第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
Part A: 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从第36至第47小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On the night of the play, Jack was at the theatre early and he was already dressed in a suit of policeman’s clothes long 36 the end of the first scene. He certainly looked the part all right, he thought as he admired (欣赏) himself in the mirror.
Then he suddenly felt 37. After all, it was his first time to have a part in a play. How could he face all those people watching the play? He put his head in his hands and tried to 38 his lines (台词), but nothing came to his mind.
A knock on the door made him look 39. He was to go on stage (舞台) in the second scene. “ Have I missed my part and ruined (破坏) the play for everybody?” he thought to himself. But 40 was only the manager. She 41 how nervous he was and 42 he should stand near the stage where he could watch and follow the play. It was a good way of getting rid of his nervousness, she said. She was right; it seemed to work. In fact the more he watched the play, the more he felt himself part of it.
At last the 43 came for him to appear on the stage. But suddenly the manager came to him again, 44 worried as she placed a hand on his arm to hold him back. “Has anything gone 45?” Jack asked, “I’m afraid you’re going to be 46, “she said. “ They have jumped three pages of the play and have 47 your part out completely.”
36. A. before B. by C. after D. at
37.A. nervous B. sad C. pleased D. fine
38.A. read B. remember C understand D. learn
39.A. away B. up C. out D. down
40.A. this B. that C. she D. it
41.A. wondered B. imagined C. noticed D. examined
42.A. agreed B. suggested C. persuaded D. encouraged
43.A. hour B. minute C. moment D. period
44.A. feeling B. looking C. sounding D. growing
45.A. bad B. late C. mad D. wrong
46.A. frightened B. excited C. disappointed D. pleased
47.A. talked B. got C. spoken D. missed
I was aged 9 the moment I discovered my father was seriously sick. It was 1994, but I can well remember my mother’s words as though it were yesterday: “Maggie, I don’t want you to take ______ from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very cautious when you are around him.”
AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family ______. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could attend to himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it ______ to me to look after him.
We couldn’t _____ all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t ______ buy food for dinner. I ______ sit in class feeling completely ______. The teacher’s words were ________ as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not ______ my burden with anyone. I had seen how people ______ to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be _____. When my father was ______ to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too fragile to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his ______ a secret, I was truly ______ when he reached his final days. ______ and down, I called a woman at the non-profit National AIDS Support. That day, she ______ me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life. I was 15 when my father ______ on. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn’t want to call ______ to AIDS. I do.
A.trust B.joke C.food D.fun
A.disease B.project C.challenge D.secret
A.fell B.sent C.chose D.left
A.afford B.offer C.select D.prepare
A.only B.even C.yet D.still
A.might B.should C.could D.would
A.moved B.lost C.bored D.nervous
A.rolled B.eaten C.proved D.drowned
A.pack B.compare C.share D.affect
A.applied B.escaped C.reacted D.referred
A.cruel B.curious C.considerate D.confused
A.admitted B.concerned C.removed D.sentenced
A.dream B.promise C.instruction D.condition
A.calm B.religious C.unprepared D.devoted
A.Red B.Black C.Green D.Blue
A.kept B.talked C.reminded D.replied
A.died B.hid C.passed D.sighed
A.relief B.attention C.support D.Trouble
Our family finally managed to get together, but in a few days we separated again to the ends of the earth, and I would begin my new job in a new city. My family had never been in this way. When I thought about the future, my heart felt grayish.
When I in the morning, it was raining outside and the sky was as as my mood. My daughter the new skirt that her uncle bought and she flew around the departure hall in the and drew a small and beautiful picture in the dim crowd.
The airplane had a good of newspapers, magazines, television programmes, food and drinks. The meal even a serving of Haagen-Dazs ice cream. This small present brightened me up . The gentle smile of the stewardess (空姐) was as beautiful as the after the rain.
When I the airplane, the language that entered my was completely different from what I was three hours ago. Although the street lights were as as Allentown's, the different clothes and expressions of the people me that I was in a new world. I stood in the busy streets like Alice the world in a fairy tale. My heart was with puzzlement about the indefinite future and longing for the new life. When I being able to do what I liked once more, that I would make new and that I could enjoy the fun of exploration, I could not to think about starting my new life.
A.separated B.gathered C.divided D.surprised
A.bright B.exciting C.uncertain D.unusual
A.stood up B.got up C.stayed up D.woke up
A.clear B.high C.dark D.gray
A.dressed B.wore C.liked D.had
A.station B.airport C.port D.house
A.offer B.number C.supply D.amount
A.included B.contained C.followed D.matched
A.successfully B.especially C.eventually D.fortunately
A.rainbow B.ground C.sky D.flower
A.got on B.got off C.left away D.took off
A.mouth B.eyes C.mind D.ears
A.finding B.learning C.hearing D.listening
A.long B.well C.brilliant D.many
A.told B.reminded C.suggested D.explained
A.visiting B.traveling C.wandering D.exploring
A.full B.filled C.satisfied D.pleased
A.set about B.set out C.thought over D.thought about
A.friends B.enemies C.mistakes D.progress
A.wait B.help C.decide D.afford
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。
Harriet Tubman was born a slave.She didn't get a ____ to go to school.____ a child,Harriet had to work very hard in ____ all day.That way,her owner could _ __ a lot of money when he sold his crops.Harriet ____ think that she was being treated fairly.
____ Harriet grew up,she ran away from the plantation(庄园) to the northern United States.There,and in Canada,____ could be free.
Harriet liked to be free.She felt ____for all of the black people who were ____ slaves.
