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。
It was almost Christmas. We wrote to my father, asking him to 36 an artificial tree for us and _37 it to us in several smaller boxes. Two days before Christmas we were in a 38 . All of the boxes that my father had sent us arrived except for the one with the tree 39 . We decided to wait one more day.
Meanwhile, in Bremerhaven, a young mail clerk 40 a box under a counter. He 41 that someone would be without a tree for Christmas. Although he was closing up and there was no 42_ on Christmas, he processed the mail and got it to Mannheim.
After putting the 43 on the proper shelf, he headed to the snack bar. The place was 44 and he ended up sharing a table. Two men were speaking and the clerk discovered that one of his 45 at the table was working in Mannheim. He said to the man, "You could 46 play Santa for someone in Mannheim tonight if you'd like to." The man 47 to deliver it and the two walked to the mail room to 48 the package.
At home in Mannheim, we were busily 49 to think up some way to put our tree together, but couldn't 50 a workable solution. We were ready to give up 51 the door bell rang. There stood a stranger holding a long 52 carton, our tree trunk. We invited him in, 53 it was Christmas Eve and he was 54 to get home to his own family.
The next day as we watched our little boy's eyes light up at the 55 of our beautiful tree, I whispered a little prayer: "Bless the stranger who brightened up our Christmas with his kindness."
36. A. sell B. buy C. deliver D. bring
37. A. send B. pass C. carry D. take
38. A. surprise B. hunger C. pleasure D. panic
39. A. leaf B. trunk C. stand D. branch
40. A. watched B. caught C. spotted D. broke
41. A. directed B. whispered C. realized D. confirmed
42. A. delivery B. customer C. money D. letter
43. A. present B. tree C. mail D. package
44. A. crowded B. small C. noisy D. normal
45. A. friends B. colleagues C. relatives D. companions
46. A. really B. confidently C. kindly D. patiently
47. A. overcame B. agreed C. astonished D. struggled
48. A. fetch B. transform C. post D. consult
49. A. solving B. explaining C. trying D. worrying
50. A. come across B. come back to C. come upon D. come up with
51. A. while B. when C. as D. since
52. A. slim B. beautiful C. thick D. heavy
53. A. but B. so C. because D. or
54. A. in surprise B. it, the, way C. in a hurt7 D. in lime
55. A. sight B. back C. corner D. scene
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
I had been playing hockey(冰球)for about10 years. I wasalways the one sittingat the end of the bench, and got into a game. I went to all the and showed up even when it was so that your ‘breath froze’ andwhen the other players had decided to stay home. I felt I had enough and thought of quitting.
I finally decided to the news to mymom that I was leaving the team.Mymommay have looked like atiny and quiet lady but on my words, she said, “Remember, ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ Your mother didn’t raise , so think about yourself in a way and see yourself as a winner!”So I worked harder than ever at getting in better shape, my shot accuracy and changing my .
Once in a match, we our first game badly. What’s worse, one of our best players got hurt.I was sitting at my place,at the end of the bench,when the coach came over and told me I was going , I was nervous, excited and terrified all at the same time.
The opposing team was fast and I had to admit I was a little .But my mom’s words out in my head like a church bell.Instead of being afraid, I was “pumped” and I very quickly found that all my work waspaying off.I was as fast a skater as anyone else on the ice, and I seemed to get the to score.The crowd went quiet. All the time I spent on the ice when everyone had gone home had _____ me for this moment.
Won! I won!
The lesson I learned from my mom’s has stayed with me over the years.Ihear them whenever I am faced with a challenge, or whenever I myself.
A.once B.seldom C.usually D.even
A.meeting B.shows C.matches D.practices
A.cloudy B.wet C.cold D.windy
A.suffered B.explained C.planned D.escaped
A.write B.tell C.read D.report
A.noticing B.gathering C.hearing D.analyzing
A.talkers B.dreamers C.attackers D.losers
A.positive B.familiar C.brief D.convenient
A.testing B.improving C.questioning D.affecting
A.aim B.taste C.habit D.attitude
A.lost B.controlled C.practiced D.continued
A.usual B.safe C.secret D.private
A.off B.in C.by D.up
A.annoyed B.nervous C.delighted D.bitter
A.ran B.gave C.stood D.rang
A.delicate B.extra C.creative D.casual
A.chance B.message C.order D.note
A.spared B.requested C.prepared D.sent
A.actions B.reasons C.words D.promises
A.judge B.express C.comfort D.doubt
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I the same things thousand and one times, do not me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking (嘲弄) smile. I taught you to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life.
When at some moment I lose the memory or the of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well I need to and when not. When my legs do not allow me to walk, give me your , the same way I did when you gave your first . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to any more -that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, my mistakes, I always wanted the thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, or angry for seeing me you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, son.
