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Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader’s Choice.
The book 36 many types of selections on a wide 37 of topics. These selections provide practice on 38 different reading skills to get the 39 of the writer. They also give students 40 in four basic reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for 41 comprehension, and critical reading.
Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. This kind of rapid reading is 42 when you are trying to decide 43 careful reading is desirable or when there is not 44 to read something carefully.
Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading. 45 , in this case the search is more 46 .To scan is to readquickly in order to 47 specific information. When you read to find a 48 date, or number you are scanning.
Reading for thorough comprehension is 49 reading in order to understand the total 50 of the passage. 51 this level of comprehension the reader is 52 to summarize the author’s ideas but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas.
Critical reading demands that a reader 53 judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of reedit 54 posting and answering questions such as “Does my own experience support that of the author?”, “Do I 55 the author’s point of view?” And “Am I convinced by the author’s arguments and evidence?
36.A.contains B.uses C.put D.writes
37.A.sense B.variety C.kind D.subject
38.A.making B.understanding C.speaking D.employing
39.A.message B.secret C.content D.nature
40.A.power B.point C.practice D.opinion
41.A.better B.basic C.general D.thorough
42.A.suttable B.interesting C.wrong D.true
43.A.that B.if C.when D.why
44.A.interest B.habit C.time D.desire
45.A.Moreover B.Anyway C.However D.Therefore
46.A.funny B.concentrated C.perfect D.important
47.A.deal with B.get in C.go over D.find out
48.A.common B.different C.fine D.particular
49.A.carefully B.slowly C.quickly D.perfectly
50.A.design B.explanation C.meaning D.feeling
51.A.To B.On C.At D.In
52.A.impossible B.able C.difficult D.simple
53.A.makes B.finds C.puts D.offers
54.A.lacks B.requires C.demands D.affords
55.A.tell B.express C.share D.argue
第二节完形填空(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41—50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。
I was interested to read a newspaper article about a new concept in old people’s homes in France. The idea is simple 41 revolutionary -- combining a residential (住宅的)home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building. The children and the residents eat lunch together and 42 activities such as music, painting, gardening, and 43 for the pets which the residents are encouraged to keep. In the afternoons, the residents enjoy reading or telling stories to the children, and 44 a child is feeling sad or tired, there is always somebody attending to (照顾) him. There are trips out and birthday parties, too.
The 45 are enormous for everyone concerned. The children are happy because they get a lot more individual 46 and respond well because someone has time for them. They also learn that old people are not “different” or “frightening” in 47 way. And of course, they see illness and death and learn to 48 them. The residents are happy because they feel 49 and needed. They are more active and more interested in life when the children are around and they take more interest in their appearance, too. And the staff(全体职员) are happy because they see an improvement in the 50 and psychological health of the residents and have an army of assistants to help with the children.
41. A. or B. so C. nor D. but
42. A. share B. examine C. control D. engage
43. A. asking B. sending C. caring D. looking
44. A. though B. because C. unless D. if
45. A. advantages B. actions C. difficulties D. comforts
46. A. though B. attention C. rest D. freedom
47. A. no B. any C. another D. the
48. A. value B. admit C. accept D. overcome
49. A. useful B. faithful C. powerful D. skillful
50. A. normal B. public C. economic D. physical
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A 41 came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to 42 that shirt away, but gave it to her 43 .” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I 44 the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her 45 , “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s 46 was something greater.
The next morning she 47 with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to 48a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are 49 , aren’t you? I think I have a 50 for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of 51 .” Mom accepted the opportunity very 52 .
For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling 53 . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal 54in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you 55 the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working 56 over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you 57 be the teacher of this class.”
My mom spent more than 20 years there. 58 her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the 59 comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle 60 situations and never give up.
A.noise B.voice C.sound D.tune
A.get B.take C.carry D.throw
A.otherwise B.anyhow C.instead D.actually
A.settled B.pushed C.stored D.stuck
A.teacher B.employer C.director D.adviser
A.purpose B.encouragement C.achievement D.victory
A.went B.met C.worked D.stayed
A.visit B.continue C.attend D.prepare
A.serious B.fortunate C.careful D.responsible
A.career B.duty C.position D.part
A.learning B.judging C.obeying D.imagining
A.patiently B.eagerly C.successfully D.skillfully
A.upset B.frightened C.guilty D.ashamed
A.believe B.protect C.treat D.receive
A.spirit B.intention C.action D.attempt
A.must B.would C.might D.should
A.At B.During C.On D.With
A.worthless B.thoughtless C.hopeless D.helpless
A.challenging B.different C.dangerous D.strange
完形填空:(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
In history,a real cowboy was a simple farm worker on horseback.He spent a long time a day outdoors working with cows.The work was dirty,tiring and not very well paid.
People in the western states had to __36__ cattle at low cost and send them by railway to the eastern __37__.But someone had to __38__ the cattle and get them to the nearest railroad.This was the job of a cowboy.Sometimes the __39__ was more than a thousand kilometers away and it could take as __40__ as six months to move the cattle.The __41__ was long but the cattle were driven __42__ as not to lose __43__.Then they could be sold at a good price.
Most cowboys were young, __44__ men.A good horse _45__ their job of moving cattle much easier.A good cowboy __46__ cows and knew how to control them.At night,he __47__ to the cows to keep them calm.
In the late 1800s,America was changing from a nation of farm to one of __48__ and cities.The cowboy seemed __49__ compared with other Americans doing ordinary jobs.
