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,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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
All the World AsksOn my first day in a college classroom, I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization after having been lost in the forest for thirty years. There I sat, 21 enough to be a father to most of the students in the room, 22 unconfident enough to be their baby brother. We were crowded elbow (肘部) to elbow, listening to a 23 who looked even younger than the students. I felt uncomfortable and out of place as the professor carefully 24 what she expected us to learn. As I listened, I couldn't help but 25 of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her first year in 26 , just like me. I remembered how hard I had tried to help build self-confidence in her and my other children. So why did I suddenly feel like a scared 27 myself'? When I walked out of that classroom, I had serious 28 about my ability to make it 29 college. Not until late that night did my thinking 30 .It was a long-distance 31 from my daughter, my fellow college freshman, that did the trick. She spoke on the phone about the doubts, worries and anxieties she was 32 . She was certain that she'd never 33 at college. How 34 her worries sounded! In my most confident parental 35 , I said, “Doing your best is all the world 36 .” The next day in class, those words still repeated in my head. When the professor raised a 37 for the class, nobody, including me, 38 to answer. When I looked around al the 39 and uncertainty on the young faces in that room, I knew 40 what I had to do: my best. That's all the world asks. So I raised my hand, and the professor called my name. I spoke.
21. A. big B. tall C. old D. strong
22. A. and B. so C. or D. yet
23. A. professor B. teacher C lecturer D. instructor
24. A. showed B. explained C. designed D. offered
25. A. think B. speak C. talk D. hear
26. A. school B. office C. classroom D. college
27. A. father B. parent C. child D. son
28. A. fears B. doubts C. opinions D. ideas
29. A. over B. on C. with D. through
30. A. stop B. turn C. change D. continue
31. A. call B. talk C. report D. discussion
32. A. obtaining B. gaining C. experiencing D. feeling
33. A. fail B. succeed C. win D. pass
34. A. common B. ordinary C. regular D. familiar
35. A. sound B. whisper C. word D. voice
36. A. hopes B. asks C. wants D. expects
37. A. request B. problem C. question D. demand
38. A. dared B. preferred C. tried D. prepared
39. A. sorrow B. joy C. fear D. anger
40. A. exactly B. roughly C. gradually D. Certainly
A student went to college after 41__ all his school examinations. There he put his name down for world geography. 42_ after the first day, he did not go to 43_ any more. The teacher noticed that this student was 44_ absent and thought that he had changed to 45 class. He was very 46_ when he saw the boy's name on the list(名单) of students 47_ wanted to take the geography examination 48_ the end of the year.
The teacher had prepared a difficult examination paper, which covered 49 he had taught, and he was eager to see 50 this student answered the questions. He expected that his answers would be very 51_; but when he examined his paper carefully, he found only one small mistake in them. 52_ this surprised him very much, he went through the paper 53_, but was still not able to find 54 one mistake, so he sent 55 the student to question him about his work after the exam..
When the student had 56 the room, the teacher said to him, “I know that you came to my class only once on the first day and that you have been absent from all the others. Yet I have found only one small mistake in your paper. 57_ is that?”
“Oh, I'm sorry about that mistake, sir, ”answered the student. “After the examination, I realized 58 I ought to have written. I would not have made that mistake 59 I had been confused(弄糊涂) by your 60_ lecture.”
A.having B.taking C.passing D.failing
A.So B.But C.However D.And
A.it B.lesson C.college D.class
A.always B.once C.never D.sometimes
A.another B.the other C.other D.others
A.angry B.happy C.sorry D.surprised
A.that he B.he C.who D.whom
A.by B.at C.after D.in
A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing
A.what B.when C.how D.why
A.good B.full C.nice D.bad
A.For B.As C.So D.Though
A.two times B.twice C.once D.again once
A.more than B.another C.the other D.second
A.with B.to C.x D.for
A.reached to B.arrived to C.arrived into D.come into
A.Why B.What C.How D.Which
A.where B.why C.what D.when
A.unless B.if C.because D.as
A.first B.last C.latest D.certain
We always want what we cannot have. When we’re young, we want to stay out late, have romantic relationships and be 1 .However, when we're 2 , we want to go back to being young and we 3 the days when we didn’t have to worry about complex love affairs, 4 pressure and money problems.
