三.完形填空(共10小题,每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从26-35题所给的A.B.C和D四个选项中,选出最佳
选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. However,it has
been said that today children 26 their education to go to school. The __27 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.
Education is 28 _, compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place
_29_, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the __30___ learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class. 31 _the experience of schooling can be known in advance, and education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a _32_ may lead to a person to discover how 33 he knows of another country . People obtain (获得) education from 34 on. Education, then, is a very ___35__ and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.
26.A. impress B. interrupt C. issue D. incense
27.A. difference B. importance C. use D. problem
28.A. unexpected B. endless C. countless D. simple
29.A. anywhere B. anywhere else C. somewhere D. somewhere else
30.A. part- time B. public C. standard D. strict
31.A. If B. Because C. So D. Though
32.A. neighbor B. friend C. foreigner D. teacher
33.A. wonderful B. well C. greatly D. little
34.A. babies B. grown –ups C. women D. men
35.A. long B. broad C. narrow D. short
Love is a telephone which always keeps silent when you are ________ a call, but _______ when you are not ready for it. As a result, we often ________the sweetness from the other end.
Love is a telephone which is seldom program-controlled or directly dialed. You cannot get an __________answer by a mere "hello", _______ go deep into your lover's heart by one call. Usually it had to be relayed by an operator, and you have to be _________ in waiting. Destiny(命运) is the operator of this phone, who is always irresponsible and fond of playing practical ___________ to which she may make you a lifelong victim intentionally or unintentionally.
Love is a telephone which is always busy, When you are ready to die for love, you only find, to your _________, the line is already occupied by someone else, and you are greeted only by a busy line. This is an/a _________ regret handed down from generation to generation and you are only one of those who languish for(因…受煎熬) followers.
Love is telephone, but it is difficult to __________ the center time for dialing, and you will let the opportunity slip if your call is either too early or too late.
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Were you one of those shy _______ clinging to your mom’s leg? Did you dodge attention, feel inferior and _______being called out? Still doing that as an adult?
Shyness and overwhelming self-doubt are more _______ than you think, and they’re holding back millions of people just like you _______ living more exciting and fulfilling lives. But it doesn’t mean that you can’t _______ that terrifying fear that has been holding you back. You aren’t _______to be shy. And there is no _______ you can’t shine in your own way.
From social _______, to business meetings, to your one-on-one relationships, if you want to break _______from shyness, create better relationships and be more comfortable in your skin when you are around people. There are time-tested techniques that have _______ me well in my personal life, _______ helping my clients. In a world _______relationships are everything, you must set yourself apart and still stay true to who you are.
By far, the most _______ technique in overcoming shyness is to _______your consciousness from you to them.
Remember the last time you were in a situation and you were nervous or shy? I’d be willing to _______you were focusing on yourself: _______you looked, what you were going to say, or how different you were from _______else.
People that shine are focusing on delivering, serving and benefiting others in some way. They focus_______, not inward. Sure, it’s important to be _______of how you are being perceived, but people always remember how you make them feel. In order to make them feel good you must focus on sharing with them.
Next time you are in an uncomfortable situation, shift your focus to someone else and ask yourself how you can help them or _______value to their lives.
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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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 often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I ’m left . Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other ?
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, children from different races and religions played and studied in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone s from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and Iwas an Indian Hindu——we just our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice,well or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we'd the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his .
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail s family later returned to their village, and I touch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I my destination. The driver acknowledged my but did not move off. Instead, he looked at me.“Raddar?" he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号). I was astonished at being so addressed (称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something to describe.
If we can allow our children to be without prejudice, they'll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be their side through' thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, 44we happy few, we band of brothers".
A.interested B.pleased C.puzzled D.excited
A.parties B.cities C.villages D.races
A.why B.which C.how D.when
A.together B.around C.alone D.apart
A.drop B.throw C.move D.roll
A.refused B.made C.sought D.accepted
A.paid B.meant C.preserved D.treated
A.explore B.search C.discover D.desert
A.get through B.deal with C.come across D.take away
A.arrival B.choice C.effort D.company
A.lost B.gained C. developed D.missed
A.stated B.ordered C.decided D.chose
A.attempts B.instructions C.opinions D.arrangements
A.anxiously B.carelessly C.disappointedly D.fixedly
A.familiarly B.strangely C.fully D.coldly
A.departures B.months C.years D.decades
A.possible B.funny C. hard D.clear
A.them B.themselves C.us D.ourselves
A.from B.by C. with D.against
A.still B.otherwise C.then D.instead
I can never wipe off the memory that I met my current stepmom for the first time.After I parted with my father for ages, I moved to America and was with him. In the beginning, she made sure to let me know that I was welcome in her .I remember when I first saw her at the . It was different, but not . Over the past years there is I needed that she did not provide. I’m the young woman I’m today because she made sure to me properly.Yesterday I went to see her for Mother’s Day. When I gave her , she held my face in both of her hands and kissed me straight on the mouth I had the flu.
