Cloze Test

Read the following passage, choose the one that best fits into the passage.

  I was poor and always said yes to my boss. But the 1 was reached one Tuesday my half holiday. On my way 2 on Tuesdays I used to carry a large basket of things to the house of my boss' sister. 3 her house was on my way home, I 4 refused this.

  On this particular Tuesday, 5 , just as we were about to 6 , a load of smoked hams was delivered at the 7 . “Wait a minute, Little Stark,” said the boss and he opened the load and 8 out a ham, which he started to bone and string up.

  I 9 in growing impatience to get on my way, not for one minute but for quite a 10 time.

  It was nearly 2:30. Thank God! The boss finished. He then came to me with the 11 ham, put it in the 12 beside me, and told me to take it to a customer who had placed an 13 for it days before.

  This meant my going a 14 way out of my road home, so I looked up, saying, “I have my 15 at two on Tuesday, you know.” “What do you 16 ?” he shouted. I told him that I meant that I would deliver things as 17 , but not at this moment.

  The boss stared at me as if I were some 18 kind of insect and shouted even harder. But I 9 firm. At last, seeing it was impossible, he gave up and 20 me go home for my holiday.

1.

[  ]

A.time
B.anger
C.limit
D.holiday

2.

[  ]

A.home
B.there
C.here
D.office

3.

[  ]

A.As
B.Although
C.But
D.For

4.

[  ]

A.always
B.sometimes
C.often
D.never

5.

[  ]

A.but
B.however
C.though
D.so

6.

[  ]

A.work
B.cook
C.rest
D.leave

7.

[  ]

A.house
B.restaurant
C.boss
D.shop

8.

[  ]

A.carried
B.came
C.took
D.broke

9.

[  ]

A.waited
B.looked
C.thought
D.listened

10.

[  ]

A.good
B.bad
C.short
D.long

11.

[  ]

A.rest
B.best
C.boned
D.ordered

12.

[  ]

A.desk
B.car
C.basket
D.picket

13.

[  ]

A.order
B.address
C.advice
D.examination

14.

[  ]

A.short
B.close
C.long
D.near

15.

[  ]

A.lunch
B.holiday
C.work
D.meal

16.

[  ]

A.want
B.do
C.know
D.mean

17.

[  ]

A.others
B.though
C.usual
D.yesterday

18.

[  ]

A.beautiful
B.unusual
C.ordinary
D.good

19.

[  ]

A.fought
B.quarreled
C.felt
D.stood

20.

[  ]

A.made
B.permitted
C.let
D.saw

When studying in a middle school,I read a quote that went something like:“If you live each day as if it were your last,someday you’ll most certainly be right. ”It made a deep   36  on me, and since then, for the past 33 years,I have  37  in the mirror every morning and asked myself:“If today were the last day of my life,  3 8  I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a  39  ,I know I need to change something.

    Remembering that I’ll be  40  soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big  41  in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death  42  only what is truly important.

    About a year ago I was  43  with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs   44  order,which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die. I  45  with that diagnosis all day.   46  ,at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is  47  with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.

     48  wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all  49  . No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be,because death is very likely the single best invention of  50  . It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to  51  for the new. Right now the new is you. But someday not too  52  from now,you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic,but it is quite true.

    Your time is  53  ,so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife. Don’t be  54  by dogma(教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner  55  . And most importantly,have the courage to follow your heart.

A. joke                     B. impression           C. curse               D. decision

A. 1ost                      B. seen                 C. looked              D. found

A. could                    B. would               C. should              D. might

A. row                      B. hurry                C. 1ine                D. moment

A. frustrated            B. successful            C. rich                D. dead  

A. choices              B. apologies            C. fortune             D. impressions

A. telling                  B. proving              C. leaving           D. confirming

A. round                   B. diagnosed            C. cured               D. treated

A. at                         B. on                  C. for                 D. in

A. 1ived                    B. met                 C. got                 D. did         

A. So                     B. However             C. But                 D. Therefore  

A. changeable            B. incurable             C. curable           D. fatal

A. Everyone              B. Anyone              C. Someone            D. No one

A. escape                  B. want                C. avoid                D. share

A. disease               B. destination           C. 1ife                D. science

A. make way             B. make up              C. make for           D. make our        

A. away                    B. distant                C. short               D. long

A. 1ost                      B.1imited                C. rare                D. enough

A. trapped              B. wasted                      C. cheated             D. excited

A. confusion              B. voice                C. love                 D. direction  

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father .  41   , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was  42  and ill.

My father was  43  a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  44  all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  45 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started  46  about life, and I told them about one of my  47 . I said that we must very often give things up  48  we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always 49  that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father  50  up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up  51 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.  52 , he answered his own question: “I 53  the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also  54  by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I  55  remember his words and become  56 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be  57  to give up my small irritations. In this  58 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I  59  what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one  60 .

