完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从第30至第40小题所给的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。
Would you like the chance to discover a place of mystery and beauty in the southwest of China? If your answer is “yes”, consider a trip to Shangri-la!
The world “Shangri-la” first 31 in the 1993 novel Lost Horizon by the British writer James Hilton. He described a beautiful kingdom where three 32 joined together, snow-capped mountains 33 to the sky, 34 fields of long grass covered the earth. In this perfect world lived people who had discovered how to stay 35 forever.
Three mountains are covered with snow, tower 36 the land. These snowy mountain tops 37 a beautiful picture that will make any viewer speechless.
Lakes, surrounded by vast grasslands, look 38 jewels. Sheep, cows and horses and animals feed 39 on the green grass and the forests around are 40 to lots of birds and animals. In this heavenly world, people live in perfect harmony with nature and the outside world is forgotten.
31 A came B appeared C produced D found
32 A lakes B countries C rivers D railways
33 A reached B expanded C spread D stretched
34 A but B so C because D and
35 A calm B still C young D the same
36 A over B above C on D beyond
37 A are B form C develop D show
38 A as B if C like D for
39 A simply B deeply C finally D mainly
40 A family B room C family D home
A 25-five-year student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua University, China’ most famous university, after an eight-year ___21___.Li Jun comes from a small village of Hubei Province.He first ____22____ going to college in year 2000 ___23__he was admitted by a local school after __24___ from a secondary technical school at 17.As a ___25___ art student, he passed the exam again the next year but __26_____ school due to economic pressure in September 2002.Life seemed ___27___ but Li didn’t give in.He earned a _28_____ by working part-time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students.But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of __29___ the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University.Li __30____ the college entrance examination for five continuous years from 2003.____31___, he missed making the cut one mark last year.
In 2008, his fifth try, Li’s efforts ___32_____.He finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major in Tsinghua University.Every year, Li took art __33___ in Beijing and took exams from December to March.He then took cultural courses in his school till June.The rest of the year he spent on __34____ work.Li said he hadn’t ____35___any money from his family since he graduated from the technical secondary school.Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his __36_____ through knowledge.
_____37___ by his contribution, Li Jun’s university __38____ him 9,000 yuan out of his tution fees of 11,450 yuan.An eight-year struggle may have come to an end for Li Jun, but a new ___39__ has now begun.Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present.He wants to study well and __40___ more scholarships.
A.research B.struggle C.service D.expectation
A.talked of B.told of C.dreamt of D.knew of
A.where B.when C.that D.since
A.learning B.separating C.dating D.graduating
A.gifted B.surprised C.interested D.easy-going
A.went on with B.watched out for C.dropped out of D.looked forward to
A.unfair B.happy C.practical D.busy
A.value B.respect C.freedom D.living
A.entering B.visiting C.supporting D.pursing
A.turned to B.applied for C.called for D.adapted to
A.Instead B.At times C.However D.Besides
A.took off B.paid off C.gave off D.sent off
A.ways B.programmes C.success D.courses
A.full-time B.part-time C.out-of door D.all
A.asked for B.looked for C.prayed for D.waited for
A.plan B.ideal C.fate D.opinion
A.Encouraged B.Influenced C.Accused D.Impressed
A.funded B.gave C.paid D.cost
A.challenge B.life C.case D.relationship
A.spend B.win C.care D.use
One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got the “Help Wanted Unskilled” section.A small advertisement held my36 .It read, “Easy job.Good wages.No experience37 .” It sounded like the job I was38 .Easy job.Good wages.Those four words 39 now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the40 .Easy job.Good wages.Easy job.Good wages.Easy ...
When I got to the place I saw a series of large 41 half filled with water, out of which I noticed42 the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes. 43 these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches.All had their 44 in the water of the basin, the left hand holding a 45 and the thumb nail of the right hand scratching(刮;擦) the labels on 46 .
I sat down on a 47 beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle.As the minutes went by I noticed that the 48 of the water started to 49 from my hand to my body.But 50 still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was 51 by the minute into a full blown tomato colored finger.A numb(麻木的)pain began to be felt 52 from my right thumb.Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.
After three hours of this I told the manager I’d 53 .He figured I had 54 69 cents at 23 cents an hour.With the money, I left the working place.“Easy job.Good wages.” came to my brain again.Looking at my hands, I 55 myself, “Can easy job get good wages?”
