第一节 完形填空 (共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)

    阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Mary Kimble Smith was an ordinary 12-year-old girl; ordinary, that is, in every way    21          one. She suddenly started to walk in her sleep. No one knew why this happened. The best guess seems to be that it represents   22           : the sleep-walker is worried. This feeling normally remains under control during      23              hours, but at night, when the mind is in a more passive mode, it   24              to the surface and shows itself in the form of physical movement.

At first, her family   25          help from just about every doctor they could find. But none of them were able to suggest a means by which she could be    26        . Then her parents were frightened, and they tried to wake her up. In fact, the general advice is that we should not wake a sleep-walker. To wake a person and bring them to a sudden   27       that they are not where they thought they were could   28      the feelings of anxiety and perhaps even reinforce (强化) the habit.

Most sleep-walkers at last stop without any warning — they just           29         do it again. In Mary’s case though, she started sleep-walking soon after her twelfth birthday and was still doing it the day 30        she died in 1989, at the age of 93.

21. A. beside                      B. except                            C. besides                           D. including

22. A. anxiety                     B. excitement           C. anger                               D. fear

23. A. daytime                   B. night                                C. sleeping                          D. waking

24. A. rises                                   B. falls                                  C. reduces                           D. raises

25. A. looked                      B. searched                        C. obtained                         D. sought

26. A. helped                      B. saved                               C. cured                               D. improved

27. A. recognition             B. realization            C. knowledge            D. impression

28. A. develop                    B. increase                          C. form                                 D. produce

29. A. sometimes              B. often                                C. never                               D. usually

 30. A. before                    B. after                                C. when                               D. since

 

It was a lovely day at the park and Stella Bianchi was enjoying the sunshine with her two children when a young boy, aged about four, approached her two-year-old son and pushed him to the ground.

“I’d watched him for a little while and my son was the fourth or fifth child he’d pushed,” she says. “I went over to them, picked up my son, turned to the boy and said, firmly, ‘No, we don’t push.’” What happened next was unexpected.

“The boy’s mother ran toward me from across the park,” Stella says, “I thought she was coming over to apologize, but instead she started shouting at me for blaming her child. All I did was let him know his behavior was unacceptable. Was I supposed to sit back while her kid did whatever he wanted and hurt other children?”

Getting your own children to play nice is difficult enough. Dealing with other people’s children has become a hidden danger.

In my house, jumping on the sofa is not allowed. In my sister’s house it’s encouraged. I find myself saying “no” a lot when her kids are over at mine. That’s OK between sisters but becomes dangerous when you’re talking to the children of friends or acquaintances.

“Kids aren’t all raised the same,” agrees Professor Naomi White of Monash University.” But there is still an idea that they’re the property of the parent. We see our children as a mirror of ourselves, so if you’re saying that my child is behaving improperly, then that’s somehow a criticism(批评) of me.”

In those situations, it’s difficult to know whether to approach the child directly or the parent first. There are two opinions.

“I’d go to the child first,” says Andrew Fuller, author of Tricky Kids. “Usually a quiet reminder that ‘we don’t do that here’ is enough. Kids have antennae (直觉) for how to behave in different settings.”

He points out bringing it up with the parent first may make them feel careless, which could cause problems. Of course, approaching the child first can bring its own headaches, too.

This is why White recommends that you approach the parents first. Raise your concerns with the parents and ask them to deal with it,” she says.   

Asked how to approach a parent in this situation, psychologist Meredith Fuller answers: “Explain your needs as well as stressing the importance of the friendship. Start with something like: ‘I know you’ll think I’m silly but in my house I don’t want…’” 

1.What did Stella Bianchi expect the young boy’s mother to do when she talked to him?

       A. Make an apology             B. Come over to stop her     

       C. Blame her own boy          D. Take her own boy away

2.What does the author say about dealing with other people’s children?

       A. It’s important not to hurt them in any way

       B. It’s no use trying to stop their wrongdoing

       C. It’s advisable to treat them as one’s own kids

       D. It’s possible for one to get into lots of trouble

3.According to professor Naomi White, when one’s kids are criticized, their parents will probably feel ______.

       A. discouraged       B. hurt    C. puzzled      D. affected

4. What should one do when seeing other people’s kids misbehave according to Andrew Fuller?

       A. Talk to them directly in a mild way  B. Complain to their parents politely

       C. Simply leave them alone            D. Punish them lightly

 

A good friend of mine was complaining about her son the other day.“Did you notice,” she started, “how he didn’t wait for me to get my salad before he dove into his?”

True enough, the boy attacked his plate faster than a cat in the wild.Without manners, we’re no more than animals.Actually, that’s not true.I’ve been watching and feeding a group of wild cats, and they show unusual politeness toward each other.Even when food is scarce, they take turns, leaving at least a small part for the next in line.

My mother educated her three children to have good manners all the time.We were made to feel very uncomfortable as if we were sitting on pins and needles until we got used to saying please, thank you, pardon me, and I’m sorry.And I have to say, while it was a painful learning experience, it was one of the most valuable.

