完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20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。
“This Friday we’ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge,” said our science teacher, Mr. Baker.
“ You can work alone with a partner.”
My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projects 36.
The 37 of the Challenge was simple— to build a projective container to keep an egg from breaking when 38 the stadium wall.
I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie. 39 the butter-cream gave me an idea.
“I have a brilliant design for our 40 container!” I said when Cassie arrived. “We can 41 the egg with some butter-cream.
“Why not put the egg in a basket with a parachute(降落伞) 42 ?” Cassie rolled her eyes.” The parachute is better than that stupid idea.”
I couldn’t believe it. Of course we’d had our little 43 in the past, but she’d never called any of my ideas “44” before.
“Then I’ll build mine and you build yours!”
45 words had been out, our friendship was challenged.
When Friday finally arrived, I had to 46 Cassie’s Egg Force One looked pretty good.
47, my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn’t look quite scientific. We kids carried our containers up three stadium steps and dropped them over the side wall. Those whose eggs broke were out; those whose egg survived 48 three more steps and dropped them again. This would go on till the last egg broke.
After four rounds, only Cassie and I were 49 . I let go of my box. I heard someone say “ew” after seconds. Had my egg broken? I raced down the 50. The sidewalk was dotted with egg shell(蛋壳) from those 51 drops. Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream.
“That looks like egg drop soup, Laura,” Cassie said. She was holding her Egg Force One. My 52 raced. Had she won? I looked at her basket. 53.
“My egg bounced 54,” she explained, pointing to a broken shell.
“A tie(平局),” Mr Baker said.
Cassie looked at me, and her glare 55. I laughed. She smiled…
36. A. patiently B. silently C. together D. alone
37. A. function B. goal C. reason D. result
38. A. rolled down B. pushed against C. thrown at D. dropped over
39. A. Spreading B. Boiling C. Baking D. Holding
40. A. butter B. sandwich C. cream D. egg
41. A. protect B. replace C. carry D. mix
42. A. followed B. covered C. attached D. supported
43. A. ideas B. fights C. worries D. challenges
44. A. wrong B. stupid C. brilliant D. scientific
45. A. Since B. While C. But D. And
46. A. explain B. deny C. admit D. prove
47. A. Therefore B. Anyway C. Otherwise D. Besides
48. A. paced down B. turned around C. walked up D. went back
49. A. left B. wanted C. chose D. discovered
50. A. steps B. way C. wall D. sidewalk
51. A. intended B. unexpected C. failed D. desired
52. A. eyes B. hands C. feet D. heart
53. A. Lost B. Dirty C. Broken D. Empty
54. A. around B. out C. in D. down
55. A. returned B. remained C. increased D. softened
Going to Mount Huangshan reminds me of the popular Beatles' song"The Long and Winding Road". ____56____is so breathtaking about the experience is the out-of-this-world scenes. The rolling sea of clouds you see once you are at the top will remind you how tiny we ____57____(human) are.
The hot spring at the foot of the mountain is something you must try after the climb. It will ____58____(undoubted) help you get refreshed! The amazing thing about the spring is that the colder the temperature gets, the ____59____(hot) the spring! Strange, isn't it? But that's how nature is - always leaving us ____60____(astonish).
What comes next is the endless series of steps. You can't help wondering how hard it ____61____(be) for the people then to put all those rocks into place. Though it is the only unnatural thing on your way up the mountain, still it highlights the whole adventure ____62____offers a place where you can sit down to rest your ____63____(ache) legs.
As the song goes, this long and winding road "will never disappear", and it will always stick in the visitor's memory. It sure does in ____64____(I).While you're in China, Mount Huangshan is ____65____must to visit!
My life as a tax-paying employed person began in middle school, when, for three whole days, I worked in a baking factory.
