II. 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I moved into an empty dormitory for the first time two years ago, I was certain of a few things. Firstly, I realized that I didn’t 16 anybody at the school. Secondly, I knew that I wanted to work hard at my lessons and learn something useful. And thirdly, I wanted to have a good time with new classmates, without my parents around.
The first 17 frightened me in the beginning. But that 18 quickly disappeared. It was the other two goals 19 ended up being my difficulties. I knew that it was hard to devote enough time to class and to social efforts. But I wanted to 20 in both. I knew this would be a 21 , but I didn’t realize how much until classes began.
I got on well with the other girls who lived in my dorm. 22 , instead of finishing my homework 23 it was due, I went upstairs and had ice cream with my neighbor. I always finished it the next day between classes. I knew it wasn’t very good and the grade I 24 showed my lack of effort.
I was 25 that I needed to find some sort of balance. So I created a schedule that would 26 my time up between going to class, doing homework, and relaxing. It seemed like a good idea, but I was only able to 27 it for a few days. A schedule like that was too much pressure.
So I tried another 28 . Each week I made a list of everything I had to get done during that week. Then, under the list of things I had to get done, I made a list of things I could do if I had time.
This is the method I have used since then. I’m glad that I’ve learned to 29 things and it has 30 prepare me for what is to come after graduation.
16. A. know B. recognize C. realize D. like
17. A. teacher B. day C. class D. realization
18. A. happiness B. excitement C. fear D. desire
19. A. which B. what C. that D. who
20. A. win B. succeed C. get D. wish
21. A. chance B. job C. challenge D. time
22. A. Often B. Seldom C. Unluckily D. Fortunately
23. A. because B. when C. after D. before
24. A. demanded B. took C. accepted D. received
25. A. asleep B. awake C. ashamed D. aware
26. A. fix B. divide C. put D. build
27. A. use B. keep C. follow D. make
28. A. plan B. energy C. pressure D. effort
29. A. do B. control C. balance D. hold
30. A. had B. helped C. let D. forced
I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight(货运) yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can slightly the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but can do strange things to people.
It to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been . I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so , otherwise. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my . I simply mean that the loss of them made me the more what I had left.
Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of ___ to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. The hardest I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was , If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have and become a chair rocker on the front perch(门廊) for the rest of my life.
It took me years to discover and this believe. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was at me and I was hurt. "I can't use this," I said. " it with you," he urged me, "and roll it around." The words stuck in my head. "Roll it around!" By rolling the ball I could hear it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought : playing baseball. At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of . We called it ground ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my . It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of . I would fail sometimes anyway but on average I made progress.
A.forget B.see C.ignore D.remember
A.happiness B.fortune C.misfortune D.wealth
A.occurred B.happened C.agreed D.applied
A.clever B.blind C.foolish D.luckily
A.hardly B.quickly C.roughly D.deeply
A.hands B.arms C.eyes D.legs
A.appreciate B.arrive C. believe D.accept
A.employments B.investments C.settlements D.adjustments
A.meaningful B.painful C.fearful D.careful
A.pleasure B.lesson C.enjoyment D.trouble
A.unnecessary B.horrible C.unpractical D.essential
A.broken out B.broken through C.broken down D.broken off
A.strengthen B.weaken C.shorten D.darken
A.smiling B.laughing C.wondering D.glaring
A.Bring B.Borrow C.Take D.Lend
A.where B.when C.why D.how
A.possible B.potential C.probable D.impossible
A.basketball B.baseball C.football D.volleyball
A.conversations B.limitations C.congratulations D.educations
A.achievement B.process C.success D.failure
A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, my teacher said again and again that it was important.
One day, I happened to __ _ an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to __ .As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was _ , I thought, perhaps this is not a __ topic.Well, I’d __ change the topic.So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? _ _ the way, have you ever ____ there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will __ __ me if I leave China without seeing __ .It was great.” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world.It is a place of .” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ __ !” I couldn’t ___ asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do ____ ”, he answered, gently surprised.
I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”
Hearing this, the Englishman _ __ to tears.He began to __ ___ ,“‘You don’t say actually means ‘really?’.It is an ___ of surprise.Perhaps you don’t pay attention _____ English idioms.”
Then I knew I had made a fool of ____ .Since then I have been more _____ with idioms.
A.though B.when C.if D.as
A.look B.meet C.pick up D.find out
A.walk B.talk C.play D.go
A.pleased B.angry C.afraid D.surprised
A.proper B.strange C.safe D.polite
A.to B.better C.not D.like
A.On B.In C.All D.By
A.gone B.visited C.seen D.been
A.look at B.think of C.send for D.laugh at
A.it B.them C.anything D.something
A.interesting B.interest C.interests D.interested
A.Really B.Good C.You don’ t say D.You are right
A.be B.help C.think D.do
A.this B.so C.anything D.me a favor
A.laughed B.cried C.moved D.came
A.explain B.shout C.prove D.say
A.experience B.expression C.explanation D.example
A.for B.to C.at D.in
A.me B.myself C.him D.himself
A.helpful B.popular C.careful D.satisfied
It’s been a year since I last saw my dad alive. He was chained to a bed after months of neglect. His life came to a tragic end because our plant marijuana (大麻) is federally . As he desperately fought to survive long enough for me to say , I arrived at the hospital in time to hear his silent, lonely, painful soul to me. I heard my dad’s final message loud and clear.
