II. 完形填空(共10题;每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。
Married couples 21 more than their homes, cars and finances. They are also likely to have some of the same 22 , experts say. If one of them 23 from asthma (哮喘) , depression, high blood pressure or raised cholesterol n. (胆固醇) levels , his or her partner 24 be afflicted ( vt. 使苦恼,折磨) with the 25 illness , Julia Cox of the University in northern England said. Cox and her team said the most likely 26 for the shared diseases was environment. Married couples usually eat the same foods, are exposed to the same allergens (n. 过敏原) and often have similar exercise patterns, all of 27 contribute to ailments (n. 小病, 疾病) such as allergies, high blood pressure and raised cholesterol. The scientists 28 the medical history of 8,000 married couples, aged 30 to 74. 29 is known, the proper use should be 30 some efficient measures to stop this.
21. A. share B. spare C. own D. use
22. A. cancer B. diseases C. ill D. throat
23. A. keeps B. goes C. suffers D. comes
24. A. should B. shall C. could D. will
25. A. different B. difficult C. similar D. same
26. A. season B. promise C. reason D. approach
27. A. who B. which C. whose D. that
28. A. studied B. read C. copied D. understood
29. A. As B. For C. It D. What
30. A. made to B. made of C. making of D. to make of
Henry's job was to examine people who crossed the frontier (边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a(n) ___ coming up the hill towards the frontier, __ a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle__ the frontier, Henry used to __ the man and order him to take the straw off and ___ it. Then he would examine the straw very ___ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets before letting him tie the straw __. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always __ to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he ___ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully. He was___that the man was smuggling __, but he was not able to imagine __ it could be.
Then one evening, after he had__ the straw and emptied the factory worker's__ as usual, he said to him, “___ I know that you are smuggling things __ this frontier. Won't you tell me what you're bringing into the country so successfully? I'm sixty years old now, and today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I'm going to retire. I promise that I shall not tell anyone __ you tell me what you've been smuggling." The factory worker did not say anything ___ . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”
A.officer B.driver C.worker D.soldier
A.pulling B.pushing C.filling D.carrying
A.reached B.left C.faced D.formed
A.stop B.greet C.praise D.beat
A.show B.load C.light D.untie
A.carefully B.carelessly C.angrily D.quickly
A.once B.again C.yet D.instead
A.pretending B.believing C.expecting D.asking
A.ever B.often C.always D.never
A.curious B.sure C.clever D.known
A.anything B.nothing C.everything D.something
A.how B.which C.what D.why
A.looked after B.looked through C.looked for D.looked out
A.pockets B.clothes C.socks D.shoes
A.Wait B.Go C.Listen D.Come
A.past B.from C.through D.across
A.job B.mountain C.edge D.road
A.as B.if C.before D.whether
A.at the moment B.after all C.for a moment D.at all
A.Straw B.Money C.Cars D.Bicycles
Valentine’s Day is a popular festival of love and romance. There are legends associated with the festival along with the belief that birds began to mate from this day. Historians trace (追踪)its to an ancient Roman festival. It is said that in ancient Rome, people a holiday on February 14th to honor Juno—the Queen of Roman Gods and Goddesses. On the following day, February 15th,the festival of Lupercalia was celebrated to honor the Roman God of Agriculture.
An interesting was followed on the festival of Lupercalia to bring together young boys and girls who otherwise were strictly . On the eve of the festival, names of young Roman girls were written on a slip of paper and placed into jars. Each young man a girl's name from the jar and was paired with the girl during the festival. Sometimes the lasted for a year until next year's celebration. Quite often,the couple would fall in love with each other and marry. The custom lasted for a long time until people felt that it was un-Christian and that mates should be chosen by sight, not .
The pairing of young boys and girls set the mood of the Valentine's Day Festival as we know today. But it was due to the efforts and daring of a priest St Valentine that the festival got its and clearer meaning. The story goes that Emperor Claudius II of Rome found it to get soldiers and felt the reason why men did not join the was that they did not wish to leave their wives and families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. St Valentine challenged Claudius's order and secretly married couples. When his disobedience was ,Valentine was put to death on February 14, around 270 AD. After his death Valentine was named a saint.
A.acceptable B.familiar C.various D.unrelated
A.possibility B.development C.event D.origin
A.studied B.observed C.handled D.discussed
A.movement B.celebration C.competition D.custom
A.respected B.educated C.separated D.organized
A.spoke out B.brought out C.pulled out D.drew out
A.pairing B.dating C.playing D.celebrating
A.fortunately B.occasionally C.finally D.surprisingly
A.order B.risk C.name D.luck
A.usually B.actually C.really D.factually
A.history B.story C.fame D.name
A.strange B.slow C.awful D.tough
A.war B.party C.army D.game
A.unfinished B.unjustified C.unrecognized D.unconcerned
A.discovered B.attacked C.memorized D.promised
Every night,I watched for Miss Ellen's lights to go off. She lives next door and we are best friends,____I'm young and she's old. We both like dogs,cats and birds. Miss Ellen has another best friend,her ____,Imogene. Soon as her lights were off,I went into our kitchen and got a(n) ____ to say goodnight to Imogene.
“Imogene?” I kept my voice ____ because Imogene is old and I didn't want to ____ her.
