完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
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
It was in New York City to advise large banks on the secret to success in business. Once I started a 36 with my taxi driver, Tony. He had studied be an oceanic biologist, but couldn't get a 37 job in that field. “I like driving a taxi,” he said. “38 I hope to do much better than just get by.”
Like many people, Tony thought that being self-reliant meant 39 asking for help. But we need to develop relationship in order to 40 our goals.
Tony liked chatting with his customers, yet he didn’t want 41 to them. I advised him to give it a 42 . And he did. Not only did his customers take his taxi more often, but they 43 him to their friends. Soon he had a long list of regulars and 44 buy his own car, then a second. He had to 45 a friend to help with the overflow.
We each contain 46 Of greatness. Life is all about finding that seed and nurturing it to its 47 growth. And I know it’s 48 , because I am living proof.
I’m the son of a steelworker. My dad would come home, his hands 49 and dirty, and say, “I don’t want this for you, Keith. You need a great 50 .”
And bravely, he went to the CEO(总裁)of his company to ask for his advise. The CEO admired his 51 and helped get me a scholarship at one of the best schools in the country. I 52 to Yale University and Harvard Business School. 53 I was the youngest chief marketing officer in the Fortune 500. I learned 54 a young age that the secret to success 55 the power of relationship.
36.A.report B.conversation C.suggestion D.speech
37.A.hard B.correct C.suitable D.dull
38.A.And B.Since C.Because D.Though
39.A.never B.always C.ever D.sometimes
40.A.find B.fail C.miss D.achieve
41.A.please B.excite C.bother D.worry
42.A.try B.drive C.talk D.hand
43.A.suggested B.recommended C.mentioned D.told
44.A.was able to B.could C.ought to D.might
45.A.make B.let C.hire D.order
46.A.plants B.seeds C.origins D.members
47.A.empty B.full C.huge D.tiny
48.A.enough B.necessary C.strange D.possible
49.A.scratched B.wounded C.injured D.fixed
50.A.work B.career C.education D.university
51.A.honesty B.feeling C.expression D.courage
52.A.went on B.got off C.set out D.kept up
53.A.So B.Meanwhile C.Soon D.Once
54.A.of B.in C.under D.at
55.A.leads to B.lies in C.relies on D.sticks to
完形填空(共1小题)
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,选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The easy way out isn't always the easiest.I learned that lesson when I decided to treat Doug,my husband of one month,to a special meal.I_________to make homemade bread.Knowing the bread would take time,I_________it as soon as Doug left for work.
As l was not_________in cooking,I thought if a dozen was good,two dozen would be better,so I_________.everything.As Doug loved oranges,I also opened a can of orange and_________it all into the bowl.Soon there was a sticky dough(面团)covered with _________yellowish marks.Realizing I was_________,I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so 1 wouldn't have to________Doug laughing at my work.I went on preparing the rest of the _________,and when Doug got home,we sat down to Cornish chicken with rice.He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed________.Twice he got up and went outside,saying he heard a_________.
The third time he left,I went to the window to see what he was doing.I saw Doug standing about three feet from the_________,holding the lid up with a stick and looking_________.When I came out of the house,he dropped the stick and explained that there was something _________in our rubbish bin.Picking up the stick again,he held the lid up.enough for me to see.I felt ________.But I stepped.closer and looked harder.Without _______it was my work.The hot _________had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast(酵母)made the surface.________and sigh as though it were breathing.
I could see why Doug was shaken.I had to admit what the“_________”was and why it was there.I don't know who was more_________by the whole thing---Doug or me.
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完形填空(共1小题)
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。
Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the piano.She studied music in college and her_________was to become a concert pianist or blues singer.Everything_________when she was 20 years old.She became sick with what doctors _________ was typhoid fever(伤寒)and she almost died.Doctors gave her medicine to help her get well, but the medicine _________her to become_________deaf.She could no longer hear the music which she had always_________
Shirley would never give up playing the piano, _________she did decide to change_________.She transferred to Gallaudet University and studied English .In 1964 Shirley graduated from Gallaudet and looked for_________.She wanted to be _________and work full time .
