完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36---55所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate. I stood up to  36   when a gentle hand   37   my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady looking up at me with a   38   .

She said, “Hi. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a  39   ?” I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze (an act of pressing).

“Why are you in college at such a young,    40   age ?”I asked. “I always dreamed of having a   41    experience and now I’m getting   42  !” she told me.

Later, we became close friends. Every day we would leave class together and she   43   her wisdom and   44    with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a (an)    45   icon(偶像) and she easily made friends wherever she went.

At the  46  of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. When she was   47   , frustrated and a little embarrassed, she cleared her  48  and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we  49  old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying   50  , being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find  51    every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you   52   .”

One week after graduation Rose died   53   in her sleep. Many college students attended her funeral in tribute to(悼念)the wonderful woman who taught us by    54   that it’s never too late  to  55   all you can possibly be.

A. look around         B. look back            C. look down       D. look up

A. hit            B. felt                 C. touched              D. knocked

A. surprise           B. smile            C. wonder           D. pleasure

A. hand           B. welcome              C. hug                  D. gift

A. innocent        B. golden           C. happy            D. valuable

A. college            B. junior high school   C. senior high school   D. primary school

A. it              B. that                 C. one              D. them 

A. shared         B. told                 C. learned              D. debated

A. course             B. experience      C. degree           D. happiness

A. old            B. great                C. campus          D. outgoing

A. end             B. middle      C. beginning    D. top   

A. invited         B. appearing    C. speaking         D. introduced

A. nose            B. face             C. throat           D. eyes 

A. look            B. prove            C. grow         D. stay   

A. healthy         B. young        C. cheerful         D. rich    

A. humor           B. goals            C. dreams       D. jokes

A. lose            B. fail         C. die              D. disappoint

A. hopefully          B. peacefully  C. fortunately D. bitterly

A. experience     B. example       C. pleasure   D. courage

A. be             B. achieve      C. gain             D. do

It was a beautiful day at the beach—blue sky, gentle wind, calm sea.I knew these things because a man sitting five feet from me was shouting them into his mobile phone, like a play-by-play announcer (实况解说员).
“IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” he shouted.“THE SKY IS BLUE, AND THERE’S A GENTLE WIND, AND THE WATER IS CALM, AND…”
Behind me, a woman, her mobile phone pressed to her ear was walking back and forth.
“She DIDN’T,” she was saying.“No.She DIDN’T.She DID? Really? Are you SERIOUS? She did NOT.She DID? No she…”
And so on.This woman had two children, who were playing in the sea.I found myself watching them, because the woman surely was not.A huge squid could have caught and snatched the children, and this woman would not have noticed.Or, if she had noticed, she’d have said, “Listen.I have to go, because a huge squid just……No! She didn’t ! She DID? No! She……”
And next to me, the play-by-play man would have said: “…AND A HUGE SQUID JUST ATE TWO CHILDREN, AND I’M GETTING A LITTLE SUNBURNED, AND …”
It used to be that the major trouble at the beach was the fellow who brought a boom box (便携式录音机) and turned it up so loud that the bass notes caused seagulls to explode.But at least you knew where these fellows were; you never know which beachgoers have mobile phones.You’ll settle next to what appears to be a sleeping sunbather, or even (you hope) a corpse , and you’ll lie happily on your towel, and you’ll get all the way to the second sentence of your 467-page book before you fall asleep to the hypnotic surge of the surf (催人入梦的潮声), and …
BREEP! BREEP! The corpse sits up, feels urgently for its mobile phone, and shouts “Hello! I’m at the beach! Yes! It’s nice! Very peaceful! What? She did? No, she didn’t! She DID? No, she…”
Loud mobile-phoners never seem to get urgent calls.Just once, I’d like to hear one of them say, “Hello? Yes, this is Dr.Johnson.Oh, Dr.Smith.You’ve opened the abdominal cavity (腹腔)? Good! Now the appendix should be right under the … What? No, that’s the liver.Don’t take THAT out, ha ha! Oh, you did? My God! OK, now listen carefully…”
【小题1】From the passage we can know that the writer of the passage _____.

