完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项.
As a young reporter, Sparky asked Lu Haoting, a business reporter from China Daily, for help on interviewing．He found that interviewing people is not as 1 as just asking questions．To his 2 , journalists also need to do a lot of homework 3 an interview．
Lu shared her 4 of a recent interview with the president of Boeing China, David Wang, with Sparky．
There are two 5 of interviews, inclusive （群访） and exclusive （专访）．The inclusive interview is 6 in the form of a press conference．
In a（n） 7interview, only you and the interviewee talk 8 ．You need to 9 all your questions for both types of interviews 10 ．
" 11 you don’t prepare, you will ask some silly questions and 12 your time," Lu said．
"I wanted to know Boeing’s new strategy in the Chinese market．13 I checked out over 20 reports from different newspapers about Boeing and its rival, Airbus," Lu said．She also found useful 14 about the two companies on their websites．
On many occasions, interviewees 15 journalists to provide a question list in advance of an interview．In order to 16 a proper objective story Lu also interviewed some 17 to get their comments on Boeing’s performance in China．
18 her interview with David Wang only lasted about half an hour, her 19 helped her to ask many good questions about Boeing’s development in China．
"After a successful interview, you always find all that homework was really 20 it," Lu told Sparky．
A．interesting B．simple C．general D．interactive
A．excitement B．disappointment C．surprise D．delight
A．before B．after C．at D．in
A．idea B．opinion C．knowledge D．experience
A．stages B．kinds C．steps D．ways
A．almost B．nearly C．mainly D．hardly
A．inclusive B．exclusive C．formal D．informal
A．side by side B．in secret C．at work D．face to face
A．prepare B．think C．find D．ask
A．in case B．in memory C．in advance D．in mind
A．Though B．As C．Since D．If
A．waste B．take C．cost D．lose
A．But B．So C．Then D．Now
A．comments B．information C．news D．reports
A．insist B．allow C．require D．agree
A．read B．produce C．make D．form
A．experts B．friends C．businessmen D．others
A．Then B．Although C．When D．Until
A．homework B．friends C．attitude D．search
A．realizing B．behind C．worth D．helping
I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at ___1___ on the shelves, the man behind the counter, ___2___, asked if I’d like ___3___. I needed to start ___4___ for college, so I said yes. I ___5___ after school and during summers for the lowest wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college, I was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most ___6___. One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost ___7___ we had at that time ___8___ and found other books we could order. She left the store less ___9___. I’ve always remembered the ___10___ I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a ___11___ in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his fingers connected, webline. His family could not ___12___ a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ___13___, hiding his hand in his pocket.
I ___14___ my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the ___15___ for free.
I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his ___16___ hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of ___17___.
In the past, while I was ___18___, I always sense I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays my salary, ___19___ I feel as if I work for the ___20___, helping them make sense of the world.
1. A. maps B. titles C. articles D. reports
2. A. the reader B. the college student C. the shop owner D. the customer
3. A. a book B. a job C. some tea D. any help
4. A. planning B. saving C. preparing D. studying
5. A. read B. studied C. cooked D. worked
6. A. boring B. surprising C. satisfying D. disappointing
7. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
8. A. in need B. in all C. in order D. in store
9. A. worried B. satisfied C. excited D. puzzled
10. A. pride B. failure C. regret D. surprise
11. A. doctor B. store owner C. bookseller D. TV reporter
12. A. pay B. cost C. afford D. spend
13. A. shame B. honour C. horror D. danger
14. A. advised B. forced C. persuaded D. permitted
15. A. action B. program C. treatment D. operation
16. A. repaired B. connected C. injured D. improved
17. A. pleasure B. sadnessC. interest D. disappointment
18. A. at the TV station B. in the Students Union
C. at the U. S. Forest Service D. at McCarley’s Bookstore
19. A. so B. and C. but D. because
20. A. readers B. viewers C. customers D. passengers
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
The Orkney Islands are about 14 kilometres from the north coast of Scotland. They are mostly low-lying, except for Hoy which has the highest sea cliff(峭壁) in Britain. The 36 and the climate are good in Orkney, 37 there are a lot of farms.
To get to Orkney you have to fly or go by 38 . Ships bringing passengers come from Aberdeen every week. They also bring food, machines and so on. Most Orkney farmers 39 cows or sheep. Because of this, grass is the most 40 crop on the islands. One of the islands has sheep which 41 sea plants 42 grass---they are 43 , but very strong and healthy.
Many people in the Orkney Islands are fishermen. Some go a long way out to 44 to catch large fish, 45 others catch 46 like crabs(螃蟹) and lobsters(龙虾)，near the shore. The islanders 47 the crab meat and then pack it and send it to the 48 . They do not cook the lobsters. They send them 49 to restaurants in many of the large 50 of Europe. Most of the islands have their own 51 but of course some of them are very small---with only one group of children from five to ten years old. In fact there are 52 young people at all on the quietest islands. Usually they go the main town of Kirkwall, 53 modern lives.
Some people come from other parts of Britain to find a 54 life on the islands. Everyone is very friendly and they all know each other. Things are changing slowly, but the old way of life 55 continues.
36．A．land B．hill C．mountain D．forest
37．A．yet B．but C．or D．and so
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38．A．train B．bus C．boat D．car
39．A．feed B．buy C．kill D．like
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41．A．drink B．eat C．produce D．plant
42．A．instead of B．instead C．for D．withOf all living creatures on earth, insects are the most plentiful. Some 36 are very useful to man, for example, bees, 37 we get honey and wax, and silkworms, which 38 us with silk. Other varieties, 39 , are extremely harmful, and do a great 40 of damage, especially to crops. Locusts （蝗虫） are perhaps the most dangerous of all, 41 they will eat almost any green 42 , and when millions of them 43 on cultivated land（耕地）they soon leave it 44 . In some countries they are the farmer’s 45 enemy. Another nuisance is the common 46 , not only because it 47 us indoors and out - of- doors, but because it spreads diseases.
