第二节:完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分)
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。
Telling the truth is a very good habit. If you 36 speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of 37 ! Here is a story of a man who did a lot of 38 things, but his promise to tell the truth 39 him.
Once a man came to a prophet(预言家)and said, “Oh, prophet, I have many bad 40. Which one of them should I 41 first?”The prophet said, “Give up telling 42 first and always speak the truth. ”The man promised to do so and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out , he thought for a moment about the 43 he made with the prophet. “44 tomorrow the prophet asks me where I have been, what shall I say?Shall I say that I went out 45?No, I cannot say that. But nor can I lie. If I tell the truth, 46 will start hating me and call me a thief. I would be 47 for stealing.”
So the man 48 not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.
Next day, he 49 drinking wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself, “What shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what I did during the day?I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will 50 me, because a Muslim is not 51 to drink wine.” And so he gave up the 52 of drinking wine.
In this way, 53 the man thought of doing something bad, he 54 his promise to tell the truth. One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a very 55 person.
36、A、always B、hardly C、sometimes D、never
37、A、time B、money C、trouble D、energy
38、A、great B、bad C、strange D、stupid
39、A、educated B、bothered C、tested D、saved
40、A、habits B、friends C、purposes D、collections
41、A、take in B、bring back C、give up D、depend on
42、A、stories B、truths C、reasons D、lies
43、A、plan B、secret C、promise D、mistake
44、A、Because B、Unless C、Since D、If
45、A、stealing B、drinking C、walking D、dancing
46、A、none B、someone C、anyone D、everyone
47、A、controlled B、admired C、punished D、killed
48、A、refused B、tried C、decided D、agreed
49、A、talked about B、felt like C、adapted to(适应) D、broke down
50、A、understand B、like C、hate D、respect
51、A、allowed B、encouraged C、invited D、advised
52、A、chance B、disadvantage C、adventure D、idea
53、A、wherever B、whenever C、whatever D、however
54、A、forgot B、doubted C、regretted D、remembered
55、A、good B、attractive C、practical D、generous(慷慨的)
On a Friday 11 , a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin.The music was 12 , and many people 13 and put some money into the 14 of the young man.
The next night,the young artist took out a large piece of 15 and laid it on the ground.Then he began 16 . The music sounded more pleasant.Some people gathered and they found the 17 on that paper.“Last night,a gentleman put a(n) 18 thing into my hat.Please come to get it back.”When the people saw that, they felt very curious and began to 19 what it could be.After about half an hour, a man 20 there in a hurry and said,“It can’t be true!You ...you ...”
The young violinist asked, “Did you 21 something?”
“Lottery (彩票).”the man answered 22 .
The violinist took out a lottery ticket.“Is it?”he asked.
The man was too 23 to say a word ...George Sang 24 a lottery ticket a few days ago. The awards(奖)opened yesterday and he won $500,000. So lucky and excited did he feel that he 25 50 dollars and put it in the hat when hearing the music. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown into the hat without being noticed. The violinist found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would 26 to look for it, he came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.
Someone asked the violinist 27 he returned the lottery ticket to the man. He said, “ 28 I don’t have much 29 , I live happily; but if I lose 30 I won’t be happy forever.”
A.morning B.night C.afternoon D.noon
A.quiet B.exciting C.beautiful D.familiar
A.passed by B.went away C.slowed down D.speeded up
A.wallet B.box C.bag D.hat
A.paper B.cloth C.glass D.plastic
A.singing B.playing C.working D.waiting
A.poems B.articles C.words D.texts
A.important B.fantastic C.dangerous D.interesting
A.argue B.care C.expect D.guess
A.came B.rushed C.walked D.left
A.get B.find C.forget D.lose
A.quickly B.anxiously C.seriously D.carefully
A.confused B.anxiously C.excited D.surprised
A.bought B.made C.found D.sold
A.handed out B.took out C.hunted for D.picked up
A.forget B.remember C.return D.picked up
A.where B.why C.when D.how
A.Because B.Although C.If D.While
A.money B.food C.time D.luck
A.friendship B.honesty C.hope D.love
A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A letter can be enjoyed, read and 36 . It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart (远离的);it can keep a 37 with very little effort.
I will give 38 .A few years ago my older brother and l were not getting 39 .We had been close as 40 but had grown apart. Our meetings were not 41 ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only 42 our misunderstanding. Then he 43 a small island in the Caribbean and we 44 touch. One day he wrote me a letter. He described his island and its people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt, and encouraged me to 45 . Rereading the letter, I was 46 by its humor(幽默)and clever expressions. These were all qualities for which I had 47 respected my older brother but 48 he no longer had them. I had never known he could write so 49 . And with that one letter we became friends 50 .
It might never have occurred to 51 to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no 52 . For him, writing was a necessity. It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch. Because we live in an age of 53 communication(通讯), people often 54 that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a55 . And that is to write.
