第二节:完型填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
Recently I was invited to a friend’s house for supper—and had a meal I have never had before.
All the friends invited were a little 36 . It’s not that Ben is unsociable, or a bad cook, but it’s just that he never 37 more than he has to. So how come he was inviting us round for a meal? Had he bought something 38 for his friends? He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dining room where a 39 table was waiting for us. “Nothing but the 40 for my friends! ” said Ben. We all sat down and looked 41 at each other—what was he 42 ?
Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup. “It’s a 43 of carrots, potatoes and tomatoes, ”said Ben. The next 44 was also a little strange 45 we didn’t quite know what it was again. “It’s just another mixture of vegetables. ”
As we ate we chatted and finally the 46 turned back to what we were eating. “Was there a recipe(菜谱) for this, ”asked Marina, “or did you 47 it up? ”Ben put his fork down. “What I cooked 48 what I could find. ”Marina was surprised. “But you can find anything in supermarkets these days. ”“But there’s 49 choice in what you can find 50 supermarkets, ” he replied.
51 that we had all finished the food, Ben decided to tell the truth. He had read recently that supermarkets usually 52 away 5 percent of their food every day. So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins. There he found food that was slightly out of 53 , boxes of thrown-away vegetables and fruit.
So Ben had 54 provided a decent meal for his friends, and made us aware of the fact that there are many poor people who need the food, but the amount of food thrown away is enough to 55 millions of people.
36.A. excited B. disappointed C. surprised D. delighted
37.A. takes B. spends C. uses D. does
38.A. cheap B. special C. practical D. usual
39.A. new B. separate C. booked D. laid
40.A. freshest B. most C. best D. least
41.A. nervously B. carefully C. sadly D. happily
42.A. in for B. up to C. away from D. out of
43.A. mixture B. liquid C. matter D. dish
44.A. course B. food C. soup D. salad
45.A. in that B. on condition that C. in case that D. so that
46.A. dinner B. idea C. food D. subject
47.A. pick B. look C. make D. take
48.A. referred B. depended on C. lay in D. resulted from
49.A. less B. more C. some D. any
50.A. within B. beyond C. inside D. outside
51.A. Feeling B. Seeing C. Realizing D. Thinking
52.A. store B. move C. throw D. hide
53.A. order B. place C. season D. date
54.A. successfully B. possibly C. hardly D. hopefully
55.A. enrich B. please C. affect D. Feed
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。
When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays. On the way home, Dad _36_ stopped at the Dairy Queen for 10-cent ice creams. I couldn’t _37_ it, but I could pray from the _38_ we started heading home to that corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or _39_ and go home empty-handed. That corner _40_ either mouth-watering excitement or _41_.
On one special day, we were heading home, and again I was praying for the _42_ sound of his offer. It _43_. “Would you like an ice cream today?” “That sounds great, Dad!” But then he said, “How would you like to _44_ today?”
Twenty cents! My mind reeled(震惊). I could afford it. I got a weekly allowance of 25 cents, plus some _45_ for odd jobs(零活). But _46_ it was my money, ice cream wasn’t a good use of it. In a fit of _47_, I said, “Well, in that case, I guess I’ll _48_.” My father just said, “Okay, Son.”
But as we headed home, I realized how wrong I was and begged him to _49_. But he just said, “That’s okay, we don’t really need one.” I felt _50_ for my selfishness and ungratefulness. He didn’t mind, or _51_ act disappointed.
I _52_ that generosity(慷慨)goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than “thank you”. On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the _53_ ice cream I’d ever had.
I’ll tell you one more thing. We _54_ another trip the next week. As we _55_ the corner, I said, “Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat.”
A.never B.hardly C.frequently D.strangely
A.expect B.mention C.wait D.get
A.month B.day C.weekend D.moment
A.finish B.drive C.turn D.return
A.indicated B.meant C.suggested D.instructed
A.anger B.shame C.happiness D.disappointment
A.funny B.surprising C.interesting D.beautiful
A.came B.spoke C.went D.flew
A.serve B.treat C.buy D.provide
A.extra B.limited C.little D.easy
A.after B.while C.when D.although
A.sadness B.regret C.curiosity D.selfishness
A.accept B.pay C.pass D.eat
A.turn back B.keep up C.stop by D.give in
A.unsatisfied B.awful C.frightened D.crazy
A.even B.never C.only D.somehow
A.knew B.learned C.acknowledged D.found
A.dearest B.worst C.cheapest D.best
A.made out B.prepared for C.went on D.took up
A.crossed B.left C.saw D.approached
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项题卡上将该项涂黑。
In eighteen thirty, only a few miles away from what is now the great city of Cincinnan, Ohio, lay a 36 and a
lmost endless forest.
