完形填空 (共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(ABCD)中,选出可以填入空白的最佳答案,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

“Father, I don’t like to go to school,” said Harry Williams one morning. “I wish you  36  let me stay at home. Charles Parker’s father doesn’t make him go to school.”

Mr. Williams took his little boy   37   the hand, and said kindly to him, “Come, my son. I want to  38   you something in the garden.”

    Harry walked into the garden with his father, who led him along   39  they came to a bed in which peas(豌豆) were growing. Not a weed(杂草) was to be  40   about their roots.

“See how beautifully these peas are   41  , my son,” said Mr. Williams. “How clean and healthy the vines(藤) look. We shall have a good   42  . Now let me show you the vines in Mr. Parker’s garden.”

     Mr. Williams then   43  Harry to look at Mr. Parker’s pea vines.

     After a few moments, Mr. Williams asked, “Well, my son, what do you   44   Mr. Parker’s pea vines?”

“Oh, Father!” replied the little boy. “I never saw such   45  looking peas in my life! The weeds are nearly as   46  as the peas themselves. There won’t be half a crop!” “   47   are they so much worse than ours, Harry?”

“Because they have been left to grow as they   48  .  I suppose Mr. Parker just planted them, and never took any care of them   49 

“Yes. A garden will soon be overrun(超过) with weeds   50   it is not taken good care of,” Mr. Williams   51  , “and so it is with the human garden. Children’s minds are like garden beds. They must be   52   cared for. I send you to school in order that the garden of your  53   may have good seeds and   54  plentifully. Now which would you   55  , to stay at home or go to school?”

“I would rather go to school,” said Harry.

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

A. in B. with     C. by   D. of

A. offer  B. show     C. give     D. remind

A. when   B. where    C. before   D. until

A. made   B. changed C. seen     D. planted

A. growing    B. moving   C. shaking  D. dancing

A. result  B. harvest C. match    D. present

A. forced B. ordered C. followed     D. led

A. think of  B. look at C. hear of      D. deal with

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What is a good education? The question is far from being answered. Once more, colleges and universities are changing their programs: they drop "fun courses" and restart some of the traditional subjects neglected (忽视) since the 1960s. Many great schools are again requiring the students to take a number of classes in English, history, literature, the social sciences, philosophy, the natural sciences, and art if they want to get a degree. Meanwhile, the experts are trying to describe the good education of our time. Obviously the purely vocational training once favored is not enough. But neither is the gentleman's education of the nineteenth century. Educational programs must meet the demands of a modern world where men and women have to work and to deal with big problems.

What, then, is a good education of this century? Some educators suggest that it should include foreign languages and the study of foreign cultures; a mastery of English, including the ability to write and speak well, because communications have become all-important in the modern world, and also because "a person who doesn't speak and write clearly doesn't reason clearly either"; some knowledge of the social sciences (sociology, psychology) that deal with human relations and human problems; some basic knowledge of modern science, which would enable future voters to be better informed about current problems like nuclear. Finally, many educators insist that all college graduates should be familiar with computers and modern information system since the educated professionals of tomorrow will have to understand their machines. Is that all? "No, of course not." answer the educators. "We have not mentioned the two great building blocks of education: history and literature!"

71.The best title for this passage might be _______.            

       A.Education            B.A Mastery of English

       C.A Good Education   D.Something About Study

72.The underlined word "drop" in the first paragraph means _______.

       A.desert       B.dislike      C.decline     D.neglect

73.The author thinks that the question about what a good education is _______. 

       A.has been answered fairly well                     

       B.hasn't been put forward yet

       C.has been dealt with successfully                   

       D.has not been answered satisfactorily

74.Some educational experts believe a mastery of English should include the ability _______.

       A.to read fast                         B.to write and speak well

       C.to write clearly and accurately     D.to listen and speak skillfully         

75.Which of the following statements is not mentioned in the passage?      

       A.Educational programs must meet the demand of a modern world.

B.The students will not get a degree unless they take a number of classes in English, history,

    literature, the social sciences, philosophy, the natural sciences and art.

       C.A good education should include foreign language and the study of foreign culture.

       D.Every student ought to take part in military training.

October 31, 2009, California

     Tsien Hsue-shen, PhD'39, one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, died on October 31, He was 98.

     Tsien, born in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, graduated from the National Qinghua University in 1934 and in August of 1935 he left China to study at the Massachusetts Institute Technology. In 1936 he went to the California Institute of Technology to commence graduate studies .Tsien obtained his doctor degree in 1939 and would remain at Caltech for 20 years, becoming the Goddard Professor and establishing a reputation as one of the leading rocket scientists in the United States.

   In 1943, Tsien and two others in the Caltech rocketry group drafted the first document to use the name Jet Propulsion Laboratory. During the Second World War, he was amongst the other scientists participated the "Manhattan Project" .After World War II he served as a consultant to the  United States Army Air Force. During this time, Conlonel Tsien worked on designing an intercontinental space plane. His work would inspire the X--20Dyna-Soar which would later be the inspiration for the Space Shuttle. In1945 Tsien Hsue--shen married Jiang Ying, the daughter of Jiang Baili--one of the Chinese nationalist leader Chiang Kai--shen's leading military strategists. But in 1950, the Chinese-born scientist was accused of harboring Communist sympathies and stripped of his security clearance.

