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(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile zone(区域), when a    1   came behind him.  2  the man started thinking of excuses to give.
As the policeman came to him, he said, “Hi, officer, I guess you   3   me a little bit over the speed limit. I was in a rush to get   4  , to be with my wife and kids. You know my younger son wasn’t feeling too  5   when I left home this morning. I’m afraid he’s ill.”
The policeman said, “Well, I guess so,” and started   6   something in his notebook. As minutes went by, he could see from the side view mirror, the policeman was  7   writing. When the man was wondering why he hadn’t asked for his driving   8   so far, the policeman came to his window,  9   him a piece of paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man wondered: how much was this   10  going to be? However, the man was  11   it was not a ticket(罚单)at all and he began to   12  :
“I had a daughter who was  13   by a speeding car at the age of six by a speeding driver. He got a fine, a few months in  14  , and then was free, free to hug his two daughters. I only had one, and now I have to   15   until I get to heaven before I can hug her again. I have tried to    16  that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive(原谅) him. So pray(祈祷)for me, and be   17   when you drive again. My son is all I have been left with.”
The man was completely   18   and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove  19  , even a few miles   20   the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.

【小题1】
A.truckB.mail car C.police carD.taxi
【小题2】
A.Just nowB.Just so C.Right nowD.Right away
【小题3】
A.rememberedB.caughtC.mistookD.recognized
【小题4】
A.to schoolB.homeC.outD.to hospital
【小题5】
A.wellB.happyC.freeD.bad
【小题6】
A.writingB.looking forC.listingD.looking up
【小题7】
A.evenB.reallyC.neverD.still
【小题8】
A.route B.License(执照)C.JournalD.Insurance(保险)
【小题9】
A.handed B.sentC.rewardedD.pushed
【小题10】
A.paperB.noteC.noticeD.ticket
【小题11】
A.excitedB.upsetC.surprisedD.angry
【小题12】
A.laughB.smileC.read D.think
【小题13】
A.hitB.knockedC.trappedD.killed
【小题14】
A.fearB.troubleC.prisonD.danger
【小题15】
A.stayB.waitC.remainD.escape
【小题16】
A.forgiveB.attackC.educateD.support
【小题17】
A.honest B.thankfulC.patientD.careful
【小题18】
A.disappointedB.nervousC.shockedD.frightened
【小题19】
A.quicklyB.slowlyC.fortunatelyD.rapidly
【小题20】
A.under B.overC.toD.with

There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her    26  , she went to the wise man that is always    27   for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what    28   ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will    29   you with all I have if you can.”
Instead of sending her away or    30   with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard (芥末) seed from a home that has never    31   sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in    32   of that magical mustard seed.
She came first to a splendid apartment,    33   at the door, and said in a (n)    34   voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a (n)    35   that I want? It is very important to me.”
   36  , she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of    37  . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to    38   all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.
The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor,   39   people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She    40   to comfort them till they    41  . Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But    42   she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one    43   after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so    44   in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never    45   that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.

【小题1】
A.joy B.danger C.beliefD.sorrow
【小题2】
A.envied B.considered C.respected D.treated
【小题3】
A.strange B.magical C.valuableD.important
【小题4】
A.reward B.supply C.provide D.award
【小题5】
A.quarrelingB.discussing C.reasoning D.arguing
【小题6】
A.suffered B.known C.obtainedD.forgotten
【小题7】
A.honor B.favor C.need D.search
【小题8】
A.knocked B.broke C.stoodD.pointed
【小题9】
A.excited B.confident C.sad D.urgent
【小题10】
A.place B.answer C.apartmentD.person
【小题11】
A.Luckily B.Immediately C.GraduallyD.Unfortunately
【小题12】
A.praiseB.respect C.comfort D.encouragement
【小题13】
A.exchangeB.describe C.simplified D.decorated
【小题14】
A.unfortunate B.unfriendlyC.unimportant D.unfamiliar
【小题15】
A.plannedB.managed C.continuedD.stayed
【小题16】
A.settle downB.break down C.calm down D.get dwon
【小题17】
A.whereverB.whateverC.however D.whenever
【小题18】
A.excuse B.tale C.lie D.reason
【小题19】
A.curiousB.puzzledC.worriedD.involved
【小题20】
A.recognizingB.realizingC.remembering D.wondering

A boy selling magazines walked up to a house people seldom visited. The house was old and the owner   36   came out. When he did come out he wouldn’t say hello to anybody   37   simply stared at them.

