完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

When I entered the classroom, our teacher announced we were going to have a math test. I took a look at the   41  full of what looked like hieroglyphs(象形文字) to me and began to   42  . I did the best that I could, and then left my   43  to put my paper in a pile(摞) on the front desk with a(n)   44  .

I returned to my seat and then an idea came to my mind. I   45  where the teacher was before I made my   46 . She was walking in the   47  of the room with her back turned. I left my seat and went back to the pile of test papers already handed   48  and when I picked up my paper I also   49  the paper right below it before returning to my seat. When I looked at the   50  paper I had taken, I discovered it was the work of the   51  girl in our class,   I copied her answers to my paper.

The next day the teacher handed back our papers turning them facedown on everyone’s desks. When I   52  my paper over, I was   53  to see an “F” on it. After class I went to the girl whose answers I had   54  and said to her, “That math test was difficult. I   55  it. I guess we need to study more.” Her   56  was, “Not me, I got every question   57  and got an A.”

The teacher knew. She never blamed me in front of the class and   58  me to keep my dignity(尊严). I made a   59  to myself never ever to cheat again. I would remember to always be   60  in the things I do. I never forgot that teacher who failed me when, really, I had failed myself.

1.                A．blackboard      B．paper          C．book D．picture

2.                A．think           B．cry            C．worry    D．sleep

3.                A．seat           B．classroom       C．partner   D．teacher

4.                A．joy            B．sigh            C．idea D．problem

5.                A．believed        B．found          C．ignored   D．checked

6.                A．research        B．mind           C．move D．comment

7.                A．front           B．middle         C．back D．outside

8.                A．out            B．in             C．over D．on

9.                A．saw            B．left            C．remembered  D．included

10.               A．extra          B．new           C．clean D．difficult

11.               A．tallest          B．oldest          C．prettiest   D．smartest

12.               A．got            B．turned         C．put   D．took

13.               A．shocked        B．angry          C．happy D．excited

14.               A．copied         B．read           C．marked   D．examined

15.               A．knew          B．made          C．failed D．lost

16.               A．reply          B．attitude        C．opinion   D．purpose

17.               A．ready          B．right           C．done D．good

18.               A．told           B．reminded       C．allowed   D．advised

19.               A．speech         B．joke           C．wish  D．promise

20.               A．honest         B．friendly        C．careful    D．hopeful

Long before the white man came to America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations. The nation of the Cherokees lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States. After the white man came, the Cherokees copied many of their ways. One Cherokee named Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible -- there were just too many words. Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet proved amazingly easy to learn. Before long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even printing their own newspaper.

In 1830, the U.S. Congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from their lands. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries. It belonged to them. Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River?

The army was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with their belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was November, yet many of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of the journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last group arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4,000 had died. It was indeed a march of death.

56. The Cherokee Nation used to live_______

A. on the American continent.        B. in the southeastern part of the US.

C. beyond the Mississippi River.     D. in the western territory.

57. One of the ways that Sequoyah copied from the white man is the way of______

A. writing down the spoken language.    B. making word pictures.

C. teaching his people reading.              D. printing their own newspaper.

58. A law was passed in 1830 to______

A. allow the Cherokees to stay where they were.

B. send the army to help the Cherokees.

C. force the Cherokees to move westward.

D. forbid the Cherokees to read their newspaper.

59. When the Cherokees began to leave their lands,_______

A. they went in carts.            B. they went on horseback.

C. they marched on foot.        D. all of the above.

60. Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because

A. they were not willing to go there.

B. the government did not provide transportation.

C. they did not have enough food and clothes.

D. the journey was long and boring.

Long before the white man came to America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations. The nation of the Cherokees lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States. After the white man came, the Cherokees copied many of their ways. One Cherokee named Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible -- there were just too many words. Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet proved amazingly easy to learn. Before long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even printing their own newspaper.

In 1830, the U.S. Congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from their lands. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries. It belonged to them. Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River?

The army was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with their belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was November, yet many of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of the journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last group arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4,000 had died. It was indeed a march of death.

1. The Cherokee Nation used to live_______

A. on the American continent. B. in the southeastern part of the US.

C. beyond the Mississippi River. D. in the western territory.

2. One of the ways that Sequoyah copied from the white man is the way of______

A. writing down the spoken language. B. making word pictures.

C. teaching his people reading. D. printing their own newspaper.

3. A law was passed in 1830 to______

A. allow the Cherokees to stay where they were.

B. send the army to help the Cherokees.

C. force the Cherokees to move westward.

D. forbid the Cherokees to read their newspaper.

4. When the Cherokees began to leave their lands,_______

A. they went in carts. B. they went on horseback.

C. they marched on foot. D. all of the above.

5. Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because

A. they were not willing to go there.

B. the government did not provide transportation.

C. they did not have enough food and clothes.

D. the journey was long and boring.

Long before the white man came to the America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations, The nation of the Cherokees lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States.

After the white man came, the Cherokees copied many of their ways. One Cherokee named Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible; there were just too many words. Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet proved amazingly easy to learn. Before long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even printing their own newspaper.

In 1830, the US congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from their lands. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries. It belonged to them. Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River?

The army was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with their belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was November, yet many of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last group arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4000 had died. It was in deed a march of death.

The Cherokee Nation used to live____________.

A. on the American continent        B. in the southeastern part of the US

C. beyond the Mississippi River         D. in the western territory

One of the ways that Sequoyah copied from the white man is the way of__________.

A. writing down the spoken language         B. making word pictures

C. teaching his people reading               D. printing their own newspaper

A law was passed in 1830 to__________.

A. allow the Cherokees to stay where they were    

B. send the army to help the Cherokees

C. force the Cherokees to move westward         

D. forbid the Cherokees to read their newspaper

When the Cherokees began to leave their lands, __________.

A. they went in carts            B. they went on horseback

C. they marched on foot         D. all of the above

Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because________.

A. they were not willing to go there

B. the government did not provide transportation

C. they did not have enough food and clothes

D. the journey was long and boring