题目内容
完形填空
The Brick
About ten years ago, a young and very successful manager named Josh was travelling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit fast in his 1 car.
He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars. 2 his car passed, no child rushed out, but a brick did and WHUMP! It 3 his shiny black side door! Josh 4 out of his car, grabbed the kid and pushed him up 5 a parked car. He shouted at the kid,“ 6 was that all about and who are you? Just what are you doing?”He went on with 7 “That's my new Jaguar, that brick you threw is going to cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?”
“Please, mister, please…I'm 8 ! I didn't know what else to do!” 9 the youngster.“I threw the brick 10 no one else would stop!”Tears were dripping down the boy's chin as he 11 around the parked car.“It's my brother, mister,”he said.“He rolled 12 the sidewalk and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't 13 him up.”Sobbing, the boy asked the manager,“Would you please help me get him 14 into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.”
15 beyond words, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief 16 wiped the cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then 17 the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.
It was a long and slow walk back to his expensive car. Josh 18 did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the damage to 19 him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Pay 20 to the bricks of life coming at to you.
(1) A.old |
B.expensive |
C.secondhand |
D.slow |
(2) A.Since |
B.After |
C.As |
D.So long as |
(3) A.struck |
B.destroyed |
C.wiped |
D.harmed |
(4) A.climbed |
B.stepped |
C.got |
D.jumped |
(5) A.against |
B.on |
C.with |
D.toward |
(6) A.How |
B.Why |
C.When |
D.What |
(7) A.eagerness |
B.anger |
C.punishment |
D.displeasure |
(8) A.discouraged |
B.disappointed |
C.sorry |
D.hopeless |
(9) A.Explained |
B.Cried |
C.Shouted |
D.Added |
(10) A.until |
B.if |
C.before |
D.because |
(11) A.hid |
B.pointed |
C.ran |
D.searched |
(12) A.far |
B.away |
C.off |
D.onto |
(13) A.lift |
B.raise |
C.hold |
D.pick |
(14) A.over |
B.up |
C.down |
D.back |
(15A.Encouraged |
B.Moved |
C.Excited |
D.Frightened |
(16) A.so |
B.but |
C.and |
D.or |
(17) A.watched |
B.noticed |
C.saw |
D.observed |
(18) A.ever |
B.seldom |
C.hardly |
D.never |
(19) A.require |
B.remind |
C.warn |
D.keep |
(20) A.love |
B.turn |
C.attention |
D.respect |
解析:
(1) B
;由下文得出是豪华轿车。(2) C
;as引导时间状语从句“当……。的时候”。(3) A
;strike“击中”,指砖块击中车门。(4) D
;车门被砸,司机愤怒,从车中“跳出来”最符合文义。(5) A
;against此处表示“靠在”,指把男孩推到一辆停放的车上。(6) D
;要分清句子成分,此处what作about的宾语,问“为什么”。(7) B
;with anger用作状语“生气地”,表示继续生气地说”。(8) C
;sorry表示小孩的道歉和下文的解释。小孩先说“对不起”。(9) A
;explained表示小孩竭力解释。由下文得出。(10) D
;because引导原因状语从句,他扔砖块是因为没有人停下来帮忙,他别无选择。(11) B
;pointed“用手指着”,指着躺在地上的受了伤的哥哥,一个本来坐在轮椅上的残疾人。(12) C
;介词off表示“从……离开”,指轮椅滑出了人行道。(13) A
;lift sb. up“把某人从地上扶起来”。(14) D
;小孩的哥哥从轮椅上掉下来,现在再把他扶上去,所以用back。(15) B
;moved“受感动”,指这位经理被小孩的话深深打动。(16) C
;and表示并列关系,“扶起”,“掏出手绢”、“为他擦伤”,所以用and。(17) A
;watch此处表示“注视、目送”的意思。(18) D
;never表示这位经理从没有修理被砸坏的车门,保留被砸的痕迹以提醒自己。(19) B
;remind sb. to do sth.“提醒某人做某事”。提醒自己多注意帮助别人。(20) C
;pay attention to“注意……”。最后一句点明主题,“要注意生活中向你扔来的砖块”。完形填空 (20分)
The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. one of his _21_ important inventions was the train. He _22_his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the _23_ engine on the train, he met with _24_ from the government, newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would _25_ cows, horses and sheep, that the _26_ would hurtle(炸飞) or that the hot coals from it would _27_their houses. At that time, _28_ people believed what they said.
George Stephenson _29_ the people that the train could go on small _30_, could pull carriages _31_goods and passengers and there was _32_ to them. It was a very _33_ matter for him to _34_ them believe. However, after _35_, he was able to do it; and the first train that _36_ by Stephenson himself _37_ what he had said.
The first day _38_ the people along the way _39_ the noises of the train _40_ and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius. They did not dare to come out until it had passed.
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