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第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,共30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,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 stopped to let the car cool 36 and to study the map. I had expected to be near my destination(目的地) by now, but everything still seemed 37 to me. I was only five when my father had 38 me abroad, and that was eighteen years 39 . When my mother had 40 after a car accident, he didn’t quickly 41 from the shock and loneliness. Everything around him was full of her 42 , continually reopening the wound. 43 he decided to go abroad. In the new country he paid much attention to 44 a new life for the two of us, 45 he gradually forgot the past. He did not marry again, and I was 46 without a woman’s care, but I lacked 47 , for he was both father and mother to me. He always 48 to go back one day and see old friends again and to visit my mother’s 49 . He became ill for a few months 50 we planned to go and, when he knew he was 51 , he made me promise to go on my own.
I 52 a car the day before landing and bought a map, 53 I found most helpful on the last stage. My father had described over and over again what we could see on the way there, so I was pretty 54 that I could find it. Well, I had been wrong, for I was now 55 .
36. A. up B. off C. of D. to
37. A. unfamiliar B. similar C. unusual D. familiar
38. A. brought B. carried C. taken D. fetched
39. A. later B. since C. then D. ago
40. A. been disabled B. died C. gone up D. passed by
41. A. return B. make C. go back D. recover
42. A. presence B. absence C. arrival D. show
43. A. Since B. For C. So D. Before
44. A. earning B. starting C having D. opening
45. A. in case B. so that C. so long D. so much
46. A. brought up B. taken up C. brought out D. taken off
47. A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
48. A. imagined B. supposed C. meant D. asked
49. A. house B. room C. church D. grave
50. A. before B. after C. until D. as
51. A. lying B. dying C. helping D. living
52. A. bought B. lent C. borrowed D. hired
53. A. what B. that C. how D. which
54. A. sad B. happy C. sure D. interested
55. A. away B. out C. gone D. lost
One topic is rarely mentioned in all the talk of improving standards in our schools: the almost complete failure of foreign-language teaching. As a French graduate who has taught for more than twenty-five years, I have some ___1_____ of why the failure is so total. 2 the faults already found out in the education system as a whole, there have been several serious 3 which have a direct effect on language teaching.
The first is the removal from the curriculum (课程) of the thorough teaching of English 4. Pupils now do not know a verb from a noun or the subject of a sentence from its object.
Another important error is mixed-ability teaching, or teaching in ability groups so 5 that the most able groups are 6 and are bored while the least able are lost and 7 bored.
Progress depends on memory, and pupils start to forget immediately they stop having 8 lessons. This is why many people who attended French lessons at school have forgotten it a few years later.
Most American schools have accepted what is necessary and 9 modern languages, even Spanish, from the curriculum. Perhaps it is time for Britain to do the same, and stop 10 resources on a subject which few pupils want or need.
A.questions B.evidences C.ideas D.knowledges
A.Due to B.In addition to C.Instead of D.In spite of
A.errors B.situations C.systems D.methods
A.vocabulary B.culture C.grammar D.sentences
A.wide B.similar C.separate D.unique
A.kept out B.turned down C.held back D.left behind
A.surprisingl B.individually C.equally D.hardly
A.extra B.traditional C.basic D.regular
A.restored B.absorbed C.prohibited D.remove
A.wasting B.focusing C.exploiting D.sharing
Many cancer patients are finding new hope in an unusual approach to cancer treatment. The common method has been developed by Carl Simonton, a specialist in the science of tumors. 1 can sometimes be "truly amazing," he says, when a cancer 2 lets his mind take part in the treatment.
Simonton remembers that his first patient might have been thought to be a " 3” case by some. "He was a sixty-one-year-old man with very severe throat cancer. He had lost a great deal of weight. He could 4 swallow his own saliva and could eat no food.
"I taught him to 5 and mentally see his disease," Simonton says. "Then I had him 6 an army of white blood cells coming, attacking and 7 the cancer cells. The results of the treatment were both exciting and frightening. Within two weeks his cancer had noticeably become smaller and he was quickly gaining weight. I say it was ' 8 ' because I had never seen such a change. I wasn't sure what was going on. I also didn't know what I would do if things went wrong. But 9 didn't go wrong.
"We may believe that we have the power in our own bodies to fight cancer as well as the power to 10 the disease in the first place. With those patients who are willing to stay with us and try, we always find that the cancer has filled some emotional need."
