完形填空
The most important lesson I learned in high school had nothing to do with maths or American history. It came at graduation, several minutes before I left Miramonte High School.
I was rather shy back then, content to ________ around with my few friends and to concentrate on my ________I was doing so well that by the end of senior year I had perfect scores and enough ________to go to college.
But my good record soon became a ________to my well-being. In early June of senior year, the headmaster called me into his office. He asked me to give a leave-taking speech at graduation. I looked at him, my heart ________ fast. This was the________ for my hard work? I said something, but not very clearly, and hurried away from the office.
I was ________ about the decision, finally agreeing to compromise. I wasn’t the only speaker — I would ________ the honor with five other students. Still, it was doubtful whether the task was ________me. How in the world would I give a speech to hundreds of people?
Graduation day soon arrived and, as ________, I was nervous. I’d been practicing my speech for days, and I had it________. But I had never been so ________ in my life. The first half hour of the ceremony passed, and then my ________ came. My name was announced. I managed to reach the platform without falling down. But within minutes, I finished my speech, ________ back to my seat and feeling unsatisfied with my performance.
Now I still have the ________of that speech. My voice trembled a little, but 56 it was clear and strong. I’m proud of that tape. I achieved something I’d never________ — I spoke in front of hundreds of people. ________ I didn’t realize it at the time, the successful completion of that speech gave me the ________to participate in class at college, to give oral reports, and to eventually break free of my ________ .
I never would have chosen to give a speech at graduation. But I am glad I did. I know it may well turn out to be one of my shining moments.
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
There is a beautiful story about a child playing with a vase his mother had left on the table for a few moments. When the mother turned 36 the sound of her son’s crying she saw that his __37 was in the vase and was apparently stuck. She 38 to help him and pulled and pulled until the child cried out 39_ . But the hand was stuck fast（牢固地）. How would they get it out? The father suggested 40 the vase but it was quite valuable and the child’s hand might be cut in the 41 _. Yet he knew that if all else 42 there would be no other alternative.
So he said to the boy, “Now, let’s make one more 43 . Open your hand and stretch your 44 out straight, as I’m doing, and then pull!” “ 45 Dad,” said the boy, “if I do that I’ll 46 my penny!”
The boy had had a coin in his hand 47 and was holding it 48 in his little fist(拳头). And he wasn’t 49 to open his hand and lose it. But 50 he opened his hand it came out of the vase easily.
The father said to the boy, “What are you holding onto so tightly as to hinder (阻碍) your walk with God? That vase can be 51 to the entrance to the Kingdom of God. It is narrow yet quite52 to pass in, but first you must open your hand to God and 53 earthly（世俗的）things to fall. If we keep our fists 54 and hold fast to what we have and keep it for ourselves, we will be unable to 55 hold of the hand of God. Open your hand to the hand of God and you will see great things take place.”
A．in B．at C．from D．on
A．foot B．hair C．hand D．head
A．tried B．refused C．completed D．separated
A．in fun B．in general C．with fear D．in pain
A．throwing B．selling C．burning D．breaking
A．time B．state C．process D．record
A．failed B．lost C．impressed D．tried
A．chance C．try D．force
A．lips B．fingers C．nails D．thumb
A．But B．And C．Though D．When
A．touch B．hit C．employ D．lose
A．all the time B．in time C．at one time D．for some time
A．obviously B．tightly C．stupidly D．normally
A．hesitated B．accepted C．excited D．prepared
A．yet B．since C．once D．although
A．seemed B．compared C．looked D．related
A．difficult B．safe C．easy D．quiet
A．allow B．admit C．forbid D．make
A．open B．clean C．closed D．dirty
A．bring B．take C．have D．come
完型填空（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，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good 36 in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I 37 to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be 38 ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was 39 . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to 40 that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, 41 , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very 42 city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he 43 to tell me all about his friend.
His friend’s main 44 in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player , and he 45 had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming 46 , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several 47 like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He48 that maybe there were more private courts in the country, than he 49 but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me 50 my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 51 his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a 52 who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had 53 the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He 54 and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my 55 to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.
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A．brother B．teacher C．neighbour D．friend
A．managed B．happened C．tried D．wanted
A．expecting B．lying C．joking D．talking
A．funny B．serious C．careful D．disappointed
A．think B．find C．realize D．see
A．indeed B．actually C．instead D．exactly
A．famous B．interesting C．noisy D．big
A．began B．stopped C．refused D．failed
A．problem B．interest C．choice D．work
A．just B．ever C．even D．surely
A．suit B．habit C．pools D．river
A．people B．players C．strangers D．friends
A．advised B．argued C．admitted D．announced
A．recognized B．realized C．visited D．found
A．how B．whether C．when D．where
A．because B．if C．then D．though
A．doctor B．friend C．neighbour D．player
A．hired B．visited C．designed D．sold
A．smiled B．laughed C．cried D．nodded
A．chance B．pleasure C．time D．turn
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Perhaps you’ve attended some parties. But like New York，where a party or dinner often __36__ business with pleasure, a Washington party is a __37__ part of the business of politics, the business of making __38__ connections.
Some Washington parties have a __39__ aura (气氛) about them, depending on who gives them and who is there, but most parties are open-house __40__ in fact, with the hosts not knowing most of the __41__ who are there.
I went to a few of these parties __42__ I wanted to see the inside of some of the Washington mansions (公馆) I had __43__ so much about. Almost every time during the evening some man would come close to talk with me __44__, we didn’t know each other at all. Such a __45__ exchange clearly proves “a gathering of friends” __46__ Washington party standards. You don’t even need an __47__ to attend many Washington parties. You just have to know about them. No Washington hostess would __48__ her servants to ask you who you were. Most of the bigger parties, those with 300 or 400 guests, __49__ to impress somebody, and Washingtonians __50__.
