阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

As I hurried to the kitchen, my dad came in. “Something ____16 ____good,” he said. Following his nose, he ____17____in his chair at the table.

       After dinner I helped with dishes and watched the news. They ____18____ a homeless family with children who’d been forced out of a ____19____ due to overcrowding. That story stuck in my mind the rest of the night. ____20____when I went to bed, I kept thinking about those ____21____chidren.

       I glanced around my room and ____22____my old computer. Here I am worried about getting a new computer ____23____ that family is living on the street in the middle of winter. How could I be so ____24____?

       That night, I prayed for that family and also that if I had won, for God to show me how to ____25____the money and prize wisely.

       The next week seemed to drag as we ____26____ to hear about the contest for the Instant Game Winner from my ____27____a bag of chocolate. Finally, I believed that it was exactly what my mom and dad had thought—a ____28____. Yet I still couldn’t help thinking about the ____ 29____and how God would want me to use it.

       “It’s for real!” My dad ____30____one night after hanging up the phone. “You did win,” he said with a smile. “They’re flying the four of us to Los Angeles in April to ____31____the prize.”

       After a group hug, I caught my breath and thanked God. I realize now that ____32____do affect my everyday life. And that’s why I ____33____to give my parents the Beetle until I’m 18, ____34____$18,000 with my sister for our college fund and give $2,000 to a local ____35____shelter—to help families like the one I saw on television. That’s one sweet choice!

16. A. tastes                  B. feels                        C. touches                    D. smells

17. A. sat down             B. got up                      C. put down                  D. set up

18. A. supported           B. stood                       C. showed                    D. stayed

19. A. school                B. shelter                      C. shoulder                   D. sight

20. A. Even                  B. Once                        C. So                           D. Again

21. A. tiresome             B. stupid                      C. lovely                      D. diligent

22. A. stared at              B. stepped into              C. left for                            D. looked after

23. A. while                  B. before                      C. after                        D. since

24. A. proud                 B. wise                         C. selfish                      D. lovely

25. A. make                  B. use                          C. get                           D. earn

26. A. happened            B. moved                            C. began                       D. waited

27. A. buying                B. selling                      C. forgetting                 D. remembering

28. A. question              B. trouble                            C. difficulty                  D. trick

29. A. computer            B. money                            C. chocolate                  D. television

30. A. permitted            B. promised                  C. announced                D. answered

31. A. offer                  B. supply                      C. receive                     D. refuse

32. A. dishes                 B. families                    C. worries                    D. choices

33. A. decided               B. came                        C. explained                 D. wrote

34. A. take                    B. cost                         C. give                         D. share

35. A. homeless             B. happy                      C. hopeless                   D. sick

It was early spring.The sun was strong and warm.I went over the hillside fields behind my village,__1__buntings and linnets,the birds I loved most.

I turned along a bush between two fields where I had seen the birds before,but on this fine day almost the first birds that I saw were winter visitors.I was__2__not to see a bunting straightaway,but I went on,stopping occasionally to look at the black-thorn (黑刺李) flowers in the bush,and ___3___I did hear a bunting singing.Or was it? Was I not perhaps turning a note of skylark (云雀) song into that of the song I was hoping to hear?

But the bunting's song was pretty clear,and within a few minutes I was proved___4__.The song was coming from the bush,and as I approached ___5__I saw the brown bird resting in a small tree.It opened its mouth,and__6__once more.Then it flew off.It was the only one I saw that day,but at least I had found one of the birds I had__7__.

It was not until I was on my way back home that I caught sight of some ___8__.I saw five of them gathering on the ground when I was just coming back beside the ___9__where I had found the bunting.As I came nearer,they flew up,spreading their tails so that their white edges ___10___ to look like a white fan in the sky.Then,to my___11__,some big pigeons suddenly came flying and joined the linnets.

A moment later they had all__12__ — but I had fulfilled my hopes for the day.

                  

1.A.looking at B.looking for C.looking up D.looking after

2.A.disappointed B.dismissed C.dissatisfied    D.disturbed

3.A.directly B.gradually  C.suddenly  D.immediately

4.A.proper  B.right C.useful     D.true

5.A.sadly   B.hurriedly  C.proudly    D.quietly

6.A.danced  B.ate C.sang D.shouted

7.A.observed B.noticed  C.expected D.described

8.A.linnets B.skylarks  C.pigeons  D.buntings

9.A.bush B.road  C.grass D.black-thorn

10.A.widened   B.enlarged C.lengthened D.expanded

11.A.knowledge B.pleasure C.amusement  D.honor

12. A.gathered   B.lost C.missed D.gone

I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theater box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9 o’clock to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theater was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unfortunately, the theater is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip—so I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth hearing the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets.
【小题1】The writer is probably ______.

