完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A Woman and a Fork
There was a young woman was diagnosed with a terminal illness and could only live three months. So as she was getting her things "in order," she   36  her Rabbi (法师)and had him  come to her house to   37  certain aspects of her final wishes.
She told him which songs she wanted sung at the   38 , what scriptures she would like read, and what outfit she wanted to be buried in.
Everything was in order and the Rabbi was preparing to leave   39  the young woman suddenly remembered something very important to her.
"There's one more thing," she said   40 . "What' that?" "This is very important, I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand."
The Rabbi stood looking at the young woman, not knowing quite what to say.
“That surprises you, doesn't it?” the young woman asked. "Well, to be honest, I'm   41  by the request," said the Rabbi.
The young woman   42 . “My grandmother once told me this story, and from then on, I have always done so. I have also, always tried to pass along its message to those I love and those who are in need of   43 
In all my years of attending socials and dinners, I always remember that when the dishes of the main   44 were being cleared, someone would inevitably lean over and say, 'Keep your fork.' It was my favorite part   45  I knew that something better was coming...like velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish apple pie…”
So, I just want people to see me there in that casket(棺材)with a fork in my hand and I want them to   46 "What's with the fork?"  47  I want you to tell them: "Keep your fork…the best is yet to come."
The Rabbi's eyes were   48  up with tears of joy as he hugged the young woman good-bye. He knew this would be one of the last times he would see her before her death. But he also knew that the young woman had a better grasp of   49  than he did. She had a better grasp of   50 heaven would be like than many people twice her age, with twice as much experience and knowledge.
She knew that something better was coming. At the funeral people were walking by the young woman's casket and they saw the cloak she was wearing and the fork   51  in her right  hand. Over and over, the Rabbi heard the question "What's with the fork?" And over and over he   52 .
During his message, the Rabbi told the people of the   53  he had with the young woman shortly before she died. He also told them about the fork and what it symbolized to   54 . The Rabbi told the people how he could not stop thinking about the   55  and told them that they probably would not be able to stop thinking about it either.
He was right. So the next time you reach down for your fork, let it remind you ever so gently, that the best is yet to come.
【小题1】.

A.contracted B.contacted C.attractedD.attached
【小题2】
A.talkB.identifyC.recognizeD.discuss
【小题3】
A.assemblyB.partyC.conferenceD.service
【小题4】
A.before B.asC.whenD.then
【小题5】
A.excitedly B.regretfullyC.angrilyD.breathlessly
【小题6】
A.surprisedB.astonishedC.depressedD.puzzled
【小题7】
A.explained B.introducedC.admittedD.hesitated
【小题8】
A.praiseB.honorC.encouragement D.comfort
【小题9】
A.mealB.course C.foodD.cause
【小题10】
A.soB.andC.yetD.because
【小题11】
A.wonder B.questionC.enquireD.say
【小题12】
A.LaterB.AfterwardsC.FinallyD.Then
【小题13】
A.fullB.filled C.fedD.flowed
【小题14】
A.lifeB.funeralC.forkD.heaven
【小题15】
A.howB.whereC.what D.which
【小题16】
A.placed B.graspedC.heldD.caught
【小题17】
A.sobbedB.criedC.smiled D.laughed
【小题18】
A.agreementB.conclusionC.argumentD.conversation
【小题19】
A.her B.himC.themD.people
【小题20】
A.womanB.funeralC.incidentD.fork

My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material. It wasn’t forced on us either. He took Samuel Johnson’s dictionary, Addison’s essays, and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them hilarious, even at eight o’clock in the morning. The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own, some of them seemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t seen the humor. The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions(典故) and irony and hilarious moments. I learned more from him than from any other teacher.

My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh. Some students found him to be wonderfully funny. Many others did not. He assigned journals over a six-week period, to be written every day. At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas, short stories, reactions to what we had read, and so on. Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other’s journals. Mine was passed to Joe, that class clown, who always behaved in a funny or silly way. He saw it fit to make a joke of and said, “This writing isn’t fit to line the bottom of a birdcage.” Our teacher laughed at that funny remark. It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since.

So what makes the difference? Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have. It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing, or it can tear them apart. It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating.

1.The passage mainly discusses ________.

A. teaching                     B. literature                    C. humor                D. knowledge

2.The underlined word “hilarious” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.

A. funny                B. tiring                          C. inspiring                       D. brilliant

3.The English teacher the writer disliked most ________.

A. was not able to make students laugh                   B. hurt his student’s feelings

C. didn’t let his students do the grading                  D. had no sense of humor

 

 

第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55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。

I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended, but I can still remember something about the   36   celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not   37   much from the war where, though, like most children of my age, I often saw   38   houses in the streets and the very big   39   lorries(卡车) passing through. But both at home and at school I had become   40   to the phrases “before the war” and “when the war is over”. “Before the war”, obviously,   41   had been better, though I was too young to understand why,   42   there had been no bombs then, and people had eaten things like ice cream and bananas, which I had  43   heard of. When the war was over we would go back to London, but this meant very  44   to me. I did not remember what London was like.

What I remember now  45   V-Day(victory day) was the afternoon and the evening. Some boys and girls were collecting   46  and building an enormous bonfire(篝火). We stood and watched them for a time, and then I went home and   47   myself in with my key and waited for my parents to come back from work.

It was May and still broad   48  when my mother arrived, and my father came in about an hour later. After dinner I said I wanted to   49   the bonfire, so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very   50  , and somehow people had collected some old clothes to   51   “Hitler” with the moustache(胡子) they had put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames   52   soon. Everyone was cheering and shouting.

I stood beside my father until the   53   started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing, either. He had   54   in the First World War and remembered everything he had experienced. At last he said, “Well, that’s it, son. Let’s hope that this time it really will be the   55   one.”

36. A. war                           B. victory                        C. Christmas                      D. birthday

37. A. suffered                       B. learnt                              C. heard                              D. read

38. A. crowded                  B. rebuilt                        C. bombed                          D. enlarged

39. A. modern               B. old                                    C. railway                            D. army

40. A. used                          B. devoted                          C. engaged                         D. related

41. A. food                          B. things                         C. houses                                D. news  

42. A. except that        B. now that                         C. for fear that                       D. in order that

43. A. never                        B. hardly                         C. only                                  D. already

44. A. much                        B .little                                 C. great                               D. important

45. A. about                        B. on                                     C. for                                    D. during

46. A. money                 B. wood                               C. information              D. clothes

47. A. showed               B. allowed                           C. let                                     D. called

48. A. early                         B. daylight                           C. dark                                 D. warm

49. A. see                                B. light                                 C. find                                   D. put out

50. A. high                           B. hot                                   C. dangerous                D. far

51. A. draw                         B. paint                                C. write                                D. dress

52. A. disappeared      B. happened                       C. rose                                 D. came

53. A. sun                            B. moon                               C. fire                                   D. noise

54. A. fought                 B. worked                            C. grown                        D. changed

55. A. best                          B. worst                               C. first                                  D. last

 

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