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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的(A、B、C和D)四个选项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My   36  took me by train or by car to a hotel by the   37 . All day, I seem to remember, I   38  on the sands with strange   39  children. We made houses and gardens, and   40  the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we   41  over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the   42  seemed to shine always brightly   43  the water was always warm. Sometimes we  44  beach and walked in the country, exploring(搜寻) ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were   45  in one’s pockets or good places where one could   46  ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good   47  is much the same as it was. I   48  like the sun and warm sand and the sound of   49  beating the rocks. I no longer wish to   50  any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.   51 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I   52  what my ideal(理想的) holiday will be like when I am   53 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   54  who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves   55  on too many ices creams.
小题1:
A.teacherB.parents C.nurseD.younger sister
小题2:
A.seaB.lakeC.mountainD.river
小题3:
A.playedB.sleptC.satD.stood
小题4:
A.movingB.excitingC.anxiousD.nervous
小题5:
A.madeB.broughtC.watchedD.heard
小题6:
A.collectedB.jumpedC.turnedD.climbed
小题7:
A.lightB.sunC.moonD.lamp
小题8:
A.andB.yetC.butD.or
小题9:
A.leftB.came to C.stood byD.played by
小题10:
A.sweetsB.sand C.ice-creamsD.money
小题11:
A.makeB.sellC.buyD.offer
小题12:
A.houseB.holiday C.gardenD.tide
小题13:
A.hardlyB.almostC.stillD.perhaps
小题14:
A.wavesB.tides C.handsD.feet
小题15:
A.destroyB.fix C.useD.build
小题16:
A.ButB.HoweverC.OtherwiseD.Besides
小题17:
A.wonderB.feel C.understandD.believe
小题18:
A.strongB.weakC.youngD.old
小题19:
A.childrenB.boysC.girlsD.grown-ups
小题20:
A.happyB.tiredC.sadD.sick

小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:A
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:D

小题1:B作者回忆儿时假日,根据常识可判断为其父母亲(parents)带他远游。
小题1:A从后文提到的词语beach(海滨),sand(沙滩)等可知作者在海边(by the sea)。
小题1:A play with sb.,与某人玩耍。
小题1:B 去海边度假,孩子们感到激动,故答案为B。moving令人感动的;anxious,焦急的;nervous,紧张的,均不合题意。
小题1:C watch sb / sth do, 看着某人 / 某物做某事。
小题1:D从后面的look down at判断,此处应该用climbed。
小题1:B 由于在海边玩耍,心情好,所以太阳也特别明亮。
小题1:A 前后两句为并列关系,所以用and。
小题1:A前文说“在海边玩耍”,后文说“乡村探寻、购物”,因此,该空应该用left表示离开海滨。
小题1:A 下一段说I dislike sweets,故选A。
小题1:C make、sell和offer都不可能是孩子们的所为,故用buy表示“买冰淇淋”。
小题1:B 上文叙述儿时度假的快乐时光,成年后他对于假期的想法依然如故。
小题1:C与上句照应,多年来,我“仍然”喜欢……。
小题1:A tides指“潮汐”,而文中指“海浪”(waves)拍打岩石的声音。
小题1:D build sand house(建沙房子)与文章开头make sand house同义。
小题1:B 空格后有逗号,所以用however。
小题1:A wonder想知道;feel感到;understand明白;believe相信。从句意看应该用wonder。
小题1:D作者回忆了儿童时代快乐的假期,但是不知道老年以后理想中的假期是什么模样。
小题1:A children包括boys和girls,只有孩子们才迷恋于沙子堆成的小房子,所以此处用children。
小题1:D sick生病。由于吃了太多的冰淇淋,病了。
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I watched such a moment not long ago at a woman’s funeral. I didn’t expect the event to affect me. Through much of the ceremony, in fact, I remained unmoved.
