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21~40各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Each age has its pleasure and its pains. The happiest person is the one who 21 what each age gives him without 22 any time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are 23 duties. Life is always giving 24 things to a child. He finds 25 in playing in the rain or snow. His first 26 to the seaside makes him wild. But a child has his 27 . He is not so 28 to do as he wishes to. He is always told not to do this or that, or is even 29 for what he has done wrong. His life is therefore not perfectly happy.
When the young man starts to make his own living, he becomes free 30 the discipline(纪律) of schools and parents, but at the same time he is forced to accept duties. He can no longer 31 others to pay for his food, clothing and housing, but has to work if he wants to live 32 . If he spends most of his time playing about in the 33 he used as a child, he will go 34 . And if he breaks the 35 of society, he may go to prison. However, if he works hard, keeps out of 36 , and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of seeing himself make rapid 37 in his job and of building up his position in society.
Old age has always been considered as the 38 time of life. But the old can feel the happiness of having come through the 39 of life safely and having reached a time when they can lie back and rest, 40 the young to continue the fight.
21. A. shares B. enjoys C. chooses D. refuses
22. A. saving B. offering C. hoping D. wasting
23. A. little B. a few C. few D. a little
24. A. delicious B. new C. similar D. meaningless
25. A. discipline B. duty C. pleasure D. pain
26. A. knowledge B. thought C. visit D. play
27. A. characters B. pains C. mistakes D. habits
28. A. willing B. glad C. careful D. free
29. A. regretted B. punished C. praised D. apologized
30. A. in B. with C. against D. from
31. A. hope B. expect C. promise D. forbid
32. A. freely B. safely C. gladly D. comfortably
33. A. rain B. sea C. way D. work
34. A. bad B. wrong C. good D. hungry
35. A. peace B. rule C. law D. plan
36. A. power B. trouble C. order D. control
37. A. chance B. progress C. condition D. score
38. A. better B. worse C. worst D. best
39. A. battle B. hunger C. peace D. joy
40. A. keeping B. leaving C. remaining D. permitting
Twenty years ago, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker. The sad news, so unexpected, shook the unusually and unhurried politician off her balance. Though she did her best to as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self-assured prime minister who always had everything under . Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to from her shock.
One day when she was to at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the of her missing son again. She was mentally unprepared for the question and lost her self-control. Tears were her cheeks she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him. She said that all the countries concerned had to do their best to help her find her son. With that she down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while. Gradually she calmed down and started to speak as . It was a very scene which exposed a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s the public do not usually see. People began to talk about the Iron Woman’s love, a that is common to all human race.
Later Mark returned to his mother’s side, good-humored and all smiles as usual nothing unusual had ever happened. The Iron Woman, , broke down again and was sobbing for a second time.
A.outstanding B.busy C.calm D.considerate
A.seem B.talk C.do D.pretend
A.construction B.control C.discussion D.pressure
A.respond B.relieve C.reduce D.recover
A.arrive B.eat C.speak D.read
A.subject B.object C.theme D.message
A.hardly B.totally C.partly D.mostly
A.putting down B.taking off C.getting off D.rolling down
A.because B.though C.if D.as
A.permitted B.admitted C.promised D.managed
A.fell B.went C.broke D.brought
A.agreed B.planned C.announced D.explained
A.moving B.shocking C.interesting D.serious
A.quality B.action C.position D.character
A.lively B.likely C.lovely D.motherly
A.habit B.hobby C.feeling D.thought
A.hungry and tired B.safe and funny C.safe and sound D.tired and sleepy
A.as if B.even if C.so that D.if only
A.therefore B.however C.besides D.thus
A.made B.heard C.felt D.seen
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health, have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have patience and remember the hours I teaching it to you. If, when I speak to you, I the same things thousand and one times, do not me, listen to me. When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story you got to sleep. When I do not want to have a , neither shame me nor scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my little about new technologies, give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking (嘲弄) smile. I taught you to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to confront life….When at some moment I lose the memory or the of conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember, and if I can not do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you to me.
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well I need to and when not. When my legs do not allow me to walk, give me your , the same way I did when you gave your first . And when someday I say to you that I do not want to any more — that I want to rest forever, do not get angry. Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived. Some day you will discover that, my mistakes, I always wanted the thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you. You must not feel sad, angry or impotent (无奈) for seeing me you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you living. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, Son.
Your father
A.paid B.spent C.cost D.took
A.repeat B.think C.praise D.criticize
A.disturb B.avoid C.look D.interrupt
A.when B.after C.until D.since
A.rest B.word C.sleep D.shower
A.noticed B.discovered C.invented D.assumed
A.knowing B.fearing C.enjoying D.consulting
A.what B.when C.how D.why
A.attitude B.thread C.material D.news
A.talking B.appealing C.responding D.listening
A.when B.how C.that D.where
A.short B.tired C.long D.strong
A.hand B.ear C.mind D.leg
A.laugh B.step C.pace D.cry
A.talk B.sleep C.write D.live
A.though B.since C.while D.despite
A.last B.best C.first D.most
A.against B.behind C.near D.below
A.made B.found C.started D.earned
A.patience B.mercy C.excuse D.care
One young person, who was well educated, went for a job as a manager in a big company. The president did the final . He discovered the youth was and felt satisfied. Then the president asked who paid for his school fees. The youth answered, “My mother did it. She worked as a clothes .” The president requested the youth to his hands. So the youth did. They were smooth. Then he asked, “Have you ever your mother wash the clothes before?” The youth answered, “Never, my mother always wanted me to .”“Go and clean your mother’s when you go back today, and then me tomorrow morning,” the president said .The youth felt his chance of getting the job was high, so when he went back, he requested his mother to let him clean her hands. However, his tears fell he cleaned his mother’s hands slowly. It was the first time he had that his mother’s hands were so wrinkled (布满皱纹的). After that, the youth didn’t say a word and washed all the remaining clothes for his mother . That night, Mother and Son for a very long time, longer than any talk before.
