完型填空(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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
For much of our life, my mother and I hated each other. I spent most of my childhood 36 with her – or trying to avoid her, as well as her bitterness, unhappiness and endless smoking. I learned how to defend myself with 37 designed to hurt her. In turn, she vowed I would have a 38 who would feel the way about me that I felt about her.
Many years later when my husband and I decided to have a child, I was 39 to have a girl. I couldn’t 40 the though of a daughter who might not love me – or who would want to 41 me. As soon as I became pregnant, I was convinced I was having a boy. In the delivery room, on my doctor putting my baby into my arms, I couldn’t wait to tell my mother I had a 42 , while “he” was a girl. At that moment, I couldn’t imagine wanting anyone but her.
43 I couldn’t forget my mother’s teasing vow, even after she died and I saw her in a more 44 light. As my daughter got older, whenever we argued, I worried we were 45 the same awful path that my mother and I had gone down.
Last summer, my daughter 46 18, the same age when my mother threw me out of her apartment for 47 . However, I was with her, planning for her first year at college. When my husband and I dropped her off at her school in New York, I finally 48 to her my biggest fear that we would end up like me and my mother. “That will never happen.” she 49 me, kissing me goodbye. Six weeks later, my husband and I returned to the campus. I 50 myself arguing with my daughter about her messy room, not using the library and her mistake of choosing the room near the bathroom. I couldn’t stop myself. And then 51 came: “You’re just like your mother,” my daughter screamed. “I hate you.” And then she 52 .
I finally heard the words I had always dreaded. But maybe that was because I 53 them. I had always worried the bond I shared with my daughter would 54 . later that evening, we picked my daughter up to a restaurant. We ate 55 . But when we separated, I hugged her. The next morning, she called telling she loved me. There wasn’t anything to be afraid of anymore. There was just a relationship we should work on with each other.
36.A.sharing B.playing C.communicating D.fighting
37.A.actions B.activities C.words D.weapons
38.A.husband B.friend C.child D.daughter
39.A.afraid B.unlucky C.uncertain D.willing
40.A.have B.bear C.hold D.afford
41.A.love B.escape from C.obey D.keep from
42.A.daughter B.son C.baby D.life
43.A.Furthermore B.But C.And D.Or
44.A.bright B.annoying C.understanding D.unfriendly
45.A.on B.in C.at D.along
46.A. became B.grew C.went D.turned
47.A.good B.nothing C.my good D.all
48.A.presented B.told C.admitted D.informed
49.A.promised B.pardoned C.referred D.reflected
50.A.wanted B.asked C.forced D.found
51.A.it B.she C.they D.that
52.A.walked away B.looked away C.gave away D.stormed away
53.A.deserved B.demanded C.equaled D.appreciated
54.A.tear B.break C.crash D.last
55.A.in vain B.in general C.in silence D.in brief
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,并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Each time I was feeling disappointed, my mother would say to me “ Tomorrow will be another day. If you can on, some day something nice will happen. And you will come to know that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous .”
What mother said was absolutely right, as I after my graduation from college. I had made up my mind to try for a in radio, then my way up to sports announcer. I went to Springfield and knocked on the door of each station—and got each time. In one studio, a warm-hearted woman told me that stations couldn’t risk employing a(n) person. “ Please go out to the faraway or lonely district and find a small station which will give you a ,” she said. I came back home to St-Louis.
While there were no radio-announcing jobs in St-Louis, my father said Wards Holding Corporation had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its department. Since St-Louis was where I had played high school football, I . The job sounded just for me. But I wasn’t employed. My disappointment must have . “Tomorrow will be another day,” Mom me. I tried WOC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The program director, Jack Green, told me they had already hired an .
As I went away from his office, my frustration boiled over (爆发). I asked , “How can a young man get to be a sports announcer if he cannot get a job in a radio station?” I was just patiently waiting for the elevator I heard Jack Green calling, “What did you say about sports just now? You mean you know something about football?” Then he stood me a microphone and told me to an imaginary game.
