完形填空:(共20小题; 每小题1.5分,满分30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,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
During my second year of college I was looking around for a place to live. One Sunday after church the pastor(牧师) told me to stay in his daughter’s room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year.
To be 21 , I really didn’t want to stay with “the pastor’s family”. He told me how much the 22 would be — a very low figure that 23 one home-cooked meal a day. I thought about the 24 and decided to move in.
At the end of the term I had planned to find 25 living place, since the daughter was to 26 home. To my delight, they 27 that I share a room with their son. I seemed to have been adopted into their 28 —her people. I 29 accepted the offer.
As I emptied the daughter’s bedroom, I thought it might be 30 to have a little sister to look after. But when I later met my new sister, I 31 that she was more independent than I first 32 .
We finally feel in love, 33 , and have looked after each other for many years. There have been times that life turned out more 34 than either of us could have known. But we have always been able to go 35 largely because we knew that we are deeply 36 .
It isn’t about marriage …it’s about 37 . It’s about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as 38 as family. It’s about anybody who can say, “I’ll be 39 —you can count on me. I’ll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me.”
Is there somebody you can depend on? And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is 40 to look after, and when someone is looking after us.
21. |
A. honest |
B. surprised |
C. friendly |
D. please |
22. |
A. price |
B. rent |
C. money |
D. pay |
23. |
A. had |
B. included |
C. made |
D. contained |
24. |
A. idea |
B. plan |
C. service |
D. offer |
25. |
A. same |
B. different |
C. another |
D. extra |
26. |
A. return |
B. go |
C. get |
D. leave |
27. |
A. ordered |
B. agreed |
C. arranged |
D. suggested |
28. |
A. house |
B. family |
C. group |
D. friends |
29. |
A. happily |
B. sorrowfully |
C. evidently |
D. efficiently |
30. |
A. bad |
B. exciting |
C. nice |
D. strange |
31. |
A. realised |
B. thought |
C. knew |
D. doubted |
32. |
A. saw |
B. told |
C. imagined |
D. believed |
33. |
A. separated |
B. parted |
C. left |
D. married |
34. |
A. smooth |
B. challenging |
C. hard |
D. different |
35. |
A. backward |
B. eastward |
C. forward |
D. westward |
36. |
A. hated |
B. cared |
C. felt |
D. liked |
37. |
A. friendship |
B. relation |
C. love |
D. family |
38. |
A. close |
B. good |
C. far |
D. long |
39. |
A. away |
B. out |
C. in |
D. around |
40. |
A. nobody |
B. somebody |
C. anybody |
D. everybody |
Michel is a young girl who works for the police 21 a handwriting expert. She has helped22 many criminals by using her special talents When she was fourteen, Michel was already 23 interested in the differences in her friends' 24 that she would spend hours 25 them. After 26 college she went to France for a 27 two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
Michel says that it is 28 for people to hide their handwriting. She can discover 29 of what she needs to know simply 30 looking at the writing with her own eyes,31 she also has machines32 help her make33 different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often 34 great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good 35 of what kind of person the 36 is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow 37 I didn't like his handwriting.” She says. But she38 she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman 39 she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be 40 , however.
A.with B.as C.by D.like
A.search B.follow C.judge D.catch
A.too B.quite C.so D.extra
A.handwriting B.books C.letter D.tongues
A.studying B.writing C.settling D.uncovering
A.attending B.starting C.stepping into D.finishing
A.powerful B.special C.natural D.common
A.impossible B.main C.safe D.easy
A.nothing B.most C.little D.sight
A.with B.of C.about D.by
A.so B.but C.for D.thus
A.they B.that C.in which D.those
A.up B.for C.out D.into
A.to B.of C.with D.for
A.sign B.test C.means D.habit
A.thief B.writer C.criminal D.policeman
A.if B.whether C.unless D.after
A.tells B.repeats C.cries D.adds
A.after B.before C.so D.and
A.necessary B.important C.quite easy D.all right
It was early in the morning, on a lonely road. It's36 heavily. A 9-year-old boy was in the car with his mother, who was37 him to school. Suddenly, the car went off the road, 38several times, and came to rest upside down in a ditch (沟渠) filled with water.
