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31—50各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中,选出一个最佳选项。
The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric, 31 his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.
He had 32 set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today. He would just 33 the books in the outside return box. But there was a 34 ; it was locked. He went into the building, only a few minutes 35 closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief 36 in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to 37 Eric.
David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in 38 — the library lights were off! The place was 39 . The doors had been shut. They 40 be opened from the inside, he was trapped(被困) — in a library!
He tried to 41 a telephone call, but was unable to 42 . What’s more, the pay phones were on the outside of the building. 43 the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it. 44 he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: “ 45 ! I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door. 46 , someone passing by would see it.
He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant, 47 . Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to 48 . He knew he had to 49 , but now, that didn’t seem to be such a 50 thing.
31. A. but B. because C. or D. since
32. A. ever B. nearly C. never D. often
33. A. pass B. drop C. carry D. take
34. A. problem B. mistake C. case D. question
35. A. during B. after C. over D. before
36. A. rest B. break C. walk D. stop
37. A. visit B. meet C. catch D. greet
38. A. delight B. anger C. surprise D. eagerness
39. A. lonely B. empty C. noisy D. crowded
40. A. wouldn’t B. shouldn’t C. couldn’t D. needn’t
41. A. make B. fix C. use D. pick
42. A. get on B. get up C. get through D. get in
43. A. If B. As C. Though D. Until
44. A. On time B. Now and then C. By the way D. At last
45. A. Come B. Help C. Hello D. Sorry
46. A. Surely B. Thankfully C. Truly D. Gradually
47. A. at most B. after all C. in short D. as usual
48. A. watch B. paly C. read D. write
49. A. wait B. stand C. sleep D. work
50. A. bad B. cool C. strange D. nice
One day, our teacher, Mr. Sims, announced that the destination of the seventhgrade field trip would be the amusement park. The classroom buzzed with ____ as the girls discussed what they would wear and what they should bring with them. I sat back and listened, ____ that my parents did not have the money to send me. It made me ____ to feel so leftout. But not Danny. He ____ told everyone that he wouldn't be going. When Mr. Sims asked him why, Danny stood up and ___, “It's too much money for me right now. My dad hurt his back and has been out of ____ for a while. I can't ask my parents for money.”
Sitting back down in his seat, Danny held his head up proudly, even though ____ had begun. I could only shrink in my ____, and surely those whispers must be about me if they found out I would not be going either.
“Danny, I'm very proud of you for understanding the ____ that your parents are in. Not every student of your ____ has that ability,” Mr. Sims replied.
____ not everyone accepted Danny after that day, he won ____the respect of many of us. I was especially ____ by how he didn't back down under peer pressure. For so long, I could never ____ to my friends that I couldn't afford to go there. ____, in order to continue to ____ in, I lied about why I couldn't do things and ____ with excuse after excuse.
By standing up and admitting he was poor, Danny changed my life. His selfconfidence made it ____ for all of us to understand that what his parents had or didn't have did not ____ who he was. After that, I no longer felt I had to lie about my family's situation. And Danny, ____ because of his courage and honesty than his great looks, is someone I will never forget.
A.amazement B.excitement C.disappointment D.encouragement
A.sensing B.knowing C.finding D.saying
A.depressed B.worried C.unsatisfied D.scared
A.gladly B.shyly C.simply D.rudely
A.shouted B.complained C.lied D.stated
A.work B.duty C.order D.control
A.teaching B.debating C.whispering D.understanding
A.shadow B.coat C.desk D.seat
A.situation B.pain C.danger D.trouble
A.class B.age C.grade D.group
A.Since B.As C.Unless D.Although
A.up B.out C.over D.back
A.shocked B.persuaded C.impressed D.confused
A.announce B.admit C.apologize D.prove
A.However B.Otherwise C.Instead D.Also
A.join B.take C.give D.fit
A.came up B.broke up C.put up D.got up
A.harder B.easier C.clearer D.better
A.conclude B.show C.determine D.cause
A.rather B.other C.better D.more
We experienced and unusual weekend last month!
Early in the morning, we went to the country and spent a whole day wild flowers. the car full of we were going home. On our way back, my wife a bookshelf outside a furniture shop. “Buy it,” my wife said at once. “We’ll it home on the roof-rack(车顶架). I’ve always wanted one like that.”
Ten minutes , we were back with the bookshelf in the flowers on the roof.
In the gathering darkness I drove . Other drivers seemed unusually that evening. The even stopped traffic to let us through. I had thought carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “ There’s a long line of cars . Why don’t they overtake(超车), I wonder?” Just at that time a police car did . The two officers inside looked at us seriously they passed. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the came to me.
“Right, sir,” he said, “Do you need any more help?”
I was a bit . “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You have been very kind.”
