完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20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,并在答题卡上涂黑。
My first job was in what they call the city center. The 36 was large, dark and old 37 the physics lecture room was on the second floor. 38 , it wasn’t a lecture room at all, it was an ordinary room, but it had “LECTURE ROOM” on the 39 . The students were sixteen or seventeen years old, 40 several years younger than me. 41 , some of them looked and acted 42 older than me sometimes.
The room was directly 43 the street, and had the window looking out over the street and many houses.One day, I was 44 some work on the blackboard when I heard a sudden change in the noise behind me.There was a man standing in the room with 45 an apple in his hand.He looked 46 .
“Who threw this?” he asked, looking round the class.
“I beg your pardon?” I said.Was this the school inspector(督学)? 47 threw this apple out of the window,” he said.“It 48 on my car.”
“Who threw an apple out of the window?” I 49 to the class.There was no answer.
“I 50 the fellow who threw this.” said the man.“I 51 outside for you.” And then he left, slamming the door.
52 was silence and I continued with the lesson.At the end of every lesson, a bell rang, usually the class were all 53 before it finished ringing, leaving me saying “That’s all for today” to an empty 54 .
This time, when the bell went for the end of the lesson, no one 55 . “That’s all for today,” I said.
“You go first, sir.” said one of the boys.It made a nice change, being first out.
36.A.room B.building C.floor D.city
37.A.and B.as C.so D.but
38.A.Happily B.Luckily C.Properly D.Actually
39.A.floor B.ground C.door D.window
40.A.over B.only C.up D.almost
41.A.In fact B.In the end C.After all D.As a result
42.A.more B.less C.very D.even
43.A.on B.above C.below D.in
44.A.getting B.making C.taking D.putting
45.A.hardly B.almost C.half D.such
46.A.angry B.kind C.sorry D.happy
47.A.Anyone B.One C.Who D.Someone
48.A.hit B.fell C.landed D.arrived
49.A.asked B.said C.talked D.told
50.A.hate B.find C.get D.want
51.A.will be waiting B.have waited C.have been waiting D.wait
52.A.It B.There C.This D.That
53.A.walked B.left C.gone D.ended
54.A.lesson B.class C.room D.lecture
55.A.heard B.finished C.spoke D.moved
One day I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local restaurant in town as a cashier and waiter.
I went to work feeling . And to make matters worse, I was busy that evening. It’s the same thing over and over again, with customers who complain about their food and where they are is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to a lot of us but we manage to deal with them.
Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very near where I keep the dirty in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables, customers leaving and coming in and running all over the house, it was crazy. these elderly women were watching I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.
When they their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me for a while about school, how I was doing, what I was in and what I planned to do in the future.
they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a and gentle voice, “You are going places. ”And that was it. They left the and I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me to believe in myself. They my spirit from being down and gave me a to keep on working hard.
People used to tell me that I couldn’t have a career in until I had a degree. I’m now a co-anchor(联合主持人)of a student-produced television . And the best thing is: I’m only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.
A.tired B.excited C.up D.down
A.dealing B.helping C.talking D.meeting
A.sat B.seated C.laid D.dressed
A.attract B.avoid C.adjust D.annoy
A.employees B.customers C.bosses D.employers
A.table B.box C.spot D.kitchen
A.dishes B.rooms C.clothes D.chairs
A.men B.women C.waiters D.bosses
A.And B.Otherwise C.But D.So
A.what B.how C.where D.why
A.finished B.completed C.ordered D.got
A.place B.grade C.mark D.position
A.Before B.While C.As D.After
A.confident B.loud C.low D.pleasant
A.kitchen B.house C.restaurant D.table
A.ability B.courage C.imagination D.time
A.put down B.picked up C.took over D.pointed out
A.cause B.reason C.present D.permission
A.television B.government C.school D.restaurant
A.company B.station C.show D.advertisement
It was July 1976. An unmanned spaceship, Viking One, had arrived at Mars. On July 20th, the spaceship . Part of it continued toward a landing on the planet. It fell through the late afternoon Mars’ sky.
Forty kilometers above the planet, the thin began to slow its fall. Six kilometers above the planet a big parachute(降落伞)opened. The landing craft fell more slowly. Then, three rocket engines . And the landing craft set down on the surface. in the Viking One Lander immediately sent a message to the earth. It said, “I am here. I am down safely. I am beginning my work. ”
The message at the speed of light. It took twenty minutes to reach the earth, more than three hundred and twenty million kilometers . Scientists and engineers at the control center .
Moments later, television receiver in the control center began to the first picture from Viking One. People at the center could see the feet of the landing craft sitting firmly on the 11 soil of Mars. Those pictures were our first look at the planet. They showed a red surface, full of rocks, with no sign of . It was our first look at a planet that is full of surprises, mysteries and promise. Viking One was launched toward Mars in August, 1975. The spaceship had two : an orbiter(轨道飞行器)and a lander(着陆器). The orbiter would circle Mars. It would take pictures of Mars’ surface. It would the atmosphere.
The would go down to the surface. It would carry to dig up and study soil and .
It also would report about any evidence of life on the planet. The lander would send this to the orbiter and then back to the earth.