The next , the youth went to the president’s office. The president noticed the tears in the youth’s eyes and asked: “Please tell me how you about helping your mother.” The youth said, “Number One, I know now what is. Without my mother, I wouldn’t be successful today. Number Two, by helping my mother, I realize how it is to get something done. Number Three, I’ve come to realize the of family relationship.” The president said, “You are . This is what I’m looking for to be my manager.”
A.election B.test C.interview D.competition
A.strong B.excellent C.humorous D.cute
A.maker B.cleaner C.mender D.seller
A.wash B.hide C.show D.dry
A.found B.let C.helped D.watched
A.study B.ignore C.work D.rest
A.clothes B.hands C.feet D.shoes
A.see B.move C.recognize D.answer
A.on purpose B.in patience C.by chance D.at last
A.carefully B.nervously C.happily D.shyly
A.after B.until C.because D.as
A.believed B.sensed C.noticed D.expected
A.quietly B.sadly C.excitedly D.angrily
A.thought B.slept C.sat D.talked
A.morning B.noon C.afternoon D.evening
A.worried B.felt C.brought D.spoke
A.courage B.appreciation C.success D.family
A.important B.difficult C.different D.impossible
A.value B.secret C.type D.change
A.educated B.respected C.trusted D.hired
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1~15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。
Some passengers won’t turn off their mobile phones or iPads during takeoff or landing. It happens on almost every now. It’s time to turn off personal electronic devices when the plane’s door . However, there’s always at least one person who keeps talking, texting, playing, watching or emailing — and strict orders to power down during flights.
“People have become so to those devices, and a lot of people whether they really need to turn them off,” says an airhostess from Southwest Airlines.
Is turning off the devices really in the first place? Lots of passengers have doubted about the of leaving devices on. They think one cell or message or game isn’t going to down the plane.
Indeed, there’s no scientific evidence that having devices powered on during takeoff and landing would cause a , only that there is the potential of a problem.
In the US, pilots are allowed to use certain electronic devices during takeoff and landing, but if passengers’ devices are tested at the same time, it may lead to wrong warnings and readings on the aircraft instruments. In some studies researchers found mobile phones could global-positioning satellite systems or other aircraft systems. Though the effects are slight, they could result in disaster.
If even the possibility of disaster exists, it’s better to turn them off during takeoff and landing.
A.seat B.flight C.passenger D.device
A.opens B.closes C.turns D.moves
A.giving B.obeying C.ignoring D.receiving
A.addicted B.connected C.opposed D.exposed
A.decide B.choose C.understand D.question
A.reliable B.necessary C.dangerous D.excellent
A.fact B.value C.danger D.price
A.knock B.bring C.shut D.fall
A.large B.great C.firm D.heavy
A.problem B.difficulty C.question D.mistake
A.small B.expensive C.various D.colorful
A.clear B.right C.bad D.false
A.affect B.operate C.control D.change
A.unusually B.strangely C.exactly D.seemingly
A.remotest B.biggest C.best D.worst
Even though it was only October,my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more____ waiting for the final school bell. Upon its____ everyone would run for their coats and go home,everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often____ what kind of home life David had,and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so____for the cold winter months without a coat,boots,or gloves. But something made David____.I can still remember he was always____a smile and willing to help. He always____ after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much.He____ just simply smile and ask what else he could do,then thank me for letting him stay and slowly____ home.
Weeks passed and the____ over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of____ before the holiday break. I smiled in____ as the last of them hurried out of the door. Turning around I saw David____ standing by my desk.
“I have something for you,”he said and____from behind his back a small box.__ __ it to me,he said anxiously,“Open it.” I took the box from him,thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my____ I saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said,“The box is nice,David,but it’s____.”
“Oh,no. It isn’t.” said David.” It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes_____ I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given____ to. After that Christmas,David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning____the little empty box set on my desk..
A.cautious B.courageous C.serious D.anxious
A.warning B.calling C.ringing D.yelling
A.scolded B.wondered C.realized D.learned
A.modestly B.naturally C.inaccurately D.inappropriately
A.special B.upset C.popular D.funny
A.wearing B.delivering C.expressing D.sharing
A.practised B.wandered C.studied D.stayed
A.might B.should C.would D.could
A.aim at B.head for C.put off D.turn to
A.argument B.judgment C.movement D.excitement
A.education B.year C.school D.program
A.relief B.return C.vain D.control
A.weakly B.quietly C.sadly D.helplessly
A.searched B.found C.raised D.pulled
A.Holding B.Handing C.Sending D.Leaving
A.appreciation B.expectation C.delight D.surprise
A.empty B.cheap C.useless D.improper
A.as B.until C.because D.though
A.advice B.support C.attention D.command
A.from B.towards C.over D.behind