My best friend Betsy's father was a manager at Hough Bakeries, which, at Easter time, ____41____little bunny ( 兔子 ) cakes for all its ____42____throughout Cleveland. It happened that the plant downtown needed eight kids for ____43____help during our spring break, for which I had no ____44____beyond listening to my favorite records. I'd ____45____minimum wage. I'd see how a factory ____46____. My parents thought all of this was a grand idea and called Betsy's dad with their ____47____.
Our ____48____in the factory were simple: Place cakes on a moving belt. Attach icing (糖霜) ears. Apply icing eyes and nose. ____49____bunny from the belt. This was _____50_____than it sounds. _____51_____a bit and the cakes pile up. As I told my parents at dinner that first night, it was all a little more high-pressure than I'd _____52_____.
Dad ____53____. The son of a grocer, he'd spent the summers of his childhood _____54_____food in Benardsville, New Jersey. This was the sort of work that made you _____55_____the dollars you earned and respect those who did the work, he told me.
41.
A. |
sold |
B. |
ordered |
C. |
made |
D. |
reserved |
42.
A. |
stores |
B. |
families |
C. |
schools |
D. |
citizens |
43.
A. |
generous |
B. |
financial |
C. |
technical |
D. |
temporary |
44.
A. |
plans |
B. |
problems |
C. |
excuses |
D. |
hobbies |
45.
A. |
offer |
B. |
earn |
C. |
set |
D. |
suggest |
46.
A. |
worked |
B. |
closed |
C. |
developed |
D. |
survived |
47.
A. |
ambition |
B. |
permission |
C. |
experience |
D. |
invitation |
48.
A. |
joys |
B. |
ideas |
C. |
roles |
D. |
choices |
49.
A. |
Save |
B. |
Keep |
C. |
Stop |
D. |
Remove |
50.
A. |
harder |
B. |
better |
C. |
longer |
D. |
cheaper |
51.
A. |
Calm down |
B. |
Slow down |
C. |
Stay on |
D. |
Move on |
52.
A. |
indicated |
B. |
witnessed |
C. |
expected |
D. |
remembered |
53.
A. |
cried |
B. |
smiled |
C. |
hesitated |
D. |
refused |
54.
A. |
tasting |
B. |
finding |
C. |
sharing |
D. |
delivering |
55.
A. |
withdraw |
B. |
donate |
C. |
receive |
D. |
appreciate |
My husband and I just spent a week in Paris. ____36____So the first thing we did was rent a fantastically expensive sixth-floor apartment the size of a cupboard. It was so tiny that we had to leave our suitcases in the hallway.
The place wasn't entirely authentic,though. Unlike a normal Parisian apartment, the plumbing (水管) worked. ____37____Our building even had a tiny lift with a female voice that said, "Ouverture des portes," in perfect French. That is the only French phrase I mastered, and it's a shame I don't have much use for it.
Parisians are different from you and me. They never look lazy or untidy. As someone noted in this paper a couple of weeks ago, they eat great food and never gain weight. ____38____French strawberries do not taste like cardboard. Instead, they explode in your mouth like little flavor bombs.
____39____On our first morning in Paris, I went around the corner to the food market to pick up some groceries. I bought a handful of perfectly ripe small strawberries and a little sweet melon. My husband and I agreed they were the best fruit we had ever eaten. But they cost $18!
In France, quality of life is much more important than efficiency.
You can tell this by cafés life. French cafés are always crowded. ____40____When do these people work? The French take their 35-hour workweek seriously - so seriously that some labor unions recently struck a deal with a group of companies limiting the number of hours that independent contractors can be on call.
A. |
Not all the customers are tourists. |
B. |
The quality of life in France is equally excellent. |
C. |
There was a nice kitchen and a comfortable bed. |
D. |
The amazing food is mainly consumed by local farmers. |
E. |
That's not the only reason the French eat less than we do. |
F. |
Our aim was to see if we could live, in some way, like real Parisians. |
G. |
The food is so delicious that you don't need much of it to make you happy. |
My life as a tax-paying employed person began in middle school, when, for three whole days, I worked in a baking factory.
