完形填空（共20小题：每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题历给的A. B. C.D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was mid-summer and my father had taken me to Boston to see the ducklings (little young ducks) in the public gardens. We had most of the day just playing on the duck sculptures, running around, anything an eight-year-old enjoy doing. More than anything I wanted to go on the swan boat in the pond, the little ducklings were led to by their mother.
The line was long, and it was a little shorter after noon. I was hungry and hot and was starting to get a little tired. The was coming back and the line finally started to move . I excitedly looked around, silently to all around me, “I’m going to the swan boat!” I saw my left, on the other side of the chain linked barrier, a mother pushing her in a carriage. The baby had his bottle out of the carriage, and started to cry. The line kept moving to board the boat which had at the dock, and there was just enough for my dad and me to board. At that moment I ducked (moved like a duck) the chain, picked up the bottle and ran with it to the mother. At this point, my father had out of line to see where I was to. The mother me, and I walked back to my dad. He saw what I did and gave me a hug, then regretfully said that we had the boat and it would be a long for the next one. I looked at the boats, then the line, and finally at my dad with a big and suggested we get ice cream instead.
I learned that day that nothing feels better than doing something good for someone else. No matter how small or it may be.
A．observed B．stared C．spent D．wasted
A．should B．would C．must D．need
A．when B．where C．which D．that
A．boat B．duckling C．car D．sense
A．toward B．forward C．backward D．downward
A．telling B．saying C．speaking D．talking
A．glance B．ride C．brush D．buy
A．by B．at C．on D．to
A．bottle B．baby C．vase D．duck
A．placed B．deserted C．beaten D．thrown
A．left B．moved C．arrived D．reached
A．room B．chance C．footstep D．seat
A．across B．beyond C．over D．under
A．jumped B．feared C．stepped D．held
A．ducking B．driving C．riding D．running
A．stopped B．thanked C．liked D．received
A．boarded B．ridden C．lost D．missed
A．time B．rest C．wait D．stop
A．smile B．hope C．laugh D．cry
A．rare B．rough C．big D．much
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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
The Keeper of the River
An old man had been working for many years for a town．His job was to clear away natural waste from the pool water in the hills, which made up the lovely river flowing through the town nearby．Quietly and , the old man guarded the hills, the leaves and branches, and cleaned up the dirt that would have and polluted the fresh flow of water．The town soon became a popular attraction for tourists．Elegant swans （天鹅） floated along the clear river and the view was so beautiful words．
Years passed．One evening the town met．As they reviewed the budget, one man's caught sight of the salary being paid to the seldom seen keeper of the river．He asked, "Who is the old man? Why do we to employ him? No one in town ever him． For all we know, the strange keeper of the hills isn't doing his job．His position isn't any longer．" Then they voted to the man．
For several weeks, nothing changed ．．．
By early autumn, the trees began to their leaves．Small branches broke off and fell into the pools of the hills, the flow of the shining water．One afternoon, someone noticed a slight yellowish-brown in the river．A few days later, the water was much . Within another week, an oily something covered some sections of the water along the banks, and a terrible was soon sensed．Swans left, and so did the . The only thing that was now visiting the village was disease and sickness．
Quickly , the town committee called a special meeting．Realising their huge mistake in , they rehired the old keeper of the river again, and within a few weeks, the river began to clear up．Swans and tourists came back again and new life returned to the small town in the Alps．
Never ignore the seeming smallness of a task, job, or life．They may all make a .
A．regularly B．suddenly C．casually D．seldom
A．assumed B．opposed C．removed D．conveyed
A．rejected B．poured C．selected D．blocked
A．beyond B．despite C．within D．after
A．sympathy B．employment C．masterpiece D．committee
A．eye B．care C．hand D．spirit
A．list B．privilege C．skill D．concept
A．donate B．continue C．stop D．fail
A．decorates B．swears C．shares D．sees
A．negative B．urgent C．necessary D．complex
A．find B．fire C．support D．forget
A．lose B．avoid C．expand D．admit
A．pulling B．speeding C．slowing D．pushing
A．fish B．color C．flower D．leaf
A．aliver B．cooler C．warmer D．darker
A．sound B．smell C．wave D．light
A．managers B．players C．villagers D．tourists
A．embarrassed B．accepted C．focused D．delighted
A．depression B．voyage C．judgment D．amusement
A．suggestion B．difference C．platform D．devotion
Culture can affect not just language and customs, but also how people experience the world on surprisingly basic levels.
