完形填空

  I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields of Eufaula, Okla.  1   the time I was eight, I was helping Dad fix up old furniture.He gave me a cent for every nail I   2   out of old boards.

  I got my first   3   job, at JM’s Restaurant in town, when I was 12.My main responsibilities(职责)were   4   tables and washing dishes,   5   sometimes I helped cook.

  Every day after school I would   6   to JM’s and work until ten.Even on Saturdays I   7   from two until eleven.At that age it was difficult going to work and   8   my friends run off to swim or play.I didn’t necessarily like work, but I loved what working   9   me to have.Because of my   10   I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez.This made me   11  

  Words that I was trust-worthy and hard-working   12   around town.A local clothing store offered me credit(赊账)  13   I was only in seventh grade.I immediately   14   a $68 sports coat and a $22 pair of shoes.I was   15   only 65 cents an hour, and I already owed the storekeeper $90!So I learned   16   the danger of easy credit.I paid it   17   as soon as I could.

  My first job taught me self-control, responsibility and brought me a   18   of personal satisfaction few of my friends had experienced.As my father,   19   worked three jobs once told me, “If you   20   sacrifice(奉献)and responsibility, there are not many things in life you can’t have.” How right he was.

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Before

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Within

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From

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By

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pulled

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put

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picked

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pressed

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usual

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real

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main

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particular

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sweeping

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packing

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clearing

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emptying

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or

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so

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but

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even

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head

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return

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change

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move

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studied

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worked

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played

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slept

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helping

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having

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watching

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letting

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asked

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told

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promised

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allowed

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study

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power

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age

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job

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proud

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friendly

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lucky

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hopeful

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ran

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got

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flew

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carried

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although

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while

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if

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since

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sole

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borrowed

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charged

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wore

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keeping

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making

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paying

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taking

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gradually

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greatly

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hardly

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early

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out

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over

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away

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off

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point

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level

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part

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sign

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he

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that

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who

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whoever

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understand

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demand

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offer

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fear

第四节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
“Are you too stupid to do anything right?” These words — said by a woman to a little boy who was obviously her son — were spoken  26  he had walked away from her. The boy returned, his eyes downcast.
Not a  27  moment, perhaps,   28  small moments last a very long time. And a few words — though they mean  29  at the time to the people who say them — can have great  30  .
I recently heard a story from a man named Malcolm Dalkoff. For the last 24 years he has been a professional  31  . Here is what he told me:
As a boy in Rock Island, Dalkoff was terribly  32  . He had few  33  and no self-confidence. One day, his English teacher, Ruth Brach, gave the class an assignment . The students had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Now they were to write their own chapter that would  34  the last chapter of the novel.
Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it  35  . Today he can not recall anything  36  about the chapter he wrote, or what  37  Mrs Brach gave him. What he does remember is the four words Mrs Brach wrote in margin(空白)of the paper: “This is  38  writing.”
Four words. They  39  his life.
“  40  I read those words, I had no ideal of who I was or  41  I was going to be,” he said. “After reading her note, I went home and wrote a short story, something I had always been  42  of doing but never believed I could do.”
Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories and always brought them to school for Mrs Brach to evaluate. She was  43  , tough and honest. “She was just what I  44  ,” Dalkoff said.
His confidence  45  . Dalkoff believed that none of this would have happened if that woman had not written those four words in the margin of the paper.

26. A. where
B. why
C. because
D. when
27. A. wonderful
B. difficult
C. funny
D. big
28. A. yet
B. although
C. for
D. therefore
29. A. much
B. little
C. more
D. most
30. A. meaning
B. power
C. force
D. sense
31. A. writer
B. player
C. poet
D. singer
32. A. sorry
B. proud
C. sick
D. shy
33. A. books
B. ideals
C. friends
D. chances
34. A. follow
B. match
C. decide
D. improve
35. A. on 
B. in
C. out
D. down
36. A. more
B. again
C. different
D. special
37. A. honors
B. remarks
C. prizes
D. grade
38. A. poor
B. serious
C. good
D. silly
39. A. changed
B. damaged
C. affected
D. improved
40. A. Unless
B. Until
C. When
D. While
41. A. what
B. how
C. where
D. which
42. A. tired
B. fond
C. proud
D. dreaming
43. A. strict
B. kind
C. encouraging
D. praising
44. A. feared
B. needed
C. expected
D. loved
45. A. grew
B. lifted
C. appeared
D. returned

 “I was only thirteen when four of my team members and I were chosen by my swim coach to train with the Chinese National Team. The following piece shows how that experience has influenced me.”