The teenage grandson stepped forward. With his very first deep breath, every heart in that church was achingly reminded of something we had all forgotten. Softly he began: “I want to share a few values that Nana taught me. She never failed to see light in any situation. When our family dog would truly attack her, what would Nana say? ‘oh, what beautiful barking that dog has!’ That was Nana. ”
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Finally, in a voice breaking free of sorrow, he looked up and said, “Nana taught me courage. She put up an incredible fight to the end, when she died peacefully, which is how she lived her life. That was Nana’s way, and I hope I can carry on in the same manner.”
There are no hearts as sensitive as those of teenagers, because everything is happening to them for the first time. The trouble with teenagers is that they haven’t learned to be controlled.
When that boy rose to speak about the woman who surely had been his truest and closest friend, his honest voice dragged each of us out into the open where we could no longer hide in the calm ceremony. He exposed us to the truth about this very real woman who believed in a boy who probably tried the patience of many adults. He reminded us that his grandmother was more than another dot on the chart of life and death.
All over again we felt those powerful losses crossing our own hearts, and we knew that when you say good-bye to something happy, something young in yourself. And that something never really returns, and the pain never really goes away.
小题1:In the first paragraph, the writer gave some examples to________ .
A.support his idea that young people are no good
B.introduce his point of view about young people
C.tell people every coin has its two sides
D.show young people often make mistakes
小题2:From the boy’s speech, we know _______ .
A.his grandmother had great influence on him
B.they had a dog which often attacked people
C.people had forgotten her until the boy appeared
D.his grandmother was so weak that she is always living in the shadow of his grandpa
小题3:Which of the following statements is true?
A.The boy ’s speech moved no one present at the funeral except the writer
B.The boy’s being good at expressing himself enabled him to draw everyone’s attention
C.The boy was too grieved to accept the fact that his grandmother had passed away
D.The writer didn’t expect the event would affect him
小题4:What words can best describe grandmother’s quality?
A.Weak, mild and modest
B.Easygoing, cautious and considerate
C.Sensitive and hard on others
D.Patient, optimistic, strong and helpful.
小题5:The passage tells the readers_______ .
A.facing certain bitter facts help young people to grow
B.young people have to control themselves
C.the adults should learn from the young
D.the adults should teach the young how to be brave
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“I like people to play with things more than read and write,” she says. So she researched her idea on the Internet, found a company in China that could make it, saved up her pocket money and got her idea made.
Paula says her daughter “think differently”: Ideas jump into her mind. After she got sunburnt on holiday, Megan invented a small plastic bracelet(手镯) that changes colors in the sun, telling you when to put on sunscreen(防晒霜). Several sunscreen companies have expressed an interest in the idea. She also came up with an idea to make a ball filled with water to stop the dog from feeling thirsty. “But we didn’t do anything with it,” says Paula.
Then she pulls out a picture of a special fishing rod(钓鱼竿) she had designed. “There is a camera on the hook(钩),” she explains, “and the screen is on the handle, and it shows if you’ve caught a fish or not.”
Megan doesn’t want to go to university. She keeps her pink-and -cream bedroom tidy. Paula is amazed and a bit confused by her daughter. “Everything has to be in a certain order,” Paula says. “Her brothers and sisters go with the flow, but with Megan, it’s ‘What time will that be happening?’ or ‘Where am I being picked up from today?’”
小题1:From Paragraph 2, we can infer that Megan             .
A.is not willing to go to schoolB.likes to play with her brothers and sisters
C.prefers making something by herselfD.is good at reading and writing
小题2:What did Megan invent after she got sunburnt on vacation?
A.The anti-smoking poster
B.The ball providing water for thirsty dogs
C.The fishing rod telling whether you’ve caught a fish
D.The bracelet telling when to put on sunscreen
小题3: The underlined phrase “go with the flow” probably means “            .”
A.do what the most people usually doB.follow the fashion closely
C.set an example to othersD.do something differently from others
小题4:According to the passage, which of the following about Megan is true?
A.She has fives kids, three dogs, and a rabbit.
B.She designed an anti-smoking poster when she was nine.
