第二节:完形填空(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各题所给的选项中,选出最佳选项,并在
The car, running along the well-lit road now sank in darkness. I broke the 36 on purpose, 37 that the driver was too tired to drive. “When do you go back home in the evening?”“9 o’clock after this 38 .”“Then when do you come out in the morning?”I 39 another question. “9 o’ clock, too—just as if I worked at an office.” His 40 surprised me, because every time I ride a taxi, what I 41 from the driver are only complaints that they have to work from morning till night, it’s hard to earn money, they’re often 42 by the police, or that their leaders are seated lazy, 43 the fruits. But this driver told me, “ I find it 44 to be a section chief as I was before. I like driving just for 45 . It’s fortunate that I hardly drive 46 a passenger. So I earn two or three thousand Yuan a month with ease. Yes, I never 47 an empty taxi. If it goes southward, I go northward. If it goes along a 48 , I turn into a narrow street…”
His words showed his 49 with his life and the pride he 50 in his job Such feelings are so rare among people nowadays as oxygen in high 51 。As an
ancient saying goes,“Neither joy in material 52 nor grieve(痛苦) over Personal setbacks.”How many people nowadays can show high ideals by 53 living and go far
with a calm mind? I couldn’t help feeling 54 when finding such a state of mind
in a stranger on a cold 55 .
36.A.window B.stillness C.silence D. quietness
37.A.on condition B.for fear C.in belief D. in order
38.A. night B.trip C.cycle D. process
39.A.threw out B.gave away C.made up D. led to
40.A.character B.confidence C.attitude D. easiness
41.A.suffer B.request C.benefit D.hear
42.A.detected B.ordered C.fined D.seized
43.A.keeping B.tasting C. enjoying D.choosing
44.A.exciting B.disappointing C.tiring D. amazing
45.A.freedom B.pleasure C.hobby D. company
46.A.without B. with C.behind D.beside
47.A .follow B. admire C.envy D. meet
48.A.route B.path C.railway D.highway
49.A.intelligence B.satisfaction C.competition D.honesty
50.A.made B.held C.caught D.took
51.A.buildings B.mountains C.standard D.heaven
52.A.gains B.concerns C.supports D. loss
53.A.special B.happy C.simple D. original
54.A.angry B.content C.dangerous D. curious
55.A.morning B.night C.moment D.season
第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“Hi, Mommy, what are you doing?” asked Susie, who was only six years old. “I’m making a casserole(炖锅菜) for Mrs. Smith next door, __36__ Mrs. Smith is very sad. She lost her daughter and has a __37__ heart. We need to take care of her a little while.” Said her mother. “ Why, Mommy?”
“You see, Susie, when someone is very, very sad, they have __38__ doing the little things like making dinner or other housework. Because we’re __39__ of a community and Mrs. Smith won’t ever be able to talk with her daughter or hug(拥抱) her. You are a very __40__ girl, Susie; maybe you’ll think of __41__ way to help take care of Mrs. Smith.”
Susie thought __42__ about this challenge and how she could do her __43__ on caring for Mrs. Smith. A few minutes later, Susie knocked on her door. After a few moments, Mrs. Smith __44__ the knock with a “Hi, Susie.”
Susie noticed that Mrs. Smith didn’t have that familiar musical __45__ about her voice when she __46__ someone.
“What can I do for you, Susie?” asked Mrs. Smith.
“My mommy says that you lost your daughter and you’re very, very sad with a broken heart.” Susie __47__ her hand out shyly. In it was a Band-Aid. “This is for your broken heart.” Mrs. Smith knelt down and hugged Susie. Through her __48__ she said, “Thank you, darling girl, this will __49__ a lot.”
Mrs. Smith __50__ Susie’s act of kindness and took it one step __51__. She bought a small key ring with a picture frame(框架) ---- the ones __52__ to carry keys and display a family __53__ at the same time. Mrs. Smith placed Susie’s Band-Aid in the frame to __54__ her to heal a little every time she sees it. It has become her symbol(象征) for healing, while not __55__ the joy and love she experienced with her daughter.
