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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和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

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　　Rabat, April 12 (Xinhua) —— About a billion people in the world today are still facing the danger of malaria(疟疾) and nearly two million people die of the illness yearly, said Prof. Marc Gentilini of France in Agadir, according to local newspaper reports.

　　The statement was made at the medicine conference of French-speaking countries held in Agadir, Morocco, this week.

　　Las Vagas, Nev. , Nov. 21 ——Fire swept from the kitchen through the Casino of the MGM Grand Hotel here just after dawn this morning, trapping about 3500 guests and employees. Local officials said that more than 80 people were killed, most dying of smoke taking in above the 20th floor of the 26-story hotel. At least two jumped to their deaths. Several hundred were injured.

　　There was little warning as the fire violently spread through the first and second floors with great strength. Thick black smoke through the hotel and rose 5,000 feet above the roof.

　　No alarm was sounded, according to fire officials, who said that equipment in the basement had been destroyed before the hand alarm was set off. Many guests said that they were awakened by knocks on the door or the sound of breaking glass as people sought safety from the smoke. There are no smoke alarms in the building, which was built in 1973 in agreement with the 1970 Clark County Building Law.

　　Sussex, May 26 (The Daily Mail) —— Mrs Myra Webb, who was told by doctors that she would never hear again, lived for six years in a world of silence.

But yesterday she heard a blackbird sing in the garden of her home at Brighton, Sussex. “My hearing is coming back ——and it's wonderful,”she said.

　　Mrs Webb, 26, is said to be the first woman in Britain to have her hearing brought back by acupuncture, the needle treatment widely practiced in China.

　　After six months' treatment she can listen to music again, carry on a conversation with the aid of a hearing aid, and she has got a job as a typist with the South Eastern Electricity Board.

　　“It's wonderful to hear people talk,” she said at her home in Stanstead Crescent, Woodingdean, Brighton.

　　Mrs Webb began to lose her hearing at the age of 12 after a serious illness. “By the age of 20 I had no hearing whatever. ”

　　“A friend told me about acupuncture and I went weekly for treatment. One night when I was in the kitchen I heard a weak sound and realized it was my musical kettle boiling. I went weak at the knees. My hearing has slowly improved since. ”

　　Her husband David, a 26-year-old manager, said, “She is so happy and excited by the results and is continuing the treatment. ”

1．What do you NOT learn from the news reports?

[　　]

A．Prof. Marc Gentilini attended the medicine conference in Agadir and made a speech.

B．There are no smoke alarms in the MGM Grand Hotel because that was not demanded by the law when it was built.

C．It was acupuncture that cured Mrs Webb of deafness.

D．Mrs Webb is now able to talk with others without difficulty.

2．Why so many people died in the fire on MGM Grand Hotel?

[　　]

A．Because 3500 guests and employees were trapped.

B．Because they couldn't take in enough oxygen.

C．Because people jumped down from the 20th floor.

D．Because big fire suddenly swept from the kitchen throughout the hotel.

3．Many guests were awakened at dawn because ________ .

[　　]

A．they took in thick smoke

B．they felt the heat of big fire

C．they heard the noise

D．the employees rang the hand alarm

4．What does “I went weak at the knees” mean in the last item of news?

It means “ ________ ”.

[　　]

A．I felt terribly shocked

B．I felt weak and had to drop to my knees

C．I was so touched that I could not move a little

D．I was extremely delighted

答案：D;B;C;D
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There are a few memories from our childhood that will stay with us forever. A few that seemed so    36    at the time may cause us to smile years later.

     One such memory is a phone call I    37    when I was about three or four years old. My mother had entered a contest on a local    38    show. Entrants（参加者）were to tell an interesting story about their    39   . Winners would receive a phone call from Mrs. Santa Claus（女圣诞老人）! Mrs. Claus would award（奖励） the lucky child free    40    of a local store.

     Well, the call came. My mother talked to Mrs. Claus and then    41    the phone to me. I didn’t    42    the fact that many people were listening to our conversation. However, the fact that this lady had a    43    connection to Santa, that was important.

     I didn’t know it yet, but my mother had    44    the attention of the contest judges by telling about the time I had    45    a wall with crayons（蜡笔）. Even I knew that this was not the kind of    46    that Santa would approve.

     Suddenly, in a very pleasant tone（语气）of    47   , Mrs. Santa Claus asked me about my art work. I    48    that this lady was the real Mrs. Claus, not a radio station actress standing in for her.

     I    49    down the phone and ran crying from the room. My crime（罪行）had not    50    unpunished. Santa would    51    know that I’d been bad!

     It turned out that I did get a    52    present from the radio station and its sponsor（赞助商）. And I guess Santa didn’t find out about the wall. Maybe he did and was in a    53    mood. In any case, my Christmas presents did not    54    a piece of coal（煤）.

     I wonder what Santa has in    55    for this year. Hopefully my wife hasn’t written Mrs. Claus any letters.

