完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分,满分30分)

  阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My son Joey was born with clubfeet (畸形足). The doctors told us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally   36   would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in   37  . By the time he was eight, you   38   he had a problem when you saw him walk.

The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would

  39  and play, too. We   40   told him that he probably wouldn’t be able to   41   as wall as the other children. So he didn’t know.

In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross country  42  . Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others perhaps he   43  that the abilities that seemed to come   44   to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the  45

team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential (可能性)to    46  points for the school. We didn’t tell him he probably would never   47   the team, so he didn’t know.

He   48   to run four to five miles a day, every day even the day he had a 103 degree fever. I was   49  , so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt, “  50  ,” he said.He had two more miles to go. The sweat   51     his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he   52    straight ahead and kept running.. We never told him he couldn’t run four miles with a 103 degree fever. So he didn’t know.

Two weeks later, the name of the team runners were    53   . Joey was number six on the  list. Joey had made the team. He was only in seventh the other six team members were all   54  .

We never told him he shouldn’t   55   to make the team. We never told him he couldn’t do it, so he didn’t know. He just did it.

36.A.however         B.or    C.but         D.though 

37.A.attention        B.development  C.circulation      D.treatment

38.A.wouldn’t know B.didn’t imagine       C.shouldn’t find        D.couldn’t identify

39.A.keep just out  B.jump right in         C.stand only behind    D.sit still away

40.A.never      B.generally        C.often       D.sincerely

41.A.live        B.jump       C.run         D.hope

42.A.competition    B.class       C.game      D.team

43.A.meant     B.sensed     C.showed  D.noticed

44.A.eventually      B.suddenly        C.safely      D.naturally

45.A.entire      B.same       C.other       D.all

46.A.score      B.collect     C.pay         D.catch

47.A.join        B.enter       C.make      D.keep

48.A.liked       B.continued       C.hoped     D.aimed

49.A.moved    B.excited    C.encouraged     D.worried

50.A.Never mind    B.Okay      C.Don’t worry  D.Sorry

51.A.ran down       B.came from      C.dropped off    D.came down

52.A.stood      B.looked    C.faced      D.glanced

53.A.made      B.called      C.designed         D.checked

54.A.sixth-graders         B.seventh-graders      C.eighth-graders        D.fifth-graders

55.A.expect     B.fight       C.avoid      D.refuse

A 25-five-year student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua University, China’ most famous university, after an eight-year ___21___.Li Jun comes from a small village of Hubei Province.He first ____22____ going to college in year 2000 ___23__he was admitted by a local school after __24___ from a secondary technical school at 17.As a ___25___ art student, he passed the exam again the next year but __26_____ school due to economic pressure in September 2002.Life seemed ___27___ but Li didn’t give in.He earned a _28_____ by working part-time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students.But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of __29___ the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University.Li __30____ the college entrance examination for five continuous years from 2003.____31___, he missed making the cut one mark last year.
In 2008, his fifth try, Li’s efforts ___32_____.He finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major in Tsinghua University.Every year, Li took art __33___ in Beijing and took exams from December to March.He then took cultural courses in his school till June.The rest of the year he spent on __34____ work.Li said he hadn’t ____35___any money from his family since he graduated from the technical secondary school.Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his __36_____ through knowledge.
_____37___ by his contribution, Li Jun’s university __38____ him 9,000 yuan out of his tution fees of 11,450 yuan.An eight-year struggle may have come to an end for Li Jun, but a new ___39__ has now begun.Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present.He wants to study well and __40___ more scholarships.

【小题1】
A.research B.struggleC.serviceD.expectation
【小题2】
A.talked ofB.told of C.dreamt ofD.knew of
【小题3】
A.whereB.when C.thatD.since
【小题4】
A.learning B.separating C.datingD.graduating
【小题5】
A.giftedB.surprisedC.interestedD.easy-going
【小题6】
A.went on withB.watched out forC.dropped out of D.looked forward to
【小题7】
A.unfairB.happyC.practicalD.busy
【小题8】
A.valueB.respectC.freedom D.living
【小题9】
A.entering B.visitingC.supportingD.pursing
【小题10】
A.turned toB.applied forC.called forD.adapted to
【小题11】
A.Instead B.At timesC.HoweverD.Besides
【小题12】
A.took offB.paid offC.gave offD.sent off
【小题13】
A.waysB.programmesC.successD.courses
【小题14】
A.full-timeB.part-timeC.out-of doorD.all
【小题15】
A.asked forB.looked for C.prayed for D.waited for
【小题16】
A.planB.idealC.fateD.opinion
【小题17】
A.EncouragedB.InfluencedC.AccusedD.Impressed
【小题18】
A.funded B.gave C.paidD.cost
【小题19】
A.challengeB.lifeC.caseD.relationship
【小题20】
A.spendB.winC.careD.use

