题目内容

完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
We have no idea about   1 men first began to use salt. But we do know that it had been used in many different ways __2___ the history.
For example, in many history books it is __3_ that people who lived three thousand years ago __4__salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt（埃及）, salt __5_ keep the dead. It can keep the dead bodies __6__ decay.（腐烂）
In the eighteenth century, a person who stole salt was __7__ to have broken the __8__. if a person was caught stealing salt, he would be thrown into __9__. Books also record that in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during that century __10__ stealing salt! In the year 1553, if a man took __11__ than his share of salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be __12__ punished(惩罚).
Salt was very __13__ on the dinner table of a king. It was always put __14_ the king when he sat down to eat. Then important visitors sat near the salt __15__ less important visitors were given seats farther away from it.
小题1:
A．whenB．whereC．whatD．which
小题2:
A．throughoutB．thought C．though D．although
小题3:
A．say B．reportedC．recordedD．reading
小题4:
A．eat B．ate C．eatingD．have eaten
小题5:
A．used toB．was used toC．was usedD．used
小题6:
A．off B．fromC．onD．out
小题7:
A．thinkB．considerC．thoughtfulD．thought
小题8:
A．law B．glassC．computerD．time
小题9:
A．poolB．hillC．prisonD．river
小题10:
A．because B．because of
C．by D．as
小题11:
A．moreB．lessC．fewerD．most
小题12:
A．serious B．badC．terrible D．seriously
小题13:
A．important B．necessaryC．cleverD．cheerful
小题14:
A．in the front of B．behind
C．in front of D．before
小题15:
A．whenB．asC．howeverD．while

小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:D

试题分析：本文讲述了盐在古代的用途，以及在古代如果偷盐会受到怎样的惩罚，并且在古代通过盐也能看出尊卑来。
小题1:根据题干，本句的意思“我们不知道人类什么时候开始用盐”，“什么时候”是when。所以本题选A。
小题2:throughout是“贯穿”，though和although是“尽管”，thought是“思想”，根据题意，本句的意思是“但是我们知道在整个历史中盐有许多不同的用途。”所以本题选A。
小题3:根据题干，此处应该是“据记载”的意思，而“据记载”是It’s recorded。所以本题选C。
小题4:根据three thousands years ago可知，本句应是过去时，故用ate。所以本题选B。
小题5:根据题干，本句的意思是“盐被用来保存尸体。”“被用来做某事”是be used to do。所以本题选B。
小题6:keep……from是“阻止某人或某物做某事”，是固定用法。所以本题选B。
小题7:根据前面的was可知，后面应该用过去分词表示被动语态，只有thought。所以本题选D。
小题8:通过阅读下文可知，此处应该是违反法律。故用law。所以本题选A。
小题9:根据if a person was caught stealing salt可知，对待罪犯的方式是将他投入监狱。故用prison。所以本题选C。
小题10:根据题干，本句的意思是“一万多人因为偷盐被投入监狱。”“因为”是because或because of；根据stealing salt可知，应该用because of。所以本题选B。
小题11:根据题干，应该是带更多的盐会被惩罚。故用more。所以本题选A。
小题12:根据题干，本句的意思是“将被严重惩罚”，本空是修饰“惩罚”一词，故用副词。所以本题选D。
小题13:本句的意思是“过去盐在国王的餐桌上是很重要的。”故用important。所以本题选A。
小题14:根据题干，“它总是被放在国王的前面”。In the front of是在物体本身上的前部，in front of是“在物体前面”不附属在物体上，而before一般表示时间之前。故用in front of。所以本题选C。
小题15:根据前句important visitors sat near the salt和后句less important visitors可知，两者之间是转折的关系，故用while“而，却”。所以本题选D。
点评：阅读本文时，首先应该明白盐的重要性，才会理解为什么在古代对盐会有这样的规定。在完成本题是，应充分阅读文章，充分体会作者的意图。要结合生活中的常识，进行选词，并且应该注意区分一些词的用法和英语中的固定搭配等。
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小题1:
A．givingB．makingC．calling D．telling
小题2:
A．WhenB．Before C．IfD．Though
小题3:
A．againstB．betweenC．beside D．with
小题4:
A．howB．whyC．whomD．what
小题5:
A．guessB．signC．problemD．answer
小题6:
A．read B．provedC．meant D．wrote
小题7:
A．differentB．freeC．importantD．strong
小题8:
A．angrily B．silentlyC．carefullyD．happily
小题9:
A．refusedB．expectedC．offeredD．prepared
小题10:
A．proudB．cleverC．honestD．patient
小题11:
A．orB．soC．andD．but
小题12:
A．help B．stopC．loveD．remember
小题13:
A．someoneB．anyoneC．no oneD．everyone
小题14:
A．decideB．realizeC．suggestD．agree
小题15:
A．energyB．practiceC．knowledgeD．effort
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小题1:We know that the word “cool” has had ________.
A．only one meaningB．no meaning
C．many different meaningsD．the same meaning
小题2:In the passage, the word “express” means “_______”.
A．seeB．showC．knowD．feel
小题3:If you are ________ something, you may say,“It’s cool.”
A．interested inB．angry aboutC．worried aboutD．unhappy with
小题4:The writer takes an example to show he is ______ the way the word is used.
A．pleased withB．strange toC．worried aboutD．unhappy with
小题5:In the passage, the writer suggests(暗示)that the word “cool”___________.
A．can be used instead of many wordsB．usually means something interesting
C．can make your life colourfulD．may not be as cool as it seems
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Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If your answer is “happier”, then you are right, based on a study published five years ago. It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.
The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.
The survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.
So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Title: Relationship Between Age and   【小题1】          
The elements of the survey
Time: 2008
Place: in the United States
Researcher: Arthur Stone and his 【小题2】
Targets: 340,000 adults
The 【小题3】of the survey
Generally people become happier and feel小题1:worried after age 50. By the age of 85, people are happier with their life than they were at 18.
Adults between the ages of 22 and 25 have the       【小题5】stress.
The kids and those in their early 【小题6】feel the happiest.
Men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women feel sadder, more 【小题7】and worried than men do.
Conclusion
Happiness 【小题8】with age. That’s because people become more thankful for what they have and control their emotions 【小题9】as they get older. It also      小题2:them less time to think about bad experiences.
 
