第二节 完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has 36 economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works 37 a maid. Although her mother works very hard, she can 38 support the family. Jane is very bright and gifted at 39 and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n) 40 for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.
Alice became friends with Jane and would 41 talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids 42 her.
On her birthday last month, she 43 her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come. Alice wanted her to be 44 so much that she 45 on her coming. Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any 46 clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a 47 from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I 48 a skirt from you?”
Alice was happy that her friend would be 49 to come and hurried home to ask her Mum 50 she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very 51 and angrily said to her Mum, “ 52 I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well 53 .
Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s 54 . Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her 55 with her.
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.
36. A. personal B. extra C. limited D. adequate
37. A. for B. with C. like D. as
38. A. hopefully B. obviously C. hardly D. temporarily
39. A. music B. drawing C. maths D. biology
40. A. bonus B. allowance C. donation D. pension
41. A. secretly B. happily C. quietly D. eagerly
42. A. pointing at B. shouting at C. laughing at D. glaring at
43. A. took B. invited C. accompanied D. sent
44. A. happy B. independent C. confident D. present
45. A. depended B. insisted C. focused D. agreed
46. A. casual B. comfortable C. nice D. tight
47. A. shirt B. jeans C. handbag D. necklace
48. A. get B. copy C. order D. borrow
49. A. free B. able C. glad D. willing
50. A. how B. when C. why D. whether
51. A. stubborn B. upset C. firm D. enthusiastic
52. A. If B. When C. Unless D. Though
53. A. treated B. controlled C. educated D. behaved
54. A. cleverness B. character C. circumstances D. competences
55. A. study B. friendship C. sympathy D. performance
My Forever Valentine我永远的“情人”
Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真的) thought 1 him as my “Valentine man”.
My first recollection of the 2 he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was 3 “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to 4 my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is 5 difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember 6 that ring with pride that all the cards in the world 7 not surpass (超越).
8 I grew older, the gifts gave 9 to heart-shaped boxes filled with my 10__ chocolate and always included a 11 card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my thank-you became 12 of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less 13 , and I took for granted that the Valentine would 14 be there. I had 15 my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite 16 .
His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a 17 of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a 18_ of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never 19 , nor does the memory of a man who never 20 being my Valentine.
A.of B.about C.up D.over
A.memory B.magic C.puzzle D.presents
A.read B.written C.shown D.signed
A.recover B.resemble C.represent D.replace
A.much B.little C.great D.less
A.having B.owning C.wearing D.watching
A.could B.did C.must D.should
A.Because B.Since C.When D.As
A.room B.way C.honour D.seat
A.favorite B.lovely C.dear D.precious
A.usual B.common C.strange D.special
A.less B.little C.more D.much
A.important B.beautiful C.familiar D.standard
A.surely B.always C.regularly D.often
A.let B.kept C.placed D.remembered
A.suitable B.enough C.effective D.sacred
A.signal B.certificate C.consequence D.reminder
A.tradition B.hobby C.habit D.custom
A.lose B.die C.miss D.appear
A.thought B.wanted C.tried D.stopped
It is already home to whales, seals and polar bears, but soon the Arctic (北极) must find __1__ for some Chinese visitors.
A team of nine scientists will __2__ to the Arctic this month to mark the opening of China's __3__ Arctic scientific research station, SOA (the State Oceanic Administration (国家海洋局) has __4__.
Construction of the station finished a while __5__, but operations were held __6__ during the polar night, __7__ normally runs from late October to the end of February. __8__this period, the sun never __9__ over the Arctic. And from mid-July to the end of August, the sun never sets, a time__10__ as polar day (极昼).
With territories (版图) __11__ far up into the northern half of the globe, China __12__Arctic studies to learn __13__ about its climatic and environmental changes. Many of these, __14__ sand storms and heavy droughts, are believed to have __15__ to do with the Arctic.
Research teams __16__ the area in 1999 and 2003, but the new station will allow scientists to study the Arctic in __17__ depth.
The station is a two-storey building and __18__ a laboratory, office, reading room, bedroom and storeroom. It can hold 20 to 25 researchers.
"It will be __19__ great support to the scientists' research there," said Xia Limin, an officer in SOA.
This year the SOA also plans to upgrade (提升) two existing scientific bases in the Antarctic (南极洲). They are "Great Wall", which was set up in 1985, and "Zhongshan", __20__ five years later.
A.house B.hotel C.palace D.room
A.journey B.travel C.trip D.tour
A.first B.second C.third D.fourth
A.told B.spoke C.announced D.published
A.before B.later C.after D.ago
A.forward B.toward C.back D.ahead
A.which B.through which C.that D.where
A.During B.While C.When D.As
A.raises B.rises C.lifts D.carries
A.knows B.to know C.known D.knowing
A.spreading B.spreads C.to spread D.spread
A.works out B.picks out C.keeps out D.carries out
A.less B.more C.few D.much
A.for example B.such as C.for instance D.such that
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.showed B.went C.visited D.got
A.great B.greeting C.greater D.greatest
A.includes B.contains C.including D.containing
A.to B.for C.at D.of
A.establishing B.to establish C.established D.establish
Hard-working Making People Live Longer 努力工作使人长寿
Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are ___1___ than housewives, Evidence (证据) shows that ___2___ are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows ___3___ the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate increases correspondingly (相应地) by 2%. All this ___4___ one point: Work is helpful to health.
Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy, __5___ loneliness and solitude (孤独). Researches show that people feel __6___ and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are ___7___. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as ___8___ between man and reality. By work, people ___9___ each other. By collective (集体的) activity, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work __10___ the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and makes him liable to (易于)___11___.
__12___, work gives one a sense of fulfillment (充实感) and a sense of ___13___. Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When ___14___ finishes his writing or a doctor successfully __15___ a patient or a teacher sees his students ___16___, they are happy __17___.
From the above we can come to the conclusion ___18___ the more you work, __19___ you will be. Let us work hard, __20___ and live a happy and healthy life.
A.more healthier B.healthier C.weaker D.worse
A.career women B.the busy C.the jobless D.the hard-working
A.that whenever B.whether C.that though D.since
A.comes down to B.equals to C.adds up to D.amounts to
A.不填 B.off C.in touch with D.away from
A.happy, interested B.glad, joyful C.cheerful, concerned D.unhappy, worried
A.busy B.free C.lazy D.empty
A.a river B.a gap C.a channel D.a bridge
A.come across B.come into contact with C.look down upon D.watch over
A.means B.stands C.equals D.matches
A.success B.death C.victory D.disease
A.Besides B.Nevertheless C.However D.Yet
A.disappointment B.achievement C.regret D.apology
A.a worker B.a farmer C.a writer D.a manager
A.manages B.controls C.operates on D.deals with
A.raise B.grow C.rise D.increase
A.in a word B.without a word C.at a word D.beyond words
A.that B.which C.what D.不填.
A.the lonelier and weaker B.lonelier and weaker C.happier and healthier D.the happier and healthier
The Abominable Snowman喜马拉雅雪人
He has been called the “missing link.” Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Everest.
He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The 1 of the Snowman has been around for __2 . Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mound Everest. The native people said they 3 this creature and called it the “Yeti,”and they said that they had 4 caught Yetis on two occasions 5 none has ever been produced an evidence(证据).
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has 6 . In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not 7 the tracks of a monkey or bear and 8 that the Abominable Snowman might really 9 .
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were 10 footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than 11 animal tracks, which had been made 12 as the melted(融化)and refroze in the snow. 13 , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was 14 and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, 15 . no evidence has ever 16 been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman __17 . But if they ever 18 catching one, they may face a real 19 : Would they put it in a 20 or give it a room in a hotel?
A.event B.story C.adventure D.description
A.centuries B.too long C.some time D.many years
A.heard from B.cared for C.knew of D.read about
A.even B.hardly C.certainly D.probably
A.as B.though C.when D.until
A.developed B.changed C.occurred D.continued
A.entirely B.naturally C.clearly D.simply
A.found B.declared C.felt D.doubled
A.exist B.escape C.disappear D.return
A.clearer B.more C.possible D.rare
A.huge B.recent C.ordinary D.frightening
A.strange B.large C.deep D.rough
A.In the end B.Therefore C.After all D.However
A.imagined B.real C.special D.familiar
A.so B.besides C.again D.instead
A.rightly B.actually C.normally D.particularly
A.lightly B.jokingly C.seriously D.properly
A.succeed in B.insist on C.depend on D.join in
A.decision B.situation C.subject D.problem
A.zoo B.mountain C.museum D.laboratory
The Quiet Hero 沉默的英雄
It was Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’ll 1 that Sunday in 2000 was bittersweet for me. As a single mother I 2 to think of my shortcomings — how many evenings I couldn’t spend with my children, and how many things I couldn’t 3 my waitress’ salary to buy.
But what 4 kids I had! My daughter Maria was a senior in college, and Denny was home visiting from his freshman year at Harvard University. They were 5 impolite enough to complain, but there was so much more I 6 I had done for them. I just hoped they ___7 .
As I walked into the 8 quietly to start breakfast, I was greeted by a vase 9 a dozen red roses! When had Denny possibly slipped down to leave them? But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly 10 of an eighteen-year-old. It was about a story that happened between Denny and me long ago. It 11 :
She took a day off from her busy 12 to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5 hours just to get there, and they had to be there early 13 he could see his hero take batting practice. 14 their arrival, she took her hard-earned money to buy an overpriced T-shirt on which was 15 his hero making a diving catch. After the game, of course he had to 16 his hero’s signature, so she stayed with the little boy17 one in the morning…
It took me long enough to 18 it, but I finally know who the 19 hero is. Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a 20 Mother’s Day, after all.
A.admit B.adopt C.deny D.refuse
A.intended B.liked C.tended D.hesitated
A.stress B.spare C.strengthen D.spend
A.poor B.great C.faithless D.pretty
A.merely B.usually C.never D.often
A.wished B.hoped C.expected D.desired
A.supported B.understood C.approved D.disgusted
A.1iving-room B.kitchen C.bed loom D.study
A.including B.containing C.possessing D.pinning
A.handwriting B.description C.tone D.scratch
A.wrote B.recorded C.memorized D.read
A.event B.content C.schedule D.circumstance
A.or B.for C.but D.so
A.At B.In C.On D.By
A.impressed B.printed C.presented D.pressed
A.buy B.abandon C.get D.swap
A.before B.until C.after D.when
A.see B.hear C.realize D.tell
A.actual B.true C.imaginary D.visual
A.sad B.bitter C.happy D.exciting