The Touchstone
When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for very little money.
The book wasn’t very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum on which was written the secret of the “Touchstone”! The touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold.
The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles are cold.
So the man sold his few belongings, bought some simple supplies, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold - throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea.
The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along he still threw it away.
So it is with opportunity. Unless we are careful, it’s easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand, and it’s just as easy to throw it away.
【小题1】The man bought the book because _____________.

A.he wanted to read itB.it was very interesting
C.there was a secret in the book D.he wanted to find the touchstone
【小题2】We can learn from the passage that the touchstone is _________.
A.pureB.coldC.magicD.big
【小题3】Why did the man throw the pebbles into the sea?
A.Because he didn’t want to get the same pebbles.
B.Because he didn’t want others to pick them up.
C.Because he didn’t like their ordinary looks.
D.Because he didn’t like the cold feelings.
【小题4】What does the author want to tell us in the passage?
A.We should offer opportunities in our life.
B.We should seek for opportunities in the world.
C.We may seize opportunities when we are watchful.
D.We may discover opportunities when forming habits.

Robert Frost was one of America’s best known and most honored serious writers. But his fame came late in his life.

He was born in San Francisco, California in 1874. He lived in California during his early  childhood. He was named after the chief Southern general in America’s Civil War. The general’s name was Robert Edward Lee. The poet was named Robert Lee Frost, because his father wanted to honor the general.

    Someone once asked another American writer, Ernest Hemingway, how to become a writer. The best thing, he said, was to have an unhappy childhood. If this is true, Robert Frost’s childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very good writer. Robert Frost’s father was a reporter who wanted to be a politician. He often drank too much wine and became angry. Robert was the victim (受害者) of his anger.

    Robert Frost finished high school in 1891. After high school, Robert’s grandfather offered to pay his costs at Dartmouth College. But Robert left the school after a few months. He did not like it. He spent the next few years working at different jobs. At one time, he worked in a factory. Later, he repaired shoes. He was a teacher. He was a reporter. Always, he wrote poetry.

    Robert Frost attended Harvard University for two years. After that, he returned to the many jobs  he held before. For a while, Frost tried to take care of a farm in the state of New Hampshire. He was not a successful farmer. And he continued to write poetry. He said that until 1930, he earned only about ten dollars a year from writing.

    In 1912, he decided to try to make a new start. He took his family to Britain. The cost of living was low. In Britain, Frost found a publisher for his first book of poems. The book was called A Boy’s Will. When it appeared in 1913. Frost received high praise from British readers. Praise was something he had not received in his own country.

    Ezra Pound, another American poet living in Britain, read the poems and liked them very much. He wrote a magazine article about Frost. He also helped get Frost’s second book of poems published in America. That book was called North of Boston.

1.The followings are writers EXCEPT ________.

A. Robert Edward Lee                 B. Robert Lee Frost

C. Ernest Hemingway                  D. Ezra Pound

2.The passage wrote about Hemingway in order to show that

A. he had great influence on Frost’s poetry and life

B. Frost’ s poetry style was the same as Hemingway’s

C. Frost was unhappy because he was the victim of his father

D. Frost spent his childhood unhappily

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Once Frost’s first book was published he gained great praise in his country.

B. After leaving Harvard University, he began to learn to write poetry.

C. Frost was found lo have a gift in poetry while he studied in high school.

D. Robert Frost’s father was angry and drank a lot because he didn’t realize his dream.

4.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Robert Frost’s unhappy childhood. B. Robert Frost’s first and second book.

C. Robert Frost’s family and jobs.  D. Robert Frost’s life and poetry.

 

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网