三: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。
Nancy had just got a secretary's job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 26 . She got up very early and arrived at the 27 at twenty to eight. She pushed the door open and found 28 there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her 29 . She was surprised to 30 a large bunch(束) of flowers on it. They were 31 . She picked the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried 32 . She then 33 for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the 34 first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder. The day passed very 35 and Nancy did everything 36 great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she 37 herself to her work. Then came another 38 . When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, 39 the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to 40 the sender.
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to 41 a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk 42 his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook 43 with “Records of managers' meetings”, and 44 the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company 45 that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk .” Later, she was told that their general manager was a wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business.
26. A. disappointed B. excited C. encouraged D. surprised
27. A. office B. workshop C. classroom D. bookshop
28. A. everybody B. others C. nobody D. somebody
29. A. room B. desk C. seat D. place
30. A. pick B. cover C. smell D. find
31. A. old B. fresh C. good D. sweet
32. A. joyfully B. tearfully C. sadly D. repeatedly
33. A. looked up B. looked at C. looked around D. looked down
34. A. happy B. very C. funny D. quite
35. A. slowly B. normally C. quickly D. hardly
36. A. at B. to C. for D. with
37. A. devoted B. focused C. buried D. made
38. A. Sunday B. Saturday C. Monday D. Tuesday
39. A. taking B. took C. replacing D. replaced
40. A. find out B. look down upon C. catch hold of D. understand
41. A. send for B. hand out C. try out D. hand in
42.A. asking for B. waiting for C. looking for D. searching for
43. A. said B. given C. used D. marked
44. A. glanced at B. stared at C. glared at D. lookedat
45. A. has ordered B. has demanded C. has decided D. has said
The day I met my best friend for the first time, I was full of anxiety. I was trying to do some for an important oral exam in the local library, but people kept me. I was getting annoyed and of course, I was not able to . Suddenly I heard someone singing loudly behind me. I and glared at the person who was singing. It was a tall girl about the same age as me.
She looked like a sensitive and friendly girl. “How could she be so selfish?” I thought .
I picked up my books, glared at her and shouted, “Thanks to your , I’ve been unable to study. You’re so !”
I left the library in a hurry, leaving my most important textbook . When I got home two hours later, I found my textbook gone. I was so that I almost cried. Just then, the phone rang. A gentle voice the speaker as Jenny and asked if I was Jane. After that I was, she said she had noticed I’d left my book in the library and as my was in it, she asked a librarian to get my phone number. She said she didn’t live far away and could bring it around for me if I needed it.
I sighed with and agreed to meet her at the convenience store down the road. Of course, you’ve who Jenny was. She was just the girl I had shouted at for singing in the library. When I recognized her in the store, I was filled with and apologized for my rude behavior. I felt so , but Jenny just laughed, saying she was glad to see I’d also left my in the library! I couldn’t help laughing and I invited her to my apartment for a cup of tea.
Ever since then we’ve been best friends and we’re getting along well. To be honest, I trust her more than anyone else. I often think how I am. If Jenny hadn’t been a kind person who was willing to my shortcomings, I would have experienced such true friendship.
A.research B.revision C.work D.experiment
A.watching B.asking C.warning D.disturbing
A.speak B.improve C.concentrate D.follow
A.turned around B.turned down C.turned off D.turned over
A.sadly B.hopelessly C.angrily D.crazily
A.practice B.noise C.attitude D.existence
A.selfish B.active C.sensitive D.stupid
A.out B.around C.aside D.behind
A.nervous B.careless C.upset D.forgetful
A.introduced B.considered C.took D.remembered
A.deciding B.confirming C.realizing D.thinking
A.number B.class C.writing D.name
A.comfort B.relief C.confidence D.satisfaction
A.recognized B.found C.guessed D.heard
A.courage B.energy C.doubt D.shame
A.worried B.sorry C.terrible D.excited
A.glare B.expression C.virtue D.understanding
A.considerate B.pleased C.lucky D.grateful
A.overcome B.share C.hide D.forgive
A.ever B.never C.seldom D.still
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d ?” Just when I started to that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t . Somebody had thought of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my Christmas there special and memorable, I remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I them that they couldn’t open their presents every child had come forward. Finally the they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed(绽放笑容) and their bright smiles up the room. The in the room was obvious, and wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
A.receiving B.sending C.making D.exchanging
A.found B.expected C.prepared D.got
A.doubt B.accept C.suggest D.hope
A.turned up B.settled down C.broke in D.showed off
A.loss B.relief C.sadness D.duty
A.laughed B.forgotten C.loved D.affected
A.highly B.little C.enough D.poorly
A.present B.last C.recent D.first
A.hardly B.regularly C.immediately D.frequently
A.importance B.independence C.strength D.safety
A.kept up with B.caught up with C.put up with D.came up with
A.none B.each C.some D.few
A.special B.fine C.helpful D.normal
A.guided B.reminded C.educated D.promised
A.after B.when C.until D.since
A.chance B.moment C.gift D.reward
A.burned B.took C.lit D.cheered
A.terror B.joy C.calmness D.value
A.something B.such C.it D.everybody
A.from B.till C.for D.by
There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school (寄宿学校). being sent away, this boy was the 22 student in his class. He was at the top in every always with high marks.
But the boy changed after 24 home and attending the boarding school. His grades started . He hated being in a . He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he committing suicide (自杀). All of this was because he felt and no one loved him.
His parents started about the boy. But they even did not know what was with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and him.
