完形填空:(共30分,每小题1.5分)
My 14-year-old son, John, and I
Spotted(挑出,察觉) the coat at the same time. It was
hanging at a (an) 36 clothing store.
The coat had a black velvet collar(天鹅绒衣领), delightful
tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label (标签) and a (an)37 price of $28.
We looked at 38 , saying nothing, 39 John’s eyes shone. Dark, woolen topcoats were popular just then with 40 , but could 41 several hundred dollars new.
John 42 the coat. He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied 43 that soon changed into a smile. The 44 was perfect. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. “How did the kids like your coat? ” I asked. “They love it. ” He said, carefully 45 it over the chair and smoothing it flat.
Over the next few weeks, the _____46_____came over Jone. Quiet reasoned discussion was____47____argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to ___48______.“good dinner, Mum”he would say every evening .One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner, John said,“You are right, and I guess I will.”
When I 49 this to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn’t know 50 caused the changes, she said with laughter, “It must be his coat! ” At the library, we 51 to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time. “ 52 this be John? ” He asked, looking up to John’s new height and coat, and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both knew we should never 53 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for 54 a standard of excellence for the world to see, for practicing standard of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for 55 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
A.second-hand B.expensive C.big D.cheap
A.reasonable B.unbelievable C.special D.average
A.each other B.one another C.the other D.others
A.therefore B.however C.but D.thus
A.adults B.people C.parents D.teenagers
A.spend B.cost C.pay D.take
A.touched B.buttoned C.held D.obtained
A.gesture B.expression C.attitude D.feeling
A.color B.price C.fit D.style
A.pressing B.taking C.hanging D.folding
A.happiness C.change D.generosity
A.because of B.instead of C.aware of D.full of
A.please B.understand C.complain D.apologize
A.mentioned B.wrote C.reported D.explained
A.when B.how C.what D.that
A.happened B.came C.intended D.decided
A.Should B.Would C.Must D.Could
A.watch B.judge C.mistake D.consider
A.doing B.showing C.speaking D.wearing
A.comparing B.connecting C.combining D.matching
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,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s 36filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so 37that I decided to write an article about her.
I 38Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk her career. She 39and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I 40I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there 41, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that 42Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The 43was almost unbearable. I struggled for days 44draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript 45. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I 46in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t 47the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While 48my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in 49:
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some 50materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to 51your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to 52. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of 53writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this 54, I learned a very important lesson: You can’t 55to doubt yourself.
36.A.joy B.voice C.speech D.smile
37.A.proud B.active C.satisfied D.moved
38.A.visited B.emailed C.phoned D.interviewed
39.A.agreed B.refused C.hesitated D.paused
40.A.replied B.discovered C.explained D.knew
41.A.seriously B.patiently C.nervously D.quietly
42.A.blaming B.fooling C.inviting D.urging
43.A.hardship B.failure C.comment D.pressure
44.A.with B.by C.on D.in
45.A.disappeared B.returned C.spread D.improved
46.A.compare B.struggle C.survive D.compete
47.A.ignore B.deliver C.face D.receive
48.A.decorating B.repairing C.cleaning D.leaving
49.A.disbelief B.anxiety C.horror D.trouble
50.A.subjective B.relevant C.private D.reliable
51.A.broadcast B.create C.publish D.assess
52.A.recover B.prepare C.escape D.concentrate
53.A.energetic B.endless C.typical D.enjoyable
54.A.experience B.success C.benefit D.accident
55.A.attempt B.afford C.expect D.pretend
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最
佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Little Chad was a shy, 21 young man. One day he came home and told his mother that he’d like to make a Valentine for everyone in his class. Her heart sank. She thought, “I wish he 22 do that!” because she had 23 the children when they walked home from school. Her Chad was always 24 them. They laughed and 25on to each other. But Chad was never 26 . However, she decided she would 27 with her son. So she bought the paper and glue and crayons(蜡笔). For three weeks, night after night, Chad painstakingly made 35 valentines.
Valentine’s Day 28 , and Chad was 29 himself with excitement. He carefully put them in a bag and walked out of the door. His mother decided to bake him his favorite cookies and 30 them nice and warm with a cool glass of milk when he came home. She just knew he would be 31 and maybe that would ease(减轻) the pain a little. It hurt her to think that he wouldn’t get many valentines-maybe 32 at all.
