第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
A boy walked along Carver Street, singing a sad song. He walked with his head down. Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street, painted on the side of an old house. On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle. “Coca-Cola. Drink-Cola-Cola,” the sign said.
“Boy!” the silence was cut by a sudden cry. He turned around quickly to see who had called.
An old woman was standing at her door.
“You boy! Come here this minute!”
Slowly the boy 21 onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman’s house. When he arrived at her house, she 22 out her hand and wrapped(缠住)her 23 old fingers around his arm.
“Help me inside, boy,” she said. “Help me 24 to my bed. What’s your name?”
“Joseph,” he said.
The old woman on the bed tried to 25 up, raising herself on her elbow(肘). Water 26 from her eyes and mouth. The sight of her made Joseph feel 27 .
“I’m dying, Joseph. You can see that, can’t you? I want you to write a 28 for me. There’s paper and pencil on the table there.”
Joseph looked down at the 29 , and then looked out of the window. He saw the sign again, “Coca-Cola. Drink Cola-Cola.”
“I want my silver ring to 30 to my daughter.”
Joseph bent his small body over the table and 31 the pencil slowly across the paper.
“There’s my Bible(圣经),” the old woman said. “That’s for my daughter, too. I want a 32 Christian burial(基督葬礼)with lots of singing. Write that down, too. That’s the last 33 of a poor old woman.”
The boy laboured over the paper. Again he looked out of the window.
“Here. Bring it here so I can 34 it.”
Joseph found the Bible, and, 35 the paper inside, laid it next to the bed.
“ 36 me now, boy,” she sighed. “I’m tired.”
He ran out of the house.
A cold wind blew through the 37 window, but the old woman on the bed 38 nothing. She was dead. The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind. 39 on the paper were some childish letters. They 40 the words, “Coca-Cola. Drink Coca-Cola.”
21.A.rushed B.struggled C.hurried D.stepped
22.A.reached B.let C.pushed D.pointed
23.A.firm B.smooth C.dry D.fresh
24.A.back B.up C.away D.ahead
25.A.sit B.get C.stand D.wake
26.A.fell B.burnt C.burst D.ran
27.A.ill B.sick C.unpleasant D.funny
28.A.letter B.note C.will D.message
29.A.table B.pen C.paper D.woman
30.A.send B.go C.belong D.come
31.A.moved B.drew C.used D.pulled
32.A.great B.merry C.splendid D.real
33.A.hope B.chance C.opinion D.wish
34.A.sign B.read C.remember D.copy
35.A.setting B.hiding C.placing D.laying
36.A.Hold B.Leave C.Excuse D.Pardon
37.A.large B.open C.small D.pretty
38.A.did B.saw C.felt D.knew
39.A.Described B.Printed C.Recorded D.Written
40.A.formed B.spelled C.organized D.repeated
Unemployment will certainly be in double-digits next year--and may remain there for some time. And for every person who __1_ as unemployed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ household survey, you can bet there’s another either too __2__ to look for work or working part time who’d rather have a full-time job or else taking home less pay than before. And there’s yet another person who’s more fearful that he or she will be the __3__ to lose a job.
__4__, 10 percent unemployment really means 20 percent underemployment or anxious employment, all of which translates __5__ into late payments on mortgages, credit cards, auto and student loans, and loss of health insurance. It also means sleeplessness for tens of millions of Americans, and, of course, __6__ purchases.
Unemployment of this magnitude and duration also translates into ugly __7__, because fear and anxiety are __8__ grounds for the political resentment against immigrants, blacks, the poor, government leaders, business leaders, Jews and other easy _9__. It’s already started. Next year is a mid-term election. Be prepared for worse.
So why is unemployment and underemployment so high? And why is it _10__ to remain high for some time? Because, as noted, people who are worried about their jobs or have no jobs, and who are also trying to _11__ from under a pile of debt, are not going to do a lot of shopping. And businesses that don’t have customers aren’t going to do a lot of new _12__. And foreign nations also suffering high __13__ aren’t going to buy a lot of our goods and services. And without customers, companies won’t __14__. They’ll cut payrolls instead.
This brings us to the obvious question: Who’s going to buy the stuff we make or the services we provide, and therefore bring jobs back? There’s only one __15__ left: The government.
