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,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

Once upon a time, there were two men. One was hard-working and had a lot of   31   and perseverance (坚定不移), while the other was   32   and never did any work. One night, they decided to have a competition between them. The contest was simple: the   33  person to see daylight would be the winner, and the winner would  34   a prize. Both men agree to do it, and the competition started.

The hard-working man immediately  35  and ran towards the west after the sun, while the lazy man just sat there and   36 . The hard-working man, looking at the competitor,  37  at his foolishness and kept going at his quick pace. Running through the jungles, swimming  38   the rivers and seas, and he kept running and running,  39  that he would reach his goal sooner or later. Meanwhile, the lazy man was still sleeping.

The hard-working man had been   40  for 6 hours already, and he was surprised that he still had not   41   daylight. Thinking it would be just around the corner, he  42  on running until he finally came back to where he started, 24 hours   43  . Upon arriving, he saw the lazy man seated there, smiling and waiting for him, holding the  44  he earned.

The hard-working man was   45   how this lazy man could earn it ---he hadn't done anything at all! Then the lazy man said," You are   46  a persevering and patient man, but you were running towards the   47  , running after the sun that kept moving away from your  48   whereas I just waited for the sun to come to me. You were lucky. If I had decided to  49   you and not to tell you, you would be continuing this pursuit (追赶) till your death." The hard-working man knew in his heart that the lazy man was right.

Sometimes, perseverance can   50  you from the truth that what you are doing is wrong.

31. A. hobbies            B. ideas                      C. patience               D. money

32. A. lazy                B. patient                 C. kind-hearted             D. hard-working

33. A. last                B. first                         C. second                D. only

34. A. accept                B. keep                       C. win                   D. defeat

35. A. set in               B. set aside               C. set up                 D. set out

36. A. worked              B. drank                      C. slept                  D. played

37. A. laughed               B. glared                    C. stared                D. looked

38. A. across               B. through                 C. over                   D. past

39. A. representing         B. believing                C. emphasizing            D. complaining

40. A. swimming            B. jumping                 C. resting                 D. running

41. A. admired             B. invented                C. found                  D. realized

42. A. commented          B. carried                            C. figured                 D. depended

43. A. before               B. later                       C. next                  D. further

44. A. money             B. medal                     C. prize                  D. gold

45. A. believing             B. recognizing           C. discussing               D. wondering

46. A. true                B. indeed                    C. certain                 D. hardly

47. A. west                  B. east                        C. north                 D. south

48. A. ears                   B. hands         C. sight                           D. mind     

49. A. hide from             B. learn from      C. keep from              D. come from   

50. A. make                  B. let             C. blind                          D. protect  

 

第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Kino, a poor fisher man, found a pearl (珍珠) which was    36    big as an egg and very beautiful. He set out for the nearest town to    37    it. He needed money very much to get    38    for his sick baby.

    The news that Kino had found the pearl spread (传播) the    39   . Every man suddenly became connected with Kino's pearl, and    40     went into the dreams, wishes and hungers (欲望)  of everyone.  Only one person  stood in the    41    and that was Kino,  who became every man's    42    .

     Before Kino reached the town, the pearl buyers somehow    43    he was coming and were    44    for him.

   Kino walked into the first shop. An old man    45    to have a look at the pearl. The old man's heart missed a beat (跳动) when he saw the pearl, but he took    46    not to show his excitement (激动). He looked at it for a moment and then said    47   a sad smile, “I'm sorry, my friend. It's too large. Nobody's going to    48    one like this. I can give you a thousand pesos (比索) for it.”

  “Go and    49    it to the other buyers, or I can ask them to come here if you    50   .” They soon came. They looked as if they didn't know   51    about the pearl. They    52    five hundred for it.

Kino    53     the pearl and left.    54    he never knew he was followed by a group of men who all had    55    with them.

36. A. so          B. too            C. very       D. as

37.   A. buy       B. sell            C. show      D. go with

38.   A. clothes       B. delicious food    C. sweets     D. medicine

39.   A. town      B. village              C. city        D. street

40.   A. they       B. he              C. it         D. which

41.   A. way       B. street         C. town      D. dream

42.   A. friend     B. enemy         C. follower     D. boss

43.   A. saw       B. realized         C. knew     D. recognized

44.   A. ready     B. worried         C. happy     D. afraid

45.   A. ordered      B. suggested      C. wanted       D. promised

46.   A. care       B. notice         C. attention     D. place

47.   A. on         B. in                  C. with       D. by

48.   A. want      B. get             C. carry      D. buy

49.   A. take       B. show          C. give       D. hand

50.   A. want      B. pleased          C. sell        D. like

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

52.   A. gave      B. offered          C. paid       D. bought

53.   A. fetched      B. carried              C. brought      D. took

54.   A. But        B. Though         C. And       D. However

55.   A. pearls     B. money              C. guns      D. nothing

 

 A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin (顽童) was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.

         Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…” He hesitated.

         Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He wished he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.

         “I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, and then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”

         “Oh yes, I’d love that.”

         After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”

         Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again.“Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

         He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled (残疾) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.

         “There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it… Then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

         Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.

1.The street urchin was very surprised when __________.

         A.he saw the shining car                                 B.Paul told him about the car

         C.he was walking around the car                  D.Paul received an expensive car

2.From the story we know that the urchin __________.

A.wished to give his brother a car                                    

B.wished Paul’s brother to give him a car

C.wished Paul could be a brother like that    

D.wished he could have a brother like Paul’s 

3.The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ______.

         A.to show he had a rich friend                       B.to show his neighbors the car

         C.to let his brother ride in the car                 D.to tell his brother about his wish

4. We can infer from the story that __________.

A.Paul couldn’t understand the urchin    

B.the urchin’s wish came true in the end

C.the urchin wished to have a rich brother  

D.the urchin had a deep love for his brother

 

The TV shows a baby’s pram (婴儿车) rolling off a train platform as the mother makes a mad rush to save her son, but she is too late and it falls onto the rails in front of an incoming train. This heart-stopping scene happened yesterday at Ashburton station in Melbourne, Australia. But the story has a happy ending: the six-month-old baby survived with just a cut on his forehead, although the pram was dragged about 35 metres by the braking train. The nurse Jon Wright said the boy just “needed a feed and a sleep” and didn’t need to stay in hospital.

“Luckily, he was strapped (绑) into his pram at the time, which probably saved his life. I think the child is extremely lucky, ” Wright told the Herald Sun newspaper after the baby was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Fortunately the train was already slowing down to stop at the station so it stopped quickly when the driver put on the brakes as soon as he saw the pram fall in front of him. Rail firm Connex is to look into how the pram rolled off the platform. The accident came one day after Connex started a child safety awareness activity warning parents to keep babies strapped into their prams at all times while on platforms.

The accident happened at the same time as the “balloon boy ”story in the US, in which a six-year-old Colorado boy was reported to be trapped in a flyaway balloon. However, he was later found hiding in the family’s garage. Many people believe that it had all been a publicity stunt by the parents. No such doubts surround the baby on the train platform.

1.In the accident, the baby           .

A.almost fell onto the rails

B.needed to stay in hospital

C.was badly injured by the train

D.was pulled a long distance in the pram by the train

2.The child was not killed most probably because        .

A.the mother strapped him into his pram

B.the platform is not very high

C.he was well fed and asleep

D.the mother rushed to save him

3.Why could the train stop quickly?

A.Because it had just begun to move.

B.Because it was moving slowly at that time.

C.Because the mother took measures quickly.

D.Because the driver saw the pram fall.

4.The underlined word “stunt” in the last paragraph probably means           .

A.something silly

B.something funny

C.something done to attract attention

D.something done to avoid bad luck

 

A great French writer said that we should help everyone as much as possible because we often need help ourselves. The small even can help the great. To this effect, he tells a simple story. 

An ant was drinking at a small river and fell in. She tried hard to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor ant, almost tired out, was still bravely doing her best when a bird saw her. Moved with pity, the bird threw her a blade (??) of grass, which supported her like a boat, and thus she reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass she heard a man coming near. He was walking along barefooted and carrying a gun in his hand. As he saw the bird he wished to kill her, and he would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just before he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the bird immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life. 

1. According to the French writer, we often need help from others, therefore we should________. 

A. not help others                  B. help those who may be helpful to us 

C. get as much help as possible     D. help others as much as we can

2.The ant finally got on the bank _______.  

A. when the water pushed her      B. with the help of a piece of wood

C. with the help of a blade of grass  D. when the bird reached out a leg for her

3.The French writer tells the story in order to show _______.  

A. how an ant saved a bird         B. how brave the ant is 

C. how clever the bird is           D. even the small can help the great

 

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