That afternoon she had the cookies and milk on the table. When she heard the children outside, she looked out of the window. Sure enough, 33 they came, laughing and having the 34 time. And, as 35 , there was Chad at the back. He walked a little faster than usual. She 36 expected him to burst into 37 as soon as he got inside. His arms were 38 , she noticed, and when the door opened she choked back the tears.
“Mommy has some cookies and milk for you,” she said.
But he hardly heard her words, he just 39 right on by, his face aglow(满面红光), and all he could say was, “Not a one. Not a one.”
Her heart sank.
And then he added, “I didn’t forget a one, not a 40 one!”
21.A.excited B.quiet C.cold D.calm
22.A.shouldn’t B.might C.wouldn’t D.could
23.A.watched B.noticed C.found D.stared
24.A.behind B.among C.with D.beside
25.A.dropped B.hung C.fell D.turned
26.A.contained B.included C.received D.favored
27.A.go on B.go off C.go in D.go along
28.A.reached B.followed C.passed D.dawned
29.A.in B.of C.beside D.for
30.A.provide B.offer C.serve D.supply
31.A.disappointed B.worried C.high D.anxious
32.A.some B.none C.any D.nothing
33.A.there B.where C.nowhere D.anywhere
34.A.best B.good C.great D.happy
35.A.never B.always C.still D.seldom
36.A.hardly B.badly C.fully D.seriously
37.A.laughter B.laughing C.crying D.tears
38.A.full B.straight C.empty D.bent
39.A.traveled B.marched C.moved D.rolled
40.A.single B.only C.very D.just
完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
When I was a girl, in the deserts of Somalia(索马里), my family was nomadic(游牧的), 36with our animals, and leading a happy life.
I was about thirteen 37 my father called me at the end of a hot day. “Come and 38 here.” He said.“I’ve found you a 39 ! We have arranged that he will 40 me five camels. “ That night I ran away. I was 41.For almost three weeks, I walked 42the desert, and finally I got to my auntie’s house in Mogadishu. Auntie’s husband was an ambassador(大使), and in a few months I 43Britain to work at his London house.
One day a 44 called Michael Goss saw me in the street. He took my picture and the photographs were 45 . “You should try and do 46 ,” he told me. When my aunt and uncle 47Africa, I stayed in London. I found a place to stay and got 48 at McDonald’s before I took Michael Goss’s photographs to an agency one day. They 49 me to a studio, and my picture appeared 50of the Pirelli calendar. Soon after that, the agency got me 51 in the James Bond film The Living Daylights.
That was seven years ago. Since then I’ve done modeling all over the world and I’ve had frequent52 in magazines such as Vogue and Elle. I have 53 hosted the US music program Soul Train.
Once 54five camels, now I can 55 up to ₤5000 for one day’s work. I have gone from the bottom to the top.
36.A.working hard B.living together C.looking after D.moving around
37.A.when B.after C.as D.before
38.A.listen B.sit C.work D.see
39.A.business B.boss C.husband D.chance
40.A.support B.provide C.share D.give
41.A.excited B.worried C.frightened D.surprised
42.A.around B.through C.inside D.beyond
43.A.flew to B.stayed in C.chose D.left
44.A.director B.editor C.photographer D.writer
45.A.satisfied B.beautiful C.well-mannered D.young
46.A.designing B.photographing C.dressing D.modeling
47.A.moved to B.changed for C.returned toD.started for
48.A.something to eat B.a job C.a bedroom D.a workroom
49.A.sent B.wanted C.ordered D.informed
50.A.in the list B.on the cover C.in the ads D.on the page
51.A.a rise B.a job C.a part D.an actress
52.A.interviews B.performances C.visits D.appearances
53.A.already B.even C.yet D.still
54.A.looking after B.feeding C.worth D.as much as
55.A.pay B.spend C.give D.earn
Ausubel of Rockefeller University in New York, US. says the key renewable energy sources, including sun, wind and biofuels, would all require vast 1 of land if developed up to large scale production1 – unlike nuclear power. That land would be far better left alone2, he says. Renewables look attractive when they are quite 2 . But if we start producing renewable energy on a large scale, the fallout is going to be horrible. Instead, Ausubel argues 3 renewed development of nuclear.
