完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分,满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中选出最佳选项。
Earthquakes are ____， and thousands of them happen each day．But most are too weak to feel．During a ____ earthquake, there is often a great noise first．Then the earth ____ terribly and many houses ____ down．Railway tracks break and trains go ____ lines; a great many factories are ____； thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes ．．．____ the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake ____， other disasters such as fires often ____．More buildings are destroyed and more ____ are caused．
It is well known of the ____ of a possible earthquake, and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes．More than 2,000 years ago, ____， a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng ____ a machine which could find out from which ____ the seismic waves had come, and this machine is still ____ by scientists today．Now we know much more about earthquakes and ____ they happen, but we still cannot ____ exactly when and where an earthquake will happen, and cannot ____ it from happening．So earthquakes are among the ____ disasters in the world．
No one can stop natural earthquakes．____， scientists can help stop earthquakes destroying the whole cities and causing too many deaths．
A．common B．familiar C．strange D．unusual
A．real B．small C．big D．weak
A．moves B．breaks C．jumps D．shakes
A．get B．fall C．set D．put
A．off B．behind C．into D．on
A．burst B．buried C．destroyed D．struck
A．Except B．Because of C．Instead of D．Besides
A．lonely B．itself C．themselves D．later
A．follow B．enter C．come D．copy
A．quakes B．results C．difficulties D．deaths
A．information B．problems C．dangers D．questions
A．as a result B．as well C．for example D．in fact
A．invented B．bought C．found D．discovered
A．country B．city C．way D．direction
A．improved B．used C．protected D．repaired
A．where B．why C．what D．when
A．speak B．point C．talk D．tell
A．make B．let C．stop D．prepare
A．worst B．fast C．most D．best
A．However B．So C．And D．But
One afternoon, my son Adam asked me,“Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”
I thought for a minute, and then I said,“I’ll explain, you can just wait until we make a quick at the grocery store. I have something to show you.”
At the grocery store, we some apples—red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam,“It’s time to your question.” I put one apple of each on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a look on his face.
“People are like apples. They come in all colors, shapes and sizes. On the ,some of the apples may not look as delicious as the others.” As I was talking, Adam was each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled(削皮)them, them back on the table, but a different place.
“Okay, Adam ,tell me which is which.”
He said,“I tell. They all look the same now.” “Take a bite of .See if that helps you which one is which.”
He took ,and then a huge smile came across his face.“People are like apples! They are all different, but once you the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside.”
He totally it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
A．although B．so C．because D．if
A．stop B．start C．turn D．stay
A．expressive B．encouraging C．informative D．interesting
A．bought B．counted C．saw D．collected
A．check B．mention C．answer D．improve
A．size B．type C．shape D．class
A．worried B．satisfied C．proud D．curious
A．ordinary B．normal C．different D．regular
A．outside B．whole C．table D．inside
A．still B．even C．only D．ever
A．examining B．measuring C．drawing D．packing
A．keeping B．placing C．pulling D．giving
A．on B．toward C．for D．in
A．mustn’t B．can’t C．shouldn’t D．needn’t
A．each one B．each other C．the other D．one another
A．admit B．consider C．decide D．believe
A．big bites B．deep breaths C．a firm hold D．a close look
A．just B．always C．merely D．seldom
A．put away B．get down C．hand out D．take off
A．made B．took C．got D．did
In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of an engineer. One day walking along the bank of a lake, the girl happened to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose(鹅). After some time the girl the mother would not return to the eggs and she to take them home. There she carefully the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days , the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the .
Geese are known to take the first living thing theysee as their mother. Thus, to these geese, the girl was their mother.
As they grew, the girl was able to her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to . The litter girl became increasingly worried about this, both when and in her dreams. Suddenly, she thought a clever idea: she would fly a plane to guide them in . She asked her father for a plane and he made a small one for her. Caring about safety, the father flew the plane himself. However, the birds didn’t him. They all slept in the grass .
The girl was so worried about it that one day the girl into the plane and started it. Soon the plane left the . Seeing their mother in the air, the birds expanded their wings and . She flew the plane freely in the sky, with her young birds following.
A．since B．after C．while D．because
A．realized B．expected C．imagined D．admitted
A．helped B．decided C．afforded D．agreed
A．placed B．protected C．treated D．examined
A．ago B．out C．later D．long
A．family B．house C．home D．world
A．what B．which C．that D．who
A．great B．big C．shy D．young
A．ask B．lead C．want D．allow
A．fly B．race C．swim D．sing
A．asleep B．away C．around D．awake
A．of B．through C．over D．back
A．sky B．heaven C．flight D．plane
A．his B．her C．their D．its
A．respect B．remember C．follow D．receive
A．sadly B．instead C．hardly D．too
A．climbed B．looked C．drove D．fell
A．house B．floor C．water D．ground
A．secretly B．disappointedly C．patiently D．immediately
A．looked away B．set out C．went by D．turned back
Once upon a time there lived an old man in a nice cottage with a large garden. The old man was seen his flowers all the time. They were so well-tended that every passer-by could not but for a glance.
One day a young man went by the garden. He gazed at the splendid garden, in admiration at the beauty of these sceneries. Then, suddenly he the old gardener was blind. , the young man asked, “Why are you busy tending these flowers every day which you can’t in fact?” The old man smiled and answered that “ I can tell you reasons. First I was a when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can them. Third，I can smell sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s .
