完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从41─60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。
Nowadays 41 children go to school 42 few of them have ever asked themselves 43 they go there. Some children think that they go to school just to learn their mother tongue, English and other foreign languages, history, science, 44 and a few other 45 . But why do they learn these things? Are these the only things they should learn at school?
Actually children go to school to 46 themselves for the time when they will be grown up and will have to 47 themselves. They learn their own language 48 they will be able to 49 with people in foreign countries, make friends with them and learn 50 about their culture and history. They learn mathematics in order to be able to measure the things around them and calculate sums. 51 helps them understand something about the world around them and history teaches them about the past and people. Nearly everything they study at school has some use 52 in their 53 , but there is one more 54 reason why children go to school.
It is more important to receive education than just learning 55 .We go to school 56 to learn how to learn. Learning is not just for school but for life. So even after we have left school, we have to continue to learn. A man who 57 knows how to learn will always be 58 because whenever he is faced with a completely new task or problem, he will teach himself how to deal with it in the best way. 59 , children do not go to school just to learn languages, mathematics, geography, etc. They go to school to 60 how to learn.
A.some B.most C.few D.all
A.but B.so C.and D.because
A.how B.when C.why D.that
A.cooking B.sowing C.playing D.geography
A.subjects B.skills C.languages D.games
A.make B.prepare C.teach D.study
A.teach B.support C.live D.work
A.and B.in order to C.so as to D.so that
A.communicate B.work C.talk D.study
A.everything B.anything C.something D.nothing
A.Foreign languages B.Mathematics C.History D.Geography
A.practical B.special C.different D.importance
A.work B.lives C.study D.communication
A.difficult B.unusual C.important D.kind
A.foreign languages B.science C.mathematics D.facts
A.above all B.at all C.in all D.for all
A.doesn’t B.never C.really D.may
A.unsuccessful B.calm C.successful D.useful
A.Although B.But C.However D.Therefore
A.begin B.work C.live D.learn
“Who did this?” asked my teacher. Thirty children tried to what they had done. “Who did this?” asked my teacher once more. She wasn’t really asking, she was demanding a(n) . She seldom became , but she was this time. She held up a piece of glass and asked, “Whothis window?” Unfortunately, I was the one who broke the window. I had not done it . It was caused by an errant (偏离的) throw of a baseball.
Why did it have to be me? If I admitted guilt, how would I be able to pay for a big like that? I didn’t want to confess (坦白) it, but something strong inside my body made me my hand. I told the . “I did it.” I said no more. My teacher went to one of our library shelves and took down a . She then began walking towards me. I knew my teacher had nevera student, but Ishe was going to start with me and she was going to use a book for the swatting (重击). “I know how you like ,” she said as she stood looking down at my guilt-ridden face.
“Here is that book about birds that you constantly out. It is yours. It’s time we get a(n) one for the school anyway. The book is yours and you will not be as long as you remember that I am not rewarding you for your misdeed, but I am rewarding you for your .” I couldn’tit! I wasn’t being punished, and I was getting my favorite book, theone that I had been saving up money to buy!
What happened that day has deeply rooted in my memory and themy teacher taught me that day will last.
A.look after B.look over C.get over D.think about
A.letter B.answer C.question D.problem
A.angry B.happy C.excited D.sorry
A.closed B.opened C.broke D.repaired
A.on purpose B.by accident C.in demand D.on time
A.door B.table C.plate D.window
A.give B.raise C.change D.hold
A.lie B.secret C.truth D.question
A.book B.picture C.map D.cartoon
A.fired B.warned C.helped D.beaten
A.wondered B.feared C.regarded D.explained
A.fish B.pets C.birds D.animals
A.check B.take C.put D.watch
A.old B.strange C.new D.beautiful
A.fined B.found C.taught D.punished
A.honesty B.dream C.progress D.study
A.accept B.believe C.guess D.refuse
A.nice B.little C.very D.big
A.lesson B.lecture C.art D.method
A.never B.still C.ever D.forever
完形填空(共20小题;每题1分,满分20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。
I was working in a store three years ago. I remember one girl who started there a few months after me. I remember always meeting her. I don’t know but for a strange reason we would never talk. We would just see each other and smile.
