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第二部分:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
A while ago my family and I went sledding. As I watched my children climbing up the slope, I started 36 .
Many people are 37 that most of today’s social problems are because of the “me ” generation; youngsters are just out for 38 and pay no attention to others or their needs. Indeed, a common belief is that today’s youngsters won’t do anything 39 there is something in it for them.
Yet, while sledding, I saw a 40 side to youngsters. I watched my two oldest children 41 my youngest by the hand to help her up the slippery slope each time they 42 . They would have been faster 43 her, but not once did they try to 44 her without helping.
Don’t get me wrong; these children 45 fight among themselves and, on occasion, 46 horribly. But I can take them 47 and know that they won’t ask for anything; I can talk to them about hurricane victims and know that they will 48 to donate some of their own money.
Perhaps, therefore, the “me” generation is to 49 for many social problems — not the youngsters who want everything, but the 50 in their lives who have taught them to selfishly think only of themselves. Most adults have been 51 at some time or another. In this case, they are really cold towards others. 52 , many pass it down to their children. Then the children learn to put themselves first!
Most young children want to help. We can 53 that feeling to continue into adulthood by teaching the 54 my children learned while sledding: Life is a slippery slope with 55 of bruises(受伤), but we can all make it to the top if we remember to help those who need it.
36. A. planning B. crying C. teaching D. thinking
37. A. proud B. content C. convinced D. frightened
38. A. others B. everything C. themselves D. everybody
39. A. unless B. when C. if D. until
40. A. far B. wrong C. dark D. different
41. A. take B. leave C. notice D. find
42. A. gave away B. went up C. looked out D. put down
43. A. without B. for C. with D. beyond
44. A. drop by B. call on C. go for D. pass by
45. A. never B. sometimes C. finally D. especially
46. A. speak B. respond C. behave D. want
47. A. fishing B. shopping C. studying D. playing
48. A. offer B. refuse C. compete D. allow
49. A. blame B. support C. praise D. judge
50. A. teachers B. parents C. adults D. children
51. A. inspired B. fortune C. retired D. disappointed
52. A. Surprisingly B. Similarly C. Hopefully D. Sadly
53. A. understand B. share C. encourage D. describe
54. A. advice B. technique C. mistake D. lesson
55. A. wishes B. possibilities C. means D. imaginations
查看习题详情和答案>>My grandfather came from Hungary and was the only one in his family who settled down in the United States. The rest of his family remained in Europe. When World War I broke out, he seemed to have become another man, downhearted. Such obvious change was not born out of concern for his welfare, but out of fear: if his only son, my uncle, had to go to war, it would be cousin fighting against cousin.
One day in 1918, my Uncle Milton received his draft notice. My grandparents were very upset. But my mother, at the age of 10, felt on top of the world about her soldier brother going off to war. Realizing how he was regarded by his little sister and all of her friends, my uncle bought them all service pins, which meant that they had a loved one in the service. All the little girls were delighted.
The moment came when my uncle and the other soldiers, without any training but all in uniforms, boarded the train. The band played and the crowd cheered. Although no one noticed, I’m sure my grandmother had a tear in her eye for the only son. The train slowly pulled out, but not about a thousand yards when it suddenly paused. Everyone stared in wonder as the train slowly returned to the station. There was a dead silence before the doors opened and the men started to step out. Someone shouted, “The war is over!” For a moment, nobody moved, but then the people heard someone bark orders at the soldiers. The men lined up in two lines, walked down the steps, and with the band playing, marched down the street, as returning heroes, to be welcomed home. My mother said it was a great day, but she was just a little disappointed that it didn’t last a tiny bit longer.
1.What the grandfather was most worried about was .
A. the spread of the world war B. the safety of his two cousins
C. a drop in his living standards D. his relatives killing each other
2. The underlined phrase “draft notice” means “ “
A. order for army service B. train ticket for Europe
C. letter of rejection D. note of warning
3.What did the “service pins” (in Para.2) stand for in the eyes of the little girls?
