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
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 36 in order to pay the high tuition (学费) for my brother and me. They don’t act in the __37__ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too __38__ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of __39__.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there __40__ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She __41__ her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had _42_ her. I was _43__ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread.Sometimes it __44_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt __45__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread.It can hardly be seen __46_, but it’s really there. Love is __47__.”
I listened carefully but I __48__ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly __49_ seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __50 _. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father __51__ on the country road.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t __52__ me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”__53__ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and __54__. But from this experience, I understand that love is just __55__ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
36.A.keep fit B.rise early C.earn money D.collect money
37.A.magic B.romantic C.fantastic D.attractive
38.A.simple B.easy C.relaxing D.luxurious (奢侈)
39.A.the question B.problem C.interest D.control
40.A.feeling B.love C.quarrel D.smile
41.A.raised B.shook C.nodded D.bowed
42.A.hurt B.injured C.wounded D.harmed
43.A.in great surprise B.in a great embarrassment
C.with deep depression D.at extreme sorrow
44.A.happens B.comes about C.appears D.occurs
45.A.warm and soft B.hot and hard C.thin and cool D.strong and durable
46.A.somewhere and sometime B.anywhere or anytime
C.more or less D.here and there
47.A.inside B.outside C.faraway D.nearby
48.A.could believe B.couldn’t understand
C.wouldn’t recognize D.might know
49.A.got sick B.got stuck C.lay down D.became disabled
50.A.quite healthy B.very pale C.fairly red D.much surprised
51.A.jump high B.go hurriedly C.run fast D.walk slowly
52.A.think about B.talk with C.worry about D.laugh at
53.A.Reading B.Seeing C.Saying D.Writing
54.A.fresh roses B.gold ring C.sweet kisses D.beautiful jewelry
55.A.a thread B.a needle C.the cloth D.the cotton
You and I have principles(原则). And we also have opinions. I have __36___ about what I think is right or wrong or good or ___37___. But they are only opinions---I could be wrong! I ___38__ try to build my life around my opinions, but I will try to __39___ my principles.
A 15-year-old boy learned a(n) __40____ lesson about life principles. On his way home he found a woman’s __41____ that contained $127 as well as her ID card. ___42____ hesitation, he hopped(快速跳) onto his bike and went over to her ____43___---about a mile away. He told her he __44___ her wallet and she gave him a big hug and twenty dollars.
That evening the boy told his parents about the event and his father said, “I don’t think you should have ___45___ $20 for doing what you should have done. A person shouldn’t be ___46___ for being honest.”
He thought about his father’s __47___ and decided he would return the money. He biked to the lady’s home and ___48___ her back the twenty dollars. She didn’t want to take it, but he told her she __49___ to---that his father pointed out __50____ to him that he had never __51____ before.
When principles ___52___ our every action and decision, we actually change. These great principles __53___ our lives and make us into persons of character. That boy is __54___ to be raised by a wise father who had the ___55___ to say, “Those are my principles.”
A.opinions B.wishes C.decisions D.suggestions
A.well B.mistaken C.right D.bad
A.shan’t B.won’t C.can’t D.don’t
A.change B.advise C.follow D.make
A.valuable B.easy C.difficult D.funny
A.bag B.wallet C.suitcase D.box
A.About B.For C.Without D.In
A.factory B.school C.office D.house
A.checked B.searched C.threw D.found
A.accepted B.supplied C.received D.borrowed
A.rewarded B.praised C.forgotten D.blamed
A.actions B.worries C.words D.excuses
A.took B.gave C.put D.set
A.attempted B.preferred C.planned D.had
A.anything B.everything C.something D.nothing
A.guessed B.taught C.met D.realized
A.guide B.do C.interrupt D.allow
A.limit B.shape C.prevent D.keep
A.unlucky B.careful C.brave D.lucky
A.right B.courage C.wisdom D.chance
Are you 1 for a place in the southwest of China? If your answer is “yes”, why not pay a trip to Shangri-la, which is 2 mysteries and beauty.
The world “Shangri-la” first appeared in the 1993 novel Lost Horizon 3 the British writer James Hilton. He described a beautiful kingdom where three rivers 4 together and snow-capped mountains reached to the sky, with fields of long grass covering the earth. In this perfect world lived people who had discovered how to stay 5 forever.
Three mountains are covered with snow and tower 6 the land. These snowy mountain tops form 7 beautiful picture that we can’t wait to fly there.
Lakes, 8 by vast grasslands, look like diamonds. Sheep, cows, horses and animals feed 9 on the green grass and the forests around are 10 to lots of birds and animals. In this heavenly world, people live in perfect harmony with nature.
A.tired B.thirsty C.hungry D.angry
A.full of B.lack of C.short of D.fill with
A.with B.by C.for D.to
A.put B.got C.joined D.formed
A.calm B.still C.young D.the same
A.over B.above C.on D.beyond
A.so a B.such a C.such D.so
A.covered B.surrounded C.separated D.divided
A.simply B.deeply C.mostly D.finally
A.family B.room C.space D.home
A good student is always equated to one who gets good grades. But is that all that a good student is? What is a 1 good student? Is he someone who is the teacher's pet? Someone who tops every test? Someone who has the smarts? A good student is all this and more, because, you see, it’s not just about books and repetitive 2 .
