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,然后从下面各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。 

Mother came from our home village. She stayed with us for ten days. When she was ___36____ to leave, she wanted to buy us something ____37___ a present.

   “You’ve got ___38____,” she said, “but you seem to have got ___39____. The TV set is yours, but the people who walk back and forth in it are all ___40____, even murderers, corrupt officials and thieves come in and ___41____ it from time to time. The radio cassette player is yours, but it’s all others who __42____ in it. The books on the shelf are yours, but they are all ___43____ by others. The fridge is yours, but all the year round it’s ____44____ frost that comes from God knows where. __45___they make your life easy and comfortable, ___46___ of them BELONGS to you in the real sense of the word.

   ___47___ the day she was to leave for home, she got up early in the morning and ____48____ back a pickle(泡菜) pot from the market.

   “___49____ some pickle in it,” she said, “and have something ____50____ suits your own taste.”

   Since then pickles of our own ____51_____ had been added to our diet. When we had guests, we often had pickles ____52____ wine. Slightly intoxicated(excited greatly), everyone would say, “A country flavor, not bad, Not bad, a country flavor (特别的风味)”.

   ____53___ we had something to our own taste. When we looked at the ___54____, it was standing quietly at the corner. Amid the hustle and bustle of our ____55___ life and in the apartment of reinforced concrete, the pot stood there by itself, brewing an old and simple flavor.

1.A. on           B. about        C. for            D. of

2..A. since         B. because      C. as             D. for

3.A. everything    B. something     C. nothing        D. anything

4.A. everything    B. something     C. nothing        D. anything

5.A. murderers     B. thieves       C. actors          D. strangers

6.A. out           B. out of        C. into           D. along

7.A. sing          B. dance         C. plays         D. act

8.A. writing        B. written        C. read         D. reading

9.A. full           B. filled of       C. filled with     D. full with

10.A. As            B. But           C. Because      D. Though

11.A. no one        B. none          C. neither        D. either

12.A. On           B. In             C. During       D. Of

13.A. took          B. brought        C. fetched       D. carried

14.A. Do           B. Cook          C. Make         D. Prepare

15.A. what         B. /               C. that          D. as

16.A. smell         B. sound          C. feel           D. taste

17.A. to go with     B. went with      C. to drink         D. drinking

18.A. But          B. So             C. And           D. Or

19.A. pot          B. TV set           C. radio          D. shelf

20..A. ordinary      B. usual           C. every day       D. everyday

 

 

Two worlds come together

Imagine landing in a foreign country where you cannot speak the language, understand the culture and don’t know anybody. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a friend who could help you out?

John Smith, an English explorer who landed in America in 1607, found the best friend ever. She was a Native American named Pocahontas (1595-1617). And she did more than teach Smith the language: she saved his life, twice.   

Smith was captured(捕获) by members of Pocahontas’s tribe (部落) and was going to be killed. But for some reason, the Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, felt sorry for Smith (who was probably the first white man she had ever seen) and threw her body over his to protect him. Smith returned safely to the small village he was living in.

During the winter the English settlers did not know how to get food from nature. Pocahontas often brought food for Smith and his friends.

A year later Pocahontas’s father tried to kill Smith again because the Native Americans were very scared the English would try to take over their land. Pocahontas warned him and he was able to escape.

Later she became a Christian and eventually married an Englishman named John Rolfe.

She spent the last year of her life in London.

Pocahontas has become an American legend. Her life story has been re-created in many books and films, including Disney’s 1995 film, Pocahontas.

One of the reasons she is so popular is that many Europeans look at Pocahontas as an excellent example of how a minority can adjust into the majority. Pocahontas is also respected because of her selfless love. She proved that people can be kind and loving even to people of a different race or culture. John Smith was very different from Pocahontas but she could see he was a good man and that was all that mattered. No race or country owns goodness, love and loyalty.

1. What difficulties might early European settlers meet in America EXCEPT ________?

A. the fierce conflict with Native Americans   B. bad-tempered natives who enjoyed killing

C. unfamiliarity with a foreign land          D. lack of food in winter

2. Pocahontas saved John Smith twice because ______.

A. he was the first white man she had ever seen in her life

B. she wanted to become a Christian and marry an Englishman

C. she believed in general kindness even to people of a different race

D. she was on the settlers’ side and against her cruel father

3. According to the text, Europeans think Pocahontas _____.

A. was brave to break away from her own tribe       

B. set a good example for other natives to accept the white settlers  

C. was a selfless Christian who can love her enemy

D. was open to a more advanced culture

4. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The battles between early settlers and Native Americans resulted from their fighting for land.

