阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” or “What perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I  26  to some degree, though I sometimes do want to  27  them how much they know about Beckham, apart from his      28  and how much they know about football apart from  29  goals. It seems funny that we are  30  for things, with which we are unfamiliar or about which we are  31 , but we all, my friends as well as I, consider this one of life’s     32  .

We need these pleasures to brighten up our lives. But that doesn't amount to craziness or nonsense. As an old saying goes: “Don't judge a book by its cover.” We  33  not judge anything from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good  34  and great contribution that make one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say  35  about Beckham’s good looks.

If we close our eyes, falling in deep thought, we can find that the things that move us to be really happy or sad have a  36  meaning. If we don't go deeper and are just satisfied with  37  things, sooner or later we will find that we have not really gained anything because our first  38  has blinded and misled us, and we’ll remain ignorant  39  we realize that and make some changes.

It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is a sign of great progress. If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it pains us, we will finally prove how much we have  40  up, how much more sensible, mature, and intelligent we have become.

A. like                      B. agree                    C. hope                D. think

A. ask                B. tell                          C. teach             D. doubt

A. skills                 B. fame                   C. team                D. appearance

A. kicking          B. hitting                  C. scoring             D. controlling

A. thankful         B. crazy                       C. curious             D. anxious

A. uncertain              B. unhappy                  C. displeased     D. careful

A. aims                     B. qualities                  C. pleasures          D. truths

A. dared                 B. would                     C. could                     D. should

A. thinking         B. character              C. looks                D. ability

A. more                  B. something             C. less                  D. no

A. clear                   B. puzzling                  C. moving            D. valuable

A. material              B. deep                     C. surface             D. pleasant

A. conclusion         B. experience                   C. lesson               D. impression

A. since                   B. although                  C. unless               D. before

A. given               B. sent                         C. built                 D. grown

After lunch,I walked back home. I was just to cross the street when I heard the sound of a coin dropping. It wasn’t much but,as I turned, my eyes caught the heads of several other people turning too. A woman had dropped what appeared to be a dime.

The tinkling sound of a coin dropping on pavement is an attention-getter.It Can be nothing more than a penny.Whatever the coin is,no one ignores the sound of it.It got me thinking about sounds again.We are surrounded by so many sounds that attract the most attention.

People in New York City seldom turn to look when a fire engine,a police car or an ambulance comes screaming along the street.When I’m in New York,I’m a New Yorker.I don’t turn either.Like the natives,I hardly hear a siren(警报)there.

However,at home in my little town in Connecticut,it’s different.The distant sound of a police car, all emergency vehicle or a fire siren brings me to my feet if I’m seated and brings me to the window if I’m in bed.It’s the quietest sounds that have most effect on us.not the loudest.In the middle of the night, I can hear a dripping tap a hundred yards away thigh three closed doors.I’ve been hearing little creaking noises and sounds which my imaginnation turns into footsteps in the middle of the night for twenty-five years in our house.How come I never hear those sounds in the daytime?

I’m quite clear in my mind what the good sounds are and what the bad sounds are,I’ve turned against whistling,for instance:I used to think of it as the mark of a happy worker but lately I’ve been associating the whistler with a nervous person making unconscious noises.The tapping,tapping,tapping of my typewriter as the keys hit the paper is a lovely sound to me.I often like the sound of what I write better than the looks of it.

1.The sound of a coin dropping makes people________

A.think of money    B.look at each other

C.pay attention to it    D.stop crossing the street

2.The author dislikes whistling because__________

A.he has got tired of it    B.it reminds him of tense people

C.he used to be happier D.he doesn’t like workers

3.What kind of sound does the author find pleasant?

A.Tapping sound of his typewriter.    B.Clinking sound of keys

C.Tinkling sound of a coin dropping.  D.Creaking sound of footsteps

4.How does the author feel about sounds in general?

A.They make him feel al home.      B.He thinks they should be ignored

C.He prefers silence to loud noises.   D.He believes they are part of our life

 

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