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(二)Ⅱ 语言知识及应用(共两节。满分35分)
完形填空(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I’m glad it’s Sunday again. I can stay in bed __16____ I like, drinking tea and __17___ those thick newspapers that are brought _18____ the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30. In this way , I can catch up with all the __19____ I haven’t got time to read during my work time.
When I __20___ the papers, I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is _21____ of the week. There’s no need to hurry because there’s no bus to _22____ and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays , so there is no danger of _23______ by the telephone.
__24____ spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair _25___ boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and _26____ when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film.
Then there’s the __27____ ahead of me. Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema __28__ a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh , there are _29_____ pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting___30___.
16.A. as long as B. as soon as C. as well as D. as much as
17.A. read B. reading C. to read D. am reading
18.A. from B. with C. and D. by
19.A. things B. books C. information D. knowledge
20.A. am reading B. have read C. had read D. read
21.A. the much pleasant B. the more pleasant
C. the most pleasant D. the very pleasant
22.A. sit B. catch C. get in D. take
23.A. trouble B. being troubled C. troubling D. to be troubling
24.A. What to B. How to C. When to D. Where to
25.A. looking B. seeing C. looking at D. watching
26.A. fall asleep B. go to sleep C. go to bed D. get to sleep
27.A. supper B. friend C. evening D. work
28.A. whether there’s B. if there is C. when there has D. if there will have
29.A. so many B. such many C. a lot D. quite few
30.A. busier B. longer C. near D. away
At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. After we arrived, we “our family”was living in a trailer(拖车) that was in condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable was to build a new house-something unusual but under these circumstances. The family was with their new house.
While we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan,“What do you want for your new ?”we were when Josh responded,“I just want a bed.”
The boys had slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. we decided beds would be the perfect . A few volunteers drove to the nearest city and beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the . We could hardly ourselves. It was like watching children on Christmas morning.
As we the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to us. As my father slipped a pillowcase (枕套) onto one of the pillows, Eric asked,
“What is that?”
“A pillow,”he replied.
“What do you it?”Eric continued to ask.
“When you go to sleep, you put your on it,”I answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as he handed Eric the pillow. “Oh . . . that’s soft,”he said, it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my Dad gently asks,“Do you have a pillow?”We know exactly what he .
A.imagined B.discovered C.supposed D.required
A.bright B.strange C.perfect D.poor
A.but B.for C.so D.once
A.effort B.purpose C.solution D.treatment
A.amazing B.expensive C.rare D.necessary
A.careful B.patient C.thrilled D.nervous
A.kitchen B.pool C.room D.family
A.upset B.glad C.disappointed D.shocked
A.still B.just C.never D.seldom
A.award B.gift C.lesson D.target
A.bought B.made C.rent D.returned
A.program B.journey C.opportunity D.surprise
A.contain B.believe C.feel D.express
A.awkward B.confused C.excited D.restless
A.fitted B.moved C.tied D.replaced
A.amuse B.guide C.inform D.watch
A.do with B.come with C.try on D.begin with
A.body B.head C.back D.hands
A.waving B.hugging C.pushing D.pulling
A.explains B.means C.proves D.reflects
What’s your dream? I remember when I was a child, someone would always come up and ask, “What are you going to be when you grow up ?
Well, it started out as being a cowboy or super hero. Later it was a fireman or an artist. My dreams of the future ______ as I grew older. When, at last , I was in college, I had my heart set on becoming a computer programmer. So I studied and ______ for that life.
Now, I’m designing software full-time and I’m ____ that I’ve realized my dream. _____, there’s a “thief” which goes around stealing our dreams and _____ us of the necessary mental state to _____ our goals. Sometimes, it will come as a parent, a friend or a co-worker, but the ______ one is just ourselves.
We find ourselves just about reaching the pinnacle(顶点), and this “small” voice says, “ You’ll never _____ it. Very few have ever done this ______.” And on and on the “small” voice predicts some kind of _______.
Failure, though, is exactly how dreams are realized. It is one of the most important tools we have ____ it teaches us good lessons. And, when we learn these lessons well, we are ready for success, ______ is probably just around the corner.
There is no “overnight” success, but with perseverance(毅力), it will ______.
So be _____ to your dream, and don’t let anyone _____ it from you—especially yourself.
