【2015·安徽】完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The is that countries around the world have growing mountains of because peopleare throwing out more rubbish than ever before.
How did we a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to an object than to spend time and money to repair it. modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and .
Another cause is our of disposable (一次性的) products.As people,we are always looking for to save time and make our lives easier. Companies thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.
Our appetite for new products also to the problem. We are buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we useful possessions to make room for new ones.
All around the world, we can see the of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To the amount of rubbish and to protect the , more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. , this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem.
Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about . Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.
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By my third day in the hospital, I realized Tom didn’t visit. I couldn’t understand 36 my best friend wouldn’t come to see me. Struggling against the37 , I phoned his __38 . His mother answered, and when I asked for Tom, she got39 . “He’s not here right now,” she said. I thought it was 40 that she didn’t tell me where he was or 41 to have him call me. But I was so weak, I just let it42 . I found out later that Tom’s mother called my parents right after we rang 43 . My phone call really made her44 , and she 45 they talk to me. Later that night, my mom46 . Did I remember drinking? Did I remember in a car？I had 47 what she was talking about, so she finally told me the news: I’d hit a tree. Tom, in the48 seat, was thrown from the car and killed instantly. The only reason I’d lived was because of my49 .
My first 50 was of shock. I’d been drink-driving? Hit a tree? Killed Tom? I felt like the51 person in the world. Even after I was able to 52 several weeks later, I didn’t want to eat, I didn’t want to talk. I just53 at the wall in my54 and cried. The only person I wanted to see was Tom. I didn’t feel like55 with any of my old friends.
A．if B．whether C．how D．why
A．pain B．doctor C．nurse D．wound
A．company B．office C．school D．house
A．unfair B．wrong C．strange D．unnecessary
A．offer B．allow C．permit D．refuse
A．down B．alone C．be D．go
A．off B．up C．out D．back
A．disappointed B．shocked C．anxious D．excited
A．hoped B．wished C．insisted D．ordered
A．went by B．came by C．called back D．passed by
A．understood B．believed C．no idea D．wondered
A．passenger B．drive C．front D．spare
A．doctor B．friend C．luck D．seat-belt
A．view B．reaction C．action D．idea
A．luckiest B．happiest C．worst D．most lonely
A．stand up B．get on C．go home D．eat out
A．looked B．stared C．glanced D．glared
A．sickroom B．office C．dormitory D．bedroom
A．drying out B．taking out C．setting out D．hanging out
I work as a volunteer（志愿者）for an organization that helps the poor in Haiti. Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to 36 him.
Before setting out, I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and 37. For the first two days, he said almost nothing. I worried the trip was too 38 for a 17-year-old. Then, on Day three, as we were 39 over high rocky mountains, he turned to me and grinned（咧嘴笑）, “Pretty hard. ”
After that there was no turning back. A five-year-old girl, wearing a dress several sizes 40 large and broken shoes, followed Barrett around, mesmerized （着迷）. He couldn’t stop 41 . Later he said 42. “I wish I could speak French.” I was 43－this from a boy who hated and 44 French classes throughout school.
Usually silent, he 45 Gaby, our host, and kept asking questions about the country and its people. He blossomed（活泼起来）.
46 , the moment that really took 47 breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains. I was 48 a woman villager for an article. 135 centimeters tall, she was small in figure but strong in 49 . Through determination, she had learned to read and write, and 50 to become part of the leadership of the 51 .
Learning her story, Barrett was as 52 as I by this tiny woman’s achievements. His eyes were wet and there was a 53 of love and respect on his face. He had finally understood the importance of my work.
When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay 54 as a volunteer. My insides suddenly felt struck. This 55 achieved all I’d expected. Soon he will celebrate his 18th birthday. He’ll be a man.
A．comfort B．please C．attract D．educate
A．rough B．dangerous C．troublesome D．violent
A．little B．much C．fast D．slow
A．moving B．running C．climbing D．looking
A．too B．very C．even D．so
A．joking B．crying C．shouting D．smiling
A．patiently B．regretfully C．lightly D．cheerfully
A．ashamed B．disappointed C．determined D．surprised
A．took up B．went in for C．fought against D．called off
A．befriended B．disregarded C．avoided D．recognized
A．Thus B．Even C．Meanwhile D．However
A．my B．his C．our D．her
A．asking B．interviewing C．arranging D．describing
A．brain B．wish C．will D．health
A．appeared B．struggled C．hesitated D．failed
A．village B．city C．organization D．state
A．pleased B．bored C．puzzled D．touched
A．combination B．composition C．connection D．satisfaction
A．in B．behind C．out D．away
A．interview B．flight C．article D．trip
My father often works very hard. And he has 21 to see a film. Here I’ll tell you 22 about him.
One afternoon, when he finished his work and 23 go home, he found a film ticket under the 24 on his desk. He thought he 25 to have not much work to do that day and 26 was quite wonderful to pass the 27 at the cinemA. So he came back home and 28 finished his supper. Then he said 29 to us and left.
But to our 30 , he came back about half an hour later, I 31 him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about 32 funny thing that had happened at the cinema.
When my father was sitting in his seat, a 33 came to my father’s and said that the seat was34 . Ｍy father was surprised. He took out the ticket 35 looked at it carefully. It was Row17, 36 . And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her 37 her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3.
