完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
When she was seven, we found out that Jenny had a few problems. Several ___36___ and many speech classes later, we found out that besides hearing, she also had Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis(幼儿类风湿性关节炎).
She could not put ___37___ on the heels of her feet, so she walked on tiptoe and when the pain became unbearable, I carried her.
All ___38___ grade school, and on into high school, Jenny suffered, yet never complained. She ___39___ a smile on her face, a song on her lips, and a(n) ___40___ and acceptance of others. I don’t remember her ever
___41___ self-pity. She ran when she could run. She played when she could play, and she danced when she could dance. And, when she could do ___42___ of these things, she took her medicine, and she waited until she ___43___.
Jenny never competed in a sport. She could not even take part in a gym class. Jenny continued to have one operation after another on her ___44___. Finally, her hearing improved to 60%, and she taught herself to ___45___ lips.
She was ___46___ popular and funny, attending every football game, and cheering the team on. She carried her pillow everywhere she went, so that she could ___47___ the pain, when she sat down. Then came her senior year. She would be considered for scholarships; however, school activities, especially ___48___, could often mean the ___49___ between receiving an award and losing out.
So Jenny came to a decision. She ___50___ the high school football coach to let her participate. She got her best friend to sign up with her. Finally the coach ___51___, saying, “If you miss one game, you are out!” So, Jenny became a member o the Garrett High School Football Team.
She carried bottles of water to her teammates. She did much preparation work for the team. She worked so actively that it ___52___ to be one of the best year for the Garrett High School Football Team, in its 25-year history.
When asked why he thought the team was winning all their games, even in the ___53___ of injury, one team member explained, “Well, when you’ve been knocked down, and you can’t seem to move, you ___54___ and see Jenny Lewis. It makes anything the rest of us may suffer seem pretty ___55___.”
36. A. trials B. examinations C. experiments D. treatments
37. A. control B. power C. strength D. pressure
38. A. through B. across C. over D. above
39. A. expressed B. wore C. took D. made
40. A. love B. admiration C. envy D. desire
41. A. speaking B. talking C. sharing D. voicing
42. A. nothing B. all C. none D. some
43. A. would B. could C. should D. might
44. A. ears B. legs C. arms D. mouth
45. A. see B. learn C. read D. hear
46. A. never B. totally C. occasionally D. seldom
47. A. struggle B. lose C. stop D. ease
48. A. grades B. relationships C. sports D. communication
49. A. importance B. difference C. chance D. choice
50. A. begged B. demanded C. required D. managed
51. A. gave out B. gave in C. held up D. held on
52. A. turned over B. turned out C. turned up D. turned in
53. A. sight B. fear C. risk D. face
54. A. looked down B. looked in C. looked up D. looked out
55. A. different B. worth C. difficult D. unimportant
阅读下面短文,理解大意,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
What has really changed my life is that now I believe in myself. I came to the United States ten years ago. I would always say that I was trying to to study, but there were always things like work and my kids that would not___me to start.
Now I realized that those were only____. What was stopping me is that I was___to start studying again. I always believed I would____by myself.
One day, ____my son told me that he was embarrassed because his friends would come over and I didn't____them because I didn't speak English. He was also sad____I could never help him with his homework. That same day, I____myself, “Rocio, you have to start believing in yourself and you will see you can____it.” That night I couldn't__ . I was thinking that now I couldn't____my kids down.
The next day, I went downtown to look for a big banner in____of the school that said that they____calsses for adults. I came in to see if I could____, but the classes were____already.
That night I took the kids to the movies, and on the____back, I told them we would take a new route. The following Monday, I went to ask for____. They told me that summer schools was starting that week.
That's how I started studying English last summer. It is difficult, but I have had great____. My daughter had to____a story for school. It was about the person they most admired and____. She wrote that I was the person she most admired because I had started going to college. I will never forget this. When you believe in yourself, you can do anything.
