完形填空 (共 20 小题; 每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。
“A robbery ...” a voice came from the radio.John was driving home late last night from a trip, and now he was having trouble staying   36   .He turned   37  the radio and tried to fix his attention on the   38  , but his eyes kept on closing.
  It was   39  that he noticed the hitchhiker (搭便车者) by the road.  40  even thinking about what he was doing, he stopped the car.
  “To Midrille?” “Get in.” The hitchhiker got in and immediately John was   41   that he had picked him up.The young man    42   a strange face and long hair.When John asked him questions about himself, he changed the   43  
  John   44  the news.He began to sweat  and his thoughts   45  nervously to all the money he was   46  
  At the next small town he stopped his car and said, “I’m sorry.I’m so   47   that I can’t drive you to Midrille.I think I’ll find a   48  and spend the night.”
  The young man slowly   49  into his pocket.“This is it!” thought John.At that   50 moment he considered shouting for help, but instead of a gun, the hitchhiker pulled out several    51   .“Oh, no.I don't want your money.Just get out.Okay?”
  The young man looked    52  .He insisted on   53  John the money.John watched until his   54  had disappeared from sight, then stepped on the    55  and drove out of town.

【小题1】
A.asleepB.earlyC.strongD.awake
【小题2】
A.on B.offC.up D.over
【小题3】
A.outside B.news C.speed D.way
【小题4】
A.there B.earlier C.then D.moment
【小题5】
A.Without B.After C.By D.For
【小题6】
A.happy B.sad C.angry D.sorry
【小题7】
A.wore B.owned C.had D.made
【小题8】
A.place B.subject C.question D.face
【小题9】
A.rememberedB.thought C.heard D.forgot
【小题10】
A.got B.arrived C.changed D.turned
【小题11】
A.paying B.having C.carrying D.borrowing
【小题12】
A.afraid B.hungry C.cold D.sleepy
【小题13】
A.restaurantB.shop C.hotel D.station
【小题14】
A.reached B.forced C.got D.put
【小题15】
A.important B.very C.long D.short
【小题16】
A.knives B.photos C.handkerchiefs D.bills
【小题17】
A.frightenedB.puzzled C.worried D.curious
【小题18】
A.giving B.offering C.handing D.returning
【小题19】
A.driver B.friend C.passenger D.thief
【小题20】
A.door B.gas C.window D.motor

My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at ___36___. As for me, I ___37___ both before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.
The last time Dad and I set sail together is really ___ 38___. It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and ___39___Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the ___40___lake. Dad hadn’t sailed for years, but everything ___41___well with the tiller(舵柄)in his hands.
When we were in the middle of the lake, a ___ 42___ wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit ___43___. Dad was always at his best in any___44___, but at this moment he___45___.
"John!___46___!" he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his hands.
In my memory he could fix any___ 47___. He was the one I always___48___for strength and security. Before I could respond, a___ 49___ of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller ___50___it was too late. Another huge wall of water ___ 51___the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely ___52___of him.
I swam to Dad ___ 53___and assisted him in climbing onto the hull(船壳)of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of ___ 54___. "It's all right, Dad. We are safe now," I comforted him.
That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start___55___for my father.

【小题1】
A.boatingB.running C.swimming D.teaching
【小题2】
A.enjoyedB.desiredC.hatedD.learned
【小题3】
A.unforgivableB.unforgettableC.cheerfulD.regretful
【小题4】
A.sentB.orderedC.invitedD.allowed
【小题5】
A.calmB.icyC.stormyD.thundery
【小题6】
A.finishedB.wentC.seemedD.sounded
【小题7】
A.strongB.gentleC.coldD.hot
【小题8】
A.respeatedlyB.lightlyC.hardlyD.violently
【小题9】
A.dangerB.placeC.sportD.job
【小题10】
A.sufferedB.fellC.frozeD.withdrew
【小题11】
A.lookB.HelpC.RunD.jump
【小题12】
A.problemB.relationshipC.machineD.boat
【小题13】
A.turned toB.lived withC.argued withD.objected to
【小题14】
A.fountainB.streamC.showerD.wave
【小题15】
A.ifB.forC.afterD.but
【小题16】
A.got throughB.poured intoC.turned overD.lifted up
【小题17】
A.ashamedB.protectiveC.tiredD.afraid
【小题18】
A.hopelesslyB.quicklyC.slowlyD.helplessly
【小题19】
A.painB.angerC.fearD.shame
【小题20】
A.making upB.getting readyC.paying offD.looking out


I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed(解散). As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible (负责任) for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized(强调) the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating(欺骗) themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously(认真地) about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.
Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.
【小题1】The story took place exactly __________ .

A.in the teacher’s officeB.in an exam room
C.in the school D.in the language lab
【小题2】The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ___________ .
A.she had not brought a pen with her
B.she had lost her own on her way to school
C.there was something wrong with her own
D.her own had been taken away by someone
【小题3】The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____________ .
A.to go on writing his paperB.to stop whispering
C.to leave the room immediately D.to stay behind after the exam
【小题4】The thing(s) emphasized in her talk was (were) ___________ .
A.honestyB.sense of dutyC.seriousnessD.all of the above
【小题5】The boy knew everything _____________ .
A.the moment he was asked to stay behind
B.when the teacher started talking about honesty
C.only some time later
D.when he was walking out of the room

The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful, says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.

A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Keep cool, says George Herbert, for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. Anger, says Pythagoras, brings with folly(愚蠢) and ends with regret. You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.

Self-control is man’s last greatest victory.

If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.

1. What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?

A. The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.

B. One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.

C. To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life.

D. If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful.

2. What is the correct interpretation of “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad ”in paragraph 2 ?

A. If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first.

B. If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished.

C. If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy.

D. If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods.

3. If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______.

A. the very backbone and nerve of character

B. the patience and power to control himself

C. strong feelings

D. self-confidence

4. The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to _______.

A. explain that self-control is the key to success

B. teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success

C. distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it

D. advise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends

5. The passage is mainly developed by _____.

A. analyzing causes                         B. making comparisons

C. examining differences         D. listing quotations

 

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