题目内容
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We’ve heard it before-we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents -children and teenagers today are growing up too fast. There are many people that will 36 with that statement. Teenagers are faced with serious problems and decisions at an early 37 . In fact most teenagers’ daily schedules(时间表) are as 38 as those of an adult’s.
I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in 39 in which I was working with adults. I have had to learn to think and 40 like an adult to be taken seriously. So, I regard myself as one who has grown up too fast. I just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time considering the 41 eighteen years-thinking about myself, what I have gained, and what 42 I have yet to achieve.
We are expected to study hard, get excellent 43 , be in a good relationship, and know what we want to do 44 . The list goes on and on. But the 45 is clear: We live in a society today that is 46 our childhood. We no longer have many years to be careless and fancy-free(自由的想象力). We are expected to 47 the strict school rules and to be good in everything we do.
I’ve known these things for a long time, and knew that they 48 me. But, I never really admitted it until last night, when I learned a 49 lesson, taught to me by my boss where I work. We had finished a job at a distant site. It was about 11:30 at night, and we had 50 to his house. We were talking about the 51 he had been making to his home. One of the things he said was “I 52 my basketball hoop(筐). ”Then he threw a basketball to me.
I hadn’t held 53 in five years.
We continued to shoot hoops(投篮) for about 5 minutes. Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time 54 like children. Then I realized something: I am still a child. Oh, the law says I’m an adult. But, we are still really and truly children. We all need to have 55 once in a while.
36. A. argue B. agree C. satisfy D. discuss
37. A. age B. stage C. year D. grade
38. A. certain B. busy C. careful D. perfect
39. A. companies B. places C. positions D. offices
40. A. study B. speak C. work D. act
41. A. past B. other C. rest D. coming
42. A. purposes B. success C. goals D. jobs
43. A. textbooks B. grades C. teachers D. schools
44. A. in life B. in time C. for ages D. for ever
45. A. information B. message C. notice D. idea
46. A. ruining B. correcting C. envying D. shortening
47. A. respect B. accept C. learn D. follow
48. A. inspired B. disappointed C. affected D. frightened
49. A. valuable B. serious C. important D. useful
50. A. walked B. flown back C. gone back D. driven
51. A. furniture B. improvements C. equipment D. arrangements
52. A. moved B. fixed C. sold D. broke
53. A. a hoop B. a shoot C. a game D. a basketball
54. A. laughing B. shouting C. running D. shooting
55. A. a rest B. a talk C. fun D. sports
36-40 BABCD 41-45 ACBAB 46-50 DDCAC 51-55 BBDAC