第二部分完形填空(共10小题;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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.
Several months ago, I got into a terrible car accident. That moment __21___ my view about life.
All my life I had been waiting until I could __22___ my driver’s license(执照) and my first car. When I __23___ got my license and my dad brought the car to the house, I was __24___. Every time I got into my car, I felt invincible(不可战胜的), as if nothing could stop me. But one day I was shown that I could be __25___, just like every other person.
One __26___, though it was very dark outside, I was in the car with some of my close friends. While driving down a main street, I felt I was __27__ control of the car. It was flying.
After the accident, I don’t remember much, but I do remember the __28__ I was in, not only physical but also the thought that others’ lives were in my hands for a few seconds and I might have __29___ them.
I learned a lot from that __30____. Not only did I learn that I need to have more appreciation(欣赏,理解) for things, I also learned that material things should never be the most important in our life.
21. A. caught B.changed C. replaced D. destroyed
22. A. borrow B. buy C. get D. see
23. A. finally B. sadly C. unluckily D. suddenly
24 A. angry B. worried C. surprised D. excited
25. A. warned B. beaten C. lost D. disturbed
26. A. morning B. afternoon C. night D. noon
27. A. shaking B. taking C. trying D. losing
28. A. pain B. joy C. disappointment D.happiness
29. A. raised B. killed C. poisoned D. forgotten
30. A. exprience B. story C. vacation D. rescue
God’s Coffee
A group of class friends, highly achieved in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.Conversation soon 31 into complaints about stress(压力) in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the 32 and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of 33 —porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, 34
expensive, some delicate—telling them to 35 themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in 36 ,the professor said:“If you noticed,all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, 37 behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is
38 for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that is the 39 of your problems and stress.Be sure that the cup itself 40 no quality to the coffee.In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. 41 all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously (自觉地) went 42 the best cups.And then you began 43 each other’s cups.Now consider this:Life is the 44 ; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not explain , nor 45 the quality of life we 46 . Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 47 to enjoy the coffee God has 48 us.God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything.They just 49 the best of everything.
Live simply.Love generously.Care deeply.Speak kindly.Leave the 50 to God.
A.crowded B.looked C.burst D.turned
A.living-room B.waiting-room C.bedroom D.kitchen
A.cups B.pans C.bowls D.dishes
A.some B.others C.another D.other
A.choose B.help C.take D.pick
A.stomach B.hand C.mind D.mouth
A.running B.leaving C.hiding D.staying
A.wise B.important C.natural D.necessary
A.use B.disagreement C.answer D.cause
A.likes B.comes C.adds D.relies
A.As B.What C.That D.Which
A.for B.into C.by D.on
A.looking B.guiding C.eyeing D.changing
A.tea B.water C.wine D.coffee
A.worsen B.beat C.change D.improve
A.dislike B.live C.make D.use
A.fail B.succeed C.wish D.try
A.sold B.gave C.bought D.brought
A.keep B.say C.make D.do
A.item B.view C.rest D.thought
One of Britain’s bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected police killer David Bieber -- and was thanked 21 flowers by the police. It was also said that she could 22___ a share of up to £30,000 reward money.
Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in 23 the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible 24 when she had to steal into Bieber’s bedroom and to watch him 25 . Then she waited alone for three 26 while armed police prepared to 27 the building.
She said, "I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen
28 in the car park I was so glad they were there.”
The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious of the guest who 29in at 3 pm the day before New Year’s Eve with little luggage and 30 sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his 31 . She said, "He didn’t seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact." Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her boss Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 pm.
Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the 32 man. Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki
33 15 minutes.
"It was about ten past two in the morning 34 the phone went again and a policeman said ‘Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?’. My heart missed a35 ."
Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers 36 passages and staircases to the top floor room and 37 over the key.
"I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel, so I went to watch. I could not see into the man’s room, 38 I could see the passage. The police kept 39 at the man to come out with his hands showing. Then suddenly he 40 have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed (带上手铐)。
A.to B.with C.in D.at
A.beginning B.interrupting C.pausing D.ending
A.stories B.experience C.moment D.day
A.secretly B.happily C.interestedly D.unexpectedly
A.burn B.destroy C.step D.storm
A.come up B.crowded up C.lined up D.taken up
A.checked B.signed C.ordered D.handed
A.stealing B.getting C.wearing D.moving
A.shoulder B.face C.stomach D.ankle
A.charged B.escaped C.wanted D.found
A.each B.other C.every D.another
A.when B.while C.which D.that
A.knock B.hit C.beat D.slap
A.across B.over C.into D.through
A.turned B.handed C.stretched D.reached
A.and B.or C.therefore D.but
A.speaking B.whispering C.shouting D.scolding
A.would B.could C.must D.might
Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael 21._____ to his sister in Mommy’s tummy.
The pregnancy progressed 22._____for Karen. Then the labor pains came. Every five minutes ... every minute. But complications 23.__ during delivery. Finally, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in serious 24._____. With siren (警报)howling in the night, the ambulance 25.____ the infant to the Intensive Care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
26.______ inch by. The little girl got worse. The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope. " Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had 27.______ a special room in their home for the new baby — now they planned a funeral.