Your father
A.paid B.spent C.cost D.took
A.praise B.think C.repeat D.criticize
A.interrupt B.disturb C.look D.avoid
A.when B.after C.since D.until
A.rest B.word C.shower D.sleep
A.discovered B.invented C.noticed D.assumed
A.knowing B.fearing C.enjoying D.consulting
A.what B.when C.how D.why
A.news B.attitude C.material D.thread
A.talking B.listening C.responding D.appealing
A.where B.how C.that D.when
A.tired B.tiring C.tiresome D.tire
A.leg B.ear C.hand D.mind
A.step B.pace C.laugh D.cry
A.talk B.live C.write D.sleep
A.though B.since C.while D.despite
A.last B.first C.best D.most
A.near B.behind C.below D.against
A.made B.started C.earned D.found
A.mercy B.care C.excuse D.patience
One day I decided to quit.I quitted my job, my relationship, myspirituality. I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the to have one last talk with God. "Can you give me one good not to quit?" His answer surprised me.
"Look around. Do you see the fern(蕨类植物) and the bamboo? When I planted their seeds, I took good care of them.The fern quickly grew from the earth. nothing came from the bamboo seed. During the following three years, the fern grew more plentiful. And , nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. Then in the fifth year a sprout(新芽) emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was small and insignificant. But just 6 months later the bamboo to over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing . Those roots made it strong and gave it it needed to survive.I wouldn’t give any of my creations a challenge it could not .”
He said to me .”All this time you have been struggling , you have ___been growing roots . I would not quit on the bamboo.____will I ever quit on you .Don’t ____yourself with others .The bamboo had a different ____from the fern .Yet they both make the forest beautiful .Your time will ___ .You will rise high!”
"How high should I rise?" I asked.
"How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked .
"As high as it can?" I .
"Yes," He said. "Give me glory rising as high as you can."
I left the forest and bring back this story. I hope it can help you see that God will never on you. Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness. Bad days give you . Both are necessary to life.
A.farm B.heaven C.bushes D.woods
A.reason B.sense C.response D.explanation
A.Even B.Instead C.Yet D.Rather
A.again B.always C.ever D.often
A.thin B.tiny C.weak D.short
A.largely B.entirely C.seemingly D.probably
A.raised B.provided C.rose D.produced
A.fruits B.leaves C.seeds D. roots
A.which B.where C.how D.what
A.present B.explore C.handle D.offer
A.particularly B.actually C.merely D.obviously
A.Either B.So C.Neither D.As
A.furnish B.associate C.connect D.compare
A.purpose B.recognition C. credit D.possibility
A.go B.come C.get D.leave
A.in nature B.in exchange C.in respect D.in turn
A.questioned B.required C.requested D.remarked
A.from B.with C.by D.for
A.cut up B.give up C.break up D.pick up
A.experiences B.strengths C.awards D.ambitions
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—40题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are , one by one. "There is my grandmother's house," I say, across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) memory for me. Lise was one of the mobile children, from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of , and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors for 200 years.
We soon by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories back, swift as the tide (潮水).
Suddenly, I long to walk again in the where I was once so gloriously a child. It still a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk the rooms in memory. Here, my mother in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise attentively as I talk and then says, " So this is where I ; where I belong. "
She has her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human To be rooted is "to have an origin". We need origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the of "I". We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
A.appearing B.moving C.exposing D.expanding
A.referring B.travelling C.pointing D.coming
A.shared B.short C.fresh D.treasured
A.passed B.raised C.moved D.sent
A.home B.duty C.reality D.relief
A.built B.lived C.remained D.explored
A.catch up B.pull up C.step down D.come down
A.falling B.turning C.rushing D.bringing
A.yard B.village C.room D.house
A.adapts to B.appeals to C.belongs to D.occurs to
A.across B.through C.along D.past
A.lay B.played C.stood D.sat
A.marching B.looking C.breaking D.pouring
A.between B.with C.near D.behind
A.wonders B.listens C.reacts D.agrees
A.began B.grew C.studied D.stayed
A.deepened B.recognized C.accepted D.found
A.heart B.rights C.interest D.behaviors
A.one B.its C.that D.every
A.meaning B.expression C.connection D.background
This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.
One day, she finally decided “I want to break up”. “Why?” he asked.
“I am .” She answered.
He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep . Finally he asked, “What can I do to your mind?”
Looking into his eyes she said, “Answer my question. If you can my heart, I will change my mind. Let’s say, I want a flower on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we are both sure that picking the flower will cause your . Will you do it for me?”
He said, “I will give you my tomorrow.”
She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which , “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you. The are …”
“When you use the computer you always the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to the programs. You always leave the house keys behind, so I have to save my to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those white hairs.”
“Thus, my dear, I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do … I can not pick that flower yet, and die …”
That’s life, and . Flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.
A.while B.and C.but D.so
A.lonely B.dead C.worn out D.awesome
A.sorrow B.thought C.shade D.anger
A.speak B.change C.blow D.keep
A.represent B.expand C.warm D.convince
A.grown B.planted C.living D.growing
A.injury B.hurt C.wound D.death
A.decision B.answer C.opinion D.choice
A.wrote B.informed C.printed D.went
A.answers B.messages C.reasons D.purposes
A.run out B.put up C.use up D.mess up
A.repair B.restore C.fix D.mend
A.legs B.life C.energy D.strength
A.big B.new C.modern D.strange
A.glance B.look C.glare D.stare
A.as if B.now that C.so that D.in case
A.annoying B.emerging C.rough D.refreshing
A.although B.even if C.unless D.if
A.friction B.love C.couple D.power
A.surface B.way C.course D.nature