三.完形填空
Seventeen-year-old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbour after a shocking knife 36 .
John was presented with his award at a ceremony(仪式) which recognized the 37 of ten people who have saved the life of 38 person.
John had been studying in his room when he heard 39 . When he and his father rushed outside, they 40 that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed 41 with a knife by her ex-boyfriend. The man ran from the 42 and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden 43 very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut from her body.
It was John’s quick 44 and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked a number of 45 people for bandages, but when nobody could put their hands on any, his father got some tea towels(毛巾) and 46 from their house. John used these to dress the most severe 47 to ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the 48 and ambulance arrived.
“I’m 49 of what I did but I was just doing what I had been 50 ,” John said.
John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When 51 John. Mr Alan Southerton, Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme said, “There is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid 52 that he learnt at school saved Ms Slade’s life. This shows that a simple knowledge of first aid can make a real 53 .”
John and nine other Life Savers also attended a 54 reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before 55 their awards last night.
36.A. show B. attack C. fight D. defend
37.A. bravery B. courage C. achievements D. progress
38.A. any other B. another C. the other D. others
39.A. quarrelling B. arguing C. shouting D. screaming
40.A. realized B. believed C. thought D. discovered
41.A. repeatedly B. rudely C. frequently D. gradually
42.A. home B. place C. scene D. garden
43.A. shaking B. struggling C. bleeding D. crying
44.A. action B. operation C. experience D. request
45.A. several B. nearby C. familiar D. curious
46.A. water B. tape C. instrument D. luggage
47.A. damages B. pains C. injuries D. cuts
48.A. neighbours B. children C. doctor D. police
49. A. proud B. fond C. sure D. tired
50.A. expected B. taught C. encouraged D. educated
51.A. praising B. referring to C. talking with D. congratulating
52.A. skills B. instructions C. treatments D. methods
53.A. discovery B. contribution C. difference D. choice
54.A. recent B. public C. private D. special
55.A. giving B. remembering C. announcing D. receiving
The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during the break. She seemed so small as she pushed her way the crowd of boys on the playground. She from them all.
I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing . She would practice dribbling (运球) and shooting over and over again, sometimes until . One day I asked her she practiced so much. She looked in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can is if I get a scholarship, I am going to play college basketball. I want to be . My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
Well, I had to give it in to her—she was . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply. “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at her height she would probably get to play for a top ranked team, offered a scholarship. So she stop dreaming about college.
She was and I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not the power of a dream. He told her she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, could stop her except one thing — her own attitude. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter (招聘人员). She was indeed offered a . She was going to get the college education that she had and worked toward it for all those years.
A.through B.across C.over D.into
A.brought out B.showed out C.stood out D.worked out
A.only B.lonely C.simply D.alone
A.dark B.dawn C.midnight D.daybreak
A.how B.when C.why D.what
A.worriedly B.shyly C.quietly D.directly
A.go B.meet C.enter D.attend
A.worse B.better C.the best D.the worst
A.determined B.encouraged C.fixed D.fascinated
A.covered B.enclosed C.dropped D.buried
A.the affair B.wrong with C.the thing D.the matter
A.ever B.even C.once D.never
A.far more B.much less C.more less D.many more
A.should B.must C.can D.may
A.overjoyed B.moved C.embarrassed D.heartbroken
A.understand B.experience C.learn D.believe
A.even if B.as if C.that if D.only if
A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything
A.prize B.medal C.scholarship D.position
A.dreamed of B.relied on C.thought of D.looked forward
As a teacher,I often make it a rule that when we are on a field trip,there will be no talking as we enter a building.This rule to entering any place,whether it is a cinema,a church,a theatre, or any other place.
Once,in New York City,I took my class to see a(n) near Times Square.When we arrived at the theatre,there were about twenty other classes outside waiting to get in.The students from the other schools were not and there was pandemonium(乌烟瘴气).I told my students to stay in a line and keep .I told them that we would not carry ourselves like those other .Soon we started to file into the theatre,and it was very disorganized.There was a lady trying to the groups and get them to their seats, students were everywhere and really knew where to go.My class,observing our rule,walked in in two single-file lines.We stood near the door behind everyone else,and we .All of a sudden,the lady who was noticed us and she walked our direction.She asked the students the teacher was for our group, and I raised my .She asked, “Very, very nice to meet you.Come this way.”We were led into the theatre, ,and we were given front-row seats.
Sometimes for others may not seem like it is going to have an effect,especially when you no one around who is taking manners into .However,that is usually the time when such ____ actions will be most appreciated and recognized.
A.applies B.leads C.turns D.belongs
A.lady B.play C.teacher D.exhibition
A.sorted out B.settled down C.lined up D.turned away
A.listening B.behaving C.concentrating D.watching
A.time B.contact C.watch D.order
A.places B.seats C.classes D.teachers
A.scold B.dismiss C.attract D.organize
A.and B.but C.so D.while
A.anyone B.nobody C.everyone D.somebody
A.anxiously B.immediately C.quietly D.hurriedly
A.passed B.chatted C.rushed D.waited
A.in trouble B.on guard C.in charge D.on business
A.in B.to C.for D.under
A.how B.where C.what D.whether
A.voice B.arm C.head D.hand
A.finally B.somehow C.first D.instead
A.love B.respect C.concern D.support
A.receive B.visit C.meet D.recognize
A.practice B.account C.effect D.operation
A.kind B.urgent C.legal D.firm
Three months before graduating from university, my son started to hunt for a job. the financial crisis, fewer companies would like to new staff. My son targeted a company that was 43 to hire only one person there were more than twenty people filling their resumes(简历).
