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完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
“Where is the bus? Why is it always late?” I asked myself. I was going to be late ___36___ the manager wasn’t going to be pleased. “Thank God, here it is!” The bus came round the corner and I got on. Ten minutes later I was walking into the ___37___ where I work. “Twenty-five past nine. I ___38___ the manager doesn’t notice.” But I was not ___39___.
“Smith!” shouted the manager. “Late again. What’s your ___40___ this time?” “I am afraid the bus was late, Mr. Brown.” “___41___ up earlier tomorrow! Anyway, go to your place at the counter. We’ll be opening in a few minutes.”
My first customer was a pretty girl wearing a red dress. ___42___ her was a young man of about 25. He seemed very ___43___, and every few seconds he looked towards the main entrance. The girl drew some money and ___44___ about opening an account. I gave her necessary ___45___ and she went out. ___46___, I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something ___47___ with brown paper. Turning to my next customer, I was frightened to see a gun sticking out of his coat. The next moment a loud noise ___48___ my ears. Everything went black. I was falling… It seemed to be a long time ___49___ I opened my eyes and I found myself in bed! ___50___ shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house. ___51___, the bus wasn’t on time, and I got to the bank at 9:25.
“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder. “___52___ of your excuses! Start work at once!” To my ___53___, the first customer was a girl ___54___ a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper. The ___55___! Sometimes life is full of coincidences (巧合)!
小题1:
A．asB．butC．andD．or
小题2:
A．hotelB．shopC．bankD．restaurant
小题3:
A．believeB．thinkC．guessD．hope
小题4:
A．luckyB．happyC．sorryD．angry
小题5:
A．excuseB．ideaC．causeD．answer
小题6:
A．HurryB．SetC．CatchD．Get
小题7:
A．BeforeB．BehindC．BeyondD．Against
小题8:
A．nervousB．shyC．calmD．angry
小题9:
A．caredB．talkedC．askedD．worried
小题10:
A．informationB．offerC．introductionD．support
小题11:
A．AgainB．ThenC．ThusD．However
小题12:
A．hiddenB．filledC．decoratedD．covered
小题13:
A．tookB．closedC．filledD．came
小题14:
A．beforeB．afterC．whenD．that
小题15:
A．EvenB．StillC．JustD．Ever
小题16:
A．As usualB．For one thingC．In factD．In general
小题17:
A．LessB．PlentyC．MoreD．None
小题18:
A．pleasureB．surpriseC．joyD．regret
小题19:
A．ofB．withC．onD．in
小题20:
A．dreamB．storyC．affairD．incident
小题1:C小题1:C小题1:D小题1:A小题1:A  小题1:D小题1:B小题1:A小题1:C小题1:A 小题1: B小题1:D小题1:C小题1:A小题1:B  小题1: A小题1:D小题1:B小题1:D小题1:A

小题1:C 连词and表示递进。
小题1:C。从文章的后部分可以看出作者是在一家银行工作。
小题1:D。事实上作者上班已经是迟到了,他只是抱着希望此事不被老板发现才好。
小题1:A。从下一段一开始的句子可以看出老板发现了他迟到的事,他当然是“不走运”。
小题1:A。从老板说的那句Late again.讽刺的语句中,可以推出老板在责问他:“看你这一回还有什么可说的？”
小题1:D。get up起床。明天早点起来一点。
小题1:B。behind在……后面。在她的后面是一个大约25岁的男子。
小题1:A。nervous紧张的。他看起来很紧张。
小题1:C。银行职员对顾客的询问通常是有关办理银行业务的“信息”。
小题1:A。information信息。解析见上题。
小题1:B。承接上句,这里只能是“随后”。
小题1:D。从下文可以看出那高个男子手中拿的是枪。在银行这种敏感的地方,他的枪必然是用纸“遮掩”起来了。
小题1:C。与ears相搭配的只有fill一词合适,表示两耳只听见“轰”的一声。
小题1:A。before在……之前。我睁开眼睛之前已经有很长一段时间了。
小题1:B。still任然。从梦中惊醒过来;作者还在因刚才梦中可怕的情景感到害怕。
小题1:A。与文章一开始说明的公交车老是不正点相吻合。
小题1:D。none没有。不要有任何借口，立刻开始工作！
小题1:B。刚走进柜台工作,就发现第一位顾客的穿着打扮,以及她身后的那男子手中拿着的东西竟与他梦中的情景一致。这种可怕的巧合能不使人感到“惊讶”吗？
小题1:D。in表示“穿”之意。一位穿红色衣服的女孩。
小题1:A。dream梦。同样的梦，生活有时充满巧合。
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小题1:
A．accessB．assessC．changeD．mark
小题2:
A．guidedB．supportedC．thankedD．accepted
小题3:
