第一节 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各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mary seemed to be at a loss as to what is to live. One day the Spirit of Life came to her.
“What do you call the fullness of life?” the Spirit asked. “Oh, I can't tell you, if you don't know,” she said.“Many words are 21 to define it — love and sympathy are those in commonest 22 , but I’m not even sure that they are the 23 ones, and so few people really know what they 24 .”
“You were married,” said the Spirit, “yet you didn’t find the fullness of life in your marri- age?”
“Oh, no,” Mary replied,“my marriage was a very incomplete affair.”
“And yet you were fond of your 25 ?”
“You’ve hit upon the 26 word; I was fond of him, yes, just as I was fond of my grandmother and the house I was born in. Oh, I was fond of him, and we were counted a very happy 27 . But I’ve sometimes thought that a woman’s nature is like a great house full of rooms: there is the hall, through which everyone passes, going in and out; the drawing-room, where one 28 formal visits; the sitting-room, where the family members come and go; but beyond that, far beyond, are other rooms, the handles of whose doors perhaps are never 29 ; no one knows the way to them, no one knows where they lead; and in the innermost room, the soul sits 30 and waits for a footstep that never comes.”
21. A. meant B. supposed C. required D. expected
22. A. favor B. need C. practice D. use
23. A. right B. wrong C. important D. necessary
24. A. refer B. suggest C. mean D. believe
25. A. husband B. life C. family D. friend
26. A. same B. exact C. actual D. accurate
27. A. family B. home C. couple D. pair
28. A. receives B. accepts C. expects D. enjoys
29. A. touched B. turned C. reached D. locked
30. A. still B. down C. straight D. alone
One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch (牧场)house in a large valley. Everything seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 31 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 32 , the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 33 Raul. The thunder (雷声) was so loud that he buried his head in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it — hoof beats (蹄声). He 34 . There before him stood a tall, white horse. An old man stared down at him from its back.
“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “Oh, my name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered 35 , “come with me.”
Raul followed on with his horse. A 36 feeling came over him. All 37 them the rain was pouring down, 38 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 39 back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once, he found 40 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, waved his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 41 .
Raul’s father ran out across the yard to 42 him. “We have been 43 about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the 44 .”
“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”
“Can’t say I … wait. I believe my great-grandfather used to tell stories about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They all say he was 45 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?” At this, Raul was really more shocked than puzzled.
A.dropped B.fell C.rolled D.covered
A.Suddenly B.Strongly C.Quickly D.Hardly
A.beating B.blinding C.burning D.touching
A.looked up B.woke up C.lay down D.sat down
A.lazily B.angrily C.freely D.slowly
A.natural B.common C.strange D.sad
A.around B.beside C.through D.above
A.yet B.for C.so D.or
A.reaching B.leading C.heading D.returning
A.them B.themselves C.him D.himself
A.gone B.left C.followed D.lost
A.see B.meet C.beat D.ask
A.waited B.thought C.worried D.excited
A.yard B.wind C.grass D.rain
A.defeated B.caught C.damaged D.struck
That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in 1 for seventeen years, I had no 2 about my ability to hold their attention and to 3 on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted, " 4 !" The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat 5 about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness was over, I quickly 6 my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect—perhaps 7 their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.
My students 8 diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually 9 by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, "Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today. 10 her next lecture will be better." Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a 11 theme. "Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 12 for all the works we’ll study in class," I complained." How _13 they say I didn’t teach them anything?"
It was a long term, and it 14 became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as_15 of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise 16 questions and provide enough background so that students could 17 their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide _18_ information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
_19 , I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a 20 American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
A.the UK B.the US C.China D.Australia
A.worry B.idea C.doubt D.experience
A.impress B.put C.leave D.fix
A.Attention B.Look out C.At ease D.Stand up
A.puzzled B.sure C.curious D.worried
A.found B.returned C.regained D.followed
A.more B.even C.yet D.still
A.passed B.borrowed C.read D.kept
A.replaced B.taken C.caught D.moved
A.Naturally B.Perhaps C.Fortunately D.Reasonably
A.different B.strong C.similar D.usual
A.happenings B.characters C.development D.background
A.should B.need C.will D.must
A.immediately B.certainly C.simply D.gradually
A.that B.what C.those D.ones
A.difficult B.interesting C.ordinary D.unusual
A.draw B.look C.search D.offer
A.strange B.standard C.exact D.serious
A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Though
A.normal B.happy C.good D.better
I stood there outside of the classroom with the other students,waiting for the supervisor(监考老师)to open the door,and 1 filled the heart.
When we were finally inside the classroom,I realized how 2 it was. The heater hadn't been on and the _3___ were as cold as ice. Alright then, the supervisor started to walk around,____4___everyone's calculator to make sure they were "approved devices"(允许使用的工具).