After the interview, there would only be three who could enter the final round, which would later one person to be employed. Everything seemed to go quite and my son passed the first round and entered the final round in a week.
On the day of the final interview, my son and other two arrived at the interview place on time, the test. Unexpectedly, the interview was unbelievably . The interviewer only said to them," All of you are very super. Please go home and wait for our . We will tell you the in three days. Good luck to all of you!" On the morning of the third day, my son received a text from the company shortly after breakfast that he was not employed. We all felt very .
In nightfall that day, my son suddenly told me on the phone,"Dad, I have been employed!" Greatly surprised, I could not wait to ask him,"What's the whole ?"My son told me that he received another text saying that he was employed. Actually the first text sent to my son was also of the test in the interview. Three men received the same text this morning and only my son's was "Thank you" while the others said "Goodbye".
Only then did I know that my son's "hope" in that way.That is,when you feel disappointed, do not to say "thank you" to the one who disappoints you.Saying "thank you" shows respect for others' work and shows your grand . Therefore, while under the same condition, you will get the upper hand in terms of compared with others!
A.Owing to B.As to C.Instead of D.Contrary to
A.promote B.train C.discover D.employ
A.encouraged B.allowed C.intended D.supposed
A.since B.while C.as D.if
A.meet B.attract C.represent D.decide
A.smoothly B.slowly C.secretly D.silently
A.members B.staff C.candidates D.friends
A.watching over B.waiting for C.thinking about D.looking into
A.simple B.formal C.funny D.strange
A.notice B.information C.order D.return
A.mark B.choice C.result D.idea
A.annoyed B.puzzled C.disappointed D.shocked
A.excitedly B.doubtfully C.calmly D.worriedly
A.cause B.matter C.conclusion D.interview
A.middle B.ending C.part D.course
A.way B.reply C.problem D.question
A.changed B.grew C.developed D.came
A.expect B.forget C.dislike D.regret
A.generosity B.curiosity C.dignity D.personality
A.abilities B.strengths C.challenges D.opportunities
My husband and I only have one car. So after work I always walk to his office and wait for him to drive mc home.
One day, while I was waiting for him, a beautiful Cadillac near me.Honestly, the driver was probably the prettiest woman I had ever seen outside of a movie screen. Her eyes were as blue as the sea, and she had like an even row of pearls. Minutes later, a man came out of the building and walked over to her. They kissed and drove off.
Sitting there, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, I wanted to cry. It is so that some people have it all.
The next week I saw her again, and after that it became almost to see her. I would wonder if she and her husband ate out a lot and where they went. I wanted her to the car so I could see her in full length. Did she wear classy, high-heeled shoes?
A few weeks, I was waiting in my usual spot and the lady's husband came over to their car.He opened the door. Slowly the pretty woman walked around to the passenger side— on a walking cane. She one leg with her hands and then the other one; she had a prosthetic(假肢) on her left leg and a brace (文架) on her right one.
When my husband arrived I told him about what had happened. He said he knew her husband and that, when the lady was 12 years old, she had been in a car that got stuck on the railroad tracks. Both her parents were killed.The rail company made a large with her because the crossing had no ; that is why she owned such a nice car.
For weeks I had this woman and her way of life. Now I realize how lucky I am.When you meet a person who seems to be much better off than you don't be appearances.
A.rang up B.sped up C.went up D.pulled up
A.cars B.hairs C. teeth D.fingers
A.unfair B.lonely C.surprising D.touching
A.strange B.boring C.stressful D.routine
A.stay away from B.get out of C.look out of D.pick up
A.putting B.turning C.leaning D.carrying
A.skipped B.patted C.pressed D.lifted
A.limited B.left C.knocked D.trapped
A.arrangement B.fortune C.settlement D.contract
A.signals B.stations C.pedestrians D.announcement
A.ignored B.envied C.respected D.understood
A.prevented B.limited C.blocked D.fooled
From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I would ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, saying something about building and working toward a goal.
One recent Sunday I stood in church, video camera in hand, and my 68-year-old father play the piano in his very first recital.
My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, too many of us do. But he wasn’t stuck in the past. When he retired three years ago, he his church music director to take him as .
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ? I worried. But then came the beautiful melody (旋律). And I he had been doing what music teachers always stress: the notes and pretend the others aren’t there.
“I’m of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.
“Yeah, and doing it so ,” Jeff added.
With his first recital, my father taught me more about self-confidence and the life goal than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.
A.reflected B.meant C.explained D.proved
A.self-confidence B.self-control C.self-defense D.self-discipline
A.kept B.sent C.watched D.felt
A.miss B.afford C.select D.understand
A.as B.once C.if D.while
A.allowed B.invited C.inspired D.persuaded
A.a teacher B.an old man C.a student D.a singer
A.words B.videos C.notes D.lessons
A.predicted B.realized C.imagined D.insisted
A.pass over B.turn up C.bring in D.concentrate on
A.ashamed B.aware C.tired D.proud
A.nicely B.anxiously C.casually D.frequently