【题目】完形填空

As my friend was passing some elephantshe suddenly stoppedHe was confused by the fact that these huge animals were being held by nothing but a small ropeThe rope was tied to their front legsIt was________that the elephants could break away from the ropes at any timeBut for some_______they did not

My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these elephants just stood there and didn’t________to get away

Well”he said“when they are very_______and much smallerwe use the same size rope to tie themAt that ageit’s enough to hold themAs they grow upthey are used to_______that they cannot break awayThey believe the rope can________hold themso they never try to break free

My friend was amazedThese animals could at any time break free________because they believed they couldn’tthey were stuck right where they were

Like the elephantshow many of us go________life hanging on to a belief that we cannot do somethingsimply because we________at it once before?How many of us are being held back by oldoutdated_______that no longer serve us?

1

Aclear

Bnecessary

Cinteresting

Dimportant

2

Abusiness

Btime

Cduty

Dreason

3

Atry

Bcontinue

Cremember

Drefuse

4

Astrong

Bsleepy

Cyoung

Dtired

5

Aguessing

Bbelieving

Cproving

Dregretting

6

Aever

Beven

Cnever

Dstill

7

Abut

Band

Cor

Dso

8

Aacross

Binto

Cthrough

Dover

9

Afailed

Blaughed

Caimed

Dlooked

10

Adreams

Binstructions

Cbeliefs

Dchances

【题目】B

Perhaps the most famous clothing brand name(装品牌名称)in the world is Levi’sLevi Strauss & Cois the producer of blue denim jeansHere’s how it happened

In the mid 1800s many people went to California to look for goldA young German named Levi Strauss traveled to San Francisco to help his brother on businessHe sold canvas(帆布)to the workers for tentsBut the workers said they needed pants morebecause their pants were easy to wear outInstead of selling his canvas for tent-makinghe turned it into pantsThese kinds of pants were very popular with workersHe was very happy and named the kind of pants“denims”And in 1853 he founded Levi Strauss Co

Twenty years later the company began using a design with pocketsDuring the workingStrauss developed the process for putting metal rivets(铆钉)in the eans for strength

On May 201873they received the USPatent No.139121 for the process and that date is now considered the official birthday of“blue jeans”

Today the company still has its factories in San FranciscoCaliforniaOver 11000 people work in them and bring in over $4 billion a year

1Levi Strauss went to San Francisco________

Ato look for gold

Bto sell canvas

Cto visit his brother

Dto help his brother on business

2The workers often complained________

Athe canvas was not good

Bthe work was too hard

Cthey couldn’t get enough food

Dtheir pants were not strong enough

3The underlined word“developed”may mean“________”in Chinese

A.研制

B.想象

C.了解

D.确定

4The blue denim jeans have about________years of history

A100

B130

C140

D200

5The passage mainly tells us________

Awho invented jeans

Bhow jeans were invented

Cwhen jeans were invented

Dwhy jeans are so popular

【题目】完形填空

(2012安徽)

The umbrella is a very common objectIt keeps the________and the sun off the peopleMost umbrellas can be folded up(折叠)so it is________to carry them

Howeverthe umbrella has not always been as________as it is nowIn the pastit was a symbol of importanceSome African countries still use umbrellas in this________Someone carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or important person

Umbrellas are very oldPeople in different parts of the world began to________umbrellas at different timesThe Chinese had them more than 3000 years agoFrom thereumbrellas________to India and EgyptIn Greece and Rome________wouldn’t use themThey believed umbrellas were only for women

England was________the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against rainThe weather there is very________and umbrellas are very useful

Everybody uses umbrellas todayThe next time you________onethinking that for centuries only great men and women used themyou’ll feel you are important peopletoo

1

Arain

Bcloud

Cair

Dwater

2

Alovely

Bcheap

Chard

Deasy

3

Alight

Bheavy

Ccommon

Dspecial

4

Away

Bsize

Creason

Dplace

5

Adiscover

Buse

Cexamine

Ddiscuss

6

Awalked

Btraveled

Crode

Dflew

7

Achildren

Bparents

Cmen

Dwomen

8

Aprobably

Balready

Csuddenly

Dimmediately

9

Asunny

Brainy

Csnowy

Dwindy

10

Asell

Breturn

Cborrow

Dcarry

【题目】阅读理解

(2013黑龙江大庆)

A

Two years agomy family moved to a new city and I had to study in a new schoolAs I had few friends thereI felt lonelyThen I met TonyThe first time I saw himhe was standing in the center of a group of studentstelling jokesThe children around laughed from time to timeTony knew about my problemHe asked me to play basketball with his friends and helped me with my studiesWe soon became good friends

About a year agohoweverTony’s father was killed in an accidentAs a resulthis family had to move to a small houseTony changed into a different personHe became silent and he even lost his interest in studiesSeveral timesI invited him to go out and play basketball with mebut he refusedI wanted to help himbut didn’t know what to do

Then something strange happened in my classTwo classmates lost the money in their schoolbags

Last Fridayjust before the PElessonI went back to the classroom to get my running shoes I would useThe door was half openI went inTo my astonishmentI saw Tony was searching one of my classmates’schoolbagsI was shocked…

1What kind of boy was Tony at the beginning of the story

AHe was a clever boy

BHe was a poor boy

CHe was a popular boy

DHe was a shy boy

2Why did the writer become friends with Tony

ABecause Tony helped him do his homework

BBecause Tony was kind to him

CBecause Tony liked playing basketball

DBecause Tony told jokes

3What caused the change of Tony

AHis father’s accident

BHis strange character

CThe move of his family

DThe loss of his interest in playing with his friends

4How did the writer feel when he saw Tony’s change

AHe felt angry

BHe felt surprised

CHe felt unhappy

DHe felt worried

5The underlined word“astonishment”means________

Asadness

Bsurprise

Cdisappointment

Djoy

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