1.A. nice                     B. important                       C. impossible                      D. terrible

2.A. received             B. made                               C. gave                                 D. showed

3.A. TV                        B. literature                        C. radio                                D. gift

4.A. parents              B. child                                C. husbands                        D. teacher

5.A. gifts                    B. money                             C. books                               D. pens

6.A. offered               B. brought                           C. showed                           D. handed

7.A. doubt                  B. guess                               C. know                                D. believe

8.A. false                    B. direct                               C. weak                                D. wrong

9.A. put                      B. paid                                  C. caught                             D. taken

10.A. decorated       B. made                               C. draw                                D. painted

11.A. idea                  B. action                              C. behaviour                       D. plan

12.A. sound               B. noise                                C. laugh                               D. voice

13.A. wondered       B. believed                          C. reported                         D. supposed

14.A. put                    B. took                                 C. knocked                          D. threw

15.A. met                            B. gone                                C. changed                          D. got

16.A. surely               B. possibly                           C. impossibly                      D. happily

17.A. nice                   B. bad                                   C. terrible                            D. cheap

18.A. satisfying        B. surprising                       C. forgiving                         D. frightening

19.A. invent               B. leave                                C. include                            D. exist

20.A. thought           B. mind                                C. fact                                  D. public

 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

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

I recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him    36   he thought he was able to be so much more    37   than the average person.

He    38   that it all came from a(n)   39   with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. He had been trying to remove milk from the fridge when he    40   the slippery(光滑的) bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came in,    41   shouting at him or giving him a lecture, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful    42   you have made! I have    43   seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been    44  . Would you like to get down and    45   in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?"

Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, "Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to    46   everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?" He chose the sponge.

His mother then said, "You know, what we have here is a    47   experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two    48   hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can make it." The little boy learned that if he    49   the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful    50  !

This scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be    51  to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just    52   for learning something new, which is,    53  , what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment "doesn't   54  ," we usually learn something    55   from it.

36. A. why                          B. what                    C. when                    D. how

37. A. capable                      B. able                       C. creative                 D. original

38. A. responded                B. reacted                  C. recalled                 D. reminded

39. A. coincidence             B. experience            C. incident                       D. conflict

40. A. fell                                B. lost                          C. escaped                    D. dropped

41. A. rather than                 B. instead of                C. other than                 D. in place of

42. A. picture                      B. mass                      C. map                       D. mess

43. A. rarely                        B. happily                  C. frequently               D. angrily

44. A. obtained                    B. suffered                 C. done                       D. received

45. A. jump                         B. play                        C. enjoy                       D. draw

46. A. recover                      B. return                   C. restore                        D. regain

47. A. failed                             B. successful              C. fantastic               D. painful

48. A. strong                        B. tiny                       C. thin                       D. weak

49. A. controlled                B. possessed              C. seized                     D. grasped

50. A. example                     B. teaching                   C. lesson                      D. instruction

51. A. anxious                   B. nervous                  C. fearful                    D. afraid

52. A. situations                   B. opportunities            C. occasions                D. turns

53. A. after all                            B. above all                C. first of all                 D. in all

54. A. do                             B. finish                    C. go                        D. work

55. A. worthy                      B. costly                     C. valuable                   D. interesting

 

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

It was 4 o’clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.

“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just   1  in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We’ve called for a (n)   2  and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.”

Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was   3 .

The doctor described the accident, which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers. When they   4  the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed (喷洒) too much gasoline (petrol). The flames   5  my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to his head.

  6 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and rolled him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in   7  to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars (伤疤). So, he had to return to college with scars.

When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very   8  scar on her arm. “Ann, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It doesn’t mean they won’t   9  it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”

I   10  this wisdom (智慧) on to my son. He took my advice to   11  and returned to school with his head held high — glad he was alive.

By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not matter, so he made the   12  to give up any plastic surgery (外科手术).

We all have “scars” that   13  people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.

But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same   14  standards(标准). Put your imperfections out of your   15  and concentrate (集中) on what you value within yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

1.

A．brought

B．given

C．turned

D．shown

 

2.

A．doctor

B．hospital

C．helicopter

D．ambulance

 

3.

A．serious

B．terrible

C．dangerous

D．important

 

4.

A．got

B．lit

C．burned

D．moved

 

5.

A．took

B．held

C．caught

D．attracted

 

6.

A．Personally

B．Technically

C．Sadly

D．Fortunately

 

7.

A．shape

B．place

C．fact

D．time

 

8.

A．nervous

B．formal

C．obvious

D．amusing

 

9.

A．admit

B．notice

C．hate

D．hide

 

10.

A．passed

B．kept

C．handed

D．sent

 

11.

A．life

B．heart

C．consideration

D．practice

 

12.

A．mistake

B．survey

C．decision

D．instruction

 

13.

A．invite

B．cause

C．allow

D．impress

 

14.

