题目内容
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,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Do you remember last summer, when angry travelers were urging the government to do something about airline customer service? Airlines 3 6 to improve,and they adopted (采用) new standards just before Christmas. 37 as another summer nears,plenty of 38 travelers don’t see much improvement in customer 39 overall.
This month,the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) office will publish its first critical 40 on whether airlines are 41 their promises.One survey suggests problems:the number of 42 to the DOT about the top 10 airlines in the first 43 rose 89% from a year ago.
Hit last summer by passenger complaints and the threat of consumer-protection laws by the 44 ,14 airlines 45 to adopt a set of basic customer-service standards called Customers First.The“12 promises”to passengers were introduced 46 a major effort to improve service.Since then,airlines have been redesigning websites,retraining employees and upgrading technology.
Recently,DOT inspector general Kenneth Mead,at McCain’S request,sent 20 examiners to airports to 47 whether each airline is doing what it promised.Mead warns travelers shouldn’t 48 too much.Most of the promises are 49 better communication with customers,not problems with flights.
“Passengers should show more understanding to airlines about their 50 to better air service.”Spokeswoman Shelly Sasson says.“And when 51 are made.it takes a long time for them to be noticed.”she says.
Now,the efforts may be working.During the first quarter,Delta had the second-lowest rate of complaints among the 52 10 carriers. 53 ,its rate,along with other carriers’,is up from last year.McCain and other lawmakers say there may be a 54 to pass new consumer-protection 55 .
36.A.promised B.managed C.hoped D.refused
37.A.So B.But C.Merely D.Even
38.A.skilled B.experienced C.tired D.puzzled
39.A.flight B.opinion C.service D.travel
40.A.news B.information C.doubt D.article
41.A.honoring B.making C.giving D.improving
42.A.problems B.travelers C.passengers D.complaints
43. A.quarter B.year C.month D.summer
44. A. customer B.company C.government D.public
45.A.wished B.agreed C.remembered D.failed
46.A.to B.for C.as D.by
47.A.explain B.discuss C.discover D.check
48.A.travel B.expect C.complain D.suggest
49.A.aimed at B.considered as C.joined to D.made from
50.A.difficulty B.situation C.reality D.efforts
51.A.suggestions B.rules C.decisions D.improvements
52.A.1arge B.first C.top D.bad
53.A.Still B.Therefore C.Instead D.Meanwhile
54.A.possibility B.need C.chance D.use
55.A.examinations B.service C.1aws D.reports
36-40ABBCD 41-45 ADACB 46-50 CDBAD 51-55DCABC
解析
第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My 【小题1】 began when I was just a kid. I 【小题2】 becoming a doctor. My mother was a worker. Through her work, she observed that 【小题3】 people spent a lot more time reading than they 【小题4】 watching television. She announced that my brother and I
【小题5】watch two to three TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and then 【小题6】 her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a 【小题7】 . My mother was illiterate (文盲的).
When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I 【小题8】 the fashionable clothes. I wanted to 【小题9】 the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home after 【小题10】 at one of her several jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing (擦洗) floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy 【小题11】 food and pay the bills. With the money that is 【小题12】 , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very 【小题13】 with that plan, but once I had finished paying for all of the important things, there was 【小题14】 left. I realized that my mother was always dealing with money well to be able to 【小题15】 a roof over our heads and to put food on the table. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. _【小题16】__ required intellectual (智力的) preparation. I went back to my 【小题17】 and became an A-student again. Finally, I 【小题18】 my dream and I became a doctor. My story is really my mother’s story — a woman with 【小题19】 formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. Now I believe that there is no job more 【小题20】 than parenting.
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A.belief | B.work | C.education | D.promise |
A.kept up with | B.got used to | C.dreamed of | D.got tired of |
A.lazy | B.easy-going | C.successful | D.reliable |
A.cost | B.paid | C.took | D.did |
A.could only | B.could not | C.must not | D.should often |
A.read | B.give | C.hold | D.explain |
A.mystery | B.risk | C.fool | D.trick |
A.wanted | B.attracted | C.recognised | D.accepted |
A.get rid of | B.hang out with | C.test on | D.keep in touch with |
A.serving | B.looking | C.working | D.getting |
A.your brother | B.yourself | C.me | D.the family |
A.left over | B.paid off | C.used up | D.carried out |
A.angry | B.pleased | C.disappointed | D.bored |
A.anything | B.everything | C.something | D.nothing |
A.buy | B.operate | C.keep | D.send |
A.Success | B.Failure | C.Faith | D.Comfort |
A.guys | B.mother | C.studies | D.clothes |
A.made | B.realised | C.changed | D.tried |
A.little | B.much | C.some | D.high |
A.interesting | B.gentle | C.important | D.bitter |