完形填空 Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer．I always 1 such people, but I also explain that there’s a big 2 between“being a writer and“writing ． In most cases these individuals are 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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A Joke on a Friend

　　Mark twain was a famous American writer.He wrote many famous stories which are still popular in many countries today.Mark Twain was also famous in his day 1 a public speaker.In his speaking Mark Twain always liked 2 funny stories.He also liked to listen to funny stories and to 3 his friends.One day one of his friends 4 his wallet and asked him 5 his train fare for him.　

　　“But I don’t have enough money to pay 6 your fare and my fare,”Mark Twain said.

　　The friend didn’t know 7 to do.He was very sad. “We can do this.”said Mark Twain.“We can 8 the train and when the conductor comes to take the tickets you can hide 9 my seat.”

　　Later, 10 ,on the train,when the conductor came to take the tickets,Mark Twain gave him two tickets 11 for Mark Twain and one for his friend.Then 12 a loud voice,Mark Twain explained.

　　“My friend here is a 13 strange man.When he travels on a train he doesn’t like to sit 14 a seat.He prefers 15 on the floor under the seat.”

　　Of course,everybody in the train then looked at the poor friend under the seat and laughed at him loudly.

1.
			[　　]
A．as	B．f	C．to	D．about
2.
			[　　]
A．to say	B．to make	C．to speak	D．to tell
3.
			[　　]
A．make a joke about		B．have a joke with
C．play jokes on		D．play a trick on
4.
			[　　]
A．lost	B．loss	C．lose	D．losed
5.
			[　　]
A．to buy	B．to cost	C．to pay	D．to charge
6.
			[　　]
A．between	B．both	C．either	D．as well as
7.
			[　　]
A．where	B．how	C．which	D．what
8.
			[　　]
A．get on	B．go on	C．get in	D．go in
9.
			[　　]
A．behind	B．under	C．below	D．beside
10.
			[　　]
A．however	B．whatever	C．whenever	D．wherever
11.
			[　　]
A．a	B．one	C．a ticket	D．the one
12.
			[　　]
A．at	B．over	C．in	D．on
13.
			[　　]
A．more	B．much	C．quite	D．very
14.
			[　　]
A．on	B．onto	C．at	D．by
15.
			[　　]
A．to lay	B．to lie	C．to laying	D．to be lying

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Earthquake

　　Some countries,such as Japan,have a large number of earth quakes.Earthquakes happen very 　1　and violently(强烈地).During an earthquake,there is often a great 　2　first.Then the earth 　3　terribly,many houses 　4　,railway tracks break and trains run 　5 lines,a great many factories are 　6　,thousands of deaths are caused,and many more lose homes… 　7　the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake 　8　,other disasters such as fires often 　9　,more buildings destroyed and more 　10　caused.

　　It is well known of the 　11　of a possible earthquake,and for centuries man has been making researches(研究) on earthquakes.More than 2000 years ago, 　12　,a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng 　13 a machine which could detect(发觉) earthquakes,and this machine is still 　14　by scientists today to detect and measure the 　15　of earthquakes.Now we know much more about earthquakes and 　16　they happen,but we still 　17　tell exactly when and where an earthquake will happen, 　18 cannot stop it from happening.So earthquakes are 　19　the worst disasters(灾难)in the world.

　　No one can stop 　20　earthquakes.However,scientists can 　21　stop earthquakes destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths.In those 　22　where earthquakes often happen,they 　23　mountain temperatures and take 　24　from the air and if anything starts to happen ,they warn governments to be prepared for 　25　disasters so that emergency(紧急) plans are put into action to lessen(减少) the disaster,probably saving many lives.

1.
				[　　]
A. commonly	B.extremely	C.immediately	D.quickly
2.
				[　　]
A.sound	B.voice	C.immediately	D.storm
3.
				[　　]
A.moves	B.shakes	C.noise	D.breaks
4.
				[　　]
A.get burnt	B.catch fires	C.jumps	D.fall down
5.
				[　　]
A.off	B.on	C.sink	D.behind
6.
				[　　]
A.pull out	B.stopped	C.into	D.cut down
7.
				[　　]
A.Except	B.Besides	C.destroyed	D.Because of
8.
				[　　]
A.alone	B.later	C.Instead of	D.itself
9.
				[　　]
A.follow	B.break out	C.only	D.enter
10.
				[　　]
A.quakes	B.deaths	C.come	D.results
11.
				[　　]
A.information	B.questions	C.dangers	D.wounds
12.
				[　　]
A.as a result	B.in fact	C.for example	D.as well
13.
				[　　]
A.invented	B.discovered	C.found out	D.operated
14.
				[　　]
A.improved	B.repaired	C.protected	D.used
15.
				[　　]
A.date	B.strength	C.position	D.length
16.
				[　　]
A.where	B.when	C.how	D.why
17.
				[　　]
A.can	B.cannot	C.want to	D.happen
18.
				[　　]
A.that	B.but	C.and	D.or
19.
				[　　]
A.among	B.before	C.between	D.at the front of
20.
				[　　]
A.natural	B.big	C.some	D.usual
21.
				[　　]
A.help	B.never	C.already	D.exactly
22.
				[　　]
A.areas	B.cities	C.mountains	D.villages
23.
				[　　]
A.keep	B.report	C.record	D.copy
24.
				[　　]
A.drops	B.dusts	C.photos	D.something
25.
				[　　]
A.national	B.general	C.terrible	D.possible

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　　Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He 　1　the US from time to time.While he was 　2　at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the 　3　.A few minutes 　4　,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was 　5　.Inside it were about ＄ 900,his passport(护照), 　6　of his family,and his 　7　tickets to Japan.

