完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从 21-40 各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
It has been difficult to sit on the bench the majority of my high school basketball career. To watch my team from the sideline and 21 why I am not good enough to be on the floor. 22
endless hours of work and devotion, pushing myself through drill after drill, the 23 thing I want is to be a cheerleader. The feeling of being 24 is sometimes too much and drives me to
25 on the spot. I often feel as though my efforts are wasted and my time is eaten away, devoted to 26 .
It is heartbreaking to be a spectator(旁观者) for the game I love, knowing that no one has enough 27 to give me the chance to 28 on the floor. Tears well up, but I hold them back. I shouldn’t be so 29 over something so silly.
Away from the game, it’s easier to put my thoughts together, 30 letting my emotions drive my reasoning. I consider 31 I am where I am. I have played basketball my whole life. I have a passion for the 32 and always have. There is nothing like the excitement of 33 : the swish of the net, the sweat rolling off my cheeks, even the bruises(青肿) are battle wounds worn 34 after every game.
Even if I don’t play much, I participate in every 35 . I am part of a team of girls who
36 together like a family. I am there for them, 37 they are for me.
Should I move on? Or should I stay with my team and pursue my passion just a little longer?
The decision isn’t difficult when I consider the 38 that being a part of a team brings me— and not just any team, 39 my team. I love basketball and my teammates. When I think about that, my view from the bench really isn’t so bad 40 .
21. A.consider B. wonder C. think D. hesitate
22. A. Since B. During C. After D. Before
23. A. other B. next C. first D. last
24. A. worthless B. hopeless C. helpless D. careless
25. A. fight B. quit C. transform D. retire
26. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
27. A. sympathy B. encouragement C. permission D. faith
28. A. respond B. perform C. promote D. practice
29. A. scared B. nervous C. upset D. amazed
30. A. less than B. more than C. other than D. rather than
31. A. why B. how C. whether D. what
32. A. bench B. sport C. drill D. battle
33. A. waiting B. watching C. learning D. playing
34. A. proudly B. bravely C. unfortunately D. painfully
35. A. decision B. plan C. game D. project
36. A. compete B. stick C. live D. represent
37. A. because B. if C. as D. though
38. A. joy B. patience C. challenge D. position
39. A. so B. as C. but D. like
40. A. above all B. after all C. at all D. all in all
完型填空,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。
Lily was a French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community. When she was sixteen, her father __________ her to drop out of school to contribute(贡献) to the family income. With English as her second language and ____________education, the __________ didn't look bright for Lily.
Lily's father was a stubborn man who __________ took “no” for an answer. He __________ Lily to find a job. With small hope of gaining ___________，each day she would just ride to the city, walk ___________about and return home at dusk.
On one of her ___________， Lily saw a sign at a big company.____________，she knocked on the very first door. In her __________ English, Lily told the office manager she was interested in the secretarial position. The manager ___________ to give the girl a chance. He directed her to type a letter, and then ___________.Lily looked at the clock and saw it was11：40 am. She thought everyone would be leaving for _________ at noon, when she could ___________away in the crowd. But she knew she should ___________ the letter.
On her first try, Lily ____________ one line of five words and made four mistakes. When he attempted the letter on her second try, she completed a full paragraph, but still made many mistakes. She looked at the clock：11：55—five minutes to ___________.Just then, the manager walked in. He came directly to Lily, read the letter and said, “Lily, you're doing ____________ work！”
With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her __________ began to grow. Lily thought, “Well, if he thinks it's good, then it must be good. I think I'll stay！” Lily did stay—all because someone had given the __________ and uncertain girl the gift of selfconfidence when she knocked on the door.
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完形填空
Do you know how many languages there are in the world? There are about 1500, but many of them are not considered very ________ . English is considered one of most important languages because many people ________ it, not only in England and America, ________ in other countries of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it ________ their own language, and another 230,000,000 use it as ________ language. It is ________ to say how many people are learning it. ________ Boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.
Many ________ children study French. French is also a very important language, ________children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.
Which is the best ________ to learn a language? We know that we all learnt ________ language well when we were ________ . If we learn a second language in the ________ way, it may not seem so difficult. What does a small child do? It ________ what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to ________ it. It is using the language, ________ and talking in it all of the time. If people use a second language ________ they will learn it ________ .
In school, you learn to read, to write ,to hear and to ________ .It is best to learn all new words through the ________ . You can read them, spell them and speak them later.
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完形填空
When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. ______, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so ______.
As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly _____ cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.
With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move ____ that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also ______. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something______. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear, ” said the old lady. “I need _____. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes. ”
“Airport? You ______ are lost, ” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers ______ you reach the T-junction. Turn left and ______ for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the _____ to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no ______ you’ll get there in five minutes!”
“Thank you very much, dear, ” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll ____ in time. ”
The _____ moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it ______ and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something _____ happened. The car began changing. First, its color ______ from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, ______ just above the ground. As the car _____ into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling ______, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…
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完形填空,阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
As a young reporter, Sparky asked Lu Haoting, a business reporter from China Daily, for help on interviewing．He found that interviewing people is not as ______ as just asking questions．To his _____ , journalists also need to do a lot of homework _____ an interview．Lu shared her _______ of a recent interview with the president of Boeing China, David Wang, with Sparky．
There are two ______ of interviews, inclusive （群访） and exclusive （专访）．The inclusive interview is ______ in the form of a press conference．In a（n） ________interview, only you and the interviewee talk ________ ．You need to ______ all your questions for both types of interviews ____ _____ ．
" _________ you don’t prepare, you will ask some silly questions and _________ your time," Lu said．
"I wanted to know Boeing’s new strategy in the Chinese market．_______ I checked out over 20 reports from different newspapers about Boeing and its rival, Airbus," Lu said．She also found useful _________ about the two companies on their websites．
On many occasions, interviewees ____ _____ journalists to provide a question list in advance of an interview．In order to __________ a proper objective story Lu also interviewed some __________ to get their comments on Boeing’s performance in China．
__________ her interview with David Wang only lasted about half an hour, her __________ helped her to ask many good questions about Boeing’s development in China．
"After a successful interview, you always find all that homework was really _________ it," Lu told Sparky
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完形填空
When I was about twelve, I suddenly developed a great passion(热情) for writing poetry(诗). I gave up all my other hobbies, such as ________ stamps and spent all my ________ time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of writing poetry on every possible time soon got me ________ trouble at school. If a lesson did not interest me, I ________ take out my notebook and ________ poems in class. Of course I ________ this very cautiously(小心地), but it was not ________ I got caught. One day while I was ________ writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up________ the teacher standing over me, fuming with anger (=" getting" very angry) because I was not ________ attention. He tore the poem up, with a________ not to waste time in his lesson.________ I felt certain that I had written a good poem,________ that evening I wrote it out again from ________ . Not long after, I read ________ a poetry contest and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, long after I had given up ________ , I got a letter informing me I had won first________. Everyone at school was very impressed,________ the geography teacher, who ________ me more carefully than ever. He ________ that I not write poetry in his class!
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