A.make B.force C.promise D.allow
A.reasons B.excuses C.causes D.explanations
A.afraid B.ready C.willing D.happy
A.teach B.direct C.learn D.indicate
A.however B.therefore C.otherwise D.besides
A.recognize B.understand C.realize D.know
A.though B.while C.because D.once
A.spoke B.said C.stated D.told
A.produce B.create C.invent D.make
A.wake B.eat C.sleep D.dress
A.feel B.let C.fall D.drop
A.front B.spite C.middle D.terms
A.offered B.formed C.completed D.finished
A.listen B.hear C.attend D.give
A.begun B.closed C.started D.empty
A.way B.road C.path D.route
A.news B.information C.message D.signal
A.rewards B.prize C.progress D.courage
A.print B.recite C.copy D.write
A.why B.how C.when D.where
During Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father's car to drive to a New Year's Eve____to be held in Vermont. The father was____about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year's Eve. The____that was reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.
So he drove to Vermost, got completely____and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadblock. He was told to____the car and stand in a line of people that were being given the infamous sobriety(not drunk)____. However, the policeman____him out. He was____standing off to the side while the others were____the police officer how well they could walk a____line, etc.
At 700 a.m, his father got up to answer the____. There were____policemen there. They asked him if he was the____of that red FLAT. He replied, “Yes, I am,”One of the policeman asked him if he was driving the car the evening before and he said that his son had been the driver.
When the young man____himself in front of the policemen, he knew he was some sort of____. Upon questioning, he____that he driving the car, but when asked if he had been____, he said, “No!”When the policeman asked if he could see his car, he was unable to remember the____. He said that it was in the garage.
And when the four of them walked out to look at the car, instead of looking at the car he had driven the____before, they saw a____car parked there.
A.party B.meeting C.concert D.sports meeting
A.sure B.worried C.curious D.anxious
A.suggestion B.condition C.conclusion D.agreement
A.excited B.tired C.pleased D.drunk
A.stop B.get out of C.drive D.get into
A.punishment B.test C.education D.talk
A.gave B.made C.missed D.found
A.considered B.required C.suggested D.left
A.showing B.explaining C.asking D.telling
A.long B.straight C.calm D.direct
A.telephone B.call C.doorbell D.question
A.many B.two C.four D.one
A.manager B.father C.student D.owner
A.stood B.found C.put D.took
A.danger B.test C.trouble D.accident
A.believed B.told C.admitted D.said
A.driving B.hurting C.drinking D.missing
A.drive B.test C.time D.line
A.day B.morning C.night D.afternoon
A.similar B.familiar C.police D.damaged
“Little Annie”Sullivan, as she was called when she was young, was no stranger to hardship. She was____sightless herself and was, as one time, ____as hopelessly“insane(精神病)”by the doctors. She was locked in the basement of a____institution outside of Boston. At times, Little Annie would violently____anyone who came near. Most of the time she generally ignored everyone in her____.
An elderly nurse believed there was hope, ____and she made up her mind to show love to the child. Every day she visited Little Annie. For the most____, the child did not acknowledge the nurse's presence, but she still____to visit. The kindly woman left cookies for her and spoke words of love and encouragement. She believed Little Annie could____, if only she were shown love.
Eventually, doctors noticed a____in the girl. Where they once witnessed anger and hatred, they now noted an emerging gentleness and____. They moved her upstairs where she continued to improve. Then the day finally came____this seemingly“hopeless”child was set____.
Anne Sullivan ____into a young woman with a(n)____to help others as she, herself, was helped by the kindly nurse. It was she who____the great potential in Helen Keller. She loved her, disciplined her, and played with her. Anne Sullivan worked____in Helen's life; but it was a loving nurse who first____in Little Annie and lovingly transformed an uncommunicative child into a compassionate teacher.
The name of Helen Keller would have____unknown if it had not been for Anne Sullivan. ____would the name of Anne Sullivan if it had not been for a kind and devoted nurse. And so it goes. Just how far back does the chain of love extend? And how for forward will it lead?