A.achieved B.disappeared C.changed D.combined
A.asked B.looked C.prepared D.waited
A.shocked B.curious C.puzzled D.content
A.However B.Therefore C.Besides D.Finally
A.reminding B.ridding C.robbing D.informing
A.record B.find C.set D.reach
A.cleverest B.greatest C.strangest D.bravest
A.make B.understand C.find D.support
A.successfully B.sincerely C.bravely D.happily
A.pity B.danger C.failure D.accident
A.when B.because C.before D.although
A.what B.which C.that D.it
A.develop B.stay C.come D.return
A.equal B.useful C.true D.polite
A.borrow B.steal C.separate D.expect
One day, Nancy came home from school crying. Taking her in her arms, Mummy tried to her. After a while, she stopped crying and asked, “Mummy am I ?” “No, you are not,” said Mummy, “but let us discuss this after you ,OK?”
Several minutes later, Nancy began to have supper with Mummy.
“Who that you are bad?” asked Mummy.
“Phillips, my friend. He asked me for help with his maths but I because I wanted to read the new book Daddy gave me. He got and said I was a bad girl,” said Nancy.
“You are ,” said Mummy. “Phillips has often helped you with your English. You should have helped him. Why don’t you phone him and say to him?”
“But he called me bad and with me. I don’t want to go,” Nancy cried.
“Though you have done bad, it does not make you a bad person. You are a good person.”
Nancy showed a look on her face. “How can that be, Mummy?” she asked.
“Our is always good. So never believe that you are bad,” Mummy replied with a smile.
flooded on Nancy’s face. “Am I good, Mummy?” she asked.
“Yes, you are good, and always will be so. But that does not mean that you should not the wrong that you do. You will have to call and to Phillips. Do you understand me?”
“Yes, Mummy,” said Nancy slowly. “Thank you for telling me this. I feel much better now,” said Nancy “I am going to Phillips right away, and I am never going to that I am always good.”
A.calm B.protect C.trick D.praise
A.shy B.foolish C.bad D.strong
A.get up B.grow up C.wash up D.turn up
A.said B.saw C.heard D.doubted
A.cried B.refused C.admitted D.allowed
A.excited B.comfortable C.nervous D.angry
A.wrong B.brave C.wise D.careful
A.goodbye B.sorry C.thank you D.hello
A.competed B.lived C.worked D.argued
A.everything B.anything C.something D.nothing
A.always B.sometimes C.ever D.never
A.worried B.puzzled C.confident D.satisfied
A.chance B.choice C.condition D.nature
A.Fear B.Patience C.Shock D.Joy
A.really B.hardly C.already D.gradually
A.account for B.pay for C.look forward to D.rely on
A.devote B.apologize C.introduce D.turn
A.coldly B.sadly C.gratefully D.pitifully
A.consult B.change C.teach D.call
A.agree B.explain C.forget D.confirm
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him much in repairs that he decided that he had better it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was when they met one evening, and said, “What's , Dave?”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no .But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, to wait there for the people who had his advertisement. Even Dave had to that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this to us yet, sir?”
A.directly B.safely C.properly D.easily
A.so B.such C.very D.too
A.keep B.repair C.sell D.throw
A.anxious B.lucky C.ashamed D.generous
A.some B.neither C.none D.most
A.delighted B.upset C.calm D.astonished
A.on B.up C.it D.that
A.learn B.miss C.get D.find
A.message B.advice C.request D.description
A.uses B.loses C.has D.spends
A.doubt B.help C.trouble D.answer
A.tell B.see C.agree D.call
A.exact B.suitable C.early D.late
A.follow B.meet C.bring D.introduce
A.recognize B.gain C.admire D.test
A.happening B.meaning C.turning D.failing
A.read B.inserted C.answered D.placed
A.forget B.show C.disagree D.admit
A.as B.that C.so D.such
A.bargain B.sale C.accident D.Result
Radio, telephone and television are widely used in the world. When you the radio, you can listen. But when you use the telephone, not only you can listen to others you can talk with them; however, you see anything at all. Television is much better than of them. People can watch TV and listen to it. But they can't take part in they see.
Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. it two people who are talking can see each other.
Picture phone can be very when you have something to show the person you are calling. They may have other uses in the future. Some day you may be able to a library and ask to read a book right over your picture phone. You may also be able to go shopping through it, too. When you something in the newspaper that you think you want to buy, you may go to your picture phone and call the shop. The shop assistant will show you the thing that you're in right over the phone. You'll be able to shop all over the town and never leave your home.
A.and B.not C.so D.but also
A.can B.can't C.need D.needn't
A.all B.none C.both D.every
A.what B.how C.why D.where
A.With B.In C.By D.Without
A.use B.uses C.used D.useful
A.go to B.sit in C.ring up D.make phone calls
A.will see B.see C.won't see D.doesn't see
A.interest B.interested C.interesting D.interests