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题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。

He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family’s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day __36__ the bass (鲈鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, __37__ sunfish with worms. Then he tied on a small lure (鱼饵) and practiced casting. When his pole __38__, he knew something huge was __39__. His father watched __40__ as the boy skilfully worked the fish alongside the dock. Finally, he very carefully lifted the __41__ fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, __42__ it was a bass. It was 10 P.M.-- two hours before the season opened. The father looked at the fish, then at the boy.

“You’ll have to __43__, son,” he said.

“Dad!” cried the boy.

“There will be other fish,” said his father.

“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy.

__44__ no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could __45__ by his father’s firm voice that the decision was __46__. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into __47__. The creature moved its powerful body and __48__. The boy thought that he would never again see such a great fish.

That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was __49__. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he __50__ that night long ago. But he does see __51__ fish again and again every time he comes up against a question of principles. As his father taught him, principles are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of principles__52__ difficult. Do we __53__ when no one is looking? 

We would if we __54__ to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right lives __55__ in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.

36.A.until  B.when       C.after  D.before

37.A.providing        B.catching   C.feeding    D.supplying

38.A.bent over  B.came up   C.turned over     D.broke down

39.A.on the other end     B.on the other hand C.on one hand  D.at the either side

40.A.with anxiety    B.in surprise C.with admiration      D.for fear

41.A.delighted        B.frustrated  C.frightened       D.exhausted

42.A.and   B.but   C.however   D.yet

43.A.bring it home B.put it aside      C.put it back       D.pick it up

44.A.Even though  B.Now that        C.Ever since       D.In case

45.A.tell   B.say   C.speak D.talk

46.A.passed     B.changed    C.fixed D.refused

47.A.the wide container B.the broad sea

       C.the black water        D.the small river

48.A.fled B.disappeared     C.floated    D.swam

49.A.wrong      B.right        C.satisfactory      D.pleased

50.A.landed      B.saw C.cast   D.threw

51.A.a different       B.many big  C.even bigger      D.the same

52.A.which is   B.it is C.that is      D.this is

53.A.do wrong        B.do right   C.do harm   D.do good

54.A.were taught     B.told C.were let   D.ordered

55.A.freshly     B.fresh       C.clearly     D.strongly


NOT all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares.
Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce ,or possibly erase(抹去),the effect of painful memories.
In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, While others support it.
Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.
"Some memories can ruin people's lives . They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "This could relieve a lot of that suffering."
But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity (特质). They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.
"All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I'm not sure we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.
1. The passage is mainly about_____________.
A. a new medical invention          B. a new research on the pill
C. a way of erasing painful memories  D. an argument about the research on the pill
2. The drug tested on people can_____________.
A. cause the brain to fix memories
B. stop people remembering bad experiences
C. prevent body producing certain chemicals
D. Wipe out the emotional effects of memories
3. We can infer from the passage that_____________.
A. people doubt the effects of the pills
B. the pill will stop people's bad experiences
C. taking the pill will do harm to people's health
D. the pill has probably been produced in America
4. Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?
A. Some memories can ruin people's lives.
B. People want to get rid of bad memories.
C. Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.
D. The pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories.

下面为五封《Crazy English》杂志的读者来信片段。请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中,为每封来信选取最佳的回信。选项有一项是多余项。

1.I am a reader of CR. Recently I found students translate some articles of CR. I appreciate your offering an opportunity to us beginners to practise using English. So I want to ask how they can obtain these articles and translate them for you, and what qualities you require. Thank you.

2.I love your Crazy English Reader magazine! It provides valuable data for work in our English teaching. My wife and I are teaching Conversational English so I’ve been giving you a bit of a plug at our middle school. I told the students to “get a copy”. It’s good stuff! Fantastic!

3.I’m one of Yao’s fans from Guangzhou. I have read some articles about Yao Ming in No. 7 Crazy English Reader. I want to know his correspondence address and the official website. Could you please tell me? Thank you very much indeed.