A.received B.rewritten C.returned D.reread
A.record B.promise C.friendship D.secret
A.an example B.a lesson C.an experience D.a talk
A.through B.together C.along D.away
A.brothers B.children C.fellows D.classmates
A.normal B.necessary C.pleasant D.possible
A.deepen B.start C.express D.settle
A.toured B.stopped C.reached D.moved to
A.lost B.kept in C.needed D.got in
A.think B.write C.enjoy D.read
A.driven B.beaten C.surprised D.honored
A.never B.seldom C.sometimes D.once
A.realized B.judged C.thought D.expected
A.well B.often C.much D.soon
A.later B.anyhow C.too D.again
A.us B.anyone C.someone D.my brother
A.mail services B.transport services C.phones D.relative
A.poor B.easy C.popular D.busy
A.believe B.decide C.argue D.forget
A. habit B.choice C.method D.plan
He came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and I saw he looked ill. He was shivering, his face was white, and he walked slowly as though it ached to move.
"What's the matter, Schatz?"
"I've got a headache."
"You better go back to bed."
"No. I'm all right."
"You go to bed. I'll see you when I'm dressed."
But when I came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years. When I put my hand on his forehead I knew he had a fever.
"You go up to bed," I said, "You're sick."
"I'm all right," he said.
When the doctor came he took the boy's temperature.
"What's is it?" I asked him.
"One hundred and two."
Downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different colored capsules(胶囊) with instructions for giving them. One was to bring down the fever, another a purgative(泻药), the third to overcome an acid condition. The germs of influenza(流感)can only exist in an acid condition, he explained. He seemed to know all about influenza and said there was nothing to worry about if the fever did not go above one hundred and four degrees. This was a light epidemic(传染病;传染性的) of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia(肺炎).
Back in the room I wrote the boy's temperature down and made a note of the time to give the various capsules.
"Do you want me to read to you?"
"All right. If you want to, " said the boy. His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. He lay still in the bed and seemed very detached(超然的;冷漠的)from what was going on.
I read aloud from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates(海盗);but I could see he was not following what I was reading.
"How do you feel, Schatz?" I asked him.
"Just the same, so far," he said.
I sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while I waited for it to be time to give another capsule. It would have been natural for him to go to sleep, but when I looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking very strangely.
"Why don't you try to sleep? I'll wake you up for the medicine."
"I'd rather stay awake."
After a while he said to me, "You don't have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you."
"It doesn't bother me."
"No, I mean you don't have to stay if it's going to bother you."
I thought perhaps he was a little lightheaded and after giving him the prescribed capsules at eleven o'clock I went out with my gun and the young hunting dog….I killed two quail(鹌鹑), and missed five, and started back pleased to have found a covey of quail close to the house and happy there were so many left to find on another day.
At the house they said the boy had refused to let anyone come into the room.
"You can't come in," he said. "You mustn't get what I have."
I went up to him and found him in exactly the position I had left him, white-faced, but with the tops of his cheeks flushed(发红)by the fever, staring still, as he had stared, at the foot of the bed.
I took his temperature.
"What is it?"
"Something like a hundred," I said. It was one hundred and two and four tenths.
"It was a hundred and two," he said.
"Who said so?"
"The doctor."
"Your temperature is all right," I said. "It's nothing to worry about."
"I don't worry," he said, "but I can't keep from thinking."
"Don't think," I said. "Just take it easy."
"I'm taking it easy," he said and looked straight ahead, He was evidently holding tight onto himself about something.
"Take this with water."
"Do you think it will do any good?"
"Of course it will."
I sat down and opened the Pirate book and began to read, but I could see he was not following, so I stopped.
"About what time do you think I'm going to die?" he asked.
"What?"
"About how long will it be before I die?"
"You aren't going to die. What's the matter with you? "
"Oh, yes, I am, I heard him say a hundred and two."
"People don't die with a fever of one hundred and two. That's a silly way to talk."
"I know they do. At school in France the boys told me you can't live with forty-four degrees. I've got a hundred and two."
He had been waiting to die all day, ever since nine o'clock in the morning.
"You poor Schatz," I said. "Poor old Schatz. It's like miles and kilometers. You aren't going to die. That's different thermometer(温度计). On that thermometer thirty-seven is normal. On this kind it's ninety-eight."
"Are you sure?"
"Absolutely," I said, "It's like miles and kilometers. You know, like how many kilometers we make when we do seventy miles in the car?"
"Oh," he said.
But his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. The hold over himself relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack(松驰的) and he cried very easily at little things that were of no importance.
The author writes about the doctor’s visit in order to _____.
A.show the doctor’s knowledge about influenza and its treatment B.show the boy’s illness was quite serious C.create a situation of misunderstanding around which to build a story D.show the father was very much concerned about the boy’s illness
A.the boy’s high temperature B.the father giving the medicine to the boy C.the father staying with the boy D.the boy’s death
A.early in the afternoon B.close to evening C.at noon D.late in the morning
A.he did not want to be a bother to others B.he wanted to recover quickly so that he could go hunting with his father C.he was afraid that he would die if he lost control over himself D.he thought he was going to die and he must show courage in the face of death
A.he couldn’t control his emotions when he finally relaxed B.his father would go out hunting without him if he didn’t cry C.something went wrong with his brain after the fever D.he often complained about unimportant things as a spoiled boy
A.death is something beyond a child’s comprehension B.to be calm and controlled in the face of death is a mark of courage C.misunderstanding can occur even between father and son D.misunderstanding can sometimes lead to an unexpected effect
Jane raced onto the train platform and asked a porter, “Is this the train to Rochester?”