Young people believe adulthood 5 freedom from parents and schoolwork.When they get older, they feel that 6 is freedom from work pressure and family responsibilities. To 7 this feeling, people say, "The grass is always8 on the other side of the fence."
As 9 , we like to be like adults but as young adults, we 10 to be young again. We think about staying out late and 11 our own money to spend.Suddenly, we see that love can result in 12 hearts; staying out late makes it hard to get ready for 13 the next morning. We find out that adult life is not as 14 as we thought it would be and suddenly, 15 becomes very scary.
Life is 16 .It gives us time to 17 but also requires us to work. The time will come when we must grow up and we will always look back wishing we 18 being young a bit longer. That time will not come back. It is normal to want what we cannot have but the 19 is that to be happy is to appreciate what we have.That is the first step to grow up. 20 life becomes more complex, we will not regret the time we wasted wishing we were adults.
A.comfortable B.dependent C.polite D.independent
A.defeated B.older C.married D.confident
A.like B.forget C.miss D.regret
A.job B.study C.age D.health
A.creates B.shows C.limits D.means
A.adulthood B.childhood C.parenthood D.neighborhood
A.reduce B.experience C.describe D.understand
A.thinner B.greener C.yellow D.colorful
A.researchers B.adults C.teenagers D.elders
A.decide B.wish C.return D.stop
A.making B.worrying about C.having D.showing off
A.healthy B.ambitious C.excited D.broken
A.breakfast B.school C.work D.exercise
A.rich B.busy C.poor D.easy
A.love B.life C.career D.future
A.long B.fair C.short D.beautiful
A.study B.think C.live D.play
A.stopped B.imagined C.enjoyed D.tried
A.reason B.result C.truth D.dream
A.When B.If C.Unless D.Before
A camp built by students and volunteers spreads over Southern Methodist University(SMU). The affordable 21 are designed to be used by the poor as well as survivors of war and natural disasters.
“By the time 2020, there’s going to be about 1.7 billion people living in slums(贫民窟) so we would like to 22 change,” says Stephanie Hunt, co-founder of the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanities at SMU. The institute, which 23 build the village on SMU’s campus, was established to solve problem of the poor in the United States and around the world through engineering, and the free 24 .
The goal is not just to 25 lives, but to change the victims’ lives. The Institute hopes some entrepreneurs(企业家) might program and 26 some money with these ideas. One of the structures in the SMU village was built with bricks made 27 from recycled plastic bags.
They’re 28 together with heavy wires. Harvey Lacey, father of two college-aged sons, including one here at SUM, heard about this project and 29 his invention. It’s a heavy-duty, hand-crank compactor(手动压缩机)that anybody can use to form the big bricks he calls Ubuntu Blox.
“The advantages are that these 30 weigh less than two pounds. They’re very, very 31 These things can go for many generations of housing, ”says Lacey, who is32 the design. Anybody can follow his online plans to 33 the compactor that turns plastic bags into bricks.
On this warm day, it’s 34 inside the Ubuntu Blox hut, thanks 35 to the thick plastic insulation(绝缘). Kenyan 36 Ronald Omyonga, visiting the global village before returning to his native Africa, says his country is full of these recyclable bags. With Lacey’s design, he says that litter could be transformed into 37 housing. He dreams of other 38 too.
“Look at the Harvey Lacey hut, as a means of creating 39 ,”says Omyonga.“Leaning the environment, and turning 40 into something that can form houses, not just for the poor.”