A．doubtedB．remembered C．remindedD．forgot
小题4:
A．hidB．noticedC．complainedD．agreed
小题5:
A．disappointedlyB．quietlyC．freelyD．angrily
小题6:
A．appointedB．approvedC．approachedD．appreciated
小题7:
A．payB．praiseC．followD．inspire
小题8:
A．familiarB．simpleC．interestingD．pleasant
小题9:
A．forcedB．advisedC．encouragedD．got
小题10:
A．optimisticB．popularC．sensitiveD．grateful
小题11:
A．energyB．strengthC．rightD．power
小题12:
A．escapedB．slippedC．spreadD．fled
小题13:
A．untilB．sinceC．asD．after
小题14:
A．sightB．lookC．lightD．feeling
小题15:
A．believeB．ignoreC．opposeD．influence
小题16:
A．experienceB．pressureC．confidenceD．evidence
小题17:
A．toB．byC．forD．of
小题18:
A．intentionB．honorC．promiseD．trust
小题19:
A．onB．inC．backD．down
小题20:
A．lessonB．skillC．storyD．example
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A metaphor is a poetic device that deals with comparison. It compares similar qualities of two dissimilar objects. With a simple metaphor, one object becomes the other: Love is a rose. Although this does not sound like a particularly rich image, a metaphor can communicate so much about a particular image that poets use them more than any other type of figurative language(修辞). The reason for this is that poets compose their poetry to express what they are experiencing emotionally at that moment. Consequently, what the poet imagines love to be may or may not be love we see it. Therefore, the poet’s job is to enable us to experience it, to feel it the same way as the poet does.
Let’s analyze this remarkably unsophisticated metaphor concerning love and the rose to see what it offers. Because the poet uses a comparison with a rose, first we must examine the characteristics of that flower. A rose is spectacular in its beauty; its petals(花瓣) are nicely soft, and its smell is pleasing. It’s possible to say that a rose is actually a feast to the senses of sight, touch, and smell. The rose’s appearance seems to border on(近似于)perfection, each petal seemingly symmetrical(对称的) in form. Isn’t this the way one’s love should be? A loved one should be a delight to one’s senses and seem perfect. However, there is another dimension added to the comparison by using a rose. Roses have thorns(刺). The poet wants to convey the idea that roses can be tricky(机警的). So can love, the metaphor tells us. When one reaches out with absolute trust to touch the object of his or her affection, ouch, a thorn can cause great harm! “Be careful,” the metaphor warns: Love is a feast to the senses, but it can overwhelm us, and it can also hurt us and cause acute suffering. This is the poet’s perception of love--a warning. What is the point? Just this: It took almost 14 sentences to clarify what a simple metaphor communicates in only four words! That is the artistry and the joy of the simple metaphor.
小题1:According to the passage, what is a metaphor?
A．A comparison between two different objects with similar features.
B．A contrast between two different things to create a vivid image.
C．A description of two similar objects in a poetic way.
D．A literary device specially employed in poetry writing.
小题2: The main idea of this passage is that         .
A．rose is a good image in poetryB．love is sweet and pleasing
C．metaphor is ambiguousD．metaphor is great poetic device
小题3: It can be inferred from the passage that a metaphor is        .
A．difficult to understandB．rich in meaningC．not precise enoughD．like a flower
小题4: As is meant by the author, thorns of a rose_________.
