Ⅶ. 完形填空(共2 0 小题,满分3 0 分)
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Antarctica( 南极洲 ) is the continent which is the
most southern area of land on the Earth and is mostly covered with ice. This is
one of the driest and 51 in the world. But people from all over the world come to 52 there. Near the South Pole, three
thousand people live together in a place 53 Amundsen-Scott Station.
The station has libraries, cinemas, shops,
sports rooms, canteens and laboratories. There is electricity, and they have 54
--- the system that they
use to have a conversation with someone in another place. And they have 55 --- electronic machines that stores
information and uses programs to help them find, organize, or change the
information.
But the people here 56 travel by car, or train, or bus, because
there aren’t any roads or railways near the
station. They travel by ship, helicopter, plane, or snow tractor, or 57 dogs.
There aren’t 58_ trees or
flowers there, but there are hundreds of different birds and other animals.
Most of the people here are 59 . They study plant and animal life and
how ice moves. The ice can tell us about changes in climate. Ray Kingman is an
expert at Amundsen-Scott Station, telling us on the phone, “This is my second
year here. It’s a very interesting and beautiful place, but life is very hard 60 . In the summer we can go swimming in hot
pools of water. We welcome newcomers here for further study of the continent!”
51. A. warm areas B. coldest places C. cool areas D. hottest places
52. A. travel
B. go sightseeing C. work
D. enjoy themselves
53. A. called
B. call
C. calls
D. calling
54. A. telephones
B. radios
C. televisions
D. record players
55. A. printers B. icons
C. mouses
D. computers
56. A. don’t
B. didn’t
C. weren’t
D. aren’t
57. A. with
B. instead of
C. on
D. in front of
58. A. much
B. any
C. many
D. either
59. A. teachers B. scientists C. doctors
D. workers
60. A. during the autumn season
B. in the springtime C. in
all weathers D. in the winter
B
One Saturday afternoon, Kate went to buy something for her
sister and herself. As Kate was coming out of a __61__, a young lady walked
towards her. She said she was Miss Green--a good friend of Kate’s sister’s.
Kate __62__ her. Then she called a taxi to send Kate home. She told the driver
where he should go. Kate was _63__ that it was not in the direction of her
home.
“Why?”Kate asked. The lady smiled.
When they came to a quiet road, a big
rough man ___64__ on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down,
tied him and threw him out of the taxi. At the same time, Miss Green took out a
knife and __65__ Kate. She asked Kate to keep __66__. The man then started the
taxi. “Oh, God! I’m being kidnapped.”Kate said to
herself.
She tried to escape, but not succeeded. Suddenly an __67__
came to her. She took out a lipstick( 口红 )from her pocket,
wrote “SOS”on the window, and covered the word with her __68__. A few minutes
later, a police car passed and the policemen saw the __69__. When the
kidnappers saw the policemen, they stopped the taxi, jumped into the grass, and
ran away.
The policemen then picked Kate up and sent her home. When
her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were
also __70__ because their daughter had finally come back safely.
61. A. school B. taxi
C. shop D. friend’s
62. A. knew B.
believed C. thanked
D. remembered
63. A. sure
B. excited C. surprised
D. pleased
64. A. drove
B. climbed C. fell
D. appeared
65. A. helped B.
played
C. saved
D. frightened
66. A. healthy B. alive
C. relaxed
D. quiet
67. A. idea
B. answer C. interest
D. order
68. A. hands
B. back
C. dress D. lipstick
69. A. picture B. map
C. sign
D. knife
70. A. worried B. happy C. afraid
D. successful