They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and . After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”
The boy answered back, “To my grades?”
“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most person for me. I want to see you . I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”
These words 36 the boy’s eyes to be filled with tears. He his dad. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.
Now the boy had he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him40!
A.After B.Before C.When D.While
A.hardest B.naughtiest C.brightest D.dullest
A.exam B.activity C.game D.class
A.coming B.returning C.leaving D.reaching
A.rising B.increasing C.reducing D.dropping
A.group B.term C.company D.party
A.led to B.felt like C.thought back D.looked for
A.worthless B.careless C.concerned D.annoyed
A.caring B.turning C.worrying D.speaking
A.crazy B.true C.possible D.wrong
A.talk with B.listen to C.tell to D.care about
A.family B.friends C.study D.grades
A.realize B.analyze C.check D.test
A.outstanding B.important C.famous D.familiar
A.happy B.excellent C.interested D.satisfied
A.caused B.wanted C.encouraged D.forced
A.answered B.ignored C.hated D.hugged(拥抱)
A.nothing B.something C.everything D.anything
A.showed B.meant C.intended D.expressed
A.sad B.angry C.pleasant D.joyful
Children all round the world are familiar with fairy tales such as “The Little Mermaid”(美人鱼), “The Princess and the Pea” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. The colourful ______ from the stories made us laugh and cry throughout our ______.
The stories are the creation(创作) of Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson. He was born into a ______ family in Odense, Denmark, on April 2, 1805. His ______ life was not easy. His father was a shoemaker and his mother a washerwoman. He______ very little education. As a child he was very______ and was laughed at for being feminine (女性化的) and tall.
In 1816 his father died and Anderson was______ to go out to work, first in a tailor’s shop and______ at a tobacco factory. _____ the age of 14 Anderson moved to Copenhagen to start a career as a singer and actor. He struggled for three years______ he had to leave the theatre when his voice______ in 1822.
______, Anderson went to a grammar school. Having done well, he was admitted to Copenhagen University in 1828. He began to publish his fairy tales in 1835. They_____ in small volumes (量) until his death.
______ Anderson lived a______ life, he tried to make people______ in all his stories. He wrote because he didn’t want children to have a______ childhood as he did. The works______ Anderson world fame(声誉), but he remained a______ man. He never married and his friends were the people who paid for his work. Anderson______ on August 4,1875. His home in Odense is now a museum and thousands of people visit it every year.
A.parts B.pictures C.heroes D.characters
A.days B.time C.childhood D.years
A.poor B.musical C.big D.happy
A.early B.writing C.later D.school
A.accepted B.found C.received D.gained
A.emotional(感情冲动的) B.upset C.popular D.naughty (调皮的)
A.allowed B.forced C.willing D.used
A.then B.lately C.second D.finally
A.By B.From C.At D.Since
A.since B.after C.until D.still
A.lost B.changed C.broke D.worsened
A.Even so B.Afterwards C.From then on D.Otherwise
A.turned out B.sold out C.came out D.went out
A.Since B.Because C.Although D.As
A.hard B.interesting C.happy D.successful
A.cry B.laugh C.appreciate D.learn
A.sad B.happy C.busy D.strange
A.got B.brought C.made D.cost
A.poor B.unhappy C.moody D.lonely
A.passed away B.passed by C.left D.went
Do you know why there is a little angel on the top of the Christmas tree?
One particular Christmas season a long time ago, Santa was ______ his usual trip. But there were _____ everywhere. Four of his elves(小精灵) got _____, and the trainee(学徒工) elves did not produce the toys as fast as the ______ ones, so Santa was beginning to feel the pressure of being behind _____. Then Mrs. Claus told Santa that her mom was coming to visit; this _____ Santa even more.
When he went to ride the deer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and that two had ______ the fence and were out—heaven knows where.
Then when he began to load the sled(雪橇), one of the boards _____ and the toy bag fell to the ground and the toys were everywhere. So, _____, Santa went into the house for a cup of coffee and a little wine. When he went to the ______, he discovered that the elves had ______ the wine and there was nothing to_______.
In his frustration, he ______ dropped the coffeepot and it broke into thousands of little pieces all over the kitchen _____. He went to get the broom and found that mice had _____ the straw which it was made of. Just then the doorbell _____ and Santa cursed(咒骂) on his way to the door. He _____ the door and there was a little angel with a big Christmas ______.
Smiling, the angel said, very _____,”Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn’t it just a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to put it?” This cheered Santa up.
_____ began the tradition of the little angel on the top of the tree.
A.paying attention to B.getting ready for C.coming up with D.taking part in
A.wealth B.danger C.presents D.problems
A.old B.rich C.sick D.well
A.regular B.devoted C.lazy D.clever
A.travel B.schedule C.preparation D.work
A.encouraged B.worried C.interested D.frightened
A.jumped B.made C.cleaned D.fixed
A.crossed B.stopped C.cracked D.disappeared
A.moved B.tired C.pleased D.frustrated
A.bed B.boards C.toys D.cupboard
A.hidden B.found C.bought D.polluted
A.wash B.drink C.watch D.add
A.angrily B.luckily C.carelessly D.slowly
A.door B.wall C.table D.floor
A.eaten B.covered C.cut D.thrown
A.failed B.rose C.rang D.fell
A.repaired B.felt C.painted D.opened
A.light B.bag C.tree D.cake
A.cheerfully B.exactly C.hungrily D.sadly
A.And B.So C.If D.But