第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
Everything speeds up with people’s lives. People often eat fast food __36__ nice meals cooked by mother __37__. They go to the shop, where the meal is __38___ cooked. They can take __39__ from the shelf when they ___40___ their dollars and in ten minutes eat it and ___41__ their dinner. This is not good for __42___.
People move a great __43__ from city to city, ___44___ their jobs. Airplanes go ___45__ between cities. Every twenty-five seconds planes are taking off from the airports. When people move __46__ the cities, they leave their friends ___47___, moving from place to place. They leave their old mother and father, their children, and leave their __48___. And people become without roots, without a place ___49__ they can really call “home”. This has very__50___ effects. One thing is that the old people often live so far from their children that, ___51__ they become old, there is nobody to __52___ them. Brothers and sisters move far away from each other. They telephone each other. But the families are very __53___. The society doesn’t have the __54___ ways any more, which kept people ___55___ together. And many people feel rather lonely today.
36. A. without B. together with C. instead of D. as
37. A. at school B. at home C. in the house D. in the kitchen
38. A. already B. still C. not D. just
39. A. them B. it C. everything D. little
40. A. put B. get C. set D. pay
41. A. finish B. cook C. fetch D. bring
42. A. families B. children C. old people D. business
43. A. many B. much C. deal D. far
44. A. doing B. to do C. changing D. change
45. A. usually B. immediately C. constantly D. fast
46. A. from B. to C. in D. aroun
47. A. behind B. away C. out D. off
48. A. friends B. parents C. teachers D. students
49. A. or B. and C. where D. that
50. A. bad B. surprising C. exciting D. great
51. A. if B. when C. since D. because
52. A. see B. look after C. hear from D. telephone
53. A. scattered B. different C. large D. separated
54. A. new B. old C. easy D. same
55. A. close B. near C. live D. friendly
Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing ____ was something she picked up by herself. After her first____, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. ____, writing stories was simply a ____ interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher. ____, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long ____ and paid Tracy a $ 15,000 advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for ____ writer.”
____ Tracy’s characters are interesting, her stories sometimes ____ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could ____ the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”
“Can I ? I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have ____ when things come to me ____. “Once, she was wondering how to complete a ____ set in ancient China. ____ the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ____. It came without her having ____ it.
Though she has published 45 books, Tracy has remained ____ by her fame. She lives in the same ____ she lived 27 years ago — although in a more comfortable home. There’s more room for ____ in her life — and it wasn’t just __ __.
A.practice B.experience C.skill D.method
A.job B.effort C.duty D.task
A.Instead B.Then C.Certainly D.Normally
A.general B.deep C.lively D.personal
A.Interested B.Anxiously C.Seriously D.Encouraged
A.story B.film C.program D.article
A.a foreign B.a popular C.an unknown D.an unusual
A.Now that B.Even though C.Just because D.Except that
A.find B.turn C.hold D.leave
A.connect with B.make up C.control D.explain
A.events B.moments C.feelings D.chances
A.as gifts B.from a distance C.by accident D.for no reason
A.description B.condition C.scene D.talk
A.Surprisingly B.Fortunately C.Expectedly D.Suddenly
A.cooking B.medicine C.history D.play
A.ordered B.sent C.realized D.known
A.determined B.excited C.unchanged D.unmoved
A.life B.way C.house D.city
A.success B.joy C.work D.variety
A.reporting B.fun C.luck D.writing
If you are a modern art lover, you should be sure to drop by the Saatchi Gallery during your visit to London. The original gallery was by Charles Saatchi, a British art collector for founding the Saatchi and Saatchi advertising agency with his brother. It moved from its old in St. John’s Wood to its new home in County Hall near the Thames in the spring of 2003.
Anyone who has heard in the past of the often shocking but always inspiring works on at the Saatchi Gallery will not be when visiting the gallery’s new location. Along with the of new British artists, the gallery still the works of Damien Hirst, the Chapman brothers, and Tracy Emin in its permanent .
Of the artworks, one can see in the Saatchi Gallery, Hirst’s works are probably the most . Hirst’s work first made headlines in the early 1990s when he art from dead animals.
Along with Hirst, the Chapman brothers, Dinos and Jake, also a certain amount of their fame to the Saatchi Gallery. It was through Saatchi these two brothers came to public attention. At the gallery, visitors can see the brothers’ vision of Hell, made from 30, 000 plastic toy soldiers.
Another artist featured at the gallery who has grabbed with her art is Tracy Emin. In 1998, Emin gave to argument when she sold her messy, unmade bed to Saatchi as a work of art My Bed at £150, 000.
Are any of these works really art? That is a question you will have to answer for when you visit the Saatchi Gallery. Charles Saatchi himself says, “I don’t have any ground rules for art. Sometimes you look and don’t feel very with it—but that doesn’t tell you very much. It doesn’t reveal much about the quality of the work.”
A.repaired B.opened C.built D.rented
A.keen B.suitable C.eager D.famous
A.location B.history C.city D.society
A.concerts B.reports C.rumors D.advice
A.store B.board C.display D.sale
A.addicted B.interested C.disappointed D.worried
A.business B.story C.exhibits D.tradition
A.produces B.publishes C.revises D.includes
A.collection B.station C.memory D.basement
A.ready-made B.well-known C.well-prepared D.easy-going
A.copied B.created C.invented D.discovered
A.devote B.suggest C.bring D.owe
A.when B.why C.that D.while
A.headlines B.position C.advantages D.occupations
A.way B.rise C.anxiety D.hope
A.adapted B.written C.referred D.titled
A.yourself B.it C.them D.one
A.praising B.judging C.appreciating D.studying
A.surprised B.confused C.comfortable D.acceptable
A.necessarily B.exactly C.completely D.likely
Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with drugs and gang problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often ______trouble, he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day off.
