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 teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious (反叛的) on the outside, 31 on the inside, I wanted people to 32 me.
Once I left home to hitchhike (搭便车) to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasn’t 33 , and there were many times I didn’t feel safe. One situation in particular 34 me grateful to still be alive When I returned home, I was different, not so outwardly sure of myself.
I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope, who was 35 with us, was wearing my clothes. And my 36 seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if I would be 37 if I weren’t there. I told my mom, and she explained that 38 Penelope was a lovely girl, no one could 39 me. I pointed out, “ She is more patient and is neater than I have ever been. ” My mom said these were wonderful 40 ,but I was the only person who could fill my 41 , She made me realize that even with my 42 — and there were many —I was a loved member of the family who couldn’t be replaced.
I became a searcher, wanting to 43 who I was and what made me unique. My 44 of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. . I started to resist pressure to 45 in ways that I didn’t like any more, and I was 46 by who I really was. I came to feel much more 47 that no one can ever take my place.
Each of us 48 a unique place in the world.You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think. So 49 about being replaced.You 50 be.
A.and B.but C.as D.for
A.leave B.respect C.admire D.like
A.easy B.hard C.fun D.long
A.succeeded B.kept C.managed D.remained
A.playing B.eating C.staying D.running
A.family B.friends C.relatives D.class
A.loved B.mentioned C.cared D.missed
A.before B.after C.though D.unless
A.scold B.compare C.replace D.match
A.qualities B.girls C.people D.times
A.character B.role C.task D.job
A.faults C.manners D.pities
A.look for B.look back C.find out D.give up
A.picture B.view C.sense D.drawing
A.think B.learn C.change D.act
A.thankful B.delighted C.disappointed D.hopeful
A.sure B.doubtful C.happy D.lonely
A.carries B.catches C.seizes D.holds
A.talk B.forget C.care D.argue
A.mustn’t B.shouldn’t C.can’t D.needn’t
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—40题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are , one by one. "There is my grandmother's house," I say, across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) memory for me. Lise was one of the mobile children, from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of , and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors for 200 years.
We soon by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories back, swift as the tide (潮水).
Suddenly, I long to walk again in the where I was once so gloriously a child. It still a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk the rooms in memory. Here, my mother in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise attentively as I talk and then says, " So this is where I ; where I belong. "
She has her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human To be rooted is "to have an origin". We need origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the of "I". We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
A.appearing B.moving C.exposing D.expanding
A.referring B.travelling C.pointing D.coming
A.shared B.short C.fresh D.treasured
A.passed B.raised C.moved D.sent
A.home B.duty C.reality D.relief
A.built B.lived C.remained D.explored
A.catch up B.pull up C.step down D.come down
A.falling B.turning C.rushing D.bringing
A.yard B.village C.room D.house
A.adapts to B.appeals to C.belongs to D.occurs to
A.across B.through C.along D.past
A.lay B.played C.stood D.sat
A.marching B.looking C.breaking D.pouring
A.between B.with C.near D.behind
A.wonders B.listens C.reacts D.agrees
A.began B.grew C.studied D.stayed
A.deepened B.recognized C.accepted D.found
A.heart B.rights C.interest D.behaviors
A.one B.its C.that D.every
A.meaning B.expression C.connection D.background
This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.
One day, she finally decided “I want to break up”. “Why?” he asked.
“I am .” She answered.
He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep . Finally he asked, “What can I do to your mind?”
Looking into his eyes she said, “Answer my question. If you can my heart, I will change my mind. Let’s say, I want a flower on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we are both sure that picking the flower will cause your . Will you do it for me?”
He said, “I will give you my tomorrow.”
She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which , “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you. The are …”
“When you use the computer you always the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to the programs. You always leave the house keys behind, so I have to save my to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those white hairs.”
“Thus, my dear, I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do … I can not pick that flower yet, and die …”
That’s life, and . Flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.
A.while B.and C.but D.so
A.lonely B.dead C.worn out D.awesome
A.sorrow B.thought C.shade D.anger
A.speak B.change C.blow D.keep
A.represent B.expand C.warm D.convince
A.grown B.planted C.living D.growing
A.injury B.hurt C.wound D.death
A.decision B.answer C.opinion D.choice
A.wrote B.informed C.printed D.went
A.answers B.messages C.reasons D.purposes
A.run out B.put up C.use up D.mess up
A.repair B.restore C.fix D.mend
A.legs B.life C.energy D.strength
A.big B.new C.modern D.strange
A.glance B.look C.glare D.stare
A.as if B.now that C.so that D.in case
A.annoying B.emerging C.rough D.refreshing
A.although B.even if C.unless D.if
A.friction B.love C.couple D.power
A.surface B.way C.course D.nature
Insomecountries, peopleeatriceeveryday._ they eat it two or three times a day, for breakfast, lunch and supper. They can_____it, fry(煎)it or ______ itinto ricenoodles. Theyusuallyeatit______ meat, fish and vegetables.
