完形填空(本题有15小题,每小题1分;共计15分)阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a . It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school and my old school was far away. , no one knew whom I was. I was very lonely and afraid to make friends with .
Every time I heard the other students talking and . I my heart break. I couldn’t talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn’t want my parents to me. Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat my desk as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know he was. He passed me and then turned back. He me and without a word, smiled.
Suddenly I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It me feel happy, alive and . That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile my best friend since then.
After this, I began to _ love and joy everywhere I go. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will _ .
A.smile B.magazine C.box D.Camera
A.As usual B.As a result C.The same as D.Such as
A.someone B.everyone C.anyone D.nobody
A.laughter B.to laugh C.laughing D.laugh
A.felt B.tasted C.feared D.smelled
A.hear about B.talk about C.care for D.worry about
A.slowly B.politely C.unhappily D.naturally
A.where B.whether C.whom D.why
A.listened to B.looked at C.dressed up D.rushed to
A.made B.led C.offered D.threw
A.warm B.cold C.warmth D.coldness
A.close B.closer C.closest D.closed
A.became B.has become C.become D.is becoming
A.end up with B.laid out C.steal D.spread
A.look back B.come back C.turn back D.smile back
In November 1979,pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey. Most of them werethis story for the first time. However, this story is not to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the traditional Chinese book Journey to the West.
The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a ! This is because he can make seventy-two to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects. But he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can makeso small that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long.
The Monkey King hasthe children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program came out more than thirty years ago, Western children became in reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up.A. writing B hearing C. telling
A. famous B popular C. new
A. monkey B man C. horse
A. friends B monkeysC. changes
A. unless B because C. however
A. himself B the stick C. the teacher
A. trained B excited C. taught
A. worried B relaxed C. interested
It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. I tried to my wife by ringing the door-bell, but she was very deeply asleep. So I got a ladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing towards the bedroom .I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, "I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.” I and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. "I enjoy at night,”I said, but I immediately felt sorry about in the way I did.
"So do I,” answered the policeman in the same tone. "Excuse my interrupting you. I hate to interrupt a man when he's busy working, but would you coming with me to the station?"
"Well, I'd prefer to stay here,”I said. "You see, I've forgotten_______.”
"Your what? ” he called.
"My key,” I shouted.
Fortunately, the shouting woke up my wife. She opened the window just as the policeman
had started to climb towards me.A. wake up B. hurry up C. give up
A. door B. wallC. window
A. climbed up B. looked downC. ran away
A. climbing ladders B. cleaning windowsC. opening doors
A. doing B. climbingC. answering
A. enjoy B. likeC. mind
A. my keyB. the ladderC. the door-bell
There was once a hardworking farmer who had a fine olive orchard (橄榄果园). But his three sons farm work.When the farmer was , he called the three sons to him and said: “My sons, there is a of gold hidden in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you it.”The sons tried to him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden, but he would tell them more.
After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold. they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.They dug until they had the soil from one end of the orchard to the other. But no pot of gold was to be found. The three sons were very to have done all their work for nothing.
The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when the fruit was , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
When they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant.
A.enjoyed B.hated C.cared D.minded
A.sick B.lonely C.dead D.dying
A.box B.bag C.pot D.bucket
A.miss B.hate C.care D.want
A.make B.order C.let D.get
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.Since B.And C.So D.But
A.turned up B.turned on C.turned over D.turned around
A.uncomfortable B.disappointed C.angry D.worried
A.picked B.collected C.sold D.found
Tips for Living in China
1.Dinners
When you are invited to a dinner, you don’t have to eat everything .First, try a little of every dish by putting some on your plate or in rice bowl. You don’t have to eat it, but as a foreign guest (客人),you are supposed to be served first. If you don’t try anything, your host will be embarrassed(尴尬)---and will put it on your plate for you .
2.Bargaining
When you go to open-air markets or personal stores, you need to bargain with the shop assistants. Remember to build a friendly relationship(关系)first. You are creating a relationship with the businessman ,not a price war. Think of it this way :Shouting ,arguing ,and pointing are not good. Smiling ,being friendly, offering to buy more for a better price is. And don’t be afraid to ask,” Can you offer me a better price?”
3.Chopsticks
Don’t point with them at other people’s faces ,and by all means don’t stick them upright in your rice bowl----that is how the Chinese honor (纪念)the dead at graves. You should put them beside the plate.
4.Smiling
Chinese smile for more reasons than Americans .A smile can mean the person is embarrassed, trying to be helpful ,curious, happy or friendly .In the middle of an argument ,smiling means that the speaker doesn’t want this to become personal. When all else fails ,smile in China. It shows you have no ill intention (意图)and can work wonders in getting better service.根据表格内容,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳答案。
When you are invited to a dinner,__________.
A.you need to eat all the dishes B.you may take one dish to put it on your own plate C.you should try to eat the dish on your plate D.you may go out if you don’t like to eat the dishes
A.讨价还价 B.聊天 C.争论 D.交谈
A.shout to the shop assistant B.argue with the shop assistant C.talk with the shop assistant with a smile D.fight with the shop assistant
A.You may point with the chopsticks at people’s faces when you are talking . B.When you finished eating the food ,you may lick the chopsticks. C.If you are full ,you may stick the chopsticks upright. D.When you finished eating the dinner, you may put the chopsticks next to the plate.
A.laughing at the other people B.this is the best attitude to the other people C.the speaker doesn’t want this to become personal D.we must beat the other people
There are many kinds of friends. Many people will step in your life,but onlytrue friends leave footprints (脚印). I shall always recall (回忆) the autumn and the girl with the __ ____. I know she will always be my best friend. It was the goldenseason. I liked walkingalone in the leaves, __ to the sound of them.
Autumn is a season but life is uninteresting. The free days always get me down. But one day, the sound of a violinflowedinto my ears. A young girl, standing in the wind, wasinterested in playing her violin. I had seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened . Lost in the music, I didn't know that I had been standing there for so long. But it did not seem todisturb her.
Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building_ ___I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only .
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly ______.To my surprise, the girl came over to me.
"You must like violin." she said.
"Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?" I asked.
Suddenly, a sad expression appeared her face and I could feel something unusual. "Icame here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was listening every day thatencouragedme." she said.
"In fact, it was your playingthatgave me a meaningful autumn," I answered, "Let's be friends."
A.piano B.guitar C.violin D.drum
A.listening B.hearing C.watching D.looking
A.lively B.lovely C.harvest D.lonely
A.ever B.already C.just D.never
A.quickly B.quietly C.slowly D.friendly
A.when B.where C.if D.that
A.reader B.writer C.singer D.listener
A.waited B.stopped C.began D.changed
A.in B.of C.on D.with
A.your B.my C.her D.our