Most members of the Congress ,for example, __51__ middle-class backgrounds in smaller communities __52__ the country. They are dazzled (眼花缭乱的) by __53__. They are dazzled by big names. They are ready to help Washington __54__ hostesses. They go along with them because they are good friends or they don’t notice that they __55__ or they don’t care if they are.
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A．follows B．connects C．mixes D．goes
A．daily B．necessary C．chief D．cheap
A．still B．cruel C．mental D．important
A．social B．nervous C．terrible D．simple
A．events B．affairs C．conferences D．games
A．guests B．customers C．guards D．guides
A．so that B．in order that C．as if D．because
A．found B．noticed C．heard D．wrote
A．since B．though C．when D．whether
A．common B．strict C．public D．special
A．including B．comparing with C．according to D．depending on
A．invitation B．envelope C．instrument D．acceptance
A．refuse B．allow C．agree D．warn
A．are given B．give C．are supplied D．supply
A．easily forget B．hardly remember C．easily impress D．are easily impressed
A．hear from B．write to C．come from D．call out
A．over B．below C．between D．across
A．money B．equal C．freedom D．discussion
A．strange B．famous C．poor D．stupid
A．are using B．are being used C．are obeying D．are being obeyed
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，可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Although my father wasn't a doctor, he made his own brand of "house calls"． I followed him as he 36 a plate of my mother's home cooking to an elderly man named Frank 37 all major holidays, and when Frank was 38 ． As far as I know, their only 39 was that Frank was an occasional 40 at Dad's small gas station． Frank's home was a two-room house on the rough side of town with a rotten front porch（门廊） that you could fall through if you weren't 41 ． Through his caring 42 , my father was teaching me to be a doctor, 43 neither of us knew it at the time．
When I was 13, my father 44 lung cancer． He brought home a 45 the doctor drew showing 46 his cancer was and told me that he was going to 47 ．
The big green oxygen tank with plastic tubing 48 a central feature （特征） of our living room next to his easy chair． Several months passed and his condition 49 ． He asked me to 50 my mother when he was gone． He said, "I love you, son．" That night he died．
When you're 13 and your father dies, you have some 51 to make． You can use the circumstance as a （n） 52 for letting your behavior and grades go down drain, or you can honor his memory and try to do something 53 with yourself． I 54 my energy on my school work and my goal of becoming a 55 ．．
A．lent B．brought C．bought D．showed
A．for B．in C．at D．on
A．happy B．well C．sick D．homesick
A．function B．connection C．information D．instruction
A．patient B．doctor C．customer D．passenger
A．careful B．strong C．reasonable D．punctual
A．words B．attitude C．attention D．appearance
A．and B．because C．although D．as
A．developed B．found C．constructed D．recovered
A．photo B．diagram C．report D．film
A．where B．how C．which D．what
A．rest B．retire C．die D．leave
A．decorated B．remained C．equipped D．became
A．worsened B．decreased C．increased D．bettered
A．take care of B．make friends with C．make up for D．look into
A．mistakes B．friends C．choices D．changes
A．reason B．guide C．cause D．excuse
A．positive B．active C．productive D．motive
A．attracted B．consumed C．focused D．depended
A．doctor B．driver C．teacher D．nurse
完型填空（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，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Recently, my husband and I had the opportunity to do something good for two people who were complete strangers to us. It made us feel so good to be able to do it that I thought I should 21 . We were traveling down to Mexico for Thanksgiving week with our family. 22 we were sitting in the 23 first two seats in the first row of first class waiting for the plane to take off, I 24 heard one of the flight attendants(空乘) telling 25 that there was a couple sitting in the 26 of the plane who had just been married the previous day and were 27 off on their honeymoon. They had 28 their flight eight months in 29 but, owing to some schedule changes, had not been ab
le to get 30 together, and no one else on the plane was 31 to move and the bride was in 32 .
I turned to my husband and told him what I heard. We 33 agreed and I called the flight attendant 34 to tell her that we’d be happy to give up our seats to this couple. The flight attendant seemed amazed and said “Really? Are you sure?” We said “Absolutely !”
So, we 35 to the back of the plane in separate seats. The flight attendants were extremely 36 and took good care of us even though we were no longer sitting in first 37 , and we both made friends with the people sitting around us, who, as it 38 didn’t know why the young woman was crying or that they were newly married, and had a great flight. I had to go back to the front of the plane to 39 up a forgotten item at one point during the flight and 40 that the couple were sitting very close together, happily enjoy
ing champagne. It really made my day and Thanksgiving week get off to such a wonderful start !
A．share B．show C．say D．prove
A．Since B．After C．Before D．Though
A．quite B．same C．very D．just
A．carelessly B．accidentally C．happily D．sadly
A．others B．us C．them D．everyone
A．front B．middle C．head D．back
A．getting B．heading C．taking D．hurrying
A．fixed B．booked C．checked D．got
A．air B．time C．church D．advance
A．seats C．food D．tickets
A．interested B．willing C．eager D．friendly
A．comfort B．surprise C．tears D．fear
A．immediately B．differently C．finally D．unbelievably
A．up B．off C．over D．out
A．left B．looked C．returned D．moved
A．beautiful B．careful C．thoughtful D．grateful
A．class B．flight C．seat D．plane
A．went on B．turned out C．got along D．took off
A．pick B．give C．clean D．look
A．told B．informed C．observed D．heard