题目内容
One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch(牧场) house in a large valley. 36
seemed to be all right, yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up, and angry, dark clouds 37 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 38 ,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly 39 Raul. The thunder(雷声) was so loud that he buried his 40 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoof beats(蹄声).He 41 .There before him stood a tall, white 42 . An old man stared down at him from its back.
“Wh-wh-who are y-y-you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud,” the old man answered 43 .“Come with me.”
Raul followed on his horse. A 44 feeling came over him. All 45 them the rain was pouring down, 46 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 47 back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found 48 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse, 49 his hand, and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 50 .
Raul’s father ran out across the yard to 51 him. “we have been 52 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the 53 .”
“Wait,” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”
“Can’t say I … wait. I 54 my great-grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was 55 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”
36. A. Something B. Everything C. Anything D. Nothing
37.A.dropped B. fell C. rolled D. covered
38.A.Suddenly B. Strongly C. Quickly D. Hardly
39.A.beating B. blinding C. burning D. touching
40.A.nose B. hair C. neck D. head
41.A.looked up B. woke up C. lay down D. sat down
42.A.tiger B. horse C. lion D. elephant
43.A.lazily B. angrily C. coldly D. slowly
44.A.natural B. common C. strange D. bad
45.A.around B. beside C. through D. above
46.A.yet B. for C. so D. or
47.A.walking B. leading C. heading D. returning
48.A.them B. themselves C. him D. himself
49.A.shook B. waved C. held D. took
50.A.gone B. left C. followed D. lost
51.A.see B. meet C. beat D. ask
52.A.waited B. thought C. worried D. excited
53.A.yard B. wind C. grass D. rain
54.A.believe B. consider C. doubt D. forget
55.A.defeated B. caught C. damaged D. struck
解析:
36.B.根据下文yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy可以看出,应该是“一切正常”。Anything主要用于否定句和条件句。
37。C.注意句子是dark clouds, 习惯上应该是“乌云滚滚”,以及后面的across the sky.
38.A.根据含义,闪电应该是突然发生的。
39.B.根据句意“闪电差点是他失明”。
40.D.根据上下文以及生活常识。Bury one’s head in his hands 意思是“手护着头”。
41.A.根据上文He buried his head in his hands以及下文There before him stood a tall, white…来看,他必须“抬起头”才可以“看见”的。
42.B.根据下文Raul followed on his horse可以看出答案。
43.D. 根据下文含义,老人是来帮助他的,而A 是贬义,B,C不符合下文老人的意图。
44.C.根据下文“周围瓢泼大雨,而他身上一滴雨也没有”,所以这种感觉应该是“奇怪”。
45.A.此题有一点巧妙。也是生活的一个常识问题,人在雨中,应该是“四周”都是雨。
46.A.注意上下文是转折关系,yet然而。
47.C.head back(towards)朝回走。选项A,事实上他们自己并没有“走路”。Return 一般为return to /from.
48.D.根据下文,应该是“他”到家了。如选C,就会指代不明,造成误解。
49.B.wave one’s hand 挥手(告别/致意);hold hands 手拉手。
50.A.gone adj,常作表语。表示“不见,消失”,主要指“看不见了”;lost 表示“丢失”,一般是在指再也找不到了;另外missing意思是“迷路,丢失(可以找回来的),不见了”;left 留下,剩下;follow 跟随,在…后发生。
51.B.meet “接,迎接,会面”。其他含义不相符。
52.C.大雨天,孩子一直没有回家,父母肯定是“着急,担心”,而且后面有介词about.
53. D. 注意get in 和out of,显然是“离开雨”进入“屋子”。一般说来下雨天我们是“躲雨”,而且文章上下文主要强调的是“瓢泼大雨”。
54.A.根据文章含义可以得出正确答案。
55.D.根据上下文考查动词词义辨别。
完形填空(共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从31-50各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。
There was once a boy who suffered from a deadly disease and could die anytime. One day, he 31 a CD store and saw a young girl about his age and he knew it was love at first 32 . He opened the door and walked in. she looked up and asked,“ 33 I help you?”
He said, “Uh…Yeah…Umm…I would like to 34 a CD.”
He picked one out and gave her 35 for it.
“Would you like me to 36 it for you?” she asked, smiling her cute smile.
He nodded and she went to the back.
She came_37_with the wrapped CD and gave it to him. _38 , he went to that store every day and bought a CD. He was still too 39 to ask her out and he really wanted to. His mother found out about this and 40 him to just ask her.
So the next day, he took all his courage and went to the store. He bought a CD 41 he did every day and when she wasn’t looking, he 42 his phone number on the desk and ran out…
RING…The mother 43 the phone and said, “Hello?”
It was the girl! She asked for the boy and the mother started to cry and said, “He passed 44 yesterday…”
The mother went into the boy’s room. She was face to face with piles and piles of 45 CDs. She picked one up and started to open it.
46 , there was a CD and as took it out of the wrapper, out 47 a piece of paper. The mother picked it up and started to read it.
It 48 : Hi…I think U R really cute. Do U wanna go out with me? Love, Jacelyn.
The mother opened 49 CD…Again there was a piece of paper with the 50 words.
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In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others. However, if it is gold, it will shine one day. In this article, we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education. Following experiences of these successful dropouts may give you some inspiration.
1. Bill Gates
Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,” while the rest of the world preferred to name him “the world’s richest man” for more than a decade. Now, even not on the top, he is still among the list of the world’s wealthiest people.Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973. Two years later, he dropped out to found Microsoft with friend Paul Allen. And in 2007, he finally received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.
2. Steve Jobs
The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn’t have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school. Because his family couldn’t afford his college education, Jobs had to drop out of Reed College just after entering for 6 months. Then he found Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar, which had made great influences on development of modern technique and culture. However, this wizard thought that his brief college education was not worthless.
3. Frank Lloyd Wright
As the America’s most celebrated architect, Wright spent more time on designing colleges rather than attending classes in them. Once spent one year in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then he left for Chicago and started to learn from Louis Sullivan, the “father of modernism." Wright’ s splendid resume included more than 500 works, most famous of which are Fallingwater and New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
【小题1】What does“dropouts”in Paragraph One mean?
A.Hardworking students. |
B.Very successful students. |
C.Students failing to finish their school education. |
D.Students from poor families. |
A.People graduating from famous universities are more likely to get jobs. |
B.Many successful people had the experience of giving up their school education. |
C.If one has a lot of gold, he will become very rich one day. |
D.We should stop our college education to follow in those successful people’s steps. |
A.is richer than any other man in the world |
B.is well-known in Harvard University |
C.finally finished his study at Harvard and got a doctorate degree |
D.is the only founder of Microsoft |
A.The reason for Jobs’ dropping his college education is that his parents couldn’t pay for it. |
B.Jobs thought his six-month college education gave him no help. |
C.Wright’s teacher was a very famous artist. |
D.Wright is the designer of New York City’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. |
A.Successful people often have unordinary life experience. |
B.College education is not so important to one’s success. |
C.People from poor families are more likely to give up their college education. |
D.Even without college education, one can still achieve success with one’s hard work. |