Imogene looked at me ____ I put the egg under her. She seemed to ___ sitting on that egg. I guessed it must ____ her of good old times.
Every morning,I went to Miss Ellen's home to ____ her bread while she ate Imogene's egg.“ I should let you eat the egg too,but it's Imogene's ___ to me,”she said.
When Imogene stopped laying eggs last year,Miss Ellen became ____ and quiet. That was before I started ____ giving her one of Mom's every night.
One morning when I got to Miss Ellen's kitchen,something was ___.Miss Ellen seldom allowed Imogene in the house,but that day she was on the table. Miss Ellen was ____,holding two eggs in her hands.
“Can you ____ it?My Imogene laid this herself!It's not one of your mother's. Oh!Oh!”She ____and put her hand over her mouth.
I looked at her in ____.“You knew?”
“Yes. I'm sorry. To tell the truth,Imogene ____ that you come to visit her every day. She didn't want you to stop. So we decided to keep ____.”
It took a minute for me to ____.Then I figured it out. Both of them wanted me to come. I touched Imogene's head and smiled at Miss Ellen.
A.for B.yet C.though D.because
A.dog B.cat C.bird D.hen
A.egg B.apple C.cake D.drink
A.firm B.soft C.loud D.pleasant
A.lose B.hurt C.keep D.frighten
A.unless B.since C.as D.if
A.like B.consider C.regret D.mind
A.tell B.remind C.warn D.convince
A.mix B.cut C.borrow D.share
A.promise B.choice C.gift D.job
A.sad B.calm C.boring D.strange
A.slowly B.secretly C.mainly D.simply
A.important B.funny C.wrong D.different
A.busy B.angry C.excited D.shocked
A.believe B.feel C.make D.see
A.remembered B.stopped C.smiled D.nodded
A.peace B.disappointment C.surprise D.confidence
A.hopes B.prefers C.suggests D.loves
A.quiet B.happy C.honest D.friendly
A.start B.understand C.cry D.notice
Nowadays more and more Chinese teenagers find life more difficult without their parents. They don’t know how to do . Because their parents do almost __ for them at home . This is a big __ __.
Joy is 14 years old. One day her __ __ went away business, so she had to stay at __ __alone. At first she thought she would be happy her parents were not in. She could do everything she liked. But it was six o’clock in the afternoon, she felt . “Oh, it’s time to have __ __. Where can I get my __ _?” she said to _ __. Later she found some food in the fridge, but she know how to cook. At that moment, she missed her very much. At last she could only go to the supermarket and some food to __ __.
Many__ _ are as Joy. So I think they should learn some basic _ _ skills, like cooking, tidying up their rooms or dressing themselves . They shouldn’t depend too much on their parents.
A.homework B.housework C.business D.some shopping
A.nothing B.something C.everything D.some
A.question B.quarrel C.fight D.problem
A.parents B.uncle C.aunt D.brother
A.in B.at C.with D.on
A.school B.church C.hospital D.home
A.because B.so C.but D.until
A.when B.who C.where D.that
A.full B.hungry C.excited D.bored
A.supper B.breakfast C.lunch D.brunch
A.book B.orange C.drink D.food
A.herself B.himself C.myself D.themselves
A.couldn’t B.didn’t C.might not D.wouldn’t
A.cousin B.aunt C.parents D.brother
A.made B.gave C.bought D.saw
A.drink B.eat C.make D.give
A.men B.women C.adults D.teenagers
A.the same B.difficult C.different D.warm-hearted
A.school B.study C.life D.play
A.properly B.carelessly C.actually D.Slowly
Whenever we hear about “the homeless”, most of us think of the Developing world. But the 31 is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a 32 country like Germany?
Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making 33 for the homeless of Berlin, Germany’s capital. They first 34 one long hot summer when most Germans were 35 on holiday. Kurt and his wife stayed at home, made sandwiches, 36a table in the street and gave food to the homeless.
The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing weren’t37 . “What these people also need is warmth and 38 ,” says Rita. The Mullers didn’t 39 to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita40 there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always 41 to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street.
The couple were soon 42 all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to43 donations. Today, over thirty companies 44 donate food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help to 45 them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer 46 new shoes.
Kurt and Rita receive no 47 for their hard work. “ We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t 48 money for helping their children. The love we get on the streets is our salary.” Though Rita admits she often gets 49 , she says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a 50in the world.
A.result B.truth C.reason D.idea
A.traditional B.developing C.typical D.wealthy
A.preparations B.houses C.meals D.suggestions
A.began B.met C.called D.left
A.asleep B.alone C.across D.away
A.brought up B.set up C.put aside D.gave away
A.enough B.necessary C.helpful D.expensive
A.fame B.freedom C.courage D.caring
A.hesitate B.agree C.pretend D.intend
A.made sense B.found out C.made sure D.worked out
A.open B.crowded C.noisy D.near
A.costing B.wasting C.taking D.spending
A.pay for B.ask for C.look into D.carry out
A.completely B.calmly C.regularly D.roughly
A.advertise B.sell C.deliver D.lend
A.donates B.produces C.designs D.collects
A.permission B.payment C.direction D.support
A.borrow B.raise C.save D.expect
A.surprised B.excited C.tired D.amused
A.profit B.difference C.decision D.rule