The night before I left for China, my mother called me into her room. I entered not knowing what to expect. I sat down at the end of her very neatly-made bed, opposite the bedroom table on which she kept a Ming-style vase illustrated in great detail. She told me that my great-grandmother was still living in the surroundings of Beijing. Her name was Ren Li Ling and she was 97 years old. This was the first time I had ever heard of her.

The dragon on the vase snaked through the flowers and vines(藤蔓)as my mother said, “Pu Pu, look at me. You need to hear this so that when you go to China you will understand. You must keep this knowledge in your heart.”

She told me a story about my grandfather, Ren Li Ling's son, who left Beijing to go to college in Taiwan. She told me how the Chinese civil war kept him away from his mother for fifty years, so neither of them even knew that the other was alive. No one from Taiwan could visit, write, or call anyone in mainland. All lines of communication were cut off.

She told me of my grandfather's devotion to his own children, and how difficult it was for him to send his daughter to America for her education, fearing that same separation. He gave my mother all that he could give — nineteen years of love and fifty years of savings. I learned how my mother, through means only available in this country, would finally be able to unite my great-grandmother with my grandfather again. The dragon curled around the vase, connecting the separate vines. For a fleeting second, I felt it was present in my mother's room. It was all very strange, yet very clear. I began to understand that this trip to China was not just for me; it was for my mother, and her father, and his mother. Now, I had not only a future, but more significantly, a past. I saw the world with new eyes.

And so I went to China and met my great-grandmother. My great-aunt picked me up at the training center, and we rode in a taxi through the crowded city. The noise of the taxi and the city united into a deep roar. We finally stopped in front of a narrow street lined on either side with small one-level houses. As we made our way to a house like all the others, I drew the stares of many people in the street. My great-aunt led me through a rotting(朽烂的)doorway into a room with a furnace(炉子), table, and a rocking chair where an old woman wearing gloves sat facing the doorway, covered with a worn brown blanket. I walked over and immediately embraced this frail woman as if I had known her all my life. My limited, broken Chinese wasn't up to expressing my complicated feelings. And even though I couldn't completely understand what she was saying in her thick Beijing accent, I knew — the same way I knew what my mother had been trying to tell me before I left. Her joy shone through her toothless smile. She wouldn't let go of my hand. I haltingly(结结巴巴地)asked her how she had managed to live such a long life. She answered in words I will never forget, “Hope has kept me alive. I have lived this long because I wanted to see my son before I died.”

My fellow team members must have wondered how two people separated by three generations could be so close. Before this trip, I would have wondered the same thing. And even now, I can't quite explain it. We were as different as two people can be; some 85 years and 8,000 miles apart. We came from two entirely different cultures; yet we were connected by a common heritage(传统).

I stayed for dinner which was cooked in a black iron wok(锅)over the furnace. The meal was lavish(过分丰盛的), prepared in my honor. As I began to eat, with my great-grandmother beside me, I felt the dragon was present. But this time, the feeling didn't pass; the dragon had become a part of me.

My great-grandmother passed away last year at the age of 100. With her highest hopes and wildest dreams fulfilled, I know she died happy.

1. The writer’s mother called him into her room to ___________________.

A.prepare him for the trip and warn him against possible problems

B.remind him of his origin

C.ask him to look for his great-grandmother

D.share with him the story of her childhood

2. The dragon is mentioned several times in the passage because __________________.

A.the vase with the dragon on it is very valuable and beautiful

B.it stands for the blood running in every Chinese

C.it is a sign of the writer’s devotion to his birthplace

D.the writer’s mother hoped the writer would be as strong as a dragon

3. How old was the writer’s mother when she was sent to America for her education.

A.13               B.16               C.19               D.20

4.Which of the following can be inferred from the text?

A.The writer’s grandfather was afraid of a war when sending his daughter to America.

B.The hope to see her son again kept the writer’s great-grandmother alive for this long.

C.It was within the writer’s expectation that he could be so close to his great-grandmother.

D.The writer’s great-grandmother was reunited with her son before she died.

5.Which is the best title for the text?

A.We Share the Same Heritage.

B.Love from My Great-grandmother.

C.A Story from My Mother.

D.An Unforgettable Training Trip.

 

So the evening turned to night, and the night turned to morning. And before I knew it , the SAT was before me. I wasn’t sure  if I was ready, but I knew one thing: I wanted to get it over with.

SAT for the students is like tooth pulling. For those smart Asian kiddos, it’s like walking through the park: easy and carefree. For me, a Chinese American, …it’s: walking through the park and then tripping on a stone.

As I arrived outside of the dining hall, already a mob of students were sitting, talking, or standing silently waiting to get in. Jones students are lucky not only to have such a testing center at school, but also the feeling of their home school where it feels comfortable and familiar.

“ID, please,” my former math teacher asked at the door.