On the way to my home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. From time to time I what direction my life might have taken if I had had the job at Wards Holding Corporation
A.take B.put C.move D.carry
A.concern B.doubt C.disappointment D.amazement
A.recovered B.discovered C.recognized D.developed
A.job B.plan C.trip D.research
A.come B.go C.push D.work
A.put off B.broken away C.turned down D.fed up
A.no B.big C.small D.famous
A.selfish B.confident C.inexperienced D.independent
A.tip B.reward C.challenge D.chance
A.sports B.food C.clothes D.radio
A.hesitated B.applied C.refused D.agreed
A.right B.important C.boring D.funny
A.disappeared B.hidden C.shown D.died
A.warned B.reminded C.recognized D.demanded
A.athlete B.actor C.announcer D.artist
A.aloud B.secretly C.silently D.equally
A.while B.where C.after D.when
A.within B.before C.beyond D.beneath
A.play B.perform C.broadcast D.present
A.say B.wonder C.dream D.learn
When it comes to friends, people always know this old saying——A friend in need is a friend indeed. The best friend a man has in the world may him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good reputation, may our faith. A man may the money he has. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are ready to fall on their knees to do us when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of hatred when settles its cloud upon our heads. The one unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never him, the one that never proves or distrusted, is his dog.
A man’s dog stands by him in richness and in , in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the cold wind blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to ; he will lick the wounds and sores that come from encounter with the roughness of the world. He will guard the sleep of his master he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he . When wealth and reputation fall to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journeys through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth, a deserted person in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his . And when the last of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace, and his body is in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends their ways, there by the grave will the dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.
A.turn to B.submit to C.turn against D.look up
A.brought up B.come up C.grown up D.catch up
A.restore B.betray C.keep D.strengthen
A.gain B.lose C.earn D.donate
A.honor B.favor C.credit D.good
A.shadow B.success C.failure D.depression
A.accurately B.deliberately C.equally D.absolutely
A.appreciates B.envies C.admires D.deserts
A.ungrateful B.unfortunate C.faithful D.considerate
A.poverty B.progress C.welfare D.wealth
A.host’s B.master’s C.landlord’s D.chief’s
A.serve B.fetch C.offer D.order
A.only if B.in case C.even if D.as if
A.flees B.remains C.ignores D.persists
A.serving B.protecting C.spoiling D.accompanying
A.enemies B.masters C.friends D.acquaintances
A.sight B.scenery C.scene D.view
A.buried B.hung C.thrown D.laid
A.force B.lose C.pursue D.find
A.mean B.general C.selfish D.Noble
How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter,rude boss,or an insensitive employee your day?
One day I was in a taxi and we headed the airport. We were driving in the right lane suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes,slide sideways,and at the very last moment our car stopped and narrowly the other car by just inches!The driver of the other car looked around and started at us.
My taxi driver just and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really . So I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!”This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call “The Law of the Garbage Truck”.
He that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of ,full of frustration,full of anger,and full of disappointment. As their garbage up,they need a place to dump (倒) it and sometimes they’ll dump it on . Don’t take it personally. Just smile,wave,wish them well,and move on.
Believe me. You’ll be more . Don’t take their garbage and it to other people at work,at home,or on the streets, Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s in your life. Roy Baumeister,a psychology researcher from Florida State University,found in his extensive research that you bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories rather easily, and you them more frequently.
So...Love the people who treat you right. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you it!
When you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”,you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by go of the bad. Have a Garbage Free Day!Have a marvelous,garbage-free day!The seeds you plant today the harvest you reap tomorrow.
A.injure B.ruin C.hurt D.harm
A.through B.from C.in D.for
A.while B.when C.since D.as
A.knocked B.overtook C.missed D.left
A.laughing B.throwing C.glancing D.yelling
A.wondered B.smiled C.ignored D.guessed
A.friendly B.angry C.frightened D.disappointed
A.showed B.suggested C.explained D.hated
A.expectation B.passengers C.garbage D.goods
A.turns B.pushes C.holds D.piles
A.roads B.children C.you D.dustbins
A.healthy B.happy C.pitiful D.wealthy
A.spread B.share C.explain D.contribute
A.surprise B.pleasure C.doubt D.regrets
A.funny B.important C.strange D.embarrassing
A.remember B.forget C.value D.appreciate
A.enjoy B.exchange C.recall D.imagine
A.inspire B.take C.mend D.notice
A.letting B.consisting C.making D.dreaming
A.distinguish B.deserve C.deliver D.determine
Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. the story of this boy for example.He decided to study judo(柔道) he had lost his left in a car accident.