But three weeks 　8　he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto 　9　an envelope.There was 　10　inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and 　11　orders for more than ＄900 and a 　12　from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:

“I 　13　this money order and the things … will make you believe in the 　14　of Chicago.”

The next 　15　he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto 　16　Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total 　17　of ＄ 493 a month.

He explained that he 　18　the bag on a street corner and 　19　the money and the tickets in the top part of the 　20　.He changed the money into money orders and 　21　his own money to send it to Japan.

Mr Yamamoto was very 　22　by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him 　23　he would go to all the trouble to return 　24　to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his 　25　.”

Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.

1．
				[　　]
A．understands	B．studies	C．visits	D．calls
2．
				[　　]
A．looking	B．living	C．telephoning	D．sleeping
3．
				[　　]
A．table	B．floor	C．car	D．computer
4．
				[　　]
A．later	B．ago	C．before	D．earlier
5．
				[　　]
A．open	B．broken	C．down	D．gone
6．
				[　　]
A．information	B．photos	C．names	D．letters
7．
				[　　]
A．coming	B．return	C．written	D．waste
8．
				[　　]
A．when	B．before	C．after	D．till
9．
				[　　]
A．received	B．accepted	C．picked up	D．heard from
10．
				[　　]
A．anything	B．something	C．everything	D．nothing
11．
				[　　]
A．money	B．post	C．spoken	D．bank
12．
				[　　]
A．record	B．letter	C．programme	D．passage
13．
				[　　]
A．decide	B．believe	C．hope	D．learn
14．
				[　　]
A．service	B．hotels	C．police	D．people
15．
				[　　]
A．day	B．hour	C．time	D．way
16．
				[　　]
A．looked for	B．looked after	C．called at	D．called on
17．
				[　　]
A．unmber	B．income	C．saving	D．cost
18．
				[　　]
A．bought	B．tried	C．saw	D．picked
19．
				[　　]
A．found	B．paid	C．passed	D．changed
20．
				[　　]
A．bus	B．bag	C．jpise	D．wall
21．
				[　　]
A．shared	B．got	C．wasted	D．spent
22．
				[　　]
A．excited	B．surprised	C．moved	D．frigtened
23．
				[　　]
A．how	B．when	C．whether	D．why
24．
				[　　]
A．things	B．everything	C．the bag	D．the money
25．
				[　　]
A．life	B．country	C．city	D．family

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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

Nicolette Morganti’s friends can’t understand why she joined a dating agency(婚姻介绍所).

She has a good job 1 a personal assistant with a television news agency, her own house, and a full social life. But she, a 29-year-old woman, who has a degree in English Literature(文学),is so 2 with British 3 that she joined the English Rose dating agency to get in touch with single American males.

“English men are usually materialistic and have 4 imagination,” she says.

“I have 5 years being bored by men who never do anything 6 .”

“I’m almost 30 now and I would really love to 7 a husband and have 8 .I’d like to live in London for six months of the year and in the States for 　　9 six months.”

In her search for the perfect man, Nicolette once 10 an advertisement in a magazine for 11 people and had 400 replies.

But she says, “I only met one or two of them. 12 of the others sounded very 13 .”

Nicolette joined English Rose about 18 months 14 and has met 15 then.

She says, “I 16 that American men are more romantic and thoughtful than British men. I rang 　　17 in the States, and afterwards he sent me 200 dollars to 18 the call.”

“I’ve met five so far but I’m looking for someone very 19 . I’d like to find a caring, well-educated, non-smoking, animal-lover with a professional job and a 20 of adventure.”

1.A.like　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.being

C.as　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.with

2.A.tired　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.bored

C.pleased　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.angry

3.A.men　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.games

C.music　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.master

4.A.some　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.much

C.a little　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.no

5.A.passed　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.spent

C.entered　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.wasted

6.A.exciting　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.moving

C.interesting　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.living

7.A.marry to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.accept

C.receive　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.find

8.A.friends　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.work

C.a home　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.children

9.A.another　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.some

C.the other　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.other

10.A.wrote　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.put

C.gave　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.posted

11.A.single　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.married

C.only　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.lonely

12.A.Most　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.Few

C.All　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.Some

13.A.worrying　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.encouraging

C.boring　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.surprising

14.A.before　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.later

C.more　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.ago

15.A.from　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.since

C.after　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.until

16.A.expect　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.suppose

C.know　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.feel

17.A.one　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.it

C.them　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.him

18.A.pay to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.pay off

C.pay for　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.pay back

19.A.ordinary　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.handsome

C.special　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.lovely

20.A.feeling　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.sense

C.way　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.kind