The area had a few settlements 37 by people of the frontier. Many of them had already left the area for settlements further 39 the west.
But among those 40 was a man who had been one of the first people to arrive there.
He lived alone in a house of logs surrounded 41 all sides by the great forest. He seemed a part of the darkness and 42 of the forest, for no one had 43 known him to smile or speak an unnecessary word. His simple needs were 44 by selling or trading the skins of wild animals in the town.
His little log house had a single door. Directly 45 was a window. The window was boarded up(堵住). No one could remember a(n) 46 when it was not. And no one knew why it had been 47 . I imagine there are few people living today who ever knew the 48 of that window. But I am one, as you shall 49 .
The man's name was said to be Murlock. He 50 to be seventy years old, but he was really fifty. Something other than years had been the 51 of his aging.
His hair and long, full beard were white. His gray, 52 eyes were sunken. His face was wrinkled. He was tall and thin with drooping shoulders—like someone with many 53 .
I never saw him. These 54 I learned from my grandfather. He told me the man's story 55 I was a boy. He had known him when living nearby in that early day.
A.huge B.heavy C.small D.bright
A.discovered B.created C.established D.invented
A.visited B.reached C.left D.loved
A.in B.for C.over D.to
A.moving B.remaining C.traveling D.hunting
A.along B.by C.with D.on
A.silence B.noises C.brightness D.freshness
A.never B.ever C.once D.sometimes
A.understood B.exchanged C.satisfied D.offered
A.outside B.inside C.before D.opposite
A.time B.opportunity C.story D.experience
A.opened B.closed C.destroyed D.protected
A.secreet B.structure C.formation D.construction
A.guess B.see C.suppose D.feel
A.seemed B.happened C.pretended D.appeared
A.cause B.cure C.reason D.affection
A.pretty B.lively C.lifeless D.horrible
A.achievements B.enemies C.problems D.dreams
A.lessons B.details C.summaries D.ideas
A.because B.since C.when D.although
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。
Taking Care
From a very early age, I knew I wanted to be a nurse. My mother was a nurse and I have always 36 her and the way she took care of everyone. I wanted to be just like her.
So, here I am, a 37 for the last seven years. I love my work. Now, my father is quite 38 . He is 71 and has heart failure, and a lot of other medical 39 . Up until April of this year, he was able to live alone, drive, and 40 all of his own needs. His health has broken sown swiftly. I’m the only girl out of the five children. Being the only girl and a nurse 41 me at the top of the caregiver list. Taking care of a sick parent is very 42 , not at all like taking care of other patients. I have to 43 my own family to be here with Dad. I know this is 44 I need to be but it is still hard. I 45 abut 12-15 hours day taking care of him. I want to spend all of the time that I can with him because I know that our 46 left together is short.
At the same time, I find myself 47 that my brothers don’t help more. Sometimes, it is days between their 48 . they all have families of their own and busy lives but…so do I. My eldest brother does help some. He 49 at night. He comes in at 8 or 9pm and lets me go home. But he is up and 50 to hit the road at about 6 am. My 51 brothers pop in for 10-15 minute visits. It is 52 annoying. They say they 53 stand “to see Daddy this way” which I understand. It hurts me to see him so sick 54 weak, too. But …he’s our Dad. He has taken care of us our whole lives. I just 55 like we should all do our part to take care of him now.
A.missed B.admired C.cheered D.loved
A.nurse B.mother C.doctor D.daughter
A.stubborn B.healthy C.lonely D.ill
A.puzzles B.difficulties C.problems D.matters
A.give up B.take care of C.watch over D.take up
A.put B.encouraged C.obliged D.showed
A.necessary B.easy C.important D.difficult
A.refuse B.support C.abandon D.own
A.when B.how C.where D.why
A.waste B.spend C.kill D.pass
A.money B.pleasure C.emotion D.time
A.angry B.calm C.enthusiastic D.anxious
A.trips B.favours C.visits D.meals
A.lives B.appears C.sleeps D.stays
A.likely B.ready C.sorry D.glad
A.other B.dear C.busy D.pitiful
A.even B.ever C.still D.really
A.mustn’t B.needn’t C.can’t D.shouldn’t
A.or B.and C.yet D.but
A.feel B.sound C.smell D.look
第二节完形填空(共20小题;每题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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There is a story told about how Neil set about winning over one particular boy.The boy was always causing trouble and clearly regarded all teachers 36a hostile eye.On one occasion, Neil, out taking a 37 , had just rounded a corner when he came across the boy playing on his own.The boy, not noticing he was no longer 38, picked up a stone and threw it through one of the school windows.Turning, he saw Neil.Instead of finding himself 39at angrily as he expected, the boy was 40 to see Neil bend down, pick up a stone and hurl it at another window.The boy had to 41to get the window repaired, so did Neil. 42he thought this a small price to pay for 43 a bond between himself and the boy, whose 44improved afterwards.
