题目内容
完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender（放债者）lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, _________ the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him _________ he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were _________ .
The moneylender then told them that he would put a small _________ stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to _________ one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s _________ and her father’s debt (债务) would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would _________ be let go. Her father would be put into prison if she refused to pick a stone.
As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl _________ that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.
The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. _________ looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it _________ became lost among all the other stones. “ Oh how _________ I was！” she said, “But never _________ . If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to _________ which stone I picked.” This _________ tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a _________ way. Most difficult problems do have a solution.
1.A. pleased B. attracted C. loved D. saw
2.A. if B. unless C. so D. but
3.A. bored B. frightened C. relaxed D. excited
4.A. pink B. red C. black D. yellow
5.A. show B. damage C. check D. choose
6.A. daughter B. cousin C. wife D. friend
7.A. again B. still C. never D. hardly
8.A. said B. feared C. thought D. noticed
9.A. On B. About C. For D. Without
10.A. usually B. surprisingly C. immediately(立刻) D. slowly
11.A. worried B. clever C. careless D. lucky
12.A. laugh B. mind C. cry D. complain
13.A. tell B. explain C. ask D. arrange
14.A. saying B. story C. news D. man
15.A. careful B. funny C. different D. normal
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空一词。
One of the most famous scientists to study adaptations (适应) was Charles Darwin. He was born in England in 1809. He wasn’t the best student in his school, but when he was 16, his father sent him to a medical school. Charles liked spending time outdoors observing nature more than attending medical classes. He dropped out without graduating.
Next, Charles’s father sent him to school to become a minister (牧师). This time he made it to graduation. But he didn’t want to do the work of a minister. His friends encouraged him to follow his interest in science.
After graduation, Charles was invited to sail on the Beagle as an unpaid scientist. He wasn’t the first choice, but he was the lucky one to go. The Beagle was to travel to South America and then around the world. The crew's task was to make maps of the places they visited.
On December 27th, 1831, Charles Darwin sailed from England on the Beagle. The trip was planned to last two years. In fact, it lasted five. During this time, he saw many amazing things. He collected lots of plants and animals and took them back to England to study.
Twenty-three years later, Darwin published an important scientific paper with another man named Wallace. Darwin described how some animals have adaptations that help them survive. They are passed on to offspring (后代). Darwin’s ideas about adaptations are still very important to the study of living things.
The title | One of the most famous 1. to study adaptations |
Be born | In 2. |
At age 16 | He was 3. to a medical school by his father. |
He 4. spending time outdoors observing nature to attending medical classes. | |
He left school without graduation. | |
Graduation | His father wanted him to be a 5. after graduation. |
He became 6. in science instead. | |
After graduation | He was lucky 7. to be invited to sail on the Beagle to make maps of the places they visited. |
The trip | It 8. Charles Darwin five years to sail from England on the Beagle. |
He collected many plants and animals for further 9. . | |
Later | His ideas about adaptations still have an 10. influence on the study of living things. |