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第七部分:完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,共15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从50-64各题所给的A. B. C.D四个选项中,选出
最佳选项。将正确答案的选项写在后面答题纸上相对应的题号后。
Bob was a great teacher and his students saw him as a teacher of life, not just a history teacher. When a new student first came to his class, he would _50_ he was suddenly a member of the new and exciting _51_. The other students would help him and _52_ him to new ways of study: every student has a study _53_,a person who they would sit next to in class, _54_their understanding of the lessons with and study with after class; they would also take tests together-everybody had someone to work with.
Bob liked to_55_ new ideas. After he had taken the job, he asked for _56_from the principal to use this method that he had studied in university and had been found to be _57_. He wanted to try it on high school level students. The principal agreed. As it turned out, the grade point average of the class _58_ to a full grade point. Students wanted to _59_after class and ask questions about the lessons every day. When he gave lessons, everybody listened carefully to what Bob taught, because he was excited about history and he made his lessons very exciting, too. When Bob became _60_, he shared the doctor's report with his students. He said that he had cancer and that it was probably _61_. He also said that he would work as long as he could
and would talk to anybody who wanted to talk about it. His _62_ to talk about death made the subject part of his lesson. He talked about famous people who had _63_ full and rich lives and how _64_ they had faced death. He said he would welcome whatever came next.
51. A. family B. school C. society D. department
52.A.force B. introduce C. put D. sort
53. A. assistant B. competitor C. partner D. instructor
54. A. require B. translate C. appreciate D. share
55.A, test B, play C. observe D. show
56. A. apology B. permission C. forgiveness D. supply
57. A. false B. special C. absurd D. effective
58. A. went up B. broke down C. got about D. came out
59.A.leave B. stay C. keep D. move
60,A.healthy B. interested C. sick D.crazy
61. A. understandable B. unimaginable C. unavoidable D, incurable
62. A. willingness B. curiosity C. sadness D. justice
63.A. stood B. lived C. spent D. killed
64. A. specially B. personally C. peacefully D. correctly
Every day as I drove through town, I saw a one-legged man going through the dustbins next to McDonalds looking for food. It was only a month Christmas, starting to get cold and I could not help him.
So I bought a brush, loads of bread, cans of fish, and added a blanket and sweatshirts. I made a box up like a present and went this man. I saw him hobbling (蹒跚) away from the dustbins. I pulled over, took the box and to him. I said, “I would like to give you a Christmas present, and there are some food here and some things you might be able to use.”
He sidestepped around me and said, “No, thank you, I just had lunch. I don’t need .”
Then he hobbled on down the sidewalk, me standing there in tears. I took the box down to a little shop that gave things out to the and homeless and told them what had happened and asked that they should give the to someone who could use it. The person there told me not to be and they thought my feelings were hurt as I was crying. I told her I was not crying for me but for him because what I had done his dignity(尊严) by treating him like a person in need. I was so .
A few years later I was able to in St. Anthony’s Dining Room in San Francisco. These people had to stand in for up to 6 hours to receive the food they could get. We took one tray of food at a time, and treated them they were in a restaurant ordering a meal they were paying for and when we took our , we would sit down with one of them and talk and our food with someone if we had too much.
From my own experience, I have learned a great lesson. help is sometimes harder than giving it.
A.when B.until C.before D.since
A.thinking about B.sending for C.talking about D.calling for
A.in honor of B.in need of C.in case of D.in search of
A.went up B.called off C.went out D.called down
A.things B.items C.events D.presents
A.something B.nothing C.anything D.everything
A.making B.finding C.keeping D.leaving
A.poor B.rich C.good D.bad
A.box B.shirt C.food D.blanket
A.angry B.upset C.worried D.surprised
A.still B.even C.just D.ever
A.put away B.took away C.put out D.took out
A.ashamed B.desperate C.scared D.disappointed
A.visit B.volunteer C.sponsor D.donate
A.line B.group C.team D.crowd
A.rest B.little C.only D.other
A.even if B.as if C.only if D.if only
A.break B.time C.order D.money
A.share B.exchange C.supply D.enjoy
A.Receiving B.Offering C.Expecting D.Accepting
Chocolate, one of the most popular foods in the world,has a history as rich as its flavor. Hi e Aztecs(阿芝特克人)of Mexico about chocolate a long time ago. It comes from the beans of a special tree, a(n) having grown in the American countries for at least four thousand years. They made it a drink. Sometimes they mixed hot peppers with chocolate. They called the " xocoatl", meaning " bitter juice". This is the word “ chocolate ” comes from. As long ago as century,Indian families drank chocolate at wedding parties other important ceremonies. , chocolate was not known in Europe until 1528, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez brought it from Mexico to his own country. Drinking chocolate soon became in Spain and quickly to the rest of Europe. The Spanish did not like peppers,so they sugar to chocolate. Three hundred years later, a scientist in Holland who loved chocolate learned to make chocolate into sweets. After 1850, people who liked chocolate could eat it as well as drink it. the years passing, people in other countries began to make many kinds of chocolate. Today the making of chocolate has become a very big . The Aztecs believed that chocolate can make people . Today, we do not believe this. There are many reasons why chocolate has become so popular. People like its rich, delicious flavor. Some people think that chocolate is even more delicious when it is made with other things, fruit and nuts. Also, chocolate makers can chocolate into different shapes that are pleasing to And also, eating chocolate has a helpful physical effect. The sugar and fat in chocolate give people quick energy.
