第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题15分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。
We arrived at the hospital to find Dad was very weak, but his smile was as 36 as ever. It was another attack of pneumonia(肺炎). My hushand and I stayed with him for the 37 but had to return to our jobs on Monday. Local 38 would help Dad get home from the hospital and look after him. 39 I longed to be able to let him know that we cared too, even when we weren’t with him.
Then I remembered a 40 tradition(传统)when our children were small When 41 their grandparents’ home after a visit, each child would write a love note to their grandparents. They __42__ notes in the cereal(麦片)box, under a hairbrush, next to the 43 or even in the microwave(微波炉). For days, their grandparents would 44 as they discovered these reminders of our love.
45 as I tidied Dad‘s kichen and 46 up a bed for him downstairs in the living room, I wrote some notes. Some were 47 , “Dad, I put the food in the fridge so it wouldn’t go bad.” Some expressed my love, “Dad, I 48 you will sleep well in your new 49 .” Most notes were down-stairs where he would stay for several weeks until he 50 strength, but one note I hid upstairs under his pillow, “Dad, if you have found this 51 , you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”
Just like his 52 strengthened him physically, these “emotional vitamins” would 53__ his spiritual health. Several weeks later, in one of our 54 phone calls, I asked Dad how he was
__55__. He said, “Pretty good ! I just found your note under my pillow upstairs!”
36. A. sure B. weak C. happy D. wild
37. A. day B. month C. night D. weekend
38. A. doctors B. friends C. relatives D. classmates
39. A. But B. Therefore C. Besides D. Though
40. A. city B. nation C. family D. village
41. A. moving B. entering C. arriving D. leaving
42. A. wrote B. hid C. mixed D. stuck
43. A. curtain B. chair C. phone D. window
44. A. find B. smile C. regret D. miss
45. A. Because B. However C. While D. So
46. A. dressed B. made C. cleaned D. ticked
47. A. practical B. funny C. uninteresting D. true
48. A. wish B. demand C. hope D. suggest
49. A. home B. bed C. house D. hospital
50. A. experienced B. discovered C. regained D. grew
51. A. word B. letter C. note D. place
52. A. doctors B. food C. operation D. medicines
53. A. change B. improve C. cure D. harm
54. A. regular B. usual C. long D. special
55. A. hving B. going C. finding D. Doing
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。
Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.
One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a1on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from2to toe, explained that he had3out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant(怀孕的)wife and his two children4at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车)back.
Once I had5a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both6, saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he7me back.
Before leaving, I had turned the heater8in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and9. While the little ones played and ran10, I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the11.
It was about 5 a. m. before they12.The young fellow asked me how much he13 me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵)had14$ 15. He offered to pay"call-out fee", but I wouldn't accept it.
About a month later, I received a15from interstate, a large bus company that we bad been trying to16to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time, It17out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most18person in the company.
In his letter, he thanked me again and19me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station, In this20, a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-35各题所给的A. B. C. D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to1. Now she was Portia, a strong-willed2 in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing3 form her.
4, Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition (选拔试演). She5 being in front of other people. She was very6 at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to7 much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making8 friends. She had excellent grades,9 she always thought that something was missing.
Two weeks before the audition, Robertsa's mother had heard about it and10her to join in.
"I can't think of anyone else better suited to11 the part. Remember all the plays you used to act our for us?"
Her mother wouldn't let the12drop. "You're just a little scared (害怕). Everyone gets scared. You know you13 do it. The trick is to look past the14to find the love of what you're doing."
So Roberta had made an appointment (预约) with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself excited by the15of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia's part,16the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn't hard; she17every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new18 of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.
On the day of the audition, she19 two of Portia's famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the20was hers.
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 36 realize that those challenges are the very things that 37 us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with 38 .
When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two 39 . We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing 40 the challenge isn’ t worth the 41 and call it quits. Although there are certainly 42 when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most 43 all that is needed is 44 and communication.
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how 45 or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to 46 it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a 47 for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. 48 you can say to a friend, “ I got my feeling hurt,”49 “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with the many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for 50_ they are: small hurdles you need to jump or 51 on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is 52 to get over, and hurt only 53 to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, it 54 to everyone, and some day you will 55 all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”
A.seem to B.come to C.hope to D.try to
A.design B.promote C.direct D.shape
A.confidence B.pressure C.friendship D.difficulty
A.opportunities B.expectations C.choices D.aspects
A.demanding B.deserving C.predicting D.presenting
A.comment B.loss C.trouble D.expense
A.spans B.times C.dates D.ages
A.cases B.fields C.parts D.occasions
A.assessment B.commitment C.encouragement D.adjustment
A.doubtful B.shameful C.harmful D.painful
A.keep B.control C.face D.catch
A.space B.plan C.topic D.room
A.If B.As C.While D.Unless
A.other than B.rather than C.or rather D.or else
A.what B.who C.where D.which
A.pass by B.come across C.get through D.run over
A.unnecessary B.necessary C.impossible D.possible
A.serves B.means C.aims D.attempts
A.opens B.appeals C.goes D.happens
A.look down on B.look back on C.look forward to D.look up to
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。
In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic (技工). One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 36 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 37 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 38 to take them home. There she carefully 39 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 40 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 41 .
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 42 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they 43 , the girl was able to 44 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 45 . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 46 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 47 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in 48 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled(组装)a small aircraft for her.
Caring about 49 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 50 or follow him, and 51 slept in the grass.
One day, the girl 52 into the plane, started it and soon left the 53 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 54 flapped(拍打)their wings and 55 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.
A.managed B.attempted C.happened D.supposed
A.realized B.expected C.imagined D.admitted
A.helped B.decided C.afforded D.meant
A.placed B.protected C.treated D.examined
A.ago B.out C.later D.long
A.family B.lake C.home D.world
A.But B.Also C.Thus D.Still
A.increased B.improved C.rose D.grew
A.ask B.lead C.want D.allow
A.fly B.race C.swim D.sing
A.asleep B.away C.around D.awake
A.idea B.opinion C.explanation D.excuse
A.sky B.heaven C.flight D.plane
A.his B.her C.their D.its
A.respect B.remember C.recognize D.receive
A.so B.instead C.hardly D.too
A.climbed B.looked C.reached D.fell
A.house B.floor C.water D.ground
A.secretly B.disappointedly C.patiently D.eagerly
A.looked away B.set out C.went by D.turned back
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—30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。
Wouldn't it be great if we didn't have to remember passwords (密码) ever again?If we could just sit in front of our computers and be 21 logged in (登录? Crave mentions how NECSoft BiodeLogon system uses face recognition technology to log you on to Windows, rather than using a 22 All you need is a webcam and your pretty face to 23 your PC. No more 24 , confusing passwords to remember or change every few months.
After doing a little research, I found this type of 25 already available to consumers via a relatively 26 application called FaceCode. The 27 requires the use of a webcam to recog- nize and log PC users into their systems. You can add as many 28 as you want, provided they each have a Windows account. If the system 29 to recognize your 30 , you can recall the Windows user name and password by using a hot-key combination.
A.automatically B.personally C.correctly D.occasionally
A.face B.password C.software D.system
A.access B.connect C.recognize D.remember
A.simple B.complicated C.special D.useful
A.computer B.technology C.password D.application
A.independent B.infrequent C.inexpensive D.instant
A.account B.consumer C.designer D.software
A.users B.passwords C.systems D.computers
A.begins B.tries C.fails D.stops
A.account B.name C.password D.face