Time spent together with family members is always a reminder of happiness. Never will I forget the days with my grandparents. Meals in their dining room, where stood a grandfather clock, were a for four generations to become one. The was always spread with delicious food containing as the main ingredient. That grandfather clock always stood like a family friend, our happiness.
The clock began to me in my childhood. I watched and listened to it during meals, how, at different times of the day, that clock would with a wonderful sound. Year after year, the clock struck a part of my , a part of my heart.
More wonderful was what my grandfather did each day. He wound that clock with a special and magic key, which the clock ticking and striking. He never let that clock wind down and . When we grandkids got a little older, he us how to wind it.
To our great sorrow, my grandfather passed away suddenly one night. Several days after his death, I entered the dining room, with tears flowing . The clock stood desertedly , seeming smaller. I couldn’t to look at it.
Years later, my grandmother gave me the key. Entering the old quiet house one morning, I opened the clock door with my shaking hand. Then and reverently(虔诚地), I entered the key and wound the clock. It sprang to . Tick – tock, tick – tock, life was into the dining room and into my . With the hands moving, my grandfather seemed to live again. How beautiful the feeling was!
Dear friends, let’s the beautiful time being spent together with our family members!
A.party B.time C.place D.occasion
A.room B.clock C.table D.key
A.thrill B.surprise C.care D.love
A.sharing B.meeting C.ignoring D.responding
A.excite B.encourage C.interest D.inspire
A.questioning B.remembering C.doubting D.wondering
A.strike B.hit C.beat D.tap
A.comments B.opinions C.memories D.brains
A.strangely B.carefully C.eagerly D.usually
A.got B.kept C.made D.let
A.break B.fall C.stop D.move
A.showed B.provided C.demanded D.said
A.joyfully B.gently C.difficultly D.freely
A.ticking B.moving C.noisy D.quiet
A.help B.bear C.enjoy D.resist
A.slowly B.quickly C.violently D.naturally
A.feeling B.feet C.sense D.life
A.breathed B.blown C.taken D.appeared
A.study B.bedroom C.heart D.head
A.use B.treasure C.find D.search
第三节 完形填空(每小题1分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are 1 than housewives. Evidence (证据) shows that 2 are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows that whenever the unemployment (失业) rate increases by 1%,the death rate increases correspondingly (相应地) by 2%. All this comes down to one point: Work is helpful to heath.
Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy, _3 loneliness and solitude (孤独). Researches show that people feel unhappy, 4 and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are 5 . Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are the happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as a 6 between man and reality (真实). By work, people come into contact with each other. By collective (集体的) activity, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work 7_ the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually (在精神上) and makes him liable to (易于) 8 .
9 , work gives one a sense of fulfillment (充实感) and a sense of 10 . Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When a 11 finishes his writing or a doctor successfully operates on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow, they are 12 beyond words (无法用语言表达).
From the above we can come to the conclusion 13 the more you work, 14 you will be. Let us work hard, 15 and live a happy and healthy life.
⒈ A. more healthier B. healthier C. weaker D. worse
⒉ A. career women B. the busy C. the jobless D. the hard-working
⒊ A. up with B. off C. in touch with D. away from
⒋ A. interested B. joyful C. concerned D. worried
⒌ A. busy B. free C. lazy D. empty
⒍ A. river B. gap C. channel D. bridge
⒎ A. means B. stands C. equals D. matches
⒏ A. success B. death C. victory D. disease
⒐ A. Besides B. Nevertheless C. However D. Yet
⒑ A. disappointment B. achievement C. regret D. apology
⒒ A. worker B. farmer C. writer D. manager
⒓ A. moved B. surprised C. sad D. happy
⒔ A. that B. which C. what D. when
⒕ A. the lonelier and weaker B. lonelier and healthier
C. happier and healthier D. the happier and healthier
⒖ A. study well B. studying well C. study good D. studying good
第三节 完形填空(每小题1. 5分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When one takes shoes to a shop to be mended, he is given a ticket with a number on it. Then, 1 his shoes are ready, he goes back to the shop, gives the ticket to the shoemaker, gets his shoes and 2 for them.
One day Mrs Smith gave her husband a pair of her shoes which needed 3 and asked him to 4 them to the shop. Mr Smith did so, and put the 5 for them in his pocket.
He went back four days 6 to get the shoes, 7 when he went into the shop, he was not able to find his ticket 8 , and the shoemaker did not want to give him the 9 until he got the ticket. “How do I know that the shoes are 10 unless you give me the ticket?” he said. “If I give them to you now, somebody 11 may come into my shop with the ticket tomorrow, and then I shan’t be able to give him the shoes.” Mrs Smith needed the shoes very much, so her husband 12 for a moment and then went out to his 13 , which was at the side of the road 14 the shop. He _15 the door, and whistled(耳语)to his wife’s small 16 , which was sitting on the back seat. Then he went back into the shop with the dog and _17 it, “Get the shoes!” the dog began to 18 around the shop, and soon it found Mrs Smith’s shoes and brought one of them to Mr Smith, then the 19 . “That should prove(证明)that they are my wife’s,.” said Mr Smith. The shoemaker 20 . Then he gave the shoes to Mr Smith.
⒈ A. before B. when C. since D. unless
⒉ A. cares B. looks C. pays D. waits
⒊ A. making B. mending C. buying D. selling
⒋ A. show B. change C. find D. take
⒌ A. ticket B. paper C. bill D. list
⒍ A. late B. later C. ago D. long
⒎ A. or B. because C. and D. but
⒏ A. with his son B. again C. in his office D. slowly
⒐ A. shoes B. idea C. dog D. answer
⒑ A. black B. beautiful C. yours D. whose
⒒ A. old B. young C. other D. else
⒓ A. worried B. stood C. thought D. hoped
⒔ A. car B. bus C. boat D. train
⒕ A. inside B. round C. up D. outside
⒖ A. opened B. closed C. broke D. built
⒗ A. clock B. dog C. hen D. cat
⒘ A. talked B. replied C. answered D. said to
⒙ A. hear B. taste C. smell D. see
⒚ A. other B. others C. ticket D. pairs
⒛ A. surprised B. cried out C. laughed D. frightened
第四节完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.
