题目内容
完形填空:
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1~25各题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案.
(A)
A class of small boys in a German school had been making a lot of noise, so their teacher decided 1 . He kept them in the classroom after the other boys 2 and told them to add all the numbers from 1 to 100 together.
The boys sadly 3 their exercise books and began to write the numbers down—all of them 4 one boy, who had been in that school only for a few days. This boy looked out of the window for a few moments, wrote a number in his exercise book and 5 his hand.
“May I go home when I've found the answer, sir? ” he asked.
“Yes, you may, ” answered the teacher.
“Well, I've found it, sir” said the boy.
The teacher and the other boys were all very surprised.
“ 6 ,” said the teacher.
The boy brought it. It was quite correct, so the teacher had to let the boy go home. The next morning, the 7 teacher asked the new boy how he had found the answer so quickly.
“Well, sir, ” he said, “I thought that there 8 the answer, and I found one, you see, If you add 100 to 1, you get 101, and if you add 99 to 2, you also get 101, 98 to 3 is 101 too, and if you go on until you reach 51 and 50, you have 101 fifty times, which is 5050. ”
After this, the teacher gave the boy 9 the other boys in the class. His name was Karl Friedrich Gauss, and when he 10 , he became a famous professor of mathematics.
1. A. to frighten all of them |
B. to beat them one by one. |
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C. to punish them |
D. to praise all of them |
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2. A. had gone |
B. had been |
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C. went |
D. had been away |
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3. A. took down |
B. took off |
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C. took away |
D. took out |
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4. A. except for |
B. except |
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C. except that |
D. besides |
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5. A. put out |
B. put down |
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C. put up |
D. put aside |
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6. A. Carry directly it to me |
B. Bring it here |
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C. Take it back to me |
D. Fetch it for me |
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7. A. surprised |
B. surprising |
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C. satisfying |
D. pleased |
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8. A. should be a rapid method of finding |
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B. might be a quick way of finding |
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C. couldn't be a fast way to find |
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D. must be a quickly method to find |
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9. A. the same work as |
B. as different a work as |
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C. different work from |
D. no difference work from |
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10.A. grew bigger |
B. grown up |
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C. grew taller |
D. grew up |
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(B)
On October 21st of 1833, Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden. His father was an engineer, and at that time he was 11 explosives (炸药). When Alfred was 12 to go to university, his father sent him to the United States to study mechanical engineering (机械工程学).
When he left university, he started a factory with his brother to make a new and very powerful explosive. At first the factory 13 , but one day there was a terrible explosion (爆炸) in the factory. It killed several workmen and Alfred's brother. Alfred himself was not there that day.
Alfred 14 after his brother's death, but he did not stop working; he moved his factory onto a boat, and took it a few miles out to sea. “If 15 ,” he said to himself, “I will be killed, but 16 will be hurt. ” He was not killed 17 , but made a new and much safer explosive. He called it dynamite (甘油炸药).
This was the time, in 18 of the nineteenth century, when many modern roads and the first railways and tunnels 19 in Europe. Everybody wanted to use Nobel's new dynamite. He soon became very rich.
But Nobel's dynamite was not always used for making roads; it was also 20 making war. “It's Nobel's fault (错误), ” many people said, “It's his dynamite they're using to make war. ” It was true; it was his dynamite; but was it his fault?
One day, in 1891, Nobel opened a newspaper and read the story of his own death! It was 21 , of course, and at first he laughed; but he did not laugh then he saw the things the newspaper 22 him, “A very bad man, ” they said, “…terrible…wanted to destroy the world with his dynamite…”
Poor Alfred Nobel! He decided to leave Paris, and went to live in Italy. There he 23 in a big house, working and studying every hour of the day.
In 1896, Alfred Nobel died. But that was 24 his name. When he died, he left a lot of 25 five Nobel Prizes. These are given every year for important work in five different fields, One prize is for chemistry, another for physics and another for medicine; there is also one for literature (文学); and the fifth one, the most important one for Alfred Nobel, is the Nobel Peace Prize.
11.A. working for |
B. working on |
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C. working as |
D. working in |
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12.A. old enough |
B. enough old |
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C. big enough |
D. enough big |
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13.A. went from bad to worse |
B. went from good to better |
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C. went very well |
D. went nothing to him |
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14.A. felt very afraid of it |
B. felt sorry for it |
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C. was quite happy |
D. was terribly unhappy |
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15.A. anything goes right there |
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B. nothing seems to happen there |
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C. something goes wrong here |
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D. everything comes badly here |
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16.A. other people |
B. everybody |
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C. somebody else |
D. nobody else |
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17.A. after all |
B. on the end |
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C. at most |
D. at least |
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18.A. a second half |
B. the second half |
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C. a half second |
D. the half second |
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19.A. were building |
B. had been built |
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C. were being built |
D. had built |
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20.A. prepared for |
B. willing to |
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C. using as |
D. used for |
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21.A. complete wrong |
B. completely wrong |
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C. complete wrongly |
D. completely wrongly |
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22.A. saying about |
B. said to |
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C. said about |
D. saying to |
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23.A. lived alone |
B. lived lonely |
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C. lived sad |
D. lived happy |
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24.A. just the beginning to |
B. not the end of |
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C. meaning nothing for |
D. really the end of |
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25.A. troubles to |
B. debts to |
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C. money for |
D. sorry for |
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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 |