A.eyes B.attention C.decision D.breath
A.necessary B.relevant C.practical D.primitive
A.running after B.looking for C.heading for D.looking after
A.circled B.moved C.flashed D.attacked
A.letter B.sign C.advertisement D.post
A.baskets B.bowls C.pots D.basins
A.hiding B.sticking C.rising D.breaking
A.In B.Above C.Under D.Around
A.arms B.hands C.legs D.feet
A.knife B.snail C.bottle D.brush
A.that B.those C.them D.it
A.chair B.bench C.bottle D.sofa
A.smell B.coldness C.color D.steam
A.spread B.travel C.recycle D.accelerate
A.worse B.better C.more D.rather
A.going B.finding C.growing D.becoming
A.now and then B.here and there C.one by one D.little by little
A.adapt B.equip C.bargain D.quit
A.taken B.offered C.earned D.created
A.thought B.asked C.found D.hated
There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But 36 a few of them are very 37 .English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U.S.A., but in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a 38 language. Many millions are 39 to do so.Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different 40 Have you ever 41ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? "Learn English in six weeks, or your 42back..." "Easy and funny! Our records and tapes 43you master your English in a month. 44 the first day your 45will be excellent. Just send …"Of course, it never 46quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should 47that we all learned our own language well when we were 48 . If we could learn English in the sameway, it would not seem so difficult. 49what a small childdoes. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, 50 in it allthe time. Just imagine how much 51that gets!
So it is52 to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English 53 upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and 54much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will 55 . But they cannot do the student's work for him.(词数278)
A.not B.quite C.only D.very
A.difficult B.important C.necessary D.easy
A.native B.foreign C.useful D.mother
A.learning B.enjoying C.trying D.liking
A.questions B.problems C.ideas D.answers
A.found B.watched C.noticed D.known
A.knowledge B.time C.money D.English
A.make B.help C.let D.allow
A.From B.On C.Since D.After
A.spelling B.grammar C.English D.pronunciation
A.happened B.looked C.seemed D.felt
A.know B.remember C.understand D.think
A.students B.children C.babies D.grown-ups
A.Imagine B.Mind C.Do D.Think of
A.using B.thinking C.trying D.practicing
A.time B.money C.language D.practice
A.hard B.easy C.funny D.silly
A.depends B.tries C.has D.takes
A.uses B.takes C.gets D.costs
A.do B.work C.help D.master
Water costs money.In some places water is hard 36 .What 37 when a town has these problems?A small town in California found a happy38 .
Very 39 rain ever fell there.The town had no water40 .The water it used was41 from a river 300 miles away.As more people 42 live in the town,43 water was needed.Now water44 to be brought in from 600 miles away.All these cost 45 money.
The town 46 a plan.It found 47 to clean its “dirty” water.Once the cleaned water was reused 48 many ways.Five 49 lakes were built.Here people could swim and fish and go 50 .They51 have picnics in their new parks.Farmers had more water 52 their crops.New factories can be built,now that they have the promise of53 .
In most places,water is used and thrown 54 .The town that saved 55 water
has saved the town!
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Do you know 21 languages there are in the world? There are about 1500, but many of them aren’t very 22 . English is one of the most important languages because many people23 it, not only in England and America, 24 in other countries of world. About 375000000 people speak it 25 their own language, and another 375000000 use it as26 language. It is27 to say how many people are learning it. 28 boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.
Many English children study French. French is also a very important language. 29 children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.
What is the best 30 to learn a language? We know that we all learnt 31 language well when we were32 . If we learn a second language in the 33 way, it won’t seem so difficult. What does a small child do? It 34 what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to35 it. It is using the language, 36 in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language37 , they will learn it38 .
In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak. It is best to learn all new words
through the 39 .You can read them, spell them and 40 them later.
A.how many B.what number C.a lot of D.so many
A.useful B.necessary C.important D.good
A.like B.use C.learn D.speak
A.but B.and C.also D.so
A.like B.with C.for D.as
A.foreign B.a second C.the second D.a special
A.easy B.again C.difficult D.best
A.Millions of B.Million of C.Millions D.Several million of
A.Some B.Other C.All D.Few
A.time B.way C.thing D.place
A.a foreign B.our mothers’ C.other’s D.our own
A.born B.children C.grown D.boys
A.same B.different C.useful D.good
A.does B.says C.listens to D.follows
A.ask B.want C.get D.ask for
A.some time B.sometimes C.all the same D.for the time
A.quickly B.soon C.freely D.hardly
A.mouth B.hands C.ears D.mind
A.listen to B.use C.love D.write