A. Afterwards     B. Therefore     C. However    D. Meanwhile

A. tired         B. weak            C. poor         D. slow

A. already        B. still             C. only        D. once

A. took           B. threw                C. sent        D. put

A. impossible      B. difficult         C. violence     D. Hopeless

A. worrying       B. caring           C. talking      D. asking

A. decisions        B. experiences       C. devotion     D. beliefs

A. as             B. since         C. before      D. till

A. suggests        B. promises        C. seems      D. requires

A. spoke          B. turned           C. proved      D. opened

A. something       B. anything      C. nothing      D. everything

A. Surprisingly    B. Immediately      C. Naturally    D. Certainly

A. had            B. accepted          C. gained       D. enjoyed

A. touched         B. amazed          C. attracted     D. warned

A. should         B. could            C. would     D. might

A. quiet          B. calm            C. relaxed       D. happy

A. ready       B. likely           C. free         D. able

A. case            B. form           C. tip       D. way

A. recognize       B. wonder         C. know      D. guess

A. award          B. gift             C. lesson        D. word

第四节完形填空(共20 小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
A group of dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problems with  26  . He argued, "What's a kid going to learn from a teacher? You know what people say about teachers: those who can, do---those who can't,  27  ."
To stress his point he turned to another guest, "You're a teacher, Bonnie. What do you  28  ?"
Bonnie, who had a reputation for  29  and frankness, replied, "You want to know what I make?” She  30  for a second and then began.
"Well, I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I make kids sit through 40 minutes of  31  time while their parents can't make them  32  for 5 minutes without an iPod. You want to know what I make?"
She paused again and looked at each and every person sitting at the table  33  .
"I make kids wonder and question. I make them  34  for what they do  35  . I make them have  36  for the old and take responsibility for their actions. I teach them to write. I make them read. I make them learn everything they  37  to know in English while they’re preserving their own unique  38  identity. I make my classroom a place where all of my students feel  39  without fearing any danger.
Finally I make them understand that if they use the  40  they were given, work hard, and follow their hearts, they can  41  in life."
Bonnie paused one last time and then continued. "Then when people try to  42   me by what I make, I can hold my head up high and pay no attention because they are  43  . You want to know what I make? I make a  44  !What do you make? "
There is much truth in this  45  : teachers make other professions possible.
26.A. business               B. education                 C. literature                  D. food
27.A. listen                   B. wait                         C. watch                       D. teach
28.A. make                   B. get                           C. win                          D. possess
29.A. beauty                 B. honesty                    C. humor                      D. generosity
30.A. ate                      B. thought                    C. paused                     D. frowned
31.A. practice               B. rest                          C. class                        D. work
32.A. sit                       B. play                         C. learn                        D. sleep
33.A. nervously            B. calmly                     C. coldly                      D. curiously
34.A. prepare                B. apply                       C. apologize                 D. seek
35.A. importantly          B. wrongly                   C. valuably                   D. meaningfully
36.A. fear                     B. concern                    C. sympathy                 D. respect
37.A. need                    B. have                        C. desire                       D. mean
38.A. national               B. cultural                    C. mental                     D. social
39.A. comfortable         B. happy                      C. safe                         D. fair
40.A. tools                   B. supplies                    C. chances                    D. gifts
41.A. succeed               B. struggle                    C. survive                     D. live
42.A. pay                     B. judge                       C. admire                     D. accuse
43.A. rude                    B. foolish                     C. critical                     D. mean
44.A. decision               B. promise                    C. difference                 D. mistake
45.A. account               B. declaration               C. explanation               D. statement

I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real  36 .

He had gone out of the study for some  37 , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see  38 was on his desk. In the middle  39  a small piece of paper on  40 were written the words “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Serious of Biographies (人物传记)”.

A(n) 41 boy would have avoided looking at the title  42 he saw the paper. But I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a  43 until the start of the exam so I could not  44 reading it.

When the headmaster  45 ,I was looking out of the window.

I should have told him what had  46 then. It would have been so  47 to say: “I’m sorry, but I saw  48 for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You’ll have to  49 it.”

The chance passed and I did not  50 it. I took the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t mean to cheat, but it was still cheating  51  .

That was thirty-eight years ago  52 I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, nor  53 tried to explain to myself why not.

It’s obvious that I could not  54 I had seen the title. Whatever it was, it has become a good    55 of how a little mistake can trap (使陷入) you in a more serious moral corner (道德困境).

36. A. plan            B. fault           C. grade          D. luck

37. A. reason          B. course         C. example        D. vacation

38. A. this            B. which          C. that           D. what

39. A. are             B. is             C. was           D. were

40. A. what           B. which          C. that           D. where

41. A. honest          B. handsome       C. friendly         D. active

42. A. as well          B. as soon as       C. as well as       D. as a result

43. A. question         B. key            C. note           D. secret

44. A. help            B. consider        C. practise        D. forget

45. A. disappeared       B. stayed          C. returned        D. went

46. A. existed          B. remained        C. happened       D. continued

47. A. tiring           B. easy           C. important       D. difficult

48. A. the title          B. the exam        C. the paper       D. the window

49. A. repeat           B. defend         C. correct         D. change

50. A. take          B. have           C. lose         D. find

51. A. Otherwise     B. Therefore     C. anyhow       D. though

52. A. which        B. when          C. on which      D. that

53. A. I have        B. has I         C. have I       D. I has

54. A. inspect        B. perform        C. employ       D. admit

55. A. example       B. reason         C. matter        D. signal

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