“Yes,” said the porter. “but only the …Hey! Wait.” He was too 21 .Jane had raced off
22 he had finished speaking.
She had just 23 herself in a seat when the train 24 out of the station. Jane got out her book and settled down to read. After about an hour or so, she looked 25 and glanced out of the window. “That’s26 .” she thought . “the landscape(景色)doesn’t look 27 ,and it should; I’ve 28 this route so many times.” She was getting increasing 29 when the big, red-faced conductor walked up and asked for her30 .
One glance was enough. He 31 his head in friendly reproach(责备) and said, “Now, young lady, what did you do a fool thing like that for? This is the 32 ticket. You 33 have sat at the back of the train. The Rochester-bound(开往) section was 34 at the last station.
Jane’s face grew red. “I’m sorry,” she said, “I guess I was in too much of a 35 to find out…” “Well,” said the conductor, “don’t `36 . You shouldn’t have been in such a hurry, but I dare say we can 37 you a train going in the right 38 at Syracuse. You’ll be a couple of hours late 39 ,though .”
When Jane finally stepped onto the Rochester platform, her mother 40 up to her . “Oh, Jane, we have been so worried. What on earth happened?”
“Well, Mom,” said Jane, “it’s a long story.”
A.busy B.early C.late D.quick
A.when B.then C.after D.before
A.settled B.took C.made D.gave
A.pushed B.pulled C.left D.started
A.around B.about C.up D.down
A.exciting B.interesting C.strange D.right
A.familiar B.beautiful C.nice D.alike
A.walked B.gone C.followed D.traveled
A.uneasy B.calm C.angry D.unhappy
A.money B.ticket C.book D.name
A.put B.shook C.raised D.nodded
A.wrong B.used C.only D.right
A.would B.must C.should D.could
A.joined B.turned C.connected D.separated
A.hurry B.trouble C.worry D.difficulty
A.sorry B.worry C.hurry D.regret
A.make B.give C.find D.get
A.time B.place C.station D.direction
A.arriving B.leaving C.going D.returning
A.called B.picked C.rushed D.pushed
It was my first year teaching in a special needs class, and I wasn’t sure what to expect at our yearly Special Olympics sports meeting. My 36 had some challenges, from learning disabilities to cerebral palsy(大脑性麻痹).
Mark was one with the latter. Restricted to a 37 , he had to fight his spasms (抽筋) just to control his movements. 38 , he always had a positive attitude and greeted everyone with a huge smile.
His classmates 39 him and always took the time to make sure he was included in group activities, especially Mike, Andy and Lucas, three boys who were good at 40 . Obviously, Mark wanted to be like them, unrestricted by the limitation of his 41 and watching them moving on the playing field seemed to fill him with 42 .
When the day came, Mike, Andy and Lucas 43 well in their sports events, and gave the normally calm audience something to cheer about. Mark sat in his wheelchair on the sidelines,44 them on.
The final event of the day was the 400 meter race. 45 was invited to either walk or run, according to their ability, around the 46 length of the track.
When Mike, Andy and Lucas reached the finish line, they 47 and turned to look behind them. At the 48 of the crowd, determined not to be left behind, was Mark. All his classmates had 49 him. He was alone on the track with over half the distance left to 50 .
Mike, Andy and Lucas looked at each other, and a silent 51 passed between them. Slowly, they jogged 52 towards their friend, cheering him on 53 he had done for them moments before.
The progress was 54 , but in the end the three star runners and Mark crossed the finish line together to the enthusiastic cries of their teachers and classmates. Seeing the look on Mark’s face as he crossed the finish line, hands upraised and laughing, I came to understand what 55 the Special Olympics, and the determined athletes who compete, so extraordinary.
Years later, I’m still cheering them on.
A.partners B.friends C.students D.classmates
A.bed B.machine C.wheelchair D.desk
A.So B.However C.Otherwise D.Therefore
A.protected B.satisfied C.respected D.loved
A.sports B.practice C.studies D.expression
A.interests B.body C.habits D.mind
A.wonder B.trust C.stress D.reset
A.trained B.played C.operated D.prepared
A.bringing B.holding C.cheering D.moving
A.Someone B.Nobody C.Anybody D.Everyone
A.entire B.different C.average D.equal
A.fell B.paused C.rushed D.rested
A.center B.front C.end D.top
A.left B.ignored C.passed D.helped
A.continue B.jog C.walk D.cover
A.demand B.thought C.action D.relief
A.back B.along C.again D.on
A.while B.although C.since D.as
A.boring B.great C.slow D.relaxing
A.leaves B.finds C.keeps D.makes