完形填空(共 15小题,每小题 1 分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每小题A、B、C三个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
A well-dressed man came into a famous jewellery (首饰)shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl(珍珠)for his wife’s birthday and that the  16  did not matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examin;ing a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that _17_ $5000. He paid for that pearl , shook hands with the jeweler and left.
A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked that pearl _18_ that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the _19_ size and quality as she wanted a pair of earrings made. “Can you give me any advice on _20_ to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler replied , “I would say it’s _21_ to find an exact one like that pearl.”
The rich man _22_ the jeweler to advertise in the newspaper, and offered $25.000 for that matching pearl. Many people answered that ad, _23_ nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had _24__  hope, an old lady came in. To his _25_ , she took a wonderful pearl from her handbag. “I don’t like to sell it, ” she said _26_. “I inherited (继承)it from my mother, and my mother inherited from _27_, but now I really need money.”
The jeweler was quick to pay her _28_ she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell the good _29_ to him. The rich man, however, was _30_ to be found. He had fled with the old woman a few more minutes before.
【小题1】 A. size               B. shape             C. price
【小题2】A. spent               B. cost              C. took
【小题3】 A. a little              B. so much           C. at all
【小题4】 A. same               B. different           C. common
【小题5】A. what               B. why              C. how
【小题6】 A. possible            B. easy               C. impossible
【小题7】 A. let                 B. make              C. asked
【小题8】 A. so                 B. but                C. and
【小题9】 A. found out           B. given up            C. come up with
【小题10】 A. disappointment      B. surprise             C. fear
【小题11】A. happily             B. loudly             C. sadly
【小题12】A. mine               B.his                 C. hers
【小题13】 A. when               B. before             C. after
【小题14】 A. news               B. advice             C. way
【小题15】 A. somewhere          B. anywhere           C. nowhere

Mark Twain’s First Money

Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned.

He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school.I can remember everything about it .School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks.There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars or  the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school.”

“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school.My father said it would be too bad to have our family disgraced in front of the whole school.He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher.But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating.”

“But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the  five dollars.So that’s what I did.That was the first money I ever earned.”

1.Mark Twain earned his first money _________.

A.when he was a pupil                     B.when he became a writer

C.when he taught at a school                D.when he was beaten by his father

2.The school made the rule so that they could_____.

A.teach the students well                   B.give the students a beating

C.keep the desks and chairs well             D.ask the students for more money

3.Mark Twain’s father______.

A.was happy to give him the money

B.got angry when he knew what Mark Twain had done at school

C.said sorry to the teacher when he heard the news

D.agreed to beat Mark Twain and then give him the money

4.Mark Twain was beaten_______.

A.at home          B.only by his father    C.at school          D.both at school and at home

 

完形填空 先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。(本大题共10分,每小题1分)

Do you have many friends in this busy and noisy world? I think you can give me your answer without thinking for a minute. Friendship is so   1  that no one can live if he has no friends. One is happy to have a good friend to talk, laugh, and do some other things with. Everyone will feel  2  if he has no friends. Maybe you will say that sometimes friends quarrel (争吵)with each other, but it doesn't matter. That doesn't mean they no longer  3  each other. They will make up and become  4  again. If our friends go to another place, we will feel very sad. We  5  them very much, but we can    6   them or write to them. Maybe we will never see them  7  . And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out   8  we like new friends when we get to know them. There is more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who have no friends or have few friends. Why? Perhaps because they are  9  . Being happy helps you keep healthy. If you know someone cares about you, you           

   10  take better care of yourself. Do you think so?

1.                A.true           B.important       C.pleasant  D.wonderful

 

2.                A.lonely          B.alone          C.happy    D.shy

 

3.                A.talk            B.hate           C.like  D.dislike

 

4.                A.friendly        B.good           C.pleased   D.friends

 

5.                A.believe         B.miss           C.admire   D.remember

 

6.                A.call            B.ask            C.tell  D.talk with

 

7.                A.later           B.again           C.finally    D.even

 

8.                A.how often       B.how long        C.how many     D.how much

 

9.                A.happier        B.stronger        C.kinder    D.quieter

 

10.               A.must           B.need          C.may  D.can

 

 

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