38 ? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “The 39 of the tickets are different.” So they looked at the ticket more carefully. After a while, my father said, “Oh,40 , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the film a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left the cinema.
A．little money B．much money C．little time D．much time
A．a funny story B．a good story C．an old story D．a strange story
A．was to B．was about to C．had to D．ought
A．box B．book C．glass D．paper
A．happened B．liked C．pretended D．wanted
A．it B．this C．that D．which
A．morning B．afternoon C．day D．evening
A．early B．quietly C．quickly D．suddenly
A．hello B．good-bye C．good evening D．good night
A．disappointment B．joy C．sorrow D．surprise
A．asked B．explained C．told D．wanted
A．a B．one C．some D．the
A．man B．woman C．doctor D．nurse
A．hers B．his C．taken D．wrong
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．Seat1 B．Seat2 C．Seat3 D．Seat4
A．it bring B．to get C．to see D．to show
A．Why B．How C．When D．where
A．designs B．colors C．prices D．owners
A．I’m sad B．I’m sorry C．I’m wrong D．I’m worried
I found out one time that doing a __36____for someone could get you into a lot of trouble．I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test．During the test, the girl sitting next to me ___37____ something, but I didn’t understand．So I __38______ her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen．She showed me that hers was ____39_____ and would not write．I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and ____40_____ it on her desk．
Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were____41_____．As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about ____42____ it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to____43____ your own two feet and be responsible for your own ____44____．For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact ____45____ when people do something____46____, they are really cheating themselves．She made me ____47____ that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave．I walked out of the room ____48____ why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things．
____49____, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test．When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers ____50____ the girl’s test paper．I ___51____ to explain about the pen, but all she____52____ say was that it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me ____53____ after the test．____54____ I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I was sure she ____55____ to believe that I had cheated on the test．
A．help B．hand C．favor D．fever
A．whispered B．talked C．told D．spoke
A．turned over B．came over C．leaned over D．looked over
A．out of sight B．out of work C．out of place D．out of ink
A．place B．put C．gave D．lent
B．dismissed C．praised D．parted
A．what B．that C．which D．how
A．stand up B．stand on C．stand for D．stand by
A．attitude B．activity C．action D．behavior
A．what B．if C．that D．where
A．honest B．dishonest C．modest D．disappointed
A．promise B．permit C．recognize D．prove
A．wandering B．reflecting C．understanding D．wondering
A．Long before B．Therefore C．Ever before D．Later on
A．of B．in C．from D．on
A．managed B．planned C．tried D．promoted
A．could B．would C．can D．will
B．only C．slight D．once
A．After B．Until C．As if D．Even if
A．remained B．continued C．kept D．wanted
In 1971, readers around the world were astonished by some photographs which appeared in newspapers. Hidden deep in the rainforests of an island in the Philippines, was an ethnic (种族的) ___16___ called the Tasaday. Not until that moment did anyone have any ___17___ of these people. They didn’t have an agricultural economy; they hunted animals and __18___ fruit from the plants in the rainforest. They carried tools made of stone, lived in ___19__ and wore clothes made of leaves. Unknown until 1971, they 20 became world famous. After that, there were TV 21 and books about them; people said their simple lives showed that human beings could be good and kind if they were not 22 by modern life. Then after 1974 the region was closed by the government and the world 23 about them.
In 1986, a Swiss journalist, Oswald Iten, decided to visit the Tasaday. The journey __24____ thick rainforests and across rivers was hard and dangerous. Mr. Iten was 25 killed by the soldiers, villagers and businessmen who wanted to take the wood from the rainforest. Finally, Mr. Iten 26 and found the caves of the Tasaday 27 . The people were living in nearby huts and they were all 28 jeans and T-shirts, not leaves. He thought that perhaps they were not an ethnic minority 29 .
When he 30 to Switzerland, Mr. Iten wrote about the Tasaday people in the newspapers. He said he thought that they were just ordinary farmers, poor, but not 31 from anyone else. He believed that in 1971, the government told “the Tasaday” to 32 they were native people from thousands of years ago, so that tourists---and money---would start ___33 into the region.
One group of experts said that they really were people who had no 34 with modern life before 1971; another group said they were just 35 the part. So who are these people, really? Perhaps we’ll never really be sure.
A．man B．group C．chief D．tradition
A．knowledge B．impression C．doubt D．fear
A．grew B．enjoyed C．collected D．stored
A．huts B．houses C．apartments D．caves
A．certainly B．suddenly C．absolutely D．privately
A．advertisements B．services C．stations D．programs
A．refused B．separated C．spoilt D．conquered
A．forgot B．knew C．talked D．thought
A．around B．through C．over D．along
A．once B．almost C．often D．even
A．arrived B．left C．hid D．began
A．dirty B．valueless C．accessible D．empty
A．making B．selling C．wearing D．designing
A．in all B．at all D．above all
A．returned B．went C．traveled D．drove
A．absent B．secure C．different D．free
A．agree B．pretend C．admit D．consider
A．looking B．falling C．turning D．pouring
A．contact B．competition C．agreement D．patience
A．learning B．forming C．acting D．missing