Those fun trips had a______impact. A chance encounter in 2000 proved that. One day, while working security at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys _______. He sensed trouble between them. _____, one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug. “I remember you. You took me ______ when I was in fifth grade. That was one of the ______days of my life.”
Deeply touched by the boy’s words, Moody decided to create a foundation that ____ teenagers to the basis of fishing in camping programs. “As a policeman, I saw where there was violence, drugs were always behind it. They have a damage ______ on the kids,” says Moody.
By turning kids on to fishing, he intended to present an alternative way of life, “When you are sitting there waiting for a _______” he says, “you can’t help but talk to each other, and such conversation can be very deep.”
“Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer(同龄人) pressures in high school ,”says Michelle, 17, who _______ the first program. “And I was able to help my little brother _______ drugs”
Moody faces retirement in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation full-time. “I’m living a happy life and I have a responsibility to my_____to give back,” Moody says. “If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow.”
A.ran into B.got over C.left behind D.looked into
A.immediate B.damaging C.limited D.lasting
A.quarreling B.complaining C.talking D.cheering
A.Slowly B.Suddenly C.Finally D.Secretly
A.fishing B.sailing C.boating D.swimming
A.quietest B.longest C.best D.busiest
A.connects B.introduces C.reduces D.commits
A.impression B.burden C.decision D.effect
A.solution B.change C.bite D.surprise
A.participated in B.worked out C.approved of D.made up
A.misuse B.avoid C.tolerate D.test
A.team B.school C.family D.community
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
In a village near Nuremberg lived a family with eighteen children. Merely to keep food on the table, the goldsmith(金匠)father worked eighteen hours a day. Despite their condition, two of Durer's children had a dream to seek their talent for , but they knew 1well their father would never be able to send of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy.
The two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss(扔) a coin. The _ would work in the nearby mines to support his brother. Albrecht Durer the toss and went off to Nuremberg. Albert went into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, financed his brother, work at the academy was almost an success. Albrecht's woodcuts(木刻) and oils were better than those of his professors and he soon was earning considerable fees his works.
When the young returned home, the Durer family held a festive dinner. Albrecht rose to toast to his beloved brother, "Now, Albert, it is your to seek your dream. I will support you."
All heads turned to the far end of the table, where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, while he and repeated, "No ...no." Finally, Albert rose and the tears from his cheeks. He said softly, "I go to Nuremberg, brother. It is too late for me. Look what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been smashed(猛击) at least once, and I cannot even hold a glass to your toast."
Today, Albrecht Durer's masterful works in every great museum in the world, but chances are great you, like most people, are familiar with only one of them. Albrecht Durer drew his brother's abused hands with palms together and thin stretched(伸展) skyward. He it "The Praying Hands."
Next time you see that touching creation, take a second look. Let it be your reminder, if you still need one, that no one ever makes it !
A.hopeful B.hopeless C.disappointed D.lucky
A.music B.art C.mining D.farming
A.all B.each C.both D.either
A.painter B.loser C.winner D.failure
A.lost B.got C.won D.beat
A.whose B.his C.whom D.who
A.casual B.immediate C.attractive D.ordinary
A.far B.quite C.very D.more
A.for B.to C.in D.at
A.miner B.artist C.worker D.professor
A.luck B.turn C.move D.moment
A.sobbed B.nodded C.smiled D.laughed
A.recovered B.wept C.wiped D.handed
A.can’t B.mustn’t C.can D.have to
A.hold B.return C.move D.turn
A.visit B.represent C.present D.hang
A.when B.that C.which D.as
A.figures B.hands C.fingers D.arms
A.said B.loved C.told D.called
A.alone B.out C.yet D.before
My First Day
I was still shy before a crowd. And my first day at the new school made me laughed by my classmates. I was sent to the blackboard to write my name. I knew my name, and knew how to write it, but standing at the blackboard with the of so many pupils on my back made my hand __ and I was unable to write a single letter.
“ __ your name,” the teacher called to me. I lifted the white chalk to the blackboard and, as I was about to write, my mind went blank; I could not remember my name, the first letter. Somebody laughed and I became .
“Just forget us and write your name,” the teacher called and walked to my side, at me to give me confidence.
“What’s your name?” she asked.
“Richard,” I whispered.
“Then write it.”
I turned to the blackboard and lifted my hand to write, but then I was again. I tried to collect my senses but I could remember nothing. I how totally I was failing and I grew weak and leaned(斜靠) my hot forehead the cold blackboard. The room burst into a loud and my muscles froze. I sat and myself. Why did I always appear so nervous I was called upon to perform in a crowd? I knew how to write as well as any other pupil in the classroom, and there was no that I could read better than any of them, and I could talk when I was sure of myself. Then why did strange faces make me freeze? I sat with my ears and neck , hearing the pupils around me whisper, hating myself.
A.presence B.pressure C.eyes D.smiles
A.break B.struggle C.fall D.freeze (冻结)
A.Write B.Read C.Spell D.Repeat
A.still B.ever C.even D.also
A.delighted B.angry C.disappointed D.nervous
A.pointing B.smiling C.looking D.waving
A.blank B.stupid C.quiet D.empty
A.realized B.recognized C.doubted D.guessed
A.by B.before C.against D.from
A.cheer B.noise C.cry D.laugh
A.calmed B.hated C.comforted D.hid
A.when B.during C.where D.before
A.need B.doubt C.wonder D.use
A.freely B.anxiously C.clearly D.correctly
A.shaking B.suffering C.hurting D.burning