题目内容
完形填空Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, liked to walk about in a railway station near his home. One day when he was walking up and down 1 usual, looking at people getting on and off the 2 , he heard a lady 3 after him:“Hey, you old fellow, go and fetch my handbag in the 4 room which I 5 there.”
Tolstoy 6 there. He picked the bag 7 and walked quickly along the platform At 8 same time the lady was waiting beside the carriage, looking 9 . When at 10 the old man gave the bag back to her, she opened it to 11 sure nothing was 12 . “Good, old man,” said the woman. “You are just as quick as I can 13 . Here you are.” She gave a copper win to him. Tolstoy accepted the coin and put it into his pocket 14 a smile.
But the woman was petrified(发呆) when she heard that the old man was Tolstoy, the 15 of the great novel WAR AND PEACE. She 16 to Tolstoy and stammered(口吃), “Oh, excuse me… Oh, how silly I was to 17 you for a porter. Please throw back that coin 18 you forgive me.”
“Oh, madam. Why? You have done 19 wrong.” Tolstoy laughed, “My work deserved the tip, so I'll 20 it. Thank you, madam!”
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完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The human nose is an underestimated tool. Humans are often thought to be 1___ smellers compared with animals, but this is largely because, unlike animals, we stand upright. This means that our noses are 2 to detecting those smells which float through the air, 3 the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact though, we are extremely sensitive to smells, even if we do not generally realize it. Our noses are capable of 4 human smells even when these are 5 to far below one part in one million.
6 , some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, while others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate 7 smell receptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send 8 to the brain. However, it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell at first can suddenly become sensitive to it when 9 to it often enough.
The 10 for insensitivity to smell seems to be that brain finds it 11 to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can 12 new receptors if necessary. This may also explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smells we simply do not need to be. We are not 13 of the usual smell of our own house but we 14 new smells when we visit someone else's. The brain finds it best to keep smell receptors _ 15 for unfamiliar and emergency signals such as the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire.
1. A. sensitive | B. outstanding | C. insensitive | D. awkward |
2. A. limited | B. committed | C. devoted | D. conducted |
3. A. catching | B. ignoring | C. missing | D. tracking |
4. A. distinguishing | B. discovering | C. determining | D. detecting |
5. A. reduced | B. reserved | C. rescued | D. refused |
6. A. Fortunately | B. Strangely | C Happily | D. Amazingly |
7. A. unusual | B. particular | C. unique | D. typical |
8. A. signs | B. information | C. messages | D. signals |
9. A. subjected | B. left | C. drawn | D. exposed |
10A. expectation | B. expression | C. extension | D. explanation |
11.A convenient | B. competitive | C. inefficient | D. adequate |
12.A introduce | B. gather | C. develop | D. produce |
13.A sure | B. sick | C. aware | D tired |
14.A tolerate | B. resist | C. neglect | D. notice |
15.A available | B. reliable | C. valuable | D. suitable |