第四节 完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
That night, Joe came back home very late, pulling his heavy legs, obviously tired.He then sat down by the window, 26 his head.
Hearing her husband back, Kay 27 out of the kitchen, but to her 28 , Joe sat still,
without 29 .Usually, when he came back, he would greet her with a kiss or a hug.Immediately Kay 30 something unusual.She went over to Joe and asked, “Tell me, my dear, any 31 news?”
“Well, I have to say that things are not in our 32 .It seems that I have no 33 to defeat my opponent (对手).He’s much more 34 , for he’s been holding the position for nearly four years, and people think he’s done a 35 job.Many signs show that he’s in the 36 .”
“Oh, really? But I still believe you have our own 37 .You’re in your forties at the best age for a man.You’re new, so people have reasons to 38 you to do better.So let’s go to the voters and tell hem, ‘Give Joe Hart a chance, and he’ll show you who’s your better 39”
Their next three weeks were spent 40 different neighborhoods, going to all kinds of parties, and making speeches at universities and gatherings.Even Judy and Julie, their small children, went from door to door, 41 their “Please vote for our daddy, Joe Hart!”
The night before the 42 vote, the whole Hart family were too 43 to fall asleep.The moment before the final result was declared, their 44 were brought to their mouths, but at last they all 45 and burst into tears.
Joe Hart became head judge of the state of Texas, USA.
26.A.lifting B.raising C.hanging D.combing
27.A.walked B.looked C.kept D.stole
28.A.anger B.joy C.surprise D.disappointment
29.A.hope B.movement C.patience D.smile
30.A.said B.sensed C.told D.did
31.A.lucky B.exciting C.new D.bad
32.A.favor B.way C.place D.sight
33.A.time B.thought C.chance D.wish
34.A.interesting B.experienced C.lovely D.fit
35.A.good B.poor C.beautiful D.funny
36.A.success B.office C.lead D.government
37.A.people B.reasons C.rights D.advantages
38.A.force B.expect C.order D.ask
39.A.choice B.friend C.leader D.person
40.A.helping B.visiting C.inviting D.traveling
41.A.answering B.repeating C.showing D.offering
42.A.final B.next C.first D.close
43.A.eager B.sorry C.anxious D.happy
44.A.breaths B.worries C.tongues D.hearts
45.A.left B.arrived C.laughed D.jumped
People do not analyse every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a 36 problem. They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without 37 ; they try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all of these methods 38 , the person with a problem has to start analysing. There are six 39 in analysing a problem.
40 , the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam’s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must 41 that there is a problem with his bicycle.
Next the person must 42 the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must 43 the parts that are wrong.
Now the person must look for 44 that will make the problem clearer and lead to 45 solutions. For example, suppose Sam 46 that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. 47 , he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, talk to his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.
After 48 the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example 49, his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change the old ones.
In the end, one 50 seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the 51 idea comes quite 52 because the thinker suddenly sees something in a 53 way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum stuck to a brake. He immediately hits on the solution to his problem: he must 54 the brake.
Finally the solution is 55 . Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem.
A.serious B.usual C.similar D.common
A.practice B.thinking C.understanding D.help
A.fail B.work C.change D.develop
A.ways B.conditions C.stages D.orders
A.First B.Usually C.In general D.Most importantly
A.explain B.prove C.show D.see
A.judge B.find C.describe D.face
A.check B.determine C.correct D.recover
A.answers B.skills C.explanation D.information
A.possible B.exact C.real D.special
A.hopes B.argues C.decides D.suggests
A.In other words B.Once in a while C.First of all D.At this time
A.discussing B.settling down C.comparing with D.studying
A.secondly B.again C.also D.alone
A.suggestion B.conclusion C.decision D.discovery
A.next B.clear C.final D.new
A.unexpectedly B.late C.clearly D.often
A.simple B.different C.quick D.sudden
A.clean B.separate C.loosen D.remove
A.recorded B.completed C.tested D.accepted
It happened towards evening, when I was resting in a cafe. I 36 a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then 37 came to me.
He was in an unfit shirt, 38 pale and weak. He looked about eleven or twelve. No sooner39 begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He bent down, 40 my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was concentrating on his job when heavy rain began to pour 41 . People rushed into the cafe for protection from the 42 . More and more people crowded in and gradually 43 the boy from me.
Hours passed, and 44 turned dark. I had no shoes on my feet and wondered 45 the boy had been. I thought he would not 46 my leather shoes, and I would have to walk back home on 47 in the night.
When it was near midnight the rain 48 , people started to go out. The cafe 49
Closed. I had to move to the door, I was surprised to see the boy sleeping on the floor with his head leaning 50 a box. He held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.
I 51 him slightly and woke him up. He jumped up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he 52 me. Then he opened the 53 hurriedly, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly.
I paid him and wrapped around him his unfit shirt, which 54 my leather shoes.
After saying goodbye to the boy, I was 55 home, with the image of the boy staying in my mind.
