题目内容
完形填空。 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给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。 | ||||
Paul Carson, a music teacher, was driving along a country road with his sister Nora. 1 he saw a man in a big American car who _2 the man wanted by the police. 3 by a reward (奖赏) of fifty pounds, the sister and brother _4 to catch the criminal(罪犯) by following him 5 . As soon as the man entered Seldon Manor, a _6 belonging to Paul's friend Mr. Lightfoot, Paul shut him in and then drove to 7 . Realizing that Paul had made a _8 because the criminal had been put into prison that morning , the police officer set off immediately with Paul to set the man free. The man who was _9 up in the house was really an American visitor from 10 City. Paul and Nora felt very much 11 for what they had done. This 12 action of theirs would surely make them the laughing-stock of the whole town. But a letter from the American 13 changed the situation. _14 blaming(责怪) him, the American visitor thanked Paul for shutting him up in his 15 house. It 16 that Seldon Manor was the American ancestors' home. He had come 17 to England to look for it. In order to show his 18 , he offered the sister and brother a check 19 fifty pounds. Paul and Nora got the 20 in the end, though in a quite different way. | ||||
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完形填空,阅读下面短文,从各题所给的四个选项中,选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
When a person is curious about something, it means he is 1 in it and wishes to know more about it. There is 2 wrong with curiosity in itself. Whether it is good or bad depends on what people are curious about.
Curiosity is 3 silly or wrong. Some persons with nothing to do are full of curiosity about what their 4 are doing. They are 5 to know what they are eating or drinking, what they are 6 home or taking outside, or 7 they have come so early or late. To be interested in these things is 8 because they are 9 at all. It is none of their 10 to know what their neighbors do or are doing. Such curiosity is 11 not only 12 but also harmful. For most probably, it 13 to small talk which often brings harm, shame of disrespect to others, and thus 14 their feelings.
On the other hand, there is a 15 curiosity--the curiosity of wise men, who wonder at all the great things and try to 16 all they can about them. Columbus could never have found America if he had not been 17 . James Watt would not have made the steam engine 18 his curiosity about the raising of the kettle lid. All the discoveries in human history have been made 19 a result of curiosity, 20 , the curiosity is never about unimportant things which have few or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.
(1)A.interesting |
B.engaged |
C.excited |
D.interested |
(2)A.something |
B.nothing |
C.much |
D.much |
(3)A.often |
B.sometimes |
C.seldom |
D.always |
(4)A.neighbors |
B.companies |
C.workshops |
D.families |
(5)A.worried |
B.satisfied |
C.anxious |
D.nervous |
(6)A.taking |
B.going |
C.coming |
D.bringing |
(7)A.when |
B.why |
C.whether |
D.however |
(8)A.silly |
B.necessary |
C.impossible |
D.possible |
(9)A.not right |
B.good |
C.unimportant |
D.important |
(10)A.business |
B.duty |
C.work |
D.idea |
(11)A.all |
B.something |
C.everything |
D.the matter |
(12)A.funny |
B.wise |
C.interesting |
D.foolish |
(13)A.leads |
B.causes |
C.refers |
D.stick |
(14)A.effects |
B.hurts |
C.expresses |
D.destroys |
(15)A.strange |
B.terrible |
C.noble |
D.stupid |
(16)A.find out |
B.find |
C.decide |
D.work out |
(17)A.brave |
B.careful |
C.curious |
D.famous |
(18)A.with |
B.without |
C.for |
D.from |
(19)A.as |
B.with |
C.because |
D.after |
(20)A.and |
B.so |
C.but |
D.however |