完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分,满分30分)
A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train.After getting off the train, they walked without an 36____ into the outer office of Harvard’s president.So they were stopped by his secretary and kept 37____.For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 38____ that the couple would finally become disappointed and 39____.But they didn’t.The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 40____.
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 41____ face.The lady told him, “We had a son that 42____ Harvard for one year.He loved Harvard.He was 43____ here.But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed.My husband and I would like to 44____ a memorial(纪念物)to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t moved.Instead, he was 45____.“Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died.If we did, this place would look like a 46____ ,” “Oh, no,” the lady 47____ quickly.“We don’t want to put up a statue.We would like to give a 48____ to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and 49____ at the couple and then exclaimed,” A building! Do you have any 50____ how much a building costs? We have spent over $7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent.The president was 51____, because he could get rid of them now.Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a 52____? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.53____ their offer was turned down.Mr.and Mrs.Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University 54____ after them, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 55____ about.
A.choice B.decision C.acquaintance D.appointment
A.waiting B.standing C.sitting D.talking
A.hoping B.finding C.realizing D.imagining
A.go down B.go out C.go away D.go around
A.hopelessly B.carefully C.unexpectedly D.unwillingly
A.pleasant B.funny C.cold D.sad
A.attended B.visited C.studied D.served
A.clever B.brave C.proud D.happy
A.set about B.set up C.set down D.set off
A.satisfied B.excited C.shocked D.ashamed
A.park B.cemetery C.garden D.museum
A.explained B.expressed C.refused D.admitted
A.building B.yard C.playground D.square
A.laughed B.shouted C.glanced D.called
A.suggestion B.idea C.thought D.opinion
A.bored B.astonished C.interested D.pleased
A.department B.university C.business D.club
A.Once B.While C.Since D.Though
A.named B.looked C.taken D.followed
A.talked B.knew C.heard D.cared
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The eyes are one of the most expressive of body language.Keith,seventeen,from Montclair, New Jersey,learned the hard way about one the eyes can make.“I had a teacher who heavily on classroom discussion,”Keith says.“He seemed to have a strong to know just when I didn’t have the answer.I couldn’t how he could be so .Then it dawned on(逐渐被人明白)me. I didn’t know the answer,I would looking at him.When I did know what to say,I always stared straight back him. From that moment on,I myself to look him in the eye, I knew the aniswe or not.That trick has me a lot of trouble.”
Many people, some policemen,believe eye contact is a good of testing honesty.If someone can’t look at you directly in the eye,then he or she is not playing ,they insist. After many experiments, ,a number of exports have found out that good liars can make false eye contact.
Eye contact,though not a sure of dishonesty, is a clear way to show interest in another person. When a person looks at you and continues to do so,you know his attention is on you.When he turns his head away, his mind is probably .But there is .A shy person may have trouble making and keeping eye contact, no matter how interested he is in the other person.And certain nationalities,such as the British and Germans,are much oriented(适应)to eyeball-to-eyeball contact than,say,the French and the Arabs.
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I grew up in a little village in England.My father was a struggling ,but I always knew he was special.
Dad’s always been very .At 15,I started a magazine.It was a great deal of my time,and the headmaster of my school gave me a :stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.I decided to leave,and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, as any good father would.When he realized I had made up my mind,he said,“Richard,when I was 23,my dad me to go into law.And I’ve always regretted it.I wanted to be a biologist, I didn’t pursue my .You know what you want.Go fulfill it.”As turned out, my little publication went to become Student,a national for young people in the U.K.
My wife and I have two children,and I'd like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad me.
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第一节: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。
My father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the best string___ ___ players in our town. He could not___ ___ music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it.
Dad loved to play the mandolin for his ___ ___ for he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was always there, ___ ___ his time and efforts to see that his family had enough in their life. I had to grow into a man and have children of my own ____ ____I realized how much he had sacrificed.
I joined the United States Air _ _ in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home ___ ___ , I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. He could ___ __ _your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his _ ___ in his ability to play so well for his family.
In 1950, our family moved to Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was __ in an accident. On that particular day, Dad got the third index finger of his left hand ______ _ by the machine. He didn't lose enough of the finger __ __ it would stop him picking up anything, but it did _ his ability to play the mandolin. After the accident, When I came home and asked him to play, Dad would make ___ _ for why he couldn't play. For the family it didn't make any __70_ ___ that Dad couldn't play as well.
In August of 1993, my father was discovered with lung cancer. He chose not to receive treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life _ ___ dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said "okay". He knew it would probably be the___ time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few _ __ . When I looked around, there was not a _ eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet man with an inner strength. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. Dad was doing something he had done all his life, _ _____. As sick as he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad sure could play that Mandolin!
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阅读下面短文,从短文后面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。
An old woman had lost her eyesight completely, so she went to a to help her see again and made a bargain with him: if he could cure her, he would be paid well. But if he couldn’t, she would not pay him anything.
The doctor had a(an) ointment(药膏). When it was put on the eyes for a period of time, it restored the eyesight of anyone who was sightless.
The doctor began to his patient daily. But knowing that she couldn’t see, he started the valuables in her house. When there was nothing left, he decided to cure her and his payment.
When the woman recovered her eyesight, she saw that her valuables had gone and the doctor was the thief. So, saying that she was cured, she refused to pay him. The doctor was and he insisted on his fees. But the old woman refused and the two went to the .
The judge asked the old woman she refused to pay the doctor. She said, “I did to give him the money if I recovered my eyesight. However, if I remained blind, I was to give him . Now he that he has cured me, but I am blind.”
Everyone there looked at her . “ How can you say that? Everyone can see that your eyesight has been restored,” said the judge .
The old woman replied, “ I can’t see. Before I my eyesight, I had seen many valuable things in my house. But now, I am not able to see a thing of in it.”
The judge that she was indeed blind and let her go.
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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。
My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way, we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said, “______ my job. Family to Feed.”
At this store, a _____ like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and make a ______ on how bad it must be to have to stand ______ in the cold wind.
In the store, I asked each of my kids to ______ something they thought our “friend” there would ______. They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a _____. I thought about it. We were ______ on cash ourselves, but…well, sometimes _____ from our need instead of our abundance(充裕) is ______ what we need to do! All the kids ______ something they could do away with for the week.
When we handed him the bag of ______, he lit up and thanked us with ______ eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for ______his family might need, he burst into tears.
This has been a wonderful ______ for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can ______! Things would have played out so ______ if I had simply said, “No, we really don’t have ______ to give more.” Stepping out not only helped a brother in ______, it also gave my kids the ______ taste of helping others. It’ll go a long way with them.
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