Neil was a remarkable character who knew just when to be 45and just when to adopt a lighter touch when handling children.Not everyone is so 46.Willie Russell, the 47, likes to talk about the time when he had freshly 48from teacher training college and had just begun to work as a teacher.On his first day at the school he was left to do playground duty on his own, rather a(n) 49experience for one so new to the job.Surrounded by children at morning break, he turned to see one of the children throwing a stone at a school window.When the boy saw that he had been 50 by a teacher, his face fell. 51for this boy, Russell remembered the story about Neil.Stooping down he picked up a stone and propelled(投掷) it through another window.Turning to smile proudly at the boy his satisfaction was suddenly shattered by the sound of dozens of windows being 52by flying stones.
Unfortunately he had failed to take into account the difference between his 53and the one which Neil had faced, namely that he and the boy were not alone.It was at this point in his career that Russell decided that perhaps he was not quite cut out to be a teacher.Deciding after this that he was not suited to teaching he left to 54 playwriting.Most of his plays are very imaginative and 55.A bit like this story, in fact.
36.A.by B.in C.with D.through
37.A.rest B.exam C.walk D.trip
38.A.seen B.alone C.lonely D.heard
39.A.shouted B.stared C.pointed D.come
40.A.excited B.surprised C.satisfied D.frightened
41.A.punish B.pay C.agree D.propose
42.A.As B.While C.Even if D.But
43.A.breaking B.making C.establishing D.showing
44.A.character B.behavior C.condition D.grades
45.A.still B.kind C.calm D.firm
46.A.humorous B.strange C.successful D.clever
47.A.student B.headmaster C.playwright D.teacher
48.A.graduated B.walked C.studied D.dismissed
49.A.exciting B.challenging C.surprising D.interesting
50.A.blamed B.stopped C.met D.spotted
51.A.Generally B.Fortunately C.Obviously D.Usually
52.A.hit B.knocked C.cleaned D.brushed
53.A.condition B.position C.situation D.occupation
54.A.pick up B.take up C.make up D.put up
55.A.funny B.serious C.realistic D.critical
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。
In college I had a part-time job at a shop downtown that sold doughnuts(a kind of cake) and coffee. The small shop, 36 on a block where a dozen buses stopped, it provided food to people who had a few minutes to wait for their 37 .
I 38 coffee in takeout cups and patiently waited on customers who’d point through the glass case and say, “No, not that one, the one two rows over.”
Every afternoon around four o’clock, a group of school children would burst 39 the shop. Adults would glance in, see the crowd and 40 on. I didn’t 41 if the kids waited for the bus in the shop.
I came to know them pretty well. The girls would talk about school. The boys were more quiet, choosing not to 42
their secrets, but still, they’d wait every day in the store 43 their bus came.
Sometimes I'd hand out bus fare (车费) when a ticket went 44 — always repaid the next day.When ii snowed, the kids and I would wait 45 for a very late bus.They'd call their parents to let them know they were okay.At _ closing time I wouldn't 46 the door, and the kids and I would wait in the warm store until their bus finally arrived.
I 47 a lot of doughnuts on snowy days.I enjoyed my pals (伙伴), but it never 48 to me that I played an important part in their lives—until one Saturday afternoon when a serious-looking man came into the store and asked if I was the girl who worked weekdays around four o'clock.I 49 it was true, and he introduced himself 50 the father of two of my favorites—a brother and sister team.
"I want you know I appreciate what you do for my children.I 51 about them having to take two buses to get home.It 52 a lot that they can wait here and you are keeping an eye on them."
I told him it wasn't a big 53 .that I enjoyed the kids.
"No, you don't understand.When they're with the doughnuts lady, I know they're 54 .It is a big deal.And I'm grateful."
So I was the Doughnuts lady.I not only had received a 55 .I had become a landmark.
A.existed B.located C.lied D.stood
A.ride B.train C.passengers D.cars
A.tasted B.had C.made D.poured
A.into B.out D.along
A.go B.come C.pass D.pull
A.consider B.mind C.think D.realize
A.hear B.notice C.share D.show
A.when B.before C.after D.until
A.stealing B.disappearing C.missing D.remaining
A.happily C.sadly D.bravely
A.lock B.open C.watch D.keep
A.ate up B.gave away C.let out D.sent away
A.stuck B.reminded C.moved D.occurred
A.admitted B.talked C.guessed D.refused
A.for B.to C.as D.like
A.care B.worry C.frighten D.wonder
A.means B.takes C.has D.gives
A.pride B.pleasure C.deal D.help
A.controlled B.behaved C.alive D.safe
A.word B.title C.prize D.award