“Me? But you don’t know me,” responded the young man .
“Yeah, it’s that I don’t know you. But I know everyone knows flowers and would never them down. I know the beauty of my garden will get many people into a good . In the meantime, it also a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The old man’s astonished me. The blind man grows flowers and them as a link of minds so as to make enjoy the sunshine in spring. Isn’t it one kind of happiness？
I believe every flower has with which they can see the kindness of the man’s heart. The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Though to see the beauty of blossoming, he surely can hear the voice of it, I suppose.
A．loving B．watering C．tending D．planting
A．stop B．stay C．live D．run
A．kept B．dropped C．fallen D．lost
A．realized B．noticed C．felt D．thought
A．Excited B．Frightened C．Shocked D．Satisfied
A．feel B．see C．hear D．eat
A．one B．two C．three D．four
A．gardener B．teacher C．farmer D．painter
A．taste B．plant C．touch D．appreciate
A．it B．me C．them D．you
A．with pleasure B．in surprise C．with hope D．in anger
A．true B．possible C．a pity D．a shame
A．put B．turn C．get D．knock
A．mind B．life C．future D．mood
A．introduces B．offers C．stands D．leaves
A．words B．behavior C．story D．attitudes
A．treats B．acts C．works D．serves
A．anybody B．somebody C．everybody D．nobody
A．ears B．soul C．eyes D．heart
A．refusing B．trying C．pretending D．Failing
Dear Students，
I am glad to be your guest speaker today. It’s a great pleasure to your school and to meet all of you.
I would like to tell you about . I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years. I chose this job I could travel the world, but the job has me many unforgettable lessons. The work is sometimes difficult. I have seen famines (饥荒), , earthquakes, poverty and death. But I have also seen courage, hope and .
In India, I visited a city where there were many homeless children. Some were as as four years old. They lived in the streets and survived by begging or . But then a lady called Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year, she was two hundred children. She clothed them, fed them and taught them. She them hope.
Here in China, I a young boy with a serious disease. He had had twenty operations and spent nearly his whole life in hospital. I thought he would be , but when I met him, his smile was so warm and welcoming.
In life, we need role models that we can admire and learn from. I feel upset, I try to remember the courage and goodness of these people.
A．visit B．call C．run D．leave
A．yourselves B．Themselve C．myself D．itself
A．or B．so C．but D．and
A．taught B．made C．remembered D．heard
A．love B．help C．victories D．wars
A．sadness B．happiness C．loneliness D．illness
A．young B．new C．long D．short
A．studying B．laughing C．stealing D．teaching
A．stubborn B．terrible C．calm D．kind-hearted
A．caring for B．looking for C．giving in D．giving up
A．made B．paid C．gave D．told
A．liked B．asked C．trained D．met
A．sad B．happy C．pleased D．friendly
A．Since B．After C．When D．Before
A．one B．two C．three D．Four
When I walk through the streets of San Francisco’s business districts, white people stare at me as if I were a circus clown.
Their staring eyes don’t see that I get ________ A’s in school, or that I am a captain of the football team, or that I belong to ______youth organizations. All they see is that I am 6-foot-4, young, black, and male---a potential _______to them.
White men look at me as if I am up to no good, or as if they are ________to me. White women just look at me with________, say, sometimes they cross the street when they see my friends and me coming, or walk in the street and only get back on the sidewalk after we ________.
Many people come to San Francisco to get away from the stereotypes(成见) of the cities they were born and ________ in. The majority of the blacks and Latinos who live in this city don’t have that luxury.
How can you feel at home when people are__________telling you to get back to Africa or Mexico ----or just back to “where you belong”?
My way of dealing with this kind of thing has ________over the years. In the past, when my friends and I would walk the streets and a hundred pairs of white eyes would look at me as if we were the lowest form of dirt, it would make us angry enough to hurt or _______them.
Now I’m more likely to use ________ to defend myself against those eyes. To women who clutch their purse in terror, I’ll say, “Man, I ain’t gonna do anything to you, I got money in my pocket!” My cousin has even started wearing a T-shirt _______ in big letters, “NO, WHITE LADY, I DON'T’ WANT YOUR PURSE.”
The most painful thing is when we get those______ stares from black people, especially elderly ones. I want o say to them, “We’re black, too. Why would we do something to you?”
Usually I react more _______to all of this than a lot of my friends do. Some of them, so brainwashed, just think it’s part of life and that there is nothing you can do.
But for me, that’s not good enough. I just can’t stand it when every day a hundred pair of eyes tell you you’re not__________.
A．hardly B．mostly C．merely D．particularly
A．social B．local C．positive D．new
A．danger B．treasure C．gift D．neighbor
A．better B．close C．perfect D．superior
A．fear B．interest C．honor D．despair
A．run B．walk C．pass D．move
A．known B．developed C．raised D．located
A．honestly B．constantly C．hopefully D．freely
A．changed B．formed C．strengthened D．increased
A．kill B．rob C．damage D．steal
A．actions B．deeds C．signs D．words
A．writing B．printing C．telling D．saying
A．fearful B．doubtful C．pitiful D．impressive
A．strongly B．actively C．disappointedly D．casually
A．sincere B．mature C．welcome D．gentle