Luckily, both the mother and son were 39 seatbelts. The mother suffered a blow to her head and was unable to move. The boy was frightened but40 . As water came through broken windows in the car, he 41 unbuckled (解开) himself, climbed out of the42 window, made his way around to the driver's side, and reached inside the43 to free his trapped mother. With great effort, he managed to44 her, pull her through the window and up to the road, where they were soon45 .
His mother later recalled her experience of the 46 . Being unable to move or even47 to offer instructions (指导) or encouragement to her son, she was 48 by her little son's action. She recalled 49 her boy saying out loud as he pulled her through the water, “I think I can, I think I can!”
It seemed 50 that this little boy's act of courage was from one of his favourite books: The Little Engine that Could. In that 51 , when everyone else had 52 hope, the Little Engine carried the heavy load of toys and good things to eat over the hill to the children waiting on the other side. He had53 and took action. Obviously this book had left a 54 impression before the accident that rainy55 and motivated (激励) the son to take action if the terrifying moments.
A.snowing B.smoking C.blowing D.raining
A.ordering B.driving C.pushing D.flying
A.rolled B.fell C.moved D.stopped
A.making B.watching C.wearing D.missing
A.afraid B.dead C.tired D.unhurt
A.quickly B.carefully C.nearly D.happily
A.student B.passenger C.family D.worker
A.box B.room C.car D.ditch
A.respect B.introduce C.recognize D.free
A.accepted B.rescued C.welcomed D.fed
A.accident B.experiment C.travel D.fire
A.listen B.sleep C.speak D.look
A.excited B.frightened C.wounded D.amazed
A.seeing B.hearing C.smelling D.feeling
A.clear B.sorry C.useful D.necessary
A.poem B.notice C.story D.dream
A.realized B.waken C.kept up D.given up
A.courage B.food C.space D.time
A.bad B.deep C.false D.general
A.afternoon B.night C.morning D.evening
When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000 m race.My 36 was to pass out water to the runners. I remember being so excited to see all the different kinds of 37 who passed by and 38a cup of water. The next year I signed up for the 39 and gave it a shot.
The first 10,000 m race was quite an experience. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. At times, I didn’t 40 if I could finish.
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me very 41 , and I felt embarrassed that I was 50 years younger than him and I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt 42 for a second.
But then I 43 something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had 44 capacities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my 45 was only to finish.
After a minute, it 46 me that this was a lesson I could draw from . I learned 47 about myself in that moment. I turned my 48 into inspiration.
I decided that I would not 49 running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and 50 properly and one day I would be one of those 70-year-olds who were still running. As I 51 the finishing line, I was proud 52 my accomplishment.
In life we all have those moments when we 53 ourselves to others. It’s only 54 . Don’allow those moments to weaken you. Turn them into 55 and let them inspire you. Use them to show you what is possible.
A.position B.direction C.decision D.target
A.trainers B.runners C.fans D.volunteers
A.begged B.drank C.dropped D.grabbed
A.project B.service C.race D.experience
A.doubt B.know C.answer D.promise
A.slowly B.fast C.quietly D.carefully
A.surprised B.satisfied C.amused D.defeated
A.forgot B.realized C.remembered D.abandoned
A.different B.wonderful C.valuable D.proper
A.dream B.plan C.goal D.job
A.happened B.hit C.occurred D.attracted
A.everything B.anything C.nothing D.something
A.disappointment B.embarrassment C.agreement D.achievement
A.sign up B.pick up C.give up D.keep up
A.predict B.behave C.prepare D.pretend
A.found B.crossed C.held D.left
A.in B.upon C.of D.for
A.combine B.control C.compare D.contribute
A.natural B.frequent C.important D.terrible
A.condition B.motivation C.situation D.protection
In 1898 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,ooo people in less than four minutes. In the middle of complete damage and disorder, a father rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, 26 that the building was2 7.