Ausubel draws his conclusions by analysing the amount of energy renewables, natural gas and nuclear can produce in terms of power per square metre of land used3. Moreover, he claims that as renewable energy use increases, this measure of efficiency4 will 4 as the best land for wind, biofuels, and solar power gets used up.
Using biofuels to obtain the 5 amount of energy as a 1000 megawatt nuclear power plant would require 2500 square kilometres of farm 6 , Ausubel says. "We should be sparing land for nature5, not using it as pasture for cars and trucks," he adds.
Solar power is much more efficient than biofuel in terms of the area of land 7 , but it would still require 150 square kilometres of photovoltaic cells to 8 the energy production of the 1000 MW nuclear plant. In another example, he says meeting the 2005 US electricity demand via wind power alone would need 780,000 square kilometres, an area the size of Texas.
However, several experts are highly critical 9 Ausubel’s conclusions. John Turner of the US government’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory says that 10 the US got all of its power from solar energy, it would still need less than half the amount of land that has been paved over for highways. Further, it need not 11 additional land. The US could get a quarter of its energy just from covering rooftops of 12 buildings, he says.
According to Turner, the same "dual use" also applies to wind power6. "The footprint for wind7 is only 5% of the land that it 13 . Farmers can still farm the land that the turbines are on8. Turner says looking solely at land use is an oversimplification of the 14 . "I’m not sure I’d want to build one of these nuclear plants in Afghanistan9, but we could 15 put in wind and solar power," he adds.
A. figures B. amounts C, unmbers D. digits
A.small B.huge C.little D.vast
A.at B.over C.for D.against
A.expand B.minimize C.enlarge D.decrease
A.same B.similar C.alike D.identical
A.region B.site C.area D.land
A.leased B.cultivated C.used D.purchased
A.patch B.match C.catch D.fetch
A.in B.with C.of D.on
A.even if B.only if C.what if D.as if
A.lock up B.take up C.give up D.set up
A.towering B.interesting C.nice-looking D.existing
A.surrounds B.contains C.includes D.covers
A.issue B.stuff C.summary D.suggestion
A.doubtfully B.supposedly C.certainly D.honestly
When a person walks, the movement of his head, trunk, hipbones and limbs are all reflected in changes in his body. A computer 1 these changes into a database. Later, the computers can 2 identify him according to these changes. This is a new biological identification method and it can quickly identify an examinee 3 disturbing him. It's especially suitable for use in airports and supermarkets.
Everybody's voice is 4 . When a person's voice is recorded by an instrument, its voice frequency spectrum is called his sound print. Like a fingerprint, everybody's sound print is different. How can computers 5 his sound? First, his voice is recorded, which allows the computers to become familiar with his voice. It will then turn his sound characteristics into a 6 of digits. These digits represent the frequency, pitch and rhythm of the person’s voice. These are the 7 on which the computers can distinguish1 his voice from 8 .
When that person needs to be identified, after he says only one word or two, the computers can identify him. The computers can even identify sounds coming 9 the wires. This will provide a 10 guarantee to electric banks and electric purchases.
We often bring ID cards2, work cards, or driver licenses with us to prove our identity. If all these cards are forgotten or lost, how can we prove 11 we are? In fact, it's not difficult to prove whom you are, because your body 12 has identifying markers. Some are physiological features, such as fingerprints, sounds, facial types and eye color. The computer can help to identify you. Suppose your features have already been stored in the database3. To identify you, we have to take your picture with a camera and send it to a computer for 13 . First, the computer needs to reposition this picture according to the position of your eyes4, and then starts to read themessage of your physiological features such as the 14 of your pupil5 to the whites of your eyes6 and the shape of his nose. Next, it seeks matching records from the database. Finally, it makes a 15 .
A.checks B.stores C.revises D.modifies
A.nearly B.approximately C.roughly D.accurately
A.without B.with C.for D.in
A.hear B.understand C.distinguish D.record
A.othre’s B.another’s C.each other’s D.one another’s
A.at B.on C.in D.through
A.cleverer B.tidier C.smarter D.safer
A.how B.whom C.what D.where
A.oneself B.themselves C.ifself D.himself
A.processing B.copying C.coloring D.revising
A.size B.type C.ratio D.shapr
A.recommendating B.decision C.proposal D.contribution