阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。
The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his important inventions was the train. He his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the engine on the train, he met with from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would cows, horses and sheep, that the would burst or that the hot coals from it would their houses. At that time, people believed what they said.
George Stephenson the people that the train could go on small , could pull carriages goods and passengers and there was to them. It was a very matter for him to them believe. However, after , he was able to do it; and the first train that by Stephenson himself what he had said.
The first day the people along the way the noises of the train and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius(妖怪).They did not dare to come out until it had passed.
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20题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。
While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had 1 finding the keyhole. When I 2 to open the door, I 3 around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was 4 installed... but no switch!
Not discouraged easily, I remembered 5 a lamp by the bed when I deposited my luggage 6 in the day. I found the bed in the 7 and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing 8 ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the 9 to find another lamp. So I 10 my way slowly across the room to the curtains and... no drawstring! I finally stumbled（跌跌撞撞地走）around 11 I found a desk lamp which actually 12 !
That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world 13 be and how necessary light is! But even more necessary than 14 light is the light that shines from people --the light of 15 and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and 16 place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in 17 of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you 18 may be a beacon of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is 19 a candle in a forest remember -- there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to 20 the light of one small candle.
1. A. confidence B. respect C. adimiration D. difficulty
2. A. managed B. failed C. wished D. meant
3. A. touched B. felt C. sensed D. looked
4. A. already B. never C. still D. once
5. A. equiping B. producing C. spotting D. removing
6. A. later B. earlier C. lower D. upper
7. A. light B. dark C. room D. corner
8. A. happened B. operated C. fired D. developed
9. A. machine B. street C. room D. car
10. A. wound B. forced C. made D. lost
11. A. after B. until C. while D. since
12. A. helped B. affected C. worked D. inspired
13. A. can B. shall C. will D. must
14. A. mental B. psychological C. electrical D. physical
15. A. existence B. love C. truth D. wisdom
16. A. lonely B. colourful C. friendly D. complex
17. A. short B. favour C. face D. need
18. A. make B. offer C. take D. contribute
19. A. not more than B. other than C. no more than D. rather than
20. A. put out B. give out C. get over D. set up
You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes’ break between classes. But when the bell for the next class rings, you can’t 36 how quickly time has passed.
If you are familiar with this 37 , you’ll know how time flies when you are having fun and 38 when you are bored. Now scientists have 39 a reason why this is the case.
Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain 40 according to how we focus on a task. When we are 41 , we concentrate more on how time is passing. And this makes our brains 42 the clock is ticking more slowly.
In an experiment 43 by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image 44 researchers monitored their brain activity.
The volunteers were told to 45 concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then 46 the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and color. The results showed that 47 was more active when the volunteers paid 48 subjects.
It is thought that if the brain is 49 focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to 50 its resources, and pays less attention to the clock. 51 , time passes without us really 52 it, and seems to go quickly. If the brain is not so active, it concentrates its 53 energies on monitoring the passing of time. 54 , time seems to drag.
Next time you feel bored 55 , perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is saying!
A．guess B．learn C．believe D．doubt
A．view B．point C．scene D．experience
A．drags B．stops C．backs D．gains
A．thought over B．made up C．suggested D．come up with
A．change B．develop C．grow D．slow
A．sleepy B．bored C．excited D．active
A．report B．think C．decide D．see
A．produced B．carried C．tried D．performed
A．so B．when C．while D．but
A．partly B．quickly C．how D．first
A．remember B．focus on C．forget D．tell apart
A．the researchers B．the experiment C．the clock D．the brain
A．much attention to B．more attention to C．attention to many D．attention to more
A．busy B．likely C．ready D．sure
A．focus B．gather C．reach D．spread
A．However B．Furthermore C．Therefore D．Finally
A．recognizing B．watching C．noticing D．counting
A．enough B．full C．right D．proper
A．In fact B．As a result C．For example D．Instead
A．in class B．with work C．in mind D．of lessons
A wise man once said, “A man who makes no mistakes usually does not make anything.” It took me a long time to gather the 36 to admit that I had been making mistakes since my earliest days. 37 , many of the things that I had learned were 38 .