My best friend Betsy's father was a manager at Hough Bakeries, which, at Easter time, ____41____little bunny ( 兔子 ) cakes for all its ____42____throughout Cleveland. It happened that the plant downtown needed eight kids for ____43____help during our spring break, for which I had no ____44____beyond listening to my favorite records. I'd ____45____minimum wage. I'd see how a factory ____46____. My parents thought all of this was a grand idea and called Betsy's dad with their ____47____.
Our ____48____in the factory were simple: Place cakes on a moving belt. Attach icing (糖霜) ears. Apply icing eyes and nose. ____49____bunny from the belt. This was _____50_____than it sounds. _____51_____a bit and the cakes pile up. As I told my parents at dinner that first night, it was all a little more high-pressure than I'd _____52_____.
Dad ____53____. The son of a grocer, he'd spent the summers of his childhood _____54_____food in Benardsville, New Jersey. This was the sort of work that made you _____55_____the dollars you earned and respect those who did the work, he told me.
41.
A. |
sold |
B. |
ordered |
C. |
made |
D. |
reserved |
42.
A. |
stores |
B. |
families |
C. |
schools |
D. |
citizens |
43.
A. |
generous |
B. |
financial |
C. |
technical |
D. |
temporary |
44.
A. |
plans |
B. |
problems |
C. |
excuses |
D. |
hobbies |
45.
A. |
offer |
B. |
earn |
C. |
set |
D. |
suggest |
46.
A. |
worked |
B. |
closed |
C. |
developed |
D. |
survived |
47.
A. |
ambition |
B. |
permission |
C. |
experience |
D. |
invitation |
48.
A. |
joys |
B. |
ideas |
C. |
roles |
D. |
choices |
49.
A. |
Save |
B. |
Keep |
C. |
Stop |
D. |
Remove |
50.
A. |
harder |
B. |
better |
C. |
longer |
D. |
cheaper |
51.
A. |
Calm down |
B. |
Slow down |
C. |
Stay on |
D. |
Move on |
52.
A. |
indicated |
B. |
witnessed |
C. |
expected |
D. |
remembered |
53.
A. |
cried |
B. |
smiled |
C. |
hesitated |
D. |
refused |
54.
A. |
tasting |
B. |
finding |
C. |
sharing |
D. |
delivering |
55.
A. |
withdraw |
B. |
donate |
C. |
receive |
D. |
appreciate |
My husband and I just spent a week in Paris. ____36____So the first thing we did was rent a fantastically expensive sixth-floor apartment the size of a cupboard. It was so tiny that we had to leave our suitcases in the hallway.
The place wasn't entirely authentic,though. Unlike a normal Parisian apartment, the plumbing (水管) worked. ____37____Our building even had a tiny lift with a female voice that said, "Ouverture des portes," in perfect French. That is the only French phrase I mastered, and it's a shame I don't have much use for it.
Parisians are different from you and me. They never look lazy or untidy. As someone noted in this paper a couple of weeks ago, they eat great food and never gain weight. ____38____French strawberries do not taste like cardboard. Instead, they explode in your mouth like little flavor bombs.
____39____On our first morning in Paris, I went around the corner to the food market to pick up some groceries. I bought a handful of perfectly ripe small strawberries and a little sweet melon. My husband and I agreed they were the best fruit we had ever eaten. But they cost $18!
In France, quality of life is much more important than efficiency.
You can tell this by cafés life. French cafés are always crowded. ____40____When do these people work? The French take their 35-hour workweek seriously - so seriously that some labor unions recently struck a deal with a group of companies limiting the number of hours that independent contractors can be on call.
A. |
Not all the customers are tourists. |
B. |
The quality of life in France is equally excellent. |
C. |
There was a nice kitchen and a comfortable bed. |
D. |
The amazing food is mainly consumed by local farmers. |
E. |
That's not the only reason the French eat less than we do. |
F. |
Our aim was to see if we could live, in some way, like real Parisians. |
G. |
The food is so delicious that you don't need much of it to make you happy. |