I can’t tell you how often I sat with my friends, eating at their dinner tables, and their parents thought highly of my good manners.While it was a little embarrassing, I knew even then that my mother’s teachings were paying off.

Many years later, when I was attending seminars across the country, my manners were quite useful.

While I regret that I haven’t been a perfect example, I’m still working on it.I suppose, in this regard, my mother lives on through me.I didn’t have her beautiful singing voice or her green eyes, but she did make sure I received one of her finest characteristics.

1.What did the writer’s friend most probably complain about?

A.Her son’s eating too quickly.

B.Her son’s not having a healthy diet.

C.Her son’s not having good table manners.

D.Teenagers’ not having good manners.

2.The underlined word “scarce” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”.

A.too much

B.not delicious

C.not enough

D.quite hot

3.We learn that the writer’s mother __________.

A.was strict about her children’s manners

B.never punished her children

C.had beautiful blue eyes

D.was not good at singing

4.What does the writer think of her experience of learning good manners?

A.Easy and relaxing

B.Painful and valuable

C.Easy but useless

D.Too horrible

5.We can infer from the passage that the writer _________.

A.is surely liked by everyone around her

B.is not satisfied with most people’s manners around her

C.thinks she has been a perfect example to the young

D.thanks her mother for teaching her the good manners a lot

 

 

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

   Many people cannot forget the beautiful thousand hand dance performed by disabled people during the 2005 CCTV Spring Gala(晚会). Many of these dancers cannot hear or speak, but their performances are wonderful.

   The leading dancer is a beautiful young woman, Tai Lihua, who was born healthy but lose her hearing when she was two years old because of a fever. Not long after that, she also became mute and, from then on, her world was silent. She did not realize this at first, but when she was five, she played a game about sounds with her school friends and discovered she was different. She felt very sad. Her father went to many places looking for treatments for her disabilities, but nothing worked.

When she was seven years old, Tai Lihua went to a school for deaf and mute children, where

she did very well in her studies. Her teacher said she used her brain more than other children and was very good at expressing her feelings through movements.

Then when she was fifteen, she started learning to dance. At first, she found it difficult but she didn’t give up. She spent a lot of time practicing and became a brilliant dancer. In the last few years, she has performed in many countries and is much admired by foreign audience. Dancing has changed her life and brought her world wide success and fame.

56. Which of the following is expressed in the passage?

A. Where there is life, there is hope.

B. No one is too old to learn.

C. Where there is a will, there is a way. 

D. The early bird catches the worm.

57. Tai Lihua discovered that she was different from other children when she was _____.

A .two         B. five            C. seven         D. fifteen

58. We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. Tai Lihua was born healthy.

B. Tai Lihua isn’t successful now.

C. Tai Lihua’s parents didn’t take good care of her.

D. Tai Lihua had a natural ability to dance very well.

59. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. A disabled girl.      

B. A dancer in a silent world.

C. A beautiful dancer.    

D .Dance performance in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

 

A young Scottish lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s  1. lifestyle and said, “I don’t want your God. I am leaving!” She left home. Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to  2. . Many years passed by, her father died, her mother grew  3. , and the daughter became more and more stubborn in her way of life.

No  4. was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having   heard of her daughter’s whereabouts, went to the poor part of the city in  5. of her daughter. She stopped at  6. of the rescue missions(收容所) with a simple speech. “Would you allow me to  7. this picture?” It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with a handwritten  8. at the bottom: “I love you still … come home!”

One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat  9. listening to the service, all the while letting her  10. wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?

She couldn’t  11. until the service was over. She stood and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those words, “I love you still … come home!” 12. she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too  13. to be true.

It was night, but she was so  14. by the message that she started walking home. 15. the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and  16. her way timidly. As she knocked, the door  17. open on its own. She thought someone must broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s  18. , the young girl ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m home!”

The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s  19. . The daughter said, “I was so worried and thought someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently, “No, dear. From the day you left, that door has never been  20. .”

21.

A.modern

B.religious

C.awful

D.simple

 

22.

A.earn money

B.help others

C.get free

D.become famous

 

23.

A.lonelier

B.slower

C.angrier

D.older

 

24.

A.contract

B.contact

C.link

D.difference

 

25.

A.sight

B.charge

C.search

D.need

 

26.

A.each

B.both

C.none

D.every

 

27.

A.print out

B.look at

C.give off

D.put up

 

28.

A.record

B.advice

C.message

D.notice

 

29.

A.sensitively

B.absent-mindedly

C.devotedly

D.carefully

 

30.

A.eyes

B.hands

C.thoughts

D.imaginations

 

31.

A.help

B.move

C.wait

D.listen

 

32.

A.After

B.Since

C.Until

D.As

 

33.

A.lucky

B.good

C.happy

D.certain

 

34.

A.astonished

B.touched

C.interested

D.ashamed

 

35.

A.By

B.At

C.During

D.Before

 

36.

A.had

B.led

C.made

D.held

 

37.

A.seemed

B.blew

C.proved

D.flew

 

38.

A.safety

B.health

C.danger

D.life

 

39.

A.backs

B.hearts

C.shoulders

D.arms

 

40.

A.pushed

B.opened

C.locked

D.fixed

 

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