第二节:完形填空(共20小题, 每小题 1分, 满分20分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从16—35各题所给的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。
Nancy had got a secretary’s job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 16 . She got up very early and arrived at the 17 at twenty to eight. She 18 the door open and found nobody there. “I am the 19 to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was surprised to 20 a large bunch of flowers on it. They were fresh. She 21 the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh,how lovely!” Nancy 22 joyfully. She then looked round for a 23 to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the 24 first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.
The day passed very 25 and Nancy did everything with great interest and 26 . For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she 27 herself in her work.
Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a (n) __28 _bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones.
The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it 29 and this time she began to think of ways to find out the 30 On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to 31 a plan to the general manager’s office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary’s desk waiting for his 32 . She happened to see on the desk a big note book 33 “Records of manager’s meetings”, and glanced at the 34 pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words: “In order to keep the secretaries 35 , the company has decided that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary’s desk.”
Later, she was told that their manager was a business management psychologist.
16. A. depressed B. encouraged C. excited D. surprised
17. A. office B. workshop C. classroom D. bookshop
18. A. forced B. pushed C. turned D. knocked
19. A. last B. second C. third D. first
20. A. uncover B. smell C. find D. pick
21. A. packed up B. threw away C. stared at D. took up
22. A. cried B. laughed C. wept D. replied
23. A. jar B. box C. bottle D. vase
24. A. happy B. very C. funny D. quite
25. A. slowly B. normally C. quickly D. hardly
26. A. wisdom B. bravery C. sadness D. enthusiasm
27. A. buried B. dressed C. devoted D. seated
28. A. old B. red C. blue D. new
29. A. special B. angry C. strange D. difficult
30. A. sender B. receiver C. manager D. waiter
31. A. send for B. hand out C. try out D. hand in
32. A. orders B. instructions C. gifts D. receipts
33. A. marked B. written C. printed D. signed
34. A. closed B. damaged C. pinned D. half-opened
35. A. at home B. on time C. in high spirits D. in low spirits
I'd been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tire. So I had to stop and get the tools to 51 the problem. It certainly wasn’t 52 doing this with a white shirt and suit on.
Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled 53 from behind me. A man got out and offered to 54 me. Seeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos(纹身)on his arm, I became 55 as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But 56 I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the 57 . While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This had 58 me.
Then, without 59 , it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, getting us wet within seconds, I 60 agreed. When I settle into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. “Are you all right?” She turned around to me. “Yes, I am.’’ I replied with much 61 when seeing an old woman there. It must be his Mom, I thought. To my 62 , the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you 63 with the tire. ”“I am grateful for his help, ” I said. “Me, too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he 64 at the church and tutored disadvantaged students.
The rain stopped and Jeff and I changed me tire. I tried to offer him money and of course he 65 it. It was shameful that I judged people by the way they 66 . As we shook hands I began to apologize for my 67 . He said, ‘‘I experience that same 68 often. People who look like me don’t do nice things. I 69 thought about changing the way. But then I saw this as a chance to make a 70 . So I’ll leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me. If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again, would you recognize Him by what He wore or by what He did?’’
A.find B.make C.fix D.avoid
A.useful B.easy C.wise D.lucky
A.up B.out C.on D.round
A.carry B.lift C.drive D.help
A.discouraged B.frightened C.disappointed D.astonished
A.when B.until C.as D.before
A.tire B.suit C.expression D.shirt
A.embarrassed B.concerned C.discouraged D.puzzled
A.warning B.realizing C.knowing D.waiting
A.directly B.happily C.hurriedly D.unwillingly
A.fear B.satisfaction C.relief D.excitement
A.regret B.amusement C.surprise D.delight
A.working B.repairing C.fighting D.struggling
A.studied B.performed C.grew D.volunteered
A.refused B.kept C.ignored D.left
A.behaved B.spoke C.looked D.thought
A.selfishness B.stupidity C.weakness D.disability
A.life B.incident C.reaction D.change
A.hardly B.actually C.finally D.probably
A.point B.start C.remark D.comparison
In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___36___. according to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___37___ one. The world will be more __38___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___39__ 6 300 million, almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in ___40___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___41___ have 15 million by then.
Food production will ___42___, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, __43___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___44___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___45___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___46___ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___47___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___48___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___49___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 ___50___. They only carried out the situation that ___51___ today. By changing the situation, by ___52___ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ___53___ time for the nations of the world to work ___54___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___55___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
A.learning B.project C.notice D.study
A.pleased B.pleasant C.safe D.blue
A.dangerous B.beautiful C.crowded D.terrible
A.no more than B.as many as C.as much as D.as large as
A.developing B.developed C.big D.mountainous
A.none B.each C.all D.neither
A.insist B.reduce C.increase D.continue
A.so B.but C.or D.however
A.already B.hardly C.partly D.never
A.wanted B.lacked C.found D.expected
A.destroying B.protecting C.disturbing D.interrupting
A.saved B.lost C.discovered D.used
A.Air pollution B.Water pollution C.Some diseases D.All farmland
A.animals B.plants C.forests D.people
A.must be true B.will come true C.can't be true D.may be wrong
A.happens B.develops C.exists D.appears
A.settling B.working out C.answering D.dealing
A.no B.still C.less D.plenty of
A.about B.in C.out D.for
A.working B.suggesting C.spending D.waiting
Michel is a young girl who works for the police 36a handwriting expert. She has helped 37 many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents.