I was on my lunch break and had 26 the office to ger something to eat . On the way, I 27 a
Busker(街头艺人),with a hat in front of him. I had some 28 in my pocker, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would 29 use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol. He 30 like that type-young and ragged. 31 what was I going to spend the money on ? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then 32 I had no right to place myself above 33 just because he was busking.
I 34 and dropped all the coins into his 35, and he smiled at me, I watched for a while. As 36 as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment—a feeling of 37 or satifaction, for example. But nothing happened 38 , I walked off. “It proved to be a waste of 39 ,”I thought.
On my way home at the end of the 40, I saw the busker again and he was 41 . I watched him pick up the hat and walk 42 a cafe counter. There he poured the 43 contents into a tin collecting 44 an earthquake fund-raising(募捐) event. He was busking for charity(慈善)!
Now I donate any 45 I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving.
26. A. left B. cleanedC. prepared D.searched
27. A. led B. choseC. saw D. fooled
28. A. chocolates B. coinsC. tins D. drugs
29. A. almost B. onlyC. rather D. still
30. A. acted B. lookedC. sounded D.smelt
31. A. Though B. ForC. Therefor D. But
32. A. declared B. realizedC. expected D. guessed
33. A. it B. allC. him D. them
34. A. waited B. followedC. stopped D. arrived
35. A. rag B. hatC. pocketD. counter
36. A. selfish B. awkward C. innocentD. special
37. A. happeiness B. sadness C. loveD. hate
38. A. Disappointedly B. Unfortunately C. CoincidentallyD. Comfortably
39. A. words B. effort C. spaceD. money
40. A. moment B. day C. breakD. event
41. A. walking around B. passing by C. packing upD. running off
42. A. around B. in C. behindD. to
43.A. chief B. basicC. actualD. total
44.A.by B. forC. onD. with
45.A.work B. timeC. energyD.change
第二节 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题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,并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members __36___ the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of __37___. Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would __38_ all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be __39___ —so I thought. I waited backstage all __40__ in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies __41__ that my class was next.
My dance
class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the __42___. All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. I really was an __43__ move. I was concentrating so much __44___ the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look __45__ I was going. I missed my partner’s box altogether and __46__. There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles(咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the ___47___ rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not ___48___.” I did my best to follow her ___49___ as I continued with the routine.
When the curtain dropped, so did my __50___ for the evening. I ___51___ bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could __52__ me down.
Recently I realized I had been a __53__ that night. I was ___54___, but I fought the urge to run off the stage. __55___, I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.
36. A. filled B. visited C. attended D. decorated
37. A. pressure B. impression C. debate D. attention
38. A. take over B. show off C. look after D. give up
39. A. reasonable B. suitable
C. obvious D. perfect
40. A. dressed up
B. folded up C. covered up D. mixed up
41. A. suggested B. explained C. announced D. predicted
42. A. music B. audience C. curtain D. stage
43. A. easy B. active C. adventurous D. extra
44. A. containing B. hiding C. sharing D. keeping
45. A. why B. whether C. where D. what
46. A. wandered B. slipped C. waved D. skipped
47. A. blood B. pleasure C. pride D. tear
48. A. leave B. cheer C. believe D. notice
49. A. gesture B. example C. advice D. plan
50. A. doubts B. hopes C. voice D. patience
51. A. argued B. shouted C. begged D. sobbed
52. A. turnB. calm C. let D. put
53. A. star B. pioneer C. loser D. fool
54. A. satisfied B. moved C. embarrassed D. confused
55. A. However B. Instead C. In total D. in return
第二节完形填空(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最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I first entered university, my aunt, who id an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was 36 to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary. 37 it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one 38 , to be honest, I found it extremely 39 to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and 40 not fully understand the meanings. I was used to the 41 bilingual dictionaries, in which the word are 42 both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt 43 to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I 44that monolingual dictionaries are 45 in learning a foreign language.
As I found out, there is, 46 , often no perfect equivalence(对应)between two 47 in two languages. My aunt even goes so far as to 48 that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the 49 meaning of a word in English! 50 , she insisted that I read the definition(定义)of a word in a monolingual dictionary 51 I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. 52 , I have come to see what she meant.
Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n) 53 number of words, around 2,000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am 54 exposed to(接触)the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. 55 this, I can express myself more easily in English.
36. A. worried B. sad C. surprised D. nervous
37. A. Because B. Although C. Unless D. If
38. A. but B. so C. or D. and
39. A. difficult B. interesting C. ambiguous D. practical
40. A. thus B. even C. still D. again
41. A. new B. familiar C. earlier D. ordinary
42. A. explained B. expressed C. described D. created
43. A. offered B. agreed C. decided D. happened
44. A. imagine B. recommend C. predict D. understand
45. A. natural B. better C. easier D. convenient
46. A. at least B. in fact C. at times D. in case
47. A. words B. names C. ideas D. characters
48. A. hope B. declare C. doubt D. tell
49. A. exact B. basic C. translated D. expected
50. A. Rather B. However C. Therefore D. Instead
51. A. when B. before C. until D. while
52. A. Largely B. Generally C. Gradually D. Probably
53. A. extra B. average C. total D. limited
54. A. repeatedly B. nearly C. immediately D. anxiously
55. A. According to B. In relation to C. In addition to D. Because of