A．false

B．strict

C．similar

D．amusing

 

15.

A．head

B．heart

C．sight

D．mind

 

 

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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。

When I began my high school years, I was quite interested in biology. I read lots of books of my father’s about animals, and I was   36   much educated about such matters as a 16-year-old could be.

    One Sunday afternoon, I was   37  with friends about animals. I said the whale（鲸鱼）was   __38  a mammal animal. They disagreed. Finally, I called a   39   over to help settle the matter. I knew I was  40  , so I was looking forward to the teacher  41   I was right. My friends were eager for an opposite answer. We asked her   42  the whale was a mammal. “No, the whale is a fish,” she said without a moment’s   43  .

You could have knocked me over with a feather. My   44   was hurt because I lost the argument, but that wasn’t the main reason I was too  45  to speak. I still knew I was right, which   __46  the teacher was wrong. Not only was she wrong,   47   she was completely ignorant（无知的） about something I thought was   48   knowledge. But she was a teacher who had taught a long time. Everyone   49   her and no one else thought she could be wrong.

__50  that, I hadn’t known grown-ups could be wrong. This   51  shaped the way I viewed people as I grew up.   52   I found anyone treated another person with too much respect and admiration, I thought——and still think——“   53   silly.” From that point on, I had no  54__ for authority（权威）. To earn my respect, you have to be smart or  55   . I’ll never respect you just because you happen to be in charge or have a degree.

36. A. as  B. so         C. too             D. very

37. A. meeting          B. working        C. arguing         D. staying

38. A. about     B. like            C. beside        D. above

39. A. professor       B. biologist       C. librarian       D. teacher

40. A. clever     B. fight          C. creative     D. silly

41. A. proving  B. finding C. promising    D. hoping

42. A. how        B. why           C. if         D. when

43. A. doubt     B. silence C. regret  D. hesitation

44. A. heart      B. mind    C. pride    D. feeling

45. A. foolish    B. anxious         C. serious         D. astonished

46. A. meant    B. suggested   C. admitted      D. concluded

47. A. and             B. but       C. for              D. or

48. A. special   B. normal          C. regular         D. common

49. A. pleased B. admired       C. believed       D. loved

50. A. Before   B. After    C. Until     D. Since

51. A. fairly       B. properly       C. nearly  D. greatly

52. A. Whenever      B. Although      C. While   D. Whether

53. A. I’m              B. that’s   C. he’s      D. you’re

54. A. idea        B. respect         C. choice  D. question

55. A. energetic       B. patient         C. talented       D. diligent

 

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的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I have always believed the saying , “Any man can be a father, but it   31   someone special to be a dad.” This is true. Since the   32  of my son, Joshua, things have changed a lot in my life, but the  33  have been good! My wife and I have been through many  34   moments which have made both of us stronger.

My son was born with a serious breathing problem and he couldn’t keep his  35  down. He was put on several different medications,   36  he did not get any better. My wife and I were both told many times by people that Joshua   37  he was born early; he had not   38  much weight since he was born.

As time progressed his regular doctor  39   my wife and me to visit Dr. Eid, a specialist in Louisville. He was   40  by my son’s condition and so we were sent to Louisville’s Children’s Hospital . Joshua   41  many different checkups. The   42  spent there was very demanding for my wife and me. But we did make it   43 . Our son Joshua was diagnosed (诊断) with asthma (哮喘) , and with acid reflux syndrome (酸回流综合症). After the treatment, his  44   began to improve slowly.

Joshua is 1 year and 1 month old now and his progress has been   45  --- he is up to 27 pounds now. I keep telling my wife that if he keeps  46  like this he might become a football _____47   someday. There is a saying that has   48   me get through these troublesome times, “Problems will either  49    you or break you.”  When you think the   50  hours are upon you, remember the dawn is just in sight.

1.

A．takes

B．asks

C．tells

D．brings

2.

A．return

B．illness

C．birth

D．death

3.

A．doctors

B．friends

C．causes

D．changes

4.

A．boring

B．challenging

C．exciting

D．puzzling

5.

A．food

B．water

C．weight

D．medicine

6.

A．so

B．but

C．since

D．until

7.

A．looked about

B．looked for

C．looked like

D．looked at

8.

A．gained

B．lost

C．kept

D．raised

9.

A．followed

B．ordered

C．invited

D．advised

10.

A．angered

B．shocked

C．disappointed

D．scared

11.

A．went into

B．put into

C．went through

D．broke through

12.

A．time

B．money

C．hour

D．holiday

13.

A．out

B．down

C．off

D．through

14.

A．diet

B．study

C．health

D．weight

15.

A．great

B．slow

C．little

D．enough

16.

A．walking

B．running

C．training

D．growing

17.

A．supporter

B．player

C．coach

D．fan

18.

A．left

B．moved

C．helped

D．watched

19.

A．cheat

B．make

C．beat

D．find

20.

A．easiest

B．latest

C．brightest

D．darkest

 

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