For three years, Shirley worked as a clerk in Washington,D.C._________,in 1967 she was asked to work at Gallaudet University as a dorm supervisor(宿舍监管员).Shirley supervised young women who_________in the university during the school year.She also taught English.Somehow she found time to_________ graduate school at Howard University in Washington,D.C.In 1972,Shirley received her M.A.degree.
Always _________ a new challenge, in 1973 Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), which_________deaf and hard-of-hearing students technical and professional training.
This_________ woman became the first black deaf female in the world to receive her Ph.D.She made _________in 1992_________she received the highest degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.
Dr.Shirley Jeanne Allen has traveled many roads and_________many rainbows searching for her dream.With courage and_________,she never gave up.
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People always talk about what they look for in close friendships,what they ________ from friends,what they are willing to give as the ________ of what they have taken and how satisfied they are with the quality of their friendships.
Friendship is a(n)________ form of human relation.Unlike marriage or the ties between parents and children,it is not defined or________ by law.Unlike other ________roles that we are expected to play in society as citizens,employees and members of organizations,it has its own principle,which is to ________ feelings of warmth,trust,love and affection between two people.
Findings in a recent survey ________ that topics of trust and betrayal are central to friendship.It is also suggested that human do not look for friends only among those who are most like them;
________,we find many who ________ in race ,religion,and ethnic background.
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完形填空(共2小题)
16. I had arrived at the airport about 30 minutes before the check in.It had been a very busy three days for me with lots of meetings.So I was glad to have the ________ time to make my notes on what I needed to do the following day,but suddenly the announcement came that my flight had to be delayed.
As I sat waiting for my _______to be called,I reflected on my last meeting of the day.It was not a business meeting but rather a very enjoyable ________ with an old business friend I had not seen for over 12 years.Our lunch was spent recalling times gone by ________ filling each other in what had happened in our lives over the last 12 years.We both laughed and smiled as we ________ the good times and the great experiences we had shared together.
It was great to have this additional time to replay in my mind what we had talked about.I realized just how important it was to have regular ________ of the good times in our life.I was ________enough to have had the chance to take a short break and look back on the good things that had happened in my life.It was somewhat like looking at an old photo album ________ in a cupboard in your house.There before your eyes are lots of wonderful memories that take you back to times and places,and most importantly to those people who are in the ________ .
My flight home was finally called three hours later.I smiled as I ________ the plane and realized that I was not at all ________ about the delay in the flight,as I had been able to spend the time reflecting on the good times from days gone by.
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Double Angels
It was Christmas Eve, and the stores were going to be closing pretty soon.I was trying to ____ my way through the crowds when a guy in a black coat came up to me , told me that he had lost his brown leather ____and shoved his gray business card into my hand.
Please call me at the number on the card if you happen to find it," he said.I looked at him, shrugged my shoulders and ____, "Yeah, no problem.I'll do that."
Suddenly, I noticed a flat, green box ____under some wrapping paper.I opened it up to find an amazing ____plate with a Nativity scene on it.There it was.I smiled____, gathered it up and headed____ the cash register.As the cashier was ringing up my ____, I reached into my pocket to get my money.____my pocket was empty! I began to scramble around searching every pocket when I ____I had left my wallet at home.
So I did the only thing I could think of at that moment: I ran outside the store and started to beg people for ___.Some looked at me like I was crazy; others just____me.Finally, giving up, I slumped down on a cold bench feeling totally ____.
I reached down to tie my shoe when I spotted a ____ wallet lying next to the front leg of the bench.I wondered if it ____ be the wallet that the man in the black coat had lost.I opened it and read the name on the driver's license inside.Yep.It was his.Then my mouth dropped in awe ____ I discovered three hundred dollars inside.
I never even questioned what I should do.I found a nearby pay phone and made a/an____call to the number on the gray business card.The man was so excited that he thanked me over and over .Then he opened up the wallet and ____ me four twenty-dollar bills, thanking me again and I hurried to get my mom a present before the mall closed.
I bought the glass plate and started skating home, ____that everything had worked out.I realized that I had been sort of a Christmas angel for the man who had lost his wallet, and that he had been the same for me when I'd ____ mine.Double angels! I thought.
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