She would smile in a really happy way until one day when we got to work in the department again. She as if she was the happiest girl in the world. But I had a strange feeling. So I went up to her and said, “What’s wrong with you?” She answered, “Why?” I said, “I could feel you’re very today and you’re trying to hide it.”
She was shocked as if I had her deepest secret, so we started . She told me why she was feeling like that and why she was to hide it and we had a good time together. Time and we became good friends. She’d always tell me I had changed her in so many ways, but I could not how it had happened. I would just smile, not understanding what she by that.
Today this girl is one of my best . I really don’t know what I would do her. She has been there for me in every possible way a friend could be.
I guess what I’m trying to say is you know when you’re helping yourself. I this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a(n) friend.
So the next time you see a , and he looks as if he needs who will listen to him, listen to what he has to say. You never know, you might just end up helping yourself.
A.working B.learning C.playing D.living
A.where B.when C.why D.how
A.secretly B.hardly C.always D.perhaps
A.great B.same C.modern D.small
A.shouted B.cried C.spoke D.smiled
A.happy B.angry C.proud D.sad
A.kept B.told C.discovered D.watched
A.talking B.shouting C.discussing D.arguing
A.planning B.trying C.refusing D.failing
A.went off B.went by C.went up D.went down
A.life B.hobby C.habit D.road
A.introduce B.promise C.suggest D.imagine
A.meant B.wanted C.offered D.received
A.classmates B.sisters C.friends D.workers
A.with B.without C.through D.besides
A.often B.sometimes C.forever D.never
A.helped B.accepted C.recognized D.praised
A.kind B.rich C.true D.honest
A.student B.stranger C.manager D.listener
A.someone B.anyone C.none D.everyone
I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was rather organized. Each of her objects had its , but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. time, Kate got neater and I got . She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got of each other.
One evening war . Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her shouting, "Take your away! Why under my bed!" Deafened, I saw my shoes flying at me. I to my feet and started shouting. She shouted back louder.
The room was filled with . We could not have stayed together for a single but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she , she quickly hid under her covers, sobbing(呜咽). , that was something she should not go through alone. All of a sudden, a feeling of sympathy(同情) rose up in my heart.
Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor, on her side. I was so buried in my work I even didn't notice Kate had sat up.
She was watching, her tears dried and her one of disbelief. Then, to my surprise, she out her hands to catch mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. "Thanks."
Kate and I stayed for the rest of the year. We didn't always agree, but we learned the key to together: giving in,cleaning up and holding on.
A.room B.place C.station D.seat
A.Over B.During C.With D.For
A.uglier B.cleaner C.messier D.lazier
A.angry B.tired C.sad D.mad
A.broke in B.took place C.set off D.broke out
A.socks B.clothes C.shoes D.trousers
A.ran B.jumped C.flew D.walked
A.angry B.concern C.sadness D.anger
A.hour B.week C.minute D.day
A.tell B.express C.forecast D.show
A.put up B.hung up C.held on D.went on
A.Surprisingly B.Clearly C.Happily D.Excitedly
A.warm B.strange C.cold D.funny
A.brought B.caught C.made D.changed
A.but B.and C.even D.so
A.that B.which C.what D.who
A.tongue B.expression C.sign D.position
A.took B.held C.reached D.threw
A.workmates B.classmates C.deskmates D.roommates
A.living B.studying C.study D.live
I was on a flight to New York. The first half of the hour-long flight was joyful. We were a sandwich and a drink for breakfast. Ten minutes later, we into a huge thunderstorm.
Suddenly, daylight night, and lightning flashed from all the . People got frightened as the plane shook violently. Bags, gifts, and clothing fell from overhead lockers. Sandwich plates flew through the air, and half-finished fell onto passengers’ heads. People screamed and .
