第二节 完形填空(20小题,每题1.5分,共30分)
I work in a company in India. And it has___36____in Germany and the UK, so I __37___take business trips to these places. We have a(n)__38__at the office by which anybody coming back to India from a foreign countr gets chocolates for all the__39___. Naturally the chocolates are finished___40___because everyone loves them and____41____to grab as many as possible. I had noticed that the housekeeping staff(勤杂人员)___42___in our company never got to__43___even a single chocolate.
Recently,I came back to__44___after a month-long trip from MUNICH and I’d bought a lot of chocolates for the office staff. I called over___45___of the housekeeping staff members called Babu. I gave him a box of chocolates and told him to distribute it ___46___among the housekeeping staff. His face immediately broke into a wide smile and this made me__47__.
But the story doesn’t___48____here. The best part of it all was that Babu actually distributed the chocolates among everyone equally,___49___giving extra choclates to a woman who has a 5-year-old son. It was so___50___for me to see this. I find it really___51____to understand how we, who have the money to buy chocolates and other goodies, do not even feel like__52___and just think how much we can grab. ___53___, Babu, who earns only just about enough to raise his family, was so__54___and did not even keep one extra chocolate for himself.
It made me__55____one simple question: Which is better, having a little less money but being kind and generous or having lots of money but being selfish?
36. A. goverments B. machines C. branches D. buildings
37. A. seldom B. frequently C. hardly D.never
38. A. order B. theory C. example D. tradition
39. A. employees B. children C. leaders D. managers
40. A. at a time B. in time C. in no time D. on time
41. A. pretends B. fails C. hesitates D. tries
42. A. studying B. working C. playing D. helping
43. A. taste B. smell C. buy D. make
44. A. Germany B. England C. India D. China
45. A. those B. ones C. that D. one
46. A. unfairly B. equally C. extremely D.secertly
47. A. happy B.sad C. disappointed D. frightened
48. A.start B. continue C. end D. last
49. A. still B. yet C. instead D.even
50. A.tiring B. touching C. worrying D.interesting
51. A. easy B. funny C. hard D. strange
52. A.sharing B. dividing C. changing D.enjoying
53. A. What’s more B. In reality C. Worse still D. On the other hand
54. A. diligent B. generous C. brave D.intelligent
55. A. make up B. figure out C. think of D. take off
A group of graduates have highly been established in their careers. One day they got together to their old university professor. Shortly they arrived, their conversation turned into complaints about in work and life. In order to his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups made of porcelain(陶瓷的), plastic, glass or crystal. Some of
are plain looking, some expensive, and some are exquisite(做工精致的). The told them to help themselves to the coffee.
When the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:
If you noticed, all the nice looking cups were taken up, behind the plain and cheap ones. it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the of your problems and stress.
all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, you consciously went for the best cups and were seeing each other’s .
Now consider this: is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are tools to hold and contain life, and do not change the of life. Sometimes, by concen- trating only on the cup, we to enjoy the coffee God has provided. So, don’t let the cups drive you. . . the coffee instead.
A.call at B.call on C.call for D.call up
A.after B.before C.when D.as
A.happiness B.joy C.satisfaction D.stress
A.offer B.provide C.make D.supply
A.for B.to C.with D.along
A.whom B.which C.them D.it
A.students B.professor C.son D.wife
A.all B.so me of C.none of D.both
A.cheap B.ordinary C.glass D.expensive
A.leaving B.remaining C.keeping D.staying
A.Because B.Since C.While D.If
A.source B.resource C.end D.solution
A.That B.What C.Anything D.Something
A.and B.so C.thus D.but
A.cups B.coffee C.eyes D.faces
A.Work B.Life C.Career D.Study
A.more than B.rather than C.just D.not only
A.quantity B.quality C.pace D.style
A.manage B.try C.attempt D.fail
A.enjoy B.drink C.have D.share
Mrs. Green was over seventies, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished a driving offence(犯规, 犯法).
Then one day she nearly her record. A police car her, and the policeman in it saw her a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed that she would be punished. When Mrs. Green came up to the , he looked at her seriously and said that she was old to drive a car, and that the why she had not stopped at the red was most probably that her eyes had become weak old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was , Mrs. Green opened the big handbag she was and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight. ”
The judge took the and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case against Mrs. Green was , and her record unbroken.
A.fact B.action C.skill D.age
A.about B.on C.to D.for
A.kept B.won C.missed D.lost
A.watched B.chased C.followed D.stopped
A.pass B.go C.run D.rush
A.sure B.able C.certain D.like
A.police B.judge C.officer D.captain
A.so B.very C.too D.quite
A.cause B.reason C.matter D.trouble
A.light B.lamp C.sign D.one
A.with B.because C.for D.of
A.speaking B.saying C.talking D.telling
A.holding B.getting C.carrying D.bringing
A.took B.brought C.picked D.chose
A.almost B.hardly C.successfully D.successful
A.both B.all C.neither D.either
A.time B.turn C.chance D.job
A.thread B.glasses C.needles D.needle
A.dismissed B.passed C.settled D.studied
A.was B.kept C.seemed D.remained
Many years ago, when I was in high school and working on weekends, I lost my wallet. After adding gas to my old car, I paid, and my wallet at the gas station. I hadn’t even had time to I had lost it when my phone rang. A man asked me if I had lost my wallet. I my purse and to my , I had. He asked me to him what was in it. I did so. He then told me where to my wallet.