A. Strength. B. Courage. C. Victory. D. Honor.
4.Which of the following words can best describe the ending of the story?
A. Disappointing. B. Unexpected. C. Uncertain. D. Inspiring.
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第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!” This 36 seem a strange thing to say, But 37 things can help you to 38 them better.
Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it 39 your hands, you can feel how smooth and cold the ball is. You can feel how 40 the ball is . The roundness, smoothness, 41 and heaviness are all parts of the ball. When you feel all these things about the 42 , you really see it.
You can feel surprisingly well, For example, your fingers can 43 the difference of coins in your pocket. You can feel a little 44 of water on the back of your hand.
You can even feel 45 . Have you ever wondered why some people like very 46 music? They must like to feel the sounds of music as to hear them.
All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. 47 most of us keep right on touching things as we grow up. In stores, we touch things we want to 48 : food, clothing, tables and beds, To see something well, we 49 touch it.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your 50 and try to feel 51 , Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, and the air. At first, 52 is not easy to feel these things, You are too 53 to them.
Most things on 54 in museums are just for looking. But today, “Do touch!” There you can feel the shape of a gun, the smooth silk of a dress, and the rough 55 of an old chair.
36. A. may B. must C. should D. will
37. A. doing B. seeing C. touching D. hearing
38. A. know B. see C. hear D. feel
39. A. in B. on C. with D. under
40. A. heavy B. light C. big D. small
41. A. lightness B. temperature C. warmth D. coldness
42. A. glass B. ball C. parts D. thing
43. A. understand B. say C. tell D. feel
44.A. drop B. piece C. block D. bit
45.A. noise B. songs C. voice D. sounds
46. A. quiet B. peaceful C. loud D. silent
47. A. Since B. Though C. Yet D. So
48. A. eat B. wear C. buy D. use
49. A. can B. shall C. might D. have to
50. A. door B. mouth C. window D. eyes
51. A. everything B. anything C. them D. nothing
52. A. that B. this C. those D. it
53. A. used B. interested C. excited D. moved
54. A. wall B. shelf C. show D. desk
55. A. paper B. cloth C. wood D. medal
Here’s an idyllic(田园风光的) scene: a small village where the sun always shines, crops always grow and your friends drop by to sweep your yard to the sound of guitar music. Animals do what they are told, there is no disease, and lending folks a helping hand makes you richer and wiser. Welcome to FarmVille — current population 69m and rising fast.
“It reminds me of my childhood,” says one player, Lia Curran, 37, a chemist from London. “Right now I’m growing wheat and poinsettia, I’ve got a small orchard, and I’m keeping some chickens and some cows. I like having the animals. It’s comfortable.”
Curran’s young animals, however, are nothing more than a collection of computer-controlled cartoons. FarmVille is an online computer game built into the social networking site Facebook and is described by its players as “addictive”. Launched last June by Zynga Game Network, FarmVille now has more players than Twiter’s entire user base — or more than the population of the UK. The players are largely women over the age of 35.
Jenny Glyn, 33, a London housewife, started playing in September. “I had a look at a friend’s farm and was hooked,” she says. “My first motivation was to overtake her, but I did that pretty quickly. Now there’s something satisfying about growing crops.”
FarmVille intellectually unites the worlds of social networking and gaming. Players are given a patch of ground with six fields, “cash”, a few seeds and a plough and have to build up wealth, skills and neighbors to create bigger, better, richer farms.
Inviting your online friends to play means you earn more and get free gifts; you rise rapidly through the first levels but, once hooked, have to work harder and harder with no final level or goal in sight.
“It’s very moreish,” says Curran. She hasn’t yet paid real-world money to advance in the game, but her friends do. One buys extra virtual currency at the exchange rate of $240 (£145) in FarmVille for $40 (£24) in the real world.