C.She founded a company in China to get her idea made.
D.She invented a small plastic bracelet to change the color of sunscreen.
小题5:The passage is mainly about             .
A.how Megan helps people give up smoking
B.a little girl’s dream to be a world-famous inventor
C.a 10-year-old inventor’s story
D.Megan’s relationship with her family members
We Americans are wasteful people, not used to saving. Early settlers, our forefathers set us an example of wasting everything, for they thought nature’s resources were so plentiful that none of them ever imagined that natural materials would be used up in time. Within a few years of the first Virginia settlement, for example, pioneers burned down their houses when they were ready to move west. They burned down their houses with only one aim to get the nails(钉子)for future use. No one ever gave a thought to the priceless hardwoods that went up in smoke. As a people we destroy many valuable things that other people save. I noticed this when I was living in Britain. I received a letter from one England’s largest banks. It was enclosed in a used envelope(信封)that had been readdressed to me. Such a practice would be unthinkable in the United States. American banks, even the smallest, always use expensive stationery(信笺)with the names of all twenty - eight vice – presidents lists on side of the page.
小题1:According to the passage, we know the writer is ________ .
A.a ChineseB.a JapaneseC.an EnglishmanD.an American
小题2:The writer thought their forefathers ________ .
A.set a good example
B.wasted many natural resources
C.knew natural resources would be used up in time
D.made the best use of natural materials
小题3: Which of the following statements is wrong?
A.The writer lives in Britain now.
B.American banks use expensive stationery.
C.Americans are not used to saving.
D.The writer’s forefathers burned down their houses in order to get the nails.
小题4:The purpose of the passage is to ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________ .
A.wish Americans not to wasteB.tell us the English are a good people
C.warn Americans against savingD.encourage people to work hard.
It is men’s nature to live together in families and tribes(部落), and cities and nations, and therefore men have learned to prize those qualities in each other which make social life the happiest and best.
Of these qualities one of the most important is sympathy-fellow-feeling. If a man had no fellow-feeling, we should call him “inhuman”; he would be no true man. We think so much of this quality that we call a kind man “human”-that is, man-like in his conduct, first to other men, and afterwards to all living things.
If you are cruel to animals, you are not likely to be kind or thoughtfull to men; and if you are thoughtful towards men, you are not likely to be cruel and thoughtful towards animals. This is why the wise man of old wrote, “The merciful man is merciful to his beast.”
What a pleasure it is also to be loved by our pets or domestic animals; and to feel that we are caring for them and are deserving of their love; or to watch the ways of wild creatures, and gradually to make friends with them!
Treating animals kindly does not mean that we must never inflict any pain on them. We ourselves are trained by pains as well as by pleasures; so too, punishment is sometimes needed to train our dogs and horses to obey us. We endure pains at the hands of the surgeon, to cure some wound or to heal some disease; so too, animals must submit to being doctored.
We send out our bravest men to face wounds, sickness and death, for the good of the nation; so too, we let our horses share the risk of battle. For similar reasons, we cannot hesitate to destroy dangerous creatures like wolves and show senseless ferocity(残忍). It is no excuse to say that these animals deserve to be treated cruelly on account of their own cruelty. They are not really cruel, for they tear and kill not from love of unkindness, but because they must do so in order to live.
小题1:One of the most important qualities of men is fellow-feeling because      .
A.you are likely to be cruel and thoughtful without it
B.a man would be inhuman without it
C.men can’t bear any pain on themselves and animals
D.only sympathy makes a man man-like in his conduct
小题2:The author would probably agree with the following EXCEPT that   .
A.we must never force any pain on animals
B.some people have to kill some animals in order to live
C.it is human for a doctor to cut off some part from the animals
D.wise men are not only good to men but also to animals
小题3:What do you think is the title of the passage?
A.Loving your pet.B.Fellow-feeling.
C.Making friends with animals.D.Kindness to animals.
小题4:Which of the following is inhuman according to the writer?
