第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
What would life be like without television? Would you spend more time 36 , reading, or studying? Well, now it’s your chance to turn off your TV and 37 ! TV-Turnoff Week is here.
The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets 38 and participate in activities 39 drawing to biking. The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network, a non-profit organization which started the event in 1995. In the 40 , only a few thousand people took part. Last year more than 7.6 million people participated, 41 people in every state in America and in more than 12 other countries! This is the 11th year in which 42 are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on 43 .”
According to the TV-Turnoff Network, the average 44 in the US spend 45 time in front of the TV (about 1,023 hours per year) than they do in school (about 900 hours per year). Too much TV 46 has made many kids grow fat. 47 , in 2001’s TV-Turnoff Week, US Surgeon General David Satcher said, “We are raising the most 48 generation of youngsters in American history. This week is about saving lives.”
Over the years, studies have shown that watching a lot of TV 49 poor eating habits, too little exercise, and violence. Frank Vespe of the TV-Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “is or 50 , part of a healthy lifestyle”.
“One of the great lessons of 51 TV-Turnoff Week is the realization that 52 I turn on the TV, I’m deciding not to do something else,” Vespe said.
TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a 53 . Recent US Census(人口普查)data 54 that about 72 percent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That’s 55 about 63 percent ten years ago.
36. A. drinking B. sleeping C. washing D. playing outside
37. A. find out B. go out C. look out D. keep out
38. A. away B. alone C. on D. beside
39. A. like B. as C. from D. such as
40. A. end B. event C. beginning D. total
41. A. besides B. except for C. including D. except
42. A. governments B. parents C. organizers D. businessmen
43. A. the light B. the radio C. life D. the Internet
44. A. grown-ups B. kids C. clerks D. parents
45. A. less B. enough C. little D. more
46. A. programmes B. screen C. hours D. watching
47. A. However B. On the contrary C. In fact D. As a result
48. A. overweight B. overeaten C. overgrown D. overseeing
49. A. leads to B. results from C. develops D. keeps away
50. A. will be B. should be C. may be D. could be
51. A. organizing B. taking part in C. participating D. asking for
52. A. wherever B. every day C. every time D. this time
53. A. living B. choice C. difference D. sense
54. A. shows B. says C. reads D. writes
55. A. rising B. down from C. up to D. up from
I teach a bilingual kindergarten class. One Monday I noticed that two of my students, Juan and Cynthia, had a shared on Friday of that week. I told both their moms that they could bring in to celebrate their children’s birthdays.
I wondered whether either wanted to bring in a birthday treat for the kids. On Thursday, I asked Juan and Cynthia about it, but they didn’t know anything about their parents’ plans. Both children, however, were very about having a birthday party the next day in class. As I was tired after work, I decided to it until the next day.
The next morning my first thought was: What should I do about the cake? It would be terrible if there was nothing for the kids to at the party. The thought worried me as I approached (接近) the Mexican bakery on my drive to school.
The shop had four large pieces of cake for a dollar each. The only thing was I was on cash. I needed the five dollars in my purse to until payday. However, I decided the party was the most important.
After story time, I told the students that we are celebrating the double birthdays of Juan and Cynthia.I brought out the cake and lit the candles, and then we sang Happy Birthday. I cut each of the four pieces of cake into five little pieces. It was just , all 20 of my students had come to class that day.
At the end, they said thank you to me. As I watched them walk away, still , tears came to my eyes.
After talking with their parents, I learned that our simple celebration had been both Cynthia’s and Juan’s first birthday party. I had to the last couple of days of that month on the one dollar ---- but it was certainly worth it!
A.birthday B.interest C.room D.feeling
A.toys B.parents C.cakes D.friends
A.excited B.disappointed C.relaxed D.puzzled
A.try B.leave C.keep D.change
A.see B.say C.play D.eat
A.weak B.short C.hard D.out
A.save B.make C.last D.owe
A.half B.over C.all D.enough
A.smiling B.dreaming C.singing D.shouting
A.struggle B.occupy C.labor D.spare
Christopher Reeve made many successful films and TV shows but he is most famous for his Superman films. Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995. The doctors did not him to live.
However, he made amazing progress. He learnt to breathe on his own and started a new life with great j . Like many people suffered some terrible injury, Christopher Reeve was changed by that experience. He raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He also made speeches about his experiences. It not only drew public attention, but also encouraged people living with all kinds of problems.
Reeve has never thought of . He got involved with charity work to improve the quality of life for all disabled people.
Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004, but people all over the world will always remember him as a real-life .
A.want B.wish C.expect D.encourage
A.energy B.courage C.effort D.decision
A.who B.whose C.which D.whom
A.giving in B.giving out C.giving up D.giving off
A.film star B.history maker C.player D.superhero
Do you know one bird whose name is crow(乌鸦)?Here is a story about one of them. There was once a lazy crow, who thought it was too much trouble to food. “Caw! Caw!” he said, “If someone brought me my food every day, I’d be very !”
One day, he saw a(n) pigeon flying by. “How happy and well-fed it looks,” the crow said to himself. So the crow the pigeon until they came to a . There were some other there too. Before long, an old man came along and brought them a large bag of food. When the man had gone, the crow flew over to the pigeons. “Caw!Caw!” said he. “Can I you?”
“No, you can’t!” the pigeons angrily. “We don’t know you.”
