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第二节: 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20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。
I think we should try to find a happy memory, something to lift us up on those unpleasant days. I'm saying this because I think I just found mine!
I had some work in Glasgow then. I was on a really 36 schedule, which meant I would have no time for myself all day. I was having one of those days, the train was completely 37 and the conversation going on around me seemed to be particularly 38 . Besides, I had a bit of a headache. _39 quickly across the station hall, I fished some 40 from my pocket. There was usually someone at the exit 41 The Big Issue ( a magazine that helps homeless folk earn a living).
_42 the crowd parted ways at the bottom of the hall, I saw someone selling the
Big Issue. She really looked like she'd been sleeping 43 . Her clothes were 44 and she obviously hadn't had a scrub up (擦洗) for quite a while.
As I 45 the exit, I saw that she was 46 from side to side. At first I thought maybe she was trying to keep 47 against the biting wind. But she wasn't, she was moving in time to a 48 . I couldn’t hear her, but I could see her lips moving.
When I got closer, I saw a white 49 hanging from her elbow and noticed that she had sunken eyes. She was 50 , dirty and living on tile streets. I came closer and through the 51 of the traffic I heard her 52 the immortal (不朽的)line, "... and I think to myself, what a wonderful world!"
I bought her last magazine for twice what I'd originally 53 . She thanked me, then she 54_ her belongings and went tapping off along the pavement – still singing!
So, I have my happy 55 for the day. And I think it will stay with me a long, long time.
36. A. enjoyable B. relaxing C. tight D. tiring
37. A. crowded B. delayed C. loaded D. crashed
38. A. moving B. interesting C. pleasing D. meaningless
39. A. Crawling B. Walking C. Wandering D. Searching
40. A. cigarettes B. sweets C. change D. paper
41. A. selling B. buying C. collecting D. delivering
42. A. With B. Since C. Until D. As
43. A. comfortably B. rough C. soundly D. anxiously
44. A. ragged B. costly C. tidy D. fashionable
45. A. left B. passed C. approached D. examined
46. A. jumping B. climbing C. rolling D. rocking
47. A. active B. energetic C. warm D. awake
48. A. dance B. tune C. step D. sound
49. A. issue B. arm C. stick D. log
50. A. deaf B. lame C. mad D. blind
51. A. noise B. music C. voice D. whistle
52. A. recite B. compose C. read D. sing
53. A. expected B. charged C. intended D. organized
54. A. picked up B. throw away C. put down D. hid away
55. A. decision B. memory C. program D. design
Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children.And they must have how difficult it is to write a children’s book.Either the author has aimed too , so that the children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children’s books are very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the who hears the story and the adult who it.Unfortunately, there are in fact few books like this, the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not to solve.This may be why many of the books regarded as of children’s literature were in fact written for .“Alice in wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious of this.
Children, left for themselves, often the worst possible interest in literature.Just leave a child in a bookshop or a and he will more willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children’s comics, full of the stories and jokes which are the objections of teachers and right-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop to brainwash children into accepting our taste in literature.After all children and adults are so that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books.So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise(妥协) over the bedtime story.
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Freshmen in high school can be cruel and we certainly were to a young man named Matt who was in my class.We teased(取笑) him about his .He was at least fifty pounds overweight.He felt the pain of being the last one to play basketball or football.Matt will always remember the endless that were played on him.
One day he sat near me in gym class.Someone him and he fell on me and knocked my foot quite .With the whole class watching,I chose to fight in order to keep my image intact (not spoiled).I , “C’mon, Matt, let’s fight!” He said he didn’t want to.But he had to come toward me with his fists(拳头)in the .I bloodied his nose with one hit and the class went .Just then the gym teacher walked into the room.He saw us fighting and he us out to the running track.
He followed us with a on his face and said, “I want you two guys to go out there and run that mile holding each other’s hands.” The exploded into laughter.The two of us felt beyond belief, but Matt and I went out to the track and ran our mile — hand in hand.
At some point during the of our run, I remember looking over at him, with blood trickling(滴) from his nose and his weight him down.I suddenly realized that here was a(n) , not all that different from myself.We both each other and began to laugh.In time we became good friends.
Going around that track, hand in hand, I no longer saw Matt as fat or .He was a human being.I found it after I was told to go hand in hand with someone for only one mile.For the rest of my I have never so much as raised a hand against another person.
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Don’t let Aurora’s small stature(身材)fool you—her spirit is strong. She is one of 140 chickens from a farm. When we saved her, she was tiny and sick and it seemed that she would survive. Having never got the right , many of the chickens were sick and some died.
At a young age, Aurora and her sisters and brothers were by their mom. Luckily, another mother their care. Aurora seemed the last to food and attention. She grew at a much slower than her brothers and sisters. Everything seemed her.
At the young age of seven months, Aurora had lost two moms and was to find a place with the other chickens.
Aurora found comfort with an old chicken named Margaret, staying under her wings during the cold nights, Margaret was so old that a few months later she died. Aurora, in her own way, thinks of Margaret. Every evening, you will find her in the spot where she kept Margaret company. when the other chickens try to her away, Aurora comes back.
As Aurora grew, we became at her love to simply live. Nothing her.
So remember, when life seems so that you can’t take it, think of Aurora. She has lost two moms, watched her sisters and brothers die, and from serious illnesses. Yet she enjoys the small, sweet life has offered—safety, food, warmth and good friendships.
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As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being ______ from morning till night, it is hard to _________ down. But relaxation is necessary for a healthy mind and body.
Stress is a ______ part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. However, it is not the bad thing that is often supposed to be. A ________ amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give ______ to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ________ health.
The amount of stress a person can _________ depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously chief material for managerial responsibilities (经营责任). Others lose heart at the __________ of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and __________.
In fact, we make a choice between “fright and fight”. And in more __________ days the choices made the difference between life and ________. The crises we meet today are _______ to be so extreme, but however __________ the stress is, it requires the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that ________ becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart diseases have established links with _______. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.
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Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so that I decided to write an article about her.
I Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meted her to talk about her career. She and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I 45, I was scared out of my mind. I I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “ Can you tell me…” I soon realized that Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The was almost unbearable. I struggled for days draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript(手稿)into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer. Five years later, I was moving to California, While cleaning my apartment, I the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in .
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and a chance of having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of enjoyable writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. my experience, I learned a very important lesson: You can’t to doubt yourself.
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A compare B. struggleC. compete D. survive
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