III.完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
Learn to Express Thanks
“Exposed to strong sunshine and heavy winds, postmen are the most handsome.”
“Thank you, dear postmen.”
Many Teens readers write letters with such words on the envelopes. Once they are 36 , editors are always 37 by their sincere gratitude(感激的心情) to ordinary people.
38 gratitude is an important form of good 39 .In western countries, people often write a note to thank those who 40 them. Nowadays more and more people in China have found it’s high time to cultivate(培养) a thankful 41 for the good others do.
Everyone likes to get praised and appreciated. Gratitude is 42 of virtues, which lets
others smile and makes the 43 more beautiful. You just need several 44 to write down a thank-you note, but it could bring much joy to the 45 .
We live in a society 46 we enjoy the different services of others. But none of them should be taken for granted. Gratitude is also a kind of attitude in life. In developing gratitude for
every 47 –for the simple joys, and even for the 48 time—we come to 49 enjoy and appreciate life. Then we are able to see the 50 around us.
Try to write a thank-you letter to your parents for working hard to 51 you a happy life. Be grateful to your 52 because of their help with your studies and character building.
Say thanks to your friends who 53 both your happiness and sorrow and spend a few minutes 54 you go to sleep giving thanks for all that you have.
We are sure it will bring them much joy and add 55 into your own life as well.
36. A. said B.closed C. opened D. invited
37. A. surprised B. interested C. moved D. thanked
38. A. Having B. Expressing C. Taking D. Enjoying
39. A. manners B. uses C. ways D. things
40. A. helps B. has ever helped C. is helping D. have ever helped
41. A. feeling B. heart C. word D. mind
42. A. the good B. the smallest C. the greatest D. good one
43. A. world B. school C. community D. crowd
44. A. times B. words C. pieces D. minutes
45. A. performer B. receiver C. speaker D. doer
46. A. which B. when C. how D. where
47. A. time B. day C. moment D. form
48. A. managing B. challenging C. changing D. developing
49. A. simply B. truly C. hardly D. ably
50. A. truth B. reality C. experience D. magic
51. A. offer B. make C. feed D. put
52.A. classmates B. parents C. teachers D. friends
53.A. gave B. shared C. appreciated D. formed
54. A. after B. as C. before D. while
55.A. color B. taste C. means D. Reflection
One day I took a bus with my girlfriend. It was so that we stood for several stops until avacant seat was for her.
Then a pretty girl rushed towards me,saying,"Hi,where are you going?" I was so struck by the stranger that I had a hard time trying to her. Clearly she had taken me somebody else. I returned her greeting with politeness, to give explanation to my girlfriend later.
Noticing my dialogue with somebody else,my girlfriend her eyes and found she was pretty.She asked jealously,"Who's she?" The pretty girl,quite of the situation, spoke out first,"Hi, let me myself. I'm Nancy, used to be . Very glad to meet you." She behaved very .
But I was to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors. I was worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend the pretty girl again turned to me,"Will you giveme your cell phone number so that we keep contacts later?" I had to submit to her . Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop.
A minute later I got a short on my phone-from a stranger. My girlfriend myphone and read the note. It was from the girl,who said,"Just now,two thieves tried to yourpocket. I had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention. I should have left at the stopbut gave up as I noticed these two thieves also to leave at the same stop. Because of the I delayed my departure. Now you' ll understand all I have done to you. Wish you luck."
A.tiring B.slow C.crowded D.messy
A.ready B.available C.special D.suitable
A.identify B.realize C.remind D.judge
A.on B.by C.with D.for
A.preferring B.planning C.managing D.promising
A.fixed B.opened C.raised D.focused
A.proud B.careful C.afraid D.aware
A.explain B.enjoy C.introduce D.help
A.partners B.neighbors C.friends D.colleagues
A.naturally B.generously C.cautiously D.normally
A.in a hurry B.at a loss C.at ease D.in time
A.while B.before C.when D.until
A.would B.can C.should D.must
A.request B.question C.command D.opinion
A.suggestion B.warning C.notice D.message
A.removed B.seized C.found D.caught
A.steal B.reach C.get D.pick
A.terminal B.former C.previous D.latter
A.pretending B.intending C.demanding D.announcing
A.incident B.matter C.accident D.affair
I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a person.
I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So tried a(n) . I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I to help. That was really a big for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me that making others feel good made me feel good, too, when she died, I was , but I was very grateful to her.
I think I am a much person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not these experiences. They have me to care about other people more than about myself. I who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
A.before B.since C.or D.unless
A.famous B.simple C.different D.skilled
A.education B.career C.change D.tour
A.balance B.homework C.interest D.degree
A.talked B.wrote C.lied D.reported
A.careful B.lonely C.curious D.guilty
A.argument B.game C.experiment D.defence (防御)
A.offered B.dared C.hesitated D.happened
A.dream B.problem C.duty D.step
A.us B.which C.them D.whom
A.attitude B.hobby C.hope D.luck
A.friend B.partner C.guide D.guest
A.polite B.happy C.strange D.confident
A.bothered B.answered C.visited D.trusted
A.explain B.guess C.declare D.see
A.homeless B.hopeless C.bad-tempered D.heartbroken
A.quieter B.busier C.better D.richer
A.forget B.face C.improve D.analyze
A.forced B.preferred C.ordered D.taught
A.miss B.like C.wonder D.expect
I’m sitting in a quiet room at the Millcroft Hotel, a peaceful place hidden back among pine trees about an hour out of Toronto. It’s just past noon, late July, and I’m the desperate (绝望的) sounds of a life-and-death going on a few feet away.