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Today some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why?
小题1:The best title(题目)of the text should be ___.
A．Cities or VillagesB．Back to Towns
C．How Cities GrewD．People and Animals
小题2:The underlined word "they" in the second paragraph refers to(指的是) ___.
A．villagesB．animalsC．citiesD．people
小题3:When factories were built, ___.
A．more people live near the factories
B．people began to live in the factories
C．many people began to work in villages
D．many machines appeared in big factories
小题4:We can learn from the text that ___.
A．people like to work only in big cities
B．some people don't like to live in big cities
C．there will be no small towns in the future(将来)
D．it is better to live in cities than in villages
小题5:In what order did people do the following things?
A. Worked in villages       B. Lived near the factories.
C. Learned to grow food.    D. Built factories.
E. Began to live near each other.
A. d, b, a, e, c         B. e, a, c, d, b
C. c, e, a, d, b         D. a. c. d. e. b
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小题1:This story happened in _______.
A．England B．America C．Japan D．Australia
小题2:The banker thought _______.
A．He was really important because he was a rich banker
B．The visitor to the White House was really important
C．The visitor who met the President of the United States was really important
D．the reporter was really important
小题3:The owner of many buildings thought _______.
A．He was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York
B．The owner of the very large company was really important
C．The visitor was really important if he talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor
D．The person who worked in the White House was really important
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In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else .But you eat from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.
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小题1:From the passage we know that in Ghana ______________.
A．the rules for dinner time are not strict
B．dinner is always at six in the evening
C．a family offers food only at four in the afternoon
D．people usually invite their guests to dinner late in the evening
小题2:People in Ghana usually eat ________.
A．from one side of a dish to the other
B．from the other side of the dish
C．with their fingers
D．with their spoons
小题3:In fact, most dishes in Ghana _______.
A．are cooked with the powder of some plants
B．have fufu in them
C．are too hard to eat
D．are not very hard
小题4:When you eat fufu, you’d better _________.
A．cut it with a saw
B．use your right hand only
C．chew it well
D．all of the above
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小题1:
A．How B．When C．Why D．Where
小题2:
A．liked B．hated C．found D．lost
小题3:
A．advice B．picture C．idea D．card
小题4:
A．above B．with C．under D．for
小题5:
A．happened B．changed C．ended D．appeared
小题6:
A．even B．only C．still D．ever
小题7:
A．note B．word C．address D．letter
小题8:
A．on the frontB．on the back C．on the left D．on the right
小题9:
A．surprised atB．interested in C．expected by D．worried about
小题10:
A．first B．second C．third D．fourth
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I am writing this letter to you because it’s too difficult to talk about it. I can’t stop           about my uncle and how he died. In fact, I seriously want to ask you to stop smoking. I’ve looked up      information about smoking and I’ve found out some disturbing(令人不安的) things.
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小题1:
A．to thinkB．thinkingC．thinkD．thought
小题2:
A．a lotB．manyC．lots ofD．a few
小题3:
A．thatB．whichC．whyD．what
小题4:
A．bigB．biggerC．biggestD．most big
小题5:
A．will askB．askC．is askingD．asks
小题6:
A．weB．usC．ourD．ourselves
小题7:
A．butB．orC．andD．so
小题8:
A．helpB．to helpC．helpingD．helps
小题9:
A．lifeB．livesC．liveD．living
小题10:
A．forB．withC．onD．to

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