第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors, we began to think about college. Kyle 36 on Georgetown, and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be 37 and that the miles would never be a problem. Kyle was 38 to prepare a speech for graduation.
Graduation day, I saw Kyle. I could see that he was 39 about his speech. So, I patted him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!" He looked at me with one of those 40 (the really grateful one) and smiled. "Thanks," he said.
As he started his speech, he 41 his throat, and began. "Graduation is a time to 42 those who helped you 43 it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach.... but 44 , your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best 45 you can give them. I am going to tell you a story."
I just looked at my friend with 46 as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to 47 himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had 48 his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. " 49 , I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."
I heard the 50 go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom and Dad 51 me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I 52 it's depth.
Never underestimate(低估) the 53 of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life. For 54 or for worse. Friends are angles who lift us to our feet when our wings have 55 remembering how to fly. .
36.A.decided B.called C.took D.agreed
37.A.classmates B.neighbors C.friends D.students
38.A.hoped B.chosen C.forced D.supposed
39.A.sure B.nervous C.eager D.curious
40.A.manners B.impressionsC.interests D.looks
41.A.raised B.cleared C.swallowed D.felt
42.A.thank B.understandC.assist D.please
43.A.get B.catch C.manage D.make
44.A.practically B.nearly C.mostly D.seriously
45.A.lesson B.request C.gift D.position
46.A.dislike B.disbelief C.disagreement D.disrespect
47.A.kill B.help C.direct D.dismiss
48.A.broken up B.put out C.set up D.cleaned out
49.A.ThankfullyB.Unfortunately C.Actually D.Hopelessly
50.A.anger B.disappointment C.gasp D.terror
51.A.pointing toB.looking at C.appealing to D.aiming at
52.A.reach B.observe C.realize D.measure
53.A.power B.purpose C.reason D.reward
54.A.fairer B.longer C.better D.harder
55.A.time B.energy C.freedom D.trouble
How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter,rude boss,or an insensitive employee your day?
One day I was in a taxi and we headed the airport. We were driving in the lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his ,slide sideways,and at the very last moment our car stopped and the other car by just inches!The driver of the other car looked around and started at us.
My taxi driver just and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really . So I asked,"Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!”
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call “The Law of the Garbage Truck”. He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of , full of frustration,full of anger,and full of disappointment. As their garbage up,they need a place to dump it and sometimes they’ll dump it on .Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave,wish them well,and move on.
Believe me. You’ll be .Don’t take their garbage and it to other people at work,at home,or on the streets. Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with .The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s in your life. Roy Baumeister,a psychology researcher from Florida State University,found in his extensive research that you bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories more easily, and you them more frequently.
So…Love the people who treat you right. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you it!
When you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”,you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by go of the bad. Have a Garbage-Free Day!Have a marvelous,garbage-free day!The seeds you plant today the harvest you reap tomorrow.
A.enrich B.ruin C.spare D.obtain
A.through B.to C.in D.for
A.latter B.right C.opposite D.free
A.brakes B.door C.window D.seat
A.knocked B.overtook C.missed D.lost
A.laughing B.throwing C.glancing D.yelling
A.wondered B.smiled C.ignored D.guessed
A.friendly B.angry C.tired D.disappointed
A.expectation B.passengers C.garbage D.goods
A.turns B.pushes C.holds D.piles
A.roads B.children C.you D.dustbin
A.upset B.happier C.pitiful D.frightened
A.spread B.share C.explain D.contribute
A.surprise B.pleasure C.doubt D.regrets
A.funny B.important C.strange D.embarrassing
A.remember B.forget C.value D.appreciate
A.enjoy B.exchange C.recall D.imagine
A.inspire B.take C.mend D.notice
A.letting B.consisting C.making D.dreaming
A.distinguish B.deserve C.deliver D.determine
I was doing a big clean-up and my kids were helping. One of my sons came across a handkerchief of mine with a coin inside. I took one look and was immediately to another time.
In 1991,I had spent five months in Viger(尼日尔),a hot African country. There were many things I found about this place—the climate and beggars who shouted “Cadeau! Cadeau!” It means gift.