A.shelters B.clubs C.parties D.rooms
A.affect B.adapt C.effect D.adopt
A.discovered B.helped C.studied D.explored
A.entry B.competition C.trade D.market
A.save B.survive C.defend D.cure
A.share B.donate C.earn D.cost
A.briefly B.relevantly C.mostly D.efficiently
A.held B.stressed C.knocked D.packed
A.delivered B.contributed C.devoted D.sacrificed
A.piles B.masses C.loaves D.blocks
A.fragile B.thick C.hard D.bitter
A.giving out B.giving off C.giving up D.giving away
A.build B.invent C.improve D.possess
A.hot B.cold C.wet D.cool
A.nearly B.exactly C.partly D.fairly
A.doctor B.athlete C.photographer D.architect
A.safe B.dangerous C.beautiful D.large
A.advantages B.chances C.benefits D.profits
A.things B.jobs C.wonders D.conditions
A.waste B.resources C.ideas D.technology
I lived on a farm with my parents and my elder brothers and sisters when I was a little boy. We had the 36 to play and run wherever we wanted to go.
We often 37 games just by pretending we were cowboys. Sometimes we played hide-and-seek. One of us would 38 and the others would come and find him. I remember one 39 I hid behind some old wood in the cottage. All was 40 . I couldn’t hear a sound, just the wind 41 . The situation became tense (紧张的) 42 the possibility of someone finding me, and the longer I 43 , the more tense I became. 44 , I heard footsteps coming down the yard. My 45 beat fast and I stood 46 , frozen like a block of ice. I saw my brother getting closer and closer. When he saw me, he laughed 47 , shouting at the top of his voice so that 48 could hear him say, “Eh, I’ve 49 our Tommy!” I can still see the 50 on his face today. Afterwards he said he didn’t think I would hide there. I shrugged my shoulders and said, “Why, it’s a good place, isn’t it?”
I don’t have any 51 of these events, just memories, as we had no camera at that time. 52 it was a long time ago, I can see them now as if they 53 yesterday.
Now I live in town on a busy street. My girls don’t have the freedom that we 54 have to run off down the road and play whatever they want. Anyway, is it 55 to let children out of sight these days?
A.right B.freedom C.pride D.confidence
A.set up B.worked out C.helped out D.made up
A.disappear B.leave C.hide D.run
A.thing B.time C.place D.period
A.silent B.beautiful C.dark D.colorful
A.flying B.flowing C.blowing D.changing
A.because of B.except for C.according to D.instead of
A.expected B.slept C.waited D.moved
A.In time B.At last C.At times D.Once again
A.hand B.mind C.face D.heart
A.hard B.still C.tall D.straight
A.softly B.sadly C.loudly D.confusedly
A.nobody B.someone C.anyone D.everyone
A.attracted B.found C.met D.touched
A.look B.color C.feel D.spirit
A.notes B.proofs C.photos D.diaries
A.Because B.Although C.Unless D.As
A.appeared B.showed C.existed D.happened
A.ought to B.used to C.had to D.set to
A.funny B.bad C.safe D.strange
A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting (诱人的)apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, 41a bar of chocolate if given the choice, 42 , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the 43 he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
44 as high as he could , but even at his tallest 45 he was unable to touch it. He began to 46 up and down , as high as he could, at the 47 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of 48 .
Not giving up , he thought , if only he had something to 49 on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to 50 the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and Game boy . Looking51 , he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or , 52 luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use .
He had tried everything he could think to do . 53 seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk 54 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his55 , and how he really wanted that apple . The more he 56 like this , the more unhappy he became.
57 ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what get he wanted .He started to say to himself .,This isn’t58 , I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s 59 more I can do to get the apple_that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to 60 our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?
A.preferring B.offering C.receiving D.allowing
A.so B.then C.but D.or
A.sadder B.angrier C.hungrier D.tastier
A.expanding B.stretching C.swinging D.pulling
A.strength B.length C. range D.height
A.jump B.look C.walk D.glance
A.tip B.stage C.top D.level
A.hope B.hand C. sight D.reach
A.put B.stand C.get D.hold
A.break B. shake C.take D.strike
A.up B.forward C.down D.around
A.for B.with C.on D.of
A.After B.Through C.Without D.Upon
A.back B. away C.up D.down
A.wishes B. beliefs C.efforts D.goals
A.thought B. imagined C.tried D.claimed
A.Therefore B.However C.Moreover D.Otherwise
A.skillful B.cheerful C.harmful D.helpful
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.change B.express C.forget D.describe