“Okay.” She looked over my ID, checked off my name on her list, and pointed towards the dining hall tables inside.

With hesitation, I picked up my feet and was directed to a large round table in the middle of the dinning hall. At least fourteen people could sit at this table but only four were allowed to take their test here.

“I’m glad it’s multiple choices.” I heard one student say. All the questions on the test have five choices except for one math section where they have only four. If you get an answer wrong, you don’t get any point, plus you get a penalty of a 1/4 point. If you don’t answer a question, you don’t get any point, nor penalties.

When everyone had a seat and the actual SAT I booklet in front of them, the proctor of the test called for our attentions. “In front of you, you should have a SAT I test and a scantron(答题卡). Please do not open the test booklet until I say so.” He then went on to talk about the procedures, the amount of time, signature of honesty, etc. After thirty minutes of instruction reading, he gave us all a solemn expression before saying, “You may begin now. Good luck.”

I could hear a hundred booklets being opened and pencils scratching the surface. I looked to my right, I looked to my left, I did a quick prayer for whoever was in charge up in the heavens, and started my test. At least I wouldn’t know my score until summer time.

1.How did the author feel before the test?

A.Confident.         B.Carefree.          C.Confused.         D.Nervous.

2.Jones students are lucky because __________.

A.they can take the test in a dining hall

B.they can talk during the test

C.they can take the test in their home school

D.they have their math teacher supervising the test

3.By the underlined sentence, the writer intends to say that_________.

A.the test would be so difficult that she might not pass it

B.the test seemed easy but she still needed to be careful with it

C.the test would be much easier for her than for the other Asian students

D.she found herself not as smart as the other Asian students

4.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A.Fourteen students sat around a large round table, taking the test.

B.There were four math problems on the test.

C.You will lose more points if you get the answer wrong than if you give up the question.

D.The proctor announced the instructions as soon as the test began.

 

When I was a little girl, I found love in a box all because of a class assignment. On a Friday night I   36  at dinner table, “My teacher said we have to bring a box, a special box, for our valentines (情人节) on Monday”.

Mother said, “We’ll see,” and she continued eating.

What did “We’ll see” mean? I had to have that box   37  my second grade Valentine’s Day would be a disaster. Maybe they didn’t love me enough to help me with my   38 .

All Saturday I waited   39  and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased, but I   40  an enquiry(询问)about the box might   41  anger or loud voice, for in my house children only asked once. More than that   42  trouble.

Late Sunday afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen. The table was covered with colorful   43  of different kinds. A (n)   44  shoebox rested on top of it.   45  flooded through me when Daddy said, “Let’s get started   46  your project.”

In the next hour my father   47  the shoebox into impressive valentine box. Colorful paper covered the ugly cardboard with red hearts   48  to what I considered all the right places. He sang while he worked. When he finished, he was so delighted that a   49 smile spread over his face. “What do you think of that?” he asked.I answered him with a hug.

But inside,   50  danced all the way to my heart. It was the first time that my father devoted so much   51  to me, for his world consisted of work only.

The holiday party arrived, and my classmates put cards, and presents into the valentine boxes. Laughter filled our classroom until dismissal time   52 .

On the way home, I held out my valentine box for the world to   53 . The love that filled it meant more to me than all the valentines inside. The valentine box became a symbol of his love that   54  through decades of other Valentine’s Days. He gave me other gifts through the years, but none   55  compared with the love I felt within the limits of the old, empty shoebox.

1.                A.appeared       B.announced      C.served   D.sat

 

2.                A.and            B.however        C.so   D.or

 

3.                A.design         B.project         C.plan D.idea

 

4.                A.sadly           B.disappointedly   C.anxiously D.patiently

 

5.                A.knew          B.found          C.realized  D.imagined

 

6.                A.start           B.mark           C.cause    D.produce

 

7.                A.took           B.invited         C.saved    D.had

 

8.                A.boxes          B.paper          C.gifts D.food

 

9.                A.new           B.big            C.empty    D.attractive

 

10.               A.Relief          B.Relaxation      C.Cheer D.Calm

 

11.               A.by            B.at             C.on   D.in

 

12.               A.folded         B.changed        C.packed    D.pressed

 

13.               A.attached        B.joined          C.linked D.connected

 

14.               A.slight          B.broad          C.brief  D.confident

 

15.               A.fun            B.joy            C.interest   D.amusement

 

16.               A.money         B.support         C.time  D.hope

 

17.               A.reached        B.set            C.came D.spent

 

18.               A.accept         B.admire         C.respect   D.recognize

 

19.               A.carried         B.kept           C.spread    D.lasted

 

20.               A.even          B.yet            C.still   D.ever

 

 

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