There’s a small burning out the last of its short life’s energies in a (an) to fly through the glasses of the window. , it’s not working. The great effort offers no hope for survival. Ironically (讽刺地), the struggle is part of the trap. It is for the fly to try hard enough to succeed in through the glass. This fly is doomed (注定失败). It will there on the windowsill.
Across the room, ten steps , the door is open. Ten seconds of flying time and this small creature could reach the outside world it . With only a small effort now being , it could be free of this self-set . The breakthrough possibility is there. It would be so.
Why doesn’t the fly try another approach, dramatically different? How did it get so locked in on the ideathis particular route and determined effort offer the most promise for success?
No doubt this way makes to the fly. Regrettably, it is an idea that will kill it.
Trying hard isn’t necessarily the solution achieving your goal. It may not offer any real for getting what you want out of life. Sometimes, in fact, it is a big part of the problem.
If you your hopes like the fly for a break-through, you may your chances for success.
A.seeing B.crying out C.watching D.listening to
A.struggle B.cry C.yell D.test
A.bird B.fly C.insect D.worm
A.experience B.direction C.force D.attempt
A.Thus B.So C.Although D.However
A.usual B.likely C.impossible D.uncommon
A.digging B.breaking C.pushing D.jumping
A.kill B.die C.lie D.stick
A.away B.far C.near D.distant
A.dreams to B.thinks of C.looks after D.longs for
A.done B.owned C.wasted D.planned
A.tunnel B.trap C.cave D.goal
A.easy B.necessary C.hard D.obvious
A.attempt B.anything C.struggle D.something
A.that B.what C.which D.where
A.sense B.trouble C.room D.effort
A.of B.from C.off D.to
A.advice B.support C.hope D.power
A.risk B.get C.make D.take
A.fail B.kill C.overlook D.fulfill
What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I_____an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against _____of 100, scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not ______ have scored more than 80. ____, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him -- and he always _____ it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man____questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I'd prove myself a _____. In a world where I have to work with my ____, I'd do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man_____.He had a habit of telling ____. One time he said, "Doe. a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑) man______some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made ______ movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He ______ his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk ______ him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doe. the______man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors. ______ do you suppose he asked for them?" I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, "Why, you fool, he used his ______ and asked for them. I've been ______ that on all my customers today, but I knew ______ I'd catch you." "Why is that?" I asked. "Because you are so goddamned educated, Dr. I knew you couldn't be very______.
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
A.failed B.wrote C.received D.chose
A.an average B.a total C.an exam D.a number
A.always B.possibly C.certainly D.frequently
A.Then B.Thus C.Therefore D.Yet
A.fixed B.checked C.drove D.changed
A.answered B.practised C.designed D.tried
A.teacher B.doctor C.winner D.fool
A.brains B.effort C.hands D.attention
A.again B.as usual C.too D.as well
A.lies B.jokes C.news D.tales
A.bought B.tested C.found D.needed
A.cutting B.hammering C.waving D.circling
A.nodded B.raised C.shook D.turned
A.brought B.packed C.sent D.sold
A.clever B.other C.right D.next
A.What B.How C.Who D.Which
A.imagination B.hand C.voice D.information
A.trying B.proving C.practising D.examining
A.for sure B.at once C.in fact D.right now
A.clear B.silly C.slow D.smart
One day, my father drove his employer to another city for a business meeting. On the outskirts(郊区)of town, they for a sandwich lunch. While they ate, several boys playing in the street passed by their . One of the boys limped(跛行).Looking more closely, my father’s boss that the boy had a clubfoot(畸形足).He stepped out of the car and the boy, saying that he was able to help get that foot fixed. The young boy was .The businessman wrote down the boy’s name before the boy joined his friends down the street.
The man and said to my father, “Woody, the boy’s name is Jimmy. Find out where he and do your best to get his parents to let him have his foot operated on. I’ll pay all the costs.” They finished their sandwiches and went on their .
It didn’t take long for my father to Jimmy’s house, a small one that needed paint and repair. For almost an hour, my father explained the plan to Jimmy’s parents. , they looked at each other. When my father they still weren’t quite sure about the generous offer from an unknown benefactor (捐助者).
Later, my father’s employer got in touch with the local government with a to send someone to Jimmy’s home to the family that this was a lawful offer. Soon, with permission papers signed, my father took Jimmy to an excellent in another state. After five operations, his limp disappeared.
His parents watched in as the returned boy stepped lightly toward them. They still could not that a man they had never seen would pay a large sum of money to have a foot corrected for their son.
The benefactor was Mr. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He always said it’s more fun to do something for people they don’t know who did it.
A.waited B.paid C.prepared D.stopped
A.car B.town C.office D.restaurant
A.thought B.observed C.doubted D.worried
A.took care of B.got hold of C.hung out with D.caught up with
A.delighted B.satisfied C.interested D.relaxed
A.laughed B.apologized C.returned D.nodded
A.plays B.studies C.lives D.stays
A.determination B.permission C.help D.plan
A.chat B.ride C.meeting D.holiday
A.build B.decorate C.paint D.find
A.patiently B.briefly C.proudly D.calmly
A.Confused B.Excited C.Ashamed D.Tired
A.visited B.finished C.refused D.left
A.purpose B.decision C.request D.promise
A.warn B.remind C.argue D.convince
A.hotel B.hospital C.school D.store
A.anger B.fear C.amazement D.disappointment
A.agree B.admit C.prove D.believe
A.secret B.polite C.humorous D.cautious
A.until B.when C.unless D.Whom