Researchers, with the help of brain scans, have ______ shocking differences in perception between Westerners and Asians, what they see when they look at a city street, for example, or even how they are _____ of a simple line in a square, according to findings published in a(n) _____ science journal.
In Western countries, culture makes people think of themselves as highly ______ entities. When looking at scenes, Westerners tend to focus more on central objects than on their surroundings. East Asian cultures, however, ________ inter-dependence, When Easterners look at a scene, they tend to focus on the surroundings as well as the object.
Using an experiment ________ two tasks, Dr. Hedden asked subjects to look at a line simply to estimate its length, a task that played to American’s _______. In another, they estimated the line’s length relative to the size of a square, an easier task for the Asian.
The level of brain activity, by ______ blood flow, was then measured by Brain Scanners. The experiment found that although there was no difference in performance, and the tasks were very easy, the levels of activity in the subjects’ brain were ______. For the Americans, areas ______ to attention were more favorable to them, when they worked on the task they tended to find more difficult --- estimating the line’s size relative to the square. The findings are a ______ of more than ten years of previous experimental research into East-West differences.
In one study, for instance researchers ______ people a choice among five pens; four red and one green. Easterners were more likely to choose a red pen, and Westerners were more likely to choose the green one.
Culture does not only make a(n) ______ on how you see the world, but how you choose to understand and internalize it. But such habits can be changed. Some psychological studies suggest that when an Easterner goes to the West or vice versa, habits of thought and perception also begin to change. Such research gives us ______ to how our brain works and holds new promises for us to develop programs to improve our memory techniques and __________ our learning skills.
A．recovered B．revealed C．rejected D．replaced
A．aware B．sensitive C．capable D．ignorant
A．essential B．complex C．leading D．inviting
A．independent B．creative C．cooperative D．responsible
A．neglect B．rely C．compliment D．emphasize
A．involving B．referring C．joining D．participating
A．respect B．favor C．surprise D．resistance
A．reducing B．adding C．tracking D．speeding
A．the same B．different C．unique D．unusual
A．objective B．associated C．opposite D．linked
A．comment B．reflection C．reaction D．respond
A．provided B．offered C．supplied D．handed
A．agreement B．effort C．impact D．affect
A．clues B．ideas C．concepts D．suggestions
A．rise B．enable C．decrease D．enhance
As we all know, some people get thirsty not for water. They are thirsty to ____a dream or to make something different. I think it is those people who are eager for ____ with an unquenchable (不能磨灭的) thirst who, ____, are likely to be most satisfied with their lives.
Author Napoleon Hill said, “____ is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, ____ a strong desire which transcends (超越) everything.” He is really ____ a deep thirst.
Alan C. Elliott tells in his book A Daily Does of the American Dream about a five-year study that was undertaken to ____ what made some people extraordinarily successful. The study consisted of detailed research into the ____ of 120 of the nation’s top artists, athletes, and scholars.
He reports that the researcher was ____ to find that natural abilities played only a small part in the ____ of those individuals. But research found that they ____ a powerful thirst to succeed. They practiced the piano four hours every day, ___ well before school in the morning to practice swimming or running, or spent much time ____ (time they could have spent hanging out with friends) working on science projects or painting.
Parental support was also a key factor. ____ of these extraordinarily thirsty young people helped out, ____ their children to great ideas and influential persons. Many sacrificed to ensure that their children received ____training. But in the end, it was their children’s ____ that made the difference.
The principle ____ adults, too. If you want to be more successful, the question you might first ask yourself is, “How thirsty am I?” Your ____ in any field you choose, anything you want to be or anything you want to do will ____ your answer to that simple question.
A．search B．realize C．understand D．enter
A．anything B．everything C．nothing D．something
A．in the end B．for example C．by the way D．on the contrary
A．Determination B．Courage C．Desire D．Convince
A．but B．so C．or D．and
A．building up B．suffering from C．looking for D．talking about
A．predict B．discover C．wonder D．question
A．tasks B．jobs C．lives D．games
A．surprised B．satisfied C．frightened D．disappointed
A．failure B．history C．procedure D．development
A．abandoned B．possessed C．offered D．required
A．stood B．stayed C．rose D．fell
A．alone B．awake C．alive D．alike
A．Teachers B．Managers C．Friends D．Parents
A．passing B．exposing C．devoting D．throwing
A．ordinary B．cruel C．good D．physical
A．thirst B．anger C．worry D．fortune
A．stands for B．turns to C．goes against D．applies to
A．success B．loss C．salary D．result
A．carry on B．insist on C．depend on D．bring on
Electrical devices(仪器)could soon use power made by human energy. Scientists say
they have developed an experimental device that produces electricity from the physical movement of a person walking. British scientist Max Donelan and other scientists in Canada and the United States developed the device.