4.First of all, I must say thank you very much to all the CR Reader editors who gave us a really good English magazine. Secondly, I want to give you a piece of advice. In each passage, you gave us some new words with their Chinese translation. However, as far as my knowledge, I think you should give us not only the Chinese meaning but also the English meaning so as to know the words more accurately.

5.I’m an editor of the English Monthly of our school. I have a question, that is, how to say the position of the paper e.g. , 编辑; 责任编辑and so on. I hope you can help me to tell me the word in English. The more the better. Thank you so much! I love the book very much. Now I do this work. I need to study more information about this work. If you have time, please email me. Thank you.

 

A.  Thank you for your suggestion. We may try that in some future issues of CR. I think the best way to improve your reading vocabulary is to be able to guess the meaning of the word from the other words around it. Also, if you have an English dictionary, it is good to look up the words and them mark them down in a notebook and review them later on. Then if you really want to learn how to use the words, try using them in conversation or in writing. Hope this helps.

B.  The best way for you to learn the different positions in a newspaper or magazine is to get a copy of an all English magazine or newspaper and then copy down the different positions. There are also titles such as Managing Editor, reporter, Copy Editor, Photo Editor and Layout Editor. I hope this helps. If you have some more specific questions, you can send them to me and I’ll try to answer.

C.  The best way to reach Yao directly is through his home team, the Shanghai Sharks. You can write to him at 2570 Xietu Road, Shanghai. For more information on Yao, you can look at the sports section in sina. Com. I hope this helps. Another idea is that you can try to write to Yao while he is living and playing in Houston. You can try to reach Yao in the US at: Yao Ming Compaq Center 10 Houston, TX 77046.

D.  Thank you for being such a cheerful reader of CR. Yes, you’re right we made a mistake in the writing of that Chinese word. Each issue we try to read very carefully each article and its translation to make sure there are no mistakes, but unfortunately a few mistakes always get by. But you encourage us to keep improving, so thank you.

E.  Yes, we do have several students who help us translate some of the articles in our magazine. We contact these translators directly after interviewing their translation work. Afterwards we assign the articles to them for translation. If you are interested in being one of our translators you can send us some information about yourself and a sample of your translation work.

F.Thank you for helping us to promote CR. We’re glad it’s helpful to your students. We always try to include articles that reflect real life. It’s our hope that CR will not only improve students’ English but also open up a different worldview.

 

请根据首字母或括号内的提示用单词的正确形式填空。

11. She o_______ injury to win the Olympic gold medal.   

12. This is a very e _______ film and almost everyone laughs while seeing it.

13. I have had enough and can’t eat another m _______ of dinner.

14. A c _______ person is happy with what he has, rather than worried about what he has not.

15. Chaplin devoted himself to the films t _______ his life.

16. I called on you yesterday, but u_______ you were out.

17. The a _______ stayed up, while the kids went to bed.

18. _______(确信) of the accuracy(精确性) of the data, they stuck to their opinion.      

19. In my opinion, the library has a valuable social _______(功能).

20. You can buy many ______ (纪念品) in every place of interest.

21. Most of the citizens want peace, and only the m _______ want the war to continue.

22. Not all doctors _______(true) understand the reproductive cycle.

23.After graduation, he _______ (志愿)to teach in a school in the west of China.

24. Any father finds it difficult with a teenage daughter. She was m_______ (情绪多变的,喜怒无常的).

25. Employers are interested in how she a_______(处理) problems. 

26. She is crazy about animals, o_______ (着迷的)with them -- she has always had dogs, cats, and horses in her life.

27. When she was younger, I used to take her to the opera -- that’s my p_______(酷爱).

28. Are you going to live in the students’ d_______ or at home?

29. We have real p________ (骄傲)in our work -- you look at the New York skyline and think “I helped build that.”

30. It’s a f_______ (有极大吸引力的)subject and the pay’s pretty good.

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