完形填空 阅读短文, 从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)

Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier(国境) to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming   1  the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods(货物) of old straw on it. When the bike   2  the frontier, Peter would stop the man and   3  him take the straw off and untie(解开) it. Then he would examine the straw very   4  to see   5   he could find anything, then he would look in all the man’s pockets   6  he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always   7  to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found anything. He was sure the man was   8  something, but he was not  9  to think out what it could be.

Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets   10  usual, he   11  to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things  12  this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today is my   13 day on the job. Tomorrow I’m going to retire(退休). I promise I shall not tell  14  if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for   15 . Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”

1.                A.towards        B.down          C.to   D.up

 

2.                A.arrived         B.appeared       C.came D.reached

 

3.                A.ask            B.order          C.make D.call

 

4.                A.carefully        B.quickly         C.silently   D.horribly

 

5.                A.that           B.where          C.how D.if

 

6.                A.before         B.after           C.first  D.so

 

7.                A.lucky          B.hoping         C.thinking  D.wondering

 

8.                A.taking          B.smuggling       C.stealing   D.pushing

 

9.                A.possible        B.strong          C.able D.clever

 

10.               A.like            B.more          C.then  D.as

 

11.               A.told           B.cried          C.ordered   D.said

 

12.               A.cross          B.past           C.across D.into

 

13.               A.last            B.first           C.newest    D.second

 

14.               A.everyone       B.anyone         C.no one    D.someone

 

15.               A.moment        B.long time       C.sometime  D.some time

 

 

American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is “Hello!” or “How are you?” “Hi!” is creeping(不知不觉地进入)into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you. ” The British say, “How do you do?” or “Pleased to meet you. ” When Americans say “Good-bye”, they nearly always add, “Have a good day. ” or “Have a good trip. ” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day. ”

The British usually use “got” in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I have.

There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e. g. check(US)/cheque(UK). Many American words ending in “or”, e. g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our,” e. g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, e. g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with “ise” or “ising”, e. g. organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice. ” In AmE, one writes “traveler,” while in BrE, one writes “traveller”.

It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate (各自的)languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links(联系)between the two countries are so strong that linguistically(语言上),and probably culturally(文化上)too, they are closer together than ever before.

AmE—— American English   BrE——British English

1.The Americans hardly say “_____”

A.Good-bye. Have a good day!

B.Glad to know you!

C.Hi!

D.Have you got a car?

2.What does the 3rd paragraph talk about?

A.There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE.

B.Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings.

C.There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE.

D.The different usages of words in AmE and BrE.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The two languages will become separate languages.

B.American English will be used more and more.

C.The two languages will be closer and closer.

D.British English will be used more and more.

4.The underlined word “predicted” means ______ in Chinese.

A.解释             B.预言             C.考虑             D.证明

 

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