Harriet returned to ____ to help other slaves to run away.She made ____ that they got to the North and became free.
Harriet was in great ____ because of a ____ law.The law said it was not permitted to ____ slaves run away.She also ____ that the slave owners said they would ____ $4,000 to anyone who could catch Harriet Tubman.
There were many stories about Harriet helping slaves run away.In all,she made nineteen ____ back to the South and guided about 300 slaves to ____.When the Civil War broke out,the northern states ____ with the southern states.Harriet ____ the northern states because the northerners believed that slaves should be free.She worked as a nurse and spied behind enemy lines until the northern states won the war.
A.day B.chance C.permission D.moment
A.As B.Being C.Since D.Like
A.the farm B.a school C.the fields D.a factory
A.make B.pay C.got D.spend
A.certainly B.didn't C.did D.no longer
A.Since B.After C.Then D.With
A.the white B.white C.black D.black people
A.happy B.sure C.wrong D.sorry
A.still B.yet C.only D.not
A.Canada B.the South C.the North D.the U.S.
A.perfect B.way C.possible D.sure
A.anger B.anxiety C.hurry D.danger
A.explained B.gained C.passed D.broken
A.help B.set free C.stop D.catch
A.found B.noticed C.found out D.made sure
A.pay B.make C.spend D.get
A.letters B.incidents C.trips D.trials
A.freedom B.safety C.North D.southern states
A.united B.fought C.made peace D.gave in
A.looked for B.stood for C.looked on D.went to
Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He advertised for hired hands. Most people were to work on farms along the Atlantic. They feared the awful that spread across the Atlantic, damaging the buildings and crops. the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received many .
Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, the farmer.” Are you a good farmhand?” the farmer asked him.
“Well, I can when the wind blows,” answered the little man.
Although by this answer, the farmer, for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the , busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt with the man’s work. then one night the wind howled(怒号)loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer took a lantern and next door the hired hand’s sleeping room. He shook the little man and , “Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down they are blown away! The little man rolled over in bed and said , “No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows” by the answer, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot. , he hurried outside to prepared for the storm. To his , he discovered that all of the haystacks(干草堆)had been covered with tarpaulins(帆布). The cows and the chickens were all in the places, and the doors were fastened. The windows were tightly . Everything was . Nothing could be blown away. The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.
A.unfit B.curious C.undoubted D.unwilling
A.hurricanes B.storms C.earthquakes D.wars
A.if B.once C.as D.until
A.refusals B.suggestions C.rewards D.desires
A.approached B.interviewed C.reminded D.educated
A.work B.sleep C.wake D.flee
A.excited B.touched C.puzzled D.discouraged
A.convenient B.famous C.bad D.desperate
A.farm B.company C.ocean D.station
A.bored B.satisfied C.patient D.honest
A.walked B.slipped C.rushed D.fell
A.cheered B.whispered C.asked D.cried
A.while B.after C.before D.unless
A.firmly B.weakly C.strangely D.closely
A.moved B.angered C.beaten D.calmed
A.therefore B.as a result C.as usually D.instead
A.surprise B.regret C.horror D.sorrow
A.wrong B.proper C.top D.clean
A.painted B.stored C.secured D.destroyed
A.flied away B.died down C.blown away D.tied down
When your friend yawns as you chat, don't be angry. For, far from being a sign of boredom, yawning may signal empathy (同感).
Scientists believe that contagious (容易感染他人的) yawning— yawning someone else does —is a sign of being very in the first person's thoughts and feelings. This is the theory of Italian researchers who more than 100 men and women from four continents as they went to work, ate in restaurants and sat in the waiting room. When one of the yawned, the researchers noted whether anyone within 10 feet yawned within the next three . Their results showed that race and had no effect on whether the uncontrollable urge to yawn was . But how well the two people knew each other did.
A reciprocal (相互的) yawn was most to occur among family members, then , then acquaintances. The phenomenon was common among strangers, the journal PLoS ONE reports.
The University of Pisa team concluded that contagious yawning is driven by how emotionally (感情上的) we are to someone and so how likely we are to the same feeling with them. They say there are other reasons to link yawning with empathy. , we start to "catch" yawns from the age of four or five, around the time when we the ability to identify each other's emotions .
Studies also show that those easily by contagious yawning are better at knowing others are thinking about from their faces.
Most animals, including snakes and fish, yawn, it is only contagious in humans and chimps (猩猩) and, according to a recent study, dogs.The researchers, from the University of London's Birbeck College, put 29 in a room with a yawning man and found that 21, or 72%, also started to yawn. They said the skill may allow the pet to build stronger with their owners.
A.when B.before C.while D.after
A.absorbed B.concerned C.interested D.disappointed
A.observed B.saw C.noticed D.watched
A.workers B.customers C.researchers D.volunteers
A.days B.weeks C.minutes D.hours
A.age B.sex C.profession D.health
A.passed on B.passed by C.passed away D.passed through
A.normal B.possible C.likely D.probable
A.strangers B.friends C.teachers D.classmates
A.most B.more C.less D.least
A.distant B.different C.close D.fond
A.share B.hurt C.lack D.mix
A.For example B.That is C.In a word D.To begin with
A.need B.lose C.control D.develop
A.exactly B.properly C.particularly D.quickly
A.disturbed B.caught C.influenced D.interrupted
A.what B.which C.how D.who
A.and B.but C.so D.otherwise
A.snakes B.fish C.cats D.dogs
A.beliefs B.bonds C.basis D.bodies