A.To treat animals cruelly because they are cruel.
B.To train animals.
C.To destroy some of the dangerous animals.
D.To make animals submit to being doctored.
小题5:The underlined word “inflict” here means      .
A.make sb/sth sufferB.forbid
C.punishD.avoid
Dear Kate,
I’m very   36   that you are coming to our school so soon.   37   you arrive, let me introduce   38   you what our school life is like.
Our school is quite famous   39   its long history. It was   40   in the early 1920s. It is a good place   41   we can prepare ourselves well for the future. We have many wonderful teachers who are always ready to   42   help.   43   we pay a lot of attention to how well we do in lessons,   44   high scores is not the only reason to study. The teachers encourage us to try out new ideas and ask questions.   45   their help we have developed all kinds of interests in both Arts and Science. Students can choose to   46   any school clubs they are   47   in. We can also choose the subjects that we want to study. Last term I selected American Literature, because I wanted to learn about famous American writers. This term I chose to attend music classes because my father bought me a piano   48   a birthday present.
  49   , I was elected monitor of my class,   50   it can be   51   to be a monitor,   52   I have to do a lot of work and attend many meetings.   53   , being a monitor has taught me a lot, such as caring for others and taking responsibilities and so on. When my class was given the title of “Model Class”, I was   54   than ever before. So being a monitor plays an important part in my school life. I’m very pleased with my work.
I love my school and hope that you will have a pleasant experience here too. I am looking forward to   55   you soon.
小题1:
A.excitedB.excitingC.exciteD.excitement
小题2:
A.WhenB.Before AfterC.AfterD.As soon as
小题3:
A.forB.toC.withD.in
小题4:
A.asB.byC.forD.with
小题5:
A.findedB.foundC.findD.founded
小题6:
A.whenB.thatC.whereD.which
小题7:
A.givesB.donatesC.offerD.ask
小题8:
A.ButB.ThoughC.BecauseD.So
小题9:
A.makeB.makingC.achieveD.achieving
小题10:
A.UnderB.ForC.WithD.By
小题11:
A.joinB.attendC.join inD.take part in
小题12:
A.interestB.interestedC.interestingD.interests
小题13:
A.forB.byC.asD.with
小题14:
A.On the wayB.In the wayC.By the wayD.By way of
小题15:
A.sometimeB.some timeC.sometimesD.some times
小题16:
A.tiredB.tiresC.tireD.tiring
小题17:
A.butB.forC.soD.yet
小题18:
A.ButB.SoC.HoweverD.And
小题19:
A.proudB.more proudC.priderD.prouder
小题20:
A.meetB.meetsC.meetingD.met
Job sharing refers to the situation in which two people divide the responsibility of one full-time job. The people willingly act as part-time workers, enough hours between them to fulfill the duties of a full-time worker. If they each work half the job, for example, they each receive 50 percent of the job’s wages, its holidays and its other benefits.
Job sharing differs from conventional(常规的) part-time work in that it occurs mainly in the more highly skilled and professional areas, which require higher levels of responsibility and employee commitment.
Job sharing should not be confused with the term work sharing, which refers to increasing the number of jobs by reducing the number of hours of each existing job, thus offering more positions to the growing number of unemployed people. Job sharing by contrast, is not designed to address the growing number of unemployed people. Job sharing, by contrast, is not designed to address unemployment problems; its focus, rather is to provide well-paid work for skilled workers and professionals who want more free time for other activities.
As would be expected, most job sharers are women. A survey carried out in 1988 by Britain’s Equal Opportunities Commission showed that 78 per cent of sharers were female, the majority of whom were between 20 and 40 years of age. Subsequent studies have come up with similar results. Many of these women were re-entering the job market after having had children, but they chose not to seek part-time work because it would have meant lower status. Job sharing also offered an acceptable shift back into full-time work after a long absence.