The device connects to a person’s knee. As the person walks, the device captures energy each time the person slows down. To do this, the device helps with the slowing down movement of the leg. The movements of the walking person push parts of a small machine
that produces electricity. Using the device, an adult walking quickly could produce thirteen watts of electricity in just a minute. Donelan says walking at that speed could produce enough power to operate a laptop computer for six minutes.
There are several possible uses for the device. Developers say it could help people who work in areas without electricity to operate small computers. The device could also be used in hospitals to operate heart pacemakers(起搏器). It could even be used to assist in the movement of robotic arms and legs.
The experimental version of the device weighs about one and a half kilograms, but it is too costly for most people to buy. But the researchers hope to make a lighter, less costly version. An improved version shou1d be ready in one year.
The developers hope the device will one day help developing countries. Near1y twenty five percent of people around the world live without electric power.
A similar product was invented in 2005 by Larry Rome of the University of Pennsylvania. He created a bag carried on a person’s back that also produces power from wa1king.
The knee device does not produce as much electricity as the bag. But the bag requires the walker to carry a load of twenty to thirty kilograms.
The second paragraph mainly talks about.
A．who developed the device B．how the device works C．several possible uses for the devices D．how much electricity the device can produce
A．It is too heavy for the walker to bear. B．It is too complex for people to use. C．It is too expensive for most people to afford. D．It will slow down one’s walking speed.
A．produces power without adding more loads to the walker B．can produce more power in a much shorter time C．needs to be equipped with a battery D．can help the walker wa1k faster
A．help housewives operate the washing machine B．make it much easier for us to go online C．produce more electricity than that invented by Larry Rome D．be applied in medicine to operate heart pacemakers
A．First device powered by walking wi1l soon be on the market B．Advanced technology brings in a new way to operate heart pacemakers C．Device gives new meaning to the idea of power walking D．Human energy will become a main source of electricity
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 husband and I arrived in a new country just a month ago. We were sort of about what was waiting for us. However, when we at the airport, a tall man with smiling eyes greeted us. The days and months were made easy for us by this kind man.
He greeted us every day with his smiling face. He us in going to the bank, in buying our groceries, in telling us to buy almost everything. He told us he is our big brother.
, we watched the match in a coffee shop. During the first get-together, he us that we’re lucky—my husband and I are in this foreign land. He said he has been for eight years now because he rarely sees his family, they are in his home country.
During the second get-together, he told us that we are his family. He said that he loves us and that he will us because he has been given a of 45 days to go back to his home country. That night, he spoke these words which a great impact in my life:“You changed my life…”
That night deep in our hearts we were by our friend’s words. We texted him upon reaching home, him for being a Big Brother to us in the foreign land. We told him that we feel safe in going out when we are with him, to which he , “You are my family here.”
On the first week of October, we’re going to him back from his vacation. We’ll watch the football match again in that shop that holds dear memories.
A．curious B．worried C．certain D．crazy
A．checked B．dropped C．landed D．settled
A．therefore B．instead C．anyhow D．otherwise
A．expected B．troubled C．comforted D．accompanied
A．when B．where C．why D．whether
A．Once B．So C．Twice D．Finally
A．informed B．warned C．blamed D．convinced
A．together B．nearby C．around D．apart
A．sick B．lonely C．cheerful D．scared
A．if B．unless C．as D．although
A．secretly B．jokingly C．proud1y D．sincerely
A．remember B．miss C．forget D．respect
A．delay B．right C．vacation D．date
A．created B．designed C．solved D．received
A．puzzled B．touched C．astonished D．flattered
A．thanking B．forgiving C．repaying D．punishing
A．after all B．as well C．in return D．in advance
A．agreed B．objected C．added D．replied
A．see B．pick C．call D．force
A．book B．grocery C．coffee D．Sports