A．protect the rose from harmB．symbolize reduced love
C．add a new element to the image of loveD．represent objects of one’s affection
小题5: The meaning of the love-is–a-rose metaphor is that____________-
A．love is a true joyB．true love comes once in a lifetime
C．love does not last long D．love is both good and bad experiences
A gentle breeze blew through Jennifer’s hair. The golden red sun was setting. She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery (火红的) ball. She was amazed by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.
The atmosphere relaxed her. After all she had been through, this was what she needed. “It’s getting late,” she thought, “I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am.”
She wondered how her parents would react, when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters she would have been safe in her house.
It was really getting dark now. The sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold too. She wished she had her favorite sweater on: it kept her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought disappeared when she finally saw her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now... It all seemed deserted. She couldn’t understand what was going on.
She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a note written by her father. It said: “Dear Ellen, there is some coffee ready. I went looking.” Ellen was her mother but — where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her parents’ room. She went in. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, was sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadn’t slept for days. She was really pale. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up, something was different... she wasn’t in her mother’s room and she wasn’t wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas (睡衣).
It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice, “Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared.”
小题1: The writer describes the beautiful sunset to show Jennifer’s ______.
A．love of the natural beautyB．desire of getting back home
C．intention of becoming independent D．depression of being alone
小题2: What does the underlined phrase “This thought” most probably mean?
A．The idea of going back home.
B．Her anxiety about her parents.
C．The feeling of being warm in her favorite sweater.
D．The feeling of getting back home safely.
小题3:Her father didn’t take care of the garden because ______.
A．he was busy looking for her
B．he had to look after his wife
C．he was not strict with his job
D．he no longer enjoyed working in the garden
小题4:What can we infer from this passage?
A．In fact Jennifer’s mother had been sick for several days.
B．When she found the garden deserted, she realized she was wrong.
C．As Jennifer walked towards home, she became increasingly scared.
D．Having experienced a lot outside, Jennifer felt home was safest for her.

Some people don't believe that driving more slowly can save lives．But the truth is that driving more slowly can help a person to avoid serious accidents．
The above chart（表格） shows the distance that it takes to stop a car at a given speed．The distance is measured in feet．The shaded area（阴影部分） shows the driver's thinking distance．That's the distance it takes for the driver to react to a danger that he sees．The white area shows the car's braking distance．That's the distance it takes for the car to stop once the brakes（闸、刹车） are used．The number at the top of each bar shows the total number of feet that it takes to stop the car
小题1:According to the chart, what is the total number of feet needed to stop a car that is traveling at 50 miles per hour?
A．55．B．73．C．128．D．183．
小题2:What is the braking distance for a car that is travelling at 60 miles per hour?
A．66 feet．B．119 feet．C．185 feet．D．251 feet．
小题3:Which of the following statements about braking and speed is true?
A．The braking distance is what it takes for the driver to react to a danger that he sees．
B．The speed of a car has a direct effect on the distance needed to stop the car．
C．The braking distance increases only when a driver drives faster than 50 miles per hour.
D．Driving slowly can help a person to avoid all accidents
  Microwaves may be great at warming up food, but what about warming people?
Using microwaves to directly heat owners of a room would save much of the energy wasted by heating walls and furniture. And despite popular ideas about microwaves, this technique would be safe, according to Charles R. Buffler of the Microwave Research Center in Marlborough, New Hampshire. Low-power microwaves only penetrate (贯穿) the skin (low-power microwave penetration in a ham is about 0.2 inches, for example) and with no negative effects.
To test this idea, Buffler subjected himself to microwaves in a special room using a standard 500-watt, 2459 MHz magnetron (磁控管). He found that a person will start to feel warmth at about 20 milliwatts per square centimeter (mw. /sq.cm.); a satisfactory feeling of warmth occurs between 35 and 50 mw./sq.cm. By comparison, a person standing in noonday summer sun feels the amount of 85 mw./sq.cm. And a frozen meat pie in your microwave oven receives about 1000 mw./sq. cm.