The necessity of close cooperation when sharing a job with another person makes the actual work quite different from conventional one-position jobs. However, to ensure a greater chance that the partnership will succeed, each person needs to know the strengths, weaknesses and preferences of his or her partner before applying for a position. Moreover, there must be a fair division of both routine tasks and interesting ones. In sum, for a position to be job-shared well, the two individuals must be well matched and must treat each other as equals.
小题1:In what way is work sharing different from job sharing?
A.Work sharing requires more working hours.
B.Work sharing is aimed at creating more jobs.
C.Work sharing provides a more satisfactory salary.
D.Work sharing depends on the employer’s decision.
小题2:According to paragraph4, young mothers preferred job sharing to conventional part-time work mainly because______.
A.they sought higher social status
B.they were over ideal working ages
C.they had difficulty finding full-time jobs
D.they had to take care of both work and family
小题3:In job sharing the partners should ______.
A.enjoy equal social status
B.have similar work experience
C.keep in touch with each other
D.know each other very well
I love science and science fiction. Like many science fiction fans, I am fascinated by the possibility of time travel. However, one must combine romance with reasoning and look into the chances of time travel critically.
First of all, we must remember the whole universe is in motion. If we want to go back to yesterday, our "time machine" has to move back in time and space. If someone claimed he was at home when he suddenly travelled 200 years back in time, he either had an illusion or made the story up. Two hundred years ago, Earth was in a different place in space, so how can you travel back 200 years without moving in space? Don't get me wrong. I am not knocking the genius of science fiction writers. H.G. Wells's "The Time Machine" is a great work of fiction, but that’s all. I have read many other time travelling science fiction stories since reading H.G. Wells, but none address this problem of displacement.
My own argument for the impossibility of time travel is that physical states of the past no longer exist and those of the future are not here yet. To be able to move back and forth in time requires everything that has happened, is happening, and will happen everywhere in the whole universe at every single moment in time-past, present, and future-to be stored as a "reality" somewhere-like the save game file of a computer game that contains every single byte of information of the game at the point it was saved, but you would need an almost extremely large file and almost extremely many of them-so it can be re-entered and communicated with, and not just light signals for viewing. To me, I don’t buy it.
小题1:Which of the following can be the best title?
A.How to make time travel possible?
B.Why am I fascinated by time travel?
C.Why do I think time travel is not possible?
D.How to explain the possibility of time travel?
小题2:What’s the meaning of the underlined word “illusion”?
A.successB.dreamC.switchD.support
小题3: According to the author, which of the following is RIGHT?
A.We can go back to the past by time travel.
B.People can travel to the future by moving in space.
C.“The Time Machine” is nothing more than a science fiction.
D.Everything that happened, is happening and will happen can be stored somewhere.
小题4:In the author’s opinion, time travel might be possible if                            .
A.people could combine romance with reasoning
B.people could stop the movement of the whole universe
C.people could use time machine under the instruction of H.G. Wells
D.people could “save” everything in the past, present and future in a certain space
“Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton (骨骼) in the closet (衣橱)?” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother paused thoughtfully. “Well, it's something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad's family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be 'a skeleton in his family's closet'. He really wouldn't want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick on my family?” Jessica's father said with anger. “Your family history isn't so good, you know. Wasn't your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?”“Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.”“Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica's parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica's closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica's mother sank in a faint (晕倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school's skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They're both crazy,” she thought.
小题1:According to Jessica's mother, “a skeleton in the close” means ________.
A.a family honorB.a family secretC.a family storyD.a family treasure
小题2:What can we learn about some Australians' ancestors from Paragraph 2?
A.They were brought to Australia as prisoners.
B.They were the earliest people living in Australia.
C.They were involved in some crimes in Australia.
D.They were not regarded as criminals in their days.
小题3:Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?
A.She was curious about it.B.She planned to keep it for fun.
C.She needed it for her school task. D.She intended to scare her parents.
小题4: Jessica's parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because ________.
A.they were crazy.
B.they were over excited.
C.they realized their misunderstanding.
D.they both thought they had won the quarrel.

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