“I’d expanded on FarmVille as much as I could, but I just wanted a pond and some bushes and trees around it,” says the woman, who is too embarrassed to be named. “I didn’t tell my husband I’d paid real money because he’d think I’m mad. But then he did keep me waiting in the car outside our house while he harvested his raspberries.”
Brian Dudley, chief executive at Broadway Lodge, an addiction treatment centre, warns that this sort of obsessive(令人着魔的) play can lead to an addiction as severe as gambling.
59. What does Curran do in the passage?
A. She is a player. B. She is a farmer who grows wheat and poinsettia.
C. She is a chemist. D. She is a housewife who raises chickens and cows.
60. By FarmVille, the writer means ______.
A. an addictive farm on which live 69 million farmers
B. a London housewife’s farm
C. an online computer game built into the social networking site
D. a farm on which people grow real crops and play as well
61. In the last but one paragraph, the husband kept the woman waiting outside ______.
A. because he was angry at his wife’s being mad about the farm
B. because he himself was busy with his farm
C. in order to punish his wife for her having paid real money
D. so that his wife would wake up from her addiction to the farm
62. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. The population of the UK is less than 69 million.
B. This sort of obsessive play can cause very severe addiction.
C. Once hooked, one has to make greater efforts to reach a higher level.
D. Up till now, nobody has yet paid real-world money to advance in the play.
Karen, grown up in a very traditional family in the western United States, maintained high moral(道德的)standards throughout her youth. In 1984, at the age of 23, she married Bill. They were blessed with two children, a boy and a girl.
By 1991 their love had deepened, and they were happy. Later that year Bill developed a white spot on his tongue. He visited a doctor.
One day shortly after that, Bill called Karen to sit beside him. He said with tears in his eyes that he loved her and wanted to live forever with her. The doctor suspected that he had been infected with HIV , the virus that leads to AIDS。
The family was tested. Bill and Karen’s results were positive. Bill had become infected before he met Karen; then he passed the virus on to Karen. The children’s results were negative. Within three years, Bill was dead. “I don’t know how to express what it is like to watch a once handsome man you love and intend to live with forever dying slowly. I cried many nights. He died three months short of ten years of our marriage,” says Karen. Though a doctor told Karen that she would soon follow her husband into death, she is still alive. The infection has progressed to the early stages of AIDS.
Karen is but one of about 30 million people now living with HIV/AIDS, a figure larger than the combined populations of Australia, Ireland and Paraguay. According to one UN report, Africa has 21 million of these victims. By the turn of the century that number could reach 40 million and the disease will bring on the greatest disaster in human history. Of the world’s sexually active adults aged 15 to 49, 1 in 100 has already been infected with HIV. Of these, only 1 in 10 realizes that he or she is infected. In some parts of Africa, 25 percent of the adults are infected.
Since the beginning of the spread of AIDS in 1981, about 11.7 million people have died of it. It is roughly calculated that in 1997 alone, about 2.3 million people died of it. Nevertheless, there are fresh reasons for optimism in the battle against AIDS. During the past few years, there has been a drop in new AIDS cases in wealthy nations. In addition, promising drugs hold out hope of better health and longer life.
64. By telling the story of Karen, the author intends to __________________.
A. warn people against high risk behaviours
B. stress the importance of medical test
C. express sympathy for AIDS victims
D. show the consequences of AIDS
65. The underlined part in Paragraph 1 most probably means “__________________”.
A. were lucky in having B. were asked to adopt
C. regretted having D. gave birth to
66. Bill was suspected of being infected with HIV after __________.
A. he got married to Karen
B. the family members were tested
C. Karen persuaded him to see the doctor
D. he found something wrong with his tongue
67.It can be concluded from the passage that _________.
A. promising drugs will soon stop AIDS
B. the spread of AIDS could be controlled
C. it is hopeless to win the battle against AIDS
D. the death rate of AIDS patients has been reduced
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