A.learned B.studied C.knew D.told
A.plant B.flower C.fruit D.animal
A.into B.of C.from D.up of
A.drink B.beans C.chocolate D.peppers
A.which B.that C.whose D./
A.why B.which C.what D.where
A.twelve B.twelfth C.the twelfth D.the twelve
A.and B.on C.with D.of
A.However B.Besides C.For example D.Though
A.why B.when C.then D.because
A.famous B.popular C.important D.useful
A.sent B.spread C.turned D.made
A.added B.turned C.changed D.made
A.why B.how C.what D.who
A.With B.As C.For D.Because
A.industry B.agriculture C.custom D.factory
A.healthy B.strong C.fat D.clever
A.as well as B.so that C.such D.such as
A.make B.take C.put D.change
A.find B.look at C.enjoy D.notice
When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter, he did not expect much. Yet right from the start, eight years ago, there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat. He her Inky.
“ I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats playmates,”Kruger,
The sevevty-year-old man,says. “My hearing was damaged by the of farm epuipment , so I learned to connect with . They react to what they see and what you do. ”
Inky was a gentle cat, the house with five other cats. But on a January night in 2009, Inky did that would set her apart from cats forever.
Kruger had gone down to the basement to the wood stove for the night. When he was finished, he to the top of the stairs and reached to turn off the lights. In doing so , he slipped and his back against an old shelf. The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs.
in a pool of blood on the basement floor, Kruger felt going into shock(休克). He shouted for help , his wife, Brenda , was asleep in their
bedroom at the opposite end of the house. Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs.
“Go get Brenda, ” Krugger said to Inky.
Inky to the bedroom door and scratched until Brenda opened it. Then Inky led her to the . Brenda found her husband the stairs and called 911. Kruger was rushed to the hospital. “I spent six months there,”
Says kruger . “Although I became lame , I was blessed. ” Sinec the acciedent, Inky has Left Krhger’s side.
A.gave B.chose C.named D.remembered
A.like B.as C.except D.among
A.sound B.alarm C.noise D.voice
A.animals B.friends C.farmers D.neghbors
A.sharing B.visiting C.dividing D.discovering
A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything
A.familiar B.lovely C.ordinary D.outstanding
A.shut out B.shut off C.shut down D.shut up
A.marched B.flew C.struggled D.climbed
A.bent B.hit C.shook D.pulled
A.Falling B.Lying C.Appearing D.Thinking
A.it B.itself C.him D.himself
A.and B.but C.or D.so
A.Thus B.Otherwise C.Then D.Rather
A.walked B.ran C.returned D.withdrew
A.rapidly B.suddenly C.madly D.urgently
A.bedroom B.basement C.yard D.house
A.at the bottom of B.in the middle of C.at the top of D.in the front of
A.regretting B.resting C.relaxing D.recovering
A.never B.ever C.still D.Already
My First Trip in the United States
I still remember my first day in the U. S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane at Kennedy Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was very and it was snowing, but I was too excited to . From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my . On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the time and I looked in surprise at the famous skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and their man-made . me unpack at the hotel, my friend left and promised to return the next day.
my friend had left, I went to a near the hotel to get something . Since I couldn't speak a single word of English, I couldn't tell the what I wanted. I was very worried and started to make some , but he didn't understand me. Finally, I ordered the thing as the man at the next table was . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I to walk around the city. I wanted to see on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.
When I returned to the hotel, I couldn't fall asleep, lay and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to .
A.took off B.landed C.dropped D.reached
A.hot B.warm C.cold D.cool
A.look B.listen C.enjoy D.mind
A.home B.hotel C.office D.school
A.first B.one C.last D.only
A.satellites B.lakes C.beauty D.parks
A.Helped B.Helping C.Had helped D.Being helped
A.Before long B.Shortly after C.Soon D.Then
A.restaurant B.shop C.supermarket D.pub
A.to drink B.to read C.to eat D.to listen
A.boss B.cook C.waiter D.waitress
A.voices B.suggestions C.sounds D.gestures
A.similar B.different C.same D.right
A.looking B.ordering C.picking D.eating
A.until B.when C.before D.after
A.tired B.stopped C.determined D.continued
A.anything B.everything C.something D.some things
A.asleep B.awake C.afraid D.alive
A.noise B.voices C.streets D.places
A.drive a car B.cook meals C.teach Chinese D.speak English
Every morning a woman made some bread for members of her family and an extra piece for whoever needed it. She would always the extra piece on the windowsill(窗台).
She noticed an old man came every day and took the extra piece without expressing his _ . This went on day after day. The woman felt very . In order to punish him, she decided to add to the bread she prepared for him! As she was about to place it on the windowsill, she and gave up eventually. Immediately, she prepared another one and put it on the windowsill. , the man came that day, picked up the bread and left, totally unaware of the anger in the heart of the woman.
That evening, there was a on the door. As she opened it, she was to find her son standing in the doorway. He had gone to a distant place to his fortune. For many months she had heard no news of him.
Looking at his mother he said weakly, “Mom, it is truly that I’m here. My business failed so I had to beg for food on my way home. I would have died this morning, but just then an old man passed by. He was enough to give me a piece of bread, and said, “This is what I eat every day. Today, I shall give it to you, for your is greater than mine! ”
As the mother heard those words, her face turned pale. She remembered the poisoned bread that she had made that morning. Had she not thrown it away, it would have been eaten by her own son and he would have lost his life!
A.cut B.taste C.place D.sell
A.appreciation B.concern C.regret D.sympathy
A.strange B.sad C.satisfied D.angry
A.sugar B.salt C.poison D.milk
A.agreed B.hesitated C.accepted D.understood
A.As usual B.On the way C.As a result D.On earth
A.message B.key C.knife D.knock
A.curious B.surprised C.nervous D.disappointed
A.assess B.spend C.seek D.bring
A.normal B.amazing C.terrible D.necessary
A.kind B.smart C.unique D.mean
A.strength B.job C.help D.need