36. A. although B. because C. when D. so
37. A. broken B. absent C. sick D. gentle
38. A. trouble B. time C. interest D. danger
39. A. owners B. whole C. part D. relatives
40. A. naughty B. little C. pretty D. smart
41. A. the other B. the very C. our D. some
42. A. seriously B. deeply C. much D. little
43. A. job B. work C. part D. deed
44. A. replied B. answered to C. greeted D. responded
45. A. sound B. quality C. gift D. note
46. A. praised B. helped C. greeted D. saw
47. A. gave B. set C. took D. held
48. A. tears B. sadness C. excitement D. glasses
49. A. do B. care C. mean D. help
50. A. refused B. accepted C. received D. took
51. A. more B. forward C. further D. ahead
52. A. made B. bought C. invented D. designed
53. A. photo B. scene C. gathering D. life
54. A. force B. remind C. get D. advise
55. A. forgetting B. missing C. losing D. remembering
第三节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从41-60各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
At a young age, her doctor told Patti Wilson she was an epileptic(羊癫疯患者). Her father was a morning jogger. One day she 31 and said, “Daddy, what I’d really love to do is run with you every day, but I’m afraid I can’t do it.” Her father 32 her to start running.
That’s just what they did every 33 . It was a 34 experience for them. After a few weeks, Patti said, still smiling, “Daddy, what I’d really love to do is break the world’s long-distance running record for 35 .”
Her father 36 The Guinness Book of World Records and found that the farthest distance any woman had run was 80 miles. As a freshman(新生) in high school, Patti 37 , “I’m going to run from Orange County up to San Francisco(about 400 miles).” “As a sophomore(二年级学生),” she went 38 , “I’m going to run to Portland, Oregon(about 1,500 miles). As a junior I’ll run to St. Louis(about 2,000 miles). As a senior I’ll run to the White House (about 3,000 miles).”
In 39 of her disease, Patti was as ambitious(有野心的) as she was enthusiastic. She looked at being an epileptic as simply “an 40 ”. She focused not on what she had 41 , but on what she had left.
That year, together with her father, she completed her 42 to San Francisco wearing a T-shirt that 43 , “I love Epileptics.”
In her sophomore year, Patti’s classmates got behind her. They made a huge poster that read, “Run, Patti, Run!” This has since 44 her motto and the title of a book she has written. During this marathon, she broke a bone in her foot. A doctor told her that she had to 45 her run. But Patti said she wasn’t running for herself; she was 46 to break the chains on the brains that limited so many others. She asked the doctor 47 or not there was a way she could keep running. He said he could wrap it in adhesive(粘合剂) 48 putting it in a cast(石膏), but he 49 her that it would be extremely painful. She told the doctor to wrap it up.
Later, after four months of running from the West Coast to the East Coast, Patti arrived in Washington and shook the hand of the President of the United States. She told him, “I wanted people to know that epileptics are normal human beings with 50 lives.”
31. A. smiled B. cried C. laughed D. wept
32. A. agreed B. suggested C. encouraged D. promised
33. A. afternoon B. morning C. night D. evening
34. A. terrible B. fortunate C. dangerousD. wonderful
35. A. women B. men C. students D. patients
36. A. questioned B. checked C. inspected D. interviewed
37.A. broadcasted B. toldC. informedD. announced
38. A. up B. forward C. on D. upon
39. A. honor B. viewC. favor D. charge
40. A. accident B. coincidence C. influence D. inconvenience
41. A. lost B. dropped C. improved D. received
42. A. distance B. task C. run D. study
43. A. showed B. said C. wrote D. read
44. A. come B. become C. goneD. went
45. A. continue B. stop C. keepD. struggle
46. A. working B. jogging C. walkingD. running
47. A. whether B. when C. if D. where
48. A. in addition to B. in spite of C. instead of D. regardless of
49. A. asked B. warned C. advised D. comforted
50. A. common B. unique C. special D. normal
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和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class.I can’t 1 36
what the it was about, but I have never forgotten the 37 I learned that day.
I was 38 that I was right and he was wrong--and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right.The 39 decided to teach us a very important lesson.She 40 both of us up to the 41 of the class and 42 him on one side of her desk and me on 43.In the middle of her desk was a large, round object.I could 44 see that it was black.She asked the boy what 45 the object was.“White,” he answered.
I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, 46 it was obviously black! Another 47 started between my classmate and me, this 48 about the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been.We changed 49 , and now she asked me what the color of the object was.I 50 answer, “White.” It was an object with two 51 colored sides, and from his side it was white. 52 from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must 53 in the other person’s shoes and look at the 54 through their eyes in order to 55 understand their view.