A.put on B.dressed C.wore D.wore out
A.a boy B.a woman C.a girl D.an old man
A.looked B.look C.to look D.looking
A.had I B.I had C.I did D.did I
A.taking up B.took off C.taking off D.took on
A.in B.down C.on D.up
A.wind B.snow C.rain D.fire
A.separated B.connected C.joined D.divided
A.this B.that C.it D.what
A.there B.where C.how D.what
A.polish B.clean C.turn D.return
A.feet B.my foot C.my bare feet D.my own foot
A.started B.began C.ended D.came
A.was B.was to be C.had been D.has been
A.against B.with C.under D.over
A.cover B.shook C.grasped D.caught
A.thanked B.made out C.recognized D.passed
A.wallet B.arms C.shoes D.package
A.was wrapping B.was wrapped C.had wrapped D.wrapped
A.on the way to B.on a way C.on my way D.in my way
From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I 11 a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a 12 moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of13 for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they 14 their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and 15 he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer 16 my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to 17 them but I still needed to write them, I18 until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move 19 for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, 20 two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and 21 , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento, 22 short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was 23 happy to have Marc back. Since I was 24 making lunch for his younger brother, I 25 one for Marc, too. Imagine my 26 when I got a call from my 24-year-old son, 27 his lunch.
“Did I do something 28 ? Don’t you love me 29 ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I30 asked him what was wrong. “My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
A.carried B.found C.included D.held
A.difficult B.special C.comfortable D.separate
A.congratulation B.improvement C.explanation D.encouragement
A.loved B.answered C.wrote D.examined
A.lately B.by the way C.by the time D.gradually
A.received B.understood C.enjoyed D.collected
A.copy B.read C.take D.send
A.held up B.gave up C.followed D.continued
A.out B.home C.to college D.to Sacramento
A.organizing B.planning C.comparing D.completing
A.hopefully B.finally C.particularly D.certainly
A.Because of B.Instead of C.Except for D.As for
A.especially B.immediately C.equally D.generally
A.once B.again C.still D.even
A.packed B.fetched C.bought D.filled
A.fear B.surprise C.anger D.disappointment
A.waiting for B.worrying about C.caring for D.asking about
A.wrong B.funny C.strange D.smart
A.any more B.enough C.once more D.better
A.interestingly B.bitterly C.politely D.laughingly
A true apology is more than just acknowledgement of a mistake. It’s recognition that something you’ve said or done has damaged a relationship—and that you care enough about that relationship to want it __46__ .
It’s never __47__ to acknowledge you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need the art of apology. Look back and think how __48__ you’ve judged roughly, said __49__ things, pushed yurself ahead at the expense of a friend. Some deep thought lets us know that when __50__ a small mistake has been made, your __51__ will stay out of balance until the mistake is acknowledged and your regret is __52__.
I remember a doctor friend, telling me about a man who came to him with __53__ illnesses: headache, insomnia, stomachaches and so on. No physical __54__ could be found. Finally the doctor said to the man, “__55__ you tell me what’s on your conscience, I can’t help you.”
After a short silence, the man told the doctor that he __56__ all the money that his father gave to his brother, who was __57__. His father had died, so only he himself knew the matter. The doctor made the man write to his brother making an __58__ and enclosing a __59__. In the post office, the man dropped the letter into the mail box. As the letter disappeared, the man burst into tears. “Thank you, doctor,” he said, “I think I’m all right now.” And he __60__.
A.built B.formed C.repaired D.damaged
A.difficult B.easy C.foolish D.shy
A.long B.often C.much D.soon
A.unusual B.harmful C.worthless D.unkind
A.hardly B.even C.only D.such
A.sense B.brain C.weight D.feeling
A.apologized B.explained C.offered D.expressed
A.strange B.fatal C.various D.dangerous
A.sign B.injury C.cause D.symptom
A.Whenever B.Unless C.Suppose D.Although
A.neglected B.accepted C.seized D.wasted
A.mad B.lost C.abroad D.dead
A.order B.excuse C.agreement D.apology
A.note B.card C.check D.photo
A.should B.did C.had D.was
My First Job
I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields of Eufaula. Okla. 36 the time I was eight I was helping Dad fix up old furniture. He gave me a cent for every nail I 37 out of old boards.
I got my first 38 job, at JM’s Restaurant in town, when I was 12. My main responsibilities (职责) were 39 tables and washing dishes, 40 sometimes I helped cook.
Every day after school I would 41 to JM’s and work until ten. Even on Saturdays I 42 from two until eleven. At that age it was difficult going to work and 43 my friends run off to swim or play. I didn’t necessarily like work, but I loved what working
44 me to have. Because of my 45 I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Taste Freeze. This made me 46 .
Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working 47 around town. A local clothing store offered me credit (赊帐) 48 I was only in seventh grade. I immediately 49 a $68 sports coat and a $22 pair of shoes. I was 50 only 65 cents an hour, and I already owed(欠) the storekeeper $90! So I learned 51 the danger of easy credit. I paid it 52 as soon as I could.
My first job taught me self-control, responsibility and brought me a 53 of personal satisfaction few of my friends had experienced. As my father, 54 worked three jobs, once told me, “If you 55 sacrifice (奉献) and responsibility, there are not many things in life you can’t have.”How right he was.
A.Before B.Within C.From D.By
A.pulled B.put C.picked D.pressed
A.usual B.real C.main D.particular
A.sweeping B.packing C.clearing D.emptying
A.or B.so C.but D.even
A.head B.turn C.change D.move
A.studied B.worked C.played D.slept
A.helping B.having C.watching D.letting
A.asked B.told C.promised D.allowed
A.study B.power C.age D.job
A.proud B.friendly C.lucky D.hopeful
A.ran B.got C.flew D.carried
A.although B.while C.if D.since
A.sold B.borrowed C.charged D.wore
A.keeping B.making C.paying D.taking
A.gradually B.greatly C.hardly D.early
A.out B.over C.away D.off
A.point B.level C.part D.sign
A.he B.that C.who D.whoever
A.understand B.demand C.offer D.fear