Question

Cloze12(2013 辽宁沈阳) 

      Do you know that humans have been cleaning their teeth for over 7 ,000 years? According to the BBC. the Ancient Egyptians used a type of toothpaste (牙膏) .1  it is believed that the Egyp?tians used a finger 2   a toothbrush to clean their teeth. Chinese people may have 3  the first toothbrush around 1 ,600 BC.

     Your toothbrush,however,may have also become 4   .Because it is now possible to clean our teeth 5  using our hands!

     Two Canadians,Adel Elseri and Said Fayad,have invented 6  called T2T or “tongue-to-teeth”.Elseri says he came up with the idea 7  he was driving home after a long day at work. His 8   is a toothbrush that goes onto your tongue (舌) . T2T has special edges (边缘) and toothpaste.So just 9  your tongue over your teeth and it cleans your teeth just like a toothbrush 10  !It will make your breath fresh too.

      Elseri and Fayad made this hand-free toothbrush because they believed it was a 11   way for someone to brush their teeth. But people can only use the T2T 12  Would you use the tongue-to-teeth? The Huffington Post in the US 13   readers what they thought.Sixty-one percent said that they would use it while only thirty-nine percent said they 14  . Person- ally think I'm going to stick to (坚持用) the 15  !

   1.A. So   B. Then   C. But   D. Or

   2.A. instead of   B. because of   C. more than   D. less than

   3.A. discovered   B. developed   C. built   D. invented

   4.A. science   B. history   C. problem   D. secret

   5.A. by   B. from   C. without   D. for

   6.A. nothing   B. everything   C. anything   D. something

   7.A. until   B. when   C. since   D. though

   8.A. idea   B. story   C. word   D. plan

   9. A. hold   B. pull   C. move   D. check

   10.A. is   B. does   C. was   D. did

   11.A. healthier   B. easier   C. harder   D. longer

   12.A. again   B. soon   C. once   D. already

   13.A. told   B. asked   C. warned   D. advised

   14.A. shouldn't   B. should   C. wouldn’t   D. would

   15.A. finger   B. toothbrush   C. mouth   D. tongue

Answer 1

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. C 15. B

Cloze 12

[语篇解读]本文是一篇说明文。题材为发明与技术，向我们介绍了

牙刷的诞生历史，让我们对牙刷有了更详细的了解。

1. C由设空处前后句可知是转折关系，故答案为C项。

2. A由句意可知埃及人用手指而不是牙刷来清洁牙齿。故答案为 人项。

3. D由设空处后的the first toothbrush可推断出是“发明”，discover发 现，develop 发展，build 建立，invent 发明。

4. B由下句可知现在可能可以不用手(拿牙刷) 来清洁我们的牙齿。 故我们的牙刷也许也会成为历史。

5. C由下段内容可知两位加拿大人发明了一种不用手的T2T牙刷， 故答案为表否定的介词without。

6. D 根据句意可知加拿大人发明了一种名叫T2T的东西，故 something (某物) 符合题意。

7. B由设空处后的he was driving...可知应用when,表示“当 时

候”。

8. A idea想法，story故事，word单词，plan计划。根据句意可知答案 为A项。

9. C由句意可知是移动舌头，故答案为C项。move移动。

10. B does代替前面的动词短语cleans your teeth。

11. A healthier更健康的，easier更容易的，harder更难的，longer更长 的。根据上下文可知答案为A项。

12. C句意:但人们只能用T2T—次。once—次。

13. B由下文中的Sixty-one percent said...可知是询冋读者的想法，故 答案为B项。

14. C由句中的while (然而) 可知前后句之间是对比关系，故答案为

C项。

15. B句意：我个人认为我将坚持用牙刷！根据句意可知答案为 B项。

[长难句] Sixty-one percent said that they would use it while only tnirty-nine percent said they wouldn’t.61%的读者说他们将使用它，然而只有 39%的读者说他们不会用。

本句中 that they would use it 及 they wouldn’t 都是宾语从句，while 是转折连词，意为“然而”。