“I’m sorry, 48 I had thought that you wanted to end our 49.” I said.
“What?” he nearly shouted, looking much 50.
“I’ve left you alone because I thought that was what you wanted.”
“Oh, my God! Why would I want 51 ?”He I shouted, completely puzzled.
Clearly, we both had been 52 each other wrong.At first Charles couldn’t accept my 53.I knew he needed time to 54 all the hurt I’d caused him.But eventually, he did forgive me.We even started 55 out together again.And our friendship wasn’t destroyed at all.
36.A.situation B.change C.action D.appearance
37.A.Besides B.Therefore C.Instead D.But
38.A.take B.teach C.give D.have
39.A.serious B.friendly C.warm D.cold
40.A.sad B.angry C.happy D.joyful
41.A.heB.anyoneC.they D.someone
42.A.at B.in C.on D.by
43.A.helped B.operated C.worked D.affected
44.A.what B.thatC.which D.how
45.A.worry B.touchC.hurt D.disappoint
46.A.unexpectedly B.worriedly C.excitedly D.repeatedly
47.A.counting B.guessing C.waiting D.checking
48.A.andB.soC.thus D.but
49.A.relationship B.emotion C.love D.friendship
50.A.interested B.pleased C.surprised D moved
51.A.one B.thoseC.that D.such
52.A.understanding B.regarding C.knowing D treating
53.A.explanation B.attitude C.suggestion D.apology
54.A.get through B.get over C.get across D.get along
55.A.leaving B.looking C.hanging D.standing
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,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and you can imagine how excited they were. Certainly the boy was 36 as the apple of their eyes.
One morning, the husband saw a medicine bottle 37.As he was late for work, he asked his wife to cap the bottle and ___38____. The mother, who was busy in the kitchen, 39 the matter. The boy playfully went to the medicine bottle, was 40 with its color, and drank it all. It 41 to be a poisonous medicine 42 adults in small dosages. When the child showed 43 of poisoning, the mother took him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was stunned(使昏迷).She was too 44 to face her husband. When the 45 father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he 46 his wife and uttered just four words.
The husband just said “ 47 ”
The husband was indeed 48 in human relationships. The child was dead. He could 49 be brought back to life. There was no 50 in finding fault with the mother. 51 , if only he had taken time to keep the bottle in the cupboard or other place, this would not have happened. No one is 52 . She had also lost her only child .What she needed at that moment was comfort and 53 from the husband. That was what he gave her.
If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective, there would be much fewer problems in the world. Sometimes we spend time in asking who is 54 or whom to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know. In this way, we will 55 some warmth in human relationship .
36.A.treated B.thought C.looked D.abandoned
37.A.shut B.close C.bare D.open
38.A.put it aside B.set it aside C.put it away D.leave it alone
39.A.completely forgetting B.wholly terrified
C.totally forgot D.absolutely remembered
40.A.satisfied B.fascinated C.puzzled D.calmed
41.A.happened B.seemed C.appeared D.occurred
42.A.stood for B.left for C.meant for D.called for
43.A.symbols B.signals C.clues D.signs
44.A.ashamed B.frightened C.annoyed D.worried
45.A.awful B.angry C.heartbroken D.patient
46.A.looked at B.smiled at C.glared at D.glanced at
47.A.I hate you, now. B.How do you do?
C.How did this happen? D.I love you, Darling.
48.A.an idiot B.a genius C.a success D.an evil
49.A.never B.seldom C.even D.once
50.A.wonder B.point C.pleasure D.worry
51.A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Besides D.However
52.A.to blame B.to be blamed C.to be accused D.to be noticed
53.A.explanation B.courage C.excuse D.sympathy
54.A.suitable B.believable C.accessible D.responsible
55.A.make out B.look out C.stand out D.miss out
第四节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入
对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Iarrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in 26 for 17 years, I had no 27 about myability to hold their attention and to 28 on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted, “ 29 !”
The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat 30 about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness was over, I quickly 31 my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect ---perhaps 32 their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a sense of achievement.
My students 33 diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually 34 by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today. 35 her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a 36 theme. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 37 for all the works we will study in class,” I complained. “How 38 they say I didn’t teach them anything?”
It was a long term, and it 39 became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as 40 of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise 41 questions and provide enough background so that students could 42 their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide 43 information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
44 , I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a 45 American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
26. A. the UK B. the US C. ChinaD. Australia
27. A. worry B. idea C. doubt D. experience
28. A. impress B. putC. leave D. fix
29. A. Attention B. Look out C. At easeD. Stand up
30. A. puzzled B. sure C. depressed D. worried
31. A. found B. returned C. regainedD. followed
32. A. more B. even C. yet D. still
33. A. passed B. borrowed C. kept D. read
34. A. replaced B. taken C. caught D. moved
35. A. Naturally B. Perhaps C. Fortunately D. Reasonably
36. A. different B. strong C. similarD. usual
37. A. happenings B. characters C. development D. background
38. A. should B. need C. willD. must
39. A. immediatelyB. certainly C. simply D. gradually
40. A. that B. what C. thoseD. ones
41. A. difficult B. interesting C. ordinary D. unusual
42. A. draw B. get C. decide D. give
43. A. strange B. standard C. exact D. serious
44. A. Therefore B. However C. But D. Though
45. A. normal B. happy C. good D. better
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s 36 filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so 37 that I decided to write an article about her.
I 38 Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She 39 and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I 40 I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there 41 , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that 42 Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The 43 was almost unbearable. I struggled for days 44 draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript 45 . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I 46 in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t 47 the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While 48 my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in 49 :
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some 50 materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to 51 your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to 52 . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of 53 writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this 54 , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t 55 to doubt yourself.
36.A.joy B.voice C.speech D.smile
37.A.proud B.active C.satisfied D.moved
38.A.visited B.emailed C.phoned D.interviewed
39.A.agreed B.refused C.hesitated D.paused
40.A.replied B.discovered C.explained D.knew
41.A.seriously B.patiently C.nervously D.quietly
42.A.blaming B.fooling C.inviting D.urging
43.A.hardship B.failure C.comment D.pressure
44.A.with B.by C.on D.in
45.A.disappeared B.returned C.spread D.improved
46.A.compare B.struggle C.survive D.compete
47.A.ignore B.deliver C.face D.receive
48.A.decorating B.repairing C.cleaning D.leaving
49.A.disbelief B.anxiety C.horror D.trouble
50.A.subjective B.relevant C.private D.reliable
51.A.broadcast B.create C.publish D.assess
52.A.recover B.prepare C.escape D.concentrate
53.A.energetic B.endless C.typical D.enjoyable
54.A.experience B.success C.benefit D.accident
55.A.attempt B.afford C.expect D.pretend