Her simple act of affection me back to my first night in America. After I was up from the airport we went home and she my luggage and took me shopping for new clothes since the ones I had brought with me from Africa were a bit .That night before I went to bed, she came to my room, the first room I had ever had for my own. She told me she was to have me and that she would take good care of me. Before she she asked me for a hug.That was my first hug and I was 11 years old at that time.
I’m 23 years old now and I have received many over the past years, but none has given me a greater or deeper impression.I regarded her as my mother because my new life began when I came to with her. Today I say to my mother, Mrs. Sherrill Kirundi, thank you, mom. Thank you for your giving me my childhood back.
A.connected B.reunited C.associated D.attached
A.life B.mind C.bedroom D.office
A.shop B.railway station C.airport D.bus-stop
A.strange B.easy C.unforgettable D.uncomfortable
A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything
A.approach B.raise C.criticize D.value
A.gifts B.keys C.money D.dresses
A.so that B.in case C.as though D.even though
A.paid B.took C.talked D.companied
A.brought B.looked C.picked D.called
A.grasped B.unpacked C.mended D.added
A.more B.newer C.cheaper D.worn
A.glad B.hard C.unlucky D.anxious
A.died B.awaked C.left D.entered
A.very B.quite C.ever D.just
A.letters B.offers C.hugs D.presents
A.success B.advance C.future D.excitement
A.step B.second C.hope D.birth
A.discuss B.stay C.share D.work
A.last B.happy C.sad D.real
It is Sunday and lunch has, as usual, come to a hurried end.My wife and I are still sitting at the table.My wife likes to be in the life of her child, but I sometimes fear she is in too deep.She has the morning on an online student forum, asking questions about UCAS Dick.
“A lot of people haven’t had any offers yet,” she says. “I said I already had one.”
“Wait,” Dick says. “Are you to be me?”
“No, I have my own login details now,” she says.
“How do you know he isn’t his own mother pretending to be him?” Dick says.
Earlier, when we all sat down to lunch, Dick, who had been to parties the evening, came back.
“Who were there?” my wife asks Dick. “What was it like?”
“It was OK.” he says.
“Not good enough,” she says. “What was the worst thing happened?” My wife’s continued question a deepening, boring silence. I start to eat faster. There is a long, highly pause in the conversation.
“So,” she says , “was it a kissing party?”
“Oh my God!” shouts Dick, his fork. “What is wrong with you? Why are you like this?”
Surrounded by further scolds, lunch comes to a hurried end. Dick finds himself with clearing up. , the running of water and the sound of washing plates are the only sounds in the room.
“ at any time you’re prepared to apologize for being rude,” she says, “you can go and finish watching the football.”
“Are you joking?” he shouts. “No way! Why I apologize to you?”
He pauses to look into the bottom of a pan, and a smile across his face. “What I mean is, I’m really very sorry,” he says, dropping the pan into the sink and running from the room. “Bye!”
“You don’t have to worry,” my wife says. “In a ’s time, you’ll be 18 and I won’t be able to do this to you any more.”
“Really?” he says.
“You’ll be a(n) ,” she says.
The boy stops to consider the blue print that after a set seven days from then on, his parents will be to stop ruining his life. He looks both doubtful and a little alarmed.
I approaches my wife,whispering to her. “Dear, I agree with you—understanding and trust may be a good way to communicate with our teen children.”
A.lost B.confused C.involved D.joined
A.spent B.cost C.spared D.used
A.in need of B.on behalf of C.in charge of D.as a result of
A.willing B.bound C.intended D.pretending
A.urgent B.latter C.previous D.obvious
A.to be B.that C.which D.being
A.focuses on B.meets with C.caters to D.deals with
A.motivated B.unlikely C.evolved D.charged
A.finally B.gradually C.initially D.randomly
A.casting B.falling C.dropping D.washing
A.crowded B.furnished C.equipped D.tasked
A.For a time B.Once upon a time C.Sooner or later D.In time
A.Unless B.Supposing C.If only D.While
A.must B.will C.should D.shall
A.comes B.wanders C.gets D.steals
A.moment B.week C.year D.month
A.adult B.freedom C.origin D.friend
A.goal B.record C.example D.deadline
A.required B.limited C.forbidden D.permitted
A.also B.too C.as well D.either