Being a good student takes much more than that. There are certain 3 that make him a good student. That is 4 what we shall be looking into – the qualities of a good student. There will help you 5 what a good student is and what are the qualities that one needs in order to become one.
A good student has great 6 skills. He has the ability to plan and organize not only his actions but his 7 as well, for being well organized allows a person to be prepared for all the situations that are to 8 . That could not have been 9 if he had taken up the studies at the last minute.
Knowledge is a key 10 that defines(定义) a student. Possessing knowledge that is not only limited to books but also 11 things about current affairs and other things allows him to draw from all that he possesses and use it in his studies.
There is nothing that comes without hard work and that is exactly what a good student has to possess. A 12 student is not someone who will turn away from work, or try to find 13 s to get the work done 14 or for the sake of finishing it. He is instead someone who will do his work sincerely and put in all his efforts without compromising on quality.
A.Specially B.nearly C.mainly D.really
A.Performing B.learning C.Counting D.guessing
A.Choices B.Activities C.Qualities D.viewpoints
A.simply B.merely C.completely D.exactly
A.Understand B.predict C.assume D.settle
A.Physical B.Organizational C.mental D.traditional
A.Thoughts B.performances C.conducts D.directions
A.share B.manage C.follow D.find
A.Valuable B.worthy C.vital D.possible
A.view B.role C.aspect D.effect
A.Includes B.concludes C.affects D.matches
A.good-looking B.hard-working C.cool-headed D.warm-hearted
A.Places B.roads C.tools D.ways
A.fast B.carefully C.well D.badly
A.roughly B.eventually C.sincerely D.carelessly
Google Inc. introduced plans in June to offer 3-D maps of major cities and other new features for its popular Google Maps and Google Earth services.
New features include the ability to _____50_____ portions of Google Maps onto phones and other _____51_____ devices, with detailed data, so users can find their way around _____52_____ areas even if they don’t have an active Internet connection.
Perhaps the most _____53_____ new feature was the detailed three-dimensional images that Google plans to offer for major cities in coming months.
Google product manager Peter Birch explained that the company is using _____54_____ to obtain detailed images of every street and building in an area, from different _____55_____, which are then compiled into images that appear to show height, depth and even architectural details of buildings and streets, _____56_____ landscape features such as trees.
“We are trying to create the effect that you are flying _____57_____ the city, almost as if you were in your own personal helicopter,” said Birch.
Compiling those images _____58_____ extensive photographing and processing of images, however. _____59_____ Birch promised to have images _____60_____ for several major cities in coming months, he and other Google officials did not offer a detailed timetable.
Industry blogs have reported that Apple is preparing to _____61_____ its own maps and navigation service, including 3-D images. Analysts say the _____62_____ is part of a larger race between the two tech giants to offer services that keep users _____63_____ and allow each company to deliver advertising or other products targeted to specific locations and other data on ____64______ interests.
A.buy B.download C.use D.apply
A.expensive B.useful C.portable D.cheap
A.familiar B.unfamiliar C.quiet D.busy
A.interesting B.impressive C.ridiculous D.surprising
A.computers B.cameras C.phones D.planes
A.angles B.parts C.sides D.areas
A.except B.except for C.including D.as well as
A.over B.below C.through D.in
A.spends B.costs C.obtains D.requires
A.When B.As C.While D.As long as
A.sold B.available C.accessible D.vivid
A.introduce B.make C.draw D.sell
A.image B.competition C.service D.map
A.busy B.convenient C.attractive D.engaged
A.children’s B.users’ C.managers’ D.students’
In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty (贫困),and only the rich could manage without great _26_. Three of those rich men and their servants were_27_together on a road when they came to a very_28_village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty, _29 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared _30 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man ,seeing the _31 situation, stopped for a short time and gave _32 all his food and drink, since he _33 see that money would be of little _34 to them. He made sure that they each _35 their fair share and would have enough food to _36 for some time . Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _37 and went straight through the _38 without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other_39 the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was _40 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they 41 the third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was 42 travelling quickly, but his wagons, 43 the gold and valuables they had been 44 ,were now full of farming tools and bags of 45 .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.
A.loss B.expectations C.success D.problems
A.standing B.travelling C.gathering D.running
A.faraway B.poor C.different D.ancient
A.unless B.because C.so D.if
A.them B.anything C.nothing D.those
A.curious B.worrying C.dangerous D.puzzling
A.the villagers B.his servants C.the others D.the rest
A.could B.might C.should D.must
A.interest B.concern C.use D.attraction
A.returned B.gained C.offered D.received
A.remain B.last C.supply D.share
A.turned back B.set out C.showed off D.speeded
A.village B.land C.field D.road
A.whether B.how C.where D.when
A.good B.certain C.true D.strange
A.welcomed B.met C.taccepted D.persuaded
A.still B.already C.always D.indeed
A.except B.instead of C.apart from D.along with
A.loading B.treasuring C.carrying D.earning
A.food B.jewels C.money D.seeds