The boy began lessons an old Japanese judo master.The boy was doing well, he couldn’t understand why,after three months of training,the master had him only one move.
“Sensei,”the boy said to his master,“shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”
“This is the only move you’11 ever to know,”the sensei replied.
Not quite understanding,but believing in his teacher,the boy training.
Several months later,the sensei the boy to his first tournament.
To his , the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more ,but after some time,his opponent(对手)became impatient and charged;the boy skillfully his one move to win the match.Still amazed by his ,the boy was now in the finals.
This time,his opponent was bigger,stronger,and more .For a while,the boy appeared to be defeated. that the boy might get ,the referee called a timeout(暂停).He was about to stop the match when the sensei ,saying,“No,let him continue.”
Soon after the match began again,his opponent made a big :he dropped his guard.The boy won the tournament.
When asked,“how did I win with only one move ? ”,the sensei answered, “First,you’ve almost one of the most difficult throws in all of judo.Second,the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grasp your left arm.”
A.Take B.Give C.Tell D.Make
A.because B.though C.before D.until
A.1eg B.eye C.arm D.hand
A.with B.as C.beneath D.1ike
A.for B.since C.so D.or
A.promised B.taught C.allowed D.delivered
A.honestly B.finally C.impatiently D.rapidly
A.need B.fail C.agree D.demand
A.avoided B.stopped C.kept D.regretted
A.applied B.kept C.carried D.took
A.embarrassment B.encouragement C.disappointment D.astonishment
A.difficult B.awkward C.frightening D.unique
A.sacrificed B.suggested C.quitted D.used
A.competitor B.master C.success D.challenge
A.responsible B.experienced C.casual D.stressed
A.Concerned B.Threatened C.Disappointed D.Delighted
A.tired B.defeated C.hurt D.fined
A.sighed B.added C.approved D.interrupted
A.discovery B.difference C.mistake D.decision
A.created B.mastered C.exposed D.watched
A black car rushed around the busy street corner, towards the courthouse. The dark window rolled down and a semi-automatic stuck out.
Pauly Gillespie, a government protected witness (目击者), stood , seeing death walking toward him. Pauly’s FBI bodyguards themselves on top of him, but two were fired and Pauly was hit the shoulder.
The car across two lanes (车道) of traffic. Then it turned left down a path and got __ behind a large truck. The two men in the car out and raced away --- into the arms of four policemen.
Special agent (特工) Brown was new to the police unit and was told to __ the car out of the path so that the traffic could return to . Brown changed the position of the rearview (后视) mirror _ and drove it around to __ his boss was questioning the two men.
Brown stood and watched. One of the men was tall and thin, and _ was five inches shorter, about Brown’s .
Agent Fordney asked the two men who had done the shooting. They __ to tell him. Then Brown smiled and said, “I know who the shooter was.” His boss was surprised. How could Brown know that without getting any answer from the two men?
When Brown got into the car, he had to adjust the rearview mirror. That meant the previous driver had been of a height. Since the shorter man was close to Brown’s height, he knew the taller man must have been the _. Therefore, the shorter man had done the .
A.driver-side B.passenger-side C.right-hand side D.left-hand side
A.hand B.camera C.handgun D.knife
A.frozen B.calm C.quiet D.still
A.put B.rushed C.jumped D.threw
A.bullets B.shots C.guns D.shoots
A.on B.at C.over D.in
A.sped B.rolled C.moved D.went
A.damaged B.destroyed C.stuck D.injured
A.came B.hurried C.walked D.crawled
A.suddenly B.right C.quickly D.immediately
A.clear B.ride C.carry D.push
A.common B.ordinary C.usual D.normal
A.up B.down C.in D.out
A.where B.there C.which D.what
A.another B.other C.the other D.one
A.size B.length C.age D.height
A.decided B.refused C.had D.pretended
A.same B.large C.different D.small
A.murderer B.shooter C.driver D.killer
A.killing B.shooting C.driving D.murdering