At around 8:25,the test started. I was___5____my way through word problems, grammar sections,and reading and 6 sections. The supervisor kept walking around the room,7 each student's extra pencils and 8 sharpening them for us.I turned the___9___when instructed to,___10____it wasn't another math section and it wasn't. It was a reading section —— ___11____!I started reading the excerpt(片段)given and was 12 to discover that it wasn't a boring piece about astrology (星象)or biological science. ____13____,it was an excerpt from a romantic novel. I became little____14____with reading it and at times I wanted to say "Awww!”aloud. My heart was 15 swooning(沉醉)and I think I was 16 . Hopefully I got the questiotions from that section____17__because I actually had fun answering them. Who knew the SAT could actually bring 18 ?
It was about 1 p. m. when the test was over. I got out of the classroom with____19____.As I was walking outside the building,I was thinking that the test was no longer a bitter____20____for the first time in my life.
A. happiness B. nervousness C. calmness D. sadness
A. amazing B. disappointing C. tiring D. freezing
A. seats B. walls C. floors D.hearts
A. seeing B. taking C. checking D.preparing
A. looking B. pacing C. making D. showing
A. comprehension B. thinking C. guessing D. recitation
A. bringing in B. putting down C. picking up D. showing off
A. kindly B. slightly C. directly D. slowly
A. door B. direction C. pencil D. page
A. terrible B. great C. sure D. no
A. frightened B. worried C. shocked D. regretted
A. However B. Therefore C. Also D. Rather
A. carried away B. worn out C. tired D. confused
A. suddenly B. totally C. over D. again
A. reading B. sleeping C. smiling D. whispering
A. right B. ready C. clear D. possible
A. hope B.joy C.interest D. trouble
A.relief B.hunger C.strength D.courage
A.attempt B.fact C.process D.experience
My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat which was hanging at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass. While the other coats drooped(低垂), this one looked as if it were 36 itself up. The coat had beautiful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label and a(an) 37 price of $28, which was popular just then with 38 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. This coat was even better, bearing that 39 of classic elegance(优雅). John tried it on and the fit was perfect.
John 40 the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said, 41 folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a 42 came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and reasoned discussion replaced fierce 43 . He became more mannerly and 44 , eager to please. He would generously loan his younger brother his tapes and lecture him 45 his behavior.
When I mentioned this incident to his teacher and 46 what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It 47 be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good 48 not only because he had earned 49 but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran into a friend “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly, 50 John’s new height, assessing the cut of his coat and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both know we should never 51a person’s clothes for the real person within them. 52 there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for 53 what is on the inside to what is on the outside.
For John it is a time when it is as easy to try on different approaches to 54 as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape 55 all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.
A.turning B.showing C.holding D.hanging
A.unreasonable B.expected C.acceptable D.unbelievable
A.adults B.teenagers C.women D.strangers
A.color B.style C.price D.size
A.wore B.carried C.lent D.sent
A.carefully B.comfortably C.casually D.quickly
A.happiness B.matter C.smile D.change
A.doubt B.argument C.fight D.war
A.thoughtful B.handsome C.hopeful D.curious
A.of B.with C.on D.at
A.discovered B.confirmed C.concluded D.wondered
A.can B.should C.will D.must
A.present B.mark C.word D.result
A.it B.them C.this D.one
A.taking up B.looking down to C.checking up D.looking up at
A.trust B.exchange C.mistake D.regard
A.Though B.But C.Since D.So
A.matching B.attaching C.relating D.connecting
A.career B.life C.study D.success
A.how B.why C.where D.when
I’m Monty Don. Though I’m a host and writer now, I had an unhappy study experience actually. I changed 36 many times.
I first went to school at five. None of my teachers or classmates liked me because I always gave them a lot of trouble. I once put a worm in a girl’s pocket. When I was seven, I was asked to
37 the school. Then I was sent off to a boarding school. I missed my 38 very much at first; I didn’t want to leave once I returned home. Later I met a very 39 teacher, who cared for me and helped me with my study. He was also the first person to encourage me to act and write. At 13, I moved to Malvern College, but I was kicked out at 15 for 40 school rules. Then I went to another school where I failed my English A level. In fact, I didn’t like studying.
I finally 41 that life shouldn’t be like this. So I retook the exam and got an A grade. And more 42 , I made a decision: to go to college, so I began to 43 for the entrance exam. I finally passed the exam and went to Cambridge to read English. I met my wife there and I was
44 I made that decision, otherwise I wouldn’t have had a happy family. Looking back on what I’ve 45 , I come to know that if you devote yourself to it, nothing is impossible.
A.subjects B.schools C.jobs D.goals
A.leave B.join C.visit D.describe
A.friend B.class C.teacher D.family
A.rude B.terrible C.good D.hard
A.breaking B.changing C.keeping D.following
A.guessed B.wondered C.remembered D.realized
A.painfully B.briefly C.importantly D.frequently
A.prepare B.call C.wait D.hope
A.foolish B.proud C.glad D.afraid
A.written B.experienced C.dreamed D.concerned