A.separated B.appeared C.worked D.started
A.correctly B.slowly C.quickly D.directly
A.air B.universe C.space D.atmosphere
A.fired B.fell C.opened D.floated
A.heavily B.softly C.suddenly D.immediately
A.A computer B.A rocket C.A pilot D.An astronaut
A.spread B.traveled C.shot D.moved
A.far B.long C.distant D.away
A.shouted B.watched C.cheered D.welcomed
A.make B.take C.show D.search
A.red B.brown C.gray D.black
A.careful B.close C.real D.clear
A.men B.life C.trees D.air
A.parts B.rockets C.engines D.centers
A.through B.towards C.over D.around
A.enter B.examine C.collect D.discover
A.orbiter B.lander C.spaceship D.rocket
A.engineers B.astronauts C.parachutes D.instruments
A.surface B.trees C.rocks D.pictures
A.spaceship B.rocket C.lander D.information
I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a person.
I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) . I started asking people around me what they were doing, and if they were having trouble I to help. That was really a big for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me that making others feel good makes me feel good, too. When she died, I was , but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not these experiences. They have me to care about other people more than about myself. I who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
A.since B.before C.or D.unless
A.famous B.simple C.different D.skilled
A.education B.career C.tour D.change
A.balance B.homework C.degree D.interest
A.talked B.wrote C.lied D.reported
A.careful B.lonely C.curious D.guilty
A.argument B.game C.experiment D.defence
A.dared B.offered C.hesitated D.happened
A.dream B.problem C.duty D.step
A.us B.which C.them D.whom
A.attitude B.hobby C.hope D.luck
A.friend B.partner C.guide D.guest
A.polite B.happy C.strange D.confident
A.bothered B.answered C.visited D.trusted
A.explain B.guess C.declare D.see
A.homeless B.heartbroken C.bad-tempered D.hopeless
A.quieter B.busier C.better D.richer
A.forget B.face C.improve D.analyze
A.forced B.preferred C.ordered D.taught
A.miss B.like C.wonder D.expect
When I was in my second year of senior high school, a girl called Jeanie in my class made a big name for herself. She had successfully the interviews for a famous women’s university in the USA.
On hearing the news, I told the girl that I her very much. Then, she at me and said the words I will never . “You can also do it! If you have , you realize them. You see, action, dreams are still dreams. If you , the dreams will come true. ”Her words gave me so much . She encouraged me to take action to achieve my dreams. From then on, I spent a lot of time an article for competitions. It was a really for me, not only for my writing but also a of my courage.
After several days’ hard work, I finished it. Even though I lacked , I still handed it in. I knew it was the only that may make my dreams come true. But day in and day out, I waiting and waiting, yet I heard nothing. I was very then.
One day, however, a classmate of mine to an English newspaper and said , “Mary, your is in the newspaper! Is that your article? ”My heart beat heavily. With shock and joy, I the newspaper. The thing I thought was had really happened.
A.begun B.given C.attended D.passed
A.loved B.admired C.congratulated D.thanked
A.smiled B.aimed C.laughed D.shouted
A.doubt B.understand C.forget D.accept
A.designs B.demands C.actions D.dreams
A.into B.by C.without D.with
A.try B.like C.work D.live
A.pain B.inspiration C.surprise D.advice
A.seeking B.reciting C.reading D.preparing
A.shock B.turn C.challenge D.success
A.test B.risk C.part D.reward
A.self-respect B.self-confidence C.enthusiasm D.dream
A.way B.suggestion C.question D.purpose
A.hated B.kept C.meant D.remembered
A.worried B.surprised C.disappointed D.ashamed
A.wrote B.explained C.returned D.pointed
A.proudly B.hopelessly C.excitedly D.angrily
A.name B.writing C.report D.diary
A.picked out B.picked up C.made out D.made up
A.incorrect B.impossible C.interesting D.special
It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈)from a(n) injury. I had whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was, for the 3, 000-meter run.
“Ready. . . set. . . ”The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed me. I felt as I fell farther and farther behind.
“Hooray! ”shouted the crowd. It was the loudest I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps(圈)ahead of me when she crossed the finish line. “Maybe I should , ”I thought as I moved on. , I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran and decided not to in track next year. It wouldn’t be it, even if my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer— than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around and enough, the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys. ”I was leaving several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage! ”one of them told me.
“Courage? I just a race! ”I thought. “I would have given up on the first lap, ”said another girl. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us? ”
Suddenly I regained . I decided to track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always in medals and victories, but in the we overcome(战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win, the people who don’t give up when they lose.
A.slighter B.worse C.earlier D.heavier
A.expected B.supposed C.imagined D.doubted
A.late B.eager C.ready D.thirsty
A.from behind B.ahead of C.next to D.close to
A.ashamed B.astonished C.excited D.frightened
A.cheer B.shout C.cry D.noise
A.slow down B.drop out C.go on D.speed up
A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Besides D.However
A.with delight B.with fear C.in pain D.in advance
A.play B.arrive C.race D.attend
A.worth B.good C.valuable D.close
A.weaker B.longer C.lower D.louder
A.well B.sure C.surprisingly D.strangely
A.while B.when C.as D.since
A.finished B.won C.passed D.lost
A.cheer B.hope C.interest D.experience
A.hold on B.turn to C.begin with D.stick with
A.measured B.praised C.tested D.increased
A.sadness B.struggles C.diseases D.tiredness
A.or B.nor C.and D.but