To most people, we lost the first registered caregiver in Montana. To me, I lost my King and my best friend. His has made me feel more spoiled than ever, bringing me the most friends from the community! They’ve been keeping me , helping me heal, and they wait with me for my mom to come home from prison. When I fall, they bring into my life, wipe my tears and make it easy to get back up.
I wish I could thank my dad for all the amazing people his death has brought me, and all his selfless . If I could, I would especially thank him for all the pain and that has led the best of the best fighters to me. I would thank him for standing the food bank lines when I was a teenager and he was and we were hungry. I would tell him how I appreciate him for spoiling us with food when he had money and I would thank him for to give back to the food banks! I’d hug him for going broke to buy me a(n) and dryer when I was a young mom, so my kids and I didn’t have to go to a dangerous laundry to wash clothes.
I would to him for encouraging me to stay in Girl Scouts I was in the tenth grade, despite what friends said about me. That taught me not to what other people think!
My dad didn’t have much to because the Feds (联邦调查局成员) stole everything, but his death has made me feel rich his heart was filled with gold. My memories are priceless.
A.prison B.hotel C.home D.hospital
A.positive B.illegal C.sceptical D.sustainable
A.thanks B.hello C.sorry D.goodbye
A.shouting B.whispering C.lying D.complaining
A.love B.honesty C.death D.identity
A.important B.amazing C.intelligent D.diligent
A.calm B.patient C.strong D.independent
A.luck B.knowledge C.success D.laughter
A.sacrifices B.confidence C.conscience D.defence
A.pride B.suffering C.relief D.sigh
A.in B.against C.between D.for
A.old B.energetic C.busy D.broke
A.far B.soon C.much D.well
A.forgetting B.remembering C.hesitating D.refusing
A.washer B.cooker C.iron D.comb
A.turn B.come C.talk D.bow
A.after B.until C.before D.when
A.value B.care C.ignore D.emphasize
A.let out B.put off C.break down D.leave behind
A.so B.though C.because D.but
Half a year before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job. ______ the financial crisis, fewer companies would like to employ new staff. My son targeted a company that was ______ to hire only one person ______ there were more than twenty people filling their resumes.
After the interview, there would only be 3 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 notice. We will tell you the result in 3 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 disappointed.
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 part 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.As to B.Due to C.Instead of D.Contrary to
A.encouraged B.allowed C.supposed D.intended
A.while B.since C.though D.if
A.meet B.attract C.decide D.represent
A.slowly B.smoothly C.secretly D.silently
A.members B.students C.friends D.candidates
A.waiting for B.watching over C.thinking about D.looking into
A.formal B.simple C.funny D.strange
A.doubtfully B.excitedly C.calmly D.worriedly
A.matter B.cause C.conclusion D.interview
A.way B.reply C.problem D.question
A.changed B.grew C.came D.developed
A.expect B.forget C.dislike D.regret
A.generosity B.curiosity C.dignity D.personality
A.abilities B.strengths C.challenges D.opportunities
Mum adopted(领养) Monti from Melbourne’s Lort Smith Animal Hospital in 2009. The she shared with him was unbelievably strong. Monti took away a lot of for Mum and really made her happy. He had been by his former owner so he really liked our family. He was Mum’s constant friend and enjoyed her .
Not long after she adopted Monti, Mum came out of after a near-death experience. I had put her to bed and went to bed myself, dead tired. Monti slept on Mum’s bed, acting as a guard, and I had left the bedroom door slightly open she called out.
I was in a deep sleep when I awoke to Monti trying to lick my face. I was so that I drove him away but he refused, which was really out of for him. Suddenly, I heard the faintest of voices calling out for . I jumped from my bed and rushed to the bathroom where I found my mother almost unconscious (失去知觉的) and in blood.
I called the ambulance and she arrived at the hospital without a pulse, the medical team was able to bring Mum back to life and gradually she made a full . We were blessed to have her in our lives for another three . But for Monti’s efforts that night, I know we would have her.
After Mum passed away in 2012, Monti was extremely and anxious. He couldn’t find peace and constantly searched for her. Shortly after she , he developed a facial palsy (面瘫) that paralyzed half his face. I honestly believe it was due to his stress and the heartbreak of my mum. www.com
I love deserted dogs. They are certainly different from other dogs—not because they are “damaged”, but because they are thankful. They know they have been given another chance and they love you it.
Monti has now become used to his new life with me. He is happy and and has almost fully recovered from the palsy. My family will be forever grateful for his heroic deed that gave us that extra precious time with our mother.
A.encouragement B.relationship C.independence D.wisdom
A.loneliness B.weakness C.illness D.shyness
A.tied B.attacked C.poisoned D.deserted
A.experience B.preparation C.composition D.attention
A.studio B.neighborhood C.hospital D.ruins
A.even if B.as if C.in case D.so that
A.disappointed B.tired C.delighted D.amazed
A.character B.place C.order D.control
A.water B.shampoo C.help D.tobacco
A.preserved B.frightened C.worried D.covered
A.but B.so C.because D.though
A.length B.recovery C.description D.explanation
A.days B.weeks C.months D.years
A.recognized B.honored C.lost D.removed
A.upset B.excited C.embarrassed D.concerned
A.disappeared B.died C.sighed D.suffered
A.comforting B.tolerating C.tricking D.missing
A.thus B.anyhow C.somehow D.therefore
A.for B.on C.by D.at
A.passive B.content C.worried D.upset