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第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,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。
One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents’ old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter’s wedding. We had to 36 a great climbing plant that had grown 37 a roof beam(房梁),so that we could repair the roof and 38 the walls.
When my husband was taking the plant away, he found the 39 of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then 40 something 41 among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his 42 ,saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet(手镯).He ran into the house to 43 me.
“You won’t believe that the 44 blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we 45 to feed on,”he said,“but they also want their children to 46 in a cradle of gold!”
When my daughter came over on the eve of the 47 ,we told her about this 48 occurrence.
“Don’t you remember, Mother?”she said with a loud 49 .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I 50 a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”
As the bracelet no longer 51 its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.
In December of the following year, the young couple’s baby son was baptized(受洗礼).Among the 52 the newborn baby received, I placed his mother’s bracelet, now shining like 53 .I hope that if my grandson 54 loses it, one of the 55 that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.
36.A.remove B.cover C.grow D.water
37.A.beyond B.over C.across D.through
38.A.build B.paint C.rescue D.print
39.A.nest B.baby C.body D.egg
40.A.moved B.got C.picked D.noticed
41.A.nice B.colorful C.shiny D.special
42.A.horror B.surprise C.delight D.disappointment
43.A.ask B.tell C.show D.give
44.A.working B.cheating C.dreaming D.thieving
45.A.buy B.plant C.store D.collect
46.A.lie B.sing C.listen D.wait
47.A.party B.Christmas C.birthday D.wedding
48.A.important B.strange C.terrible D.funny
49.A.cry B.sigh C.laugh D.sound
50.A.hid B.threw C.lost D.broke
51.A.fitted B.satisfied C.matched D.interested
52.A.jewels B.toys C.clothes D.presents
53.A.attractive B. new C .modern D. golden
54.A.almost B just C. even D. ever
55.A.blackbirds B. grandchildren C. neighbors D. mice
Every time I passed boys who were playing basketball, I stopped to silently watch them. I really envied them. But as a girl, I once thought that I could play basketball.
I like playing basketball though I'm not good at it. I've had a basketball I was a child. At first, I could play freely because no one when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball.
At school, it was always the boys who played basketball during PE classes. The girls were allowed to play volleyball or badminton.
My parents did not me play basketball at home. “Basketball is not fit for girls,” they said. when I went to play basketball with my friends, boys at me on the court as if I were an alien.
I was feeling and had lost hope of playing basketball. , something changed the first day of high school. I made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball. They me to get back on the court.
One of them told me with a smile, “Go your own ; let others talk.” This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about with me almost every day.
I was inspired by them. Confidence and passion to my heart. I am ready to stand up and play. I will play as well as I can, for me, even the sky is boundless (无限的).
Basketball has become an important part of my . I am interested in it. I watch matches and enjoy playing almost every day. Through basketball, not only do I feel happy and confident, but also a lot.
I've heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say, “Nothing is impossible.” It is from an advertisement on TV. I have to realize that life is just like playing basketball. You should have an . After that, just be confident and going. Never give up and you'll make it sooner or later.
I love the motto of the NBA. It can my strong feelings for basketball, “I love this game!”
A.ever B.often C.never D.always
A.when B.before C.after D.since
A.struggled B.cared C.enjoyed D.joined
A.only B.almost C.hardly D.not
A.encourage B.agree C.let D.permit
A.Still B.Yet C.Just D.Even
A.looked B.glared C.glanced D.stared
A.up B.down C.excited D.satisfied
A.Unluckily B.Naturally C.Unexpectedly D.Clearly
A.encouraged B.forbade C.ensured D.explored
A.effort B.way C.business D.direction
A.basketball B.sports C.interests D.dreams
A.stuck B.referred C.turned D.returned
A.but B.though C.and D.however
A.wish B.life C.work D.study
A.experience B.grow C.learn D.play
A.come B.turned C.refused D.happened
A.idea B.aim C.opinion D.effort
A.insist B.remain C.keep D.last
A.inform B.express C.ignore D.connect
I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people___ I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a____person.
I think my ____ _started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my____ _and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever_____ to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really____ _. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n) ___ _. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I___ _ to help. That was really a big___ for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of___ _are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new____ __, however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my____ . Every time I came into her room, she was so ______ _ because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never____ __her, so I took her place. She let me ____ ___that making others feel good made me feel good, too. When she died, I was____ _, but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much_____ person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not_____ _ these experiences. They have ____ me to care about other people more than about myself. I _____ __who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
A.since B.before C.or D.unless
A.famous B.simple C.different D.skilled
A.education B.career C.tour D.change
A.balance B.homework C.degree D.interest
A.talked B.wrote C.lied D.reported
A.careful B.lonely C.curious D.guilty
A.argument B.game C.experiment D.defence
A.dared B.offered C.hesitated D.happened
A.dream B.problem C.duty D.step
A.us B.which C.them D.whom
A.attitude B.hobby C.hope D.luck
A.friend B.partner C.guide D.guest
A.polite B.happy C.strange D.confident
A.bothered B.answered C.visited D.trusted
A.explain B.guess C.declare D.see
A.homeless B.heartbroken C.bad-tempered D.hopeless
A.quieter B.busier C.better D.richer
A.forget B.face C.improve D.analyze
A.forced B.preferred C.ordered D.taught
A.miss B.like C.wonder D.expect
I hate spiders, flies, ants and heights…But one of my greatest was riding a bike due to my deformed (畸形的)feet. The good news is that I can even though my parents were told at my birth that walking was impossible. In spite of this, my dad was still to get me on a bike. Unfortunately, on the first I fell, breaking a bone. I became . Eight years later I had a strong to ride. So I went for bicycle riding lessons and by my second hour I could ride. I could not that I , Hannah, was riding a bike without falling!
