第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从21~40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
About 2:00 a.m. Monday, a California highway police officer was hit by an SUV. The officer was   36   about 10 feet before landing on grass. The officer was   37   a motorist whose car had broken down on the freeway.
The police officer was listed in steady(稳定的) condition at a nearby   38  . The accident occurred after the   39   white SUV drove onto the shoulder where the   40   cars were parked. The SUV   41   the officer before ploughing into the police car. The   42   of the broken car was unhurt.
The SUV   43   completely over. The driver climbed out of the SUV and   44  , running in the direction of a nearby   45   . Because another police car was nearby, the police caught the driver  46  . He was charged with(被指控)   47   driving, personal possessions damage, causing personal   48  , and leaving the scene of a(n)   49  .
The driver had no license and no insurance. He had been charged with driving after drinking a
ear   50  . At that time he had   51   injured someone and   52   the scene. He was sentenced to prison for six months. But because the prison was so overcrowded, he was   53   one month later. “What can we do?” said a policeman. “There are a lot more drunk drivers out there every night than there are   54  . The only time we can get them   55   the streets for ever is when they kill someone.”
36. A. beaten                B.flown                 C. thrown                        D. found
37. A. helping        B. blaming             C. fining            D. watching
38. A. station               B. airport              C. park               D. hospital
39. A. big                  B. expensive      C. fast                    D. pretty
40. A. two               B. three            C. police               D. broken
41. A. killed          B. struck        C. picked               D. left
42. A. passenger         B. officer        C. owner            D. driver
43. A. ran               B. rolled               C. pushed            D. drove
44. A. went out       B. went in          C. went away         D. went down
45. A. highway       B. car                 C. exit              D. farm
46. A. angrily        B. hardly         C. quickly           D. recently
47. A. careless        B. forceful       C. tired                    D. drunk
48. A. injury         B. loss          C. death             D. fight
49. A. argument       B. murder        C. accident           D. story
50. A. before         B. later          C. after              D. early
51. A. still           B. yet                 C. always             D. also
52. A. called on             B. went away           C. escaped from       D. turned off
53. A. shot                 B. freed         C. shut                D. hurt
54. A. walkers        B. police        C. passengers           D. doctors
55. A. in             B. from         C. into              D. off

Henry found work in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn’t do anything but wanted to get rich. Mr. King thought he was too lazy and was going to send him away. Henry was afraid and had to work hard.
It was a cold morning. It was snowing and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy the books and the young man had nothing to do. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.
“It must be full of expensive things,” Henry said to himself. “I have to get it, or others will take it away. ”
He went out of the shop and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle (鸣笛), but he didn’t hear it and went on running. The man drove aside, hit a big tree and was hurt in the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court (法庭). A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.
“But you’ve heard me this time.” said the judge.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Now I can hear with one ear.”
“Cover the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf (聋的)one. Well, can you hear me? ”
“No, I can’t, Sir.”
【小题1】What was Mr. King?

A.a driverB.a doctor
C.a policemanD.a shopkeeper
【小题2】Why did Mr. King want to send Henry away?
A.Because Henry was too lazy.
B.Because Henry hoped to be rich.
C.Because Henry finished middle school.
D.Because Henry sold few books.
【小题3】What did a driver do when he saw Henry run across the street?
A.He drove aside and hit a big tree.
B.He began to whistle to him.
C.He went out of the bookstore.
D.He shouted at him.
【小题4】Why did Henry say that he was deaf?
A.He wanted to have a joke with the judge.
B.He wanted to get the judge’s help
C.He wanted to find another piece of work
D.He didn’t want to pay for the accident.

Henry found work in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn’t do anything but wanted to get rich. Mr. King thought he was too lazy and was going to send him away. Henry was afraid and had to work hard.

It was a cold morning. It was snowing and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy the books and the young man had nothing to do. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.

“It must be full of expensive things,” Henry said to himself. “I have to get it, or others will take it away. ”

He went out of the shop and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle (鸣笛), but he didn’t hear it and went on running. The man drove aside, hit a big tree and was hurt in the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court (法庭). A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.

“But you’ve heard me this time.” said the judge.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Now I can hear with one ear.”

“Cover the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf (聋的)one. Well, can you hear me? ”

“No, I can’t, Sir.”

1.What was Mr. King?

A.a driver           B.a doctor           C.a policeman        D.a shopkeeper

2.Why did Mr. King want to send Henry away?

A.Because Henry was too lazy.               B.Because Henry hoped to be rich.

C.Because Henry finished middle school.       D.Because Henry sold few books.

3.What did a driver do when he saw Henry run across the street?

A.He drove aside and hit a big tree.           B.He began to whistle to him.

C.He went out of the bookstore.              D.He shouted at him.

4.Why did Henry say that he was deaf?

A.He wanted to have a joke with the judge.