He was staring at our car, first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said, . “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood the police drove here. The truth me. I smiled at the officer, “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, thanks again.” Then I home as fast as I could.
A.growing B.picking C.buying D.selling
A.For B.As C.Without D.With
A.books B.flowers C.fruits D.vegetables
A.noticed B.heard C.watched D.felt
A.post B.carry C.send D.hold
A.before B.after C.later D.ago
A.quickly B.quietly C.carelessly D.slowly
A.polite B.worried C.rude D.frightened
A.drivers B.police C.cleaners D.villagers
A.behind B.ahead C.beside D.along
A.go B.stop C.overtake D.arrive
A.while B.after C.as D.before
A.take B.follow C.move D.push
A.officers B.passers-by C.drivers D.ministers
A.puzzled B.excited C.depressed D.delighted
A.coughing B.laughing C.crying D.shouting
A.how B.what C.who D.why
A.pleased B.fooled C.interested D.hit
A.so B.but C.and D.or
A.drove B.walked C.flew D.left
Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are ____. Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to ____ it. Creativity isn’t always ____ with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time ____ think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you.
Making connections This technique involves taking ____ ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the ideas/words ____ with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the ____ to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original ____; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night.
No limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t ____. You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new ____. If your goal is to learn to ski, ____, you can now practice skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now ____ this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.
Be someone else! Look at the situation from a ____ point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the ___ in their books. They ask questions: What does this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their ____. The best fishermen think like fish!
A.wrong B.unbelievable C.reasonable D.realistic
A.put up with B.catch up with C.make use of D.keep track of
A.equipped B.compared C.covered D.connected
A.skillfully B.routinely C.vividly D.deeply
A.familiar B.unrelated C.creative D.imaginary
A.presented B.marked C.lit D.associated
A.ideas B.ambitious C.achievement D.technique
A.experience B.service C.present D.object
A.work B.last C.exist D.change
A.possibilities B.limitations C.tendency D.practice
A.in fact B.in particular C.as a whole D.for example
A.devote B.adapt C.lead D.keep
A.private B.global C.different D.practical
A.features B.themes C.creatures D.characters
A.positions B.dreams C.images D.directions
Adults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced in the meantime.A man who has not had an opportunity to go swimming for years can swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water.He can get on a bicycle after several decades and still away.A mother who has not the words or years can teach her daughter the poem that begins " Twinkle, twinkle, little star" or the story of Cinderella or Snow White .
One explanation is the law of over learning, which can be stated as following: we have learned something, additional learning increases the of time we will remember it.In childhood, we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding long after we have learned them.We continue to listen to and ourselves of poems such as "Twinkle.twinkle, little star" and childhood tales such as Cinderella or Snow White.We not only learn but
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The law of over learning explains why cramming (突击学习) for an examination. it may result in a passing grade, is not a way to learn a school course.By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is soon to forget almost everything he learned.A little over learning, , is usually a good investment toward the future.
A.only B.hardly C.still D.even
A.walk B.drive C.travel D.ride
A.thought about B.cared for C.showed up D.brought up
A.rewrite B.repeat C.sing D.recite
A.Before B.Once C.Until D.Unless
A.accuracy B.unit C.limit D.length
A.remind B.inform C.warm D.recall
A.recite B.overlcarn C.research D.improve
A.though B.so C.if D.after
A.convenient B.demanding C.satisfactory D.fast
A.possible B.likely C.probable D.perhaps
A.at most B.by the way C.on the other hand D.in the end
Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have how difficult it is to write a children's book. Either the author has aimed too . , so that the children can't follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children's books are very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the who hears the story and the adult who it. Unfortunately, there are in fact books like this, the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not to solve.
This may be why many of books regarded as of children's literature were in fact written for . “Alice's Adventure in Wonderland” is perhaps the most of this.
Children, left for themselves, often the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in bookshop or and he will more willingly choose the books in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children's comics ( 连环画 ), full of the stories and jokes to which both teachers and right-thinking parents .
Perhaps we parents should stop trying to persuade children into our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the books. So I suppose we'll just have to compromise(妥协) over that bedtime story.
A.hoped B.realized C.told D.said
A.short B.long C.bad D.good
A.easy B.short C.high D.difficult
A.and B.but C.or D.so
A.both B.neither C.either D.very
A.child B.father C.mother D.teacher
A.hears B.buys C.understands D.reads
A.few B.many C.little D.much
A.but B.however C.so D.because
A.hard B.easy C.enough D.fast
A.articles B.work C.arts D.works
A.adults B.girls C.boys D.children
A.difficult B.hidden C.obvious D.easy
A.are B.show C.find D.add
A.library B.school C.home D.office
A.read B.designed C.printed D.written
A.favor B.interest C.object D.read
A.receiving B.accepting C.having D.refusing
A.same B.friendly C.different D.common
A.common B.average C.different D.same