36.A.think B.suppose C.remind D.remember
37.A.lesson B.lecture C.class D.text
38.A.told B.wished C.convinced D.allowed
39.A.officer B.teacher C.doctor D.parent
40.A.told B.came C.brought D.woke
41.A.back B.front C.middle D.side
42.A.planted B.placed C.had D.fixed
43.A.the other B.another C.other D.others
44.A.happily B.fortunately C.clearly D.nearly
45.A.width B.shape C.color D.size
46.A.when B.unless C.until D.if
47.A.fight B.argument C.conversation D.game
48.A.time B.year C.month D.day
49.A.places B.seats C.attitudes D.glasses
50.A.needed to B.was able to C.hoped to D.had to
51.A.similarly B.differently C.beautifully D.surprisingly
52.A.Still B.Since C.Only D.Also
53.A.seat B.stand C.lie D.put
54.A.situation B.movement C.condition D.behaviour
55.A.unexpectedly B.suddenly C.quietly D.truly
SECTION B
Directions ; For each blank in the following passage there are four words of phrases marked with A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with a word that best fits the context.
This is a true story about something that happened between a customer of General Motors and its Customer - Care Executive (客服主管).The following complaint was received by General Motors. "•••It may sound crazy, but it's a fact that every time I buy a 36 ice cream, and come back from the store, my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts 37 fine, why?" The executive was 38 about the letter, but sent an engineer to check it out anyway.
The 39 made three visits to the store with the customer. The first time, he got chocolate ice cream. The car started. The second time, he ordered strawberry. The car started. The third time he got vanilla. The car failed to start. The engineer 40 to believe that the man's car was allergic (过敏的)to vanilla ice cream. He 41 his visits, and noted all sorts of data: the types of gas used and the time it took to drive back and forth.
Soon he came a clue: it took the man less 42 to buy vanilla than any other flavor (味道). Why? The answer was in the layout (布局)of the store. Vanilla, as the most 43 flavor, was in the front of the store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept further back, where it took longer to buy them.
Time was now the 44 not the vanilla ice cream! The engineer quickly put forward an answer: “engine trouble." The extra time taken to get any other flavor 45 the engine to cool down longer. When the man got vanilla, the engine was still too hot to start.
Even crazy 一 looking problems can be real. What really 46 is your attitude to the problem.
Don't just say something is "IMPOSSIBLE" without putting a sincere effort into 47 it out. If you look closer, you may discover that it's possible after all.
36. A. chocolate B. strawberry C. vanilla D. banana
37. A. just B. only C. still D. ever
38. A. worried B. crazy C. doubtful D. cheerful
39. A. customer B. engineer C. executive D. shopkeeper
40. A. pretended B. decided C. struggled D. refused
41. A. stopped B. continued C. valued D. repeated
42. A. time B. effort C. cost D. speed
43. A. strange B. familiar C. terrible D. popular
44. A. effect B. reason C. problem D. solution
45. A. prevented B. encouraged C. let D. allowed
46. A. matters B. impresses C. bothers - D, concerns
47. A. looking B. figuring C, trying D. testing
第二节完形填写(共20小题,每题1.5分,满分30分)
The sun was shining when I got on No. 151 bus. We passengers sat jammed together in heavy clothes. No one spoke. That’s one of the unwritten rules. Although we see the same faces every day, we prefer to 36 behind our newspapers. People who sit so close together are using those thin sheets of newsprint to keep their 37 .
As the bus came near the Mile, a voice suddenly rang out: “Attention ! This is your driver speaking. ” Stillness. We looked at the back of the driver’s head. “Put your papers down. All of you.” The 38 came down. “Now, turn and face the person next to you. Go ahead. ”
Surprisingly we all did it. Still no one smiled. I faced an older woman, her head wrapped in a red scarf. I saw her 39 every day. Our eyes met. We waited for the next 40 from the driver. “Now repeat after me. Good morning, neighbor! ”
Our voices were weak. For many of us, these were the 41 words we had spoken that day. But we said them together, like 42 , to the strangers beside us. We couldn’t help 43 . There was the feeling of relief (解脱) , that we were not being robbed. But more, there was the sense of ice being 44 . “Good morning, neighbor. ” It was not so 45 after all. Some of us repeated it ,Others shook hands, many laughed.
The bus driver said nothing more, he didn’t 46_____ to. Not a single newspaper went back up. I heard laughter. a warm sound I had never heard before in bus No.151.
When I reached my stop. I said 47 to my seatmate, and then jumped off the bus. That day was starting off better than most.
36. A. read B. sit C. talk D. hide
37. A. ways B. methods C. respect D. distance
38. A. papers B. passengers C. driver D. tears
39. A. still B. nearly C. even D. hardly
40. A. turn B. talk C. order D. remark
41. A. First B. last C. best D. only
42. A. passengers B. citizens C. patients D. schoolchildren
43. A. shouting B. crying C. smiling D. wondering
44. A. formed B. heated C. broken D. frozen
45. A. sad B. hard C. ordinary D. shy
46. A. need B. want C. like D. begin
47. A. good morning B. good-bye C. hello D. thanks