   In September 1955 he was permitted to leave for China, where Tsien resumed his research, founded the Institute of Mechanics, and went on to become the father of China's missile program, a trusted member of the government and Party's inner circle, and the nation's most honored scientist, Tsien retired in 1991 and has maintained a low public profile in Beijing, China. The PRC government launched its manned space program in 1992 and used Tsien's research as the basis for the Long March rocket which successfully launched the Shenzhou V mission in October of 2003.The elderly Tsien was able to watch China's first manned space mission on television from his hospital bed.

   In his late years, since the 1980s, Tsien devoted himself to spirituality research, and advocated scientific investigation of traditional Chinese medicine, Qigong and "special human body functions".

【小题1】           The underlined word "commence" in this passage probably means ____

A. make up    B. get    C. begin   D. promise

【小题2】           Tsien Hsue--shen got married at the age of ______

A.45          B.28     C. 24      D.34

【小题3】           What is the right order of the events related to Tsien Hsue--shen ?

a. his later life   

b. return to China   

c. career in the U.S.A 

d. his early life and education 

A. a-b-c-d    B. d-c-b-a     C. d-b-c-a     D. c-b-d-a

【小题4】           Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Tsien Hsue--shen got a doctor's degree in 1939.

B. Tsien Hsue--shen married Jiang Ying, the daughter of Chinese nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shen.

C. Tsien Hsue-shen has made a contribution to the Space Shuttle.

D. Tsien Hsue-shen was interested in traditional Chinese medicine, qigong and "special human body functions" in his later life.

 

When Dan Shaw gets up from the sofa in his home, Cuddles is never far away. When he wants to go outside, he doesn’t take Cuddles out for a walk—Cuddles takes him for a walk. Cuddles is clearly no ordinary family pet. It is a two-foot-high miniature horse and serves as the guiding eyes of Shaw, who is blind.

When Shaw lost his sight, his wife suggested he apply for a guide dog. Shaw, an animal lover, said he couldn’t bear to part with a dog (which usually lives about eight to ten years) and get used to a new one, perhaps several times in his life.

Then Shaw heard of a program about the tiny guide horses. He learned that the horse possess many qualities that that make them an excellent choice for guiding people. They are clean, friendly, smart and have great memories. They can be trained to remain calm in noisy and crowded places. Best of all, they live for 25-25years, which would enable Shaw to have the same guide companion for most or all of his life.

Shaw immediately applied to be and was accepted as the first person to receive a guide horse. The instant he met Cuddles, he knew he was making the right choice. Then he began his training.

Through training, Shaw and Cuddles learned to find way on busy streets, step over curbs(便道沿儿)and find elevator buttons. Cuddles even demonstrated(显示)its ability to step in front of Shaw and block him, to prevent him from walking into a dangerous situation. The little horse also expertly led Shaw through busy shopping malls. They got along without any difficulty. Now Shaw is confident that Cuddles will change his life for the better.

1.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “miniature” in Paragraph 1? (No more than 2 words)

2.Why didn’t Shaw want to choose a dog as his guide? (No more than 15 words)

3.What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us? (No more than 10 words)

4.How does Shaw feel about his future life with the help of Cuddles? (No more than 10 words)

5.In your opinion, what is the ideal relationship between man and animals? (No more than 20 words)

 

It takes less than six seconds to leave a first impression. It is said that we ought not judge a book by its cover, but come on, isn’t it the color, the design, the layout, and the title that draw us to pick up a book we’ve never heard of before? Notice what your assumptions are about a person when you are first introduced to her or him.

Something that most of us don’t take notice of is how we stand or walk. Let’s say you are going for a job interview. Within seconds you have already said a lot about yourself by the way you walk. The majority of us walk around everyday without paying any attention to what we are saying even though we are not uttering a word. There is a lot that can be said about body language from the clothes you wear to the gestures you make.

I took notice of this topic recently as I recalled something about changing my posture to improve my level of confidence. I was about to venture on a new project, which would take me out of my comfort zone. My gremlins (小精灵) were having a field day with me uttering all kinds of reasons why I couldn’t do a good job with this new opportunity. I tucked in my tummy (收缩肚子) , put my shoulders back , held my head high , and took a walk. Soon thereafter, I felt so much better. I approached the project with new possibility. Wow, what a difference ! Try it !

The ability to capture your audience when you walk into a room is sure to start you off on the right foot when going on an interview. Non-verbal signals have five times the impact of verbal (言语的)signals. So you can count on losing your audience when you walk in with head down dragging your feet regardless how much you try to change it.

1.In the first paragraph the author intends to tell us         .

A.we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover

B.a person’s appearance can be misread

C.the first impression really means a lot

D.we should focus more on a person’s qualities

2.The author approached his project with new possibility after        .

A.his gremlins stopped talking

B.he got rid of all his negative thoughts

C.he walked out of his comfort zone

D.he changed his posture to improve his confidence

3.According to the author , when we go for a job interview , we       .

A.shouldn’t say a lot about ourselves

B.shouldn’t walk with our head high up

C.should pay enough attention to our body language and gesture

D.should only pay attention to the way we walk within the first few seconds

4.The author probably believes that        .

A.non-verbal signals are more important than verbal signals

B.non-verbal signals are not so easy to catch

C.we mainly rely on verbal signals during an interview

D.we shouldn’t pay too much attention to our non-verbal signals

5.What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A.How to prepare for a job interview

B.The way we walk says a lot about us.

C.How to read a person from the way he walks.

D.How complicated body language is.

 

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