As a child from a poor family, I learned that when you had money, you were 39 to spend it on whatever brought you happiness 40 . I didn’t understand that even though putting money in the bank would not 41 me that quick joy, it could provide a sense of 42 — I still had that money.
One problem is that I never had an opportunity to 43 any money of my own until late in my teen years. All of my gift money 44 to my parents for “saving”, which actually 45 to be an emergency fund(风险基金) for things such as food.
On rare 46 , some relatives would give me some money, but they would 47 in my ear not to tell my mother and to spend it quickly on something fun. Their 48 was good — they wanted to bring joy to the life of a “ 49 ”boy, but it didn’t teach me any 50 skills. Soon I would go back to having no money.
Another thing is that I believed that 51 help from others was bad. My parents were strict, and in many ways I 52 their philosophy (处事原则), but their personal beliefs prevented them from ever accepting any help. 53 we often had to live on a single part-time income, we never asked 54 anything. In this way, I was led to believe that accepting a helping hand, even in 55 of great need, was a sign of weakness.
36. A. time B. power C. courage D. chance
37. A. Otherwise B. Also C. Instead D. However
38. A. different B. common C. big D. wrong
39. A. supposed B. determined C. ordered D. left
40. A. naturally B. immediately C. probably D. eventually
41. A. buy B. prove C. sell D. show
42. A. direction B. guilty C. safety D. difference
43. A. receive B. lend C. manage D. earn
44. A. gave B. went C. borrowed D. left
45. A. added up B. came up C. gave out D. turned out
46. A. states B. occasions C. situations D. moments
47. A. shout B. explain C. whisper D. insist
48. A. plan B. information C. look D. intention
49. A. naughty B. poor C. hopeless D. lovely
50. A. financial B. imaginative C. popular D. formal
51. A. offering B. accepting C. begging D. demanding
52. A. disobeyed B. ignored C. respected D. agreed
53. A. Even if B. Now that C. Unless D. Until
54. A. about B. around C. against D. for
55. A. groups B. terms C. ways D. times
第一节完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these 1 are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are 2 and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows 3 and pale and has changed so much that it is almost 4 to the parents. It was then 5 that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and 6 the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended 7 . However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been 8 . In those cases there was often a way to get the 9 baby back. You could 10
the Changeling on the fire--then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.
A．babies B．believers C．fairies D．supermen
A．powerful B．cruel C．frightened D．extraordinary
A．sick B．slim C．short D．small
A．uncomfortable B．unbelievable C．unacceptable D．unrecognizable
A．feared B．predicted C．heard D．reported
A．covered B．changed C．replaced D．terrified
A．cases B．tools C．steps D．methods
A．missed B．stolen C．found D．lost
A．1ittle B．pale C．sad D．real
A．seize B．burn C．place D．hold
If you walk through the streets of any big city at six or seven in the morning, the chances are that you will see women hurrying along, pushing prams (婴儿推车). You may see more than one woman 1 on the same door and, as it opens, quickly kiss the child, 2a package of nappies and hurry off down the street to clock on the early shift in an office, leaving their children to a child – minder – a woman who may be doing the job legally or illegally, well or badly. Brain Jackson, director of the Child – minding Researching Unit, and his colleagues have done a great deal of work in finding out 3 it means for a child to spend the first years of life in the care of a child – minder.
4 law, anyone who looks after a child for more than two hours a day and gets paid must be registered. 5 the punishment is a 6 pounds fine. Local authorities are responsible for the registration and supervision (监管) of minders. The regulations 6 adequate provision (保障) for fire, safety and health. Very few minders can 7 these. Yet, not many districts give financial assistance. “This means,” Brain Jackson says, “that when you have one registered minder tested and proved by the local authorities, you can be sure that you will get a dozen unregistered, illegal minders 8 .”
The researchers found themselves 9 into the role of private investigators when they conduct their 10 . Getting up early to do a “Dawn Watch” following mothers through cold, dark streets and nothing where they left their babies, Jackson says, was a long, slow process.
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