A.workerB.a college teacher
C.manager of a companyD.a clerk
【小题2】He learned ______ that there would be a concert last Friday.
A.from his friends
B.from one of his colleagues
C.over the radio
D.from the newspaper
【小题3】He could go and buy the ticket ______.
A.any day before work hours
B.both before and after work hours
C.only during lunch time
D.on Saturday and Sunday
【小题4】The word “relieved” in the last two sentences may best be replaced by “______”.
A.surprisedB.pleasedC.puzzledD.sorry
【小题5】The story is about ______.
A.a good concert
B.someone enjoying a good concert
C.someone trying to buy concert tickets for his friends
D.someone’s disappointment at not being able to go to the concert

One night recently , I was driving down a two-lane highway at about 60 miles an hour . A car approached from the opposite direction at about the same speed . As we passed each other , I caught the other driver’s eye for only a second . I wondered whether he might be thinking , as I was , how dependent we were on each other at that moment . I was relying on him not to fall asleep , not to be put off by a phone conversation, not to cross over into my lane and bring my life to a sudden end . Though we had never spoken a word to each other , he relied on me in just the same way .

Multiplied a million times over, I believe that is the way the world works . At some level , we all depend upon one another . Sometimes that dependence requires us simply not to do something like crossing over the double yellow line . And sometimes it requires us to act cooperatively , with friends or even with strangers .

As technology shrinks our world , the need increases for cooperative action among nations . In 2003, doctors in five nations were quickly organized to identify the SARS virus , which saved thousands of lives . The threat of international terrorism has shown itself to be a similar problem, one requiring coordinated action by police and intelligence forces across the world . We must recognize that our fates (命运) are not ours alone to control .

In my own life , I’ve put great stock in personal responsibility . But , as the years have passed, I’ve also come to believe that there are moments when one must rely upon the good faith and judgment of others . so , while each of us faces the case of driving alone down a dark road , what we must learn is that the approaching light may not be a threat , but a shared moment of trust .

1.The author considers         very important .

A.driving alone on a dark road                B.independence of people

C.cooperation to identify SARS virus      D.shared trust and cooperation

2.The author said that they depended on each other in the same way because         .

A.the approaching car was very dangerous

B.they both drove their car at a terrific speed

C.he might be killed out of the other’s careless driving

D.it was dark and the road was not wide enough

3.From the second paragraph ,we know the author drew the important lesson from         .

A.only one experience           B.many similar experiences

C.a driver on a dark road       D.many friends and strangers

4.The need for cooperation increases because         .

 A.peoples’ fates can’t be controlled by themselves

B.the SARS virus spread quickly

C.terrorism can happen everywhere

D.the world has become smaller

5.We can infer from the last paragraph that the author has         .

A.believed in one’s own personal responsibility

B.counted upon himself alone in everything

C.had no trust in others’ good faith and judgment

D.had a change on his viewpoint of life

 

完形填空(共15小题,每小题1分,共15分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。将正确选项答案涂在答题纸上。

I was wandering through the streets when I caught sight of a tailor’s shop.I wanted very much to get a new suit and throw off my old    36   .But … I had nothing in the world but a million-pound note.I went in    37    asked if they had a cheap    38   .The fellow I spoke to    39    no answer at first,looked me up and down,noticed that I was almost in rags,   40    said, “just a minute.”

I waited till he    41   his work.Then he took me into a dark back room.He looked through the suits and    42   the cheapest one for me.I put it on.It didn’t fit,   43    it was new and I was anxious to have it,so I said:

“Could you wait a few days for the money?I haven’t any small change on me.”

The fellow looked at me    44    and said, “Oh,you haven’t?Well,of couse,I know that gentlement like you carry only    45    notes.”

I was    46    and said, “My friend,you shouldn’t judge a stranger always by the clothes he wears.I’m quite   47     to pay for this suit.But I’m afraid you can’t change the note.”

“Why do you think we can’t change your note?   48    the contrary,we can!”

I handed the note to him and said: “Oh,very well,I apologize.”

He    49    it with a smile,and then as he looked at the note,his smile froze.   50    the note in his hand,he stood there,unable to talk or move.

36.A.way         B.friend            C.watch       D.clothes

37. A.and         B.but              C.so         D.when

38. A.cloth        B.clothing          C.suit        D.suits

39. A.make        B.makes           C.making       D.made

40. A.have finished  B.had finished       C.will finish   D.is finishing

41. A.have finished   B.had finished       C.will finish   D.is finishing

42. A.choose        B.pick             C.find       D.selected

43. A.so           B.or              C.but         D.and

44. A.warmly        B.hardly          C.coldly       D.kindly

45. A.large         B.small           C.some       D.strange

46. A.mad         B.sorry            C.hurt       D.welcome

47. A.anxious        B.able            C.tired       D.worried

48. A.To           B.For            C.In          D.On

49. A.receiving      B.to receive       C.received       D.will receive

50. A.Holding        B.To hold        C.Held       D.To be held

 

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