B. The Europeans think the early settlers should have learned to adjust to the local cultures.

C. The creation of America is based on the settlers’ victory over the Native Americans.

D. People from different cultures can never really get along well with each other.

 

 

I live in a rural area but sometimes we go to the city to go shopping. One day, my daughter and I   21  we needed a day of it. We   22   made the most of it. Like anyone that likes going shopping, we of course had a   23   day.

After we bought all that we needed, it was time to go. On the way to the exit doors, there was a lady   24   the pay phone who wasn’t able to speak English very well. She    25   getting help from people but kept getting   26   all the time. Seeing the   27   in her face, I stopped to see if I could help her. I didn’t really   28   much of what she was saying but I finally got the idea   29   she wanted a  30  . She gave me the coins and I called one of the taxi companies. I   31   that the lady didn’t talk much English but  32   a taxi. They replied they would   33   one out right now. I tried my best to tell that to the lady. Soon she   34   happily. Obviously, she was very   35   to me.

When my kids were   36  , I would do an act of kindness and after we were away from the   37  , I would explain what I did and    38  . I wasn’t trying to    39   but just trying to teach them about acts of   40  . They learned that it was OK to help others and have gone on to do the same.

1. A. meant         B. argued           C. accepted         D. decided

2. A. surely        B. willingly   C. legally          D. sadly

3. A. hopeful       B. pleasant         C. lucky        D. equal

4. A. by            B. on               C. with         D. from

5.. A. considered       B. managed      C. begged           D. tried

6. A. turned to         B. turned up   C. turned down      D. turned off

7.. A. calmness         B. sadness          C. courage          D. anger

8. A. think             B. seize        C. hear             D. understand

9. A. that              B. which        C. what         D. where

10.. A. company         B. taxi         C. telephone   D. lift

11.. A. apologized      B. explained   C. repeated     D. sentenced

12.. A. escaped         B. voted        C. needed           D. rewarded

13.. A. send        B. lend         C. give         D. leave

14.. A. listened        B. smiled           C. moved        D. agreed

15. A. helpful          B. satisfied        C. thankful         D. loyal

16.A. generous          B. young        C. unhappy          D. unfair

17. A. exhibition       B. position         C. situation   D. acceptance

18. A. where        B. when         C. how          D. why 

19.. A. show off        B. show around      C. blow up          D. give up

20. A. guidance         B. kindness     C. principle        D. willingness

 

A twenty-nine-year-old kindergarten teacher from Maryland was named National Teacher of the Year in 2006. On June first she would begin a year as a national and international spokeswoman for education.

Kimberly Oliver was the first National Teacher of the Year from her state. She taught five-year-old children at a public school in Maryland, near Washington, D.C. President Bush honored her and other top teachers at the White House.

Kimberly Oliver said she wanted people to understand that the first several years of a child’s life were the most important for learning. She said investing in children at a very young age would result in great gains later in school and in life. She called on parents to read to children from an early age so they would not fall behind in school. One of the activities at her school was an event called “ Books and Supprer Night ”. Families read together at the school and received free books to take home. Parents, children and teachers also ate dinner together.

Broad Acres Elementary School was in a poor area. Many of the parents were immigrants with limited English. Kimberly Oliver helped improve learning environment at her school. She received money to buy electronic learning systems, tape players and books in English and Spanish and sent them home with students. Parents said she had shown them how to help their children at home.

She was born and raised in Delaware. She held one degree in English and another in Elementary Education. Kimberly Oliver would follow in the footsteps of another teacher Jason Kamras from the Washington area as National Teacher of the Year. Jason Kamras, as honored for his work, teaching math to middle school students in the nation’s capital.

The National Teacher of the Year program began in 1952. A fourteen-member committee choose from among teachers honored as the best in their states.

1. From the text we know that in the state of Maryland, __________.

A.no other teacher than Kimberly Oliver had been given the honor

B.Kimberly Oliver had been teaching in a middle school for many years

C.Kimberly opened her own school early in Washington in 1952

D.many other teachers were given the honor together with Oliver

2.Oliver hoped that parents should __________.

A.spend more time playing with their children

B.read to their children at an early age

C.not give too much money to their children

D.stay at school with their children more often

3.Kimberly Oliver had been named National Teacher of the Year mostly because ___________.

A.she taught five-year old children at a public school

B.the elementary school she taught in is in a poor area

C.she was helpful ahd had many special and good ideas in teaching children

D.she called on parents to read to children from an early age

4. The National Teacher just before Oliver comes from __________.

A.Delaware

B.Maryland

C.New York

D.Washington

 

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