A.keeps to B.sticks to C.shows up D.attaches
A.discouraged B.timid C.sure D.upset
A.first B.next C.last D.only
A.On the other hand B.By contrast C.As a whole D.In other words
A.enormously B.definitely C.exactly D.directly
A.fewer B.more C.better D.worse
A.economics B.trades C.politics D.industries
A.necessary B.fertile C.scarce D.heated
A.opponents B.targets C.victims D.potentials
A.due B.able C.equal D.likely
A.get out B.get around C.get into D.get off
A.programming B.planning C.investing D.advertising
A.signature B.unemployment C.crisis D.inefficiency
A.rent B.run C.sell D.hire
A.manufacturer B.applicant C.buyer D.employer
Thanks to a combination of young businessmen, large numbers of university students and revitalization (新生) efforts by the local and national governments, today’s Nanjing has an36 of youthful exuberance (繁茂) that would have been 37 only a few decades ago. 38 , the city, a booming city of 6.5 million on the banks of the Yangtze River some 185 miles west of Shanghai, bears 39 resemblance to the former capital of China that suffered the worst cruelty and violence of World War II.
40 Nanjing has shown a remarkable capacity for reinvention during its 2,500-year history. And in recent years, the city has moved 41 its tragic past to become a vital engine of China’s economic growth, thanks 42 to its position in the middle of China’s prosperous eastern seaboard. Growth has also 43 thanks to improved ground transportation: A new bullet train linking Nanjing and Shanghai started service last year, 44 travel time between the cities from several hours to just 75 minutes, and a Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line is 45 to open later this year, with a stop in Nanjing. Within the city, two metro lines were built in the last few years; 15 more are planned to begin service by 2030.
Signs of Nanjing’s 46 wealth and optimism can be seen everywhere. In the heart of the downtown Xinjiekou district, a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen, 47 the father of modern China, looks 48 over a busy 49 area.
There is perhaps no more 50 symbol of the city’s transformation than the Zifeng Tower, a 1,480-foot skyscraper that opened its doors last May. 51 offices, restaurants and an InterContinental hotel, the tower is the second-tallest building in China and billed as the seventh-tallest in the world.
Underlying all this development is a large Chinese and 52 student population — there are several major universities, plus a branch of Johns Hopkins’s international studies school. In fact, art and music 53in all sorts of places.
On a larger 54 , local government officials and private investors are pushing the city as a rising center for contemporary art and architecture, hoping to attract 55 from the neon-bathed streets of its neighbor Shanghai.
A.advance B.affection C.air D.ability
A.unforgettable B.unthinkable C.unbearable D.unnecessary
A.Actually B.Regretfully C.Hopefully D.Consequently
A.close B.slight C.much D.little
A.Because B.But C.As D.Since
A.beyond B.on C.off D.out
A.in addition B.in all C.in part D.in fact
A.started B.enlarged C.existed D.accelerated
A.removing B.cutting C.dividing D.lowering
A.scheduled B.invented C.desired D.meant
A.attractive B.well-received C.newfound D.discovered
A.thought B.treated C.considered D.elected
A.out B.at C.about D.for
A.remote B.regional C.rural D.commercial
A.universal B.visible C.traditional D.political
A.Keeping B.Consisting C.Opening D.Housing
A.British B.western C.American D.foreign
A.spring up B.stand up C.set up D.keep up
A.extent B.degree C.scale D.level
A.businessmen B.students C.tourists D.painters
May was born with a cleft palate(腭裂). When she was a little girl, she had to 36 the jikes from naughty chidren who teased her about her misshaped lip. With all the teasing, Mary grew up 37 the fact that she was“diffrernt”. She was 38 that no one, outside her family,could ever love her until she 39 Mrs. Leonard's class.
In Mrs. Leonards' school at that time, it was 40 for teachers to give their children an annual 41 test. However, in Mary's case, 42 her cleft palate, she was hardly able to hear out of one ear. 43 not to let the other children have another“ 44 "to point out, she would 45 when her bad ear was tested each year. The “hearing test”was 46 by having a child walk to the classroom door,turn sideways, 47 one ear with a fingre, and then 48 what the teacher whispered. When Mary had to turn her bad ear towards her teacher she would 49 to cover her good ear. She knew that teachers 50 often say things like,“The sky is blue,”or“What color are your shoes?”But not on that day. Surely, God 51 seven words in
Mrs. Leonard's mouth that 52 Mary's life forever. When the test came, Mary heard:“ I wish you were my little girl.”You can imagine how deeply these words 53 Mary.
Yes, affirming (肯定)words are 54 to say to the people around you. While words from
a godly teacher can soften a heart, words form you can powerfully set the 55 of another
One's life.