After the unforgettably shock, he 28 the promise he had made to his son: “ No matter 29 happens, I’ll always be there for you!” And tears began to 30 his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his 31 to his son. He rushed there and started 32 the ruins.
As he was digging, other helpless parents arrived , 33 : “It’s too late ! They are all dead! 34 , face reality; there’s nothing you can do!” To each parent he responded with 35 : “Are you going to help me now? ”No one helped. And then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone.
Courageously he went on alone because he needed to know 36 : “Is my boy 37 or he is dead?” He dug for eight hours … 12 hours…36 hours…then , in 38 hour , he pulled back a large stone and heard his son’s 39 . He screamed his son’s name, “ARMAND!” He heard back, “Dad!?! It’s me, Dad! I told other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you 40 me and 41 you saved me, they’d be saved. You promised, ‘No matter what happens, I’ll always be there for you!’ You did it, Dad!”
“What’s going on in there? ”the father asked
“There are 14 of us4243 33,Dad. We’re scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful you are here. When the building collapsed, it made 44 , and it saved us.”
“Come out , boy!”
“No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, 45 I know you’ll get me! No matter what happens, I know you’ll always be there for me!”
A.only discovering B.only to discover C.only realizing D.only to realize.
A.as flat as a pancake B.as high as a mountain C.as strong as an ox D.as weak as a kitten
A.memorized B.forgot C.kept D.remembered
A.what B.that C.which D.who
A.fill B.fill in C.come D.burst
A.picture B.promise C.present D.encourage
A.digging B.digging through C.digging out D.digging into
A.to say B.said C.and saying D.saying
A.Come out B.Come again C.Come on D.Come off
A.one word B.one sound C.one row D.one line
A.for himself B.of himself C.by himself D.to himself
A.live B.living C.alive D.lively
A.38 B.the 38
A.sound B.voice C.noise D.tone
A.if B.because C.even if D.though
A.remained B.missing C.left D.gone
A.for B.behind C.out of D.over
A.a promise B.space C.room D.a triangle
A.because B.though C.when D.even though
The students at Sandy’s high school were badly shaken by the news that a classmate had 36 himself. The suicide note read: “It’s hard to 37 when nobody cares if you die.”
Glen, a teacher, realized this was a 38 moment about the importance of making people feel
39 . He asked his class to imagine they were about to 40 and to write a note “telling someone how and why you 41 him or her.”
Sandy, who had a 42 relationship with her mother, decided to write her 43 . Her letter read: “We’ve had some 44 times and I haven’t always been a very good 45 ,but I know I’m lucky to have you in my life. You’re the 46 person I’ve ever known, And even when I disagree with you, I never 47 you love me and want what’s best for me. Thanks for not 48 up on me”.
When her mom read the note, she cried and hugged Sandy 49 but said little.
The next morning, Sandy found a 50 on her mirror: “Dearest Sandy, I want you to know being your mother is ,by far, the most important thing in my life. 51 I got your note, I thought I had lost your love and 52 . I felt like such a failure. I intended to 53 it all last night. Your note saved my 54 .”
Be careful not to underestimate the 55 of expressed appreciation. It won’t always save a life, but it will always make someone’s life better.
A.sacrificed B.defeated C.abandoned D.killed
A.live B.imagine C.struggle D.think
A.sad B.final C.teachable D.great
A.ashamed B.valued C.excited D.scared
A.die B.fail C.retire D.survive
A.miss B.hate C.admire D.appreciate
A.close B.casual C.bad D.personal
A.classmate B.mom C.father D.teacher
A.free B.delightful C.pleasant D.rough
A.daughter B.student C.friend D.trainer
A.best B.wisest C.luckiest D.gentlest
A.trust B.doubt C.consider D.predict
A.taking B.going C.giving D.looking
A.coldly B.hesitantly C.shyly D.tightly
A.note B.gift C.notice D.reminder
A.Since B.Until C.though D.When
A.confidence B.courage C.respect D.heart
A.end B.make C.get D.fall
A.life B.time C.money D.honor
A.push B.price C.meaning D.power