A.had a wonderful holiday at the beach
B.must have suffered a lot because of the terrible weather
C.is only interested in talks by doctors about operation
D.experienced an unhappy holiday at the beach
【小题2】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A.The writer often spends his holidays at the beach.
B.A huge squid ate two children while their mother was not watching.
C.Some people used to play boom box while spending their holidays at the beach.
D.Some people often make loud mobile phone calls without caring for others.
【小题3】The underlined word“ corpse”in this passage has the closest meaning to________.
A.a dead bodyB.a loud mobile phone
C.a sound sleeperD.a sleep lover
【小题4】In the past the fellow who brought a boom box_________.
A.turned it up to make the seagulls happy
B.turned it up to cause the seagulls to explode
C.might cause less trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones
D.might cause more trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones
【小题5】We can infer from the passage that _______.
A.the writer is interested in mobile phone.
B.the writer hates people using mobile phone
C.the writer hates to be disturbed while enjoying holidays on the beach.
D.the writer seldom finishes reading a book before going to sleep.


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“How’s the basketball coming on?”
I put down my drink and looked across at the next table. I was curious about that because both the man and the woman were at least 65.
“Oh, I’m not playing much basketball these days,” the woman replied. “But I’m getting much better at golf.”
What’s this, I thought. I opened my packet of crisps, thoughtfully. “I’m still pretty hopeless at chess, I’m afraid,” the man said. “It beat me on level one this morning.”
The penny dropped. These two were the proud owners of computer games.
It’s very likely that one of the results of the development of the silicon chip(硅片) will be that a lot of people will have more exciting ways to spend their leisure time. It already has. Space invader machines are now a familiar sight everywhere. A lot of people play them, and some, particularly school children, get remarkably high scores. How, one wonders, do they find the time (and money) to become so good?
If you have your own computers, the possibilities are endless. You can play any active sports without stepping out of your living room.
You can become an expert at chess or backgammon without ever playing with another human being. Indeed, human beings aren’t needed at all.
So, what of the future? Will we see school children stealing or even robbing to feed space invader machines? Will football grounds lie empty as families sit at home playing video football, or watching the national video football championship? Perhaps, it won’t go that far. But we won’t have to wait long for the Video Olympics. I’m sure of that.
Back in the pub, I stood up, took out 20 pence, and went over to the space invader machine. I may not be much good at beating computers at backgammon, but any space invaders who arrive on Earth anywhere near me had better watch out.
72. The reason why the writer felt curious about the talk between the couple was that ____.
A. he thought they were too old to play basketball
B. they looked young for their age
C. the old seldom went to the bar
D. he didn’t believe they played basketball so well
73. The underlined sentence “The penny dropped.” in the fifth paragraph probably means ____.
A. his wallet was stolen
B. he dropped a penny into the space invader machine
C. he asked for another drink for a penny
D. he’s come to see what they meant
74. The text is mainly written to tell us that ____.
A. computers will make people have a better time in their leisure time
B. the writer was worried about the side effect of computers
C. the old couple were excellent at playing golf
D. school children shouldn’t play space invader machines so much
75. We can infer form the passage that ____.
A. we can do everything without leaving our home in the future
B. the writer was good at playing the space invader game
C. school children will certainly steal or rob to feed the space invader machines
D. the woman is better at playing chess than the man

“TODAY is a dream comes true. I have always wanted to be a Grand Slam (大满贯) champion.”

These are the words of Chinese tennis player Li Na after she became the first Asian woman to win a Grand Slam final in the French Open on June 4.

“People were saying I’m getting old. So this is a great success for such an old woman,” the 29-year-old joked.

This is the way that Li usually fights doubts– by being humorous and sharp. “China’s number one sister” is never a pushover (软弱的人).

She has a tattoo (纹身). She has dyed (染色) her hair many different colors. And, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she told her fans to “shut up” when they got too noisy in their support.

Li started to play tennis at the age of 6. She once recalled: “As a child, I felt sad because every day I had to wake up early to practice. After school I had to practice more. I didn’t have time to play.”

Luckily, the tough girl didn’t give up, thus making history for Chinese tennis time after time.

Now the new champion is already thinking about winning another Grand Slam title. Her next stop is Wimbledon – the European grass court championship that starts later this month.

“When you have one title, naturally you will think about another,” she says, not hiding her ambition.

“Chinese people are so lacking in confidence on the tennis court. If there is a person like me who can prove we can do it, the other young players in China will feel the same,” she said.

1.Li Na is _________.

A. a basketball player                B. a table tennis player

C. a tennis player                    D. a soccer player

2.Li Na is the first Asian woman to win a Grand Slam final in______.

A. the Australian Open Tennis Championships 

B. the Wimbledon Championships

C. the French Open               

 D. the American Open

3.From the passage, we know Li Na is ______.

A. outgoing      B. fashionable     C. tough     D. All above

4.Li Na thinks that Chinese people need _______ in most.

A. independence    B. ability    C. confidence   D. ambition

 

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