One was a lot worse.One day,a friend and I headed for neighboring Burkina Faso to work in a health clinic.However,a motorbike with two men slowly.Without warning,one of the men my backpack as the motorbike swept close by.The bag had my passport,money,an airline ticket and other things precious to me.I was in deep .In the weeks that followed I looked at all with suspicion.
All I wanted was to leave this place.One day,I was stopped by an old woman “Cadeau!” she cried. I’d had enough! I was sick and tired of the country.I told her firmly,“A thief stole all my money and now I can’t get off your country.” The beggar woman listened carefully and my words.
“Then I will give you a cadeau,” she announced.Kindly,she placed an old brown coin in my palm. I looked at it .Living in poverty,she gave me something priceless! I saw then the beauty of the people of Burkina Faso and deeply the quiet dignity of the small coin;she turned my perceptions upside down.
A.welcomed B.transported C.exchanged D.expected
A.difficult B.easy C.curious D.adequate
A.annoyingly B.carefully C.politely D.calmly
A.clinic B.present C.opportunity D.incident
A.continued B.failed C.approached D.dropped
A.grabbed B.broke C.borrowed D.fixed
A.debt B.snow C.trouble D.thought
A.plats B.friends C.men D.locals
A.denied B.used C.considered D.changed
A.in horror B.in shock C.in return D.in addition
A.uncertain B.unfortunate C.unnecessary D.unexpected
A.thanked B.regretted C.appreciated D.pitied
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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I have a friend who had a stammer (口吃) in his childhood, but he dreamed of becoming a missionary(传教士). When he told his own desire to his friends and relatives, some of them laughed at him, and some even held down his enthusiasm .
"I must change it." said the boy angrily, “I believe I can speak very , I will do!"
When it was possible, he would spend an hour to chickens. He viewed the chickens as living persons, himself to be the person in the speech.
"In the beginning, the chickens looked so , then they watched me curiously, putting down the food in the mouths and listening to my words. It seemed as if they had been by my powerful and effective language. Sometimes they seemed to be listening to me . Gradually, the effect of this practice became more and more and I had a better understanding of the exact of my stammer, so I found the ability to speak more."
"You may not know that my father was always tyrannical(专横的). He believed in the old saying: 'Young man should be more knowledgeable, but should not much.' During the whole childhood, I spoke or commented, he criticized me seriously, which my shy personality. I used to worry about being at, so I became a stammerer. From then on, I kept in front of everyone because they didn't want to see my embarrassment. But later I found myself talking in front of chickens, stammers disappeared , therefore I regained my ."
Now, the previous boy is the best at speaking and one of the most missionaries. You can hardly imagine he used to have a serious language . So when you come across disadvantages, you should believe you can them by yourself.
A.sincerely B.impolitely C.strangely D.privately
A.frequently B.fluently C.obviously D.completely
A.contributing B.seeing C.turning D.speaking
A.imagining B.considering C.declaring D.finding
A.satisfied B.pleased C.frightened D.surprised
A.attracted B.beaten C.bothered D.influenced
A.casually B.carefully C.luckily D.cautiously
A.obvious B.slight C.crucial D.common
A.effect B.benefit C.cause D.harm
A.originally B.personally C.doubtfully D.stubbornly
A.think B.listen C.play D.talk
A.since B.before C.whenever D.unless
A.applied to B.led to C.referred to D.owed to
A.amazed B.studied C.laughed D.looked
A.silent B.active C.noisy D.upset
A.logically B.typically C.equally D.naturally
A.strength B.dream C.confidence D.freedom
A.successful B.intelligent C.modest D.responsible
A.gift B.barrier C.ability D.study
A.arrange B.exchange C.reduce D.change
Sometimes a part of us must die before another part can come to life. Even though this is a and necessary stage of our growth, it is often painful or if we don’t realize what’s happening. In fact, confusion is often the that tells us a change is taking place within us. These changes happen throughout the lives of all humans, as we move from babyhood to to teenage years and beyond. With each change from one to another, we find ourselves goodbye to an old friend, the identity (个性,身份) that we in order to move through that particular time.
