第二节 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,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members __36___ the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of __37___. Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would __38_ all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be __39___ —so I thought. I waited backstage all __40__ in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies  __41__ that my class was next.
My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the  __42___. All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. I really was an  __43__ move. I was concentrating so much  __44___ the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look  __45__ I was going. I missed my partner’s box altogether and __46__. There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles(咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the ___47___ rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not ___48___.” I did my best to follow her ___49___ as I continued with the routine.
When the curtain dropped, so did my __50___ for the evening. I ___51___ bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could __52__ me down.
Recently I realized I had been a __53__ that night. I was ___54___, but I fought the urge to run off the stage. __55___, I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.
36. A. filled       B. visited      C. attended     D. decorated
37. A. pressure    B. impression   C. debate       D. attention
38. A. take over    B. show off     C. look after    D. give up
39. A. reasonable   B. suitable      C. obvious     D. perfect
40. A. dressed up  B. folded up     C. covered up   D. mixed up
41. A. suggested    B. explained    C. announced    D. predicted
42. A. music       B. audience     C. curtain       D. stage
43. A. easy        B. active        C. adventurous   D. extra
44. A. containing   B. hiding       C. sharing       D. keeping
45. A. why        B. whether      C. where        D. what
46. A. wandered    B. slipped      C. waved        D. skipped
47. A. blood       B. pleasure      C. pride        D. tear
48. A. leave       B. cheer         C. believe      D. notice
49. A. gesture      B. example      C. advice      D. plan
50. A. doubts       B. hopes        C. voice       D. patience
51. A. argued       B. shouted       C. begged      D. sobbed
52. A. turn         B. calm        C. let          D. put
53. A. star         B. pioneer       C. loser         D. fool
54. A. satisfied     B. moved        C. embarrassed    D. confused
55. A. However     B. Instead        C. In total       D. in return

I got married in 2008. My husband and I are very emotional and have loads of dreams in life. Now I want to share a hidden part of my life.
After one month of my marriage, I started working because I could not sit home. To accomplish our dreams, we are both working hard day and night in spite of belonging to a good family. Life is very strange. When any turn happens, one cannot know.
I started working because I was very ambitious. I used to wonder about people who worked to earn their bread but I never knew in my wildest dreams that I would be part of the crow who work to earn a livelihood.
I was blessed with a daughter in November, 2009. She was just three months and 15 days old when I rejoined my job. My husband supported me and my family supported me but I never wanted to work again because I belonged to a family where a mother should give her full attention to her child.
Keeping all the values aside that I learnt from my parents, I went back to work and will work till my last breath.
I missed my daughter every second. She has started recognizing and throwing expressions for likes and dislikes. I cannot share my feelings with anyone, as I do not want anyone to know that I am broken completely from inside.
My husband and my daughter are my greatest strength but I ignore them just to earn money and fulfill my dreams that I have.
If one day, my daughter complains to someone about her mom, please tell her that she is my reason for survival and happiness and she is the only one who brings smile to my face.
【小题1】The author began to work after her marriage mainly because ____.

A.She expected to prevent herself from doing housework
B.She hoped to achieve her dream
C.She wanted to support her husband
D.She wanted to make her own bread
【小题2】 After her daughter’s birth, the author thought ____ in the beginning.
A.she should work harder
B.she should continue her career as she used to
C.she should stop working and care for her child
D.she should become a more ambitious mother
【小题3】From the passage, we can know that the author’s daughter ____.
A.lives together with her mom now
B.hasn’t begun to learn to speak so far
C.always makes her mom heartbroken
D.has given much comfort to her mom
【小题4】The author wrote this passage in order to ____.
A.complain about her present life
B.show her love for her daughter
C.keep a diary of her daughter’s growth
D.present the hardships of a working mother
【小题5】What is the best title of this passage?
A.The secret of a working mother
B.A working family is continuing
C.A husband’s support for his wife’s career
D.The comparison between the family and career for a mother

We’re so well educated – but we’re useless students who have lost the ability to do anything practical. The only thing we’ve mastered is consumption(消费).

Large numbers of students have entered higher education in the past 10 years, but despite being the most educated generation in history, it seems that we’ve grown increasingly ignorant when it comes to basic life skills.

Looking back on my first couple of weeks of living in student halls, I consider myself lucky to still be alive. Unfamiliar to fresher’s, there are many hidden dangers in the dirty corners of students accommodation.

I have survived a couple of serious boiling egg incidents and lots of cases of food – poisoning, probably from dirty kitchen counters. Although some of my clothes have fallen victim to ironing experimentation, I think I have now finally acquired all the domestic (居家的) skills I missed out in my modem education.

In 2006 and 2010, the charming educationist Sir Ken Robinson gave two very amusing talks in which he discussed the importance of creativity in education. Robinson’s main viewpoint is that our current education system dislocates people from their natural talents. I would like to go a step further and propose that besides our talents, the system takes away what used to be passed from generation to generation – a working knowledge of basic life skills.

Today’s graduates may have earned themselves honor in history, law or economies, but when it comes to simple things like putting up a shelf to hold all their academic books, or fixing a hole in their on – trend clothes, they have to call for help from a professional handyman or tailor.

Since the invention of the internet, it has never been easier for people to access information, but our highly specialized education has made us more one – sided than ever.

I suggest that we start with the immediate reintroduction of some of the most vital aspects of “domestic science” education, before the current lack leads to serious accidents in student halls.

1.People call us useless students for the reason that         .

A.what we’ve learned is beyond consumption

B.we are educated generation

C.we’ve entered higher education

D.our living skills are so poor

2.Which is NOT the incidents the writer had during the first few weeks in student halls?

A.He was seriously burnt by boiled eggs.

B.He was accidentally poisoned by food.

C.He damaged his clothes while ironing.

D.He was severely beaten by fresher.

3.According to Robinson’s opinion, our current education        .

A.focuses on the importance if creativity

B.dislocates people from their natural talents

C.has equipped students with basic life skills

D.has followed the convention properly

 

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