三、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、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
In February 2006, I flew into Beijing from Shanghai to watch a performance by Iceland’s Bjork and to interview her.
Some people find it difficult to 36 Bjork’s music. Her sound is an acquired taste, but 37 you get into it, you’re hooked. After the 38 press conference, I was 39 to a room where we did a one-on-one 40 for radio. I was surprised at how intelligent and pleasant she was. And fun.
The 41 at Worker’s Stadium was unbelievably wonderful. Barefoot for most of the show, Bjork 42 the audience’s interest with her music and her spirit.
However, an incident gave me an impression that she was unusual and moody.
The next day I was invited to go to the Great Wall with a lot of 43 who were to take pictures of Bjork. She was with her son and did not seem to be in the 44 for the photographers. She stood and stared at the ground, not facing the 45 .
Then suddenly, she ran off to the 46 , out to her waiting bus, and sped back to Beijing. It was strange to see since she had been so 47 with the press a few days before.
After leaving Beijing, she went on to perform in Hong Kong and Thailand. In a story that 48 around the world, she jumped on and attacked a female reporter at the Bangkok airport who 49 said, “Welcome to Thailand!”
You may have seen her at the Academy Awards a few years ago when she 50 in that usual swan costume, 51 perhaps her performance of Oceania at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Greece Olympics. Bjork does demand attention.
She’s 52 a new album, Volta. She challenges us to enter her own world with every album, and this one is no 53 .
Working with a variety of producers, including Timbaland, she takes us into her music again with an artistic 54 . It is 55 to digest, but if you can appreciate her unusual efforts, you will have a lot to get into.
36. A. receive B. get C. hear D. accept
37. A. while B. after C. before D. once
38. A. heated B. attended C. appointed D. packed
39. A. led B. brought C. fetched D. carried
40. A. lecture B. comment C. interview D. dialogue
41. A. game B. party C. performance D. play
42. A. held B. acquired C. seized D. focused
43. A. viewers B. tourists C. reporters D. officials
44. A. state B. mood C. situation D. position
45. A. cameras B. audience C. films D. directors
46. A. exit B. entrance C. edge D. side
47. A. communicative B. conservative C. cooperative D. aggressive
48. A. turned B. went C. came D. ran
49. A. already B. hardly C. simply D. seldom
50. A. appeared B. accompanied C. presented D. joined
51. A. or B. and C. so D. but
52. A. showed B. collected C. produced D. took
53. A. exception B. excuse C. way D. comment
54. A. spirit B. ability C. talent D. understanding
55. A. easy B. simple C. difficult D. funny
The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him an hour of work, his electric saw quit and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start, so I offered him a . While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.
On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked together toward his house, he at a small tree by the front door, touching the branches with his hands.
The moment he opened the door, he had amusing . His eyes lit up and he ran to his two small children and hugged them and gave his wife a kiss.
After leaving the joyful family, I passed the tree and my got the better of me, so I asked, “Before we went in the house, did you stop by the tree?”
“Oh, that’s my trouble tree.” he replied, “I know I can’t having worries both on the job and in my life, but those don’t belong in the house with my wife and children. I know I can one thing for sure, so every night before I walk into my home I hang them up on the tree.”
“Funny thing is,” he , “when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren’t nearly as as I remember putting up the night before.”
A.lose B.find C.expect D.finish
A.tip B.ride C.car D.coffee
A.stared B.waved C.sat D.paused
A.expressions B.kids C.changes D.stories
A.willingly B.quietly C.carefully D.cheerfully
A.pity B.curiosity C.habit D.satisfaction
A.how B.when C.why D.what
A.keep B.help C.appreciate D.allow
A.problems B.jobs C.facts D.duties
A.correct B.remove C.learn D.control
A.admitted B.suggested C.insisted D.smiled
A.many B.good C.interesting D.free
Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife .
John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the of the ten people who have saved the life of others.
John had been studying in his room when he heard . When he and his father rushed outside, they that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed(刺) with a knife by her ex-boyfriend(前男友). The man ran from the and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut off.
It was John’s quick and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked a number of the people for bandages(绷带), but when nobody could put their hands on anything, his father got some tea towels(毛巾)and from their house. John used these to dress the most severe to Ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the and ambulance arrived.
“I’m of what I did but I was just doing what I had been ,” John said.
John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When John, Mr Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme, said, “ is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid that he had learned at school saved Ms Slade’s life. It shows that a simple knowledge of the first aid can make a real .”
John and the nine other lifesavers also attended a reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before their awards last night.
A.show B.attack C.work D.defend
A.bravery B.life C.thinking D.progress
A.quarrelling B.arguing C.laughing D.screaming
A.realized B.believed C.thought D.discovered
A.repeatedly B.quickly C.frequently D.gradually
A.home B.place C.scene D.house
A.shaking B.struggling C.bleeding D.crying
A.action B.answer C.experience D.request
A.several B.nearby C.familiar D.curious
A.water B.tape C.bandages D.scissors
A.damages B.pains C.injuries D.arms
A.neighbours B.children C.doctor D.police
A.proud B.fond C.sure D.tired
A.expected B.taught C.encouraged D.educated
A.thanking B.Recognizing C.admiring D.congratulating
A.There B.It C.He D.She
A.skills B.instructions C.key D.history
A.discovery B.harm C.difference D.choice
A.recent B.secret C.private D.special
A.giving B.offering C.announcing D.Receiving
It’s difficult for doctors to help a person with a hurt brain. enough blood, the brain can live only 3 to 5 minutes. Usually doctors can’t fix the hurt such a short time.