The crow went home feeling . But he suddenly had a(n) . “I’ll paint my grey,” he said, “and then the pigeons will I am one of them.” After he finished the painting, he flew off to the park and was by the pigeons. The crow was so hungry that he got very excited at the food. “Caw! Caw! Give lots to me!” he said loudly. , the pigeons found he was a crow. They flew after him and made him .
Sadly, the crow flew to his own forest. But when his old friends, the other crows saw him, they asked him to . They did not him because of his grey-painted feathers. So the crow felt than before. His own did not want him, the pigeons wouldn’t let him into their group.
“What looks easier isn’t always so,” the crow said to himself. “I wish I had never painted my feathers grey!”
A.pick out B.look for C.put away D.hand in
A.lovely B.healthy C.happy D.pretty
A.boring B.funny C.old D.fat
A.followed B.caught C.protected D.taught
A.square B.forest C.park D.house
A.men B.visitors C.pigeons D.crows
A.help B.join C.see D.believe
A.explained B.advised C.shouted D.continued
A.lucky B.asleep C.tired D.sad
A.idea B.choice C.change D.accident
A.head B.feathers C.feet D.legs
A.understand B.guess C.hope D.think
A.welcomed B.discovered C.noticed D.attacked
A.Strangely B.Finally C.Suddenly D.Interestingly
A.wait B.stop C.cry D.leave
A.go away B.give up C.set off D.hurry up
A.miss B.like C.know D.forget
A.colder B.worse C.busier D.stronger
A.brothers B.friends C.parents D.sisters
A.though B.but C.as D.and
Once there was a group of men — a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks, doing a timber (木料) job in a jungle.
This young man was very . He always continued to work through his break time and that those old folks were wasting time, having to several times a day to drink and chat. As time went by, this young man noticed that he worked through break time and hardly took a , those old folks were chopping the same of trees as he did and sometimes did more. It was as if they worked through the break time as he did. So he to work harder the next day. Unfortunately the were even worse.
One day, one of the old folks him for a drink during their break time. That young man and said that he had no time! Then the old man smiled and said, “It is just a waste of effort to chopping trees without re-sharpening your axe(斧子).Sooner or later you will or be so tired as you have spent too much .”
Suddenly the young man that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat, they were re-sharpening their axes at the same time! And that's how they could faster than him, yet spending less time!
What we is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability . Only then can we have more time to do other things. Otherwise we will always keep saying ... I have no !
A.weak B.clever C.hard-working D.good-looking
A.admired B.complained C.reminded D.predicted
A.plan B.appear C.work D.break
A.even though B.only if C.because D.unless
A.photo B.rest C.step D.bath
A.weight B.height C.amount D.price
A.failed B.pretended C.agreed D.decided
A.marks B.results C.effects D.conditions
A.invited B.blamed C.thanked D.forgave
A.begged B.argued C.nodded D.refused
A.wrong. B.valuable C.extra D.exact
A.mind B.avoid C.practice D.keep
A.speed up B.give up C.watch out D.turn out
A.energy B.money C.life D.skill
A.warned B.expected C.realized D.announced
A.also B.hardly C.seldom D.never
A.talk B.chop C.walk D.climb
A.abandon B.introduce C.need D.teach
A.quickly B.curiously C.seriously D.intelligently
A.time B.tool C.job D.patience
As soon as I saw the cat in our yard, I knew he was a stray (流浪儿). He looked —a wounded warrior with a badly scarred (有伤疤的) body.
I started putting out food for him each day, but he wouldn’t come near me if other people were . Winter came, and he still wouldn’t us. Then, one day, a car hit him so we took him to the
vet’s.
After a week, we were eager to bring him home to our family. But when we went to take the cat home, the vet told us we should put him to immediately because the cat was so fierce and meant that he would become tame (驯服的), let alone a pet.
But I have always had in love’s power to even the wildest beasts. I told the vet, “I want to take him home.” We him Paws.
Three days went by, and we only knew Paws was the bed because when we walked past it we heard deep growling.
I wanted to somehow let him know he was and loved. So I put on a hard hat and a pair of welding gloves. I under the bed toward Paws, with my face to the and only the top of my head facing him. I out to stroke (抚摩) him gently over and over again.
He growled and tried to and bite me. It was scary—but I knew he couldn’t me, so I just kept going. Slowly, he began to . Then I slid out from under the bed and left the room.
Several hours later, I noticed a cat on the bed. It was Paws—all on the pillows! I couldn’t believe it.
That dear cat became the of our household. Although Paws finally died of cancer, his legacy(遗赠)—my and firm belief in the power of love—lives on.
A.cute B.strong C.fierce D.smart
A.around B.in C.out D.away
A.love B.attack C.refuse D.trust
A.please B.join C.see D.satisfy
A.death B.sight C.observation D.sleep
A.simply B.hardly C.easily D.gradually
A.sense B.interest C.faith D.feeling
A.comfort B.convince C.protect D.tame
A.named B.appointed C.accepted D.made
A.on B.beside C.under D.inside
A.hopeful B.pitiful C.careful D.safe
A.hid B.slid C.sheltered D.slept
A.bed B.sky C.floor D.feet
A.turned B.reached C.pulled D.picked
A.play B.scratch C.touch D.push
A.hurt B.bother C.avoid D.leave
A.get angry B.give up C.run away D.calm down
A.stepped out B.stood out C.spread out D.stuck out
A.hope B.love C.support D.comfort
A.normal B.noble C.strange D.continued