A.play B.make C.bear D.tell
A.hating B.changing C.forgeting D.accepting
A.expected B.requested C.convinced D.informed
A.left B.entered C.admitted D.taught
A.unusual B.common C.admittde D.strange
A.speaking B.reading C.terrible D.hearing
A.instead of B.in addition to C.writing D.in spite of
A.determined B.Supposed C.Delighted D.Satisfied
A.belidf B.mistake C.proof D.difference
A.cheat B.escape C.suffer D.negotiate
A.given B.cancelled C.taken D.passed
A.pull B.close C.touch D.point
A.realize B.recite C.repeat D.create
A.pretend B.refuse C.manage D.decide
A.must B.will C.would D.shall
A.wasted B.put C.take D.write
A.wasted B.cost C.changed D.harmed
A.hurt B.moved C.upset D.scared
A.seldom B.reasonable C.easy D.never
A.purpose B.routine C.result D.course
A U.S man found 300 letters to God floating in the Atlantic Ocean last week. He said on Friday he would 1 them to a church instead of selling them on eBay following protests from religious people.
The letters , sent to a late Baptist clergyman (牧师), were 2put in a sealed plastic shopping bag near a 3in Atlantic, New Jersey.
Bill Lacovara, an insurance adjuster from Ventnor, New Jersey, said he got the bag while on a fishing trip last week.
The letters were 4 to the clergyman, who died in 2004. Someone cleaning his house may have 5 the bag, which Lacovara found about 100 miles (160km) from Cooper’s house.
They include one from a teenage girl asking God to 6 her for her wrongdoing, one from a prisoner who said he was 7 and someone had set a trap for him, and 8 from a man who wanted God’s help winning the lottery, according to media reports.
Lavovara said he could have 9 them on eBay for up to $15,000(7,889 pounds) according to his prediction of the compete price and would have given the money to charity. But he has changed his mind because he said the move caused 10 to some religious people.
“They said they were 11 in me, and I didn’t want to do something that’s going to create 12 results.” he told Reuters.
Some 13 him to burn the letters, throw them back in the ocean or give them to a church, Lacovara said.
Lacovara said about a dozen clergymen have offered to take the letters, and he is evaluating the 14 to make sure the letters don’t fall into the 15 hands.
1. A. donate B. show C. sell D. owe
2. A. hurriedly B. privately C. mysteriously D. occasionally
3. A. river B. lake C. hill D. beach
4. A. taken B. offered C. addressed D. given
5. A. collected B. thrown C. opened D. destroyed
6. A. forgive B. punish C. adjust D. charge
7. A. friendly B. correct C. innocent D. energetic
8. A. others B. another C. the other D. one
9. A. auctioned B. bought C. donated D. discounted
10. A. damage B. offence C. injury D. worry
11. A. absorbed B. involved C. interested D. disappointed
12. A. final B. direct C. same D. bad
13. A. forced B. urged C. questioned D. pleased
14. A. requests B. orders C. commands D. invitations
15. A. wrong B. poor C. tight D. firm
Mikio Tanaka is a devoted father----and prove it by taking three months off to care for his baby boy. That makes Tanaka __36__ of a revolutionary in Japan, where men are __37__ known for working long hours and __38__ in the bars with clients than mixing baby milk and changing diapers (尿布).
“It was __39__, but it was also a lot of fun,” Tanaka said, sitting __40__ the living room floor with his 4-month-old son, Daiki, __41__ on his back. “ I saw the first time he __42__. It was a great experience.”
Tanaka, 31, is one of a __43__ number of fathers in Japan who are taking a bigger __44__ inside the home. Men are a __45__ sight with kids at parks and zoos at weekends, though often __46__ yawning. Books and magazines __47__ fathers on how to play with and care for their kids. For Japan’s __48__ housewives, the changing is too late. In Tanaka’s case, his wife, Ayako, 28, was __49__ to take a full year of leave , for she was a school teacher.
__50__ for Tanaka, a department chief at his company had taken the __51__ leave a few years before, so his plan to __52__ three months unpaid leave was not a total shock to his __53__. Ayako took three months off for Daiki, then it was Tanaka’s __54__ when she went back to work. Daiki started day care full-time at __55__ month. Tanaka said at that time he was able to work again.
A.anything B.something C.everything D.nothing
A.well B.poorly C.specially D.badly
A.working B.dancing C.drinking D.cooking
A.easy B.interesting C.exciting D.tough
A.beside B.against C.on D.above
A.hanged B.hung C.joked D.sang
A.fell asleep B.stood up C.dressed up D.jumped up
A.growing B.falling C.adding D.fixing
A.step B.action C.hold D.role
A.interesting B.different C.common D.short
A.seen B.said C.observed D.blamed
A.drive B.send C.comfort D.treat
A.self-confident B.overworked C.poorly-dressed D.well-fed
A.unfair B.unwilling C.unfit D.undecided
A.Hardly B.Sadly C.Unluckily D.Fortunately
A.immediate B.short C.sick D.same
A.teacher B.boss C.wife D.child
A.take B.give C.make D.offer
A.duty B.fault C.turn D.decision
A.third B.fifth C.sixth D.tenth