In houses of the future, each room could be provided with its own magnetron, says Buffler. When you stepped into the living room, for example, a motion detector would turn on the magnetron, filling the room with low-power microwaves. In the same way that a microwaves oven heats up a hamburger, but not the plate it’s on, you would feel warmth from the microwaves without changing the temperature of your coffee table. (You could, however, make your favorite easy chair even more comfortable by treating it with a radiation-absorbing chemical.)
While it might be some time before homeowners are comfortable enough with the idea to set up whole body microwave heaters in houses, Buffler says microwaves may attract livestock farmers. Lambs that are born outdoors in winter, for example, are frequently lost to cold. Microwaves could warm the lambs safely and quickly.
小题1: Which of the following can tell the main idea of the passage?
A．A new heating system. B．A new microwave oven.
C．A popular technique.D．The magnetron.
小题2: The test conducted by Buffler shows that when a person feels comfortable warmth, he receives about ____.
A．20 mw. / sq. cm.B．40 mw. / sq. cm.
C．60 mw. / sq. cm.D．85 mw. / sq. cm.
小题3: According to paragraph 4, which of the following fills the room with low-power microwaves?
A．The magnetron.B．The motion detector.
C．The microwave oven.D．The radiation-absorbing chemical.
小题4: Which of the following statements about microwave heaters would Buffler most probably agree with?
A．Microwave heaters will soon be widely used by homeowners.
B．Microwave heaters sometimes make people feel uncomfortable.
C．Microwave heaters will be probably first used by livestock farmers to protect their lambs in winter.
D．Microwave heaters cannot be accepted by the public because they are somewhat unsafe.
 The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker(面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery (面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.
By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul's and the Guildhall along them.
Samuel Peyps, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.
The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect (建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone, In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among them the new St Paul's.
The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.
小题1:It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that______.
A．some people lost their lives
B．the birds in the sky were killed by the fire
C．many famous buildings were destroyed
D．the King's bakery was burned down
小题2: Why did the writer cite (引用) Samuel Pepys?
A．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.
B．Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.
C．To show that poor people suffered most.
D．To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.
小题3: How was the fire put out according to the text?
A．The King and his soldiers came to help.
B．All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.
C．People managed to get enough water from the river.
D．Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.
小题4: Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big fire?______.
(a) There was a strong wind.                         (b) The streets were very narrow. 
(c) Many houses were made of wood.           (d) There was not enough water in the city.     
(e) people did not discover the fire earlier.
A. (a), (b)      B. (a), (b), (C)     C. (a), (b), (d)       D. (b), (c) (e)
Our boat floated on between walls of forest. It was too thick for us to get a view of the land we were passing through, though we knew from the map that our river must be passing through chains of hills from time to time. Nowhere did we find a place where we could have landed: although the jungle did not actually spread right down into the river, banks of soft mud prevented us from going ashore. In any case, what would we have gained by landing? The country was full of snakes and other dangerous creatures and the jungle was so thick that one would be able to advance slowly, cutting one's way with knives the whole way. So we stayed in the boat, hoping that when we reached the sea, a friendly fisherman would pick us up and take us to civilization.
As for water, there was a choice. We could drink the muddy river water, or die of thirst. We drank the water. Men who have just escaped from what appeared to be certain death lost all worries about such small things as diseases caused by dirty water. In fact, none of us suffered from any illness as a result.
One day we passed another village, but fortunately nobody saw us. We did not wish to risk being taken prisoners a second time: we might not be so lucky as to escape in a stolen boat again.
小题1: TOC \o "1-3" \h \z What they could see on the boat was only.
A．high wallsB．chains of hills
C．heavy woodsD．vast land
小题2:They couldn't land because.
A．the mud on the shore was too soft
B．they could not find anyone
C．they could not find the mark on the map
D．the forest was too thick to go through
小题3:From the passage, we can learn that.
A．they were in an uninhabited area
B．they were on a journey home happily
C．the country was a civilized society
D．the country was a tropical jungle coutry
小题4:The best title for this passage might he______
A．I he Problem of LandingB．Escape in the Jungle
C．An Entirely New ExperienceD．Exploration of a River

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