Some people do not eat some kind of______. Muslins, for example, do not eat pork, and Hindus do not eat beef. TheJapaneseeatalotoffish. Japan isanisland andits____ goalloverthePacific(太平洋)looking for fishto ______.The Japanese sometimes eat uncooked fish,and they also eat a lot of rice.
In______such as Britain, Australia and the United States, the most important food is______or potatoes. People there usually make their bread from wheat flour(面粉). They______potatoes in different ways. They can boil them,fry them and roast(烤)them.
In Africa,maize(玉米)is the most important food.______rice and wheat,maize is a kind of cereal(谷物). African people make the maize______flour. From this flour they make______kinds of bread and cakes. Many Africans are very______and they can’t afford to eat much ______with their cereal. Cereals are a very important kind of food______we also need plenty of vegetables and lots of fresh ______.
Some people eat ______fruit and vegetables. They do not eat meat or fish or ______ that comes from animals. They eat only food from______. Some people say that food from plants is better for us than meat.
A.Sometimes B.Sometime C.Some time D.Some times
A.drink B.eat C.have D.boil
A.make B.turn C.change D.eat
A.as B.like C.with D.together
A.apples B.fish C.meat D.vegetables
A.trains B.planes C.fishing boats D.life boats
A.buy B.weigh C.hold D.catch
A.the world B.countries C.the east D.developing countries
A.bread B.cake C.flour D.vegetables
A.cook B.eat C.make D.take
A.Like B.As C.Being D.With
A.of B.from C.into D.up to
A.the same B.different C.every D.each
A.rich B.poor C.strong D.weak
A.meat B.maize C.flour D.bread
A.so B.as C.because D.but
A.rice B.cakes C.fruit D.potatoes
A.not only B.only C.besides D.except
A.something B.anything C.pork D.beef
A.plants B.apples C.pigs D.fish
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
I ran into a stranger as he passed by. “I’m so sorry!” was my . Then he said, “Excuse me too ... I didn’t even you.” We were very , the stranger and I. Then we went on our ways after saying .
But at home, a different is told. How we treat our ones, the young and the old. Later, in the kitchen, as I cooked our supper, my entered, very still. When I turned, I nearly knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I at her. She left, with her little heart broken. I didn’t how hard I’d spoken.
That , as I lay awake in bed, God’s quiet voice to me and said, “While with strangers, you are polite, with those you love, you didn’t do it properly. Go and look right now on the floor, you’ll find some flowers there by the door. Those are the flowers she __ for you. She picked them herself—pink, yellow and blue.”
By this time, I felt and small and now my own fell. I quietly went to her bed, “ up, my dear daughter.” I said. “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “I found them on the tree. I knew you’d like them, the blue.” I said, “I’m so __ that I missed them today ... And I shouldn’t have shouted at you that way.” She whispered(低声说), “Mommy, that’s okay. I still you anyway.” I hugged her and said, “I love you too and love your flowers, especially the blue.”
A.rule B.reply C.step D.truth
A.see B.tell C.get D.take
A.nervous B.alike C.polite D.confident
A.welcome B.thanks C.hello D.good-bye
A.story B.message C.notice D.activity
A.crazy B.loved C.blind D.brave
A.mother B.husband C.daughter D.son
A.smiled B.looked C.shot D.shouted
A.lie B.care C.attack D.realize
A.noon B.afternoon C.evening D.night
A.looked B.pointed C.spoke D.listened
A.when B.but C.unless D.besides
A.kitchen B.bedroom C.dinning-room D.library
A.brought B.bought C.stole D.paid
A.excited B.sad C.happy D.great
A.leg B.head C.tears D.feelings
A.Look B.End C.Dress D.Wake
A.especially B.specially C.except D.except for
A.brave B.lazy C.sorry D.excited
A.hate B.love C.miss D.beat
A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a _ , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it ________from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles, _______everywhere. I tried to use a broom, ____ with each sweep they just rolled across the kitchen.
For the next week, every time I was in the ____, I found a pea---in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept _____. Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and ____ 12 frozen peas hidden underneath.
At the time I found those few remaining ____, I was in a new relationship with a wonderful ____ I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded ____ those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my ____ had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered. My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble___ his new surroundings and the ____ of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered.
When life gets you ____, when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never ____, remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be ___, and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas ___, including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them ___, you’ll start to feel whole again.
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to ____, and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, __will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
A.drink B.fruit C.vegetable D.meat
A.moved B.walked C.ran D.slipped
A.rubbed B.rolled C.grew D.existed
A.but B.and C. although D. so
A.bedroom B.living room C.kitchen D.storeroom
A.getting B.turning up C.taking up D.using up
A.found B.ate C.left D.planted
A.presents B.cans C.vegetables D.peas
A.man B.child C.woman D.boy
A.of B.for C.with D.in
A.wife B.life C.son D.friend
A.turning to B.leading to C.adjusting to D.adding to
A.thank B.love C.help D.loss
A.down B.near C.close D.wide
A.get it B.make it C.take it D.leave it
A.grew B.bought C.collected D.frozen
A.eventually B.fortunately C.properly D.specially
A.both B.all C.either D.each
A.call on B.put on C.bring in D.move on
A.while B.because C.since D.or