Scientists have given much time and 48 to the study of insects. It needs the most careful and 49 observation. Thanks 50 their discoveries we now know almost all 51 is to be known about the habits of these hardworking insects, bees and ants, which live in 52 better planned in some ways than our 53 . But the most valuable work has been done in trying to give 54 to men, animals and crops from the 55 which insects cause.
36．A. members B. forms C. qualities D. varieties
37．A. by which B. from which C. of which D. in which
38．A. give B. produce C. offer D. supply
39．A. however B. meanwhileC. therefore D. what's more
40．A. majority B. number C. amount D. quantity
41．A. and B. for C. if D. when
42．A. grass B. field C. fruit D. plant
43．A. settle B. attack C. pass D. cross
44．A. bare B. nothing C. empty D. untouched
45．A. hardest B. greatest C. serious D. wildest
46．A. insect B. creature C. fly D. enemy
47．A. dislikes B. bites C. worries D. hates
48．A. understanding B. ideas C. comprehension D. thought
49．A. serious B. patient C. curious D. long
50．A. for B. of C. to D. with
51．A. that B. which C. there D. what
52．A. societies B. crowdsC. teams D. organizations
53．A. world B. nation C. selves D. own
54．A. help B. protection C. living D. defense
55．A. injury B. wound C. sickness D. ruin
The purpose of a letter of application is to help you to “sell” yourself. It should state 36 the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have 37 . It should be simple, human, personal and brief without 38 out any necessary fact.
In writing a letter of application, keep in 39 that the things a possible employer is most
40 to want to know about are your qualifications（条件）, your achievements and your aims.The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. 41 the first few sentences fail to 42 the reader’s attention, the rest of the letter may not be 43 at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not 44 your own need or desires. For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your 45 in today's paper. ”you might say“I have made a careful 46 of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighbourhood to find out how many housewives 47 your product and why they like it.”
Try to 48 generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now 49 . College graduates looking for their first positions often ask“ What can I 50 in a letter? Employers want experience, which, naturally, no 51 has. ”The answer is that everything you have ever done is 52 .
It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter. 53 a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent 54 is to enclose（内附）a stamped, self - addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it 55 for a possible employer to get in touch with you.
36．A. clearlyB. carefullyC. obviouslyD. easily
37．A. foundB. doneC. knownD. heard
38．A. sendingB. takingC. leavingD. picking
39．A. brainB. sightC. orderD. mind
40．A. probableB. possibleC. likelyD. able
41．A. WhileB. AlthoughC. AsD. If
42．A. payB. winC. showD. fix
43．A. keptB. continuedC. writtenD. read
44．A. toB. forC. intoD. from
45．A. advertisementB. report
C. articleD. introduciton
46．A. watchB. searchC. studyD. discussion
47．A. changeB. makeC. sellD. use．
48．A. avoidB. rememberC. protectD. gain
49．A. losingB. applyingC. preparingD. fitting
50．A. offerB. supplyC. meanD. provide
51．A. workerB. beginnerC. ownerD. manager
52．A. successB. developmentC. practiceD. experience
53．A. MakeB. AskC. StateD. Get
54．A. resultB. decisionC. promiseD. idea
55．A. happierB. easierC. cheaperD. safer
A true apology is more than just acknowledgement（承认）of a mistake. It’s recognition that something you’ve said or 36 has damaged a relationship - and that you 37 enough about that relationship to want it 38 .
It’s never 39 to acknowledge yon are in the wrong. Being human, we all need the art of apology. Look hack and think how 40 you’ve judged roughly（草率），said 41 things，pushed yourself 42 at the expense（在使某人受损的情况下）of a friend. Some deep thought in us know that when 43 a small mistake has been made, your 44 will stay out of balance until the mistake is acknowledged and your regret is 45 .
I remember a doctor friend, 46 me about a man who came to him with 47 illnesses: headache, insomnia（失眠）,stomachaches and so on. No physical 48 could be found. Finally the doctor said to the man,“ 49 you tell me what’s on your conscience（良心）,I can’t help you.”
After a short silence, the man told the doctor that he 50 all the money that his father gave to his brother, who was 51 His father had died, so only he himself knew the matter. The old doctor made the man write to his brother making an 52 and enclosing（附寄）a 53 .In the post office, the man dropped the letter into the mail box. As the letter disappeared, the man 54 into team. “Thank you, doctor,”he said,“I think I'm all right now.”And he 55 .
36．A. doneB. thoughtC. announcedD. expected
37．A. lostB. careC. adviseD. heard
38．A. builtB. formedC. repairedD. damaged
39．A. difficultB. easyC. foolishD. shy
40．A. longB. oftenC. muchD. soon
41．A. unusualB. harmfulC. preciousD. unkind
42．A. aheadB. awayC. downD off
43．A. stillB. evenC. onlyD. such
44．A. senseB. brainC. weightD. feeling
45．A. shownB. explaninedC. offeredD. expressed
46．A. askingB. tellingC. requiringD. setting
47．A. strangeB. seriousC. variousD. much
48．A. signsB. reasonC. causeD. marks
49．A. WheneverB. UnlessC. SupposeD. Although
50．A. stoleB. acceptedC. seizedD. wasted
51．A. madB. lostC. abroadD. dead
52．A. orderB. excuseC. agreementD. apology
53．A. noteB. cardC. checkD. photo
54．A. joyedB. burstC. laughedD. cried
55．A. shouldB. didC. hadD. was