Dr Robert White thinks he knows a of help. He thinks doctors should make the hurt brain to live for 30 minutes without blood. This gives the doctor time to do something for the brain. Dr White experimented his on fifteen monkeys. he taught them to do different jobs. Then he operated on them. He made the monkeys’ blood go a machine. When the brains’ was 10℃,he stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes, he turned the blood back on. He the blood again. After their operations, the monkeys were almost before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the job the doctor them.
Dr White’s idea works well on monkeys. He thinks it will work on . He thinks it will help with heart problems. A person die when his heart stops; doctors can it again. The problem comes: when the brain is without blood for about 5 minutes, it . If doctors start the heart again after 5 minutes, the person has body but a dead brain. Maybe in the future, doctors will Dr White’s idea. When the person’s heart stops, the doctor will cool the brain. They will have 30 minutes to start the heart again. Maybe there will be no the brain.
A.Don’t have B.Without C.Having not D.Only with
A.for B.after C.in D.since
A.way B.brain C.doctor D.man
A.too cool B.enough cool C.cool enough D.very
A.a longer B.enough C.a shorter D.another
A.medicine B.manners C.idea D.brain
A.Besides B.Instead C.However D.First
A.to B.across C.through D.onto
A.heat B.temperature C.coolness D.feeling
A.cooled B.operated C.warmed D.stopped
A.the same as B.different from C.used to D.cleverer than
A.was taught B.was teaching C.was to teach D.had taught
A.other people B.human beings C.other things D.more people
A.doesn’t have to B.needn’t C.will be able to D.is afraid to
A.start B.take C.make D.begin
A.loses B.goes C.kills D.dies
A.no B.a dead C.a living D.a lively
A.get B.accept C.keep D.try
A.soon B.quickly C.slowly D.rapid
A.use for B.wrong with C.value to D.problem with
My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. I did not have the or energy to carry out my traditional Christmas decorating and baking activities. What was the point, anyway? It was going to be a Christmas after all.
, the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle (陆续来临) in.
There was a on the door one evening. It was Jeff’s new colleague, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis. The Smiths had stopped by to us to town with a loaf of homemade bread. They pointed out a on the porch (门廊). Apparently the doorbell wasn’t working in the cold snowy weather and we had a visit from the Browns, our across-the-street neighbors, who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies.
The feelings brought by these thoughtful gestures lasted longer than the food.
As Jeff and I were clearing pre-Christmas from our driveway, Ernie Guzman came over from next door to us to dig out.
Then, we received an invitation to a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors, Ernie and Nancy Sommer, and their —a 90-year-old lady, who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.
Our Christmas Eve was quite merry, thanks to our . Our Christmas morning was special, thanks to the Smiths’ gift of bread. I was so for these gestures of welcome, especially during the holidays.
This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas. The and work schedules just made things too difficult. that sense of Christmas isolation (孤立) all too well, we decided to try to round up some other folks who were in the holidays.
Lonely people are all around us, but most of us notice them. Just take a look around you. Sometimes, the smallest gesture can make a world of difference.
A.chance B.anxiety C.time D.ability
A.lonely B.free C.merry D.usual
A.Therefore B.However C.Somehow D.Meanwhile
A.sign B.knock C.card D.note
A.invite B.welcome C.drive D.send
A.tree B.flower C.mail D.package
A.forgot B.missed C.arranged D.received
A.warm B.deep C.true D.mixed
A.rubbish B.snow C.dust D.leaves
A.teach B.urge C.help D.forbid
A.prepare B.share C.taste D.exchange
A.guest B.aunt C.maid D.partner
A.folks B.relatives C.neighbors D.colleagues
A.call B.greeting C.meeting D.breakfast
A.sorry B.eager C.grateful D.ready
A.season B.expense C.distance D.situation
A.Knowing B.Showing C.Studying D.Discovering
A.happy B.busy C.alone D.active
A.always B.usually C.finally D.seldom
A.careful B.kind C.pretty D.patient
In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot ofteens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s lifestyle and said , “I don’t want your God . I am leaving !”
She left home .Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to money. Many years passed by , her father died , her mother grew , and the daughter became more and more entrenched (固执) in her way of life .
No contact was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother , having her daughter’s whereabouts , went to the poor part of the city in of her daughter . She stopped at each of the rescue missions with a simple . “Would you allow me to this picture ?” It was a picture of the smiling , gray-haired mother with a handwritten at the bottom : “I love you still…come home !”
One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat listening to the service, all the while letting her wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?
She couldn’t until the service was over. She stood and went to look .It was her mother , and there were those words , “I love you still…come home !” she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too to be true.
It was night, but she was so by the message that she started walking home. the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and her way timidly. As she knocked, the door open on its own. She thought someone must have broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s , the young woman ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me ! It’s me ! I’m home!”
The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s arms . The daughter said , “I was so worried and someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently , “No, dear . From the day you left , that door has never been .”
A.shabby B.religious C.awful D.simple
A.earn B.win C.offer D.approach
A.lonelier B.slower C.elder D.older
A.told about B.heard of C.learned from D.informed of
A.sight B.charge C.search D.want
A.request B.remark C.question D.speech
A.bring up B.lay off C.drop out D.put up
A.record B.advice C.message D.notice
A.constantly B.absent-mindedly C.frequently D.carefully
A.eyes B.hands C.thoughts D.imaginations
A.help B.evaluate C.wait D.consult
A.After B.Since C.Until D.As
A.lucky B.good C.skeptical D.coincidence
A.astonished B.touched C.blamed D.ashamed
A.By B.At C.During D.Before
A.walked B.led C.made D.held
A.seemed B.blew C.proved D.flew
A.safety B.anxiety C.danger D.relief
A.observed B.realized C.found D.thought
A.adopted B.opened C.locked D.Fixed