B.He wanted to get the judge’s help

C.He wanted to find another piece of work

D.He didn’t want to pay for the accident.

 

SEE a cell phone cover that you like on Taobao? Forget about placing an order, paying the bill online and waiting for days for it to be delivered to you. In the near future, you'll be able to get it in minutes just by hit­ting "print" on your computer.

You might find it hard to believe that you could actually "print" an object like you would a picture. But it is not that hard to under­stand how it would work. Just as a traditional printer sprays (喷) ink onto paper line by line, modern 3-D printers spread material onto a surface layer by layer, from the bottom to the top, gradually building up a shape.

Instead of ink, the materials the 3-D printer uses are mainly plastic, resin (树脂)and certain metals. The thinner each layer is --- from a millimeter to less than the width of a hair ---  the smoother and finer the object will be.

This may sound like a completely new technology, but the truth is that 3-D printing has been around since the late 1980s. Back then, it was barely affordable for most people, so few knew about it.

Last year, though, saw a big change in the 3-D printing industry--- printers became much cheaper. For example, 10 years ago a desktop 3-D printer might have cost £20,000 (200,000 yuan), while now they cost only about £ 1,000, according to the BBC.

Taken out of the factory and in­troduced to more diverse and com­mon uses, 3-D printing can create just about anything you can think of ---flutes (笛子), bikinis, jewelry, aircraft parts and even human organs. In fact, scientists from Cornell Univer­sity in New York have just made an artificial ear using a 3-D printer, accord­ing to Science Daily. The fake ear looks and acts exactly like a natural one.

However, as 3-D printing becomes more commonplace, it may bring about certain problems --- such as piracy. "Once you can download a coffee maker, or print out a new set of kitchen utensils (餐具) on your personal 3-D printer, who will visit a retail (零售的) store again?" an expert in 3-D printing told Forbes News. Even more frightening, what if anyone in the world could use a 3-D printer to print out a fully functioning gun?

1.According to the article, in the future, the 3-D printing technology will ___.

A.enable people to make better purchases online

B.be applied as widely in our daily lives as computers

C.change the way we make many products

D.shorten the time it takes for people to get what they buy online

2.What was the big event happening in the 3-D printing industry last year?

A.The 3-D printing technology was taken out ofthe factory.

B.The 3-D printer became more affordable forconsumers.

C.The 3-D printer was used for medical treatmentfor the first time.

D.3-D printing technology began to be used invarious fields.

3.How is the last paragraph developed?

A.By analyzing a cause and an effect.          B.By making comparisons.

C.By giving examples.                      D.By presenting research findings.

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A.Printing out everything                   B.Technology in the future

C.Online shopping disappearing              D.Great demand for 3-D printers

 

B

For a song to become popular, people need to bear it.  In order for people to hear it, the program directors at radio stations have to play it on the air. A song’s popularity is directly related to how often it is played. That is a big responsibility for program directors. How do they decide what gets played and what doesn’t?

In the past, disc jockeys(音乐节目主持人) decided what music was played on the radio. These DJs had an ear for music and an understanding of what their audience wanted to hear. Today, that is all changing. Most major radio stations are owned by a few large national businesses. The decision of what gets played on the radio is made by executives(主管) who have little or no interest in music. They do, however, know how to run a business, and they know what sells. So, the music industry designs and creates pop entertainers, and executives in the radio industry make sure that their music is played on the radio. This explains why you do not often hear anything new and fresh on the radio. The executives do not want to give air time to music that has not been tested on the market. It is too risky. They prefer to go with music that they already know will sell. They know it will sell because it sold last week and last month and last year. They just have to change it a little.

One of the most criticized(批评) practices in the music industry is the practice of “payola”. This is when record companies pay radio stations to play the music of a given artist. This practice makes many people lose trust in the music industry and is therefore against the law. A radio station can accept money in exchange for air time of a song, but they have to make it clear that the song is being played because its air time was paid for. They cannot present the song as if it were part of the normal play schedule(时刻表).

Payola affects both artists and audiences. The artists who work with small record companies that cannot pay a lot of money to radio stations have a much harder time getting exposure. It creates an unfair playing field. Music lovers suffer because they are not able to hear all the music that is available.

60. According to the passage, most major radio stations belong to       .

A. national businesses                      B. program directors   

C. pop entertainers                         D. record companies

61. “Payola” is the practice of        .

A. artists paying radio stations to play their songs

B. record companies buying air time for certain music

C. radio station paying record company for new songs

D. program directors deciding what music gets played

62. Who can make the largest profits from payola?

A. Disc Jockeys.                               B. The given artists.

C.  Business executives.                        D. Program directors.

63. It can be concluded from the passage that the author        .

A. has a positive attitude towards the practice of “payola”

B. is dissatisfied with the present situation in music industry

C. is calling for a change in the normal play schedule

D. thinks that the radio stations are doing the right thing

 

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