I knew that I would let fear win and not try to ride, or try again and potentially fall. I wasn’t going to allow fear to from doing something is so easy for others to learn.
Just a few days later, I really was on top of the world. , I was 15,000 feet in the air and ready to jump out of an airplane. I my parents to let me go skydiving as an 18th birthday present. My , Alex, named me the “Rule Breaker” after I told him about my physical . As we boarded the plane, he whispered, “All right Hannah, let’s some rules together.” When we reached 15,000 feet, Alex and I were the first people the airplane.
No matter what disability, disorder or other tries to rob you, it is not for them to determine what you can and cannot do; it is up to YOU to your future. So take a healthy and be your own rule breaker. I am no longer Hannah who is ; I am Hannah who jumped out of a plane and can ride a bike. I can and so can you!
A.hobbies B.dreams C.fears D.regrets
A.skate B.walk C.speak D.run
A.prepared B.honored C.interested D.determined
A.attempt B.plan C.flight D.driving
A.available B.lucky C.smart D.desperate
A.strength B.idea C.talent D.desire
A.believe B.suppose C.hope D.think
A.neither B.either C.both D.all
A.protect B.separate C.prevent D.tell
A.which B.that C. / D.who
A.In return B.In particular C.In time D.In fact
A.promised B.permitted C.convinced D.allowed
A.instructor B.pilot C.driver D.waiter
A.Ability B.disability C.memory D.labor
A.make B.obey C.keep D.break
A.beyond B.above C.off D.below
A.difficulty B.benefit C.reason D.cause
A.design B.predict C.destroy D.decide
A.turn B.rest C.risk D.walk
A.healthy B.carefree C.thrilled D.disabled
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。
I will never forget the night in 1946 when disaster and difficulty visited our home.
My brother, George, came home from football practice and fell ______ with temperature of 40C. After an ______, the doctor informed us that it was polio. Polio was well known in Webster Groves, Missouri, having killed and ______ many children there.
The doctor felt duty-bound(义不容辞的)to inform George of the ______ truth. “I hate to tell you this, son” he said, “but the polio is so bad that you will probably never ______ again without a limp(跛行), and your left arm will be useless.”
George had always ______ himself as a championship wrestler in his senior year after just missing it as a junior. ______ able to speak, George whispered: “Doctor...”
“Yes,” said the doctor ______the bed. “What is it, my boy?”
“Go to hell(见鬼去吧),” said George in a voice filled with ______.
The doctor seemed shocked, but you see, Mom and Dad ______ us that just like you would never like someone else come into your house with an axe and break up your furniture, you should never let a ______ thought come into your mind and break up your dreams.
The next day, the nurse walked into George’s room to find him lying flat on his _____ on the floor.
“What’s going on in here?” asked the ______ nurse.
“I’m walking.” George ______ replied.
Sometimes it would take George 20 minutes just to get out of the chair, but he ______ any offers of help. I remember seeing him lift a tennis ball with as much ______ as a healthy man would need to lift a 100-pound barbell.
I also remember seeing him, six months later, step out on the mat as captain of the ______ team. George’s return from the horrible effects of polio was written about in ______ all over the state of Missouri. No one had ever been known to ______ so quickly or so completely from this disease. He had been through hell and he came out of it with a ______ as strong as steel.
A.ill B.asleep C.senseless D.silent
A.assessment B.analysis C.examination D.investigation
A.seized B.disabled C.injured D.discouraged
A.terrible B.simple C.unpleasant D.scientific
A.stand B.wrestle C.practice D.walk
A.dressed B.defended C.pictured D.awarded
A.Barely B.Well C.Finally D.Not
A.making up B.staring at C.turning to D.leaning over
A.anxiety B.determination C.admiration D.pride
A.comforted B.warned C.taught D.reminded
A.positive B.pleasant C.damaging D.disturbing
A.face B.head C.side D.knees
A.curious B.shocked C.amused D.sensitive
A.briefly B.firmly C.gently D.calmly
A.considered B.accepted C.refused D.missed
A.effort B.enthusiasm C.time D.energy
A.football B.wrestling C.weightlifting D.tennis
A.essays B.books C.magazines D.newspapers
A.flee B.arise C.recover D.survive
A.feeling B.desire C.body D.soul
I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight(货物)yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can still the brightness of sunshine. It would be to see again, but a can do strange things to people. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the of them made me more what I had.
Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustmentsto reality. The more quickly a person is able to make these adjustments, the more his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never . I was totally confused and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me—the to live—which I didn’t see, and they made me want to against blindness.
The hardest I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: the confidence that I am, despite being imperfect, a real, person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and this confidence. It had to start with the simplest things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt. “I can’t use this.” I said. “Take it with you,” he me, “and roll it around.” The words in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought : playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I a successful variation of baseball and I called it ground ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my . It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.
A.remember B.affect C.measure D.bring
A.possible B.wonderful C.hopeful D.reasonable
A.question B.mistake C.disaster D.situation
A.importance B.value C.loss D.attention
A.record B.expect C.offer D.appreciate
A.natural B.modern C.meaningful D.challenging
A.necessary B.easy C.difficult D.practical
A.right B.plan C.place D.potential
A.guard B.hit C.argue D.fight
A.game B.skill C.lesson D.knowledge
A.self-control B.self-confidence C.self-defense D.self-improvement
A.modest B.energetic C.generous D.positive
A.strengthen B.express C.share D.destroy
A.urged B.blamed C.respected D.admired
A.held B.stuck C.bothered D.knocked
A.important B.specific C.common D.impossible
A.invented B.confirmed C.checked D.noticed
A.interest B.limitation C.experience D.responsibility
A.once B.unless C.because D.though
A.fail B.try C.act D.continue