When I reached his , I noticed his wheelchair and a slope(坡道)going up to the house. I thought that it might have been for him to lower his body and pick up my wallet. I knocked on the door and he told me to come in. I him for finding my wallet. While I didn’t want to insult(侮辱)him by offering , I really felt like something. So I asked him if there was anything I could do to repay his , and he said, “Just pass it on. ”I said I would be to do that. I was raised to be honest in any case and I would have done so, promising this fellow I would, but I wanted to his kindness, so I promised I would.
Ten years later I found a lying on the ground. It me several days to find the owner. He lived in another state, about 60 miles away from where I found the wallet. When he me back, we to meet, so I could return his wallet. He was actually all his money was still in the wallet and he tried to hand me a $20 bill. I told him, “Thanks, but just pass it on. . . ”
A.forgot B.left C.found D.saw
A.realize B.regret C.consider D.recognize
A.looked B.checked C.found D.searched for
A.anger B.delight C.horror D.excitement
A.tell B.give C.buy D.offer
A.turn up B.bring up C.look up D.pick up
A.house B.school C.company D.station
A.easy B.practical C.difficult D.useful
A.presented B.thanked C.blamed D.paid
A.help B.thanks C.money D.wallet
A.leaving B.saying C.offering D.owning
A.labor B.patience C.kindness D.support
A.able B.hard C.certain D.possible
A.without B.with C.on D.by
A.repay B.thank C.show D.reply
A.package B.cellphone C.card D.wallet
A.spent B.cost C.wasted D.took
A.called B.paid C.brought D.went
A.started B.preferred C.agreed D.failed
A.satisfied B.worried C.puzzled D.surprised
One day I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local restaurant in town as a cashier and waiter.
I went to work feeling . And to make matters worse, I was busy that evening. It’s the same thing over and over again, with customers who complain about their food and where they are is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to a lot of us but we manage to deal with them.
Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very near where I keep the dirty in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables, customers leaving and coming in and running all over the house, it was crazy. these elderly women were watching I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.
When they their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me for a while about school, how I was doing, what I was in and what I planned to do in the future.
they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a and gentle voice, “You are going places. ”And that was it. They left the and I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me to believe in myself. They my spirit from being down and gave me a to keep on working hard.
People used to tell me that I couldn’t have a career in until I had a degree. I’m now a co-anchor(联合主持人)of a student-produced television . And the best thing is: I’m only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.
A.tired B.excited C.up D.down
A.dealing B.helping C.talking D.meeting
A.sat B.seated C.laid D.dressed
A.attract B.avoid C.adjust D.annoy
A.employees B.customers C.bosses D.employers
A.table B.box C.spot D.kitchen
A.dishes B.rooms C.clothes D.chairs
A.men B.women C.waiters D.bosses
A.And B.Otherwise C.But D.So
A.what B.how C.where D.why
A.finished B.completed C.ordered D.got
A.place B.grade C.mark D.position
A.Before B.While C.As D.After
A.confident B.loud C.low D.pleasant
A.kitchen B.house C.restaurant D.table
A.ability B.courage C.imagination D.time
A.put down B.picked up C.took over D.pointed out
A.cause B.reason C.present D.permission
A.television B.government C.school D.restaurant
A.company B.station C.show D.advertisement
It was July 1976. An unmanned spaceship, Viking One, had arrived at Mars. On July 20th, the spaceship . Part of it continued toward a landing on the planet. It fell through the late afternoon Mars’ sky.
Forty kilometers above the planet, the thin began to slow its fall. Six kilometers above the planet a big parachute(降落伞)opened. The landing craft fell more slowly. Then, three rocket engines . And the landing craft set down on the surface. in the Viking One Lander immediately sent a message to the earth. It said, “I am here. I am down safely. I am beginning my work. ”
The message at the speed of light. It took twenty minutes to reach the earth, more than three hundred and twenty million kilometers . Scientists and engineers at the control center .
Moments later, television receiver in the control center began to the first picture from Viking One. People at the center could see the feet of the landing craft sitting firmly on the 11 soil of Mars. Those pictures were our first look at the planet. They showed a red surface, full of rocks, with no sign of . It was our first look at a planet that is full of surprises, mysteries and promise. Viking One was launched toward Mars in August, 1975. The spaceship had two : an orbiter(轨道飞行器)and a lander(着陆器). The orbiter would circle Mars. It would take pictures of Mars’ surface. It would the atmosphere.
The would go down to the surface. It would carry to dig up and study soil and .
It also would report about any evidence of life on the planet. The lander would send this to the orbiter and then back to the earth.
A.separated B.appeared C.worked D.started
A.correctly B.slowly C.quickly D.directly
A.air B.universe C.space D.atmosphere
A.fired B.fell C.opened D.floated
A.heavily B.softly C.suddenly D.immediately
A.A computer B.A rocket C.A pilot D.An astronaut
A.spread B.traveled C.shot D.moved
A.far B.long C.distant D.away
A.shouted B.watched C.cheered D.welcomed
A.make B.take C.show D.search
A.red B.brown C.gray D.black
A.careful B.close C.real D.clear
A.men B.life C.trees D.air
A.parts B.rockets C.engines D.centers
A.through B.towards C.over D.around
A.enter B.examine C.collect D.discover
A.orbiter B.lander C.spaceship D.rocket
A.engineers B.astronauts C.parachutes D.instruments
A.surface B.trees C.rocks D.pictures
A.spaceship B.rocket C.lander D.information