Week two in Intensive Care. It looked as if a funeral would come 28 _____the week was over. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he said. Kids were never 29______in Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind. She would take Michael 30._______they liked it or not.
She 31.______ him in an oversized scrub suit and 32.____ him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse33. _____him as a child, "Get that kid out of here now! " The usually 34._____ lady glared into the head nurse’s face, her lips a 35.____ line. "He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!" Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby 36.____ the battle to live. And he began to sing 37._____ the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray"
38. ______ the baby girl responded. The pulse rate became 39._____ and steady.
Keep on singing, Michael. "You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away — " The breathing became as smooth as a kitten’s purr.
Keep on singing, Michael. "The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping,… " Michael’s little sister relaxed as rest.
Funeral plans were 40______. The next day — the very next day — the little girl was well enough to go home!
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s love!A. talked B sang C. played D whispered
A. quietly B peacefully C hopefully D normally
A. arose B. raised C rose D aroused
A situation B condition C place D position
A took B sent C carried D rushed
A The years B The months C The weeks D The days
A fixed up B made up C built up D set up
A until B before C after D when
A asked B allowed C admitted D acquired
A no matter B even if C whether D as if
A put B dressed C wore D fit
A marched B forced C hid D followed
A required B replied C recognized D regarded
A warm-hearted B well-managed
C mild-mannered D cold-blooded A firm B strong C hard D tough
A losing B lost C to lose D having lost
A in B on C at D with
A Finally B Instantly C Patiently D Interestingly
A calm B quiet C slow D fast
A put off B put away C put up D put down
Basketball is a sport enjoyed by millions of people in at least 100 countries. It’s one of the 26 sports in the world. It began in 1891.
Dr. James A. Naismith, the father of basketball, was a teacher of YMCA training school. It trained the people to work in YMCAs. Officials at the school were 27 about the low attendance during the 28 months. They 29 that people didn’t attend then 30 the school did not have a good sports program in winter. So they asked Dr. Naismith for 31 . He came up with a new indoor game.
Naismith studied games being played at that time. He found that all the most 32 games used a ball. So a ball would be part of his new game, he decided. But 33 the ball or hitting it would be too 34 for indoors. So he put two 35 up on the poles. The players had to try to 36 a ball into them. Naismith then made thirteen 37 for the game. Twelve of them are still in 38 today. Just seven 39 after the game began professional basketball teams were 40 . And that’s how basketball was born.
A.most beautiful B.most useful C.most necessary D.best known
A.interested B.worried C.eager D.dangerous
A.summer B.spring C.autumn D.winter
A.expected B.hoped C.talked D.felt
A.that B.because C.so D.though
A.a sport B.help C.money D.student
A.popular B.practical C.excellent D.skilled
A.throwing B.casting C.kicking D.catching
A.rude B.easy C.simple D.rough
A.bags B.baskets C.flags D.signs
A.push B.throw C.send D.kick
A.persons B.poles C.rules D.balls
A.use B.value C.fact D.virtue
A.minutes B.hours C.days D.years
A.formed B.called C.dismissed D.stationed
I ran into(偶然撞到) a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry !”was my reply. Then he said, “Excuse me too. I wasn’t even __36__ you.” we were very polite, this stranger and I.
__37at home, we treat our loved ones differently. While I was cooking, my daughter came up to me quietly. When I turned, I nearly knocked(撞) her __38__. “Get out of the way!”I barked(咆哮). She ran away with her little heart broken. I didn’t realize how __39_I’d spoken.
That night,as I lay awake in bed,God’s quiet voice spoke to me, “While __40__ with a stranger,you’re calm and polite, but with those you love, it’s easy for you to __41__. Go and look around on the kitchen floor. You’ll find some flowers there by the door. Those are the flowers she brought for you. She picked them herself. She stood there __42_, and you never saw the tears in her eyes.”
By this time,I felt sad and my own tears had begun to __43__. I quietly went and knelt by her bed, “wake up, my dear,” I said,“ are these the flowers you picked for me?” I asked. She __44_,“ I found them out by the tree. I knew you’d like them.”I said, “I’m so sorry that I missed them today. And I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way.”She whispered,“ Mommy, that’s okay...I still love you __45__.”I hugged (拥抱)her.
Are you aware that: if you die tomorrow, the company that you are working for could easily replace you in a matter of days. But the family will feel the __46__ for the rest of their lives. We pour(倾注) ourselves more into our work 47 into our families—an unbalanced investment (投资)indeed.
A.noticing B.knowing C.following D.understanding
A.And B.So C.As D.But
A.off B.down C.up D.at
A.quietly B.clearly C.difficultly D.cruelly(残酷地)
A.dealing B.seeing. C.arguing D.traveling
A.fight B.excite C.talk D.mistake
A.quickly B.excitedly C.quietly D.nervously
A.come B.form C.fall D.fly
A.added B.cried C.smiled D.agreed
A.seldom B.anyway C.however D.therefore
A.loss B.trouble C.problem D.care
A.same B.more C.as D.than