Sometimes we shape these identities in relationships or jobs, and when we change, those areas of our life become . Usually, if we take the time to look into the changing surface of things, we will find that a change is taking place us. For example, we may go through one whole part of our lives creating a protective shell around ourselves we need it in defense of ourselves. One day, , we may find ourselves feeling limited and bored, wanting to move outside the we used to need; the new part of ourselves cannot be born within the of the shell our old self needed.
We may feel a strange of excitement and sadness as we say goodbye to a part of ourselves that is and make way for a whole new identity to in its place. We may find inspiration in working and studying when we think of the image of an animal who sheds (蜕毛;蜕皮) in order to way for new skin, fur, or feathers to . For example, keeping a piece of snake skin, or some other symbols of change, can us that death and rebirth are simply nature’s way of growing. We can give in to this process, letting go of our past self with great love and gratitude, and the new with an open mind and heart, ready for our next stage of life.
A.natural B.dusty C.humorous D.rare
A.moving B.confusing C.tiring D.scared
A.report B.notice C.sign D.idea
A.brotherhood B.neighborhood C.adulthood D.childhood
A.animal B.people C.school D.stage
A.saying B.speaking C.telling D.reading
A.showed B.left C.shaped D.realized
A.influenced B.remained C.defended D.directed
A.of B.within C.for D.between
A.although B.while C.until D.because
A.moreover B.therefore C.however D.so
A.area B.shelter C.room D.space
A.limits B.contents C.connection D.requirement
A.influence B.mixture C.appearance D.relation
A.dying B.coming C.escaping D.running
A.come back B.come down C.come out D.come across
A.become B.reach C.name D.make
A.appear B.disappear C.go D.exist
A.convince B.remind C.warn D.tell
A.hoping B.imaging C.welcoming D.supplying
England was one of the first countries to set aside a day to recognize mothers.In the eighteenth century, many people worked as household servants for the , "Mothering Sunday" was _ for them to return home to be with their mothers.Though this stopped when the Industrial Revolution altered the working and living patterns of people, one for mothers was established as a holiday in the twentieth century.
In the United States, Mother's Day did not become a(n) holiday until 1915.Its establishment was due to the perseverance and love of one , Anna Jarvis.Anna's mother had provided strength and support as the familytheir home in West Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania her father served as a minister.
When Mrs Jarvis died on May 5, 1905, Anna was determined to her.She asked a minister at the church in West Virginia to give a sermon(布道) memory of her mother.
On the same Sunday in Philadelphia, ministers there honoured Mrs.Jarvis and all mothers with a (n) Mother's Day service.Anna Jarvis began writing to congressmen, asking them to a day to honour mothers. In 1910, the governor of West Virginia proclaimed(宣布) the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and a year later every state it.
On Mother' s Day morning some American children the tradition of serving their mothers breakfast in bed.Other children will give their mothers which they have made themselves or bought in .Adults give their mothers red carnations, the official Mother's Day flower.If their mothers , they may bring white carnations to their grave(坟墓)sites.This is the busiest day of the year for American .On the special day, family members do not want Mom to cook dinner!
A.before B.since C.when D.until
A.rich B.poor C.living D.injured
A.protected B.reserved C.changed D.persuaded
A.form B.custom C.habit D.plan
A.Monday B.Wednesday C.Sunday D.Friday
A.ordinary B.common C.regular D.official
A.nearly B.largely C.deeply D.highly
A.mother B.sister C.daughter D.waitress
A.destroyed B.found C.made D.left
A.where B.when C.why D.how
A.reward B.honour C.award D.inspire
A.on B.at C.in D.for
A.special B.expensive C.simple D.easy
A.put off B.give up C.take on D.set aside
A.understood B.received C.celebrated D.prevented
A.follow B.refuse C.accept D.support
A.letters B.gifts C.calls D.toys
A.schools B.churches C.stores D.hospitals
A.went ahead B.moved on C.stayed up D.passed away
A.restaurants B.departments C.offices D.markets