The boy knocked on the door and   38  . As he was ready to   39   away, the door slowly opened. “What do you want?” the old man said.

“Uh, sir, I’m selling these magazines and I was   40   if you’d like to buy one.” The old man   41   stared at the boy. The boy could see the inside of the house and   42   some dog figurines(小雕像). “Do you   43   dogs?” the boy asked. “Yes, I do. They’re my family here and they’re all I have.” The boy felt sorry for the man, as he seemed to be very   44  . “I’ve a magazine here for collectors. It’s perfect for you. I also have one about dogs since you like dogs so much.” But the old man said, “I need   45   of the magazines, now goodbye.”

The boy was sad. He went home and then an idea   46   to him. He had a little dog figurine. He walked back to the old man’s house with the   47  . He knocked on the door again and this time the old man came right to the door. “Boy, I             48    I told you no magazines.”

“No, sir. I know that. I wanted to bring you a   49  . ” The boy handed him the figurine and the old man’s face   50  . “It’s a Golden Retriever. I have one at home. This one is   51   you.” The old man was   52  ; no one had ever shown him so much   53  . “Boy, you have a kind   54  . Thank you!” From that day on the old man  55  coming out of the house and talking with people.

1.A. hardly B. never    C. regularly    D. nearly

2.A. so B. when C. as   D. but 

3.A. hurried    B. left C. remained D. waited

4.A. walk   B. run  C. escape   D. drive

5.A. doubting B. wondering C. saying   D. hoping

6.A. ever   B. yet  C. just D. still

7.A. loved  B. sensed   C. noticed D. contacted   

8.A. help   B. collect  C. raise    D. like

9.A. alone  B. cruel    C. lonely   D. terrible

10.A. nothing B. none   C. either   D. some

11.A. happened B. brought   C. reached  D. occurred

12.A. fear  B. magazine C. idea D. figurine

13.A. imagined B. thought   C. wished   D. expected

14.A. friend    B. gift C. dog  D. book

15.A. lit up B. went up C. grew up  D. turned up

16.A. for   B. on   C. with D. in

17.A. calm  B. encouraged   C. disappointed D. surprised

18.A. pity  B. happiness    C. politeness   D. kindness

19.A. eye   B. heart    C. hand D. head

20.A. continued B. avoided  C. started  D. risked

 

Writing articles about films for The Front Page was my first proper job.Before then I had done bits of reviewing --- novels for other newspapers, films for a magazine and anything I was asked to do for the radio.That was how I met Tom Seaton, the first arts editor of The Front Page, who had also written for television.He hired me, but Tom was not primarily a journalist, or he would certainly have been more careful in choosing his staff.

    At first, his idea was that a team of critics should take care of the art forms that didn’t require specialized knowledge: books, TV, theatre, film and radio.There would be a weekly lunch at which we would make our choices from the artistic material that Tom had decided we should cover, though there would also be guests to make the atmosphere sociable.

   Tom’s original plan for a team of critics for the arts never took off.It was a good idea, but we didn’t get together as planned and so everything was done by phone.It turned out, too, that the general public out there preferred to associate a reviewer with a single subject area, and so I chose film.Without Tom’s initial push, though, we would hardly have come up with the present arrangement, by which I write an extended weekly piece, usually on one film.

    The space I am given allows me to broaden my argument --- or forces me, in an uninteresting week, to make something out of nothing.But what is my role in the public arena(舞台)? I suppose that people choose what films to go to on the basis of the stars, the publicity of the director.So if a film review isn’t really a consumer guide, what is it? I certainly don’t feel I have a responsibility to be ‘right’ about a movie.Nor do I think there should be a certain number of ‘great’ and ‘bad’ films each year.All I have to do is put forward an argument.I’m not a judge, and nor would I want to be.

1.What do we learn about Tom Seaton from the first paragraph?

       A.He encouraged Mark to become a writer.

       B.He had worked in various areas of the media.

       C.He met Mark when working for a film company.

       D.He prefers to employ people that he knows.

2.The weekly lunches were planned in order to ______.

       A.help the writers get to know each other

       B.provide an informal information party

       C.divide the work that had to be done

       D.entertain important visitors from the arts

3.What does the author mean when he says that Tom’s plan ‘never took off’ in Paragraph 3?

       A.It was unpopular.               B.It wasted too much time.

       C.It wasn’t planned properly.     D.It wasn’t put into practice.

4.Which of the following best describes what Mark says about his work?

       A.His success varies from year to year.   B.He prefers to write about films he likes.

       C.He can freely express his opinion.     D.He writes according to accepted rules.

 

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