The airplane began to dive. From my in the back, I could see into the cockpit(驾驶舱) down the aisle (通道) . We were falling . People’s shouts and the noise of the plane suddenly went .
My mother was no longer by my side, I was no longer in the plane. I was still trapped into my seat, at a(n) of about 10,000 feet. I was alone. And I was falling. The seat belt my body was so tight that I couldn’t breathe. Before I felt fear, I lost consciousness(意识).
I came to life, I found myself on all fours in a jungle.
I felt I was still alive. I decided to try my best to get out of here. So I didn’t give up. I kept moving until it got dark.
The next morning, I and still no one had turned up. I no longer had the to struggle to my feet because of hunger. But I told myself I couldn’t stop moving.
At dawn I heard voices. I was imagining them, I thought. But the voices closer. Three men came across me. When they saw me, they stopped in .
“ I’m a girl who was in a crash,” I said in Spanish. “My name is Julianne.”
The three men delivered me to safety. You see nothing is impossible if you trying.
A.added B.attended C.showed D.served
A.slid B.happened C.flew D.broke
A.took to B.got to C.turned to D.contributed to
A.directions B.ways C.sides D.points
A.packed B.designed C.decorated D.tidied
A.coffee B.drink C.water D.juice
A.spoke B.whispered C.cried D.laughed
A.seat B.floor C.chair D.sofa
A.down B.away C.back D.fast
A.quick B.flat C.silent D.black
A.so B.and C.for D.or
A.base B.area C.altitude D.air
A.around B.on C.above D.by
A.While B.When C.Until D.Since
A.cautious B.positive C.curious D.lucky
A.stood B.rose C.sat D.woke
A.power B.strength C.force D.energy
A.took B.grew C.tried D.got
A.fright B.shock C.wonder D.amusement
A.make B.keep C.stay D.bear
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
As an intern (实习医生), I grew to understand that nursing home patients was a valuable part of my education — not just from a angle, but for what they could me personally.
Mr. Smith was my first introduction to the nursing home. His , regrettably, can probably exist in countless hospitals across our nation. An acute (严重的) illness had brought him to our nursing home years ago, and his family him shortly before he left hospital. Helpless and unable to care for himself, he had no except for nursing home care, he lay until I met him when I was an intern.
Mr. Smith was almost noncommunicative. After transferring to the nursing home, he slipped into a tense and state, waiting for his life to . All efforts to bring him back to the mainstream life were . Nurses faithfully tended to his physical needs, while he as a shell of flesh and bone, completely lacking in life. For three years, I saw him every week. Not once did I hear him speak a word. Not once could I his innermost thoughts.
On my last nursing home visit, an idea me. I brought my into Mr. Smith’s room as part of a(n) in “pet treatment”. Something occurred. All of a sudden, he sat up and started talking, telling me of the days when he was a boy and had a dog to my own.
He told me stories of adventures he and his dog had had. For the first time, I saw the soul from what had been a living corpse (尸体).
That experience taught me not to underestimate the ability of the things in life to touch hearts when carefully-made medicine has failed, and never to forget that within even the weakest of human bodies lies a life that is precious indeed — that needs to be and honored, even if it can’t speak for itself.
A.mental B.medical C.personal D.moral
A.guide B.assist C.teach D.move
A.condition B.position C.relation D.situation
A.greeted B.received C.boycotted D.abandoned
A.alternative B.dream C.means D.desire
A.which B.what C.unless D.where
A.lonely B.desperate C.calm D.exciting
A.form B.end C.renew D.develop
A.without meaning B.without doubt C.in vain D.in effect
A.looked B.left C.remained D.showed
A.get out B.pick out C.seek out D.figure out
A.struck B.occurred C.happened D.belonged
A.dog B.equipment C.medicine D.teacher
A.cure B.drug C.test D.experiment
A.puzzling B.amazing C.bothering D.disappointing
A.strange B.related C.similar D.familiar
A.renew B.awake C.appear D.step
A.simple B.hard C.strange D.difficult
A.something B.one C.anything D.the one
A.treated B.ignored C.respected D.cared