When she was fourteen, Michel was already 38 interested in the differences in her friends' 39 that she would spend hours 40 them. After41 college she went to France for a 42 two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
Michel says that it is 43 for people to hide their handwriting. She can discover _44 of what she needs to know simply 45 looking at the writing with her own eyes, 46 she also has machines 47 help her make 48 different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often 49 great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good 50 of what kind of person the 51 is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow 52 I didn't like his handwriting." She says. But she 53 she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman 54 she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be 55 , however.
A.with B.by C.like D.as
A.look B.follow C.catch D.judge
A.so B.too C.quite D.extra
A.books B.letter C.tongues D.handwriting
A.writing B.studying C.settling D.uncovering
A.attending B.finishing C.starting D.stepping into
A.powerful B.natural C.special D.common
A.main B.safe C.easy D.impossible
A.most B.nothing C.little D.sight
A.with B.by C.of D.about
A.so B.for C.thus D.but
A.where B.in which C.that D.it
A.up B.out C.for D.into
A.of B.to C.with D.for
A.test B.sign C.means D.habit
A.listener B.speaker C.writer D.policeman
A.whether B.unless C.if D.after
A.adds B.hears C.repeats D.cries
A.before B.after C.so D.and
A.necessary B.all right C.bad D.quite easy
One family, which had emigrated from Japan and settled at the turn of the century near San Francisco, had established a business in which they grew roses and trucked them into San Francisco three mornings a week.
The other family was a naturalized(加入国籍的)family from Switzerland who also marketed roses, and 21 families became modestly successful, 22 their roses were known in the markets of San Francisco for their 23 vase-life.
For four decades the two families were neighbors, and the sons 24 the farms, but then on December 7, 1941, Japan 25 Pearl Harbor. Although the rest of the family members were American, the 26 of the Japanese family had never been naturalized. In the turmoil(动乱) and the questions about internment camps(拘留营), his neighbor made it clear that, if 27 , he would look after his friend’s nursery(花圃). It was 28 each family had learned in church—Love the neighbor as thyself. “You would do 29 for us, ” he told his Japanese friend.
It was not long before the Japanese 30 was transported to a poor landscape in Granada, Colorado. The relocation center consisted of tar-paper-roofed barracks (兵营) 31 by barbed wire and armed guards.
A full year went by. Then two. Then three. While the 32 neighbors were in internment, their friends worked in the greenhouses, the 33 before school and on Saturdays, and the father's work often stretched to 16 and 17 hours. And then 34 , when the war in Europe had
35 , the Japanese family packed up and 36 a train. They were going home.
What would they find? The family was 37 at the train station by their neighbors, and when they got to their home, the whole Japanese family stared.. There was the nursery, complete, clean and shining in the sunlight, neat, prosperous and healthy.
So was the balance of the bank passbook 38 to the Japanese father. And the house was 39 as clean and welcoming as the nursery.
And there on the dining room 40 was one perfect red rosebud, just waiting to unfold- the gift of one neighbor to another.
A.each B.both C.all D.two
A.as B.if C.unless D.though
A.short B.perfect C.long D.important
A.took over B.dealt with C.watched out D.handed over
A.achieved B.battled C.controlled D.attacked
A.children B.members C.father D.girls
A.possibility B.necessary C.likely D.possible
A.everything B.anything C.nothing D.something
A.the same B.similarly C.familiar D.the similar
A.father B.family C.neighbors D.mother
A.surrounded B.covered C.watched D.guarded
A.Swiss B.Swede C.naturalized D.Japanese
A.members B.girls C.children D.boys
A.sometime B.some day C.one time D.one day
A.completed B.ended C.started D.died
A.entered B.got C.boarded D.reached
A.met B.seen C.received D.accepted
A.referred B.devoted C.prepared D.handed
A.right B.quite C.just D.rather
A.chair B.table C.floor D.ground
It was a bitter, 36 evening in northern Virginia. The old man’s beard was 37 by winter’s frost (霜)while he waited for a ride across the river. The wait seemed endless. Then he heard the weak sound of hooves(马蹄) advancing along the frozen path. 38 , he watched as several horsemen rounded the bend. He let the first one pass by, then another. As 39 rider drew near where the old man sat, the old man 40 the rider’s eye and said, “Sir, would you mind giving an old man a ride to the other side of the river?”
Reining(勒住) his horse, the rider replied, “Sure thing.” Seeing the old man unable to 41 his half-frozen body from the ground, the horseman helped the old man onto the horse and took him to his 42 . On the way, the horseman said: “Sir, I notice that you let several other riders pass by. I'm 43 why, on such a bitter winter night, you would wait and ask the last rider.”
The old man looked at the rider and replied, “I know people pretty good. When I 44 the eyes of the other riders, I immediately saw there was no 45 for my situation. But when I looked into yours, kindness and compassion(同情) were obvious. I knew that your gentle spirit would give me help in my time of 46 .”
Those heart-warming comments 47 the horseman deeply. “I'm most grateful for what you have said,” he told the old man. “May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.”
A.warm B.cool C.cold D.windy
A.marked B.covered C.equipped D.filled
A.Happily B.Anxiously C.Appreciatively D.Confidently
A.the second B.the third C.the fourth D.the last
A.stared B.looked C.caught D.attracted
A.lift B.carry C.rise D.jump
A.home B.company C.destination D.office
A.afraid B.excited C.delighted D.curious
A.got into B.ran into C.looked into D.broke into
A.concern B.worry C.envy D.doubt
A.trouble B.need C.danger D.difficulty
A.amazed B.promoted C.touched D.benefited