完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
When I was young,my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.
One evening in early April,my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar   36  a worker who had the flu.I told her I would mess it up,  37 I had never worked at the bar before.I   38  
that instead of making money,I would end up owing it.
“You can do it,”said my mother.“   39  ,you won’t get much business until lunch.”
“But I’ll never remember the orders,and I’m no good___40_money.Please,Mom,don’t
   41  me.”
“Then I’ll help you,”she said.
I shrugged my shoulders.I thought my mother’s     42    was a bad one,but I      43    .
When I got to the bar the next day,I found my mother was   44  .Because the weather that day was rainy and cold,people wanted hot snacks and drinks.   45  ,I was really slow at taking the orders and making change.The line of people grew,and everybody seemed   46  .I was so nervous that my hands shook,and I    47  a cup into pieces.What a mess!Then my mother came to   48  me,and she also showed me how to make   49  .If someone gave me $5 for something that cost $3.25,I handed over  50  quarters and a dollar and said,“75 cents makes four dollars,plus one dollar makes five.”Things went more   51  after that.
By the end of the day,I could remember orders,   52  the bill,and make change quickly with a smile.I was even a little   53   when the sun came out and dried up business.My mother said she was proud of me,and when she   54  that I work at the snack bar again next year,I did not even shrug.I was too busy   55  the restaurant I would open one day.
36.A.to                        B.for                     C.after                         D.over
37.A.because                B.though               C.until                         D.while
38.A.promised                     B.noticed               C.worried                     D.hoped
39.A.Therefore             B.However            C.Besides                     D.Yet
40.A.of                        B.on                            C.about                        D.with
41.A.blame                   B.fool                   C.frighten                     D.make
42.A.idea                            B.bar                    C.day                           D.answer
43.A.guessed                B.obeyed               C.begged                      D.admitted
44.A.angry                   B.sad                    C.wrong                       D.ashamed
45.A.At least                B.At last                C.At most                     D.At first
46.A.surprised                     B.impolite             C.pleased                      D.impatient
47.A.damaged               B.destroyed           C.broke                        D.ruined
48.A.scold                    B.help                   C.beat                          D.save
49.A.money                  B.lunch                 C.coffee                       D.change
50.A.two                      B.three                  C.four                          D.five
51.A.smoothly                     B.fairly                 C.simply                      D.conveniently
52.A.turn in                  B.count out            C.take over                   D.add up
53.A.discouraged          B.disturbed            C.disappointed              D.distrusted
54.A.thought                B.stated                 C.announced                 D.suggested
55.A.imagining             B.preparing           C.examining                 D.describing

Driver Wanted
Clean driving license(执照).
Must be of smart appearance.
Age over 25.
Apply to(申请): Capes Taxi, 17 Palace Road, Royston.
Air Hostesses for International Flights Wanted
Applicants(申请者) must be between 20 and 33 years old.
Height: 1.6 m to 1.75 m.
Education to GCSE standard.
Two languages. Must be able to swim.
Apply to: Recruitment(招聘) office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West. HR 37 KK.
Teachers Needed
For private language school.
Having college education.
Teaching experience unnecessary.
Apply to: The Director of Studies, Instant Languages Ltd. 279 Canal Street, Royston.
【小题1】 What prevents Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxi?

A.Fond of beer and wine.
B.Punished for speeding and wrong parking.
C.Unable to speak a foreign language.
D.Not having college education.
【小题2】Ben, aged 22, fond of swimming and driving, has just graduated from a college.
Which job might be given to him?
A.Driving for Capes Taxi.
B.Working for Southern Airlines.
C.Teaching at Instant Languages Ltd.
D.None of the three.
【小题3】What prevents Mary, aged 25, becoming an air hostess?
A.She once broke a traffic law and was fined
B.She can’t speak Japanese very well.
C.She has never worked as an air hostess before.
D.She doesn’t feel like working long hours flying abroad.
【小题4】Which of the following is not mentioned in the three advertisements?
A.Marriage. B.Male or female.
C.Education. D.Working experience.

The new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems, but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions, 18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is America's youngest mayor.

As Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005, he registered- to vote on Sept. 22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots(选票).

To help get his name known, Sessions earned$700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale's lawns.

Sessions' month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town's future in the kitchens of his neighbors. "They'd look at me, and say‘How old are you again? How much experience do you have?'And I say‘I'm still in high school', "he said. Sessions promised Hillsdale's voters he would renew local economy. “I was hopeful the whole time, ”he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room.

Sessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. “From 7:50 a.m. to 2:30p.m., I'11 be a student. From 3 to 6, I'11 be the mayor of Hillsdale," he said.

“He did a very brave thing that couldn't have been easy for him to do, "said Jack Vettel, a councilman in Hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest of Detroit. "He does care about this town. He's been here all his life. ”

Sessions will receive$3, 600 a year during his four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since the town does not provide the mayor with an office.

1.What is TRUE of Sessions' election campaign according to the text?

A.Sessions launched his election campaign on Sept. 22.

B.Sessions worked so hard that he once tried to persuade people in a hospital.

C.Sessions won the election campaign by a very close outcome.

D.Sessions felt disappointed when asked about his age and experience.

2.In order to gain more support from the voters Sessions had to do all these things EXCEPT_.

A.put up posters'                         B.renew the economy

C.sell apples                             D.talk to neighbors in kitchens

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A.American mayors usually work from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m.

B.In America, young people are encouraged to get involved in politics.

C.All teenagers are allowed to enter political elections.

D.American mayors receive a salary of 3, 600 a year during their 4-year term.

4.Which of the following would best summarize the text?

A.Schoolboy becomes American's youngest mayor.

B.How to become a teenage mayor.

C.Hard work is the ticket to success.

D.Never too young to shake the world.

 

Driver Wanted

Clean driving license(执照).

Must be of smart appearance.

Age over 25.

Apply to(申请): Capes Taxi, 17 Palace Road, Royston.

Air Hostesses for International Flights Wanted

Applicants(申请者) must be between 20 and 33 years old.

Height: 1.6 m to 1.75 m.

Education to GCSE standard.

Two languages. Must be able to swim.

Apply to: Recruitment(招聘) office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West. HR 37 KK.

Teachers Needed

For private language school.

Having college education.

Teaching experience unnecessary.

Apply to: The Director of Studies, Instant Languages Ltd. 279 Canal Street, Royston.

1. What prevents Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxi?

A. Fond of beer and wine.

B. Punished for speeding and wrong parking.

C. Unable to speak a foreign language.

D. Not having college education.

2.Ben, aged 22, fond of swimming and driving, has just graduated from a college.

Which job might be given to him?

A. Driving for Capes Taxi.

B. Working for Southern Airlines.

C. Teaching at Instant Languages Ltd.

D. None of the three.

3.What prevents Mary, aged 25, becoming an air hostess?

A. She once broke a traffic law and was fined

B. She can’t speak Japanese very well.

C. She has never worked as an air hostess before.

D. She doesn’t feel like working long hours flying abroad.

4.Which of the following is not mentioned in the three advertisements?

A. Marriage.                    B. Male or female.

C. Education.                   D. Working experience.

 

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