完形填空(10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After weeks the editor the story to her. The lady was . She wrote back to the editor:
“Dear Sir,
Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it. I sent you the story, I pasted(粘)together pages 18; 19 and 20. This was a to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were pasted together. Is this the you read all the stories that are sent to you?”
The editor wrote back:
“Dear Madam, when I have an egg breakfast, I eat the whole egg in order to discover that it is bad.”
A.few B.a few C.little D.a little
A.gave B.came back C.handed D.returned
A.angry B.happy C.satisfied D.glad
A.How B.Why C.What D.Where
A.After B.until C.Before D.Since
A.lesson B.test C.question D.thing
A.already B.still C.even D.yet
A.work B.check C.road D.way
A.on B.for C.at D.in
A.must not B.have not to C.need not to D.don’t have to
My mother says she probably wouldn’t love butterflies(蝴蝶)today if it weren’t for Mr. Patti.
When my mother Ada was a kid, she loved playing baseball and she wanted to for the New York Yankees. Then her brother Howie pointed out that there weren’t any women playing major league baseball(棒球联赛). Ada realized he was right. That made her so angry that she started throwing baseballs into the air and hitting them as as she could.
One day Ada hit a ball through Mr. Patti’s window. She was about to run away when a bright yellow butterfly flew through the hole in the window. A blue butterfly . Then a lot of colourful butterflies flew out like a rainbow(彩虹). Ada to open her arms and catch the butterflies.
It was too bad she didn’t she heard Mr. Patti shouting, “Hey! You there!” Ada almost jumped 12 feet. When she landed, Mr. Patti handed her a net and a box. He pointed to the butterflies. “One hundred butterflies. We need to get them all back. Go!”
Running with the net, Ada began to catch some of the butterflies. By the end of the day, her
was filled with butterflies ― including the bright yellow butterfly. There were still 13 butterflies missing. Mr. Patti showed Ada pictures had taken of the missing butterflies. The photographs were so beautiful that she could hardly catch her breath.
“ do you get them to stay still(静止的,不动的)?” Ada asked.
“I’ll show you,” Mr. Patti replied.
And he did. He taught my mother everything he knew about photographing butterflies. That’s her now. It is good because there still aren’t any women playing in the major leagues.
“I’ll never forget that day,” my mother says. “Breaking that window changed my .” Then she goes into her workroom, which is filled with swirling butterflies.
A.cheer B.play C.work D.act
A.carefully B.high C.hard D.proudly
A.appeared B.joined C.followed D.reached
A.offered B.wanted C.agreed D.refused
A.so B.because C.after D.though
A.net B.box C.room D.yard
A.she B.they C.I D.he
A.How B.When C.Why D.Where
A.job B.hobby C.pleasure D.way
A.project B.purpose C.life D.Plan
Wang Yani was born in 1975.Even as a baby she loved to draw. Her father was an.Yani wanted to be like him. So she tried to stand like her father as he painted,which made him laugh.
One day,Yani painted lines on her father’s painting.He got .At that time she was only two and a half years old.She cried and said,“I want to like you!”Her father looked at her without saying anything. He remembered his childhood (童年).He also wanted to draw and paint,but his parents didn’t understand. They just got angry. He didn’t want to see the same thing happen to his daughter,so he decided toher.
With her father’s help,Yani soon.Her lines became flowers,trees and animals. Her father took her to parks and zoos to getfor her paintings. By the end of six,Yani had made over 4,000 works. Her paintings were very special. Peopleher works. When she was eight,one of her paintings was made into a Chinese postage stamp.
Yani became famous when she was young. Her works werein different countries in Asia,Europe and North America,her parents never sold her paintings. She is well-known in the world,and art is still a great joy in her life.A.actor B.athlete (运动员) C.artist
A.angry B.excited C.sad
A.laugh B.speak C.paint
A.happily B.clearly C.hardly
A.help B.stop C.refuse
A.did homework B.made money C.made progress
A.news B.time C.ideas
A.hated B.loved C.found
A.lost B.sold C.shown
A.and B.but C.so
Today many Chinese people want to their English in different ways. For example, twenty-four young singers from across China entered a contestsinging popular English songsall the singers sang very clearly and looked comfortable stage. Some of these singers were able to sing English songs just as as native speakers.
The singers really came from all age groups and from all over China. Theof the men’s competition was a 40-year-old man from Xi'an, and the winner of the
competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. winners were very modest and said that they didn't think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the women's competition, said English helped her win the prize. Six months earlier, she felt her English was, so she had to study hard. She also said that singing English songs made her more interested in learning English.
This kind of contest encourages people in China English. Many people agree that they make by singing English songs and that it is a good idea to have fun with English. Have you ever heard of the Beijing Speaks English program? If not, why don't you find out about it? It suggests ways for Beijingers to take an interest in learning English.singing English songs, there are many other fun to learn English. What about watching English movies, or reading English books? Maybe you could even make friends with a
speaker of English. If you look hard enough, you'll find a good way to learn English better.
A.leant B.listen C.improve D.hear
A.in B.by C.from D.with
A.Possibly B.Nearly C.Luckily D.Hardly
A.on B.onto C.in D.under
A.good B.well C.better D.best
A.winner B.host C.hostess D.listener
A.woman’s B.women’s C.girl’s D.lady’s
A.Both B.Either C.Every D.Each
A.study B.studying C.studies D.studied
A.not well enough B.very well C.not good enough D.very good
A.to speak B.speak C.spoken D.speaking
A.progress B.progresses C.money D.friends
A.Beside B.Besides C.Except D.Not only
A.stories B.songs C.movies D.ways
A.strange B.friendly C.kind D.native
A lot of studends are having all kinds of spots on the spots field. A football game is going on just now____Class 3 and class 4. We don’t know which team will ______. Look at those people over there! Some students of class 1 are practicing the _____jump. One of them is the best high jumper in the school. He practices hard every day. Many people think he will ____the school record(记录) in the sports meet next spring. Not far away from them,some girls are preparing for a race. They _____have a 600-meter race in ten minutes. Now in the corner of the field, you can see another group of students. Their teacher is telling them__to throw discus(铁饼). In schools, _____students love sports now. Sports help people to keep _____. They also help people to live happily. And____doing sports on the sports field , many people will ______good friends, too. Do you think so?
A.in B.between C.from D.of
A.win B.winning C.fall D.falling
A.long B.far C.high D.tall
A.break B.turn C.leave D.name
A.were B.going to C.were going to D.will
A.what B.how C.which D.that
A.much and much B.most and most C.many and many D.more and more
A.health B.tired C.healthy D.happy
A.in B.before C.after D.over
A.become B.change C.get D.bring
My biggest problem is that I’m too busy. When I was young, I ___ to have so much time, but these days I get up ____ and stay in school all day. Then I go right home and eat ___. Before I started high school, I used to spend a lot of time playing games __ my friends, but I just don’t have the time anymore. In the evening, I used to ____ TV or chat with my grandma, but now I ____ to study. I love music, and my father used to take me to ___. These days, I hardly ever have time for concerts. I do my homework and go to bed. I really ____ the old days!
A.came B.went C.used D.wanted
A.late B.early C.quickly D.slowly
A.nothing B.something C.dinner D.breakfast
A.in B.with C.on D.for
A.watch B.turn on C.see D.turn off
A.need B.have C.try D.start
A.cinema B.club C.school D.concerts
A.hate B.love C.miss D.think