A.almost B.hardly C.mostly D.seldom
A.thought B.seemed C.imagined D.diagnosed
A.physical B.chemical C.mental D.occasional
A.attract B.attack C.attend D.touch
A.absence B.performance C.judgment D.presence
A.therefore B.otherwise C.however D.besides
A.column B.part C.section D.content
A.continued B.lasted C.considered D.suggested
A.return B.recover C.remember D.reply
A.chance B.mistake C.change D.fault
A.love B.worry C.anxiety D.wish
A.where B.though C.until D.when
A.free B.busy C.spare D.loose
A.brought B.grew C.took D.knocked
A.order B.demand C.desire D.proposal
A.watched B.checked C.examined D.saw
A.doubts B.decisions C.plans D.wonders
A.depended B.believed C.introduced D.absorbed
A.remained B.reminded C.contained D.included
A.Either B.Nothing C.So D.Neither
Wishing to encourage her young son's progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother____a friend and walked over to greet her.
Seizing the____to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and went____a door market“NO ADMITTANCE”. When the house lights dimmed(变暗)and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her____and discovered that the child was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains____and spotlights focused on the stage. In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard, ____out“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”.
At that moment, the great piano master____his entrance, quickly moved to the piano, and____in the boy's ear, “Don't____. Keep playing.”
Then leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began____in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached____to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato(伴奏). ____, the old master and the boy____a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative____.
That's the way it is in life. ____we can accomplish(完成)on our own is____noteworthy. We try out best, but the____aren't exactly graceful flowing music. ____when we trust in the hands of a Greater Power, our life's work truly can be beautiful.
Next time you set____to accomplish great feats, listen carefully. You can hear the____of the Master, whispering in your ear, “Don't quit. Keep playing.”
A.made B.spotted C.met D.called
A.chance B.performance C.piano D.lesson
A.over B.above C.across D.through
A.car B.seat C.room D.table
A.parted B.drew C.pulled D.divided
A.looking B.taking C.picking D.got out
A.made B.asked C.forgot D.delayed
A.shouted B.cried C.whispered D.looked
A.perform B.stop C.go D.give
A.filling B.getting C.breaking D.taking
A.forwards B.down C.up D.around
A.However B.Together C.Luckily D.Hurriedly
A.charged B.became C.changed D.grew
A.experience B.play C.concert D.film
A.What B.That C.Which D.When
A.hard B.hardly C.always D.usually
A.failures B.successes C.causes D.results
A.So B.And C.But D.Though
A.down B.about C.away D.out
A.sound B.noise C.voice D.song
阅读下面短文,理解大意,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Do you have something in mind about our future life? Life in sixty years will obviously be very different from____is____. It is interesting to try to____what life will be like____.
Our life style will be____in many____. For example, I think that everyone will live in____. There will be houses under the sea. ____people will get settled____on the moon and do scientific researches. Every house will have a wireless telephone. Solar energy will be____used in houses and factories.
As for education in the future, I think that children will start____at the age of 3. To some extent, computers will take place of____. People will study____they are 30.
Our____life will be different too. It is____that people will only work____hours a day. At the age of forty, people will retire and do____they want.
____, when we think about the future of travel, it seems to me that most people will have a chance to____in space.
Our future is promising. Let's work hard for____our beautiful future.
A.that B.which C.what D.how
A.seem B.to be C.like D.appear
A.imagine B.make C.say D.live
A.in future B.in the future C.at future D.for future
A.the same B.different C.rich D.poor
A.countries B.nations C.homes D.ways
A.forests B.mountains C.sea D.cities
A.Some B.Most C.Every D.Very few
A.up B.down C.in D.with
A.not B.widely C.for D.easily
A.to eat B.to work C.school D.to speak
A.workers B.peasants C.scientists D.teachers
A.to B.for C.until D.as
A.school B.working C.happy D.army
A.possible B.sure C.possibly D.perhaps
A.forty B.fourteen C.four D.fourth
A.what B.which C.whatever D.however
A.Then B.And C.Therefore D.Finally
A.do shopping B.have medical examination C.study D.travel
A.realizing B.imaging C.completing D.supposing