Today,the __50__ of cowboys has __51__ greatly.One change is the use of trucks.The job is not so hard __52__ it used to be.And cowboys are better __53__ now.They are _54__ to be married.Some of them are farmers or teachers or truck drivers.Some work for big companies.
__55__ at night and on weekends,they become cowboys.These part-time cowboys increase the total production of meat,keeping the beef price low.
A.get B.buy C.sell D.raise
A.markets B.countries C.cities D.stories
A.deal with B.find out C.look after D.pay off
A.road B.railroad C.state D.farm
A.good B.much C.long D.far
A.journey B.trip C.tour D.travel
A.hurriedly B.smoothly C.slowly D.carefully
A.mind B.direction C.head D.weight
A.unmarried B.proud C.strong D.educated
A.had B.made C.found D.helped
A.recognized B.understood C.owned D.kept
A.whispered B.shouted C.cried D.sang
A.towns B.factories C.companies D.villages
A.free B.brave C.easy D.pleased
A.manner B.job C.life D.mind
A.changed B.developed C.improved D.realized
A.that B.as C.which D.what
A.known B.paid C.treated D.dressed
A.afraid B.eager C.worried D.likely
A.Because B.And C.When D.But
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
While attending a conference, I returned to my motel room late one rainy evening. The overhead light outside my door was 16 and I had difficulty finding the keyhole. When I finally 17 to open the door, I 18 around the wall for a light switch. I found a 19 where a switch was once installed… but no switch.
No discouraged easily, I remembered seeing a 20 by the bed when I put away my luggage 21 in the day. I found the bed in the dark and felt around until I found the lamp, but when I switched it on, 22 happened! Now what?
Though I knew that it was dark outside my window 23 the outdoor light was burned out, I thought that 24 if I opened the curtains I might be able to use the light from the 25 to find another lamp. So I 26 my way slowly across the room to the curtains and… no draw-string!
I finally stumbled(跌跌撞撞) around until I found a desk lamp that actually 27! That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world can be and how necessary 28 is.
But even more necessary than 29 light is the light that shines from people----the light of love, sympathy and 30. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and 31 place.
It is the shining that is important, for someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or fear and in 32 of some light.
So let your light shine. Whatever light you 33 may be a beacon(灯塔) of hope and encouragement in someone’s darkness. And if you feel that your light is 34 a candle in a forest, remember this----there isn’t enough darkness in the world to 35 the light of one small candle.
A.burning B.broken C.shining D.disappeared
A.managed B.attempted C.succeeded D.meant
A.touched B.turned C.felt D.looked
A.light B.plate C.lamp D.signal
A.lamp B.switch C.desk D.window
A.later B.earlier C.sooner D.first
A.something B.everything C.nothing D.anything
A.when B.unless C.since D.although
A.certainly B.surely C.absolutely D.perhaps
A.stars B.street C.room D.shop
A.forced B.struggled C.made D.pushed
A.worked B.failed C.did D.closed
A.love B.thinking C.dream D.light
A.spiritual B.physical C.mental D.inner
A.faith B.soul C.help D.attention
A.mixed B.fancy C.lonely D.complicated
A.lack B.need C.favor D.face
A.devote B.receive C.offer D.throw
A.only B.event C.ever D.much
A.give out B.leave out C.take out D.put out
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
There is a beautiful story about a child playing with a vase his mother had left on the table for a few moments. When the mother turned 16 the sound of her son’s crying she saw that his17 was in the vase and was apparently stuck. She 18 to help him and pulled and pulled until the child cried out 19 . But the hand was stuck fast(牢固地). How would they get it out? The father suggested 20 the vase but it was quite valuable and the child’s hand might be cut in the 21 _. Yet he knew that if all else 22 there would be no other alternative.
So he said to the boy, “Now, let’s make one more 23 . Open your hand and stretch your 24 out straight, as I’m doing, and then pull!” “ 25 Dad,” said the boy, “if I do that I’ll 26 my penny!”
The boy had had a coin in his hand 27 and was holding it 28in his tight little fist. And he wasn’t 29 to open his hand and lose it. But 30 he opened his hand it came out of the vase easily.
The father said to the boy, “What are you holding onto so tightly as to hinder (阻碍) your walk with God? That vase can be 31 to the entrance to the Kingdom of God. It is narrow yet quite32 to pass in, but first you must open your hand to God and 33 earthly(世俗的)things to fall. If we keep our fists 34 and hold fast to what we have and keep it for ourselves, we will be unable to 35 hold of the hand of God. Open your hand to the hand of God and you will see great things take place.”
A.in B.at C.from D.on
A.foot B.hair C.hand D.head
A.tried B.refused C.completed D.separated
A.in fun B.in general C.with fear D.in pain
A.abandoning B.selling C.burning D.breaking
A.time B.state C.process D.record
A.failed B.lost C.impressed D.tried
A.chance B.choice C.try D.force
A.lip B.fingers C.nails D.thumb
A.But B.And C.Though D.When
A.touch B.hit C.employ D.lose
A.all the time B.in time C.at one time D.for some time
A.apparently B.securely C.stupidly D.normally
A.hesitated B.accepted C.excited D.prepared
A.yet B.since C.once D.although
A.seemed B.compared C.looked D.related
A.difficult B.safe C.easy D.quiet
A.allow B.admit C.forbid D.make
A.open B.urgent C.closed D.intended
A.bring B.take C.have D.come