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A.Results B.Researches C.Records D.Replies
A.specialist B.author C.patient D.agent
A.hopeful B.hopeless C.valuable D.worthless
A.easily B.mostly C.carefully D.barely
A.worry B.be nervous C.relax D.get angry
A.suppose B.observe C.pretend D.picture
A.overcoming B.managing C.treating D.threatening
A.frightening B.interesting C.amusing D.relaxing
A.I B.we C.they D.it
A.carry B.take C.produce D.find
For some people, the sight of a mouse can be reason to scream. For other mice, the same sight can be reason to sing.
Mice will probably 1 sing their way to any concert, but researchers in the United States have found 2 that mice do, 3 , sing.
Scientists already knew that mice make ultrasonic(超声波) sounds—noises that are too high-pitched(高音的) for people to hear 4 special equipment.
To find out whether mice put such sounds together in song-like 5 , the researchers recorded the sounds of 1 mice. Using computer 6 , they were able to separate the sounds into specific types of syllables(音节), and found the mice produced about 10 syllables per second.
The results showed that nearly all of the mice repeated sequences(顺序) of syllables in different patterns. That’s enough to meet the definition of what scientists 7 song. But not all scientists are 8 _ that what the mice are doing is 9 singing. To prove it, the researchers must show that there’s learning involved. And, they need to __ 10 why the mice sing.
A.almost B.even C.never D.usually
A.coincidence B.evidence C.guidance D.instance
A.at once B.by means C.for example D.in fact
A.during B.inside C.through D.without
A.fashions B.instructions C.patterns D.styles
A.access B.printer C.screen D.software
A.call B.hear C.sing D.write
A.accustomed B.convinced C.involved D.qualified
A.actually B.obviously C.simply D.unlikely
A.figure out B.get about C.run across D.talk over
Essays for Early Writers
1 for the essay writers: For each essay, begin with a topic (focus) sentence that 2 the main ideas that you will be writing about. Then write at least four to five sentences that clearly explain the 3 of your essay. End the essay with a strong closing sentence that summarizes what you wrote. Check that your grammar, spelling, and punctuation are correct. 4 to use complete sentences and write neatly!
General Topics:
Book Report: Use this form to write a book report, noting the book’s name, author, main character, 5 ,and plot summary.
Movie Review: Review a movie. Include a description 6 the characters, the story, the scenery, and what you liked the 7 and the least about the movie.
A Veteran’s Story: Write a page about a relative or friend who was in the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, or National Guard. Who was this person, when did this person 8 , was it during a war, what did that person do during their service, and what are their recollections (回忆)of their service?
A Friend: Write about what being a friend means to you. 9 what friends do and how they behave with each other and with other people. What happens when friends disagree?
Improve the World: what you would do to improve the world? Think of actions you could take to help make the world a 10 place. June 23 is United Nations Public Service Day.
Instruments B. Installments C. Indications D. Instructions
A.states B.talks C.speaks D.says
A.object B.words C.point D.purpose
A.Insure B.Make sure C.See to it that D.Assure
A.setting B.content C.people D.topic
A.with B.for C.to D.of
A.best B.more C.most D.better
A.study B.serve C.do D.stay
A.Describe B.Imagine C.Review D.Report
A.clean B.easy C.better D.neatly
If you walk through the streets of any big city at six or seven in the morning, the chances are that you will see women hurrying along, pushing prams (婴儿推车). You may see more than one woman 1 on the same door and, as it opens, quickly kiss the child, 2a package of nappies and hurry off down the street to clock on the early shift in an office, leaving their children to a child – minder – a woman who may be doing the job legally or illegally, well or badly. Brain Jackson, director of the Child – minding Researching Unit, and his colleagues have done a great deal of work in finding out 3 it means for a child to spend the first years of life in the care of a child – minder.
4 law, anyone who looks after a child for more than two hours a day and gets paid must be registered. 5 the punishment is a 6 pounds fine. Local authorities are responsible for the registration and supervision (监管) of minders. The regulations 6 adequate provision (保障) for fire, safety and health. Very few minders can 7 these. Yet, not many districts give financial assistance. “This means,” Brain Jackson says, “that when you have one registered minder tested and proved by the local authorities, you can be sure that you will get a dozen unregistered, illegal minders 8 .”
The researchers found themselves 9 into the role of private investigators when they conduct their 10 . Getting up early to do a “Dawn Watch” following mothers through cold, dark streets and nothing where they left their babies, Jackson says, was a long, slow process.
A.knock B.stop C.stick D.stay
A.hand out B.hand in C.hand down D.hand over
A.which B.what C.how
A.For B.Through C.By D.With
A.Therefore B.However C.Otherwise D.Moreover
A.require B.demand C.insist D.acquire
A.pay B.offer C.afford D.do
A.at work B.in public C.in vain D.at present
A.run B.looked C.forced D.dropped
A.experiment B.survey C.view D.project